Some Late-Breaking Events
Here are a few events that were received too late for inclusion in our print issue: Friday, June 1 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Our Mother of Sorrows Church 1800 S. Kolb Road ALS Benefit. A variety show featuring Irish music and dance to benefit the Arizona chapter of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Corned beef sandwiches,…
Fingered
Tedski at Rum, Romanism and Rebellion managed to get A.J. Alexander of La Voz to share a terrific photo of Arizona Republican Party boss Randy Pullen holding that “graphic” cartoon of an extended middle finger in response to the Kennedy-Kyl immigration package. We can see why this kind of sophisticated argument is helping shape Pullen’s…
The Official Dick Cheney Photoshopping Contest
Hey, kids: On this here post, MW commented that he wants us to sponsor a Dick Cheney photoshopping contest. Tortillas and Beef Baloney commented that they’d gladly enter. So, it’s official: We’re sponsoring a Dick Cheney photoshopping contest. The rules are simple: Send in a photoshopped work to mailbag@tucsonweekly.com, and we’ll post them on this…
Noshing Around: Tucson Originals $20 Summer Specials
Make this summer truly original. Tucson’s favorite independent restaurants offer $20 summer specials. Who needs to cook? Contact each restaurant to find out when their $20 special starts. Acacia at St. Philip’s – 4340 N. Campbell Ave; 232.0101 Try this sizzling hot summer deal from Acacia – a house salad, summer-size cioppino and a luscious…
Public Airwaves to the Public or to Comcast?
The federal government is on the verge of turning over a huge portion of our public airwaves to corporate giants instead of revolutionizing Internet access and making it available to more people at more affordable prices. Now is the time to speak out to the FCC and sign a petition.
Guest List
Two out-of-state congressmen are coming to town over the next week. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland will be joining Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords at the Lodge on the Desert, 306 N. Alvernon Way, at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 29. Giffords’ office says Hoyer “will brief friends and supporters of Giffords on the accomplishments of…
Who Will Make Fun of Brett Somers Now?
Charles Nelson Reilly dies at 76 Reilly has joined Gene Rayburn in the great rotating stage in the sky. I feel so (blank).
Is There No Level To Which The Fake News Will Not Sink?
Warning: Explicit Image Ahead! Dick Cheney poses nude for calendar fundraiser. So disrespectful!
Raul’s Mustache Ride
Congressman Raul Grijalva had a great visit to the Colbert Nation last night. Loved Colbert’s description of Congressional District 7 as “hotter than the devil’s balls.”
Pizza Hut Earmarks $40,000 for Save Our Sabino Fundraiser
From a press release that came in too late for this week’s issue: Where were you in 1967? Let’s see, the population in Tucson was 150,000, a first class stamp was only a nickel, Rolling Stone magazine made its debut and Pizza Hut opened its first location in Tucson. Officially, Pizza Hut in Tucson will…
Police Dispatch Extra
A University of Arizona Police Department report alleges that an FBI agent was caught masturbating in a women’s restroom stall at the UA student union on Thursday, May 3. UAPD Sgt. Eugene Mejia confirmed that Ryan James Seese is an FBI agent, who, according to the report, appears to be based in Phoenix. Mejia said…
Kittens in Need
This just in from the Humane Society Due to the sudden and large influx of young kittens, the Humane Society of Southern Arizona is in desperate need good quality (not store brand) canned kitten food. We bought nine cases last week and it is all gone already and we can’t afford to keep buying this food. ……
Pick of the Week
Mind Over Body
Danehy
How can compromise lead to a bill that everyone dislikes?
Top Ten in Books
top ten Mostly Book best-sellersfor the week endingMay 18, 2007 1. The Secret Rhonda Byrne, Beyond Words ($23.95) 2. The Loved Dog: The Playful, Nonagressive Way to Teach Your Dog Good Behavior Tamar Geller, Simon Spotlight ($24.95) 3. The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Timothy…
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Tuttle
Letters regarding a recent column prove intolerance is alive and very well
Seafood Sublime
Stick to the amazing sashimi and rolls at Sushi Yukari, and you’ll be in heaven
Sappy and Stereotyped
The late Adrienne Shelly’s dialogue helps make ‘Waitress’ predictably enjoyable
Guest Commentary
Is Big Brother watching student activists at the University of Arizona?
