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A common trait among Tucsonans is that many of us originated from another locale. I’ve met people from all areas of the United States. Perhaps to reflect our diversity, the city boasts a multitude of festivals that reflect different cultural heritages. There’s the popular Tucson Meet Yourself, celebrating Tucson’s ethnic communities in one big party.…
Trailer-Trash Tribute
A film of the ‘Jerry Springer’-inspired play headlines a fundraiser for Arizona Onstage
Danehy
Are day laborers congregating in front of your local Home Depot?
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Adventures in Courtship
It’s easy to develop a crush on the irresistible lead of ATC’s ‘Bad Dates’
Downing
While what they did was awful, the alleged saguaro hackers have nothing on ‘progress’
Powerful Portrait
Philip Seymour Hoffman and his supporting cast excel in ‘Capote’
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
Guest Commentary
Activists and anarchists need to ask themselves: Are we looking for a fight?
Dreary Forecast
‘The Weather Man’ is typical, uninspired melodramatic fare
Noshing Around
Eat Pie Pizza pie, that is, at the newly opened Rosatti’s, located at 1838 E. Sixth St., on the southwest corner of Campbell Avenue, almost across the street from Laferlita’s Pizza. Rosatti’s is owned by Scott Cummings, who also owns Bob Dobb’s. Open daily from 11 a.m., the restaurant features Chicago-style thin and deep-dish pizzas,…
Stuff You Should Know
A note from the editor.
Now Showing at Home
“Last Days,” “Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3,” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season One”
Feminism Intellectualized
‘Radical Wisdom’ is wise, but its academic wordiness limits its accessibility
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
The Great Restorative
Almost everyone has a beloved chicken soup recipe–here’s mine
The Tucson Weekly Position-O-Meter
Kathleen Dunbar Karin Uhlich Fred Ronstadt Nina Trasoff What fees or taxes would you support increasing? None Impact Fees None Impact Fees What fees or taxes would you support decreasing? Review of Parks and Rec fees. Encourage a flat fee use for the facilities instead of charging for individual use i.e. pool, weight room,…
Looking for Trouble
Electronic band Adult. has no agenda–and they admit the period is a bit pretentious
The Skinny
IMPACT STUDY You know how last week, we talked about how Republicans Fred Ronstadt and Kathleen Dunbar borrowed $20 million to repave our major streets? Ronstadt and Dunbar said they’d done the right thing because the streets had been long neglected; by borrowing the money, they could beat inflationary costs of waiting to do repairs.…
The Subtle, the Sublime
Three indie acts on the same label arrive at Solar Culture–call it MergeFest
The End Is Nigh
Pandering! Lies! Lawyers! It must be Election Day!
Soundbites
A TENDER TREATISE FROM ROB’S BIGGEST FAN Wanna know what’s wrong with music these days? If so, I suggest you take a crash course by purchasing a ticket to the Rob Thomas/Antigone Rising show taking place at AVA at Casino del Sol, 5655 W. Valencia Road, on Friday, Nov. 4. Thomas, who marred the airwaves…
Tally Tribulations
Machines counting mail-in ballots: a recipe for electoral disaster?
Nine Questions
Donovan White
Ground Zero
Residents displaced by Katrina find that getting on with life is not so easy
Live
Detroit Cobras, Reigning Sound, The Sweat Band, at Plush, Monday, Oct. 31
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week
Recharging the Public
Ten years later, the community reflects on the far-reaching Water Consumer Protection Act
Rhythm & Views
Knowing full well that one person’s cliché is another’s classicism, the astute music reviewer nevertheless should note that If You Speak Any Faster, the debut album by the Chicago-based indie band June, is only the latest in the seemingly endless string of post-emo, pop-core records built from trad-punk guitar riffs twisted into sweet melodies, arena-scope…
Big-House Hazards
Prison recycling raises persistent questions
Rhythm & Views
For a Life of Sin was a landmark, and a battle cry, in 1994 when a couple of Doc Martens-booted music fans had experienced their fill of the smarmy, crawling corporate scalawags who’d made off with the record industry: They determined to put out the music they loved on their own damned label. To everyone’s…
Media Watch
Sour Notes
Dance to the Big Beat
O-T-O starts season No. 21 with a little help from Odaiko Sonora
Police Dispatch
Busted Mouths Don’t Talk Wetmore Road and La CaÑada Drive, Oct. 16, 11:56 a.m. According to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report, a man watching an assault had a piece of advice for the alleged assailant: Sock the victim in the kisser to prevent him from squealing. The victim said a man made a derogatory…
That’s Showbiz
There’s much to like about Arizona Rep’s flawed ‘Sideshow’–but where’s the orchestra?
