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Coming Attractions
The Loft crew is indeed bringing it.
In Defense of Marijuana: Medical Weed Patient & Caregiver Convicted on Drug Charges, Not Allowed to Cite MMJ Law
Kyle Catlin’s family and friends have a lot of questions about the way his trial rolled out last week. The biggest of them all: Why was Arizona’s medical marijuana law pretty much ignored during most of the trial? Kyle’s father, Marvin Catlin, is certain that if the defense would have been able to explain the…
Loft Film Fest Starts Tonight with Celebration of International Back to the Future Day
The Loft Film gets off and running this evening with a big party celebrating International Back to the Future Day, which (of course) is the day that Marty McFly headed off to in Back to the Future II. To celebrate, the Loft is showing Back to the Future and Back to the Future II, along…
Arizona’s Republican War on Education: Defunding Our Children’s Futures Since 1966
Ah, for the good old days when Arizona was a liberal state. According to a 1940 Arizona guide book: “Along political and economic lines, a great majority of Arizona people are liberal minded almost to the ‘try anything once’ point.” Those Arizonans of yesteryear were even developing an environmental bent, at least from a 1940s…
Funding and Fighting in Arizona Schools
This drives me nuts every time I see it happen. The Arizona legislature is purposefully and knowingly starving schools and school districts. There’s not enough money to fund current programs adequately or to add new programs. So, whenever a district decides to put money in one place, it’s like it’s stealing food from one child and…
US Dept. of Education Publishes Guide to Improve Academic Success of Undocumented Youth
The U.S. Department of Education released a guide for secondary schools, community colleges and universities on how to better support undocumented students. With approximately 65,000 undocumented youth graduating high school every year, according to the department, the tool is much-needed because undocumented students are one of the most vulnerable groups in U.S. schools. In 2012,…
Mudhoney Serves 27 Years of the Seattle Sound
From the moment their debut single “Touch Me I’m Sick” was released in 1988, Mudhoney has defined the Seattle sound. Nearly three decades later, the band is still playing loud, wild rock music, even as countless imitators—as well as storied peers like Nirvana—have come and gone. “The most important thing is we all just get…
Meet Author Margaret Regan Tuesday Afternoon
Author and longtime TW arts correspondent Margaret Regan will be reading from her latest book, Detained and Deported: Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire, at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at the UNICEF store in Monterrey Village, 6242 E. Speedway Blvd. Detained and Deported tells the stories of how undocumented immigrants have seen their families torn…
The Farm-to-Table Gourmet Picnic Celebrated Sonoran Bounty with an All-Local Meal (SLIDESHOW)
There’s probably no better way to showcase local food than by pairing farmers up with chefs. However, the Mission Garden and Native SEEDS/Search aren’t just growing produce. The two nonprofit groups are committed to maintaining heritage plant life that has grown in the region since the times of Father Kino and before. On Sunday, Oct.…
Maria Needs a Home
Hi I’m Maria! I am such a sweet and unique girl! Have you ever known a cat with two different colored eyes like mine? I love it! I am FeLV positive but that doesn’t mean I can’t be adopted, even to a house with current kitties! HSSA will vaccinate and test all current cats before…
Scenes from Southwest Terror Fest Including Sleep and Acid King (SLIDESHOW)
TW contributor Robert Deming hit the brutal streets of Tucson last weekend to bring you some glimpses of the Southwest Terror Fest. Saturday night’s Sleep show at the Rialto Theatre and Sunday’s Acid King concert were two of the most anticipated events featured at Terror Fest this year. So, without further ado, here are the…
Scott Kelly Has Been in Space Longer Than Any Other American
#EarthArt Across the Greatest Desert- #Sahara #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/ZSKLSA9wQX — Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) October 17, 2015 With more than 383 days in orbit, astronaut Scott Kelly has now spent more time off the planet than any other American. And he’ll build on that record until he heads back to Earth next March after completing his year…
Blu Leaves Mercado San Agustin Due to Stand Off with Landlord
What’s going on with the Mercado these days? Just last week, chef Ryan Clark announced his departure from the retail and dining square’s flagship restaurant, which also saw him selling his share in the restaurant with an almost imperceptibly speedy replacement by The Coronet’s chef Erika Bostick. Let’s not forget Taqueria El Pueblito’s move out…
Three Upcoming Education Events
Here are three education-related events coming up this week and next, two in Tucson, one in Scottsdale. Education Town Hall, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 7-8:30, Catalina High School (3645 E. Pima Street). The subject is the current state and future of K-12 education in Arizona. “All Southern Arizonans are encouraged to attend, share stories about how education…
Old Pueblo Printers’ Albert M. Elias
The Tucson Weekly extends condolences to Pima County Supervisor Richard Elias and his family on the death of his father, Albert M. Elias, who passed away this morning at the age of 86. From a statement released by the Pima County Democratic Party: Albert M. Elias was a fourth-generation Tucson native, he was the owner…
LA Times: Homeland Security Internal Email Discusses Ongoing Practices of Racial Profiling Against Immigrants
The Los Angeles Times got its hands on an internal email by the Department of Homeland Security that hints to the continuous practices of ethnic and racial profiling by law enforcement agencies against immigrants. The email talks about two Honduran men, who waited for a ride after their construction job, and were later apprehended allegedly…
Today’s AZ Ed Funding News
Another day, more news about Arizona’s education funding problems. I’ll have the Quote of the Day and the Email of the Day a bit later, but first, the most important News of the Day, from the front page of the Star. The Tucson Values Teachers study, sponsored by the University of Arizona’s College of Education…
ACLU of Arizona: Lots of Abuse, Impunity in Border Patrol Interior Checkpoints
Documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona show that there have been “widespread acts of abuse and impunity” in U.S. Border Patrol interior checkpoints and patrol operations that happen far from the border. The ACLU’s report, co-authored with two University of Arizona law professors, says the Border Patrol documents—which were gotten through an…
Ballet Tucson’s Opening Gala is Coming up and we Can Get You in For Free
Ballet fans, get excited. The people over at Ballet Tucson have decided they love you and have given us a ton of tickets to give away. We’re going to be giving these tickets out slowly, as the shows approach. But, the first giveaway we’re dong is pretty special: It’s for the a pair of tickets to…
Putting a fire in your mouth
All proceeds go to benefit Tucson Firefighter’s Adopt-a-Family program which assists needy families struggling through the holiday season.
