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A tree-planting campaign is also set to launch at HOCO Fest. A tree will be planted for every performer flying in, or for each out-of-city flight ticket pur chased by the festival. Baquet said fes tival-goers can donate to plant a tree as well.While this year’s festivities will tap into the hotel’s solar energy, Baquet is already looking ahead to next year, in hopes of HOCO
“I truly believe and hope that we will begin this process in this era of Tucson becoming a beacon symbol of sustain able, regenerative, collaborative commu nity work,” Baquet said.
By Katya Mendoza Tucson Local Media HOCO FEST CELEBRATES ITS 16TH anniversary Labor Day weekend with a “forward-facing” twist: the Regenerate AZ: Sonoran Desert Sustainability Sum mit. Matt Baquet, the festival’s director of four years, called it a “homecoming.”
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The annual boutique festival, which took a hiatus in 2020 and 2021, is placing the climate crisis at the forefront. Festi val coordinators, including Baquet, hope to foster conversations and connections between creative minds such as Mexican musician and environmental activist, Ca loncho, James Beard award winner Don Guerra of Barrio Bread, keynote speaker and co-founder of the national soil health nonprofit Kiss the Ground, Finian Make peace, and many other local and visiting researchers, permaculturists and farm ers.Established in 2005 by entertainment director David Slutes, the festival be came “the only solar-powered festival in the West” in 2007, according to Baquet. Slutes, his mentor, asked him to take over operations in 2017. “(Slutes) established a solid foundation for what HOCO has become,” Baquet said. “As (we’ve) rebranded, taking it to a more international scale, seeking people to come from outside of Tucson, he really laid a foundation for it to be a Tucson fes tival above all.” Carbon offset is at the core of the fes tival.This year, HOCO is offering an inhouse waste-sorting program that will al low festival organizers to compost festival waste at the offsite location, Awareness Ranch, a local aquaponics and permacul ture center. It’s thanks to a $25,000 grant from Cox Communications presented in April. The media company approved a proposal about waste sorting at civic events, providing funding for HOCO to beta test and implement a waste-sorting infrastructure at the Pueblos Del Maiz festival in May.
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“Our ultimate goal is to find useful things we can do with Awareness Ranch like plastic bricks, Styrofoam insulation,” Baquet said. “They can build anything out of trash.”
“He’s been doing some great work cleaning up the waters and turning the attention to a more conscious protocol in the entertainment industry,” Baquet said. The international collaboration successfully booked about 10 artists from mostly the borderland regions, on both sides.“We worked together to go after Los Dug Dugs and Los Apson, which are legendary acts for both of our communities,” Baquet said. “I thought it was a cool crossover.”FromTijuana to San Diego, Mexicali to Hermosillo and beyond, Baquet said he is excited to showcase a scene that is taking off in a big way. The collaborative efforts hope to send a couple of co-curated artists to a NRML festival next spring.
An iconic landmark located in a desert oasis, the centenarian that is Hotel Congress is the “cornerstone of downtown” that has been through the good and bad. The venue which has hosted the annual festival serves as an international hub of sorts, seeing an increasingly diverse guestlist.While HOCO Fest can be described as a magnetized and “amplified everyday Congress activity,” the gathering will tout ongoing shows every day for four days with a ramped-up food and beverHughes FCU.or g | 520-794- 83 41 Insured by NCUA. Certain restrictions apply.
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“It’s exciting for me to use HOCO Fest to showcase Tucson and Tucson talent.”
This year, HOCO Fest is implementing a trade. Tucson native group, Los Ésplifs, one of the festival’s performers, connected Baquet with the independent music festival NRML, which is based in Mexico City. Originally from Monterey, NRML creates family-friendly music experiences that merge the arts, design and gastronomy. Baquet’s friend, Saul Millan made the connection to NRML’s director, Mónica Saldaña.“Wehad a couple of calls and shared our visions of our festivals and I think we already admired each other’s curation and direction,” Baquet said.
“The borderland region is a priority for us to highlight and showcase, not only because that’s where Tucson lies but because I believe this area is so rich with art, culture, inspiration and beauty,” Baquet said. “It has always blown my mind how overlooked we are on a national, international scale.
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In hopes of nurturing the relationship between the two communities, Baquet hinted at the possibility for a joint event in Mexico later next year. “A small event, in a tropical place.” Not so much following the “Coachella model” of festivals, Baquet’s collaborative vision is in search of something bigger, more so along the lines of a shared experience of transborder synergy.
TUCSONWEEKLY.COMAUGUST 25, 2022 5 obtaining a mobile solar trailer to power indoor and outdoor stages.The summit will be held on Sept. 3, the third day of festivities at the StartUp Tucson space, the Arizona Forge at Roy Place. By attracting a diverse group of speakers and festival attendees, Baquet hopes to establish solidarity with the shared desert biome.“It’s important for me living in this area to continue doing things to defy those border walls and barriers and encourage connectivity within our two communities,” Baquet said.
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Fifty-three years later, Los Apson are busy, still traveling every weekend to perform throughout the region.
“Muy ocupados,” dijo Garcia. “Very busy,” Garcia said. “Hemos estado con los mejores del rock and roll de México. Tal vez son los pioneros del rock and roll en México,” dijo Garcia.
“Todos los grupos musicales, eran chamacos, eran ‘boys,’” dijo Garcia.
“We have been with the best of rock ‘n’ roll in Mexico. Perhaps they are the pioneers of rock ‘n’ roll in Mexico,” Garcia said.Popular Mexican artists such as Enrique Guzmán, César Costa, Roberto Jordán, Los Hooligans, Los Hermanos Carrión, Angélica María y mas “The best,” Garcia said.
In 1984, Garcia reformed the band with Frankie Gamez, Gil Maldonado and Pancho Durazo. “Hicimos un evento en Agua Prieta porque el público quería vernos otra vez juntos y fue un exitazo,” dijo Garcia. “We did an event in Agua Prieta because the public wanted to see us together and it was a smash hit.” The band was back together but would face inner rumblings once more. “Eran problemas cada vez que tocábamos. Tenía que buscar otros elementos. Sí hice otro grupo, pero nunca los aprobé hasta que encontré este grupo que yo traigo.
