Cover Stories
A Box Full of Trouble
I got home at dusk and saw the shoe box on the steps of my Airstream. It wasn’t there when I left. The hackles went up on my neck.
A Book That Will Make You Believe in Murder Again
Brash Books just published my first novel, Double Wide. I wrote the first version of it in the 1980s. What are we looking at here—more than three decades? Sounds about right.
Fill the Truck! Suddath To Host Food Drive on Tuesday
Do you enjoy stuffing trucks and/or helping those less fortunate than yourself in Pima County? If so, boy, are you in luck! Local moving company Suddath Relocation Systems of Arizona is teaming up with Move for Hunger—a nationwide nonprofit organization aiming at ending hunger that’s collected more than 9 million pounds of food in the…
Community Radio KXCI Giving Nonprofits a Boost for Giving Tuesday
Local independent rock-and-roll station 91.3 KXCI is bringing the heat for this year’s #GivingTuesday Celebration. The station, in partnership with several local nonprofits, will broadcast from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. next Tuesday from its studio inside the Hotel Congress. The goal of Tuesday’s event, according to station Executive Director Cathy Rivers, is to help…
The Weekly List: 28 Things To Do In And Around Tucson This Week
Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo. Naturally Tucson Mountain District Guided Bird Walk. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? If you’re going to find the answer to that age-old question anywhere, it’ll probably be on this 30-minute walk through the wash behind the Red…
Cutting Teacher Compensation and School Funding in Wisconsin
Does cutting the power of teacher unions, cutting teacher salaries and reducing tenure and seniority rights— all ingredients in the conservative recipe for educational success—make for better education? Let’s take a look at Wisconsin, one of the country’s experiments in conservative governance. In 2011, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed a bill that reduced the bargaining…
Grease Trap Fever! County Collecting Grease in January
Do you have a heaping helping of grease laying around your house and have an unrelenting need to get rid of it? Well, if so then you’re in luck, as Pima County’s Wastewater Reclamation Department is hosting its 13th annual Grease Collection and Recycling event at spots across the county on Jan. 6. Interested grease…
The ‘Freedom Center’s’ High School Course Is On Shaky Ground at TUSD
The Star’s Hank Stephenson has a good front page article in the Sunday paper about the controversial high school course created by UA’s Koch-funded “Freedom Center.” It presents an overview of the course and the districts using it, with all sides getting a chance to have their say. I’m pleased to see the Star getting…
UPDATE: Please stop sending your sweet, sweet turkeys!
The Salvation Army of Southern Arizona has a message of good news as Thanksgiving fast approaches. The nonprofit, which gives out free turkey dinners each year, had a serious problem coming into this week. They were well short of the number of birds necessary to feed the masses—with 40 turkeys as of Monday to feed…
Sweetie Needs a Home
Hi there. I’m Sweetie! I am a 5 month old female kitten searching for the purr-fect home! I have a lot of energy and love to play! I would do best as your only cat so that I can get all of your love and attention. In the past I have done well with older…
Steve Bannon Beats the Drum Against Undocumented Immigrants in Tucson Appearance
Ralph Terry was shocked when he heard there would be protests over Steve Bannon being the keynote speaker and award recipient at the Brian Terry Foundation annual award dinner. The Foundation chose Steve Bannon as keynote speaker and recipient of the Brian Terry Courage in Journalism and Reporting Award because of Breitbart’s reporting on “Operation…
Facebook-Free Friday
I enjoy Facebook. I really do. I find myself there every day I’m near a computer, usually many times a day. I very much enjoy watching the children of young families (and I’m of an age when most families are young) growing up. I also enjoy mixing it up with smart people who keep me…
Lil Peep Passes Away Before Show at The Rock
The rap genre lost one of its up-and-coming artists on Wednesday. Fast-rising rap artist Gustav Ahr, or “Lil Peep” passed away before his show on Wednesday night at The Rock, with the exact cause of his death still under investigation. The 21-year-old New York artist was pronounced dead at 9 p.m., according to the county’s…
Life Without Louis
Last week, I got a message saying Louis C.K. was available for interviews along with a link to watch his latest film.
Reel Indie
Picks for the best in indie theaters this week.
Native Tongue
Before speaking with experimental electronic musician Elysia Crampton, she sent us an email briefing us about certain facets of her identity, so that there wouldn’t be any awkwardness.
Police Dispatch
After allegedly gyrating against an office window (among other odd and salacious behaviors), a man was barred from University of Arizona property.
Know Your Product
Orchestral arrangements and lush harmonies help push the indie rock of Oregon band The Cabin Project out of the mundane
The Skinny
The stampede of Republican lawmakers retreating in horror from Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is quite the spectacle.
Police Dispatch
An intoxicated collegiate had an amusingly elementary response when a cop caught him with his pants (partially) down, according to a UAPD report.
Reefer Relief
A salient solution to dispensaries’ cash-only conundrum has surfaced in California.
Editor’s Note
I’m delighted (and a little bit jealous, TBH) to say that my old friend and frequent TW contributor Leo W. Banks has published his first novel.
Tucson Salvage
Alone in the world and full dark is falling soon, and he listens to the stupid cars and trucks pass by, their hypnotic low rumble, the severity and austerity.
Regional Attraction
Yet again, we find ourselves in the rapture of another fantastic restaurant that began humbly rolling upon wheels and parking wherever they darn well please.
Days of Wine and Roses
It wasn’t all black tie, but it was an upscale event at last week’s inaugural wine festival.
Tragic Landscapes
Migrants crossing the tragic landscape of the borderlands leave many things behind: backpacks, jeans, food cans, empty water bottles—and sometimes their lives.
Picture of Youth
Shelby Zismann seems older than 17 as she talks about processing the two-year relationship where she experienced emotional abuse.
NAFTA Nuances
Growing stuff to feed hungry people has always been big business.
In the Blood
Deep into the 2017-2018 Theater season, we are still being served up challenging and thoughtful, funny and sometimes downright perplexing fare
