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Full circle: A velodrome hits Tucson
The news struck fairly hard. A (pre)teenage bike racing dream finally blossomed in Tucson. When you are a kid, dreams often align with a defiance of social accord and have a way of lodging into pre-pubescent recesses, for years refusing to die, or at least die hard. This dream began when I was 11, in…
Film fest showcases horror films from around the world
The horror genre encompasses films of a wide variety of horror themes, including slasher, supernatural, animated, psychological and comedic movies. The Horrorigins Film Fest will highlight these different categories of horror from filmmakers and screenwriters from different parts of the world. The film festival will be held from Thursday, Sept. 28, through Sunday, Oct. 1,…
City Week: Weekly Picks
Kon Tiki: 60th Anniversary SEPT. 24 – An amalgamated fantasy of exotic island life from Polynesia to the Caribbean, tiki culture took the United States by storm in the 1960s. All over the Unites States, palm fronds swayed within grass-walled restaurants whose waitresses wore colorful sarongs. Spicy, crunchy snacks called “Puu Puus” accompanied literal bowls…
Heather Strickland facilitates today’s chosen families
Even though adoptions by same-sex couples and single LGBTQ individuals have been legal in every state since March 2016 — and indeed, pretty much normalized for mainstream America since the very first episode of TV’s “Modern Family” in 2009 — we still hear stories of same-sex couples facing long, demoralizing struggles and sometimes overt discrimination…
Pheno hunting: a never-ending world of new strains
According to cannabis experts, there are over 700 strains of cannabis. With a roster like that, it’s no secret that the world of cannabis is evolving at full speed. Let’s get into it. Common cannabis classifications rely on defining a strain as either an indica, sativa or a hybrid. Many smokers rely on this differentiation…