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ESTABLISHED IN 1969, IN AGUA Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, Los Apson were pioneers of the musical movement that took the borderland regions by storm. Known for their covers of songs like “Fue en un Cafe,” (“Under the Boardwalk”) “Popeye,” (“Popeye, The Hitchhiker”) and “Cuando era Jovencito” (“Cottonfields”), Los Apson brought Spanish-speakers their own version of rock ‘n’ roll, con mas sabor. Spearheading la invasión norteña, or northern invasion genre movement in the 1960s, their cultural contributions have woven the group into the fabric de las tierras fronterizas They will perform Thursday, Sept. 1, as part of HOCO Fest at Hotel Congress.
By Clay Jones the bass player, and Leopoldo “Polo” Sánchez Labastida, the vocalist. The band shuffled members throughout the 1960s and 1970s, before dissolving. The band ebbed and flowed with new members, but never sounded the same.
“There were problems every time we performed. I had to look for other musicians. I started another group, I never approved of any until I found the group I have now. We play the same,” Garcia said.
The group’s current members are drummer Carlos Ismael Garcia, singer/guitarist Octavio Arreola, bassist Antonio Reginaldo Ripalda, lead guitarist Hugo Córdoba Villegas and saxophonist Garcia. Their familiar melodies take residents on both sides to a different time, in between the doo-wop-soul of The Drifters, baroque pop of The Zombies and bluesrock that is Credence Clearwater Revival.
Los Apson have defied barriers through the tests of time.
“Una temporada, en que llamaron Los Apson, ‘The Mexican Beatles,’” dijo Garcia.
José Luis “Lichy” Garcia, the original founding member and saxophonist of the group said their sound hasn’t changed much. “No ha cambiado porque los éxitos se siguen tocando igual como son originalmente, y tenemos que ser así porque es lo que la gente quiere escuchar,” dijo Garcia. “It hasn’t changed because the hits are still playing the same how they were originally,” Garcia said. “We have to play what the people want to hear.”
The band’s original members included Arturo Durazo on guitar, his brother and the band’s drummer, Francisco “Pancho” Durazo, José Luis “Lichy” Garcia on the saxophone,Tránsito “Frankie” Gámez, vocalist and little clarinet player, Raúl Hernández Cota, ROCK TO TOWN
“There was a time when they called Los Apson, ‘The Mexican Beatles,’” Garcia said.
Los Apson, which stands for their hometown “Agua Prieta, Sonora,” was formerly called Los Apson Boys. A name offered to them by a famous radio show host, Ricardo Rivas, Garcia said that all of the bands at the time were named “boys.”
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“Siguió el grupo, los records estaban subiendo pero el grupo ya no sonaba igual,” dijo Garcia. “Lichy” has been the glue that has held together the band’s legendary sound. In the 1980s, Garcia returned to Douglas after traveling for work. “Yo tenía un negocio, a minimarket, ahí en Douglas, y tenía muchos clientes que me conocían. Cada cliente que entraba ahí me preguntaba, ‘¿Que paso con Los Apson?’ Pense, ‘Algo tiene, algo están pidiendo acquí,” dijo Garcia. “I had a minimarket in Douglas, and I had many, many customers who knew me. Every customer who entered would ask me, ‘What happened with Los Apson?’ I thought, ‘I have something here.”
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Ahorita tocamos igual,” dijo Garcia.
Calling himself a “Son of Tucson,” Baquet started working at the Hotel Con gress in 2013, as a club manager and inhouse talent buyer before moving to Los Angeles in 2016. From that point forward he worked as a DJ and contractor for the venue, frequently returning home before moving to New York, when he was visit ing “a little less.” A man of many hats, he also independently operates the media company, Ranch House Media and is a partner with the booking company, Best Life“EveryonePresents.in Congress, we all are so deep in the music that usually we wel come in a lot of other voices to our curat ing,” Baquet said. His experience in the music industry and deep roots in Tucson has influenced a thoughtful curation of the region’s soundscape. “We’re telling a story.”
The delicate cultivation that is Tuc son, is made up of diverse geographical and sociopolitical components which together create a “regenerative network.”
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The sustainability summit being a “peak dream manifesting in real time,” for Baquet, is also a bit of a “teaser” for some thing bigger at the TenWest Festival this upcoming“ThroughNovember.AgaveFest, Pueblos Del Maiz, HOCO Fest, TenWest, I feel like we can be the megaphone.”
A self-described dreamer and vision ary, Baquet and his fellow festival collab orators are spearheading a “holistic” ap proach to the “new” Sonoran Desert, one festival at a time. HOCO FEST 2022 WHEN: Various times Thursday, Sept. 1, to Sunday, Sept. 4 WHERE: Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress Street, Tucson COST: Tickets start at $39.14 for performances INFO: hocofest.com
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MULTIMEDIA ARTIST TAV FALCO and his band Panther Burns have long been considered heroes to bands like Pri mal Scream, Spiritualized and the Blues Explosion.The77-year-old Falco takes it all in stride.“Idoubt these two consider me a hero,” said Falco about Bobby Gillespie of Pri mal Scream and Jon Spencer of the Blues Explosion. Both have been quoted as such.“It’s obvious they’ve been listening. Once Jon came down from New York to Memphis for a show we self-produced on the banks of the Mississippi River. He was looming around in the audience. Later, I was told he had adopted some of my delivery into his own show. However, some years later when we shared a bill in Antwerp, I saw none of that.” Falco is coming to Arizona to play a handful of shows, including HOCO Fest, which is introducing the Regenerate AZ: Sonoran Desert Sustainability Summit. His other gigs are Aug. 30 at the Or pheum Theater in Flagstaff, and Aug. 31 at Phoenix’s Rhythm Room.
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As soon as his coast-to-coast tour wraps, he’s headed back to Bangkok to complete “The Urania Trilogy” of in trigue films that he shot in the demi monde of Vienna, featuring original mu sic by Panther Burns.
Elaborating on the move, Falco said his tarot is the sign of “the wanderer.” He grew up as an only child on a farm in the backwoods of Arkansas. After migrat ing to Memphis in the early 1970s and “picking up the devil’s six strings,” doors opened upon the world by virtue of the music he was playing. “Going from Arkansas to Memphis was like going to the moon,” he said. “Then Memphis opened the door to New York, which provided the thresh old for me to catapult into the world at large. Now, I have become a roamer — he who travels fastest, travels alone. This is reflected by the genres Panther Burns draws upon as we create our music: rhythm and blues, balladry, tango, sam ba, torch songs and the occasional dirge.”
