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FALL Club Crawl®
Bud Light Music Stage 8 p.m.: Z Street Band 9 p.m.: Felix y Los Gatos (Albuquerque, N.M.) 10 p.m.: Chris Miller, James Sasser and the Guilty Men (Portland, Ore.) 11 p.m.: Mad Max and the Wild Ones (Springville, Utah) Midnight: Mike Eldred Trio (Phoenix) KRQ Stage 8 p.m.: LeeAnne Savage 9 p.m.: Roll Acosta 10…
Artistic Range: Bonjour Mademoiselle at Bohemia
“Polka Dot Parisienne,” by Valerie Galloway, is on display in Bonjour Mademoiselle, beginning Saturday, Oct. 23, and continuing through Nov. 17, at Bohemia, 2920 E. Broadway Blvd.
Footage From The Ethnic Studies Lawsuit Press Conference
Mari Herreras attended the announcement of a lawsuit against state schools superintendent Tom Horne to retain ethnic studies. Sean Arce, director of TUSD’s Mexican American Studies Department, explains why he joined the lawsuit.
CD8: Pre-Debate Smack Talk
As a warm-up to tonight’s Sierra Vista debate between Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Republican Jesse Kelly, Giffords campaign manager Rodd McLeod and Kelly campaign manager Adam Kwasman exchange emails: From: Rodd McLeod Subject: Re: Jesse Kelly: “I would vote for the fair tax; I do support the fair tax.” Good afternoon, Adam. I direct your…
Coming Soon: Petite Pea Fine Foods Market
Jale Tweedy, the owner of Petite Pea Catering and Fine Foods, says she’s opening a storefront at 1012 E. Sixth Street, right across from the UA Campus. Petite Pea Fine Foods Market opens Tuesday, Oct. 26, and will feature favorites from Tweedy’s catering menus and other items. The hours will be 7 a.m. to 7…
The Abbey Eat + Drink Announces Opening Date
A spokesman for The Abbey Eat + Drink says the restaurant will open to the public Tuesday, Nov. 2. The restaurant is being opened by Brian and Sandy Metzger, the owners of the popular jaxKitchen at 7286 N. Oracle Road. If you haven’t seen The Abbey’s menu yet, you can check it out here. There’s…
CD8: The Latest TV Ads
Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords debuts two new TV ads this week—one positive spot highlighting her work with local businesses and another hit on Republican Jesse Kelly’s proposal to privatize Social Security. Meanwhile, Kelly launched a new ad today hitting Giffords for supporting health-care reform, the stimulus plan and cap-and-trade legislation.
ABC News: Grijalva Challenger Ruth McClung “Might Actually Win”
The race between Congressman Raul Grijalva and Republican challenger Ruth McClung gets some national attention: It’s unusual enough that a 28-year-old rocket scientist is running for Congress. It’s unusual enough that she’s a self-proclaimed “conservative Republican” backed by the Tea Party running in a substantially liberal Arizona district. It’s unusual enough that, running in a…
This Week on Tucson Weekly TV: “Arte de los Muertos” at Borealis Arts
Just in time for your end of October festivities, Borealis Arts is exhibiting works that explore a connection to the observance of Dia de los Muertos. Gallery owner Nathan Saxton gives some insight in how the exhibit came together and how gathering work of this nature affected him personally.
More Club Crawl Memories Via YouTube
The fall edition of Club Crawl was so great that we couldn’t contain the recorded evidence in one post. More videos from the event are below the cut, including songs by Young Mothers, Seashell Radio and Whole Lotta Zep. Young Mothers: Whole Lotta Zep: Silver Thread Trio: Seashell Radio: Jon Rauhouse:
An Honest Campaign Ad
Vote Webb!
The CD8 Debate: Giffords vs. Kelly vs. Stoltz
In case you missed it: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords faced Republican Jesse Kelly and Libertarian Steve Stoltz in a debate at the UA last night.
Calexico Fix and a Tour of Tucson
Because we always need more Calexico, and hey, it’s from National Geographic:
Tea Bagger Alert
When people get mad at the term Tea Bagger, isn’t this video a good example of why Tea Bagger remains the perfect way to describe folks who are either stupid and/or think the U.S. Constitution is a pick-and-choose menu and not an entire meal?
Latinos for Reform: WTF?
