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Popcorn Paradise
The first thing that hits you as you walk into Casa Video is the smell of freshly popped popcorn. Near the checkout counter is an old-timey popcorn machine that is constantly churning out fresh, golden kernels. Employees in green vests cram small bags with the stuff and place them on a crate on the counter,…
Coachella Starts Advance Ticket Sale this Friday
Noelle Haro-Gomez The Do Lab at Coachella You might be sad or regretting that you missed Coachella this year. Do not despair music lovers there is always next year. Starting Friday, May 24th, 2013 at 10:00 AM PDT Coachella will start advance ticket sales for next year music festival. It will probably sale out in…
Gov. Brewer Appoints New ASDB Board Members to Replace Expired Terms
Big news regarding the Arizona School for the Blind and Deaf, in wake of the tumult we’ve been covering recently. This just in from ASDB: Governor Jan Brewer Appoints Board Members for the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind PHOENIX — Governor Jan Brewer today named five new members to the Arizona State…
Spacefest V Brings a Whole New Meaning To ‘Starstruck’
Attention space enthusiasts! If you’ve ever dreamt of taking a photo with an astronaut (I know I have), this weekend might be your chance. Taking place at the JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass Resort & Spa, Spacefest V will provide an opportunity for space lovers to chat with astronauts, take photos with them, listen to…
The Lonely Island Puts Hashtag Rap In Its Place (Looking at You, Drake)
In their second offering to YouTube’s highly-advertised Comedy Week, The Lonely Island has decided to take the recent hip-hop trend of hashtag rap (as perpetrated by Drake, Childish Gambino, Kanye West and others) and turn it on its ear. And, I think it’s great, mostly because it means Andy Samberg is actually doing something funny…
The Militant Baker Takes ‘Today’ By Storm
Remember our friend/T Q&A subject/spirit animal Jes Baker, keeper of the Militant Baker blog? We already mentioned that Jes has lashed back at Abercombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jefferies with her photo series, “Attractive & Fat,” but her campaign has blown up, sending her all the way to New York and NBC’s Today. Visit NBCNews.com…
Images Along the Border Feature Beloved Nogales Artists
Stefan Falke Documentary filmmaker Tino Varela of Heroica Nogales. If you haven’t had a chance to see Brooklyn photographer Stefan Falke’s photographs of the Mexico border region curated online on Forward Thinking Museum, please go to the website to see Falke’s interpretation: This long term project documents cultural activities in what used to be some…
Bring On The Dynamo: FC Tucson Advances In U.S. Open Cup With PK Victory
FC Tucson might need to invest some of its capital in expanding the size of its bandwagon, because this club is about to become quite popular. The second-year amateur soccer team made up of college players pulled off a thrilling 3-2 win in penalty kicks over San Antonio on Tuesday night, downing the professional Scorpions…
John McCain, Friend to Consumers, Wonders Why He Has to Keep Updating His Apps Manually
People, John McCain just wants to make your lives easier. First, he’s going after TV providers by crusading for you to have a la carte cable programming. His new mission: Making it so you don’t have to mess with the f—king App Store to update things on your iPhone. For clarity’s sake, McCain was finishing…
The Woodstock Trend
In 1969, four men by the names of John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfield and Mike Lang, set out to organize a music festival that, little did they know, would become one of the most well-known music events in history. Although the festival created a huge amount of problems for the poor guys, including thousands…
‘SWJ Looking For Same’: Juggalos Searching For Love Online
okcupidjuggalos.tumblr.com …I’ll just take your word for it. Everyone needs love: Ugly folks, BSG fans and lovers of cowboys alike. That does, in fact, include fans of the Insane Clown Posse — or, as they’re called in common parlance, Juggalos. Now, for whatever reason, there are a number of these folks (like any faction in…
The Militant Baker: F—k You, Abercrombie and Fitch
The Militant Baker, whom we featured in last week’s TQ&A interview, told us on the downlow about a wonderful and beautiful “fuck you” in the works to Abercrombie and Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries. Go visit her site right here and see what beautiful Abercrombie ads she’s put together.
