A frost delay Thursday morning caused Phoenix Open play to last past sunset on day one, leaving some players to finish Round 1 on Friday and sparking another darkness suspension Friday evening. Play resumes at 7:30 a.m. Saturday.... Read more»
What at first seems a quirky, even foolish bit of fluff, “We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay!” gathers momentum to finish with a big message. That it does so safely within the confines of a 16th Century theatrical tradition makes it that much more powerful.... Read more»
Every Feb. 2, it’s time for the obligatory Groundhog Day story. Here in the Sentinel newsroom, we’d rather watch the same old Youtube videos than check whether some rodent is having a bad hair day. Enjoy!... Read more»
Calexico will bring their desert sound home to Tucson to benefit KXCI when they headline the Festival en el Barrio on April 7. A limited number of $15 tickets are now on sale.... Read more»
Don Cornelius, creator of “Soul Train,” the television dance show dating back to the 1970s, was found dead in Los Angeles on Wednesday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 75.... Read more»
The aroma of fried funnel cake, smoky barbecue and roasting corn wafted through the air as hundreds of people and more than 25 trucks showed up for Tucson Food Trucks’ fifth gathering on Sunday.... Read more»3
“The Marvelous Wonderettes” is not a re-creation of ‘50s and ‘60s girl group pop, but an interpretation. This Arizona Onstage production has its own internal logic, more rooted in youthful energy and theatrical performance than in old-timey authenticity.... Read more»
ATC’s “Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps” is a mash-up homage to Hitchcock, but also to familiar British comedic stalwarts such as Laurel and Hardy, Monty Python, and even the Austin Powers movies.... Read more»
Hotel Congress took a step back in time to celebrate Dillinger Days, an annual tradition marking the 1934 fire at the hotel that sparked the events leading to the capture of America’s Public Enemy No. 1, John Dillinger, and his gang in Tucson.... Read more»
Etta James, who could belt an earthy blues or croon a subtle love song, died Friday morning at age 73. (with music videos)... Read more»
In 1934, John Dillinger was captured by Tucson police after fleeing a fire at Hotel Congress. The hotel will celebrate the anniversary with a speakeasy soirée Friday and re-enactments Saturday.... Read more»
If done wrong, anti-piracy legislation could restrict the rights of Internet users across the country – and put U.S. diplomats in a very awkward position.... Read more»
Arizona State Parks would be able to protect the revenue it raises from budget sweeps and use it for park operations under legislation proposed by a rural lawmaker.... Read more»
Children will have the chance to compete Saturday to see whose paper airplane will fly the farthest and stay aloft the longest in the hopes of gaining a spot on a team building a paper plane to challenge the Guinness World Record.... Read more»1
Sometimes it feels like children’s theater, sometimes vaudeville, sometimes theater of the absurd – but throughout, “Shipwrecked” is simply fun, fun, fun.... Read more»
Tucson’s Al “Dick” Perry is realistic about his chances as a presidential candidate, figuring he’s “probably not going to get more than about 38 votes” in Arizona’s Republican primary. That still could be more than Jon Huntsman, whose campaign missed Monday’s deadline to get on the ballot.... Read more»
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