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The cure for the summertime blues
There’s no reason to be blue this summer. Tucson has plenty of activities to keep everyone occupied — and cool. Here are our top picks for things to do this summer. 1. See a movie at the Loft Cinema 3233 E. Speedway Boulevard loftcinema.org If you can’t find anything to do this summer, you clearly…
City Week: Weekly Picks
Tucson Children’s Museum at Tohono Chul In partnership with the Children’s Museum Oro Valley, Tohono Chul now offers special activities and outdoor play spaces for kids. Indoor hands-on exhibits focus on the environment, including the culture, animals and plants native to the Sonoran Desert. Outdoor fun includes fanciful play structures, a performance space, a real…
Giggle through the night with Tucson Improv Movement
Remember that one night at sleepover camp? Or that boon docker when nobody went home until the sun came up? Or any other occasion when you and your friends were hanging out, riffing with each other until the sun came up? That euphoria, that jazz you feel, messing around in the middle of the night,…
Zebra celebrating 40th anniversary of debut album
Zebra singer Randy Jackson has creepy memories of playing Tucson. This time around, when the hard rock band performs at the Rialto Theatre on Wednesday, May 31, it should be a little calmer. “We’ve played out there a few years ago for a guy from New Orleans who had a haunted house with laser guns…
All Time Low grateful for fan support
All Time Low frontman Alex Gaskarth wants to comfort his fans with music. That’s the inspiration behind the band’s latest album “Tell Me I’m Alive,” which explores loneliness, isolation and coping with the pitfalls of the pandemic. “It is not a ‘pandemic record,’ per se, but written on the heels of such a life-changing event.…
Live Music Calendar May 25 to May 31
MAY 25 Hank Topless LaCo Tucson, 6:30 p.m., free Sarah Shook & the Disarmers Club Congress, 8 p.m., $17-$20 MAY 26 Grade 2 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $16 Greg Morton & Jim Stanley LaCo Tucson, 5:30 p.m., free The Luis Muñoz Quartet featuring Lois Mahalia The Century Room, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., $20-$30 MAY…
Gyro Shack piles meat high on pitas
Boise, Idaho-based Gyro Shack has brought its Chicago/Greek-style dishes to Tucson, marking the brand’s first Arizona location. Located at 5775 E. Broadway Boulevard, Gyro Shack serves the authentic Greek street food for which founder Gus Zaharioudakis was known. “He wanted to take the food that he remembered growing up on and spread it around to…
Pima college’s Sandscript makes its debut
Since it started 31 years ago, the Sandscript student-run literary magazine has highlighted the visual arts, prose and poetry of Pima Community College students. The nationally recognized publication, which has won multiple awards from the Community College Humanities Association, has developed a reputation for showcasing high-quality work. This year’s print and digital editions of Sandscript…
PBS to air documentary of Tucson filmmaker
With his film “Feelings are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer,” Tucson’s Jack Walsh wanted viewers to learn about the postmodern choreographer who contributed to dance throughout her life. His documentary will be broadcast on PBS 6 Plus at 8 p.m. Friday, June 9, and on PBS World at 7 p.m. Friday, June 30, as…
Nonprofit plans Pallet shelters to address homeless population
For years, J. Kristin Olson-Garewal was getting increasingly concerned about the growing number of homeless people walking Tucson’s streets and sitting in its parks. Her son, Raj Garewal, worked in a homeless service center in Los Angeles, dealing with an even more overwhelming homelessness problem. But where Tucson seemed to have no answers, Garewal showed…
Verdugo makes return to Arizona in series against D-backs
Boston Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo grew up in Tucson watching Diamondbacks baseball. The Sahuaro High School alumni said he would “come home from school or practice, sit on the couch, eat some food and watch baseball,” and with the D-backs being the local team, it would oftentimes be them on the TV. “The Diamondbacks…
The dissonance surrounding THC vapes
In late October 2019, reports of a mysterious and severe lung disease crept throughout the country. What later became known as e-cigarette, vaping associated lung injury (EVALI) was sickening an alarming amount of people. As of early 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an eventual total of 2,506 cases of EVALI that…
Saguaro National Park thrives in the summer
The Saguaro National Park is a popular go-to destination in the spring and winter. District ranger Perri Spreiser reminds residents that park is still open in the summer. “There’s a saying in the parks service, that, ‘This is our off-season. This is our quiet season,’” Spreiser said. “That doesn’t really happen in national parks anymore.…
Summer Safari Nights start amid zoo construction
Summer Safari Nights are back at the Reid Park Zoo to help beat the heat. “During the summer, it’s so hard to spend time outside when it’s 110 degrees,” said Chelo Grubb, the zoo’s marketing and communications supervisor. “We want to give that opportunity for people to come enjoy the zoo during the cooler evening…