According to a report from CNN today, the Spanish-language television network Univision is pulling TV and radio ads asking Latinos not to vote. The group behind the ads, Latinos for Reform, is a conservative PAC affiliated with other conservative PACs, the Virginia Liberty Fund and the American Spirit Fund. Read more about the group here.…
Last Night’s CD-8 Debate: Not Crazy Enough
There were certainly moments where it seemed the debate last night at the University of Arizona Student Union would boil over. Between seemingly random angry shouting coming from the audience, Dr. Stoltz declining to answer some questions and the back and forth between U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and challenger Jesse Kelly, substantive discussion of the…
The CD8 Debate: Highlights
Hank Stephenson live-blogged last night’s CD8 debate on our Facebook page. You can read all about it—and add your own comments—right here.
Huppenthal vs. Kotterman
Just in case you missed it, here’s the debate between Superintendent of Public Instruction candidates Penny Kotterman and John Huppenthal that aired on Arizona Illustrated on Oct. 4:
Glassman Rocks ‘Sweet Home Arizona’
Well, at least this doesn’t have a clip of Jim Nintzel speaking out of John McCain’s mouth:
Relive The Excitement Of Club Crawl Via Videos On YouTube
Hopefully, you made it downtown on Saturday night for Club Crawl — there were times while wading through the crowds on Congress that it seemed like everyone in Tucson came out and were all having a great night out. We were there with video cameras aloft capturing a few of the acts performing on the…
The New York Times Covers Crazed Locals; Thankfully Just The Running Kind This Time
The Mount Lemmon Marathon, 26.2 miles on the General Hitchcock Scenic Byway climbing around five thousand feet, was this Sunday and Marc Lacey, the Phoenix bureau chief for the New York Times was there to cover the largely one of a kind event. Other marathons could be considering more challenging, including one in Antarctica which…
Giffords vs. Kelly: CD8 Debate Tonight!
The big showdown between Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Republican challenger Jesse Kelly and Libertarian candidate Steven Stoltz is at 7 p.m. tonight in the first of three debates scheduled for this week. Christopher Conover of Arizona Public Media will be moderating and I’ll be on board to ask questions alongside Dan Shearer of the Green Valley…
Glory Days: Tucson Weekly wins general excellence honors at ANA awards; Nintzel named non-daily journalist of the year
The Tucson Weekly dominated its category in the Arizona Newspaper Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest, racking up 20 awards, including top individual and newspaper-wide honors. Jim Nintzel was named the non-daily Journalist of the Year, for his body of work during the contest period (May 1, 2009 through April 30, 2010). His coverage of the…
Friday Roundtable: The McClung Surge, Giffords vs. Kelly & Goddard vs. Brewer
We talk politics on Arizona Illustrated’s Friday Roundtable as Election 2010 draws ever closer to the finish line. This week: Camp Brewer says Terry Goddard might be gay, Ruth McClung surges against Raul Grijalva in Congressional District 7 and the race remains tight between Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Republican challenger Jesse Kelly.
Friday Roundtable: Talking with Kate Kenski
Kate Kenski, co-author of The Obama Victory: How Media, Money, and Message Shaped the 2008 Election, talks about this year’s elections, whether we should trust the polls, and the impact of Sarah Palin on Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign during a visit to Arizona Illustrated’s Friday Roundtable.
CD7: Nate Silver Skeptical of Grijalva Upset
Republican Ruth McClung is picking up momentum, dollars and support in her unexpected surge against Congressman Raul Grijalva, but stats wiz Nate Silver remains skeptical of her chances. Silver talks in general about the latest wave of GOP enthusiasm here. An excerpt: Raúl M. Grijalva. Bennie Thompson. Jan Schakowsky. Jim Oberstar? John Larson? Corrine Brown?…
CD8: Giffords & Kelly Still Neck and Neck Coming Down the Stretch
Nate Silver at the New York Times gives Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords slightly better odds in his latest forecast on the CD8 race, while Isaac Wood of Sabato’s Crystal Ball moves it from “leans Democrat” to the toss-up category. Wood’s analysis: AZ-8 is a race that Democrats insist is salvageable, as incumbent Gabrielle Giffords has received…
Writer’s Block: Rosemary Wells
Join bestselling author/illustrator of the Max & Ruby series for her Pajama Party Tour, in celebration of Max & Ruby’s Bedtime Book. The event will include door prizes, a reading and signing from Rosemary Wells, and a special appearance from Max himself. Bring your camera for a photo op with the duo. Guests are also…
Celebrate Halloween at Valley of the Moon
Here’s a unique way to celebrate Halloween a little early. Finally, a Halloween Show that everyone can enjoy! Come bear witness to the strange transformation of Jekyll & Hyde, while trying to save the world with Magic. Come to the 39th annual Haunted Ruins and take a tour of the historic fairyland gardens at Valley…
