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TENWEST
For veteran attendees of music festivals, there’s something magical about the dusk hour.
Creative Community
The second annual festival, in the same vein as Austin’s South by Southwest, is all about creating connections and making Tucson a better city.
World View Case Update
As you may recall, on Aug. 22, Judge Catherine Woods heard oral arguments regarding Pima County’s motion to dismiss the suit filed against Pima County by the Goldwater Institute on behalf of a number of Pima County business owners and tax payers regarding the deal with World View Enterprises. After reading the briefs and hearing…
The Weekly List: 26 Things To Do In Tucson In The Next 10 Days
Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo. Pick of the Week Dusk Music Festival: Music festival season has officially hit Tucson! Dusk is an all-ages music festival held featuring greats Calexico, Danny Brown, Matt and Kim, RL Grime, A-Trak, DJ Mustard, Wild Belle, Gaby Moreno and Luna Aura. Fill out the day enjoying local…
Song of the Day: ‘Freddie’s Dead’ by Curtis Mayfield
The advertisement went something like this: “8 FREE ALBUMS FOR A PENNY.” It came out of T.V. Guide, Parade Magazine, and important journals of the day.This part was simple, you really did receive eight records and for them you signed on to pay for more LPs at Record Club prices ($9.99 a pop plus tax and you had…
Our Spoiled State Firing and Hiring System
Fasten your irony belts, ladies and gentleman, we’re going to take a drive down the at-will firing and patronage-hiring highway. Under Republican Governor Ducey, the number of state workers who have been let go has increased. More important is the increasing number of employees who were ousted without being given a reason. The credit and…
Cinema Clips: Girl On The Train
Despite good performances from a cast that includes Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux and Allison Janney, director Tate Taylor’s The Girl on the Train winds up being a little too ridiculous for a movie that wishes to be taken seriously. Blunt spends much of the movie blotto drunk as Rachel Watson, a slurring alcoholic who aimlessly…
Quick Bites: Brunch Gone Wild
Tap + Bottle is having a ladies’ night!? Nope, wait—it’s more like a “ladies’ late morning.” Ever heard of “Tucson Girls’ Pint Out”? It’s a local all-female organization that, according to its website, “promotes solidarity between beer drinkers of the fairer sex.” Through monthly events like field trips, drives and meet-ups—quite often, obviously, at bars…
McCain Races Away From TV Reporter Asking About Supreme Court Comments
Sen. John McCain, who is facing Democratic Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick in this year’s election, promised yesterday to lead the Republican Party in a blockade of any Supreme Court nominee during an interview with a Philadelphia radio station. He later sort of walked the comment back through a spokesman, saying that he’d at least give Clinton…
We Must Not Allow . . . Runaway Graduation Rates . . . to Create an Achievement Score Gap!
Kidding. I’m kidding with that headline about not letting runaway graduation rates lead to an achievement score gap. (Hat tip to General Buck Turgidson’s “Mineshaft gap!” in Dr. Strangelove, starting at the 4 minute mark on the video.) It’s great that graduation rates are on the rise across the country, hitting an all-time high of 83.2…
9 Questions With Mayor Jonathan Rothschild
Editor’s Note: It’s the return of 9 Questions! This column was scrapped almost two years ago, but after much thought (and about a billion reader comments) it is back, kicking off with this talk we had with the mayor. Enjoy: As the mayor of a major Arizona city, Jonathan Rothschild doesn’t have a ton a…
Quick Bites: Eat Your Trees!
