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Mid-Century Madness
It was the early ’60s and Barbara Mettler had just arrived in Tucson, ready to build a dance studio in the desert.
Laughing Stock: Odd as Ever; Ever Laughable
Last year The Odd Couple enjoyed a short revival on TV. The original series ran from 1970 to 1975, spun from Neil Simon’s repeatedly revived play about two hilariously mismatched men whose friendship withstood the crucible of sharing an apartment. One was an obsessive nit-picker; the other a slob to the bone. The play became…
The Weekly List: 24 Things To Do In Tucson This Week
Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo Books! Analog Hour at Tap & Bottle Downtown and Exo! Try leaving the house without your phone, just to see if you can do it. We’d suggest starting with something small, like going outside to check the mail, and then maybe a trip to the…
Better Late Than Never: 1968 Film Makes World Premiere
Not long ago, Jere Michael’s wife had to give it to him straight about all the crap he had in the garage. “’When you pass, I’m just going to throw it in the dumpster,’” he remembers her saying. “So that really motivated me.” In the Great Garage Deterge, Michael happened to come across a short…
Andie Needs a Home
Hi, I’m Andie! I am a 1-year-old female looking for my fur-ever home! I am a very shy girl at first but once I get to know you I am very loving. I have a lot of energy so I would like to go to an active home. If you have any kids or dogs…
Some Charter Schools Pay Students To Enroll, Or Get Their Friends To Enroll
A story from ProPublica came across my desktop today, For-Profit Schools Reward Students for Referrals and Facebook Endorsements. It’s about a for-profit charter school in Florida where students get a $25 gift card for every new student they find for the school. Such incentives are rampant among for-profit operators of public alternative high schools like…
Kirkpatrick Wins EMILY’s List Nod in Race Against U.S. Rep. McSally
With just two women among the five Democrats seeking to unseat Republican Congresswoman Martha McSally in Southern Arizona’s Congressional District 2, EMILY’s List had to make a choice between a former congresswoman in Ann Kirkpatrick and a retired Pentagon accountant in Mary Matiella. The D.C.-based fundraising titan is going with Kirkpatrick. Emily List President Stephanie…
Raising the CD2 Ante: Challenger Kirkpatrick Raises $350,000 in Third Quarter
Ann Kirkpatrick, one of five Democrats vying to unseat Congresswoman Martha McSally next year, has raised $350,000 since entering the race two months ago. Team Kirkpatrick boasted that the “haul is a record-breaking amount for a Democratic challenger in Arizona in an off-year third quarter.” Kirkpatrick, who previously represented Congressional District 1 until last year…
Dance’s Spooky Season
There’s a reason that Ballet Tucson now has 27 female dancers.
Know Your Product!
Trackstar the DJ has been active since he took to the turntables for his college radio station in St. Louis in 1999.
Foggy Forecast
Yet more worry for the marijuana industry when head of DEA Chuck Rosenberg resigned this week.
Procession Migration
Downtown Tucson used to be a ghost town, a haunt for “artists and freaks,” says All Souls Procession volunteer Melanie Cooley.
The Power of Positivity
The Poz Café, a monthly luncheon for those living with HIV, celebrated the serving of its 25,000th meal last month.
Editor’s Note
I have to once again thank Pima County Supervisor Ally Miller, whose nutty shenanigans continue to be gold for my journalism career (if not so good for Pima County).
Police Dispatch
A family of women were extremely disturbed by a male neighbor who spied on them, and worse…
The Skinny
A new report shows that U.S. Rep. McSally gets more done than many of her colleagues.
UA’s OSIRIS-REx slingshots past Earth
The University of Arizona behind OSIRIS-REx talk about the space robot like it’s their baby, because it is…
Inca Inspiration
There is one significant difference about living in Tucson, Arizona, rather than Lima, Peru…
Sausage Party
The mercury in Munich just fell below 50 degrees, so start boiling those bratwursts
Flights of Fancy
The messed-up life of pilot Barry Seal gets a movie that’s not messed up enough
Reel Indie
Not that this is anything new, but there’s a lot of variety among the indie films that are showing this week.
A Life Within the Thrill Kill Kult
The Windy City outfit formed in 1987 when core duo Buzz McCoy and Groovie Mann endeavored to make an art film called My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult.
Beef on the Bike Path!
A fight has been brewing for months for over access to trails on State Trust Land.
Ask a Mexican!
Dear Mexican: With all these NFL players kneeling for the national anthem, how do the Mexicans feel about this?
Second Chance
It’s Fourth of July weekend, and the acrid, steamy late afternoon air has a stale quality to it.