Hungry? Check Out the Food Trucks by Weekly World Central
Mari Herreras Kadooks maduros, with whipped cream and spicy Nutella sauce. Kadooks, the home of maduros (fried plantains) that are so good that we named them one of the 100 Essential Tucson Dishes, and Seis Curbside Kitchen, producer of award-winning gourmet tacos, are currently hanging out down the street from Weekly World Central on Hemisphere…
El Rio: Steve K Says Grand Canyon U Move to El Rio Not Likely
On the Bill Buckmaster Show on Friday, May 17, when Steve Kozachik was asked if the city’s courting of Grand Canyon University to develop a campus on the the El Rio Golf Course property in Barrio Hollywood would move forward, the Tucson councilman said he didn’t think it would and doesn’t think it should. Grand…
Burning the Bacon – Was Bacon Fest Worth It?
Last weekend was the first Arizona Bacon Fest held at Reid Park that I talked about here. As a lover of all things pig I was bummed that I would not be able to make the porcine festivities due to work. Now from the information from people I know that went, and the plethora of…
Here’s Your “Hope in the Middle of Devastation” Moment of the Day
There aren’t a ton of heartwarming stories coming out of Oklahoma today – it appears that the death toll might have been overstated yesterday, although there are still people unaccounted for, so who knows? – but occasionally, you have to appreciate even the smallest bits of good news, like this moment captured in a CBS…
The Desert Museum’s Newest Addition Needs a Name!
A contest began today to name an adorable mountain lion cub that was recently adopted by the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum. The cub, found in the backyard of a residential home in San Jose, CA., weighed only 15 lbs. at the time of his rescue, had a massive flea and tick infestation and was dehydrated. The…
The Continuing Saga of Amy’s Baking Company; No Press Conference, No PR Firm
The Weekly had someone set to cover it, but apparently the press conference set for tomorrow at Amy’s Baking Company (complete with guy-who-enjoys-attention Rev. Jarrett Maupin as host) in which the public would get the chance to decide who they wanted to side with “a famous celebrity chef or the marketplace that has supported the…
Can Someone Save This Dog?
I’m not particularly an animal person, but seeing Hope, a Labrador Retriever Mix, online, facing euthanasia if she isn’t adopted by 7 pm today at Pima Animal Care Center is heartbreaking, even for me. Info from Hope’s Petfinder page: Poor Hope hasn’t lost hope yet but she has developed “Kennel Cough” and there is NO…
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Talk Nature
Aw, check out Macklemore and Ryan Lewis talk about growing up in Seattle’s outdoors for the Nature Conservancy. They grew up on Capitol Hill in Seattle and hung out freestyling at local parks at night. Mackelmore credits spending that time outdoors with helping his music. Let’s take this time to say thanks to both the…
Shows About Women Shouldn’t Just be About Being a Woman
About a year ago, a YouTube channel started up, promising to tell women’s stories. Since then the channel, WIGS, has accumulated nearly 40 million video views and 180,000 subscribers. It’s the #1 channel on YouTube for scripted drama. WIGS uploads short films and inspiring documentaries, but it focuses on producing fictional web series. So far,…
Yahoo Buys Tumblr; Tumblr Users Flee Like Rats From a Sinking Ship
Ah, Tumblr: the source of our hopes, dreams and nightmares. Yet Tumblr’s soon-to-be-parent company, Yahoo, invites only one thing: abject horror. Apparently, Tumblr users are fleeing in droves upon hearing that the search giant is buying their haven for soap opera obsessions and anorexic horse pornography. From cnet.com: Wordpress founder Matt Mullenweg said his company…
Resolve this Summer – No Empty Pots
Marylee, Potted Desert Gardener Summer Shade Desert Potted Garden Don’t let your pots go empty all summer. There is still plenty of time to plant everything!! You deserve it so put it at the top of your list — NOW!! This pot will be happy in the shade. It includes coleus, geranium, impatiens and a…
‘Space Oddity’ Video Proves Chris Hadfield Is Worthy of ‘King of Space’ Crown
I’ve always wondered why modern day astronauts don’t have the celebrity status like they did just a few decades ago. But today, it finally dawned on me. Social Media. Everyone knows that you’re not officially in a relationship if it’s not official on Facebook. And you’re not officially a celeb unless you’ve got a social…
Today: 50th Anniversary of the First Publication of MLK’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Martin Luther King Jr. in jail in Birmingham, Alabama for campaigning against segregation. He wrote this letter on April 16, 1963 in response to a statement by eight Alabama clergymen who felt his actions were unwise and untimely: MY DEAR FELLOW CLERGYMEN … We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by…