Tav Falco recently released the EP “Club Car Zodiac” for Record Store Day and it features a cover of “House of the Rising Sun.” His live band will feature producer/guitarist Mario Monterosso, bassist Giuseppe Sangirardi, and drummer Walter Brunetti.
I had lived in Vienna for 20 years, but when the worst of the pandemic was behind me, I felt the urge to start a new chapter. I moved to Bangkok in January.”
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“I applaud the innovative minds be hind the first annual Sonoran Desert Sus tainability Summit,” Falco said. “By hosting HOCO Fest, they are, in a sense, redefining the role of the mu sic festival in America. They are joining arm-in-arm with green life and climate change activists. These efforts may prove to form a model, a gestalt, for approaches to urgent sustainability issues anywhere onInearth.”terms of his set, Falco will perform a retrospective of his career along with songs from the new collection “Club Car Zodiac.”“Unlike our last tour, during which I felt compelled to address some urgent topics, this new tour will be less political ly focused,” Falco added.
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“Considering that America is worn down and weary from the political antics, oppressions and follies of the past few years, I now prefer to draw from Panther Burns’ repertoire of fun and danceable songs of celebration.” His latest effort is his most personal, Falco said. It was recorded during the pandemic and was instigated by one of Panther Burns’ bass players, Mike Watt (Firehose, Iggy & the Stooges). Watt is not on this tour.
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“‘Dance Me to The River’ and par ticularly ‘La Brigantessa’ and ‘Tango Primavera’ are products of my past ap pearances at the La Conventicola Degli Ultramoderni in Rome. Panther Burns’ guitarist and producer, Mario Monteros so, arranged those songs beautifully for ‘Club Car Zodiac.’ Mario has just released his first solo album, ‘Take It Away,’ and he will be at my side throughout this tour.”
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Now was the perfect time for “Club Car Zodiac,” he said. “The pandemic was a dark time, as I lived in isolation in my apartment in the theater district of Vienna,” he said. “It was a time for reflection, introspec tion, inner discovery. Above all it was a time for dreaming, and as Jean Genet noted, ‘dreaming is nursed in darkness.’
“Just south of Bangkok, on Wongamat Beach, I have a creative place in which to work with an expansive view of the Gulf of Siam and a warm ocean at my feet in which I can swim,” he said. “These days, I live in the sun, ride my Royal Enfield motorbike everywhere, and observe strict precautions against the contagion. ‘Masked I advance,’ wrote Descartes.”
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“If you live in the state of Arizona you need to find the first three digits of your zip code listed in today’s newspaper announcement and call immediately,” said Laura A. Lynne, Director of Coin and Currency for National Mint and Treasury. That’s because Arizona residents can really cash in for the next 48 hours. Here’s why. Non-state residents and those who miss the 48-hour deadline must pay $8 per coin, but Arizona residents who take the Vault Bricks cover just the $4 per coin state minimum. That means Arizona residents get all 125 coins with rare 24 Karat Gold Layering for just $500 which is a real steal since non-state residents must pay over $1,000 for each Vault Brick. And it gets even better for those claiming the Jumbo Gold Vault Bricks. This is all happening because thousands of U.S. residents stand to miss the deadline to claim the gold. Now any resident who finds their zip code listed in today’s publication and calls to verify it gets to claim the Gold Vault Bricks for themselves and keep all the valuable gold found inside. And here’s the best part. Arizona residents who find the first three digits of their zip code listed in today’s publication are getting Sealed Vault Bricks containing the only Arizona State Gold Bank Rolls known to exist with the exclusive State Restricted Design and each loaded with rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued Buffalo Nickels layered in valuable 24 Karat Gold by National Mint and“AsTreasury.Director of Coin and Currency for National Mint and Treasury, one of my jobs is to deliver breaking news. And today’s announcement confirming the release of Sealed Gold Vault Bricks to residents of the state of Arizona is as big as it gets,” Lynne said.“So my advice is this, anyone who gets an opportunity to get their hands on one of these Gold Vault Bricks full of coins issued by the U.S. Gov’t nearly 100 years ago with rare 24 Karat Gold layering from the National Mint and Treasury better jump at the chance while they still can,” Lynne said.
“These Gold Vault Bricks make the most impressive gifts for Christmas, birthdays, graduations, weddings, and any other occasion, especially for that hard-to-buy-for person,” Lynne Accordingsaid.toMs.
A: The only thing Arizona residents need to do is find the first three digits of their zip code in today’s publication and call the State Toll-Free Hotline at 1-800-997-8036 Ext. BNA1518 before the deadline ends. Everyone who does is getting the Bank Rolls for just the state minimum. That’s a sealed Gold Vault Brick containing the only Arizona State Bank Rolls known to exist each loaded with the rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued Buffalo Nickels layered in valuable 24 Karat Gold for just the $4 per coin state minimum set by the National Mint and Treasury, which totals just $500 for the full sealed Gold Vault Brick. That’s a real steal because state residents and non-state residents who miss the deadline must pay $1,000 for each sealed Gold Vault Brick if any remain.
Q: How much are the Gold Vault Bricks worth?
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But, Ms. Lynne added, “The Sealed Gold Vault Bricks are only available as inventory permits during the special 48 hour release so please do not miss the deadline.” The director added, “We have no power to stop coin dealers, resellers or collectors buying up all the Gold Vault Bricks they can get their hands on,” Lynne said. ”We already know the phones will be ringing off the hook. That’s why hundreds of agents are standing by to answer the phones beginning at 8:30am this morning. We’re going to do our best, but with just 48 hours to answer all the calls it won’t be easy. So make sure to tell everyone to keep calling if all lines are busy. We’ll do our best to answer them all,” Lynne said.
“That’s why National Mint and Treasury set up the State Distribution Hotlines in order to make sure residents of Arizona can get them now,” Lynne said. The only thing readers of today’s newspaper publication need to do is make sure they live in one of the zip codes listed and call the State Distribution Hotlines before the special 48 hour deadline ends midnight tomorrow. ■
Answeringline to claim the gold, today and tomorrow are intended as a “special 48 hour release” for the benefit of Arizona residents. This gives them a fair chance to claim the Sealed Gold Vault Bricks and all the valuable gold loaded inside for themselves.