Why McClung Backed Out of Debate
Sam Stone, media relations for Ruth McClung for Congress, sent us this message tonight to explain away the whole debate confusion: The proposed debate on the 18th conflicted with a scheduled Town Hall at the Mission Library from 6:15 to 7:45PM Monday. We had previously canceled a similar event on short notice to accommodate Mr.…
Latino Voters Apathetic? Not in Arizona
According to a Pew Hispanic Center poll released Oct. 5 that you can read here, Latino voters “appear to be less motivated than other voters.” But according to One Arizona, charged this election season with registering and increasing the number of Hispanic voters in the state, a Rocky Mountain poll shows 73 percent of Hispanic…
Yes, Ruth McClung Did Back Out of Oct. 18 Debate
No, little Tea Bag darlings, Ted Prezelski isn’t the kind of blogger who gets his kicks posting erroneous information on Rum, Romanism and Rebellion, although I’m sure he’s had some good laughs over the comments he received since posting yesterday about Ruth McClung backing out of a debate with U.S. Congressman Raul Grijalva. You can…
AZ State Sen. Jorge Garcia Dies
Arizona state Sen. Jorge Luis Garcia, a Democrat who was seeking a seat on the Arizona Corporation Commission, has passed away at age 57. “The people of Southern Arizona has lost a tremendous advocate and he’ll be sorely missed at the Legislature,” says Rep. Matt Heinz. “He put solving problems ahead of partisanship, always.”
The Abbey Eat + Drink Unveils Preliminary Menu
Here’s a sampling of what executive chef Virginia Wooters and the owners of jaxKitchen are working up for the Abbey Eat + Drink, which is coming soon to the corner of Kolb Road and Sunrise Drive. And here’s a picture of the sweet-potato waffle, duck confit scramble and bourbon maple syrup entrée listed on the…
Ten Dollar Tuesday at Arizona Theater Company
Ten Dollar Tuesday is back at the Arizona Theatre Company for the 2010-2011 season. Also known as “Pay What You Can,” this allows people who wouldn’t normally be able to pay the full ticket price to watch a show for a suggested $10 per seat. The next Ten Dollar Tuesday will be on Oct. 19,…
Congratulations Arizonans, You Have Great/Terrible Taste In Congresspeople
Other than perhaps a Wikipedia list of Arizona representatives in Congress, you don’t see Jeff Flake and Raul Grijalva on a lot of lists together, but they’ve both made Esquire magazine’s new list of the Best Members of Congress. Rep. Flake is described as “one of the steadiest and most articulate proponents of sane spending…
Bat Night 2010
Happy Bat Night, one and all. Video by Daniel Cauthorn
Writer’s Block: Jarret Keene
Dead Neon, edited by Todd James Pierce and Weekly contributor Jarret Keene, has been published by University of Nevada Press (183 pages, $20). Summary (from publisher): Las Vegas is considered a modern icon of excess. It offers every imaginable extreme of greed, pleasure, and despair, supported by technology that enhances fantasy and allows residents and…
Mini-Farmers’ Markets and Other Good Ideas From the Tucson Community Food Bank
We just had an interesting conversation with Monica Garcia from the Tucson Community Food Bank about the new mini-farmers-market concept she debuted this week. The new market opened this Wednesday at the El Rio Community Health Center at 1500 W. Commerce Court, and continues from noon to 2 p.m., the second and fourth Wednesday of…
Best ‘It Gets Better’ Video?
A video of Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns made the Facebook rounds today. The openly gay city councilman spoke out against bullying, and shared his own experiences and struggles when he was in school. We recommend you get the tissue out before you watch:
McClung Backs Out of Debate
Ted Prezelski’s blog, Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion, reports that Ruth McClung has backed out of a scheduled debate with Raul Grijalva scheduled for Monday. Here’s a little snippet, but you can read his entire post here: Maybe this new found reticence is because of McClung’s performance last night. She may have discovered that repeating the…
Getting a Real Picture of McClung
Tucson Progressive blogger Pamela Powers (now on the Tucson Citizen site) wrote this morning about the CD 7 debate between Raul Grijalva and Ruth McClung in a post here. But later today in a new blog, she touched on something that voters should be asking themselves: Who is the real Ruth McClung? At the Tea…
CD7: Americans for Tax Reform Targets Grijalva
Politico reports that Grover Norquist’s crew is dropping nearly a quarter-million dollars into TV advertising against Congressman Raul Grijalva: In another sign that Democratic Rep. Raul Grijlava’s once-safe seat is in play, an anti-tax group is rolling out an independent ad targeting the Arizona congressman for calling for an economic boycott against his state. Americans…
CD7: Grijalva Launches TV Spot
Congressman Raul Grijalva scrambles to launch a TV ad as even internal Democratic polls show that he’s in trouble against Republican Ruth McClung. Meanwhile, we hear McClung’s moneybomb brought in six figures today and she’s had an astonishing couple of weeks on the fundraising trail. The upcoming FEC reports should be fascinating reading.
