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All Souls All Community
There’s something about Tucson. What it is exactly, well, that’s what Jhon Sanders and I discuss one late afternoon in the Menlo Park backyard of Flam Chen co-founders Nadia Hagen and Paul Weir with A Mountain our instant backdrop. Sanders, director of the Procession of Little Angels since 2007, got involved in the All Souls…
CD2 Update: McSally Leads Barber by 161 Votes
Republican challenger Martha McSally continues to lead Democratic Congressman Ron Barber by 161 votes as Pima County completed tabulated the last of its ballots. McSally picked up a few votes today as a result of a stash of 208 ballots discovered in the Continental School District. But the difference between the candidates remains so close…
Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly Offer Post-Election Analysis on Gun-Violence Issues
Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly examine how well their Political Action Committee, Americans for Responsible Solutions, did in supporting candidates and ballot measures across the country: Sometimes it can be difficult to identify a signal through all the noise in the hours after a big election. There were a lot of races called last night,…
Unplugged Wine Bar Hosting a “Cards Against Humanity” Tournament Monday Night
There’s already a bunch of trivia nights around town and an adult spelling bee, so why not a Cards Against Humanity night? Unplugged Tucson, the wine bar at 118 E. Congress St, is giving it a shot and for $5, you can win prizes, be inappropriate and eat free pizza. Hard to see a downside.…
GoFundMe: Kathleen Dreier’s Bus Stop Dreams
Last year, we shared the early stages of a photography project by Kathleen Dreier called Bus Stop Dreams—a series of photographs and interviews Dreier was doing with SunTran bus riders on their work, their lives and their dreams. Dreier had shared on her blog her dream of bringing her photographs together in a book. To…
Get to Know the Courtneys
The Courtneys are in the middle of a stint opening for Tegan and Sara, but they’ll be stopping by Topaz on Sunday for a mega-show with Prom Body, Get a Grip and Numb Bats, plus art from Andrew Shuta and Carne y Queso. Plus, it’s a release party for the third Dune Drift compilation. It’s…
CD2 Update: Roughly 200 More Ballots Have Turned Up in Pima County
With Republican challenger Martha McSally leading Democratic Congressman by a razor-thin margin of 133 votes, The Range has learned that about 200 ballots have surfaced in the Continental School District, much of which lies within Congressional District 2. The ballots were among a batch of ballots from voters in the Continental School District race where…
Let’s Go See a Free Movie by a Former Tucsonan at the Loft
The Loft is hosting a screening of the film Billy Bates on Sunday, with a conversation with director Jennifer DeLia and producer Julie Pacino, and hey, it’s free. All you have to do is sign up online. Here’s what the website says about the film: BILLY BATES explores the fiery world of thirty-year old enigmatic…
CD2 Update: McSally Leads Barber by 133 Votes; Team Barber Considers Legal Action Over Disqualified Ballots
Republican Martha McSally led Democratic Congressman Ron Barber by 133 votes after Pima County completed a new batch of votes today. But the margin is within the 200-vote threshold for a recount, so the race isn’t quite over yet. The recount is just the latest twist in a rematch between two candidates who were separated…
You Stopped Buying Music and Now Usher Has to Give Music Away in Honey Nut Cheerios Boxes
Usher joins Honey Nut Cheerios in new campaign from MultiVu Video on Vimeo. You thought it was bad when U2 had to resort to giving an album away no one really actually wanted to everyone with an iPhone, but now the record business has collapsed upon itself to the point that multi-platinum recording artist Usher…
Chicha Dust Would Like to Spend New Year’s Eve With You in the Dark
The race to provide appealing entertainment on New Year’s Eve is on, with the Rialto announcing that Chicha Dust will be headlining Tropidelica, “a tropical glow in the dark New Year’s Eve” there on Dec. 31, with DJ Dirtyverbs. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door, which includes a champagne toast and favors.…
Let’s Go See Norma Jean Tonight
I can’t seem to wrangle Google to find a story on it now, but at some point, there was a state legislature somewhere considering a law to prohibit bands with more unoriginal members than original ones from advertising themselves as being the original band. Think Lynyrd Skynyrd, who just have one original band member, Gary…
CD2 Update: McSally Lead Over Barber Cut to 179 Votes
Republican challenger Martha McSally is now leading Democratic Congressman Ron Barber by just 179 votes in the tight race for Congressional District 2, following Pima County’s tabulation of a batch of provisional ballots. Pima County Elections officials counted 15 early ballots and 4,889 provisional ballots, according to Pima County spokesman Mark B. Evans, who added…
There’s Already a “Recall Diane Douglas” Facebook Group
Diane Douglas hasn’t taken office yet – she only just locked down the election after David Garcia ran out of possible votes to tip things his way – but hey, her apparent deep lack of qualifications and disdain for education itself has already spawned a social media call for her recall, with 789 signers-on as…
Is TUSD A Failed School District?
