Cover Story
Times They Are A Changin’
Some fear that Fourth Avenue will lose its historic charm, that new, upscale developments will drive up rents and push out local businesses and residents.
Laughing Stock: Quiñones’ Creeper Rides High
Best known for the breakout “Cholofit” videos on his YouTube channel “The Funny Drop,” San Francisco comedian Frankie Quiñones comes to Laff’s Comedy Caffe on Sunday, June 3, courtesy of tucsoncomedy.com, Chad Lehrman’s new website promoting our town’s expanding comedy scene. Quiñones’ stand-up set inspired Saturday Night Live auteur Lorne Michaels to recruit him to…
The Evolution and Devolution of Diane Douglas
The Evolution and Devolution of Diane Douglas, short version: In 2014, Diane Douglas was the Republican Tea-Party/Wingnut Education Superintendent candidate from hell. But when she was elected, she evolved into a higher form of herself. She became a do-no-harm official who made an creditable effort at learning on the job and working in a nonpartisan…
Saving the Sanctuary: Tucson City Council Pushes for Historic Status for Midtown Benedictine Monastery as Development Battle Intensifies
Tucson City Councilmember Steve Kozachik is taking a new tack in the battle over the future of the midtown Benedictine Monastery. Kozachik initiated a process that could give the monastery a Historic Landmark designation, which the City Council unanimously approved during a May 22 study session. The Historic Landmark designation would protect it from being…
Cinema Clips: Cargo
I’ve had it up to here with zombies (I stopped watching The Walking Dead after Season 2), but this genre film, set in the Australian Outback is actually pretty good. Martin Freeman stars as a man surviving a zombie apocalypse on a houseboat with his wife and baby daughter. Things go very badly not long…
Arlo Needs a Home
Hi there! I’m Arlo! I am a 1-year-old boy who feeling lucky about finding my fur-ever family! I am a playful boy who loves his toys! My dream family would love to take me on daily walks and shower me in love. Do you think I could be a part of your family? Bring your…
A Georgia College That Holds Onto, Then Graduates Its Minority Students
Georgia State University in Atlanta is a state college in an area with some of the country’s best known black colleges, which are there mainly because, until the 1960s, Georgia State was segregated. Now the black colleges are looking at Georgia State’s innovations to learn how to better serve their own student populations. It feels…
Flunked Out
The film starves for that moment where McCarthy transcends the material and lets loose in that McCarthy way that makes her one of the funniest people populating movies today.
Under One Roof
We have the space! We have the gumption! And now we have the glorious dining auditorium and market we’ve been hungry for!
Police Dispatch
A man had an interaction with a young female college student that anyone would deem not OK, to say the least.
Police Dispatch
An east-side woman was the victim of an oddly random yet specific burglary, possibly perpetrated by an oddly random yet specific suspect.
Editor’s Note
Fourth Avenue has always been a funky corridor where you could run into just about anyone. But can that vibe survive as downtown evolves?
The Skinny
The Congressional District 2 democratic showdown
Preseason Scrimmage
The Democrats running for seats in LD9 appeared together at a forum on Saturday, May 12.
Musical Magic
Never challenge Linda Ackermann to a duel. She’s the sweetest soul, but she’s got the fastest fingers.
Reel Indie
What to watch this week.
Cheer in a Handful of Dust
When the residents of Arcosanti pour molten bronze to craft their bells, they place pennies next to the matrix.
XOXO…
This week in music.
Know Your Product
Justin Ringle possesses a kind of sadness and vulnerability in his voice common to folk music.
520 in the Five-Two-Oh
Even before marijuana culture started entering the mainstream, mentioning 420 usually elicited an eyeroll.