Noshing Around
Best of Barrio Foodie Bus Tour Hop on the air-conditioned bus, Gus, and let Gray Line Tours escort you to some of South Tucson’s finest family-owned food emporiums. Go behind the scenes at La Estrella Bakery, where handmade Mexican pastries and tortillas are still a respected tradition. Peek into the huge freezers at Rodriguez Fish…
OK Ogre
The latest ‘Shrek’ disappoints a bit by exchanging storytelling for humor
¡Ask a Mexican!
In what field of work would someone with a bachelor’s in Chicano studies land?
Now Showing at Home
“M*A*S*H: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen,” “The Fountain,” and “Apocalypto”
A Week of Lessons
A note from the editor.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Soundbites
A TALE OF TWO CITIES Let’s face it: Phoenix sucks. Tucson, on the other hand, rocks. It’s as simple as that, really. Tucson, while growing far too fast to handle the growth (and handling it poorly by, say, building out when we should be looking toward infill), is still a great size–small enough that it…
Over There
1st Lt. Jonathan Paton, a state representative, was sent to Iraq on a six-month deployment. Here’s his story.
In Love With the Songs
The dreams of Girls in a Coma are coming true–including the release of their debut album
Forest Foul-Up
Environmentalists win a battle for openness in wildlands management
Rhythm & Views
The second volume in the Soul Sides reissues series–a collaboration between Zealous Records and vintage soul archivist Oliver Wang’s Soul-Sides.com blog–features 14 immaculately chosen cover songs. Culled from who knows how many tracks, they run the gamut from instrumental funk and soulful ska to tear-jerking ballads and straight-up, big-hearted R&B. Appropriately, the tracks lean heavily…
Signs of Life
Could burgers and cheap clothes be El Con’s salvation?
Righting the Wrongs
Ms. Led make their latest album both personal and political
Isolated and Ill
A Tucson group fights to end solitary confinement in Arizona’s prisons
Nine Questions
Dan Naiman
Progress Delayed
A groundbreaking date for the downtown Town West condo proposal is nowhere in sight
Rhythm & Views
Wolf Parade was no fluke. For all their ancillary hype, the band’s songs were catchy and affecting, and can largely be credited to the group’s two songwriters: Spencer Krug, who has earned his stripes with Frog Eyes, Swan Lake and Sunset Rubdown, and Dan Boeckner, who now has Handsome Furs–his duo with fiancée Alexei Perry.…
The Skinny
FROM THE RIGHT: AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS! At first glance, the U.S. Senate’s immigration-reform package strikes us as tougher than the STRIVE Act that’s currently in the House of Representatives. It’s certainly less migrant-friendly than the McCain-Kennedy plan that passed the Senate last year. Arizona’s junior senator, Jon Kyl (the one who still shows up…
Live
Los Amigos Invisibles & The Jons, Rialto Theatre, Friday, May 18
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Media Watch
KUAT Warns of Future Layoffs
Top Ten in Music
CD City top sales for the week
Time Passing
Three talented photographers use classic techniques for their newest images
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Helene Grotans
Rhythm & Views
Remember The Proclaimers and that song, “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”? “I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more”? It could just be the slightly similar accent and inflection, but when Maxïmo Park’s lead singer Paul Smith sings, “365 days watching me decay,” on “Girls Who Play Guitars,” the first song on…
Center of the Universe
This Sonoran Desert tome could have used an editor, but it’s still a must-have
Police Dispatch
Not-So-Good Samaritans Unincorporated Pima County, April 29, 8:15 p.m. A woman accused two men–who helped her change a flat tire–of driving off with her vehicle when they were done, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report said. A deputy found the woman hiding in the brush; she reportedly said she had been scared. According to the…
Absurd Delight
Invisible Theatre finds the right balance in its pleasant production of the dysfunctional ‘Swimming in the Shallows’
Reviews Restricted
Newspapers are making unparalleled cuts in books coverage, says Howard Zinn
