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Superheroes, Monsters, Robots and More!
There are a bunch of movies coming out this Summer Movie Season, and it’s my honor and job and legal obligation to let you in on some of the scuttlebutt surrounding them in a preview sort of way.
XOXO: Where to Rock Thursday, May 16
They are the progeny of the late Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts. Accomplished musicians in their own right, Devon Allman and Duane Betts just can’t help it; They have guitar playing in the double-helix of their DNA. The Allman Betts Band slides into The Fox Theatre. Details here. Washington, D.C.’s Dead Meadow light up their…
Laughing Stock: Keep Tucson Sketchy, Celebrating and Unscrewed
Keep Tucson Sketchy has it all Let’s Keep Tucson Sketchy roars back at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at The Screening Room. Its 42-person ensemble of actors, writers and crew includes amateurs, students, pros and several well-known local stand-up comedians. It will illuminate the venue’s movie screen with almost a dozen original video sketches. They’ll…
Exclusive: Rebekah Rolland Releases Video for “Hole in the Earth”
Rebekah Rolland, a local singer/songwriter who combines multiple pastoral genres, recently released a new music video ahead of her summer tour, and the Weekly has the first look! The video is for “Hole in the Earth,” the first track off her 2018 album Seed & Silo, which landed on Tucson Weekly’s list of best local albums…
Scam Alert: Do Not Donate To Fire Fighter Fundraising Calls
Members of The Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona are aghast by a recent scam targeting Arizona consumers. The scam phone calls, which pretend to be fundraising endeavors for charities benefitting those that fight fires, have targeted locals, according to the organization. “These scam phone calls happen frequently and recently we have had reports of an…
Claytoon of the Day: Jr. Jeopardy
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Three Great Things to Do in Tucson Today: Wednesday, May 15
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church. Not only is the Loft Cinema showing you a documentary on Jimi Hendrix’s historic July 4, 1970, performance in front of more than 300,000 fans, but they’re giving you the opportunity to meet and ask questions to a member of the Hendrix family. At this special screening, made in partnership with…
XOXO: Where to Rock Wednesday, May 15
Gary Mackender, Karl Hoffmann and Billy Yates, otherwise known as The Carnivaleros Trio, add a few secret herbs and spices (use your imagination) into a savory stockpot of zydeco, polka y Tex-Mex and bring it to a roiling boil at Public Brewhouse. Details here. They are a little folk, a little country with a Southwestern…
AZ Senate Republicans Push For a New NAU “Freedom School” While They Undercut University, K-12 Funding
I don’t know which state senator, or senators, stuck a half million dollar request for a new “Freedom School” at Northern Arizona University into the Republican senators’ budget proposal. But someone did. UA and ASU both have versions of the Koch brothers’ libertarian outpost on their campuses, but Flagstaff’s NAU is currently Freedom-School free. That…
Gov. Ducey Signs Bill for MMIWG Study Into Law
Gov. Doug Ducey has signed House Bill 2570 into law, creating the first state-sponsored study to gather comprehensive data on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Arizona and identify causes of the systemic violence. These cases, known as MMIWG cases, have historically received limited attention and improper classification. The only national study devoted…
Adoptable Pet: Callie Needs a Home
“I am a sweet 6-year-old girl who loves treats and toy feathers. In the past I have done well with cats but would prefer a home without dogs.” – Callie Bring your family to meet Callie at HSSA Main Campus at 635 W. Roger Rd. For more information give an adoptions counselor a call at…
Claytoon of the Day: Vaxxin’ Action
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Three Great Things to Do in Tucson Today: Tuesday, May 14
Small Things Considered: 27th Small Works Invitational. Eighty artists from around Tucson and the greater arts community have come together for this exhibit at the Davis Dominguez Gallery full of small paintings, little sculptures and every other fine art medium. Each artists provides one piece that’s 12″x12″ or smaller and 18 inches high or shorter,…
XOXO: Where to Rock Tuesday, May 14
Can you hear the “The Hollow Sound of the Morning Chimes” in the wind? Canadian indie rockers TOPS bring their fey pop hooks to 191 Toole. Video Age launches the show. Details here. This is an album marked by tragedy: The death of mentors Leon Russell, Truck’s uncle Butch (founding member of the Allman Brothers)…
Old Tucson Props Being Auctioned
Online previews are currently available for the 75-piece “Robert Shelton ‘Old Tucson Collection’” as part of a 600-piece Hollywood Auction run by RR Auction. Highlights of the selection include a rifle gifted to Shelton by John Wayne, a collection of Old Tucson film scripts, and multiple wardrobe and set pieces. Estimated auction prices of these…
Groundbreaking: Construction Begins on Convention Center Hotel
New buildings seem to be popping up all over the place downtown, and today construction started on the new Tucson Convention Center Hotel: A DoubleTree by Hilton. Caliber, Rio Nuevo, The City of Tucson, Ryan Companies US, Inc. and the Barrio Nuevo Neighborhood met up this morning to break ground on the new hotel. Mayor…
Arizona and UCLA Softball Play One For the Record Books in Westwood
The marine layer settled into UCLA’s Easton Stadium this weekend like a cold, damp blanket–forcing players and coaches alike to grab their heaviest jackets. The damp, chilly weather off the field contrasted the red-hot action on it, as two of the nation’s hottest softball teams battled it out. Both visiting Arizona and the mighty Bruins…
Claytoon of the Day: Jr.