If you look at the comments following my posts that have anything to do with TUSD, you’ll read over and over that the district is a complete, abject failure. You can hear the same refrain in other venues as well, of course. It comes from the “education reform” crowd who love to declare all traditional…
Tuesday’s Indian Pizza Night at Vero Amore
The occasional collaboration between delicious pizza establishment Vero Amore and also-quite-tasty Indian food truck, the Twisted Tandoor seems to be going well, so they’re revisiting their Indian Pizza Night Tuesday night from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. If you’d like to try Chicken Tikka Masala, Saag Paneer or Keema on Vero’s housemade dough, here’s your…
Let’s Listen to the New Mr. Gnome Album
Cleveland’s Mr. Gnome are coming to Club Congress on Wednesday, Nov. 26 to promote their sublime new album The Heart of a Dark Star, which comes out about a week before. The group has a strange and beautiful live show and their new album captures a lot of that feel, with layers of guitars, organs…
Judge Denies Team McSally’s Motion, Allows Vote Count To Continue in Hotly Contested Barber-McSally Race
A Pima County Superior Court judge has denied an effort by Republican Martha McSally’s congressional campaign to stop counting a group of ballots in Democratic precincts in her hotly contested race against Democratic incumbent Ron Barber. Superior Court Judge James Marner said that he would not issue a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction to…
Bicycle-Themed Erotic Film Fest Coming to Screening Room
If you’re into bicycles and erotica, you’ll want to make plans to head to the Screening Room on Saturday, Nov. 22 for the return of the Bike Smut film fest, which, as the poster says, celebrates “human powered transportation & sex positive culture.” Sure, you might be a little tired from the Tour de Tucson,…
Man Renounces Homosexuality, Does Some Dancing, Gets Handed Money
I love the fine people of the Church of God in Christ, who had their 107th Holy Convocation in St. Louis over the weekend, and I hope the best for the young man in this video, but I’m not sure his newfound dedication to the “womens” is going to take.
CD2 Update: McSally Now Leads Barber By 341 Votes
Republican Martha McSally’s lead over Democratic Congressman Ron Barber in Congressional District 2 tightened to just 341 votes today after Pima County tabulated another 3,355 ballots. More than 7,300 provisional ballots have been transferred to the Pima County Elections Department for verification, with an unknown number still in the possession of the Pima County Recorder’s…
McSally Campaign Moves To Toss Out Pima County Ballots
In what remains one of the tightest congressional races in the country, Republican candidate Martha McSally’s legal team is taking steps to toss out the ballots of voters in Pima County. McSally now leads Democratic Congressman Ron Barber in the Congressional District 2 race by 509 votes, with an estimated 9,000 provisional ballots still left…
CD2 Update: McSally Now Leads Barber by 509 Votes
With all but two votes counted in Cochise County, Republican challenger Martha McSally now leads Congressman Ron Barber by 509 votes. Here in Pima County, an estimated 3,000 ballots are ready to be counted by the Elections Department this weekend, along with an estimated 9,000 provisional ballots that may or may not turn out to…
CD2 Update: McSally Now Leads Barber by 317 Votes
Republican Martha McSally continued to lead Democratic Congressman Ron Barber by 317 votes after Pima County finished counting a batch of about 16,000 ballots today. Another 2,000 early ballots in Pima County remain to be counted, along with roughly 10,000 provisional ballots that may or may not be valid, according to Pima County spokesman Mark…
Sneak Peek: “Zona Politics” Picks Apart the Lessons of Tuesday’s Election
Zona Politics Eps.4 from Brink on Vimeo. On this week’s Zona Politics with Jim Nintzel: National Republican Committeeman Bruce Ash and Arizona Education Network Ann-Eve Pedersen. They talk about the close race between Congressman Ron Barber and GOP challenger Martha McSally; Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick’s win over Republican challenger Andy Tobin; the GOP sweep of the…
Here’s a Terrible Music Video to Kick Off Your Weekend
Introducing STASH, a female duo from Los Angeles, who play what they describe as “Poppy-House”. STASH steps onto the Hollywood scene with a presence. The girl DJ duo made up of Steph and Amanda has built a local fan base in Los Angeles, dominating with their electronic dance music. This EDM pair has combined the…
Another Great Show at Etherton Gallery
#10932, 25 June 2013, © Jamey Stillings, courtesy Etherton Gallery We know it’s a big night on Saturday, what with that homecoming game between Arizona and Colorado, but if you’re not watching the game somewhere, consider popping by Etherton Gallery for the opening reception for Land Exposures: Jamey Stillings, Richard Laugharn, David Emitt Adams with…
Day Drinking … with Amo Dabney
OK, so that occasional and extremely lo-fi series taking place at a bar near you continues with Tucson musician Amochip Dabney, founder of the Amosphere, a tight and talented group of musicians who perform blues, New Orleans, reggae, rock and many of Amo’s own. He’s fun to talk with, but you better figure out a…
Should People Be Upset by a Burrito Joint Called “Illegal Pete’s”?