A: It’s impossible to say, but these Buffalos date clear back to the early 1900’s and are not ordinary U.S. coins. That’s because only an extremely low percentage of Buffalos were then commissioned by National Mint and Treasury to be covered with rarely seen 24 Karat Gold Layering, then sealed and protected in brilliant collector condition inside special 25 count Arizona Bank Rolls. That’s why you better hurry if you want to get your hands on them. Collector values always fluctuate and there are never any guarantees. But we do know they are the only Arizona State Bank Rolls known to exist. So anyone lucky enough to get their hands on these sealed Vault Bricks should hold onto them because there’s no telling how much they could be worth in collector value someday.
A: Because they are the only Arizona State Bank Rolls known to exist we’re bracing for the flood of calls. These are not ordinary Bank Rolls. These are full Bank Rolls containing 25 Buffalos dating clear back to the early 1900’s. Best of all each Buffalo is layered in 24 Karat Gold and the state minimum set by National Mint and Treasury is restricted to Arizona residents who find the first three digits of their zip code listed in today’s publication and beat the deadline only. That means Arizona residents cover only $4 per Buffalo when they claim the Gold Vault Bricks, which is just $500 for the next 2 days.
FIRST LOOK INSIDE GOLD VAULT BRICKS: Shown above is a sneak peak inside the Gold Vault Bricks. The Gold Vault Bricks are loaded with Arizona State Gold Bank Rolls containing U.S. Buffalos each layered in 24 Karat Gold. The phone lines will be ringing off the hook beginning at precisely 8:30 am this morning. That’s because Arizona residents can really cash in for the next 48 hours. Here’s why. Non-state residents and those who miss the 48-hour deadline must pay $8 per coin, but Arizona residents who take the Gold Vault Bricks pictured above cover just the $4 per coin state minimum. That means Arizona residents get all 125 coins with rare 24 Karat Gold Layering for just $500 which is a real steal since non-state residents must pay over $1,000 for each Gold Vault Brick. And it gets even better for those claiming the Jumbo Gold Vault Bricks.
Q: Why are so many Arizona residents calling to get them?
THE SOUND OF MUSIC SING-A-LONG When you are watching a musical in the comfort of your own home, perhaps you’ll agree with me, that every one is a sing-a-long. But normally, when you’re watching one in public, you’re expected to refrain from singing along with Julie Andrews about cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudel. Not this time! Put on your lederhosen and head over to the Fox Tucson Theatre for the latest in the venue’s Picture Palace series. Fun for the whole family. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, $10 adults, $7.50 youth/senior/military/student, foxtucson.com
7 p.m. Saturdays, Aug. 27 and Sept. 10, and Sundays, Aug. 27 and Sept. 11, Arizona Rose Theatre, 4500 N. Oracle Road, suite 329, arizonarosetheatre.
COOL SUMMER NIGHTS: BAT NIGHT
WORLD MARGARITA CHAMPIONSHIP
ROOTED IN FIBER: A FIBERCONTEMPORARYEXHIBITION
On display 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Wednesday, Aug. 31, at the Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way, tucsonbotanical.org
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THE ELEMENTS: FIRE The Elements series at Tohono Chul is an art exhibition that is focused, in turn, on earth, air, fire and water as media, process and subject. The pieces examine human presence and responsibility in nature, the intersection of art and science, and the beauty of the world around us. Next up is the fire exhibit! Enjoy a free opening reception at 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, with a special performance by GAMELAN DEWI MALAM and chats with the artists. You can also attend a curator’s talk at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, or Thursday, Sept. 1. Tohono Chul, 7366 Paseo del Norte. Curator talks are free with the price of admission, $15 adults, $13 seniors/ military/student, $6 kids 5 to 12, tohonochul.org
It’s the final event in the Desert Museum’s summer nights series! Fittingly, this iteration will honor bats, the cute little queens of the night we all know and love.
Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation is hosting hands-on activities, including measuring and identifying life-sized model bats and a chance to learn how bat’s bodies are perfectly built for flight. Make your own bat mask! Attend a fun theater presentation about some fun bat FAQs. Learn about bat conservation and bat first-aid. There is a ton to do at this week’s event, and it’s sure to be bat-tastic.
TROUBLE’S TRIVIA I am here to recommend this trivia night at the Jackrabbit Lounge because I went to it last week and it was very fun. The Jackrabbit is a bar with red lighting, retro vibes and a specialty drink called the Jackrabbit, which, to my surprise, came with a cute lil’ plastic rabbit in it that I got to keep. Trouble is a local drag queen who made us all laugh all night, and who offered every group one hint during a difficult round. I am a fan of any opportunity to reminisce about niche, forgotten corners of my memory, like the hit film series “Air Bud,” and the names of secondary characters from “High School Musical.”
I think karaoke in a movie theater is the event we didn’t know we needed. What better way to fend off the Monday blues than to belt your heart out on a big ole stage with an excellent sound system? Have a drink, sing a song, cheer for your fellow performers. How could you miss this one?
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5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Road, $24.95 general admission, $22.95 seniors, $13.95 youth 3 to 12, free for members and kids under 3. Other discounts available, desertmuseum.org
6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, CATALYST Arts & Maker Space at Tucson Mall, 4500 N. Oracle Road, Suite 110, $80, saaca.org
The Loft has been celebrating its 50th anniversary all year, but this week is the official golden anniversary. How lucky are we to live in a city with such a cool arthouse cinema. On Aug. 30, 1972, The New Loft (as it was then called) showed its very first movie: “The Clowns” by Federico Fellini. It’s only fitting that the anniversary celebration will feature the same film. The evening will also feature performances by Cirque Roots, circus-themed snacks and lots of memories from over the years. The Blacktop Grill food truck is serving food from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Boulevard, $10 general admission, loftcinema.org
7:30 p.m. Thursdays (though happy hour is 4 to 7 p.m. if you want to come early), Jackrabbit Lounge, 2000 N. Oracle Road, free, thejackrabbitlounge.com
8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29, The Screening Room, 127 E. Congress Street, free, screeningroomdowntown.com
Wouldn’t it be luverly to spend some enchanted evening at this show?
