The Value of People
A note from the editor.
Intestinal Fortitude
On the 23rd ’25th anniversary’ of ‘Forbidden Zone,’ Richard Elfman heads for the Loft to talk to Tucsonans about some really strange stuff
Nature Fights Back
At Davis Dominguez, one artists celebrates landscapes, while another illustrates the battle between man and nature
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Now Showing at Home
“Star Wars: Clone Wars: Volume 1,” “Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music,” and “Being Ron Jeremy”
Science of Divination
The UA Press presents a scholarly collection of articles on a topic often discounted by Western science
Forbidden Fantasy?
If the State Land Department has its way, a legendary local bike trail could soon become another cluster of apartments and condos
Indie Watch
What’s happening in the world of independent film in Tucson.
Top Ten in Books
Barnes and Noble Broadway’s nonfiction best sellers for the week
Just Another Day in Vail
A feud between a cross-dressing goatherder and a neighbor leads to new legal precedent
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Petit Bistro
Joel’s Bistro is a decent little place, but it could be oh-so-much better
Hospital Check-Up
When it comes to discussing their rates, some local hospitals are rather tight-lipped
After the Party
Three of our weary music writers share their unique SXSW impressions
Noshing Around
Butter Is Better That’s the motto of Olivia and Henry Nevarez, local owners of the recently opened Olivia’s Courtyard Café at 2719 E. Broadway Blvd. Caterer and pastry chef Olivia makes her own pastries, and she serves butter and crème fraiche with the Sunday brunch mushroom omelets and french toast. Another motto is that food…
Addressing Inequality
A Cholla High class uses scientific methods to learn about the social environment they live in
Dirty Pretty Thing
Shivaree’s Ambrosia Parsley is anything but the torch singer next door
Just a Minute, Men
Weekend border warriors create a rift between Cochise County politicos
Soundbites
IN STORES AND CLUBS NOW In case you hadn’t noticed, your local record store has been filling up with fresh new product lately. Spring and fall are the two big new-release periods on the corporate calendars, and locals seem to follow the same schedule. Makes sense. A lot of bands hole up in the studio…
The Skinny
CLEAR CHANNEL DOES THE TIME WARP Give the guys at Clear Channel credit: They never stop trying to find ways to stop the city of Tucson from enforcing regulations against billboards. This time, they hope to persuade the Arizona Legislature to give them the power to travel through time to fix past mistakes. When we…
Nine Questions
Adrienne Lake
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Live
Howe Gelb, Club Congress, Friday, March 25
Media Watch
Makeover Opinion
Rhythm & Views
Nashville is Josh Rouse’s sixth record, and like 1972 and Under the Cold Blue Stars before it, it gleams with sparkling production and myriad pop influences. 2003’s 1972 was an homage to that musical era, and the songs captured the nostalgia with Rouse’s style and voice–breathy vocals and pop songs centered on vocal melodies that…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Howie Acker
Top Ten in Music
CD City’s top sales for the week
Police Dispatch
A’s for Everyone West Overton and North Thornydale Roads, March 10, 3:22 p.m. A student at a local high school distracted a teacher with a story about a friend who was drinking and doing drugs, while classmates changed their grades on the teacher’s computer, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report said. The male student at…
Rhythm & Views
Life-altering, mind-fucking music has been perfected into its most fine form. The Mars Volta, who grew famous thanks to its word-of-the-mouth association and amazing live performances, is back with their sophomore release, Frances the Mute. Frances continues the group’s complex and creative songwriting structure of their debut album, De-Loused in the Comatorium, but all similarities…
Pick
Life Under the Sun
Rhythm & Views
Exploding out of San Francisco like a nitro-burning bullet train, the all-female disco-punk quartet Von Iva boasts a bona fide soul diva in vocalist Jillian Iva, a seductive presence who comes on like a charismatic combination of Karen O. and Alison Moyet. On Von Iva’s debut six-song EP (available on vinyl or CD at www.cochonrecords.com),…
Danehy
School vouchers: unnecessary, not conservative and unfair
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Cultural Collision
Combine a battle of the bands with fire performance, cinema and some other things, and you’ll have this
Tuttle
Under proposed national budgets, the rich will get richer, while the undereducated get screwed
M.Con Redux
Is it possible that the ‘Miss Congeniality’sequel is deeper than it seems? Not really!
Tennessee’s Triumph
LTW may not fully realize ‘The Glass Menagerie,’ but the company treats it with care and devotion
Guest Commentary
The actions of some gun-loving legislators show they’re certifiably insane
Banal Dinner
‘Guess Who’ could have been a comedy with a powerful message, but it chickened out
The Poet’s Dream
Tucson Regional Ballet celebrates spring with a three-part concert
