Civil rights activist and United Farm Workers of America co-founder Dolores Huerta will receive the nation’s highest civilian honor when she is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom later this spring.... Read more»
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Here are our picks for the best songs about work, for your Labor Day listening. “If Woody Guthrie were alive today, he’d have a lot to write about….” (with videos)... Read more»
Arizona Theatre Company’s “Woody Guthrie’s American Song” is a celebration of the folk singer’s music and the turbulent historical period in which he lived. It is an idealized portrait, long on music, with vignettes from Guthrie’s life to provide context.... Read more»1
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»
Singer/songwriter Pepi Ginsberg has found her sound on her new full-length “East Is East,” as the audience at Hotel Congress can discover Wednesday night, when she brings her quartet to the patio for an early show.... Read more»
Andrew Gardner is the singer and lead guitarist of local indie pop veterans, La Cerca. The band plays twice this weekend, opening for Spindrift at the Red Room on Thursday, and for Hairsprayfireandgirls at Plush on Saturday.... Read more»
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»
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»
Mark Matos and Os Beaches will perform Thursday at Plush, along with local Sonoran gypsy outfit Bajo Turbato, who have been storming various Tucson stages lately, and Space Over Desert.... Read more»
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