Why do landrace strains matter?
We’ve come a long way since the cultivation of cannabis began thousands of years ago. The indica plant is believed to have originated in the Middle East, specifically the Hindu Kush mountain range that sprawls across Afghanistan, into northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Tajikistan. The sativa plant owes its roots to Southeast Asia, particularly in Thailand,…
Review: Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ uncovers Osage murder conspiracy
Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” tells a difficult, but necessary, story about a period in American history that has often gone untold. Based on David Grann’s 2017 true-crime bestseller of the same name, the film centers around the systematic exploitation and murder of Native Americans of the Osage Nation, who became the wealthiest…
Matthew Shepard remembered with ‘The Laramie Project’
Dennis Shepard takes exception to calling Oct. 12 the “anniversary” of his son Matthew’s death. He prefers “25th remembrance.” “We’re not celebrating anything,” he said. Matthew was a gay University of Wyoming student who was beaten, tortured and left to die, hanging, near Laramie, Wyoming, on Oct. 6, 1998. He died six days later from…
What makes you healthy, happy?
Our modern world is fast-paced, and technology-driven. This is true of our banking and economic systems, our medical care, the commercial food supply, and our sociopolitical structure. It’s a fact of our daily lives. There are different levels to the rat race, but we are all caught up in it at least a little bit,…
Laughing Stock
Roy Wood Jr., the man Forbes magazine once dubbed “one of comedy’s best journalists,” may or may not be anchoring “The Daily Show” by the time he performs at The Fox Tucson Theatre on Sunday, Oct. 22. By then, the job may already have gone to fellow “Daily Show” correspondent Ronny Chieng, who performs at…
City Week
ROCKIN’ WEEKEND AT DESERT DIAMOND CASINO OCT. 12 AND OCT. 14 – In a free show Friday night, The Dirt roars in from the Sunset Strip with echoes of all our favorite rock bands. Openers are AC/DC tribute band Noise Pollution, and then Empty Fossil honors Alice in Chains, who visited Phoenix this week to…
Local actress lives dream playing Audrey
Oro Valley/Marana actress Kendall Hicks has long admired “Little Shop of Horrors” heroine Audrey. Now she has the chance to play her. Hicks stars in the Saguaro City Music Theatre’s rendition of the musical from Friday, Oct. 13, to Sunday, Oct. 29, at the Berger Performing Arts Center. Audrey works at a flower shop with…
Loft Film Fest returns to Tucson
Jeff Yanc sees the Loft Film Fest as a sample platter of films from Sundance, Venice, Toronto and Telluride. Cinephiles can check out the assortment at the Loft Film Fest through Thursday, Oct. 19, at The Loft Cinema. “The idea was also to have a real kind of community feeling to the festival, so we…
