The Musical Box celebrates Genesis’ prog rock style
Genesis released the album “Selling England by the Pound” 50 years ago, changing music’s landscape, thanks to singer Peter Gabriel’s theatrical stage presence and the band’s prog rock tendencies. With Gabriel reviving his solo career, those Genesis years have passed. But the Montreal-based tribute band The Musical Box is recalling that era, down to the…
Live Music Calendar
DEC. 1 Joe Peña, the Sunpunchers and Gene Moran 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $10 Ryanhood Hotel Congress Plaza, 7 p.m., $25 “Scottish Fantasy” w/Tucson Symphony Orchestra The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, 7:30 p.m., $14-$90 DEC. 2 Betty Blowtorch 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $12-$15 Skid Row and Buckcherry Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $45-$60 A Winter’s Evening…
Southall ‘thrilled’ to be coming to Tucson
Southall drummer Reid Barber has long championed for his country band to hit Arizona. Seven years into its career, the six-piece band will make its way to 191 Toole on Thursday, Nov. 30. “I have been hammering the idea of coming to Arizona for a long time, so I’m thrilled to be coming to Tucson,”…
Smoking local and dreaming of what could be
As we enter this age of deglobalization, eating, snacking and smoking local can be a special experience. For generations, low fuel prices and even lower-priced foreign manufactured goods were the preferred consumables of the first world. This led to a lower quality product being accepted by consumers and our landfills piled up with cardboard packaging…
Reevaluating cannabis justice with Last Prisoner Project
In the early ’70s, marijuana was at the crux of becoming an emblem for social rebellion — an association that would mutate into a political talking point, one aimed at disproportionately incarcerating people of color. Despite the historic advances that cannabis policy has experienced in recent years, the Last Prisoner Project estimates that tens of…
It’s time to get hung up on cellphones
It’s coming up on a quarter-century since the newest form of cellphone technology became quite the rage. For a while, it had been limited to just a small number of people, and the cumbersome phones looked like a full-sized Army walkie-talkie, with usage plans costing around $8 a minute. Suddenly, it was the Wild West.…
City Week: Week of Nov. 30, 2023
Reveille Men’s Chorus: “Season’s Screenings” DEC. 2 AND DEC. 3 Will it be “You’re a Mean One Mister Grinch,” or the Muppets’ endearing “One More Sleep ‘til Christmas”? Keep guessing, because Reveille isn’t telling yet which movies’ songs they’ll be covering. We can be sure that this performance will feature sentimental favorites along with the…
Laughing Stock: David Fitzsimmons and the last ‘radio show’
This year’s ninth edition of the “Old Pueblo Holiday Radio Show” is David Fitzsimmons’ last rodeo, or, rather, radio — a joke so bad that perhaps only he can appreciate it. “Fitz” will laugh at anything. As much as he’s loved wrangling this sprawling annual production on behalf of Tucson charities, he’s hanging up his…