Sure, you might ask yourself why you might care about the controversy over drama at a chain of burrito places in Colorado, but considering the Illegal Pete’s concept is coming to Tucson at some point, the controversy about the “Illegal” part of their name is somewhat interesting: From Eater: The owner of a burrito chainlet…
CD2 Update: McSally’s Lead Over Barber Grows to 772 Votes
After a new batch of Cochise County votes have been counted, Republican Martha McSally has increased her lead over Democratic incumbent Congressman Ron Barber to 772 votes. As of last night, McSally led by 363 votes. We’re told via Team Barber that 1,100 provisional votes remain to be counted in Cochise County. Here in Pima…
Snip, Snap, Get Fixed: It’s World Vasectomy Day
Melissa Amarello, Center for Biological Diversity Uncomfortable for a bit, sure, but if you’re in a committed relationship, you’re done procreating and you’re also tired of using birth control, well lovelies, consider the snip. Your dog lived, you can too, and evidently, you can celebrate today and learn more thanks to Tucson’s Center for Biological…
Pima County Election Fun Facts: Most Voters Prefer Early Ballots, But One Out of Four Didn’t Send One In
The Pima County elections crew is still sorting through a final pile of ballots, but while we’re waiting on that, we can share a few fun facts about voting patterns. A total of 309,700 early ballots were mailed to voters. Of those, just 229,359 were returned, according to the latest figures from county spokesman Mark…
Baby Elephant Walk
While we’re waiting for more votes to be counted in the tight races around the state, we thought we’d bring you this adorable video of Nandi, the Reid Park Zoo’s new baby elephant.
CD2 Update: McSally Now Leads Barber by 363 Votes
Pima County has counted another batch of about 16,000 votes today and Democratic Congressman Ron Barber has again closed some of the gap between him and Republican Martha McSally in the hotly contested Congressional District 2 race. The latest count shows that McSally is now leading Barber by 363 votes. Yesterday, she lead by 1,293…
Scott and Co. Is Offering a Special All-Souls Cocktail Menu
There’s a lot going on this weekend surrounding All Souls Procession (have you read Mari Herreras’ cover story yet?…you should!), but I might personally choose to celebrate the event by saying “to hell with you” to a rough last twelve months with the aproned-cocktail-wizards at Scott & Co. They’ll open early (5 p.m.) this Sunday,…
The Arizona Post-Election Education Landscape
Maybe David Garcia will pull together enough votes to beat Diane Douglas, but it’s looking doubtful. Most likely, Arizona passed over the most qualified Ed Supe candidate in decades in favor of the least qualified. But the person sitting in the state’s top education seat is only one factor in the larger Arizona education picture.…
KFMA Has a New Morning Show
KFMA announced the replacements for their morning show slot formerly filled by Fook and Mishell, who moved on to Salt Lake City in July. The new “Rock 102 Mornings” show will be hosted by former Phoenix radio personality Shmonty, who was laid off from KDKB up north in September when the station switched from rock…
Tucson Featured on Discovery Channel Show Online
As part of Discovery Channel’s “TestTube” shows hosted on YouTube, a guy named Jason Tongen travels around the world learning about the people and places behind the scenes in various cities for a show called “What I Learned”. Nice work if you can get it, right? One of the new episodes centers around Arizona, and…
SAAF’s Festival for Life
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation’s 26th Jerôme Beillard Festival for Life, on Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, benefits the AIDS organization’s ongoing work to support those with HIV/AIDS and educate the community. Over the years, it’s also become known as a great opportunity to celebrate art and bring some deals home through…
Editor’s Note
Four of the last five weeks, the same person (based on IP addresses, at least) has left a comment on my Editor’s Note. They work the same sort of theme: Dan Gibson sucks. A recap: “This sad little paper. How far it has fallen. Gibson is just a symptom.” “”Fellow” journalists? That’s a reach. Oh,…
Step by Step
Jessica Lang Dance 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 11, 12 and 13. UA Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, 1737 E. University Blvd. $60 adults; $54 for students, seniors and military at Centennial Hall box office, 1020 E. University Blvd. $65 and $59 on-line plus a $5 per-order fee at www.uapresents.com, filtered through Ticket Master.…
