Tucson’s Know-It-All
Rick Myers’ passion for community service could lead to the city manager’s office
Calexicon
A few words about Joey, John and Co.
Fight Over Over-Flights
Angry residents vow to keep fighting despite the City Council’s expansion of the Davis-Monthan high-noise zone
Soundbites
SOUP AND SALVATION Whoever said that there’s no free lunch has obviously never met Brian Flagg or the rest of the Catholic workers and volunteers at Casa Maria. For just shy of 25 years, the local soup kitchen, located at 401 E. 26th St., has provided free meals to the poor and homeless from 8…
Territorial Triage
A group of volunteers have declared war on non-native grasses that are infesting the desert–and you can help
Nine Questions
Noah Gabbard
Questioning Ohio
No controversy this time? Think again
Live
The Great Cover-Up, Club Congress, Nov. 10 and 12-13
The Skinny
ON A CLEAR DAY, YOU CAN SEE JOHN MUNGER Cowardly Democrats controlling the Board of Supervisors looked the other way–again–and handed uber GOP-insider John Munger another $250,000 contract to represent Pima County at the Legislature. We can almost stomach the county’s reasoning that because Republicans control the Legislature, it is best to have a Republican…
Rhythm & Views
With Medúlla, Bjork’s sixth solo record, Bjork set out to make a record that was still in line with the dramatic electronica of her previous records, but using only human voices to create the same kinds of sounds. There are choirs, throat singers, beat-boxers, Faith No More’s Mike Patton and Bjork’s own incredible voice, and…
Media Watch
Weiss on the Way Out
Rhythm & Views
If the demise of mallcore, rap/metal fusion hasn’t been apparent in the last two years, then look no further for proof than the new release from Papa Roach, Getting Away With Murder. The third major-label release from the high school buddies from Vacaville, Calif., is a lazy, effortless, annoying piece of crap. Seemingly tired of…
Police Dispatch
Seven Days of Excess West Cortaro Farms and North Thornydale roads, Oct. 30, 11:12 a.m. About $6,000 worth of goods were stolen from a house where a woman threw a week-long party–despite explicit warnings from her traveling father not to have over any guests, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report stated. The stolen items included…
Top Ten in Music
Hear’s Music top sales for the week
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with David Euchner
Rhythm & Views
Jazz pianist Matthew Shipp’s latest effort is an example of an artist truly reaching and challenging himself. In fact, this is a remarkable CD despite the fact that the always-inventive Shipp all but ignores pretty melodies and doesn’t even play many solos. With Harmony and Abyss, Shipp and company offer up one of the few…
Pick
Tucson–a town filled with good people who are motivated to do good deeds–is home to a phenomenal number of nonprofit organizations whose members take remarkably progressive and creative approaches to helping the community. BICAS (Bicycle Inter-Community Art and Salvage), which started almost 15 years ago, is one of the best examples of how a simple…
Decades of Dance
O-T-O Dance celebrates 20 years with ‘Fall Flung Dances’
A Roma Rave
Caffe Roma’s attentive service and perfectly-seasoned dishes brighten up the northwest side
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Dance From the South
Tucson gets a double dose of Mexican dance– one dose traditional, one dose contemporary
Danehy
A lack of class and common sense: incomprehensible academics who ‘teach’
Sex, Fear and Videotape
John Cameron Mitchell is on his way to the Loft to discuss ‘Hedwig,’ ‘Tarnation’ and the politics of fear
Romance Through the Years
Two local productions show the doldrums of relationships gone sour
Downing
From the clutter: a chocolate Barbie and red-light-runner protests
Beyond Reason
The ‘Bridget Jones’ sequel proves that Renée Zellweger was a bad casting choice
Perched on the Precipice
Tucsonan Joy Williams approaches the subject of death in her new collection of stories
Guest Commentary
When you literally have your tits in a wringer…
Sorrowful ‘Sideways’
Alexander Payne’s newest Oscar contender is sadder and more reflective than his earlier films
Top Ten in Books
Reader’s Oasis best sellers for the week
A Gaggle of Goings-On
A note from the editor.
Now Showing at Home
“Ju-on: The Grudge,” “The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection,” “Shrek 2,” and “Straw Dogs: Unrated”
Noshing Around
Book Tasting Join Meridith Little, author of Taming Tofu, at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19 at Antigone Books as she whips up chocolate-banana milkshakes and five-star mixed grill for your tasting pleasure; located 411 N. Fourth Ave. Feeding the Hungry On Thanksgiving, Primavera Foundation serves a sit-down dinner for 100 homeless men at the Primavera…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
A Musical Family
Local music legend Howe Gelb takes his newest incarnation of Giant Sand on the road with a new CD
The Secondmen Cometh
Mike Watt turned a serious illness into an inspiration for an album
