This Week’s Issue
It’s online and ready for you to lovingly devour! Also … I am going to turn off the comments moderation, for the primary reason that it’s a royal pain in the rear to have to check the comments queue every other minute. Hopefully, it’ll stay off. Thanks to all of you who behave here. And to…
Tucson Mama Blog
An occasional Weekly contributor sends in the following news: An unveiling! I’m so excited to share my web site with you. It’s www.tucsonmama.com I hope that it can serve as a hub of information for Tucson women and families–I know there are a lot of us with similar interests and concerns, and it would be…
Stumblewatch ’07: Dust-Settling Edition
I’m a few hours late to the post-election analysis party today, because I was so sure about how everything was going to turn out that I spent the last week of Stumblewatch ’07 back in New York City. And then my flight home last night turned into a disaster, and I ended up in Phoenix…
Dry Campus, Not Dry … Make Up Your Mind!
I walked down to the UA last Saturday morning with my son. I guess I forgot what Homecoming was like when I was a student. In my mind, I thought about Wilma and Wilbur, and I thought my son may get to say hello to the mascots. At the end of Mountain Avenue, we got…
Election Results!
ALMOST SORT OF FINAL FOR NOW RESULTS!!! Updated: 10:50 p.m.; final update of the night! Analysis and pithy commentary coming tomorrow! 26.4 percent voter turnout; 127 of 128 precincts reporting, plus early votes Prop 200: Tucson Water Users’ Bill of Rights YES: 16,176: 28.3 percent NO: 41,017: 71.7 percent PROP 100: Mayor/Council Raises YES: 27,025: 47.3 percent NO: 30,101:…
Catalina H.S. Student Deported for Marijuana
Here’s a sad story about a high school student whose backpack was searched because he was incoherent. They found “what looked like marijuana,” and the whole family has now been deported to Mexico because they were here illegally. They had been living here for six years. I think there could’ve been a different punishment for…
Your Photo Radar Update for Wednesday, Nov. 7
The Tucson Police Department’s photo-radar van will be in the following areas on Wednesday, Nov. 7: 7 to 9 a.m.: School crossing on Kenyon Drive near Sarnoff Drive 9:30 to 12:30 p.m.: On Research Loop south of Golf Links Road 3 to 8:20 p.m.: On 22nd Street near Swan Road
Comments
Due to threats being made anonymously, we’re (hopefully) temporarily turning on comments moderation. In other words, all comments will go into a queue before they’re made public on the site. Any and all comments–no matter how critical or insane–will be let through as long as they come somewhere close to following our Comments Policy guidelines.…
Remembering the Dead
Being back in Tucson means I get an invitation with my mom to go to the Catholic cemetery on All Souls Day/Day of the Dead. So, trying to be a good 40-year-old daughter, I go with my mom to Holy Hope last Friday with a smile on my face. It’s interesting being in a place…
Your Photo Radar Update for Tuesday, Nov. 6
The Tucson Police Department’s photo-radar van will be in the following areas on Tuesday, Nov. 6: 7 to 9 a.m.: Miles Exploratory Learning Center, 1400 E. Broadway Blvd. 9:30 to 1:30 p.m.: On Campbell Avenue near Broadway Boulevard 2 to 4 p.m.: The Tucson Police Department posted that the van would be at Prince Elementary,…
Your Photo Radar Update for Monday, Nov. 5
The Tucson Police Department’s photo-radar van will be in the following areas on Monday, Nov. 5: 7 to 9 a.m.: Mesquite Elementary School, 9455 E. Rita Ranch Rd. 9:30 to 1:30 p.m.: On Craycroft Road near 22nd Street 2 to 4 p.m.: School crossing on Sarnoff Drive near Kenyon Drive 4:30 to 8 p.m.: On…
Bomb Found in Nuke Employee’s Truck
… in Arizona, so reports CNN. Thoughts?
Some Late-Breaking Events
Here are a few events that were not included in our print issue: Saturday, Nov. 3 at 11:30 a.m. Tucson Fun and Adventures Office 3255 E. Grant Road Membership Meeting. Singles can check out Tucson Fun and Adventures, which offers hiking, mixers, parties, dancing and travel events. Free. Call 256-3866 for info. Monday, Nov. 5…
Two-Wheeled Freedom
I joined the Tuesday Community Bike Ride the night before last. Last week, the ride was escorted and harassed by a large contingent of motorcycle cops trying to keep a ride of 300 people as far to the right on the road as possible (which was impossible to do without scaring riders). Some people were riding…
We’re Flattered!