Police Dispatch
THAT VOLCANO BLEW UP IN HIS FACE UA AREA OCTOBER 21, 3:57 A.M. A man hid in his own bushes to masturbate while watching bikini-clad co-eds, then tried to blame it on a burglar, a UA Police Department report stated. A UA police officer was scheduled to work a scheduled sorority “volcano party,” at which…
Weekends Are Made for Art
This weekend there are two particularly fun Tucson art shows opening. Illustrator Danny Martin’s All Souls Art Show at the Haunted Hands Gallery, 439 N 6th Ave., Suite 195, on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 6 to 11 p.m. Martin is a prolific Tucson artist, loved for his ink sketches of Tucson’s iconic buildings and images.…
Required Reading
The latest Dum Dum Girls album came from what frontwoman Dee Dee Penny calls “an inspired haze.” The writing, recording and touring cycle for 2011’s “Only In Dreams” and the follow up EP “End of Daze” was intense for Penny, and in the swirling emotions as she dealt with her mother’s death, that entire time…
Mariachi y Folklorico
On Friday, Nov. 7, Ballet Folklorico Tapatio, one of Tucson’s best longtime youth folklorico groups will perform at Pima Community College’s West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road. This is the group’s 17th anniversary celebration. Special guests are Mariachi Sonido de Mexico. There’s also a matinee on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10…
The Big Checkout
The Downtown Motor Hotel has seen better days. Built in 1941 at 383 S. Stone Ave., the low-slung brick hotel served travelers for many years. But today, while an iconic sign still hangs over the shuttered office, most of the motel’s rooms sit behind a chain-link fence, with iron bars on the doors to discourage…
27 Years: Open Studio Tours
The Tucson Pima Arts Council’s Open Studio Tours celebrates 27 years this weekend, Saturday, Nov. 8 and Sunday, Nov. 9, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., bringing together close to 10,000 art lovers with more than 200 Tucson artists’ studios and homes. The event is free and gives Tucson area artists a chance to show…
Live
The District Tavern, Monday, November 3
Past and Present
The quintet of artists in “Then and Now” have at least one thing in common: all four got an MFA from the UA years ago and then embarked on farflung art careers. Photographer and filmmaker Ann Fessler is director of photography at Rhode Island School of Design. Painter and printmaker Pamela Marks teaches at Connecticut…
The Skinny
Pima County Supervisor Ally Miller wants to spend money on residential streets instead of major roads Regular readers may recall there was a lot of drama earlier this year when the Pima County Supervisor Ally Miller asked transportation staffers to move road-repair dollars away from major arterials to little-traveled subdivision roads. As part of last…
Wrestling With Race
Writer/director Justin Simien makes a memorable debut with “Dear White People,” as good a comedic film about race relations that American cinema has seen the last 25 years. Set in the fictional, predominantly white Ivy League college of Winchester University, the movie recalls the weeks leading up to a “race party” thrown by a white…
Guest column
Utah is ground zero this year for the attempt by some Western states to claim federal lands. In September, when Southern Utah University hosted a debate on the controversial proposal, close to 250 people packed the hall as two professors, Bob Keiter and Dan McCool, argued that however messy its oversight, the federal government should…
Failed Connection
Welcome to the synergy, folks. Disney’s three big acquisitions over the past decade have been Pixar (a partner the Mouseketeers bought outright in 2006), Marvel Comics and the “Star Wars” universe. Total cost: About $15 billion. Those last two weren’t just surprises, they were industry-defining purchases nobody saw coming—catching all their competitors totally flat-footed—and now…
Opinion
It’s Halloween day and I’m already lamenting the results of next Tuesday’s election. I’m on a deadline so I can’t wait for Tuesday night. Besides, I can see which way the wind is blowing. I don’t have to wait for Tuesday night. Anu Solomon isn’t going to throw a Hail Mary touchdown pass for Fred…
Media Watch
As if it wasn’t enough to maintain a freelance online print presence, or to join KOLD TV to enhance sports coverage on its website, Anthony Gimino has expanded into the realm of radio host and author. The radio gig first. Gimino has been tabbed by KCUB 1290 AM as the host for the local portion…
