Beowulf Alley’s production of “Three Hotels,” penned by Jon Robin Baitz, is a love story of sorts, telling the story of Kenneth and Barbara Hoyle, two idealistic former Peace Corp volunteers, now older but not necessarily wiser. Fine acting overcomes structural deficiencies in this mature tale of innocence lost.... Read more»
Hotel Congress’ “Dillinger Days” returns this weekend, bringing back memories of bootleggers, bankrobbers and straight bourbon.... Read more»
The Indigo Girls have been singing together since high school. Along the way, they’ve sold more than 12 million records, including 14 studio albums, three live albums and three greatest hits compilations. The folk duo will join with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra for a performance Saturday.... Read more»
The Downtown Tucson Partnership is seeking volunteers to act as ambassadors for the city’s center during this year’s Gem and Mineral Show.... Read more»1
As “Zero Dark Thirty” rightly implies, the systematic use of enhanced interrogation techniques came at a steep moral cost while producing little to no valuable information in the hunt for Osama bin Laden.... Read more»1
If it hadn’t have been for Spike Lee, I might have blissfully ignored “Django Unchained,” the much-talked-about Quentin Tarantino movie about a revenge-minded slave set in pre-Civil War America. There’s nothing like a race-based pop culture contretemps to provoke racial chatter.... Read more»
On the second anniversary of the Tucson shootings, we talk with Dr. Michael Lemole, head of UAMC’s neurosurgery department. Also, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman with the Tuesday Money Maker Report, Pima Animal Care Shelter Manager Justin Gallick on efforts to make life better for animals awaiting adoption, and the Tucson Weekly’s Linda Ray with the Buckmaster Show Arts Report.... Read more»
Chamber Plus Southwest this weekend celebrates the centennial of Cage’s birth with “John Cage @ the Cabaret,” an original work by Harry Clark that focuses on the life of the avant garde composer and the impact of 4’33’‘.... Read more»
If you are planning to celebrate New Year’s Eve and have a few too many, AAA will give you and your car a free ride home.... Read more»
U.S. and Canadian Christmas trees have flooded into Mexico in recent years, along with increased North American trade in everything from avocados to artisan liquor. This holiday season alone, more than a million trees have been imported over the Rio Grande, but not everyone sees the southward flow of pines as a welcome present.... Read more»
An interview with new TUSD Governing Board member Kristel Foster. Then, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman has the Tuesday Money Maker Report. plus an update from Bill Carnegie, head of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona.... Read more»
Arizona Theatre Company’s production of “Jane Austen’s Emma” is a pleasant confection, with excellent performances, especially by Disney TV’s Anneliese van der Pol in the title role.... Read more»
Beatle John Lennon was shot to death Dec. 8, 1980. R.I.P. (with archival videos)... Read more»
The play “‘Marie Antoinette” follows the historic timelines of French Revolution, but it is not an historical drama. Rather it is a post-modern translit amalgam of styles and truths. Director Teresa Simone has taken a small chamber work and given it symphonic strength and scope.... Read more»
The Friday Focus interview was with Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, followed by the Reporters’ Roundtable featuring Mark B. Evans, administrator of TucsonCitizen.com, and Jimmy Boegle, editor of the Tucson Weekly. Plus, Matt Russell, Tucson’s Culinary Cruiser, had the Weekend Watch.... Read more»
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