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A Celebration of Cinema
The Loft Film Fest features groundbreaking indie films, old classics and everything in between, along with special guests and even a Calexico Concert.
Indigenous Teachers Education Project Receives $1.2 Million Grant
A $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, awarded to the Indigenous Teacher Education Project, will establish new tribal partnerships and encourage STEM education at indigenous elementary schools. The Indigenous Teacher Education Project began in 2016 at the University of Arizona’s College of Education with the goal of increasing the number of indigenous…
Tribute to Henry Koffler at Crowder Hall
Henry Koffler was the first alumnus president of the University of Arizona and died in March at 95-years-old. On Monday, Nov. 19, UA will be honoring Koffler with a tribute to his life. Koffler was president for nine years in which UA saw increases in enrollment by 30 percent. Koffler led the Century II Capital Campaign,…
Operation Hat Trick and UA Campus Team Up for Veterans
The University of Arizona and Operation Hat Trick have teamed up to help support wounded service members and veterans. Operation Hat Trick is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 2008 by Dot Sheehan in New Hampshire. It became a national nonprofit organization in 2012. The organization’s mission is to help support and create awareness…
13th Annual Family Festival in the Park
Does a day of games, prizes, face painting, crafts, inflatables, tennis, disc golf and class demonstrations sound like fun for you and your family? On Saturday, Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cigna and Tucson Parks and Recreation presents the 13th annual Family Festival in the Park. The event is free and Reid Park…
15 Great Things to Do This Weekend: Nov. 16-18
Sixth Annual Firestone Walker Showcase. The Firestone Walker Brewing Co. is doing a complete tap takeover at the Tap and Bottle Downtown in the brewer’s sixth annual showcase. The “Parabola” or the “Scubula” are just a couple of the several tap options Firestone Walker is bringing to the table. 5 to 9 p.m., Friday, Nov.…
Ceviche Festival with Villa Peruvian Restaurant
Ceviche is not something many desert-dwellers eat very often, but one local restaurant is working to mix that up. Villa Peru Restaurant will be hosting its bi-annual Ceviche Festival this weekend that will be offering 12 different types of traditional Peruvian ceviche dishes! The various Peruvian ceviche dishes will be made to order, combining the…
Laughing Stock: “Southern” Accents.
Allen Strickland Williams comes to Brew Ha Ha How much love can Tucson muster for a prep-school-named comic in a suit and tie? You’re not from Stanhope country, are you, son? Somehow on him, though, the anomalous sartorial choice is kinda hot. You know he could beat the pants off Idris Alba in trivia. Then…
So How Did That “Vote For Education” Thing Work Out?
It turned out to be a Democratic wave election, even if it didn’t look that way the night of Nov. 6. It wasn’t the tsunami some of us hoped for. It wasn’t even a Waimea Bay wave with Democrats riding the barrel while the crest of the wave crashed down on Republicans’ heads. It was one…
Four Great Things to Do in Tucson Today: Thursday, Nov. 14
Free Third Thursdays at MOCA: Oracle Cards and Meditation. It’s the third Thursday of the month again already?! Nuts. That means it’s the penultimate third Thursday event of the year! To find out what next year holds, head to MOCA to make your own oracle cards with the staff, or get a free one-card tarot…
Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s New Book Out Now
Former Fist Lady Michelle Obama released her new book Becoming yesterday, Nov. 13 and is kicking off her book tour with Oprah Winfrey. Summarized on the new book’s website: As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African American to serve in that role—she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House…
Claytoon of the Day: Melania’s Bad Side
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Three Great Things to Do Today: Wednesday, Nov. 14
Rafiki at the Loft Cinema. The Loft Film Fest is here, so it’s an excuse to see as many movies as possible. Rafiki, a film in competition for the Cicae Award, is a romantic story between two women in a society that bans homosexuality. Even though this film has been banned in Kenya, the African…
Local Teachers Get Share of $1M in Donations from Sonic Drive-In
Palo Verde High Magnet School in the Tucson Unified School District received a total donation of $1,075.23 as part of the tenth annual Fall Voting campaign through the chain restaurant SONIC Drive-In. The donation funded a variety of learning materials to local public classrooms not only in Tucson, but all over the country. SONIC Drive-In…
Beijing Guitar Duo To Perform at Crowder Hall
UA Presents welcomes Meng Su and Yameng Wang of Beijing Guitar Duo to perform in Tucson. Their debut CD Maracaípe received a Latin-GRAMMY nomination. It was dedicated to them by Sergio Assad, a Brazilian guitarist and composer. The duo has performed throughout Europe, Asia and North America in countries such as Germany, Russia, Spain, Portugal,…
UA Climate Adaptation Science Center receives $4.5M
The Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, SW CASC, at the University of Arizona received a $4.5 million grant from the United States Geological Survey to support research on climate science and adaptation in the Southern Arizona region. SW CASC was originally established in 2011 and is responsible for researching the adaptation impacts of land, water…
