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18th Annual Tucson Film & Music Festival introduces diverse films
The annual Tucson Film & Music Festival is returning for its 18th year, and its lineup is showcasing a range of diverse pieces for its film community. Through the art of cinema and music-related content, the festival presents the local community of filmgoers the opportunity to connect with one another while giving Arizona filmmakers a…
Pink Out the Park returns to Tucson
The American Cancer Society’s Pink Out the Park, presented by TMC Health, returns to Tucson at the UA Tech Park from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, Oct. 16. The celebration for breast cancer survivors offers a new, completely shaded walking route; a VIP pancake breakfast for survivors and their families sponsored by Walmart; and special…
Head of UA hydrology department shot, killed on campus
Professor Thomas Meixner, 52, was shot and killed on the University of Arizona’s main campus Wednesday, Oct. 5, by a former student. Meixner, who was known for his work in arid and semi-arid hydrology and water quality, was the department head of hydrology and atmospheric sciences. “This incident is a deep shock to our community,…
Breast cancer conqueror offers hope to other warriors
Women — or men — can be at their best, healthy, strong and feeling in tip-top shape. They can be 23 or 73, religious or not, Democrat or Republican, any race or nationality, rich or poor, any occupation. Out of the blue, the perfect life comes crashing down when a breast cancer diagnosis comes. A…
James McMurtry brings Western narratives back to Tucson
There are certain musicians who have the scope of the great American Southwest in their pocket. Songwriters like Jonathan Tyler and Ry Cooder’s essence evokes long highways and rolling clouds, while rogues like Townes Van Zandt and Kris Kristofferson embody its slighted frontiers. James McMurtry is one of those songwriters, having surreptitiously documented and concocted…
October is breast cancer awareness month
More important than pumpkin spiced everything, October is also breast cancer awareness month. This is the second most common cancer in women, as skin cancer is first. While the vast majority of those who develop breast cancer are women, this disease also can affect men. The most recent compilation, 2019 statistics, showed 264,121 new cases…
Eegee Palooza: Eegee’s, local chef team up for special taco launch
Eegee’s is collaborating with a local chef for the first time, and their sweet, spicy menu creation will be dropped at an exclusive event. The restaurant is hosting Eegee Palooza to launch a specialty taco brainstormed by Che West, a Tucson native and chef who owns a pop-up kitchen called Tortillas by Che West. The…
Savage Love: Done Wrong
There is more to this week’s Savage Love. To read the entire column, go to Savage.Love. I’m a gay Black man in my early 30s. When I was a teen, I was called fat and ugly by family and friends. I should also point out that I was in an all-white community with white parents.…
Petalfast accelerates the sale and distribution of cannabis brands in AZ
Cannabis brands immersed in the Petalfast platform now have a new way to expand their products into the Tucson dispensary market. Petalfast is the first-of-its-kind route-through-market platform for the thriving cannabis market in Arizona. “Petalfast is a selling organization with field marketing,” Petalfast CEO Jason Vegotsky explained. “Most of Arizona is vertically integrated and there’s…
Country singer Luke Bell died of overdose
Country singer Luke Bell died of a fentanyl intoxication and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to the Pima County medical examiner’s report. Drug paraphernalia was found with Bell in a shaded area of a parking structure in the 5500 block of East Grant Road in Midtown Tucson on Aug. 26, police and the autopsy report said. …
PCC celebrates its HSE 2022 graduating class
Pima Community College High School Equivalency students celebrated their graduating with pomp and circumstance Sept. 23 by sharing intimate stories to a large audience of cheering friends and family. Graduate Athena Martinez, a 32-year-old mother of six, passed her GED in 2021 and is now enrolled in PCC’s Building and Construction Technologies IBEST program with…
City Week: Weekly Picks
Jonathan Richman Featuring Tommy Larkins on drums It’s been 50 years since Jonathan Richman and his band Modern Lovers helped set the stage for punk music. Now, connoisseurs of Richman’s resonant storytelling, poetry and wit appreciate the legendary intimacy of his concerts. He can make an arena feel like a coffee shop. Musicians flock to…
Clean Comedy: When you laugh at the same jokes
Clean Comedy Marana wasn’t even a glimmer in Randy Jenkins’ eye when he asked his now wife, Stephanie, out on a first date. It was for a comedy show. Her response? “I don’t do those.” Randy asked why not, and Stephanie said, “I don’t like vulgarities.” He had her, there. The comedy show was to…
There’s nothing cheesy about loving TV
I was going to write about the monumental, enormously spectacular televised debate between Sen. Mark Kelly and his really kinda’ sad opponent, the MAGA mutant who used to be Blake Masters. I was even going to try to attend the viewing party up in Oro Valley. As I have mentioned in the past, I could…
The Loft Cinema returns ‘full throttle’ for 12th fest
The Loft Cinema is celebrating the silver screen — and its 50th anniversary — during the 12th Loft Film Fest from Wednesday, Oct. 12 to Thursday, Oct. 20. Showcasing over 45 features and shorts programs, the festival debuts the documentary “Anatomy of an Arthouse: 50 Years of the Loft Cinema,” in celebration of the theater’s…
Children’s Museum Tucson debuts storytelling program
The Children’s Museum Tucson will debut its new storytelling program, Cuentacuentos, on Saturday, Oct. 8, as part of its Art After Dark program, a monthly collaboration between local art partners and nonprofit organizations. Hilary Van Alsburg, executive director at the CMT, said the museum received a project grant from Arizona Humanities in August to bring…
XOXO: Mark Your Calendars
Thursday, Oct. 6 Led by vocalist/guitar hero Lzzy Hale — named shredder of the year at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards, in 2016—Halestorm has an aggressive-yet-hook-heavy sound that’s has become a fixture on American rock radio. In 2013, they took home a Grammy Award for best hard rock/metal performance, to add to their bragging…
The War on Drugs is happy to be back on stage
The War on Drugs drummer Charlie Hall said it feels good to be back on stage promoting the band’s new album, “I Don’t Live Here Anymore.” The War on Drugs will play The Rialto Theatre in Tucson on Thursday, Oct. 13, during the tail end of its tour that started in January. “We’re going to…
