Cover Story
Nerds, Natives & Noam
When you bring your expectations to the Loft Film Fest, it should be safe to keep them pretty high.
Laughing Stock: Creative Tucson Airs It Out Live
You’re invited to be the laugh track when Creative Tucson broadcasts its first live comedy show, Airing It Out Live, at 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov 11. Next week, the show will be posted on Creative Tucson’s YouTube channel, home of Tucson Weekly editor Jim Nintzel’s weekly broadcast, ZONA Politics; the comedy news show, 5 on…
Quick Bites: Dogs, Dinners and Docs
Sips for Seniors. Seniors are the homemade popcorn of the canine world: completely underrated. Lots of people picture a spunky puppy when they think about getting a new dog, but consider the benefits of taking in a more mature mutt: they usually require less training, they’re as big as they’re gonna get, they’ve grown out…
The Weekly List: 30 Things To Do In Tucson This Week
Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo. Theater and Shows Popol Vuh: The Story of Seven Macaw. Pima Community College’s newest production is a recreation of a Mayan creation myth, in which the Mayan hero twins must come to the rescue to end the reign of terror over the earth by corrupt…
Democrats Luckier Than Education in 2017 City-Wide Elections
Mariano Rodriguez had already left the room by the time a group of ladies sang “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” in his honor. The results were undeniable—he lost his race for City Council Ward 6. “This has taught me a lot, and I’m not going to go away,” he said. “We’ll see what happens…
Loft Film Fest Kicks Off With ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ Party Featuring Special Guest Curtis Armstrong
The Loft Film Fest kicks off tonight with a screening of Revenge of the Nerds,” a performance by ’80s cover band 80s and Gentlemen and an appearance by Curtis Armstrong, who played Booger in the film. It’s just the start of the Loft Film Fest, which you can read about in last week’s Tucson Weekly…
State Grades Are All About the A’s and F’s
Here’s what’s important about the state’s school grades. If a school gets an A, it gets a sack full of results-based funding money—somewhere between $5,500 and $10,000 per teacher, depending on the number of low income students at the school. That’s a big friggin’ deal. If a school gets an F, that means it failed…
School Blues: Most Education Props Failed Tonight
Voters rejected bond proposals and budget overrides in school districts across Pima County. The big exception was in the Flowing Wells School District, where 61 percent of voters approved nearly $24 million in bonds. In the Tucson Unified School District, nearly 59 percent of voters rejected $180 million in bonds. In the Marana School District,…
Democrats Sweep Tucson City Council Races, While Voters Rejected Early Childhood Ed Measure and Remain Split on the Zoo Props
To no great surprise on Election Day: • Ward 6 Councilman Steve Kozachik cruised to reelection over his Republican opponent, Mariano Rodriguez. The two-term Democrat had 60 percent of the vote as the first ballot results were released. * In Ward 3, Democrat Paul Durham had 59 percent of the vote over independent candidate Gary…
Kilo Needs a Home
Hi, I’m Kilo! I am a 3-year-old boy who is waiting for my fur-ever home! I have a playful pup who hopes to find a home with lots of dog toys! I am very smart and already know how to sit! If you have any kids or dogs currently living in your home please bring…
I Infantilize High School Students and Have Little Faith in the Intelligence of High School Teachers? Who Knew? (Certainly Not Me)
The current issue of the Weekly has a response to my Guest Opinion about UA’s libertarian-leaning Center for the Philosophy of Freedom and the high school course it created. It’s written by Michael McKenna, the current director of the “Freedom Center.” I braced myself for a serious tongue lashing. Instead I found some serious quibbles with what I…
3 and Out: Khalil Tate and Arizona head to Los Angeles to play Sam Darnold and USC
There’s a hell of a football game slated under the blinding lights and towering mecca that is the L.A. Coliseum Saturday night. That contest pits the upstart prodigal sons of Tucson against the mighty Trojans of the University of Southern California, in a battle for Pac 12 South supremacy. The Wildcats, who suddenly find themselves…
Police Dispatch
When a cop interrupted a woman’s mystifying mission on a stranger’s property, her attitude ranged from dangerously daring to meekly remorseful.
Guest Opinion
None of the financial support for the course Ethics, Economy, and Entrepreneurship came from the Kochs.It came from a Templeton Foundation grant of $2.9 million.
Extract Excitement
Once again, the Arizona courts have it out for medical marijuana patients.
Honor Rolls
In the long sweep of SOUTH Sixth Avenue, most folks are on the lookout for an amazing taco house, perhaps a hidden hut where the best tortillas are made.
Fit For a King
On a sunny afternoon, the light hits just right and the Royal Room is made into a kaleidoscope by the rainbow-stained glass windows.
Girl Power
Girl power is on the rise, and so is girls’ rugby.
Editor’s Note
I’ve made no secret of my love for the Loft Cinema (and especially those new seats in the main auditorium).
Reel Indie
Thanksgiving is this month, so many of us have food and feasting on the brain, including our friends over at The Loft, who have dubbed this “Freaky Food Month” of their Mondo Monday series.
Venerating Veterans
An active U.S. Air Force member kneels to hand a burial flag to Patricia Clark, quietly saying the honorary words, “We offer this flag for the faithful and dedicated service.”
Satanic Majesty
The glorious dichotomy to The Devil Makes Three is that the music is a seamless combination soaked in rootsy authenticity.
Know Your Product
The son of singer-songwriters Jim and Ingrid Croce, A.J. Croce is clearly a chip off the old blocks.
Retrospective at Etherton
The sprawling painting “Tower Bar,” its 11-foot expanse painted blood red, is as big and as complicated as a Renaissance painting.
The Skinny
Sen. Jeff Flake set off a political explosion last week with his announcement that he would not seek reelection.
Magical Matrimony
You may not be aware that Arizona Theatre Company has sponsored a nationwide playwriting contest since 1993.
Fulfillment After Illness
Meredith Mitstifer spent years struggling with infertility issues, only to find she was naturally pregnant right when she needed to have a cancerous mass removed from one of her ovaries.
Best in the West
Tables in Old Tucson’s Grand Palace were covered in items to memorialize Mick Willoughby…