There’s no business like show business! Treat yourself out to a night on the town immersing yourself in the magic.
The Arizona Rose Theatre’s new concert features songs from Broadway favorites, all with the theme of “New Beginnings.”
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I love this event because, though it features tastings from only Tucson and Southern Arizona restaurants, it makes no qualms about proclaiming itself as the championship for the whole world. But, hey, when you live in a Southwest City of Gastronomy, why would any other margaritas matter? Chefs and restaurants will bring food samples and margarita tastings and battle it out for the live judging and a people’s choice award. While you wander from table to table and enjoy the great power and responsibility of being a people’s choice award judge, you can also enjoy live music, interactive arts experiences and meet and greets with local chefs.
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This is the last week to see this Fiber Artists of Southern Arizona exhibit at the Tucson Botanical Gardens. These beautiful works are made with techniques including piecing, stitching, rust dyeing, painting, photography, beading, foiling, felting and weaving. These lovely pieces were done by 11 local artists and are available for sale in the gardens’ gift shop.
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Still, the experience gave her enough confidence to later host a comedy benefit for Tucson Values Teachers, and to per form a character soliloquy in David Fitz simmons’ annual Arroyo Café Holiday Ra dio Show last December. She missed the engagement, though, the collaborative energy, and the ultimately intimate relationship a standup comedian can create with their audience. That was what had attracted her to comedy in the first“(Chautauquaplace. was) my Guinea pig au dience. I said what I knew rather than talking about things that might engage them. That scared me. I wasn’t sure that I had the intellectual ability to get feedback from the audience.”
• Tucson Improv Movement/TIM Comedy Theatre, 414 E. Ninth Street, (presales at tucsonimprov.com) Thursday, Aug. 25, $5 show: 7:30 p.m., Improv 101 Class Showcase; 8:30 p.m., free open mic. Friday, Aug. 26: 6:30 p.m. free improv jam. $7 shows: 7:30 p.m., The Soapbox featuring designer, social worker and comedian Josiah Osego; 9 p.m., Stand Up. Saturday, Aug. 27, $7: 7:30 p.m., Game Show; 9 p.m., The Dirty Tees.
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• Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, 260 S. Church Avenue, (presales at ticket master.com) $25 to $120, 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4. Adal Ramones and Adrian Uribe, ChavoRucus Tour
• Unscrewed Theater (presales at unscrewedtheatre.org), $5 kids, $8, live or remote/ 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, Family-Friendly Improv Comedy; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, Family-Friendly Improv Comedy; 9 p.m., Ladies Night Uncensored Comedy with Nancy Stan ley.
For instance, she said, with a comical ly rueful attitude, “There may be no such thing as a stroke comic.”
• Dickey’s BBQ Pit, 775 N. Ocotillo Road, Benson, reservations required at 1-575-200-7182. The $40 ticket includes dinner, The Faultline Players present “The Disco Ball Murders,” a send-up of “Charlie’s Angels.”
• El Jefe Cat Lounge, 3025 N. Campbell Avenue, (presales at eljefecatlounge. com/reservations) $18, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, BYOB and snacks. Kitty Ha Ha Comedy for Cats hosted by Lady Ha Ha Comedy. Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress Street, (presales at eventbrite.com) $15, 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, the more-fabulousthan-life Retro Game Show, now in its 11th year, presents Family Fuss. Prepare to laugh hard for the duration.
• The Screening Room, 127 E. Congress Street, free, 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27. The Late Show with Chris Quinn, fea turing Joh Jon, Rich Gary, Cody Stucki and Roxy.
Nancy Stanley pioneered women’s comedy in Tucson with The Estrogen Hour at Laff’s Comedy Cafe. (NANCY STANLEY/SUBMITTED)
• Catalina Craft Pizza, 15930 N. Ora cle Road, Suite 178, $8 or free with a donation of food or clothing, make res ervations at 520-825-0140. Comedy in Catalina features Phoenix comics Dana Whissen and Mo Kitazumi plus locals Phil Gordon, Nicole Riesgo and Allana Erickson-Lopez, and hosted by Valdez, producer of The Frank Show, at 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27.
As she builds trust in the extent of her recovery, she also ponders recent shifts in the comedy environment. “Comedy is playing a different role as an art form right now,” she said. “I’ve always said that a re ally brilliant artist could make anything funny, but there are some things I can no longer joke about. “I’m a very political person, but I do think that people need a little respite. I think a general audience is not coming to be validated or to laugh so they don’t cry. So it’s hard to find something that feels meaningful on stage but stays away from the“Iradioactive.thinkwemight be entering an era where there might be such a thing as ‘too soon.’ It’s not that you can’t say anything you want, but I think you shouldn’t be sur prised when audiences let you know that something is too soon or too far.”
When her long-time friend and mentor, comedian Lewis Black, hooked her up for a short set at the 2021 Chautauqua Assem bly in New York, Stanley couldn’t say “no.” She was going anyway; she goes every year.But it would be her first set since midMay 2020, when, two months into the pan demic, she had a stroke, and then another one. It was months before she began to trust that she might be able to function as before. Slowly, physical and mental acuity began to return, but, she wondered, “Am I still a Shecomic?”wasgetting there. “For (months) I thought I’d been ready to get right out there,” she said, “but when presented with an actual date and an actual show, I either I got out of it or really limited my role.” She was haunted by dilemmas that seemed beyond her control. What if her memory was unstable? What if she had another stroke? The risk is higher after the first one. And what about the social skills she had lost, along with the rest of us, during the pandemic? “The ability just to relate to people,” she said. “All those pat terns that you have that make it easy to get up in front of a group and talk.” Luckily, she ultimately felt validated by the Chautauqua show. She was able to re member and deliver the core of her stan dard set. She could still be that spicey old er single woman joking about dating, sex and the dilemma of back fat. “I just needed to stand up and get words out,” she said. “I proved to myself I could get up and do it again. I wasn’t this person who was lost and unable to do things.” But Chautauqua didn’t provide the au dience of supportive, like-minded women she’s grown used to in her long-running local comedy benefit series, The Estro gen Hour. Nor was it the liquor-lubricat ed night-club crowd for which she’s per formed in Tucson and all over the country when hobby-traveling or occasionally on business as assistant dean at the UA Law School.TheChautauqua crowd is a middle-aged, well-heeled, intellectual bunch that shows up to learn big ideas and make big plans. Their approval was . . .modest, her materi al, not so much. “They were a perfect audi ence. And I did a perfect set. I just did the wrong set for this audience, you know? It was a little too racy, I think.”
