An interview with state Rep. Bruce Wheeler, a Democrat from Tucson’s LD 10. Also, Shelly Fishman with the Tuesday Money Maker Report, and Dr. Calvin Baker, superintendent of the Vail School District. Plus, the bi-monthly arts report with Margaret Regan, arts editor for the Tucson Weekly.... Read more»
Researchers found that those who consume processed meats are more likely to die early of cardiovascular diseases or cancer.... Read more»
It’s not St. Patrick’s Day without a pint of Guinness, some soda bread, and amazing music. Here are a few of our favorites. Slainte!... Read more»
The Monday Face-Off featured commentators John Munger and Vince Rabago. Then, New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance talks about her new book “Deadly Stakes,” and Barbara Stahura, author of “After Brain Injury: Telling Your Story.”... Read more»
Art imitates life in Invisible Theatre’s “First Kisses.” Playing the lifelong couple John and Mary in the play by Jay D. Hanagan are real-life couple Harold and Maedell Dixon. The results are sweet, though predictable, as we follow them from their first meeting as youngsters through the vicissitudes of a lifetime together.... Read more»
Bastard (Theatre)‘s production is something of a reprise of Johnson’s wildly popular 2009 production of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” for Live Theatre Workshop’s late night Etcetera series.... Read more»
An interview with Tucson City Councilman Paul Cummingham, plus comet discoverer Dr. David Levy, local writer Ron Swager talks about his book “Day of the Elephants,” along with Roland Deah, whose story is depicted in the book.... Read more»
“Love Song,” the latest University of Arizona theatre production, is one wacky work. The protagonist, Beane, is a soft-focus character and has only a passing relationship with reality. His sister, Joan, is a hard-edged career woman, who fires people for crying.... Read more»
In honor of Heart Health Month, we talked with Gordon Ewy, M.D., director of the University of Arizona’s Sarver Heart Center. Also, Herschel Kreloff and Alisha Nichols of the Civic Orchestra of Tucson, and Mark Sykes, head of Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute.... Read more»
The setting is London, Sept. 3, 1939, the day that England will officially enter World War II against Nazi Germany. Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, is dying of cancer. C. S. Lewis at the time is a largely unknown Oxford University English professor.... Read more»
Former Byrd and Flying Burrito Brother Chris Hillman, the featured headliner at the 2010 Tucson Folk Festival, will bring the Desert Rose Band in its acoustic quartet version to the Fox Theatre on Saturday.... Read more»
The Pima Animal Care Center has collected $10,000 in donations to install a sound system to play relaxing classical music for the stray and unwanted animals awaiting adoption in the Pima County kennel.... Read more»
Missing fire extinguishers and flouting other health and safety codes, Latin American nightclubs have been the scene of deadly blazes before.... Read more»
A seven-minute short film warning of the perils of catnip has won the Short Film Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. Tucson filmmaker Jason Willis captured the prize with “Catnip: Egress to Oblivion?,” a tongue-in-cheek take on drug education films. (with video)... Read more»
Never forget. Each year on Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, those murdered in the Holocaust are remembered on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945.... Read more»1
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