“Pop Goes the Loft! The Films of Andy Warhol” begins tonight with a screening of “Lonesome Cowboys.” The screening will also feature a Warhol costume contest. The Loft will show a different slate of Warhol films every Thursday in March.... Read more»
Friki Tiki is a three-day event featuring group rides, meetups and a six band bill Saturday at The Hut. It’s time to embrace your inner 60s mod, freak or beatnik.... Read more»
Like the best laid schemes of mice and men, hipsters and hangers-on have decided to unite to help the earthquake victims in Haiti. This is a good thing, right?... Read more»1
An Oscar favorite, a confection of a documentary, and a 90s indie classic provide powerful weekend film fare.... Read more»
Dig out your black turtleneck. Starting this weekend, the visual art of Warhol, the Factory era itself and the films and music from the period will be celebrated by some of Tucson’s best arts, music and film venues.... Read more»
As Tucson gears up for a massive bout of Warholia, including a Velvet Underground tribute, it might behoove one to revisit some of the other music that came out of that era.... Read more»6
On Saturday, the Eric Firestone Gallery opens “Warhol: From Dylan to Duchamp,” its exhibition of photos documenting the Factory era, with a reception that promises to deliver much more than photos on the walls.... Read more»
This Friday, the Rialto Theatre and Powhaus Productions celebrate the life and works of Andy Warhol’s Factory and The Velvet Underground. The evening starts with a live tribute to the Velvets, which will give way to another circus of a Powhaus party.... Read more»
Tucson can claim the world’s tallest dog. Giant George, a 43-inch tall Great Dane, now holds the Guinness World Record.... Read more»
During the past two decades, the U.S. government has spent some $500 million to beam news and commentary with an anti-Castro bent into Cuba. But the programming hasn’t exactly been a ratings success.... Read more»
What “The Wolfman” really amounts to is a sloppy mishmash of Gothic romance and classic creature feature, and because it doesn’t handle either side of that equation deftly enough, the whole thing just lands with a thud.... Read more»
Despite its reputation for celebrating sins venal and mortal, rock music got its propers from the official Vatican newspaper Sunday.... Read more»1
On Saturday, director and actor Kevin Smith, otherwise known as “Silent Bob,” was pulled from a Southwest fight for “security reasons.” But Smith says he is not a shoe-bomber; he’s just a bigger-than-average guy.... Read more»
So if we initially fell in love with the show as a kind of grand, post-9/11 mythological inquiry into post-traumatic communities, then what are we still doing watching the show six years later? The Final Season is being billed as our big pay-off, the one where we finally get to find out all the answers to the various mysteries and inexplicable occurrences that have driven the show for the past five seasons.... Read more»1
Early this morning, The New York Post reported that Howard Stern is in negotiations with 19 Entertainment to replace Simon Cowell as the next head judge on “American Idol.”... Read more»
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