• Jim Jeffries, AVA Amphitheater at Casino del Sol, 5655 W. Valencia Road, (presales at casinodelsol.com), $15 to $75, 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26
She hopes to find that sweet spot again at Ladies’ Night Comedy, Uncensored. The key, she thinks, is play. The show’s format has improvisors riffing on each comedian’s set after she finishes. “I haven’t been play ful with comedy for a while,” she said, “and that’s the great thing about pairing improv and stand up. There’s a greater sense of play with the improv people, and the stakes are low because improv audiences (tend to be) really accepting and generous.”
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By Linda Ray Tucson Local Media AFTER A DEBILITATING STROKE, COVID-19 isolation, the loss of her mother and retirement doldrums battered her soul and dulled her vaunted self-assurance, Nancy Stanley is ready to play, and to fall in love all over again with her audience. She’ll be headlining Ladies’ Night Com edy, Uncensored at 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at Unscrewed Theater. Filling out the bill are three of Tucson’s funniest women — Amber Frame, Bethany Evans and Cathy Sproul. Unscrewed’s Kataya Plett hosts. Tickets are $8 in person or via Zoom. Make reservations at unscrewedtheater.com.
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Stanley said she and her colleague, Mary Steed, look forward to rebooting the popu lar Estrogen Hour series that as of its last show in 2020 had raised about $20,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. That series was the first in town to support comedy by, for and about women, and to encourage LGBTQA+ to find their own voice in comedy.
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a peek into his tour with the music video for the single “Joy,” which was filmed during the first leg of his “The Art of Joy” run.The track follows his single “Damn It Feels Good to Be Me,” which hit Top 15 on adult pop radio, and “Lease on Life,” a companion piece to “Love Myself.” His new tracks are building toward a bigger vision for his fifth full-length album due out later this year. “It’s been very fun to get new stuff out there,” he said. “The show itself has a decent number of songs that people haven’t heard — just enough. It’s the right balance.”
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POP STAR ANDY GRAMMER IS known for songs like “Keep Your Head Up” and “Honey I’m Good.” But during the COVID-19 quarantine, he wasn’t all that“Thegreat.pandemic kicked my (butt),” he said. “It got me into therapy. I had to deal with all the fun discoveries that therapy would give you. “I used to get all of my self-worth from external forces. I thought I was better than that. I wasn’t at all. I had to take stock of myself.” He took those discoveries and turned it into the single “Love Myself.”
MUSIC SINGER ANDY GRAMMER IS KEEPING HIS HEAD UP
Andy WHEN:Grammer 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28 WHERE: Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, Tucson COST: Tickets start at $52.25; VIP available INFO: andygrammer.comfoxtucson.com,
“I wrote a love letter to myself,” he said. “It was awkward. I like the song a lot and I like what it does for other people. So, it was worth it. This self-love stuff is hard and feels strange. “That song doesn’t make me feel cool. It’s a generosity I don’t think was there on the first record. I don’t do the self-worth thing to be generous. The new music is more about awareness and less about pretending to be a certain way or peacocking. It’s about, ‘This is where I’m at. I hope it’s important to you, too.’”
Nevertheless, Grammer is adored. Set to play the Fox Tucson Theatre on Sunday, Aug. 28, Grammer performed a co-headlining gig with Gavin McGraw at the Arizona State Fair in 2016. Fans responded to his energetic stage presence by singing along to even the deepest cuts.“They are the best,” Grammer said about his fans. “They are amazing. They’ve been there for a while. Since my first song, ‘Keep Your Head Up’ — in 2010, 2011 — they’ve been riding with me.” Although “Keep Your Head Up” is 12 years old, it still sounds fresh. Grammer said he doesn’t really aim to write timeless songs, but he’s thankful they still have legs.“I think it’s because I’ve never exactly been the fad, which has its ups and downs,” Grammer said. “I just stick with what’s working. I think people are into what I sing about, and they aren’t into it because I’m trendy. My fans keep riding.”The multiplatinum writersinger-song-gavefans
Pop star Andy Grammer is planning to release a new album later this year.
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more music at home to keep my mind off of it. And then, I ended up going into a studio to record more professionally and fell in love with the entire process of creating a finished product,” Grace said. “It’s talking about all the little things that you think about and overanalyze,” Grace said. As a songwriter, Grace comes up with new content all the time from her athome recording space. “I’m always writing songs and trying to beat myself and make better songs than I did previously,” Grace said. “It’s really just picking my favorite ones that I’ve done. I only want to put out my best work.”Tohelp her, Grace has worked with Josh Nabors, an Arizona music producer who goes by JNABS, for the last two and a half years. She admires singers such as Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo, who have longstanding relationships with their collaborators.“Ibelieve in nourishing a good relationship with your co-creator. You can make the most genuine stuff. There’s something way more raw and genuine when there’s only one or two people who have worked on it,” GraceAftersaid.having success on TikTok, Grace did a number of dance songs, but she found that it wasn’t where her passions were musically.
Hailing from Philadelphia, Grace started playing piano, singing and writing songs at a young age. She began to pursue music more professionally about three to four years ago. “I was going through a breakup, and I was really sad. I was looking for something to do. So, I just started making
“Goes Like (Do, Do, Do)” soared past 8 million streams and inspired the Hisoka TikTok dance, Eva Grace is exploring newThesounds.Tucson resident is hoping to lure music fans from all genres with melodies that lean toward alt/indie pop. She recently released her most recent single “still cry sometimes.”
“I am always obsessed with writing about unrequited love. You are forever longing for the romance that you wish you had. I write about that a lot and write about failed romances. And also, just being afraid of being vulnerable, I write about that as well,” Grace said.Grace also wrote a new song about her tendency to overanalyze everything called “ over overthinking.”
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“I look forward to meshing the worlds of it being a light-hearted-sounding song sonically but if you really listen to the lyrics, it’s about something deeper. I would like my music in the long-run to appeal to someone if they want to escape into the music and not really listen to the words, or they could listen and discover that it’s about something deeper than they thought,” Grace said.