Film Clips
NEWLY REVIEWED: BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP Nicole Kidman, one of the finest actresses to ever grace a movie screen, completely wastes her time in this meandering, hackneyed thriller from writer/director Rowan Joffe. Kidman plays Christine, a woman who loses part of her memory every time she goes to sleep at night. When she wakes…
Soundbites
THE END OF ALL THINGS WILL BE TELEVISED I can’t seem to wrangle Google to find a story on it now, but at some point, there was a state legislature somewhere considering a law to prohibit bands with more unoriginal members than original ones from advertising themselves as being the original band. Think Lynyrd Skynyrd,…
Fourth Avenue Options
The last time I ate at Micha’s restaurant on South Fourth Avenue, it was as part of a foodie bus tour of South Tucson. I don’t remember the bus line, but I do remember I was a guest of my friend Karyn and that there were about eight other journalists on the comfy bus. We…
Nine Questions
Tucson artist Bryan Crow paints with acrylic paint, makes sculpture of found objects, and welds steel figurative sculpture. This weekend, along with hundreds of other artists throughout Tucson, Crow is participating in Tucson/Pima Arts Council’s Studio Tour. However, when not preparing for visitors to his home studio, Crow told us a typical day may look…
Noshing Around
PAVILLION AT THE PARK Foodie freaks rejoice! Heirloom Farmers Market has soft opened their permanent pavilion at Rillito Park. The Grand Opening celebration is going down Nov. 23 beginning at 10 a.m. The pavilion is a joint project between Heirloom and Pima County, showcasing the best food grown around our Baja Arizona region in year-long…
Accommodating Accountability
Opened in July, and nestled in the heart of Benson, Total Accountability Patient Care (TAPC) stands alone as the community’s medical marijuana dispensary. While dispensary manager Nikki Pinkerton said TAPC got off to a slow start, it has since gained traction as patients take advantage of top-notch product at some of the lowest prices in…
This Week in Craft Beer
Just in time for cooler weather, Pueblo Vida Brewing Company has opened its roll-up doors at 115 E Broadway Blvd. to offer Tucson its first taste of what will surely become a fixture in the downtown Tucson beer scene. Sandwiched between BK Carne Asada & Hot Dogs’ newest location and Shot In the Dark Café,…
Nine on the Line
Chef Maria J. Gil Lamadrid stared Boca Tacos and Tequila on Speedway almost 5 years ago. She loves what she does just as much today, if not more, crediting her daily-changing salsas for keeping her on her toes, challenging her creativity and forcing her to think outside of the box. Her tacos, cocktails and salsa are all award-winning,…
Things you need to know about All Souls Procession 2014
saturday, Nov. 8 at armory park Procession of Little Angels is on Saturday, Nov. 8, at Armory Park, from 3 to 7 p.m. A child-appropriate version of All Souls, where kids can celebrate loved ones, decorate sugar skulls and cardboard wings, take in some performances and be part of a park procession. Stories that Soar…
Got the Tape Spinnin’ in the Echoplex
Burger Records and the subculture it spawned is so endemic to numerous major circles in the current international rock ‘n’ roll underground that the sheer outrageousness and, frankly, ridiculousness of its original premise and business model now seems perfectly reasonable. Divorced from its formidable influence on the music community, however, the idea of an independent…
Ask the Mexican
Dear Mexican: I’m a half-Mexican more American than Mexicant (although to Cockasians, I’m sure I’m just another brown spot on their white carpet). I don’t speak Espanole nor do I care to, not because I’m ashamed but I just don’t feel the need. If I lived in another county I would need to, but I…
Primer
MARSHAL TUCKER BAND WHO ARE THEY Madison Bumgarner, the San Francisco Giants ace who just won the World Series MVP award with an historic performance, allowing but a single run in 21 innings, earning two wins and the spectacular save that secured his club’s third title in five years, begins his outings with a song…
All Tucson Nerds and Geeks Assemble
This is year seven for Tucson Comic Con, at Tucson Convention Center, Saturday, Nov. 8 and Sunday, Nov. 9. Keep your Pokéballs close to you, since this year’s program opens with a Team Rocket training camp by Team Rocket AZ. The cosplay group is all about the love of Pokémon, so if you have some Pokémon-obsessed…
