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From fine art to rubbish: Stashes of drug traffickers

Under a thick layer of dust in a Bogota warehouse lie goods confiscated from drug traffickers that range from fine art to just plain crap, from elephant tusks to dented bicycles.... Read more»0

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Prescott radio host fired over school mural flap

A Prescott radio host embroiled in a controversy over an elementary school environmental mural is off the air, while the school reversed a decision to lighten the faces of students depicted in the mural.... Read more»9

Firestone sparks Hamptons with Warhol exhibit

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

Prescott officials want faces lightened in school mural

Artists say Prescott officials have asked them to lighten the faces on children depicted in a school mural.... Read more»6

Comic: Politics

Adobe Phoneshop

Is it real or is it Photoshop? Nearly all of the time, somewhat regrettably, it’s Photoshop.... Read more»0

Weekend Preview: Boycott this! edition

There is a definite air of civic engagement in the programming offerings of clubs and arts organizations this week, as well as a commitment to the unique cultural hybrid that is Tucson. If the 24-hour news cycle portrayal of your community has made you despair of late, the perfect remedy is a visit to some of these choice weekend events. Boycott your television and embrace some local culture.... Read more»0

'David Dunn: Thresholds and Fragile States'

MOCA Sounds/Defining Music ends season Thursday

The MOCA Sounds/ Defining Music season will end Thursday with a lecture and performance by composer and sound artist David Dunn.... Read more»0

Illustrator Frank Frazetta dies at 82

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

Voices Inc. celebrates record-breaking year Wednesday

Voices Inc., a local nonprofit community media project, celebrates another successful academic year with a “free fundraiser” at the Temple of Music and Art on Wednesday.... Read more»0

Weekend preview: Good things come in threes

Perhaps you are the sort for whom a hike in this heat sounds like a fate worse than death. If so, here are three options for each weekend day to keep you cool.... Read more»0

2nd Saturdays Downtown

Second chance for downtown Saturdays

The launch of 2nd Saturdays Downtown is Saturday from 5-10 p.m., and features live music at several venues, an outdoor stage, and out on the thoroughfare. Does this new event have the formula for resurrecting a downtown tradition?... Read more»0

Weekend preview: a sixpack to go

Here at the Sentinel, we would like to commemorate National Poetry Month’s end by invoking Baudelaire’s poetic imperative to “Get Drunk.” Not that this necessitates the imbibing of potent potables; Baudelaire goes on to direct readers to intoxicate themselves “On wine, virtue, poetry, whatever!”... Read more»0

University of Arizona

Poetry Center gets $49k for audio/video archive

The University of Arizona Poetry Center announced today that it received a $49,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to further develop its extensive audio/video collection. ... Read more»0

Comic: Seventeen Words For Snow

Anarchist art critic

I do so love a set of rules designed to enforce chaos and disorder.... Read more»4

Comic: Seventeen Words For Snow

Philand-thropy

As far as the work-to-payoff ratio goes, gag cartoons must be somewhere towards the bottom of the artistic pile. The punch line in a cartoon is typically simple and immediate, and afterward, the cartoon offers its reader little else. There aren’t a lot of layers; unlike a poem or a painting, the cartoon has used up its usefulness as soon as it’s been ‘gotten.’... Read more»5

Weekend preview: Called by the Muses

Spring is in full force, and despite all the blooming and birth around you, perhaps you feel a bit uninspired. Never fear. These ten weekend events are at least as likely to locate your inner muse as your GPS is.... Read more»4

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