“The stuff that is to come for me is a lot more vulnerable than I’ve been. I’ve always written extremely vulnerable music, but I never released it because it’s more nerve-racking than releasing other stuff. I would say in the future, people can expect to hear stuff that is extremely meaningful but fun. I hope to make people feel something and jam out in their cars.”
Eva Grace Eva Grace is on Instagram under @ imevagrace. Her music is on Spotify at https://spoti.fi/3zEihtu
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To help Eva Grace is best known for her song “Goes Like (Do, Do, Do),” which inspired a TikTok dance. (TRISH KAE/SUBMITTED)
Grace said that her TikTok success was unexpected, and her song found a life of its own through fans. “The fact that someone made a video to the song, and it just snowballed into a dance being created was absolutely insane. At the peak, there were almost 30,000 videos on TikTok to my song. People made a dance to an anime show. It was so random. People started associating my music with anime when I don’t even watch anime. This is so weird. People were creating this image of me that they want me to be. I was going with it, but then I was like, ‘Woah, woah, that’s not me,’” Grace said. Because of the success she had during the height of COVID-19, she has teen fans who love anime. She said she hopes to attract a variety of fans by making music that is easy to listen to and danceable but also explores more complex topics.
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The retrospective song looks at a problematic relationship that has brought continuing personal strife. Other recent releases include “all i see is blue” and “take my pain away,” which have a hyperpop sound. Her plan is to release one new song and corresponding music video every month for a year, starting in August. “I love the idea of creating visual art that represents all of my auditory art. I’m extremely excited to have music videos to go with everything. I think that it brings new life to the songs and really illustrates the kind of feeling that I want people to get from the songs,” GraceMuchsaid.of her music focuses on relationships, especially troublesome ones.
“I was like, ‘What am I doing?’ I’m just trying to please the audience, which you should do to an extent, but I also need to stay true to myself so that it is sustainable,” Grace said. Grace plans to use social media channels to engage with fans and put out content. She said making music is easier for her than putting herself out there on social media, but it is also an important part of being an artist.
“It’s really interesting because it comes so unnaturally to me to put myself on TikTok. It’s definitely easier for teenagers. I have to get over it. It’s definitely something that a lot of artists don’t want to do, but they need do at this point and time,” Grace said.
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From its glitchy self-titled debut to its latest studio album, Los Angeles noise rock/industrial outfit HEALTH has assimilated a deep anxiety about the future into its oeuvre. Squaring up to the illusory nature of contemporary life, in a society where delusion has become normalized, on “DISCO4 :: PARTII” — a collaborative album featuring Nine Inch Nails, Poppy, Lamb of God, The Body and others — the trio has documented just how frightening it feels to be alive in 2022. “Even when we first started, we always thought we were making music for a post-Skynet landscape,” said frontman Jack Duzsik, referencing “The Terminator.” “It feels like technology, but technology that’s breaking down.” Influenced by world events and the idea of being alone, Duzsik added, “It was a very dark time and it’s stitched into the psyche and the DNA of the music.” The Purgatory DLC Tour brings HEALTH — with dark-pop phantom Kontravoid — to 191 Toole… Utilizing electronics as instruments, creating loops to build layer-upon-layer of sound, singer-songwriter Jillian Bessett explores new sonic landscapes at R Bar… Talented multi-instrumentalist Mariah McCammond is pulling double duty performing Scandinavian, Celtic folk and avant-garde compositions in two of her musical projects in one evening. Hatpin Duo with violinist Deanna Cross and Thistle and Bear with multi-instrumentalist Anton Shekerdzhiev “get folky and maybe a bit magical” at Tap + Bottle Born and raised in Taos Pueblo, New Mexico — the oldest inhabited village in America — Puebloan rock ‘n’ roller Mozart Gabriel has a penchant for punk and fashion. He grew up without running water or electricity. Gabriel’s soaring vocal ability was recognized while singing traditional songs at ceremonial events. Gabriel presents “Eager Within the Fire,” his debut album, at Thunder Canyon Brewery… Akin to a “Harlem Nocturne,” trombonist Rob Boone and harpist Christine Vivona Boone diffuse the night air with mellifluous jazz at Pastiche Modern Eatery… Acting in similar ways to the binding molecules that the band is named after, these Tucson music scene veterans — Nick Augustine, Karl Hoffmann, Gary Mackender and Neil McCallion — attribute their unique sound to the contributions from principal songwriters McCallion and Mackender combining sequences. “It’s the Texas Tornados meeting up with Nick Lowe and John Hiatt for a drink in a funky bar in Nogales,” Mackender said. The Morpholinos are at Monterey Court…
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FRIDAY, AUG. 26 Calling all “Rail Breakers,” EDM DJ/ producer Riot Ten dips into town with his banging new single “Own the Night.” The Hype or Die Tour also features special guest Jiqui at Gentle Ben’s… Meltt is a mind-bending indie-psych band from Vancouver, British Columbia, whose blissful sonic washes — laden with undulant synthesizer lines and ethereal vocals — paint impressionistic dreamscapes capable of transporting the listener to spaces they have only previously dreamt of. Meltt unveil its latest single “It Could Grow Anywhere” at Club Congress. Night Weather opens… Promulgating chaos and unease wherever they may roam, Los Angeles heavy metalists Worldwide Panic roll out “I Tried,” their latest single, at Encore. Special guests Sworn Apart and Friends in Hell add to the deviance… The Cole Trains’ Shane Britt and PJ Bidwell of Pelican Museum supply the musical party favors for The Jackrabbit Lounge’s one-year anniversary celebration… During the mid 1980s, jangle popsters River Roses were on the vanguard. Propelled by frontman Chris Holiman’s songcraft and wholehearted vocal stylings, The Rose’s fan base grew exponentially. They flirted coyly with major labels; in the process becoming darlings of the then burgeoning Desert Rock scene. They packed local venues: Nino’s and a new joint, Club Congress. Comparable to a perennial flower, the mighty River Roses bloom once again on the patio at Crooked Tooth Brewing… Performing in the shadow of artist-builder Lee Koplin’s towering Tiki head sculpture, Tucson funk/ soul institution Funky Bonz “party down just like James Brown” at The Hut… Poised to take over the world, on the heels of “Spin,” a head-spinning volley into the alt-rock multiverse, singer-songwriter and Ford model Noah Martin pairs with New Misphoria as they attempt “to signal aliens with the musical stylings of (their) sonic waves” at St. Charles Tavern… Resident DJ HumpHouse leads generation cool with an old school twist at Club Congress… Since 2013, El Tambó has been celebrating the cultural remezcla that naturally takes place en las fronteras. DJ Humblelianess presides over Tucson’s hottest Latin dance party… Ever reaching skyward, The Amosphere — led by two-time Grammy nominee, AmoChip Dabney — travels through an exhilarating new world of global dance music at Chicago Bar… In 1974, jazz singer Elis Regina melded her sultry voice with the music of renowned composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, the “George Gershwin of Brazil.” The result: “Elis & Tom,” a legendary collaboration heralded as one of the greatest Brazilian albums of all time. With flair, passion and XOXO