Tuesday’s Political Notebook in the morning daily had an item making fun of the Pima County Republican Party for sending out a mailer deriding Democrats over the trash fee, road repair and neighborhood safety. Where have we heard that before? Oh yeah. Here and here.
Danehy
Beware of the group-dynamics phenomenon known as cascading
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Big Sorrow
Old letters from a Hopi woman to an East Coast friend paint a fascinating picture
O’Sullivan
In today’s world, maybe stupidity and ignorance aren’t so bad after all
Schmaltz Stew
‘King of California’ has its heart in the right place, but this movie has already been made numerous times
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
Guest Commentary
Despite the costs of ‘progress,’ the West remains wild to the young
Cinematic Torture
Another Halloween, another crappy ‘Saw’ movie
Italian in Need
The food needs some serious work at the pleasantly decorated Pizazz! Bistro
¡Ask a Mexican!
How do I buy supplies for our Dia de los Muertos party without offending anyone?
Now Showing at Home
“Stanley Kubrick: Warner Home Video Directors Series,” “Sid and Nancy: Collector’s Edition,” and “Twin Peaks: Definitive Gold Box Edition”
Noshing Around
Turkey Donations Donate a 10-pound turkey to Magpies Pizza, and receive a free large pizza in return. Magpies collaborates with the Tucson Fire Department, the Community Food Bank and the Blake Foundation to provide Thanksgiving meals to people in need. Magpies stores the turkeys until needed. The turkey drive runs from Nov. 1-20. Visit magpiespizza.com…
Good Stuff in This Issue
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.
Band of 27
The Polyphonic Spree hopes for airplay–and a big fan hopes you’ll see their show
Campaigning 101
10 Simple Rules for Running for Office
Hopeful Moments
Montreal-based Stars imagines life after war
Innovative Dwellings
This weekend’s annual home tour shows off the latest in green, energy-efficient residences
Soundbites
THE BEST OUT OF 52? Well, kiddies, let’s hope you’ve still got some cash in the coffer. Rocktober may officially be a thing of the past, but I’m here to tell you that this week constitutes one of the busiest musical weeks we’ll have all year. Forgive my brevity about each item below, but in…
In the Way of Progress
The UA threatens to use eminent domain to boot a 78-year-old out of his longtime home
Nine Questions
Miles Conrad
Comics and Critics
The student at the center of a UA cartoon controversy says he wanted to make people think
Live
Gogol Bordello, Dub Trio, at the Rialto Theatre, Friday, Oct. 26
The Skinny
STUMBLEWATCH ’07: DAY OF DECISION EDITION So Election Day is finally arriving. Yawn. We’ve had one contentious issue on the ballot in the form of Proposition 200, the Tucson Water Users’ Bill of Rights. For those of you who haven’t been paying attention, it would repeal the $14-a-month garbage fee, prohibit Tucson Water from hooking…
Rhythm & Views
Magic finds Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band picking up where they left off after they last recorded together, on the monumental, post-Sept. 11 effort, The Rising. Its “live” sound makes this very much a band album; more than half of Magic’s songs are being played out on the group’s current tour. There are…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
On Going Way Out With Heavy Trash, Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray pick up right where they left off with their last (and first) CD: at some point on the ragged musical highway between the rural South and the Lower East Side of New York City, with a stop in Memphis, Tenn., along the way.…
Media Watch
Brad Behan ‘Shocked, Stunned’ over MIX Removal
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Alice Krohn
Rhythm & Views
The term “post-rock” seems to be a catchall category for rock bands that play predominantly instrumental music. It is applied to groups as divergent as Tortoise, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky and Mono. The Toronto-based musical cooperative Do Make Say Think gets painted with that brush, too. Like the others, DMST’s…
Police Dispatch
Wannabe “Cats” Mark Wrong Territory UA Area Oct. 11, 4:06 p.m. A group of young men were found using a UA gym as both a sports facility and a toilet, according to a UA Police Department report. An officer was dispatched in reference to unwanted persons in the Ina Gittings gym, 1737 E. University Blvd.,…
Hybrid Songs
Perla Batalla combines Spanish and English in her diverse blend of music
Pick of the Week
Found Treasures
Escape and Overload
Paco Velez deals with two cultures in his life and in his art