Wildcat Pride: Arizona Tops ASU For Brag-Worthy But Otherwise Irrelevant Territorial Cup
How, truly, does one measure which is better between Arizona and Arizona State? Mascots? School colors? Graduation rates? Poorly spelled billboards? So many of those topics can be decided subjectively or skewed to lean one way or the other. But athletically, the folks at the UA and ASU have found a way to decide this…
AZ Illustrated Politics: Medicaid Expansion, Election Bills, Rosemont Mine & More
On this week’s AZ Illustrated Politics: Host Jim Nintzel, Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Lea Marquez-Peterson, former Pima County Democratic Party chairman Jeff Rogers and Tucson Tea Party founder Trent Humphies talk about the chances that Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion can get through the Arizona House of Representatives; the pros and cons of…
‘Pooping In Reverse’: Another One of the Terrible Things People Hope to Put on Cable Access TV [NSFW]
So here’s one of the absolute worst things I’ve ever seen: ‘Pooping in Reverse,’ a Vimeo-hosted video uploaded by a user called “Ringo Boomschlicka” and supposedly coming to Access Tucson at some point in the future…though in checking the Access Tucson alphabetical schedule, it appears that (thankfully) this show isn’t on the air. I mean,…
The Chernobyl-Like Fallout of Amy’s Baking Company Is Comedy Gold
Let’s recap: In 2010, Amy’s Baking Company, a Scottsdale bistro, became “famous” for going after a reviewer on Yelp. Late last year, during the taping of Fox’s Kitchen Nightmares, Scottsdale PD were called to the scene to defuse a shouting match between owner Samy Bouzaglo and a patron who waited more than an hour for…
Gutzy Wear: What You Wear to Clubs to Confuse and Confound Potential Mates
In another case of a Scottsdale-idea-gone-terrible, we present Gutzy Wear, a clothing line made especially for singles who are ready to mingle — and desperate enough to do so that they’re wearing specifically branded clothing saying that they want a date now, please-and-thank-you. The idea behind Gutzy Wear, according to creator and Kickstarter creator Kari…
TV Ad Hammers Flake on Background Checks
A new TV ad featuring Caren Teves, who son was slain in the Colorado movie theater massacre, hits Sen. Jeff Flake for not supporting the Manchin-Toomey background-check legislation. Flake responds via Facebook: If you are anywhere close to a television set in Arizona in the coming days, you’ll likely see an ad about gun control…
UA’s OSIRIS-REx Space Mission Gets Green Light
Daniel Stolte of the UA Communications team reports that the UA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, which will send a space probe to an asteroid for a few years before returning to Earth, is a go: OSIRIS-REx, the $1 billion asteroid sample return mission led by the University of Arizona, reached a major milestone on May 16: The…
This Week in Tucson Bicycling
It’s hot and getting hotter. Check out these five tips for riding in Tucson summers and the three reasons why summer riding rocks. Hint: none of them actually require riding with your own umbrella. The University of Arizona is planning a new bike path that will help cyclists avoid one of the busiest intersections around…
Brewer Calls Medicaid Vote “The Single Most Critical Policy Issue That Has Faced Our State in Years”
Gov. Jan Brewer’s statement on tonight’s Senate vote to expand Medicaid: I thank the Arizona State Senate for acting in bipartisan, courageous and collegial fashion today to approve the single most critical policy issue that has faced our State in years: the restoration of our Medicaid program in accordance with the wishes of Arizona voters.…
Budget Bills and Medicaid Expansion Pass Senate
It appears that Sen. Al Melvin left his fireworks in his other pants. The Arizona Senate passed the budget bills tonight in a relatively quiet third-read session and has adjourned until next week. Melvin made a brief speech commending Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives for voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but…
Sen. Melvin on Medicaid Expansion: “We’re Not Going To Roll Over and Play Dead on This”
Sen. Al Melvin is promising GOP fireworks when the Arizona Senate goes to a third read vote on the budget, which was amended—against Senate President Andy Biggs’ wishes—to include Medicaid expansion. A GOP-led roll call vote on all of the Medicaid bills that would have put senators on the record for supporting or opposing the…
Farley on State Budget: “This Is the Type of Budget That the People of Arizona Have Been Waiting For”