Claytoon of the Day: Counting Isn’t Cheating
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Sinema: “I’m Honored That Arizonans Chose Our Vision of a Better Arizona”
Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema’s prepared remarks tonight as she made a victory speech after being declared the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona since U.S. Sen. Dennis DeConcini called it quits in 1994: Hello, everyone! Thank you so much for being here. I’m honored to be here today with Arizona veterans -…
Sinema Now Up by 38K Votes; Hobbs Leading by 5600 Votes; Glassman Losing by Nearly 15K Votes
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema has widened her lead over Republican Martha McSally by 38,197 votes following the latest ballot tabulations around Arizona today. Given that McSally continues to lose ground each day and fewer and fewer ballots are outstanding, the odds of a GOP comeback become slimmer with each day. Meanwhile, Democrat Katie Hobbs has taken…
Oral Surgeons Announce the Recipient of their Second Chance Program
At the end of this week, one deserving Tucsonan will have a good reason to smile. Robert Wood, Nicholas Coles and Negin Saghafi of Arizona Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons will announce the recipient of the Second Annual Second Chance Program at their Tucson office on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 9 a.m. 376 people from the…
Bohemian Rhapsody: Too Much BS
Rami Malek gives it his all as Freddie Mercury, the late lead singer of Queen, in the new biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. That, and a competent recreation of Queen’s Live Aid domination, are just about the only good things you can say about this mostly embarrassing effort to memorialize an incredible person and his sadly short…
Making Sense of the Midterms: Post-Election Analysis on ‘Arizona 360’
I joined the Arizona Daily Star’s Sarah Garrecht Gassen and the Green Valley News’ Dan Shearer to talk about the aftermath of last week’s election on Arizona Public Media’s Arizona 360.
Stan Lee Dead at 95
Stan Lee, former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, has reportedly died at 95 years old in Los Angeles. Lee is known for creating numerous iconic superheroes and superhero franchises, including Spider-Man, the Hulk, Doctor Strange and X-Men, alongside fellow artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko.
Defeated Dingbat Congressman Blames McCain for GOP Losing House of Reps
CNN reports: A Republican unseated in the midterm elections last week has come out with an op-ed blaming the late Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain for the party losing control of the House. In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, outgoing Minnesota GOP Rep. Jason Lewis pinned the wave of Democratic victories last week on…
Claytoon of the Day: Can’t Get Rain On The Bone Spurs
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Updated Numbers: Sinema Now Leading by 32,000 Votes; Hobbs Trailing by 259 Votes in AZSOS Race; Glassman Still Trailing By 10K in Corp Com Race
An update to our earlier post thanks to a new batch of ballots from Pinal County: Democrat Kyrsten Sinema’s lead over Republican Martha McSally now stands at 32,292 votes. McSally has fallen further behind with each Maricopa County tabulation dump and only picked up 348 votes in Pinal County, which has an estimated 15K ballots…
Sinema Now Leading McSally by 28,688 Votes in AZ Senate Race
With Maricopa County delivering a number batch of ballot results, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema is now leading Republican Martha McSally in the race for U.S. Senate. Hard to see how McSally comes back after this. Meanwhile, Democrat Sandra Kennedy has jumped into first place over Republicans Justin Olson and Rodney Glassman in the race for two…
Sinema Now Leads McSally by 21,185 Votes; Another Statewide Dem Takes a Lead
With the latest drop of ballots from Maricopa County, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema now has a 21,185-vote lead over Republican Martha McSally in Arizona’s hotly contested race for U.S. Senate. That’s gonna be hard for McSally to recover from, especially with 60,000 Pima County early ballots yet to count. In other AZ election news, Democrat Sandra…
Marana, Tucson sue over water quality
As water utility officials in Marana and Tucson combat elevated chemical levels in the wells servicing their residential and commercial areas, the two municipalities have jointly filed a lawsuit against the five companies they deem responsible. The lawsuit seeks to collect reparations for the cost of “treating and removing contamination from public drinking water supply…
Ballot Counting Continues: If You Get a Call From Pima County, Don’t Ignore It
The Pima County Recorder’s Office will begin calling anyone whose early ballot signature is missing or unreadable, starting on Friday afternoon. A total of 418,000 ballots in Pima County were mailed in, with an additional 7,800 votes cast at early voting sites across the county, according to the Recorder’s Office. The Recorder’s Office has verified…
Claytoon of the Day: White Terror
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MORE UPDATED NUMBERS: Sinema Now Leading McSally By 9,610 Votes in AZ Senate Race; Guess What Other Dem Might Win Statewide Office?
