Cover Story
Vanishing Waters
This book is about that moment of falling when the solid ground under us gives way to something new.
Laughing Stock: Laughter, It’s Free, If Not Sublime
Just throw out those tattered lists of free comedy shows we published in December. Everything has changed. And yet, you’ll still find free comedy several nights a week in some corner of the Old Pueblo. We look forward to the return of Brew Ha Ha to Borderlands Brewery, too! FREE OPEN MICS Tuesday: The Loudhouse…
Laughing Stock: Stay Home For The Fun Of It!
Who cares about the beach, anyway? Laff’s Comedy Caffe gives you an extra night of comedy just for staying home this long weekend. The fun starts Thursday at 8 when around 40 comics step up for the club’s weekly open mic and deliver three-minute sets for your fun and scrutiny. There’s a two-item minimum, but…
A ‘Fat Cat Tax’?
A Fat Cat Tax. I like the sound of it. The imagery is so much better than saying, as I often do, that we should tax the rich, or, more gently, that the wealthy should pay its fair share. It’s the same thing no matter how you say it, except for the visuals. Fat cat…
Cinema Clips: Norman
Richard Gere delivers one of his very best performances as Norman, a New York “businessman” who doesn’t really have a business or a job. A mysterious, earbud wearing, graying old man riding the trains and grabbing crackers for dinner at the local synagogue, Norman, nevertheless, has big aspirations. A self-professed “good swimmer” fighting to stay…
Celebrating and Showing Off the Best of Tucson
I’ve lived in Tucson my whole life—Well, I grew up in Oro Valley, but try not to hold that against me. I flirted with the idea of moving to a bigger city when I was in my late teens, but somehow I couldn’t quite bring myself to leave. These days, I’m not even tempted. For…
Quick Bites: Summer Eating
Tucson boasts three Sauce Pizza & Wine restaurants and this summer they will be introducing a sampler deal starting June 1 going until Aug. 31. For just $22, you and your friend can enjoy one of their inventive salads, delicious pizzas and two glasses of wine. Some of the new salads being introduced is a…
Laughing Stock: Improv ‘Til You Drop and Smiles for Soldiers
For $20, including $10 for the Humane Society of Southern Arizona, Tucson comedy fans can watch 18 hours of improv, comedy and performance art May 26 and 27. Tucson’s first Improvathon includes ambitious amateurs from the community, as well as players and established teams from improv companies Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed, Comedy Temple and…
Streets of This Town: Don’t ‘Toilet’ in Front of Mailbox!
“Streets of This Town” is a little photo series featuring random pics I take on long walks through Tucson.
Song of the Day: Billy Sedlmayr on Paul Weller’s ‘She Moves With the Fayre’
A Kind Revolution just dropped and it wasn’t Trump’s latest riddle on Twitter referencing Comey’s fast track to the wood chipper. No, it’s Weller’s umpteenth album release. One in which he may still be committing treason to the angry young idealist who in his late teens and 20s led the mighty Jam, running with peers…
The New Teacher Certification Rules: Is Everyone Else Wrong, or Am I?
I’ve read SB1042 over and over again, likewise the accompanying Fact Sheet, and I keep coming to the same conclusion. Every media report I’ve read about the teacher certification law is wrong except mine. That sounds like the ravings of an egomaniac, I know, but until someone shows me I’m wrong, I’m sticking to my…
Casa Video Top 10
People say Tucson slows down in the summer, but that’s only true if you’re judging by “the number of people” metric. Sure, there are fewer people on our streets and, perhaps, not quite as many events to attend. But Tucson comes alive for those who stick around during the summer months. There’s plenty to do,…
Cessna Needs a Home
Hi, I’m Cessna! I’m a silly, 4-year-old girl and I’m looking for a home! I was transferred to HSSA from a different shelter and have quickly become a staff and volunteer favorite! I have the cutest little pink ears, and am very soft. I love to play, and get very excited to go for a…
If You Think the TUSD Board Election Was a Knock-down, Drag-out Fight, Take a Look at L.A.
TUSD went through a rough-and-tumble board election last year, but compared to what’s going on in the Los Angeles school board race, it was a half-hearted shoving match on the school playground. Two seats are up for grabs in Tuesday’s L.A. school board election, and so far $12 million has been dropped into the races. Between…
Laughing Stock: Mirth for Mom
Stuck for a way to celebrate Mother’s Day? Tucson musical comedy veterans Musical Mayhem Cabaret celebrate moms with an “under-rehearsed and over-dramatic” performance, Keepin’ It Classy: A Night of Classic Broadway. The show includes several songs by Cole Porter and others from Broadway favorites like Fiddler on the Roof, Something Happened on the Way to…
Danehy
Unfortunately, there are a whole lot of people who see health care as an us-against-them thing or as a limited commodity that can only be afforded by a fortunate few, like a fancy car or tickets to an Adele concert.
Know Your Product
Aye Nako’s second album Silver Haze mines a sweet spot between infectious power-pop and the distortion and dynamics of grunge.
Vintage Vinyl
The A-side of this, “Any More,” is an OK but non-offensive Brit Invasion-inspired rocker vocal. It is of course, the B-side of this waxing that’s the burner!
The Skinny
Local Republicans join the Keep Tucson Shitty movement
Life After Pat
When Pat Connors died earlier this year, he not only left behind a beloved popular restaurant but a legacy as well.
Police Dispatch
A random male deviously snatched a ball from a pair of University of Arizona students playing catch and then—when the students realized he meant to steal their ball—offered them a handful of Jolly Ranchers candy as “payment” for it.
Police Dispatch
A University of Arizona student studying abroad was found fast asleep and nearly nude in his dorm’s lobby.
Ask a Mexican!
Dear Gabacha: There’s ambition, and then there’s selfishness, and you, ingrata, are the definition of the latter.
Editor’s Note
Surprise! Jim Nintzel is leading the Weekly for a little while.
Dust Devil
We’ll have to save the world
Starship Supers
The trippy Marvel fun continues with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, a big, nutty, spiraling sequel that brings the fun along with a lot of daddy issues.
Cool Art
We’ve already weathered the first 100 degree day of the year, with many more sure to come.
La Raza Futura!
The men of Metalachi are proud to be the “world’s first and only heavy metal mariachi band.”
Gauging the Ganja
Although the black market still operates like a real market with supply, demand and equilibrium, there are certain benefits of buying something in a legal market.