State Sen. Steve Farley is feeling downright ebullient about the state budget that made it through the Senate’s Committee of the Whole after a marathon session today. “It’s an amazing day,” the midtown Tucson Democrat told The Range in a phone interview after the COW session wrapped up. “I haven’t felt this good about a…
Eat Bugs: They are Tasty, Healthy and Part of the New World Order
I’ve gotten to know a few meal worms in my time—namely, the ones I used to feed to my son’s lizard. I was the only one in my household bold enough to take them out of their containers, pick them up and toss them in the lizard’s dish. Didn’t bother me and I loved watching…
‘SF Chronicle’ Calls Tucson Cool, So It’s Time to Abandon the City
A week or so ago, the San Francisco Chronicle was nice enough to consider Tucson a vacation destination — but unfortunately, we at Weekly World Central happen to lack subscriptions to the Chron, making it difficult for us to access their paywall-locked content. Thankfully though, it was made free a few days ago, giving us…
Say It Ain’t So: Kai, the Hitchhiking Hatchet-Man, Wanted for Murder [Update: He’s Been Arrested]
Oh, how the crazy have fallen: Kai Lawrence, the vigilante hitchhiker who warmed all of our hearts by beating the mess out of people who are attacking other people, is wanted for questioning in the murder of a New Jersey man. According to Gawker, 73-year-old Joseph Galfy was found dead in his home on Monday…
Hey (Aging) Hipsters, Let’s Start a New Summer Tradition
I haven’t been to as many shows at the Monterey Court Studio Galleries as I’d like, but it’s a nice little space, especially for the summer season. I guess Reid Park symphony nights have their place and all, especially in our childhood. But now that that’s over with, I’m going to suggest this new tradition.…
The Amy’s Baking Company Saga Is Only Going to Get Weirder
Honestly, considering all of the batshit crazy things Amy and Samy Bouzaglo have done since the episode of Kitchen Nightmares aired, getting some PR help was probably a solid idea. However, hiring PR guy/disaster management guy Jason Rose might just continue the circus for another week. Rose has worked with, let’s say, an interesting list…
A Rather F—king Timely Note on Swearing
Dear Readers Who Are Offended By Harsh Language: From a post on Jezebel yesterday, “Fuck Your Delicate Sensibilities, I’m Going to Swear as Much as I Want”: The problem is that people mistake the “language is powerful” argument for “it stings my granny when you say the fuck word.” The history of swear words is…
Yes, We’re Going to Continue to Remind You About Best of Tucson
You have a little over two weeks left to vote in our Best of Tucson balloting for 2013 (wait, it’s 2013, what the hell?). Voting ends on May 31 at midnight, so why not spare yourself the last-minute panic of filling out a ballot at the end of the month and take care of business…
Pico De Pichuberry: South American Superfruit Arrives in Arizona
A new superfruit juice just started filling the shelves at Whole Foods — and is starting to make its way across Southern Arizona. The Pichuberry, which looks like an orange cherry, is a South American superfruit a University of Arizona graduate is trying to bring into the mainstream. Michael Popescu, general manager of Mojo Tree…
Mikal Cronin Has a New Video Out and You Should Make Plans to See Him
Mikal Cronin is coming to Club Congress on June 29 and I get it … June seems a million years away still, especially late June which might as well be whatever year the new Star Trek movie is set in. But, still, sometimes you need to plan ahead and hopefully this new clever music video…
T Q&A
Jes M. Baker has two lives—one as a local mental health professional and the other as a blogger. While some might say Baker is a big girl, in reality she’s curvy and sexy. Her blog, the Militant Baker, is about body acceptance, life and recipes. Her blog traffic exploded recently when photos of her went…
Border Search
Howard Wesley Cotterman is an unlikely hero. In fact, most folks would find the convicted child molester to be scum-sucking human detritus. But if you frequently cross the U.S.-Mexico border toting computers or smartphones, Cotterman may be the best friend you never knew you had. In 2007, Cotterman was returning from Mexico through the crossing…
Fun, Foremost
The Modeens Electric Caribou CD release party With Shrimp Chaperone and Saint Maybe 9 p.m., Saturday, May 18 Barrio Brewing Co., 800 E. 16th St. $5 791-2739; barriobrewing.com Just like their rock ‘n’ roll forebears, the Modeens play music that’s fearless in its diversity. Though the band has been known for its garage/psychedelic sound since…
Media Watch
Rob Guarino abruptly splits from KVOA … KOLD brings in new meteorological talent … KGUN goofed on the swears … and more!
