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Tucson author-songwriter Dan Stuart launches novel ‘Marlowe’s Revenge’
Dan Stuart traveled the world as a kind of underground minstrel fronting the far-reaching band Green on Red, which began in late-’70s Tucson as the Serfers. Now, this guy we could safely call a “Tucson legend” has a new pulp-noir novel out this week entitled “Marlowe’s Revenge.” It is set in Southern Arizona and is…
Tucson Jewish Community Center Presents ‘A Celebration of Sculpture’
The Tucson Jewish Community Center (the J or the Tucson J) presents “A Celebration of Sculpture,” Sunday, October 23 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. The free, all-ages annual showcase features a juried outdoor exhibition with eight new sculptures joining the SculptureGarden’s existing collection of over 40 works by local, national and international sculptors, an indoor Fine…
Review: Cate Blanchett embodies accused maestro in ‘Tár’
Lydia Tár is an icon. The first female conductor of a German symphony, she leads the Berlin Philharmonic; lectures students at Juilliard; has a new book to promote; and is preparing to record Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. Her wife is a violinist in the orchestra, and together they have an adopted daughter. But as…
Al Foul’s widow reflects on his life and legacy
When my husband left this world in the twilight hours of May 25, 2022, he roared like a lion. His arms were stick-straight, precisely parallel to his body, fists clenched and holding a posture not unlike a daredevil cliff diver heading feet first into some sort of otherworldly, aquatic abyss. It was a frightening, beautiful,…
Savage Love: Knots Landing
There is more to this week’s Savage Love. To read the entire column, go to Savage.Love. I’m a 31-year-old cis man married to a 33-year-old non-binary partner, and our relationship has always been very vanilla. Over the past few years, I’ve discovered that I’m a kinky person, with a particular interest in both domination and…
Vir Das laughs with us, not at us
Vir Das faces different stakes when he invokes his freedom of speech. While some American comedians complain about being “canceled” for racism, vulgarity and run-of-the-mill misogyny, Das, whose comedy elides all of that, is threatened with arrest and censure for jokes exposing uncomfortable truths about his home culture. Indian politicians rage about him on national…
XOXO: Mark Your Calendars
Thursday, Oct. 13 In The War on Drugs’ 17 years, it has inhabited a rarefied space that bridges the underground and the mainstream. The Philadelphia sextet’s latest album, “I Don’t Live Here Anymore,” is all but a continuation of principal songwriter Adam Granduciel’s ongoing search for greater meaning, to “find what can’t be found.” On…
Mamma Coal fetes two singles at Maverick show
Carra Stasney is a mother of two by day, but when she takes the stage at night, she becomes her alter ego, Mamma Coal. It takes a lot of juggling, but she wouldn’t change a thing. At the end of September, she released two new singles, “Ghost Town Get Down” and “Lead Her On.” On…
The Black Moods stay busy with tour, libations, music
The Black Moods never stay still. The three musicians who make up the Tempe-based act — singer/guitarist Josh Kennedy, drummer Chico Diaz and bassist Jordan Hoffman — are on the go, whether they are touring, playing local gigs or recording music. The group performs its hard-hitting electric blues inspired by ’70s and ’90s at the…
‘Poster child’ for social equity marijuana licenses looks to succeed
Alicia Deals is the poster child for Arizona’s social equity program, and she is willing to pass up an immediate payday — risking no payday at all — in order to try to forge her own path in a complex and heavily regulated industry. Deals is one of 26 winners of marijuana establishment licenses the…
Parents honor those who give selflessly
Before cancer claimed the life of PJ Quinn on July 5, 2020, first responders were frequent visitors to the family’s home. The 29-year-old’s parents, Michael and Bonnie Quinn of Oro Valley, are forever grateful — and wanted to show it. The Quinns are bringing back the Rockin’ 4 Heroes fundraiser from 2 to 5 p.m.…
City Week: Weekly Picks
Broadway in Tucson stages ‘Six’ “Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived.” Folk tales filtered through generations of biased scholarship may not have given us the full picture of Henry VIII’s spouses. Recent research, e.g., has shown they had brainy pursuits. What if they also had sass, microphones and hot outfits? “Six” portrays the women as…
