Police Dispatch
Lookin’ At The Ladies UA Area, April 30, 1:22 p.m. According to a report from the University of Arizona Police Department, officers arrested a man for trespassing after he “jumped a wall to masturbate while watching females sunbathe in the pool area” of a dormitory. Police responded to a suspicious-person call at Babcock Residence Hall,…
A Family Study
LTW’s ‘On Golden Pond’ glows while disregarding the script’s dark shadows
Danehy
Whatever happened to people’s nicknames?
Pick of the Week
Diva Delight
Ambiguous Narratives
Alice Leora Briggs takes her ‘manic duty’ seriously, as her works at Etherton show
Tuttle
There are good mothers–and then there are moms who should have been sterilized at first menstruation
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best-sellers for the week
Guest Commentary
More people are believing that the ‘official’ Sept. 11 explanation is more fiction than truth
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Rocky Roads
Susan Cummins Miller leaves readers wanting more of Frankie MacFarlane
Conspiracy Theories
A note from the editor.
Soundbites
NEW FROM THE JONS It’s been 3 1/2 years since The Jons released their debut album, Wine at the Hilltop (self-released, 2002), and it seems like they’ve been working on the follow-up for nearly as long. During that period, the Tucson-via-Nogales combo lost a couple of members and gained a new one, effectively slimming down…
Noshing Around
Ferranti’s Fine Foods Phil Ferranti, former owner of La Placita Café, has spent months opening his gourmet world market located at 6616 E. Grant Road. He brings a formidable international staff together, including a chef from the Mediterranean region, a French cheese-and-wine specialist, a French-trained baker and Natasha Gabarrot and Francois Dessalles, former managers of…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Mission Successful
Tom Cruise, while clearly insane, has making blockbusters down to a, um, science
Perfect Pies
They may not be very good for you, but pizzas sure can taste like heaven
Shameless Self-Promotion
‘Tucson Weekly’ earns 14 Arizona Press Club awards
Nine Questions
Jake Frye
Borderline Tragedy
The invasion along the border–and efforts to stop that invasion–continue harming the environment
Now Showing at Home
“Winter Passing,” “The Poseidon Adventure: Special Edition,” and “Napoleon Dynamite: Like, the Best Special Edition Ever”
Juggling the Books
Pima County’s budget includes a big increase in library spending
Dark Angels
I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness shine a light on their shape-shifting gloom
The Skinny
WE’VE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH! Opponents of the transportation plan that voters will decide next Tuesday, May 16, haven’t been particularly well-funded–they’ve raised less than $8,000, compared to the nearly $979,000 raised by Regional Transportation Authority supporters–but they’ve been relatively effective about getting their message out. Or perhaps we should say “messages,” since so much…
It’s a Draw
‘Art School Confidential’ lets plot get in the way of its humorous gags
Office Space
The county makes the case for more real estate
Remembering Fahey
An acoustic-guitar legend gets a CD tribute–with some help from M. Ward
The Life Aquatic
Will the Mexican garter snake get a break?
Live
The Zsa Zsas, Club Congress, Friday, May 5
Media Watch
Ellis Moved to New Beat
Rhythm & Views
If you’re looking for love, The Invisible Deck would be the wrong place. Tricky, illusory and occasionally entirely opaque, this sophomore collection by sisters and Brooklyn bar owners Jennifer and Laura Rogers, with co-conspirator Miyuki Furtado, is a large helping of garage-drama verite. Its noisy noir punk and grrrl power rock is littered with metal…
Co-Pay Problems
Some of Arizona’s poorest are now paying more for their meds thanks to Medicare Plan D
Rhythm & Views
Many of Bruce Springsteen’s songs have become woven into the fabric of our culture, at least for music buffs in the rock era, and it’s right that they should be. Those modern-day music fans also are likely to be pleasantly surprised by the number of songs they’ll recognize in this collection of Springsteen’s raucous, celebratory…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
Not since Kentucky’s unheralded and underapplauded Nine Pound Hammer steamrolled the unsuspecting punk/garage terrain 15 years ago have a bunch of inebriated, Southern-fried nut jobs like the Love Drunks deserved as much ass-kissing. Merging the gutbucket, lo-fi blues stomp of the Black Keys, the iconic caveman snarl of trash-rock drug mules the Stooges, and the…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Bonnie Vining
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week
