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A Grand Experiment
Biosphere 2 veteran Mark Nelson recounts the challenges of living inside a sealed environment with an eight-person crew in an excerpt from his new book, Pushing Our Limits: Insights from Biosphere 2.
Laughing Stock: Trenton Davis Jokes In All Colors
Can comedy fans give up vicarious ghetto life and the spotlight earned by their own awkward grip on multiculturalism? Would comics of color let ever resist the abundant comedy fruit of the dominant culture’s heedless racism? Heck if I know. I’m as big a sucker for all that as the next guy, but the current…
Tucson’s Salvation Army Starts Food Drive to Feed Kids for Summer Program
The Salvation Army Tucson sure has a goal for the summer: Feed more than 200 children twice a day—through community donations. The Salvation Army’s “Summer Day Camp” program is partnering with local Safeway and Albertsons stores for a month long food drive. Fom March 15 to April 15 around the entire Tucson area, they will be accepting…
See Through Another’s Eyes as You Walk a ‘Mile in a Refugee’s Shoes’
To be a refugee is to find oneself in a land that is not their own, with unfamiliar customs and behaviors, while trying to live a new life that is different from the one they are escaping. Refugees face adverse hurdles in their origin countries and where they settle. Many believe that they need all…
Diane Douglas: Let Teachers Carry Guns
Today is National Walkout Day, when students across the country are leaving class to remember the loss of 17 students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High. It’s a good time to note that Diane Douglas, our Superintendent of Public Instruction, is fine with the idea of teachers carrying guns in schools. More than fine, actually. She thinks teachers packing heat…
SXSW 2018: A Little Bit of Everything. Plus: Download NPR’s Austin 100!
SXSW is an all-you-can-hear sonic buffet—and as with any buffet, you might try something only to realize you don’t really have an appetite for it. So it was tonight, as I bounced from a club featuring a droning band with sad songs that lacked the crucial “rock” ingredient of rock ’n’ roll to Empire Garage’s…
The Tip-Off: Rawle Alkins leads the Wildcats into the NCAA Tournament in Boise
The most wonderful weekend of the sports calendar tips off Thursday, when dozens of teams will start their three-week odyssey to win college basketball’s ultimate prize. The teams, taking part in the annual tradition colloquially known as March Madness, will engage in all-out war for 40 minutes, with one side breathing a sigh of relief…
The Numbers Game In TUSD’s State Audit
It all comes down to numbers, but the most important numbers in the state audit of Tucson Unified School District revolve around its shrinking enrollment. If the district’s student enrollment numbers stabilize—or, better, increase—the problems with spending, which are significant but not major, can be eased without great difficulty. If the district can’t reverse its…
Saban Needs a Home
Hi! I’m Saban! I am a 7-month-old boy who is excited to meet my fur-ever family! I came to HSSA from another shelter so they don’t know much my past. They do know that I am a very playful boy who enjoys my daily walks at HSSA. I love treats and the Behavior Programs Supervisor…
Tucson Teens March for their Lives
The group of teens gathered in a science class room at Tucson High are not there to talk biology. They’re talking about how fear of being shot is hindering their studies. “We want regulations on guns,” said Tucson High junior Vivian Reynoso, president of school’s Human Rights Club. “We want to not be afraid to…
Court Controversy
After six days of silence, University of Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller addressed allegations of impropriety from deep inside the confines of McKale Center.
Fourth Dimensions
Tucson is at a critical juncture with our priorities for local ownership and the identity of our community.
The Skinny
Pima County Supervisor Ally Miller is on the warpath again-this time against Rio Nuevo.
Poop Patrol
The use of a local park in Marana by dog owners has left some local sports teams with less-than-ideal field conditions in recent weeks.
Editor’s Note
We’re doing a little literary celebration this week with an excerpt from an upcoming UA Press book by original Biosphereans Mark Nelson.
Roll ’Em!
Let’s taco-bout Rollies Mexican Patio. Making its grand opening just before the new year, it is the freshest addition to the 12th Avenue restaurant scene in South Tucson.
Agony on the Border
Just two days into his new job as a Border Patrol agent, fresh out of the training academy, Francisco Cantú and other raw recruits out in the desert found a cache of backpacks stuffed with clothes and food.
Portland Pie
Leaving behind their chain of 18 restaurants in Portland, Marc and Tracy Frankel came to Tucson for a semi-retirement. But he couldn’t leave pizza alone.
Dead on Arrival
Eli Roth makes a good-looking movie, and his films (when on point) have a good, sinister humor streak to go with the carnage. That doesn’t happen this time.
Reel Indie
Rio Bravo and Cars 2 are just a few of the offerings this week in indie theaters.
Mojo Working
“I would say the blues is the foundation of American music,” says Dan Wheetman. “And American music is the foundation of pop music around the world.”
Seeing Song
Mussorgky’s Pictures at an Exhibition comes to Tucson with a breathtaking visual companion piece.
Testing Trials
One of the biggest changes to the 2010 Arizona Medical Marijuana Act passed a major legislative hurdle when SB1420 cleared the state Senate with a 27-3 vote Feb. 22.
Police Dispatch
A woman called law enforcement about a neighbor she was feuding with who’d allegedly made a habit of scattering dog feces, rotten vegetables and other unpleasant offal around her yard.
XOXO…
Xavier highlights what’s new and interesting in music scene.
Know Your Product
The Frights have the vocal aggression you’d expect, but mixed in with the throbbing basslines, breezy guitar and jangly percussion in surf music.
Police Dispatch
As a cop started serving a woman on a warrant, this mysterious and apparently intoxicated subject was very vocal in stating her desires.
Know Your Product
Hailing from Nashville, Blank Range plays a unique style of passionate, electrified Americana.