Writer’s Block: Dafna Lazar
Local author Dafna Lazar’s The Hard Road to Staying Thin, Healthy and Youthful, While Enjoying Life and Food to the Fullest: Fountain of Youth? has recently been published. $29.95, 154 pages. Available on Amazon.com and locally at the Joel D. Valdez Main Library. Summary (from press release): This is a true story that starts with…
Picture This: A Night of Music
A Night at Tucson Meet Yourself from Will Ferguson on Vimeo. Will Ferguson gives us a glimpse at the sights and sounds of the Tucson Meet Yourself Fair in this natural sound slide show.
The “State of Brewer’s Health” Controversy Gets Stranger
Former Senate candidate and investigative journalist John Dougherty posted on his campaign’s Facebook wall today that “Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has told serveral [sic] staffers that she recently had a biopsy for thyroid cancer, a source close to the governor’s office said Thursday.” A few posts later, Dougherty announced that he would “have no further…
Calexico Video Love
If you missed our boys while they toured with Arcade Fire, here’s a little video love from Calexico taken on Oct. 3 with Joey Burns and Jacob Valenzuela doing “The News About William,” at the Berkeley Rose Garden right before their show at the Greek Theatre.
Grant Woods: Thomas Jefferson vs. Lindsay Lohan
Yesterday, Salon.com published a letter written by Republican Grant Woods, under attack by his own political party for endorsing Democrat and attorney general candidate Felicia Rotellini. The letter is to Rob Haney, the chairman of the Maricopa County Republican Committee, addressing Haney’s attempt to strip Woods of his party voting priviledges. Woods is a former…
Pedal to the Steel
Make of it what you will: For all these years, I have avoided Club Crawl®. It’s because of Jon Rauhouse that on Oct. 16, I will end what might otherwise have been an unblemished, lifelong record. To see him, I will scale walls and drop to the ground ankle-deep in beer, surrounded by lurching, neophyte…
The Swing District
For the average voter, there aren’t a lot of reasons to get worked up about legislative elections in Southern Arizona. Most of the districts are stacked so solidly red or blue that the names of the representatives may change, but the party affiliations rarely do. That’s not the case in Legislative District 26. This year’s…
Simple and Loud
The Dutch rock band Bettie Serveert was formed in 1990, but guitarist Peter Visser says he and his bandmates aren’t focused on celebrating a 20th anniversary. Instead, they’re looking ahead to 2012. “That’s when the first album, Palomine, would have a 20th birthday,” says Visser via cell phone from a tour stop in Denver. “We…
Comfort Bistro
If friends opened a restaurant in downtown Tucson, I hope it would be just like 47 Scott. Opened earlier this year by Nicole Flowers, formerly of 58 Degrees and Holding Co., and Travis Reese, formerly of The B Line, the small eatery evokes a modern bistro vibe, although it’s a bit on the minimalist side…
Lack of Equality = Bullying
I don’t normally tout the stuff that’s going on in the part of the paper that makes this an 18-and-over publication. But this week, I am going to do just that, because Dan Savage has done a beautiful, amazing thing. In response to a series of suicides by youngsters who have been bullied for being…
Club Crawl Answers
How will the street closure affect traffic coming to Club Crawl®? We’ll close down Congress Street at noon to set up our outdoor stages. We’ll then turn Broadway Boulevard into a two-way roadway from Fourth Avenue to Sixth Avenue. Regular westbound traffic on Congress Street will resume at Sixth Avenue. We strongly recommend entering downtown…
Thrash Pickup
It took a while—through nearly two decades of grunge, post-grunge, nü-metal, rap-rock, post-rock and more—but it’s finally back, in its pure, unadulterated, street-grade form. I’m talking about heavy metal, which the mainstream banished from radio in the ’90s to make room for inexcusable crap like Limp Bizkit. Indeed, metal was forced to slither back underground,…
Danehy
Last Saturday, as temperatures plunged into the high 80s, Tucsonans were out in droves. There was the Pride in the Desert thing, but I wasn’t invited, which is weird, because I certainly take pride in our desert. So the choice came down to heading downtown for the Tucson Meet Yourself celebration, or heading over to…
Delicious Harmony
