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Trend Eating
Anyone who thinks locally-sourced food is a soon-to-depart fad hasn’t been to one of the busiest farmers’ markets in Tucson and lovingly gazed at the boxes of lettuce, apples, purple egg plants, chilies, multi-colored zinnias or even happy cows.
Get Your Spooks On for a Halloweekend at Hotel Congress
It’s almost that time of the year again: A time where it’s appropriate for adults to play dress-up and scare kids. Halloween is in our midst and you don’t to be the one person with nothing to do on the scariest day of the year—or worse, be the only person out without a costume. If…
The Lantern Fest: Get Your Shine On
Celebrate life, love and good fortune in Casa Grande on Friday, Nov. 11 at the annual Lantern Fest, where thousands of people join together to release lanterns into the night sky. The event kickstarts just before sundown. Friends and families huddle around campfires in the middle of the desert to keep warm and enjoy food, live…
Casa Video Top 10
Did this week feel 500 days long to anyone else? There are many ways to let loose this weekend, but my favorite remains lying on the couch, doing a little binge watching with my cats and a glass of wine. Thinking about planning your own movie marathon? Check out Casa Video’s most popular rentals from this…
The Stampede for TUSD School Board
On Thursday, Sept. 29 the League of Women Voters held a forum for candidates seeking election to the Tucson Unified School District governing board. The current board consists of five members: Adelita Grijalva, Michael Hicks, Cam Juárez, Kristel Foster, and Mark Stegeman. The terms of Juarez, Foster, and Stegeman are up and all three are…
Quick Bites: New Stuff to Wine About at Maynard’s
Now that it’s actually starting to feel like fall in Tucson, apparently it’s time for a bunch of seasonal changes at one of the city’s most beloved eateries: Maynard’s Market and Kitchen. There’s a new menu that went live in late September, featuring several dishes using pork and beef from Northern California’s Niman Ranch, which…
Help the Kiddos Make Their Costumes For All Souls
Kids love to dress up. Adults love to save money. Why not put those things together while supporting All Souls? On Oct. 9 from 1 to 4 p.m., the Little Angels Kid’s Costuming Workshops and its team will work with you and you kids to create an outfit for this year’s Procession of Little Angels—the…
The Weekly List: 41 Things To Do In Tucson In The Next 10 Days
Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo. Pick of the Week Tucson Meet Yourself is back to offer us a celebratory experiment in beauty and diversity with annual festivities supporting the living traditional arts of Southern Arizona’s and Northern Mexico’s diverse ethnic and folk communities. Spend three days getting to know the Old Pueblo’s…
Help Raise Money For All Souls by Just Having Fun (And Dressing a Little Wilde)
A wild night that will help a beloved Tucson event, Dance of the Dead 2016: Night of the Wild Hunt is a fundraiser to benefit the All Souls Procession Workshops that will be taking place on Oct. 8 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Borderlands Brewing Company (119 E Toole Ave.) The event itself…
Quick Bites: Last Kitchen + Cocktails ‘Around the Globe’ Event
If you were out of town for the sweltering summer, lucky you—except you missed three of four events in a cool “summer culinary adventure” series brought to us by DOWNTOWN Kitchen + Cocktails and Chef Janos Wilder, called “DOWNTOWN’S Around the Globe—Cities of Gastronomy.” These events highlight Tucson’s culinary heritage with cooking classes and “pop-up…
American Babylon: Woman Assaulted at Trump Rally in Prescott
This footage was shot on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at the Donald Trump rally in Prescott, Arizona. This woman was holding anti-Trump signs in a crowd of Trump supporters watching the rally from outside the Prescott Valley Convention Center. At this point she had already had one of her signs ripped out of her hands and…
Cinema Clips: The Magnificent Seven
Director Antoine Fuqua’s remake of The Magnificent Seven, which was itself a remake of Seven Samurai, has enough in common with the Yul Brynner/Steve McQueen film to make it feel like a retelling of the classic story. It also contains enough departures to make it feel like a fresh take rather than just a rehash.…
Song of the Day: ‘It’s So Easy’ by Harry Nilsson
By the end of the ’70s, Harry Nilsson (like his drinkin’ bud Alice Cooper) was becoming a sort of swollen-livered Norma Desmond, lost to mainstream tastes that mostly favored sellout soul, corporate rock, and, to a lesser degree, some good post-punk shit. More, conventional music-critic wisdom (yawn) has long said that Nilsson’s famously blown voice ruined his…
Social Media Takeover
It seems like everyone one you see today is glued to a phone or laptop. Many people don’t even realize how absent they are from reality because they are constantly checking their Facebook feeds, sending out a quick Tweet at dinner or editing an Instagram photo for hours on end. But the question is, are…
What is ‘The Tax Foundation,’ and Why Does It Rank Arizona 21st in Tax Policies?