Editor’s Note
What Sanders has going against him are the 11,000 people who showed up on Friday and the thousands of others who’ve showed up in other cities: voters.
Scantily Clad Sprint
Join the rest of your half-naked colleagues to dance the night away.
Dust Devil
As my nostrils take in the pleasing fragrance of creosote my eyes lock
Eye Candy
Beefcakes on stage stripping for your viewing pleasure sound like your idea of a good time?
Decades of Darkness: Southwest Terror Fest
Conventional wisdom holds you mellow as you get older, but with his power trio Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, rock lifer Tad Doyle has made the heaviest record of his career
They did the Mash!
Go to what’s sure to be graveyard smash this Sunday, Oct. 18th for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Monster Mash and 5K Dash.
Blue Horizons: Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater
But it was a fateful letter from an uncle who’d moved up to Chicago that changed Clearwater’s life by leading him to the city’s blues clubs.
Art of the Empire
Rebels Vs. The Empire.
B-Sides: Stefan George Tribute
When Stefan George passed in August, Tucson truly lost a legend.
Manna From Heaven: Holy Chow
Regardless of your chosen topping, sweet or savory, the frybread that comes out is consistently satisfying. You can peek into the kitchen next to the register and see frybread pulled into eight-inch circles and tossed into oil.
The Tucson Weekly 2015 Endorsements
As is typical of off-year elections, you don’t have too much to decide. Should you keep the incumbents on the Tucson City Council? Should you throw out the bums in Oro Valley? And what about all these propositions?
Bathed in Light
Back in the golden age of radio, when Harold Jones was a young man, he was working in his darkroom when a radio-cast of Waiting for Godot came on the air
Tucson Salvage
The married father of three grown children offhandedly calls himself the “world’s greatest digger,” and if someone were to ever compile a list of such, Purdy might well land in the Top 10.
God and Saints
Was she crazy? Was she sent from God? Was she a heretic? Was she a martyr? A saint?
Police Dispatch
Sheriff’s deputies responded to a local Goodwill store, where a customer had asserted that he’d smelled a man in the bathroom apparently “smoking something …”
B-Sides: PremRock
Scratch Shack (245 W. Speedway Blvd.) is bringing another stellar night of underground hip hop to Tucson and this time the talent is coming all the way from the Big Apple. PremRock is heading out on his sixth tour, serving crowds a cadence style similar to Aesop Rock with his own literary and psychedelic influences.…
Magnet Meltdown
From scoring a D two years in a row, Ochoa is now rated B-minus, and Aguirre attributes the improvement to the magnet programs.
B-Sides: RITUAL
Whether you decide to take the gamble on Gang of Four’s “reunion show” (or as I like to call it, Gang of One Plus a Couple of Young Dudes) at Rialto Theatre on Tuesday, Oct. 20, you can still get your dark dance kicks for the week by heading to Surly Wench Pub.
Media Watch
During recent downtime outside the industry, he helped his wife launch a deli in downtown Phoenix, coincidentally, or precisely because it filled a need as one of the few eating establishments near the IHeartMedia radio cluster.
News21: America’s Weed Rush
Similarly, despite several states’ approval of marijuana and cannabinoids to treat epileptic seizures, NINDS spent just $38 million through 2014 researching the potential effects of marijuana, compared to almost $100 million spent on opiate research, largely to treat different kinds of pain.
The Skinny
Who is funding the political committee running hit ads against Democrats? We’ll probably never know. And,
Pleasure Activist
Back to basics.
Guest Opinion
Even immunized children lack perfect protection and children with certain medical conditions risk serious illness if exposed to vaccine-preventable diseases.
Ask a Mexican!
Dear Mexican: I teach U.S. citizenship classes in both Spanish and English. Recently, some of my students corrected others in Spanish about race terms. How do I help my students talk about race progressively, so they don’t sound like racist grandmas?
Danehy
Tom won’t wear sandals: He doesn’t want something yucky between my toes and he won’t wear the kind with straps for fear of being mistaken for a vegetarian.
Right on, Rita!
Legendary actress and singer Rita Moreno will be appearing at this year’s Loft Film Fest for an exclusive screening of West Side Story, the film that made her a star and won her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
