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Step by Step
Supported by gung-ho team din and Technotronic’s “Pump Up the Jams,” Marquez “Quezzy” Johnson saunters to the plate, grins wide, and pops a hip-hop dance move. Bases loaded, the green team pitcher backs up, deliberates a second or two and underarms a fast bouncy one toward home plate.
XOXO: Where to Rock, Thursday, Dec. 5
Weathered by life’s detours and disappointments, inspired by musical storytellers Kris Kristofferson and Bruce Springsteen, this country singer uses his voice to paint vivid portraits. Gone are the days of playing for “Beer Money,” Kip Moore gives us a “Reason To Believe.” At the Fox Theatre. Nashvillian singer Devin Dawson opens… Slamming punk and gangsta…
Where Have All The Teachers Gone? (Long Time Passing)
A long time has passed since my first year of teaching. Fifty years ago this September I began my 30-plus year career as a high school teacher. (Yes, I’m that old.) I taught in a one-high-school district outside of Riverside, California. The district wasn’t my first choice, but it was the only job I was…
Claytoon of the Day: Moo Trouble For Devin
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Loft Cinema screening 70th Warren Miller Film: ‘Timeless’
With snowy peaks and frosty pines, it’s not too hard to make winter landscapes look beautiful on film. And Warren Miller Entertainment knows this better than many, seven decades into filmmaking. But what makes their newest film Timeless so special, is that even compared to the 69 films preceding it, this snow sports documentary is…
All Bets Are On, Volume 42: On Arizona’s Clash With Baylor in Waco, the Pac-12 Title Game and Our College Football Playoff Picks
All Bets Are On is back, with an action-packed show that covers the gamut of college sports information. Wednesday’s show begins with a discussion of Arizona basketball’s showdown in Waco against 19th ranked Baylor University, with co-hosts Christopher Boan and Tyler Vondrak handing out their picks for the contest. The duo then hand out their…
XOXO: Where to Rock, Wednesday, Dec. 4
Despite a humble start in Buffalo, NY, in 1986, this scrappy band of outsiders persevered. On the strength of chart-topping power ballad “Iris” their sixth album, Dizzy Up the Girl (Warner Records, 1998), turned them into late-Clinton administration, post-grunge prom kings. Despite numerous distinctions—including “Iris” becoming the “#1 Top 40 song of the last 20…
Movie Review: Knives Out
Very Good #4 Director Rian Johnson, maker of the divisive Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but also maker of the brilliant Looper, takes a crack at the whodunnit genre and comes up mostly aces. Daniel Craig stars as private investigator Benoit Blanc, mysteriously hired by somebody in a rich family after the strange, supposed suicide…
Claytoon of the Day: Putin’s Minions
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XOXO: Where to Rock, Tuesday Dec.3
“Holler Out Loud!” Raised in a Pentecostal church choir, the soul-shocked, garage-rock rumble—best enjoyed with the volume cranked loud—of this fast-rising, 20-something blues belter Nikki Hill can be heard and felt at 191 Toole… Gryffin brings his latest, Gravity, to the Rialto Theatre. Here’s what Dan Griffith (aka Gryffin) has to say about the new…
Movie Review: Queen & Slim
Good #3 A movie about the worst Tinder date…ever. Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith star as the title characters, two young people who meet in a diner for an online date that only goes so-so. On their way home, where the date will not be continuing, they are pulled over by a cop who racially…
We Won’t Have Ally Miller To Kick Around Anymore
Pima County Supervisor Ally Miller, the region’s looniest local official, announced on Facebook this afternoon that she won’t be running for reelection: I was going to announce this in January but think I should do this now. After giving it much consideration, I have decided that it is time to retire and move on to…
Movie Review: The Irishman
Very Good #4 After a lot of publicity surrounding the digital de-aging or Robert De Niro and Al Pacino for the project, Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman arrives on Netflix, and it’s a typically very good offering from the auteur. It has a few problems, but the opportunity to see the likes of De Niro, Pacino…
Adoptable Pets: Fido Needs a Home
“My name is Fido and I am a 4-year-old boy. I am a sweet boy who would prefer to be your only cat to get all of your love and attention. In the past I have done well with calm, cat savvy dogs and gentle kids.” Fido (875896) Fall in love with Fido at HSSA…
Claytoon of the Day: Weather The Stupid
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Eastbound and Down
The Department of Homeland Security said it will bus asylum seekers from Tucson to El Paso, Texas, where they will be sent back to Mexico to await a decision on their claims under the Trump administration’s Migration Protection Protocols.
Danehy
This week, Tom has a big list of what local and national folks should really be thankful for.
Boots and Bites
Don’t judge a club by its cover. Whiskey Roads is a pathway to unexpectedly good comfort fare and well executed cocktails. But you still won’t catch me line dancing anytime soon.
Quick Bites
The best culinary experiences this week.
City Week
Events to fill out your week!
Fantastic Four
Right at the front of the Davis Dominguez gallery is an exhilarating sculpture by Tucson’s Barbara Jo. A curving female-esque figure 6 feet tall, “Whirl” is wrapped in a stretch of green copper that defiantly swings outward, just as Victory’s wings do.
A Cabaret for today
The world of Cabaret, Arizona Theatre Company’s next production, is centered at a nightclub called the Kit Kat, where a character called the Emcee oversees a world of decadence, bawdiness and reckless abandon.
Kindest Regards
Yeah, the movie messes with you a bit. But sometimes that’s a very good thing.
Reel Indie
Movies in your local indie theaters.
Seeking Shelter
The California singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and power-pop wizard had made his mark with three acclaimed self-titled albums, 2011’s Mikal Cronin, 2013’s MCII and 2015’s MCIII. But after those records, and the touring cycles that followed, Cronin felt like he’d completed a certain phase as an artist and it was time to branch out into something different.
XOXO
Live music to fill out your week
Know Your Product
Listeners don’t need to be told Nikki Hill is from New Orleans, listening to the dirty guitar lines and powerful vocals in her songs prove it.
See Nikki Hill at 191 Toole. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3. 191 Toole Ave. $12. 21+
Gratitude
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! See you at the dinner table!
High Holidays
Between the CBD explosion and medical marijuana renaissance, there’s no shortage of unusual craft product reaching the shelves in local dispensaries. And with the holiday season in full spring, there’s may be no better gift for the cardholding patient in your life than a medicated iced coffee, craft brownie or small-batch chocolates.
Police Dispatch
A couple of beer bandits bamboozled a convenience store, then apparently felt that donating a dollar to charity made up for their deed, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report.
Dancing to a New Tune
Lola Torch has almost 15 years of experience in the cabaret, owns a burlesque fitness workshop downtown, trains a growing number of newcomers at her own burlesque production, the Tucson Libertine League (TLL), and recently launched a lingerie brand named “Hi Tiger!”
