Another Injection of Savory ‘Weekly’ Goodness
Yes, kids, the new Weekly is online. Check it out in the column over there to the right … and feel free to comment on its contents here!
Terribly Exciting Club Crawl Highlights!
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Campaign Fatigue: Join Hilary Meehan Downtown
Tired of the election season? Got a bad case of campaign fatigue? The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) has a solution with Hilary Meehan’s Running for Her Life Campaign Kick-Off Performance Speech on Jacome Plaza, downtown Saturday, Oct. 11, at 11 a.m. If you’re heading downtown for Tucson Meet Yourself (and you should be–I recommend…
Sorry, Blog-Commenter Eduardo: Yes We Can
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St. Philip’s Farmers’ Market Celebrates 10 Years
On Sunday, Oct. 12, the Farmers’ Market at St. Philip’s Plaza celebrates its 10th anniversary. Tucson’s first neighborhood farmers market opened in the St. Philip’s Plaza with six farmers who were willing to try this new experiment; 200 curious shoppers came. Since then, the farmers market has grown to nearly 50 vendors and 3,000 weekly…
I Think, Therefore…
A note from the editor.
Now Showing at Home
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Blu-Ray),” “The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration (Blu-Ray),” and “Slacker Uprising”
Been There, Done That
The latest farce presented by LTW is a bit too frantic and way too familiar
¡Ask a Mexican!
Two most frequently asked questions about the Mexican’s methodology
Relentless Horror
‘Blindness’ is bleak, realistic, well-done and very, very depressing
Rhythm & Views
Jack White did it for Loretta Lynn. Ryan Adams did it for Willie Nelson. And now Steve Earle has done it for Joan Baez–and by “it,” I mean a younger talent has infused new life into the career of a music legend–with the production of Day After Tomorrow. The title song, written by Tom Waits,…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Picking on the Pious
Bill Maher skewers religion in his funny, confrontational ‘Religulous’
Beautiful Movement
FUNHOUSE gets some choreographing and taiko help for its free modern-dance concerts in the park
They Call Him Dr. Germ
As UA microbiologist Charles Gerba cheerily explains, billions of nasty microbes await you every day
2008 Fall Club Crawl™ Schedule-at-a-Glance
Saturday, Oct. 11
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
Requiem for an Arrest
Charges against a Samaritans activist are mysteriously dropped
2008 Fall Club Crawl™ F.A.Q.
You have logistical questions about Club Crawl™? We have answers! Your FAQ
Noshing Around
Local Foods Farm Dinner Janos Restaurant will celebrate locally grown foods, Nimbus beer and Sonoita’s Callaghan Vineyards wines on Sunday, Oct. 19. The growers, winemaker and brewmaster will be honorary guests and will join patrons at large communal tables for a dinner showcasing the bounty of our region. Embrace the local harvest, and think like…
Dollars for the District?
Supporters of Proposition 403 want voters to forget about TUSD’s past problems and instead look to the future
Savor the Flavor
Hungry for both good food and great music? Club Crawl™ has you covered
Simply Satisfying
For quick, tasty Vietnamese eats, Saigon Phö hits the spot
Point Spread
How big is John McCain’s lead in Arizona? And why is Tim Bee unavailable for comment on the bailout vote?
Sound Huge
Bang Camaro takes the best of the ’80s and makes it all their own
Heart of Fear
An adventure-seeking scribe ventures into drug-producing Mexico and lives to tell the tale
Hang-Ups in Help
One journalist learns the hard way that some Arizona unemployment claims are being delayed
2008 Fall Club Crawl™ Venue Details
Saturday, Oct. 11
The Skinny
KINGFISHER SAVED! It appears The Skinny’s favorite watering hole, the Kingfisher Bar and Grill, may survive the Grant Road widening, although it may have a new drive-thru window when the controversial corridor gets widened, beginning in 2013. We are, however, likely to lose Bookmans and the Bay Horse Tavern–along with a lot of homes–with the…
Marching Madness
Club Crawl™ headliner Mucca Pazza started out as goofy communal-band fun
Scramblewatch
A WINK AND A SMILE Republican Sarah Palin, who came off as a superficial boob in her interview with CBS News’ Katie Couric, faced off against Democrat Joe Biden in the first and only vice-presidential debate on Thursday, Oct. 2. Palin overcame low expectations to deliver a series of talking points aimed at reassuring America…
Rock ‘n’ Roll Reunion
The Tucson Film and Music Festival changes weekends, but keeps the emphasis on the Southwest
Media Watch
Raguse Anchors Tucson’s Newest Newscast
Nine Questions
Mike Doughty
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Juliana Salamandra
Soundbites
CRAWLS FOR ALL Although there’s a huge section in the middle of the paper you’re holding with all the information you could ever want (you online readers can head to tammies.com and clubcrawl.net, where you can sign up for text-message alerts), I’d be remiss if I didn’t at least mention this year’s Fall Club Crawl™,…
Police Dispatch
Possibly Insane, Running from Posse North Placita San Isidro, Sept. 13, 11:57 p.m. A frantic young man disturbed numerous neighborhood residents while fleeing a possibly nonexistent gang of youths, said a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. Sheriff’s deputies were called to the house of a woman who reported that a frantic, shaking, young Caucasian male…
Live
Casa Libre Benefit, Club Congress, Friday, Oct. 3
Danehy
Soccer sends kids like Brianna Caceres to college, so it can’t be all bad
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week
Messina
Relationships without arguments? Bill White claims that it’s possible
Pick of the Week
Diverse Tucson
Rhythm & Views
Forget what the Bible has to say regarding hellfire and brimstone: Slipknot has now redefined the term. Following a three-year hiatus to allow its members to focus on side projects, the nine-piece masked marauders from Des Moines, Iowa, have returned with All Hope Is Gone. Whereas all hope might very well be gone from a…
Guest Commentary
Heart disease is Arizona’s No. 1 killer–but there are plenty of resources to help your family
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Rhythm & Views
Brian Wilson’s That Lucky Old Sun is a wide-eyed, sugar-sweet paean to Southern California. The heart and soul of the former Beach Boys echoes the warm, silky harmonies he sang with his brothers, working in all of his favorite sun-drenched idylls of youth, including surfer girls, dream fulfillment and kicking back. Sun features a handful…