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Three Great Things to Do in Tucson Today: Monday, May 13
It Takes a Community to Raise a Saguaro Presentation. We all love our gentle giants that dot the desert in this town, but do you know what it takes for a saguaro to grow? Head out to Saguaro National Park East where the experts will present the life cycle of the mighty saguaro from seed…
XOXO: Where to Rock Monday, May 13
On No Pryers (2019), these Los Angelenos alternate between currents of political angst and pummeling darkwave dance beats. With a metallic stare, The Electric West say “No No No” to just about everything. At Club Congress. M. Crane and Zero Miles To Empty add fuel to the fire. Details here. “Just One of the Guys,”…
Farewell to Dick Tomey, the Finest Football Coach Arizona Ever Had
Ask anybody who ever experienced success as a football player to describe the coach who had the greatest impact on him and the response will almost always go something like, “Oh man, he was hard on me. He’d yell and scream, get in my face and cuss me out…I loved that dude.” When you talk…
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Afternoon Cartoon: Trade War
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Claytoon of the Day: Thanks, Obama
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Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza’s Homer Sparks Arizona Win Over UCLA, 5-3
Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza stepped up to the plate inside Westwood’s Easton Stadium in the top of the seventh with a chance to be the hero. The redshirt junior outfielder was looking to do damage in a tie game with mighty UCLA, who had beat the Wildcats in five-straight games dating back to 2017. Palomino-Cardoza was waiting…
24 Great Things to Do in Tucson This Weekend: May 10 to 12
Mother’s Day Specials The Carriage House. This Mother’s Day brunch is buffet-style, including bottomless mimosas and bloody Marys. The Carriage House is dishing out everything they have, including chorizo chilaquiles, house-cured smoked salmon, pork loin, Tortilla Espanola with artichokes, lemon bundt cake and more. This also includes a carving station, salads and desserts. 10 a.m.…
Arizona Softball Faces UCLA in Westwood This Weekend
The sixth-ranked Arizona Wildcats (40-11, 17-4) face their stiffest conference test this weekend, facing third-ranked UCLA for three games in Westwood, California. The Wildcats enter the weekend series off a three-game sweep at the hands of the Washington Huskies, who beat Arizona by a combined score of 12-6. Arizona goes into their final Pac-12 regular…
D-Day Doll Visits Tucson on Commemorative World Tour
“Oh my, here it comes,” said World War II veteran Gwen Niemi, who, even at 99-years-old, could hardly contain her excitement as the C-53D Skytrooper airplane landed at the Tucson International Airport. The historic aircraft, nicknamed the “D-Day Doll” flew in the Normandy Invasion of France in 1944, dropping paratroopers, delivering supplies and evacuating the…
Listen to Her Heart: Jenny Lewis
On The Line finds Lewis exploring moments and themes that are both big and small, serious and fun, her songwriting voice stronger than ever.
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Where to rock in Tucson this week
Cannabis Consolidation
Arizona is a pretty unique state when it comes to cannabis. We’ve heard those in the industry call it “the wild west” in reference to relatively lax laws surrounding testing, but it’s wild in other ways as well.
The Skinny
Huck and Miller battle it out via transportation memos and the Arizona Legislature tackles the porn epidemic.
Police Dispatch: Tripping the Lights Bombastic?
A meth-using man with an impressive slang vocabulary literally seized domestic power (sort of) by turning off his mother’s electricity
Trial Run
We are in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692. The scene opens with Reverend Paris carrying a limp Betty Paris (portrayed by Christopher Younggren and Flories Rush respectively), who’s passed out after being discovered dancing in the middle of the forest.
Hearing Distance: Monologue of a Muted Man
A new play told through language and dance and music opens with an homage to still another art form: the visual arts.
Danehy
Good thing Tom’s not on social media because he’s just asking to be lit up by the idiot fans of Chris Brown and Tyga
Curry Up and Visit
How one local health food store turned the tables by serving in-house meals
Editor’s Note
As a longtime comic-book nerd, I’m certain I’ve already seen my big summer of 2019 movie (and judging from the box office, everyone else has, too).
Bringing Closure
Group volunteers said the calls to search for a missing loved one have increased in recent months as a flood of mostly Central American families has surged toward the border.
Children’s Crusade
Over the last decade, the state of Arizona has cut preschool funding by tens of millions of dollars.
Quick Bites
Where to eat and drink in Tucson this week.
Object Lessons: Biotech
Nighthawk Biotechnology, Inc. is not a real company, it’s the name of Ironwood Ridge science teacher Mark Pincus’s biotechnology class.
Reel Indie
Movies to see at Tucson’s local indie theaters this week
City Week
Fill your week with fun at great local events