Club Crawl® is known for its festive atmosphere, with numerous outdoor stages and throngs of people engulfing Congress Street; it’s as if twice a year, our sleepy little downtown is replaced by the French Quarter. But that scene does not appeal to everyone, of course; many of us like to enjoy music in a quaint…
Soundbites
Rockrapjazzbluestober!; Fall = Crawl; Happy to Have the Blues; Short Takes; On the Bandwagon
Downing
In the Wandering Woods, everyone gets lost. People go in circles, exhausting themselves, scrambling endlessly through the underbrush, only to end up at exactly the same spot where they started out. And here we are, less than a month from the midterm election, deep in the most depressing election season in memory. You can almost…
Deepen Your Shade of Green
Are you curious about what it means to “go green,” or what steps you need to take in order to be more eco-friendly? In its fourth year, the Green Living Fair—one of the largest “green” shows in the Southwest—is back to promote and inform people about what it takes to go green. In conjunction with…
Top Ten in Music
Toxic Ranch Records’ top sales for the week ending Oct. 10, 2010
Big Talent
Dave Gonzalez, guitarist for the Paladins/Hacienda Brothers/Stone River Boys, recently saw Mad Max and the Wild Ones (Bud Light Music Stage, 11 p.m.), and all he could say was that they’re one of the best rockabilly bands he’s seen in a long time. Maybe that’s because the band fashioned their sound after the Paladins. Or…
City Week
Screening of Akira Kurosawa’s Stray Dog; The Great Tucson Beer Festival; Richard Buyer discusses Why the JFK Assassination Still Matters; Autumn Delight art show
Nine Questions
Emilie Marchand
Guest Commentary
One of the many important questions voters will be asked when they go to the polls on Nov. 2 is whether to support Proposition 400. It is not an easy choice in these tough economic times. Proposition 400 will temporarily increase the cap on the city’s sales tax by half a percent to protect the…
T Q&A
Charlie Spillar
Live
Fishbone: Rialto Theatre, Saturday, Oct. 8
Mailbag
The Cato Institute Marred an Otherwise Fine Article; Ewoldt: Calling My Platform ‘Neo-Hippie’ Is a Failure of the Fourth Estate!; Yay to the ‘Weekly’ for Not Endorsing Prop 401; Decriminalizing Marijuana Would Lead to Many Good Things
Harrowing Journey
It’s the silver anniversary of the uniquely Tucson Borderlands Theater, and to kick off the 25th season, the group has chosen a new play by Kara Hartzler, Arizona: No Roosters in the Desert. The script embodies two of the theater’s defining passions: producing new plays, and presenting works which explore the diverse populations/cultures and the…
Wait. Think. Fast.: Luces del Sur (Self-Released)
This group from the Echo Park area of Los Angeles finds common ground between lovely, jangly alternative pop-rock and modern Americana—the opening tune “Si Es Por Amor” touches on both—while Argentine-born singer and pianist Jacqueline Santillan alternates effortlessly between Spanish and English. After two EPs, this is the project’s full-length debut, and it’s a welcome…
Secret Suicides
In August, Paul J. Weber of The Associated Press wrote about an apparent suicide surge among U.S. Border Patrol agents. And when the agency wouldn’t provide numbers, the AP went digging. Combing through various records and media reports, the news service found that the Border Patrol had gone through four years with no publicly reported…
Marvelous ‘La Mancha’
Studio Connections will soon be moving to a new home, and the da Vinci Players have clearly decided to close out their time at the eastside St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church with a bang: Man of La Mancha is the most ambitious production the company has mounted in some time, and it is gritty, passionate and…
Kathryn Williams: The Quickening (One Little Indian)
If you like the edgy folk-rock of Robert Plant’s latest record, this album is the perfect companion. English folk singer Williams’ eighth album is primarily acoustic; features jazz-tinged arrangements and trippy-hippy folk melodies; and it isn’t afraid of a little drone. Williams can deliver a lyrical phrase with the subtle artfulness of Beth Orton, Tim…
The Skinny
Republican Jesse Kelly pals around with the open-borders/amnesty crowd … Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and GOP challenger Jesse Kelly finally meet in a week of three debates … Has the Tucson Tea Party been turned into a tool of Sen. John McCain? … and more!
