Cards Against Humanity Is Offering A Science Scholarship for Women
That’s right, one of the world’s most popular adult card games, Cards Against Humanity, is offering a Science Ambassador Scholarship to women who are seeking an undergraduate degree in science, engineering, or math. But that’s not all: the winner of the scholarship will receive full tuition coverage for up to four years and will also be…
Casa Video Top 10
There’s a lot going on over the next few days, but that doesn’t mean you have to partake. I, for one, will be sitting at home trying to convince a 5-month-old kitten that he should nap instead of running around in circles. A movie marathon just might make that bearable. Here’s your weekly list of…
Quick Bites: Don’t Miss Miss Saigon’s New Late Nights
Miss Saigon’s downtown location (47 N. Sixth Ave.) closed for a while when it underwent renovation last spring, but it’s back and better than ever with late-night hours on weekend nights—and it’s now the only Miss Saigon offering delivery service. Just a few weeks ago, the yummy Vietnamese café decided to stay open till 1 a.m.…
Quick Bites: Arizona’s Oldest Craft Beer Turns 25
This #Blonde is for you, #Tucson! #BarrioIsTucson #SabinoCanyon #AdventuresOfTheTucsonBlonde #BarrioExplorer #hiking #packitinpackitout #beer #craftbeer A photo posted by Barrio Brewing Co. (@barriobrewing) on Sep 28, 2016 at 4:43pm PDT It’s time for the 25th birthday of the longest continuously brewed craft beer in the state of Arizona: the iconic Barrio Blonde. Ah, 25—a great age.…
Cinema Clips: Blair Witch
This is the second sequel to The Blair Witch Project, the original “found footage” horror film. Would Lionsgate take this opportunity to reintroduce a once promising premise into a new style of film, perhaps a traditional narrative about the Blair Witch set in the forest without the gimmick of people running around with cameras filming…
Whiskey Party at the Good Oak
Whiskey lovers, Good Oak Bar (316 E. Congress St.) is calling your name this Thursday, Sept. 29. If you want an education experience all about whiskey, get excited because Charlie Garrison of Garrison Brothers Distillery in Texas is hosting a seminar at the bar from 3-4 p.m. You’ll want to RSVP for the event and it’ll…
Song of the Day: ‘Yardsale Heart’ by Lenguas Largas
“Never be the ground/It could end your story,” Lenguas Largas singer Isaac Reyes intones at the outset of “Yardsale Heart,” from the Tucson-based garage/psych band’s self-titled 2011 debut album. He then issues a series of commands, extolling the virtues of emotional honesty (“lead a sentimental life”) but warning not to give everything away (“think about your tongue”). The ensuing verses…
Remind Me Again, Why Does Arizona Have a Teacher Shortage?
A research paper from the Learning Policy Institute concludes that there’s a nationwide shortage of teachers, and the number of students in teacher education programs has dropped dramatically over the past five years, meaning the shortage is likely to continue. A recent report from the Arizona School Personnel Administrators Association says Arizona is currently about 2000 teachers short…
Cinema Clips: The Hollars
Actor John Krasinski’s second directorial effort is a decent one with a first rate cast. Krasinski stars as John Hollar, working a dead end job for a publishing company when his girlfriend (the always great Anna Kendrick) informs him his mom (a terrific Margo Martindale) is sick and he’s flying home to see her. Once…
Scenes From SAACA Jazz Legends Live
Jazz Legends Live has brought together well-celebrated musicians from around the country to Tucson for more than a decade. This year’s event featured performances from Lewis Nash, Shelly Berg, Barbara Morrison, Houston Person, Jeremy Pelt and Rodney Whitaker.
Katy Perry: Back At It Again With The Tucson Reference
Katy Perry Votes Naked from Funny Or Die If the song “Closer” by the Chainsmokers didn’t call enough attention to Tucson, Katy Perry is here to give us Tucsonans another shout out. In this video Katy Perry speaks to the fact that on Nov. 8, it doesn’t matter what you are wear as long as…
In The Flesh: B4Skin and their fetching satanic majesties at the Downtown Radio benefit.