You may have seen the article in today’s Star written by an AZ Republic reporter, Report ranks Arizona better than average for tax policies. According to the article, Arizona is number 21 in the national rankings. Not bad. In fact, that sounds like the kind of thing Governor Ducey might brag about. But the ranking is…
Cinema Clips: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Holy hell, is this film a boring mess. Tim Burton directs a leaden Asa Butterfield in this adaptation of the Ransom Rig’s novel. The movie is sloppy, as if the effects weren’t completed. The story is convoluted, as if the filmmakers thought hiring a big time art director and costuming department were a fair swap…
Is TUSD Stiffing Teachers? The Star Says So, Repeatedly.
If you’ve been looking at coverage of education issues in the Star recently, you’ve read that TUSD is shafting teachers by keeping their compensation unnecessarily low. In July of this year, Alexis Huicochea wrote an article headlined, Tucson Unified going slow on teacher raises despite Prop. 123. Then last Friday, Tim Steller wrote a column with the headline, TUSD…
Ted Needs a Home
Hi, I’m Ted! I’m a handsome 10-month-old pit bull mix and I need a home! I’m a big boy and I still have some growing to do so I’m looking for a home that won’t mind a big puppy running around. I’m very smart and know how to sit for treats, but because of my…
Cinema Clips: Amanda Knox
Directors Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn investigate the horror show that was the Meredith Kercher murder and the many injustices rained down upon American exchange student Amanda Knox and her boyfriend of one week, Raffaele Sollecito, in Perugia, Italy. Both were convicted by an Italian court, along with a third suspect, of stabbing Knox’s roommate…
Song of the Day: ‘Poor Poor Pitiful Me’ by Linda Ronstadt
Tucson’s own human siren song was already an itchy-palmed dream for boys (and girls) by this ’78 single—a household name really, no doubt helped by a fetching Time Magazine cover story that featured a shot of a scantly-clothed Ronstadt sipping steaming sauce over a stove, sexualized for the American mass consciousness. This version of “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me” didn’t…
The Weekly List: 27 Things To Do In Tucson In The Next 10 days
Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo. Pick of the Week Tucson Modernism Week: Dive into our town’s mid-century modernist architecture with Tucson Modernism Week, an extravaganza of tours, lectures, exhibitions, movies and parties. Festivities include a Vintage Trailer show, an unusual architectural bus trip to Nogales, Ariz, a lecture on American Modern Architecture in…
Pop! Pop!
They’re not donning flashy capes and there are no magic lassos hanging from their belt buckles, but the YWCA of Southern Arizona is celebrating women for the superheroes they are at this year’s annual Pop! Festival.
Music Fest
The Oro Valley Music Festival claims to be “the next best thing to hit Tucson.”
Get Your Pride On
Tucson’s 39th annual Pride Festival is coming back bigger and better this year to celebrate the LGBTQ community with a two-day event full of live entertainment
Margaritaville
Tucson’s biggest margarita championship is returning this month and will be an eventful night full of spirited cocktail competitions, tastings of high-quality margaritas and tequilas, and more from local Tucson restaurants.
A Little Night Music
Kate Magik’s singer/songwriter Kate Becker and local Tucson artist Salvador Duran will perform together at Solar Culture.
Hey, Mr. Snake
Arizona’s largest and oldest reptile show is returning this fall at the Tucson Expo Center.
Space Age Whimsy
Fifty-two years ago, in the Space Age-era of astronauts and pillbox hats, Sambo’s Pancake House wanted an up-to-minute look for a new restaurant on Tucson’s Sunshine Mile.
In Peripeteia
According to Barbara Seyda, for whom all this actually happened, just about the best part was being able to enter Lincoln Center through the backstage door.
Editor’s Note
Congratulations, friends.
Walking Tall
The Magnificent Seven gets the fall movie season off to a good start.
Dust Devil
Afraid… many scream and cry Some call say good-bye Most run Some hide Many pray Unnamed heroes save some Chaotic… confusing sight Many injured Some dead Bloody slaughter Single gunman Assault weapon Once again…. — Gail Bornfield
Harvest Rising
In my first garage band we played Neil Young songs because they let a group come to it with noise and wild self-expression.
Police Dispatch
A pathological woman-harasser with racist leanings was finally kicked out of a grocery store after making some beyond-inappropriate statements to an employee (and also causing a public disturbance over some paper napkins he’d “autographed”).
Honky Tonk Girl
Some might say that 2015 Ironwood Ridge High graduate Kaylor Cox has an unfair advantage. Her country roots might be genuine and freshly-sown, but she has the guidance of a guy named Du on her side.
Remembering Wendy
Everyone who knew Wendy remembers her as being kind, fearless and multi-talented. She loved biking, vintage clothing, electronic music, photography and getting to know what made people tick.
Prop 205: Let’s Make a Deal
Prop 205 trudges towards the ballot amidst mounting concerns from critics.
The Skinny
Babeu’s past continues to haunt him as he tries again to win a congressional seat, Team McSally releases poll that shows her way ahead of Democrat Matt Heinz and more tales from the Old Pueblo’s political scene.
Ask A Mexican
Dear Mexican: I seen black homeless people and white people being homeless. How come I never seen a Mexican and a Chinese person being homeless?
Danehy
Time to slide.