Big Boi’s Wild Ride
Big Boi with Killer Mike, Big Meridox, Diversity Higher 8 p.m., Monday, May 20 Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St. $25 advance; $28 day of; all ages 740-1000; rialtotheatre.com Back in 2003, when the white-hot OutKast released dual solo albums—Big Boi’s Speakerboxxx and André 3000’s The Love Below (LaFace/Arista)—something peculiar happened: Big Boi arrived. Speakerboxxx…
The Skinny
Sen. Jeff Flake gets tangled up in background-check politics … Gov. Jan Brewer tells the Legislature to get to work … Pima County Supervisors Ray Carroll and Ally Miller don’t appear to get along very well … and so much more!
Live
Tucson Rock Alliance and Miss CJ Promotions host genre showcases (past Best Concert Series have included alternative and ska/reggae) from time to time and the most recent concert was for local indie bands to present the goods. In this case, “indie” could be read as “nowhere else to go.” The six acts that performed didn’t…
Nine Questions
Joe DeLauro, also known as Joe Nelly, started playing the drums at 16, and is still at it 47 years later. He put together The Smoking Section, then formed Wheels-Mick-Nelly, Joe Nelly & Friends, and worked with several other local musicians, including the late Mike Tatum. For the past three years, he’s been playing as…
May the Farce Be With You
Two Into One Presented by Live Theatre Workshop 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays, through Sunday, June 9 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. $18 Runs two hours and 15 minutes, with one intermission 327-4242; livetheatreworkshop.org Perhaps it’s to send us into the raging heat of summer with smiles on our faces: Several local theaters…
David Rose: Cornerstone of Lies (Self-Released)
Sonic tapestries. Waves, vistas, tundras, quilts, patterns, Persian rugs of guitar. The meaning of life as told through 4,000 overdubbed acoustic guitars. The premise of local guitarist/singer/songwriter David Rose’s second album, Cornerstone of Lies, is a tall order: the human comedy with a loaded six-string on its back. Technically speaking, there’s no denying that Rose…
Disappointing Discoveries
Came Men on Horses: The Conquistador Expeditions of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado and Don Juan de Oñate By Stan Hoig University Press of Colorado $34.95; 344 pages Failure is a slippery term, its meaning changing with perspective, one door closing and another opening and all that; but it’s difficult to come up with a more…
Editor’s Note
I generally enjoy Beyoncé’s music. I agree with Kanye that “Single Ladies” was a superior video to whatever it was that Taylor Swift did or ever has done. Also, I am generally afraid of the current and future influence of her offspring and their Illuminati cohorts. Blue Ivy, please forgive me for what I write…
The Black Angels: Indigo Meadow (Blue Horizon Ventures)
Having perfected the dark art of Velvet Underground-style dirge-rock, a band can keep making the same record over and over again, or move on. Problem is, there are only two directions from which to choose: Drive deeper into miasmic noise and risk alienating your core audience, or open the door to more accessible hooks and,…
Top Ten in Books
1. A Long Day at the End of the World Brent Henricks ($14) 2. Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation Michael Pollan ($27.95) 3. Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama Alison Bechdel ($15.95) 4. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Jonas Jonasson ($15.99) 5. No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom…
Danehy
It is the understatement of all time to note that United States law hasn’t been kind to Native Americans. Filmmaker Samuel Goldwyn is (probably mis-) quoted as saying that “a verbal agreement isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.” That also applies to just about every treaty with Native American tribes ever made and ratified…
Top Ten in Music
1. She & Him Volume 3 2. Joe Satriani Unstoppable Momentum 3. Lil’ Wayne I Am Not a Human Being II 4. The Great Gatsby soundtrack 5. Kendrick Lamar Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City 6. Fitz & The Tantrums More Than Just a Dream 7. Deerhunter Monomania 8. Phoenix Bankrupt! 9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs Mosquito 10.…
Gatsby, Actually Great
The moment when we first see Leonardo DiCaprio’s face as the title character in Baz Luhrmann’s lavish adaptation of The Great Gatsby is perhaps the biggest “movie star” moment of DiCaprio’s career. With fireworks popping off in the night sky behind him, he turns and raises his glass to the camera in a way that…
Gargulinski
Being young, drunk and stupid can come with lifelong consequences. And those consequences can come even if you weren’t drunk. Just ask a Tucson guy we’ll call Sam. Twenty-something Sam was an upstanding person: a former soldier, an intelligent and compassionate chap who was aiming for grand things. “I wanted to be a lawyer to…
Soundbites
Not your usual bunch of shows this week in Tucson.