Yes, pieces of broccoli look like little trees, but that’s not at all what Mission Garden means by “edible trees,” the focus of its Fourth Annual Membrillo Fest/Edible Tree Celebration, coming up this Saturday and cosponsored by the LEAF (Linking Edible Arizona Forests) Network. No, in this case edible trees are, of course, trees on…
Justice Denied: McCain Says He’ll Block Any and All of Clinton’s Supreme Court Nominees
Sen. John McCain made an amazing promise earlier today: He would band together with his fellow Republicans to prevent Hillary Clinton from appointing anyone to the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s bad enough that earlier this year, Republican senators made up a bogus “tradition” that presidents shouldn’t be able to appoint someone to the bench in…
NAACP Ratifies Resolution Calling For a Moratorium on New Charter Schools
Since the NAACP created a resolution, to be ratified at a later date, calling for a moratorium on new charter schools, it has run into all kinds of resistance. The expected pro-charter groups opposed the resolution, as did the editorial boards of the New York Times and the Washington Post. This weekend, the NAACP approved the resolution.…
Blueberry Needs a Home
Hi, I’m Blueberry! I’m a 3-and-a-half-year-old sweet boy and need a new home! I’m a little on the chubby side, so I’m hoping that my new family will be able to provide me with daily exercise, play time and a healthy diet! I’m a really sweet boy and am very affectionate, but I weigh more…
Cinema Clips: Mascots
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Director Christopher Guest, who hasn’t made a movie in nearly a decade, returns with what is easily his worst. His usual acting corps (minus Eugene Levy) takes a crack at the world of mascots, and I can’t think of a dumber subject for a comedy. Much of the movie…
Tucson Fashion Week: Answering the Community Craving for Fashion
I feel something akin to culture shock when I walk into Tucson Fashion Week on Friday night. The showroom and patio at the Museum of Contemporary Art are full of bodacious babes with mega hair and clothes that are too cool—even for Buffalo Exchange. The three-day event, which began Thursday, Oct. 13, featured different venues, designers, music performances, food…
Song of the Day ‘Whiskey Woman’ by Flamin’ Groovies
OK, so early last year a good friend of mine takes me out to breakfast after which he drops me off at my one-room apartment. As I start to slide down from his truck, he reaches into his console and hands me the Flamin’ Groovies’ Teenage Head record as if he knew I was in need of one of…
In the Flesh: Cult Badass Cesar Padilla at Tucson Fashion Week
Filmmaker, writer, photographer, musician and clothing archivist Cesar Padilla is in town as part of Tucson Fashion Week. Last night (Thursday, Oct. 13) he curated a micro rock ’n’ roll T-shirt art exhibit, held a meet-and-greet and book signing at Hotel Congress, and was featured in TFW’s City Chic: A Fashion Show, Art Exhibit and…
Brian Wilson Brings Pet Sounds to Tucson, Tix On Sale Friday
Brian Wilson, the man who shifted culture and gave us several of the 10 most beautiful songs ever written, has recently extended his tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, and by some miraculous fluke the tour is coming to Tucson, to the lovely, historic Centennial Hall specifically. The show is May…
Know Your Product
Thirty-year-old Hubby Jenkins earned his stripes and learned his chops busking New York City streets, and man can you hear those rattle-tat sidewalk serenades in the soul in his voice and playing.
Dispensary Distribution
The Arizona Department of Health Services announced 31 new dispensary licenses last week, bringing the total number of Arizona dispensaries to 130 a month before Prop 205 appears on the November ballot.
Police Dispatch
A west-side trailer resident was arrested for dumping his feces on the ground right outside his home—and then threatening to kill anyone who complained about the resulting stench.
Sacred Space
“Anytime we’re able to come together outside of white supremacy’s gaze is a very radical, spiritual and healing space.” Laster said. “Anytime we commune together, I think it’s a sacred space.”
A Haunted Past
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has great presence in front of Tea Party audiences or on Fox News.
The Skinny
Pussygate and sales tax. What a week.
Ask a Mexican!
Dear Pocho: You don’t want your balls too big in Mexico
Danehy
Lord knows that Hillary Clinton is driving Danehy crazy.
Food and Survival
Anne MacPherson is a married mom of three with a college degree. In 2015 she found herself in the daunting and often humiliating position of having to apply for food stamps so she could feed her family.
The Body Electric
The Greeks did it. The Romans did it. And so do contemporary artists.
My Name Is …
One may be born with a gift, but one must be made an artist.
Train in Vain
Despite good performances from a cast that includes Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux and Alison Janney, director Tate Taylor’s The Girl on the Train winds up being a little too ridiculous for a movie that wishes to be taken seriously.
Battle Acts: Television the band vs. Battle of the Network Stars 2016 Edition!
Only a band in pre-internet ennui would have the cojones to name itself Television.
Noise Annoys
Welcome to the first edition of Noise Annoys, where you’ll find the best, worst and hopefully most interesting and noteworthy happenings and characters in Tucson.
