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»
Shortly after the Jan. 8th shootings, I lamented that “Tucson” would become a synonym for a tragedy, since the city hadn’t distinguished itself in any other notable way. But this weekend brings a screening of an extraordinary film that not only celebrates the best of Tucson, but nails its essence for anyone who’s never had the good fortune to visit here.... Read more»
Released this week, “Luz de Vida” is a music compilation benefiting the Tucson Together Fund, which provides support for the Jan. 8 victims and their families. 37 local and national acts participated, and several will play a benefit concert at the Rialto Theatre on Saturday.... Read more»
“Now we’ve got a name and we’re ready to rock ‘n’ roll!” was the word this afternoon on the Facebook page of the newly dubbed Bisbee Royale, a nightclub-in-the-making that’s helmed by Rialto Theatre head Doug Biggers.... Read more»
Martin Cizmar of the Phoenix New Times has a take on the dust up between the Rio Nuevo Board and the Rialto Theatre folks that’s long on humor but short on details.... Read more»
Smashing Pumpkins will play Tucson’s Rialto Theatre on Sept. 1, the venue announced Monday.... Read more»
Guest Opinion: An open letter to artists boycotting Arizona: By not performing in Arizona, artists are harming the very people and places that foster free speech and the open exchange of ideas that serve to counter the closed-mindedness recently displayed by the new law.... Read more»4
Latino hip-hop group Cypress Hill has canceled their May 21 concert at Tucson’s Rialto Theatre.... Read more»5
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»
Before you slather yourself in sunblock and head out to Spring Fling this weekend, or Sunday’s KFMA Day at the Pima County Fairgrounds, why not give yourself a nice dose of culture? It’ll only hurt a bit.... Read more»
On Friday, the Powhaus crew will host “Trash: 70s Punk Rock Show.” DJ Dan Shapiro will spin punk, protopunk and post-punk from both sides of the pond. 5 local bands will round out the evening’s entertainment.
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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»
Cloudy, with a shower of 90s: This weekend’s best non-Warhol arts events. While most Tucsonans will be at either the rodeo or the host of Warhol events this weekend, the Sentinel offers you these alternatives.... Read more»
From Feb. 27 through July 3, The Tucson Museum of Art will host “Andy Warhol Portfolios: Life & Legends.” The traveling exhibition, on loan from the Bank of America collection, contains many of Warhol’s screenprints of 60s and 70s celebrities and cultural icons.... 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»
Mother and daughter Joan O’Dwyer and Whitney Morton converse about local muralist Joe Pagac, whose current commissions include the Rialto Theatre’s west wall and an upcoming mural at Bookmans.... Read more»2
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