Who can resist the allure of a band festooned in black masquerade ball masks and biohazard red protective face shields? Or hold out against the seductiveness of spirited singers/rappers, who resemble the anarchic cheerleaders on Nirvana’s “Smells LIke Teen Spirit” video, dressed in red and black skirts, tank tops and just below-the-knee triple striped tube socks who at times,…
Cinema Clips: Author: The JT LeRoy Story
Author JT Leroy came to prominence after the release of his novels Sarah and The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things. After years of staying out of the public eye, he emerged and became a phenom among celebrities like Billy Corgan, Michael Pitt, Winona Ryder and especially Gus Van Sant, who credited him as an…
Voucher-friendly ‘American Federation for Children’ PAC Spent $218,000 on Arizona’s Primaries
Three years ago during the 2013 legislative session, Democratic State Senator Barbara McGuire voted against an expansion of the Empowerment Scholarship Accounts—aka Education Savings Accounts, aka Vouchers of Steroids—and the bill went down to defeat. Then an odd thing happened. McGuire agreed to a motion to reconsider the bill, changed her vote from No to…
Charleston Needs A Home
Hi, I’m Charleston! I’m a 1 year old sweet boy who was found as a stray and brought into the shelter. The Humane Society of Southern Arizona doesn’t know a lot about my past but what they do know is that I’m very sweet and I play well with my kennel mate! I’m very affectionate…
Weekly Wins Five Writing Awards at AZ Newspaper Association
The Weekly brought home five writing awards in this year’s Arizona Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest in the competition among large non-daily papers. Political writer Jim Nintzel won two first place awards. His long-running Skinny column took first place in commentary/analysis with “Technical Issue” (Jan. 28, 2016), a look at how Gov. Doug Ducey and…
Cinema Clips: Max Rose
Jerry Lewis makes his first film appearance in more than 20 years, and it’s a dull affair. He plays the title character, a man who recently lost his wife, Eva (Claire Bloom) and makes a discovery while rummaging through some drawers. It turns out the wife was carrying around a compact with a message from…
Song of the Day: ‘The Jones’ by John D. Loudermilk
Songwriter John D. Loudermilk called it quits this past week at the age of 82. But man was he a master of songcraft, of disguised defiance and blinky humor, and building on the musical bones that’d come before him. In fact, the kickass-named Loudermilk is known for many oddball things in song, but not for this…
‘TUSD Kids First’ Amasses $35,000 War Chest From Large Donations
If you’ve been driving around town lately, you’ve probably seen the signs lining the roadsides and medians: “Change the Board!” and “Change the Board! Rustand, Stegeman, Betts.” The Board referred to on the signs is, of course, the TUSD Governing Board. The group paying the bill is TUSD Kids First. If you’re a Facebook user who’s interested…
McCain and Kirkpatrick Split on AZ Min Wage Prop
When it comes to the minimum-wage issues, there’s a huge gulf between Sen. John McCain and his Democratic challenger, Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick. Last week, Kirkpatrick came out in support of Prop 206, the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act that voters will decide in the November election. The proposition would increase the Arizona minimum wage…
ART’s ‘Epic’ Fail
I suppose it has to be done for the students. Arizona Repertory Theatre is a part of the theater program at the UA, and although there are many factors guiding the choice of plays for a given season, one of the foremost would logically be to give students a range of plays that would demand…
Letter With 160 Signers Opposes NAACP’s Proposed Moratorium on Charter Schools
Six weeks ago, I wrote a post about a resolution from the NAACP calling for a moratorium on new charter schools. It’s important to note, the resolution calls for a moratorium on opening new schools, not a shuttering of current schools, though one of its purposes is to take a closer look at those already operating…
Police Dispatch
Two older Green Valley ladies had a tiff after one of them invaded the other’s space and disturbed her peace.
All Hail The King
In the opening show of the 50th anniversary season of the theater-that-almost-wasn’t a few months ago, we are treated convincingly to the delight and weight and luminosity of what a really good theater can do and why our citizens came to the rescue of the Arizona Theatre Company when it announced it was on the…
Final Sweat
Between Sanskrit chants and deep silences, people at a community sauna in the heart of the downtown Drachman neighborhood are quite chatty today, despite the loss they are about to experience.
Scared Off
Blair Witch is essentially the original film with louder noises.
The Skinny
McCain stands firm on opposition to Supreme Court hearings—although he’d have pushed for them if he were president
Standing Tall: Jillian and The Giants
After years of being what she called a “closet musician,” Jillian Bessett began a musical transformation, first into a folk singer-songwriter and ultimately into a rock vocalist and bandleader.
Tucson Salvage
This whole nighttime scene has that slight smarmy feel of street shtick so maybe he’s dealing shit?
Skull Crackers: Band of Skulls
There’s a line in “Back of Beyond,” one of the standout songs on new Band of Skulls album By Default, where frontman-guitarist Russell Marsden sings, “I’ve seen the good go bad, I’ve seen the right go wrong, from the middle of the city to the back of beyond.”
Letter to the Editor
I just finished watching the informative documentary TV program called, “The History of Water.” This documentary did an excellent job in describing the fresh water shortage throughout the world with a major segment focused on the desert southwest. While southwest state governments, under pressure from the US federal government, bicker on how this limited resource…
Donor Trouble
Well, now it seems one such manufacturer of a fentanyl-based drug is concerned about recreational marijuana interfering with its future business plans.
Letter to the Editor
Moooore.
Pleasure Activist
This weekend Jellywink will be hosting an Intro to BDSM workshop by Master Patricia, so I thought it’d be a good idea to introduce you all. She began her public BDSM journey in Tucson, Arizona in 1999 where she is a founding member of the Desert Dominion as well as having served on the governing…
Ask a Mexican!
Dear Mexican: Is pinche considered a “bad” word amongst Mexican-Americans?
Flavorful
Walk into Maya Tea Company’s warehouse, you’ll notice the bright smile of owner Manish Shah and the rows and rows of tea product—but what really matters is the smell—on this day raspberries mixed with sweet spices.
Retro Game Show Night
Game show night!
Tucson Greek Festival
Did somebody say Opa?
‘Spotlight’ at the Loft
Richard Gilman will also be there!
Editors Note
If you’ve taken a break from Tucson Pride, this should be the year for you to jump back in.
Taste of Tucson
Have an appetite to show your town pride?
Dust Devil
…and August and June, for that matter.
Mariachi Miracle Lecture
Listen to Daniel Buckley as he sings the praises of mariachi music
Police Dispatch
A guy was very wishy-washy (and nonsensical) regarding whether he’d stolen beer from a grocery store and whether he’d assaulted a female shopper.
Into the North
An Irishman, name of Coleman, fell in love with a woman from Finland.