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema has taken a 2,106- 8,859- 9,610-vote lead over Republican Martha McSally in the U.S. Senate race after more ballots were tallied today. This one is remains in overtime. Meanwhile, Democrat Kathy Hoffman has taken a 20,348-vote lead over Republican Frank Riggs, which could make the rookie candidate and former public school speech…
Sluts of Tucson Walk the Walk, Talk the Talk
The SlutWalk is a worldwide protest march that is all about reclaiming the word slut, combating rape culture and taking solidarity with survivors of sexual assault. Tucson’s 2018 chapter of the walk hit the sidewalks of Downtown Tucson on the evening Nov. 5th. According to The Guardian, The movement started in 2011 in Toronto, in…
Arizona Routs Houston Baptist in Season Opener
The University of Arizona Wildcats overcame a night of skittish play and erratic offense to rout visiting Houston Baptist in the home side’s opener on Wednesday, 90-60. Ninth-year Wildcats Coach Sean Miller described the team’s play against the Huskies as a tale of two halves. Fortunately for Miller and his players, the tale had a…
Pac-12 Power Rankings: Washington State Survives Cal, Stays Atop the Conference
Welcome to another wild and (sure-to-be) wacky weekend in the Conference of Champions, which nobody wants to win, evidently. Last week, we saw the Washington State Cougars win an ugly game in the Palouse against Cal, the Sun Devils hammering an injury-stricken Utah squad, the Arizona Wildcats surviving against a woebegone Colorado team and much,…
Claytoon of the Day: Embrace The Corruption
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City Week
All the bet local events to fill your week.
Motley Malts
Taste beers from 18 different breweries this Saturday
Mexico’s Mandate
Perhaps some headlines surprised, confused and excited you this past week as early claims that the Mexican Supreme Court legalized cannabis flittered across your preferred screen.
Quick Bites
All the best events and spots to eat this week.
Power Struggle
In 2016, 28.1 percent of Ajo’s population lived below the poverty line, which is higher than the national average of 14 percent.
Danehy
Tom finally manages to say something not-negative about Donald Trump
The Owners of the Forest
Featuring a soundtrack by Tucson’s own Calexico, The Guardians digs into the battle over Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
Reel Indie: Loft Film Fest Special Edition!
This week we are lucky to have an entire festival of indie films in town!
Musical Mix
Festivals are vitally healthy for a city’s cultural landscape — not only do they bring big names into the place, but they provide local artists with the opportunity to play with said big names.
Martha Graham Rules
Revered classics by Graham and Balanchine highlight a busy week in the Dancing Pueblo
Editor’s Note
The Loft Film Festival is here! We’re blessed with a lot of film fests in this town.
Mysteries Within Mysteries
Rogue Theatre tackles an ambitious production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
Yet She Persists
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi traveled to Tucson last week to stump on behalf of Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick.
XOXO
All of the live music happening around town this week.
Big Screen Debut
Nine screens, electric recliners and high-tech laser projection welcomed movie-goers at the grand opening of Tucson’s newest movie theater.
Police Dispatch
A woman with a vast collection of expensive makeup and sunglasses had some of this stuff stolen from her dirty, old, keyless, jerry-rigged car
Police Dispatch
A man acting exactly like a bike thief on the UA campus escaped arrest after claiming he was only scrounging for breakfast
Know Your Product
Much like a summer sunset, the music of Sugar Candy Mountain melts into something more rich and comforting with every passing moment.