Sad and Disappointing
During the aging process, whiskey will lose a little volume in the cask due to evaporation. That 2 percent loss, give or take, is called “the angels’ share.” There is also an angels’ share fungus that infests distilleries in humid areas. And, sad to say, the movie that invokes the phrase as its title is…
The Border Battle
Last week, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee started the markup of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, a comprehensive immigration reform bill introduced by eight U.S. senators, including Arizona Republicans John McCain and Jeff Flake. Among the bill’s provisions: Legal status for many of those who have entered the country illegally or…
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Mosquito (Interscope)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have been on a creative hot streak since 2003’s Fever to Tell. Ten years of great music is no small feat, and even the least of their songs in that time span has been engaging. So it’s a shock that Mosquito is so tedious. If there’s one thing I never thought I’d…
Top Ten in Cinema
1. Jack Reacher 2. Silver Linings Playbook 3. Mama 4. Broken City 5. Gangster Squad 6. Safe Haven 7. Promised Land 8. The Guilt Trip 9. The Impossible 10. The Oranges
Community Conundrum
About two weeks ago, calls from former and current Wingspan staff members painted a picture that trouble was brewing at Tucson’s beloved 25-year-old LGBT community organization. The stories centered on what was described as the abrupt firings of popular staff members, even after they handed in their resignations. Wingspan executive director Carol Grimsby said what’s…
True TV
You Should Watch It The Office Thursday, May 16 (NBC) Series Finale: Hang in there—the longest goodbye on television is almost over. Like most of you, The Only TV Column That Matters™ has stuck with The Office because, even though it’s never recovered from the loss of Michael Scott it’s still the funniest show on…
Soggy, Sweet and Slow
Teresa’s Mosaic Café 2455 N. Silverbell Road 624-4512; mosaiccafes.com Open 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday; 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday Pluses: Nice ambiance and view; tortillas are delicious Minuses: Boring food; super-sweet margaritas; slow service There are two types of Mexican food restaurants in Tucson—the first category is big, airy restaurants…
Easy Access
Purple Med Healing Center 1010 S. Freeway, Suite 130; 398-7388 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday Pluses: Convenience of long hours, six days a week; custom strains you won’t find anywhere else, including pure sativa and indica strains; free transportation via Handi Car; reduced prices for those who qualify. Minuses: No price breaks…
Ask a Mexican!
The Mexican discusses linguistic racism … how do so many Mexicans fit into such small rides? … and religions translations!
City Week
Rock out with your flock out … enjoy photos from unusual cameras … remember those lost in the fight against AIDS … and the Arizona Symphony Orchestra closes out the season in style!
Pedersen On Sports
A few months ago you couldn’t go far in this city without seeing the FC Tucson team crest. The downward-pointing arrowhead with the red-and-white honeycomb motif was everywhere: Billboards, restaurants, parking lots. If you didn’t know better, you’d think the University of Arizona had suddenly overhauled its block-A logo in some weird attempt to counter…
For the Love of Music
Following its tenth release this year, a single by Tucson shoegaze/dream pop act fairweatherfriend, Fort Lowell Records’ James Tritten is throwing a two-venue, six-musical-act affair to celebrate a new stage in the label’s history. “This is a really important show for us, introducing the new wave of acts,” Tritten remarked. “We had a first show…
Noshing Around
New restaurants on Ninth Street near Fourth Avenue … drinking beer with dinner AND animals … Caffe Torino opens in the Foothills … and Pastiche closes its wine and cheese shop.
Police Dispatch
“Li’l Wayne” is found takin’ it to the streets … and a man becomes acquainted with Arizona’s methamphetamine laws!
AZ Legislature: Budget Showdown Set for Thursday
The 10 budget bills barreled through the Senate Appropriations Committee Wednesday, paving the way for a lengthy Senate floor debate on Thursday. Many of the bills saw a 3-6 party line vote, with Democrats complaining about the scant amount of time they had to review the GOP’s $8.8 billion plan. Anna Tovar, D-Tolleson, said she…