Seriously Playful
Detail of Gregory Euclide’s installation Real, Natural and Unsustainable at the UA’s Joseph Gross Gallery.
Grinderman: Grinderman 2 (Anti-)
Despite his various successes, Nick Cave’s musical work is still his raison d’être. Grinderman 2, the sophomore release by Cave’s newest side project, is a revelation. Like the snarling wolf that adorns its cover, Grinderman 2 is out for blood: Full of unhinged rock, apocalyptic blues and hilariously prurient lyrics, it’s one of the year’s…
Top Cop
Felecia Rotellini and Tom Horne disagree on many points as they battle to become the state’s next attorney general—including each other’s qualifications for the job. “We need someone with substantial trial experience,” Republican Horne says. “I have over 25 jury trials; my opponent has two.” Despite that, Horne adds: “I’m not saying she’s unqualified (to…
A Thankless Task
If you had to choose one book as a starting place for an intelligent discussion about immigration issues, you would do well to begin with Migra! by UCLA assistant professor of history Kelly Lytle Hernandez. Hernandez has written the first critical history of the United States Border Patrol—and it’s eye-opening. A vast mythology hangs over…
¡Ask a Mexican!
Dear Mexican: What is it with the Mexican hang-up on body parts? When Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was struck by a cannonball in the knee in one of his 8,000 wars, his right leg was removed from the knee down. When he returned to Mexico City, he ordered a state funeral be held…
Media Watch
The decline continues: ‘Star’ doesn’t benefit from ‘Citizen’ closure; Rebecca Taylor parting ways with KVOA
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books’ best-sellers for the week ending Oct. 8, 2010
Not-So-Safe Seat
U.S. Congressman Raúl Grijalva can count on Joe Sweeney to challenge him every election season—and sometimes even emerge victorious in the Republican primary, giving the Democrat an easy path to general-election victory. But this year—following a contentious presidential election, a downturn in the economy, the rise of the Tea Party movement and growing anti-immigrant fervor—Sweeney…
Ideas, Please
The public-education system in the United States has a total enrollment of about 55 million children, with hundreds of billions of dollars spent on their schooling each year. If the system is broken, it will undoubtedly take more time, money and effort than any single solution can hold. Of course, the system is broken; there’s…
Police Dispatch
Sex-Toy Ploy; Rude Awakening; OMG, Meth, LOL!
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending Oct. 10, 2010
Weekly Wide Web
Remix Culture; The week on The Range; Comment of the week; Best of WWW; and more!
Mental Mentor
Zach Galifianakis is seemingly in every movie designed to make you laugh these days. On top of his co-starring duties in the excellent HBO series Bored to Death, the man has done nine films in two years. Maybe he realized the world was taking note after The Hangover, and he chose to capitalize by working…
Noshing Around
La Cocina: New Look, New Menu; Coming Soon: Elle Wine Bistro; New Eastside Farmers’ Market; Noshing Notes
Speech vs. Money
Talks about the future of local public broadcasting in Tucson revolve, at least in spirit, around people like Joe Sweeney. The perennial Congressional candidate and City Council gadfly’s opinions are regularly sent over the airwaves into Tucson homes. He vents during the open-comment section of City Council meetings (see it on the city’s Channel 12),…
Now Showing at Home
King Kong (Blu-ray); The Essential Bugs Bunny; Psycho: 50th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)
Picture This: Sounds of the Trolley
Riding On Track from Chen Ziniu on Vimeo. Ziniu Chen takes us on a ride in the historic downtown trolley that runs through 4th Ave. and University Blvd. in this audio slideshow.
Live-Tweeting the Grijalva-McClung Debate
You’ll find Hank Stephenson’s tweeted tidbits from the Grijalva-McClung debate on our Facebook page here.
McCain’s New Web Ad: Glassman Supports Stimulus, Would Vote for Health-Care Reform & Sings Opera
Sen. John McCain attacks Glassman in a new Web ad. Guess who makes a special guest appearance? It’s not quite my dream of appearing in a Katy Perry video, but still…
Free Movie Tonight at the Loft
A free advance screening of Fair Game takes place at 7 p.m., tonight, Oct. 13, at the Loft Cinema. The movie tells the real-life story of Valerie Plame Wilson and her fight against the threat of nuclear weapons. A question-and-answer period with Susan Gordon, the director of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, follows the screening.…
