Elton John’s concert at the Tucson Arena has been postponed one night to Thursday.... Read more»
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Those who appreciate an altered consciousness rejoice. Laser light shows are returning to Flandrau planetarium after 10 years.... Read more»0
Guest Opinion: An open letter to artists boycotting Arizona: By not performing in Arizona, artists are harming the very people and places that foster free speech and the open exchange of ideas that serve to counter the closed-mindedness recently displayed by the new law.... Read more»4
Comedian Carlos Mencia will no doubt take on Arizona’s SB 1070 when he appears at Desert Diamond Casino on June 26. The Honduran-born comic released a video on Youtube promoting a satirical “Americanizer Kit” that helps Latinos avoid appearing “illegal.”... Read more»0
Eric Firestone closed his short-lived gallery on North 6th Avenue last month, but may be poised for a grander success in the Hamptons. The furniture and art dealer is opening his “East Coast Space” in East Hampton, N.Y., with the “Warhol, From Dylan to Duchamp” exhibit that debuted in Tucson.... Read more»0
While the young stars of “Glee Live! In Concert” prepare to open their tour with a two-night stand in Phoenix, show creator Ryan Murphy published an open letter today calling for a boycott of Newsweek magazine.... Read more»0
llustrator and comic book artist Frank Frazella, best known as the illustrator of the covers for Robert E. Howard’s series of Conan the Barbarian adventure novels, died Monday.... Read more»0
For Arizonans whose will to spend the weekend out and about has been taxed by the recent immigration kerfuffle, but who nevertheless have border issues on the mind, the following films are excellent choices for weekend viewing, whether one needs a good laugh, a good cry or some food for thought.... Read more»2
In a preview video for We TV’s newest reality show, “Sunset Daze,” Jack, or “Mr. Romeo,” adjusts his combover to the strains of the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive.” Meanwhile, former nun Ann goes skydiving, and a flash mob of older women break into choreography in the middle of a department store. These aren’t your stereotypical grandparents, despite their stereotypical lifestyle as residents of an Arizona retirement community.... Read more»0
In the fifteen years since it was released to little fanfare, became a beloved mainstay on cable TV, and entered the American consciousness, I’ve had a complex, changing relationship with “The Shawshank Redemption.”... Read more»3
The long-awaited 70s biopic “The Runaways,” starring child actress Dakota Fanning, who is now 16, as Cherie Currie and “Twilight’s” Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett, landed with a thud in Tucson Friday.... Read more»1
On Sunday, Tucson alt-rock FM kings, 92.1 KFMA host their yearly festival at the Pima County Fairgrounds.... Read more»0
Malcolm McLaren, the man behind punk legends the Sex Pistols, died Thursday in New York City.... Read more»0
France may have its painters, Italy its art and opera, and German culture its matchless composers. But for England it’s poetry, and Westminster Abbey is where the immortals are memorialized.... Read more»0
It struck me that the easily recognizable 3-by-3 familial square of the American Brady Bunch might play out quite differently elsewhere. Such as in India, where the caste system continues to thrive in rural regions.... Read more»7
London’s Daily Mail reported yesterday that Bob Dylan’s planned tour of Southeast Asia has been scrapped because Chinese authorities canceled planned concerts in Beijing and Shanghai.... Read more»0
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