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SUNDAY, AUG. 28 Riding the crest of the burgeoning country rock movement, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band emerged from Long Beach, California, in 1966. The band’s successes include a cover version of Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles;” 1972’s “Will the Circle be Unbroken,” a critically acclaimed album of collaborations with traditional country artists Mother Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Roy Acuff, Doc Watson, Merle Travis and Jimmy Martin; and 1989’s follow-up “Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two,” which won two Grammys and was named Album of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with a reinvigorated line-up to present “Dirt Does Dylan,” a compilation of Bob Dylan covers, at the Rialto Theater… On a quest to engage, energize and empower audiences with rousing stadium-size anthems — including the quadruple-platinum “Honey, I’m Good,” and platinum-selling single “Keep Your Head Up” — troubadour Andy Grammer brings The Art of Joy Tour to the Fox Tucson Theatre… Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation presents Heather Hardy & the Dusty City Blues Band, the next in a series of blues-based acts to provide the flame for the latest installment of the Congress Cookout. Along with her ace band, this accomplished fiddler and soul/blues singer will leave you “Sittin’ and Wonderin’ Why” on the plaza at Hotel Congress… Marked by their tight harmonies, strumming guitars, and heart-on-sleeve lyrics, in the course of a few short years Texas native Lance Kotara and Colorado cowgirl LeAnna Kaufman already have an award under their belt, winning new artist of the year at the 2019 iHeartRadio Rocky Mountain Country Music Awards. Covering over 12,000 miles and 26 states, the Backyard Pop-Up Tour brings Lance & Lea to the Hotel McCoy…
authenticity, Nossa Bossa Nova — a husband and wife duo consisting of vocalist Theresa Levy and pianist/guitarist Mike Levy — present Beyond Bossa Nova: A Salute to Brazilian Superstar Elis Regina at The Century Room… Having forged a hybrid sound, pulling together elements of hip-hop and metal, local “street” metalists Like A Villain take things to new heights with the “Art of Escalation,” their latest single, at Thunder Canyon Brewery. Flanked by Johnny Arson and Versus the Fall… Spinning vinyl for music lovers, long-time Downtown DJ Carl Hanni — filling his sets with a mix heavy on funky 1960s and ’70s jazz, cocktail lounge, bossa nova, Ethio-jazz and classics — sets a groovy vibe for Late Night Lounge at The Century Room…
SATURDAY, AUG. 27 From 2016’s “Reverie” — her first solo recording while attending the Fred Fox School of Music — to 2021’s “Too Close to the Riptide,” singer/songwriter Sophia Rankin continues to reach far beyond her folk roots. Sophia Rankin & The Sound joined by indie/psych/dream poppers Los Velvets forge ahead at 191 Toole… Exploring the struggle of not being comfortable in your own skin, jazz vocalist Liz Cracchiolo presents “If Only I Were Taller”— this one-woman cabaret premiered in February to a sold-out crowd at New York City’s Duplex — to The Century Room… Bringing songs to life since she was a toddler, serenading lizards and honey bees in her childhood backyard, singer-songwriter Natalie Pohanic displays her decades-long dedication to her artistry at MotoSonora Brewing Company… The trumpet-driven sound of the Glendon Gross Quartet will have you swinging into the Late Night at The Century Room… Offering a sumptuous taste of traditional mariachi music and folklorico dance from across Mexico, Los Changuitos Feos, Mariachi Tapatio de Tucson and Compañía de Danza Folklorica Arizona display their mastery and majesty at The Gaslight Music Hall… Like the aroma of a mouth-watering seafood gumbo wafting through the air, The Muffulettas fill the Hotel Congress plaza with their funky vocal-based New Orleans sound… Tucson reggae elder statesmen Neon Prophet hold court at Chicago Bar… Bela Lugosi is not dead. Fineline Revisited is a monthly tribute to the Fineline; a Tucson nightclub of yesteryear that lives on in infamy. DJ Stubbie spins new wave, electronic, gothic, alt and industrial at the Surly Wench Pub… Resident DJ Posi curates the soundtrack for Saturday night at Club Congress… Joined by trumpeter Tony Frank and double-bassist Jeff Sandberg, Phoenix via Detroit, piano man Dave Henning makes the 88 keys roar at Pastiche Modern Eatery…
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CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): In the Spansh language, there’s the idiom pen sando en la inmortalidad del cangrejo. Its literal translation is “thinking about the immortality of the crab.” It applies to a person engaged in creative daydream ing—her imagination wandering freely in hopes of rousing innovative solutions to practical dilemmas. Other languages have similar idioms. In Finnish, istun ja mietin syntyjä syviä means “wondering about the world’s early origins.” Polish has marzyć o niebieskich migdałach, or “dreaming about blue almonds.” I en courage you to enjoy an abundance of such explorations in the coming days, Capricorn. You need to fantasize more than usual.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): The witch Lisa Chamberlain writes about the mag ical properties of colors. About brown, she says it “represents endurance, solid ity, grounding, and strength.” She adds that it’s used in magic to enhance “bal ance, concentration, material gain, home, and companion animals.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, the upcoming weeks should be a deep ly brown time for you Geminis. To move your imagination in a righteous direc tion, have fun wearing clothes in shades of brown. Grace your environment with things that have the hues of chestnut, umber, mahogany, sepia and burnt sien na. Eat and drink caramel, toffee, cinna mon, almonds, coffee and chocolate.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): Libran blog ger Ana-Sofia Cardelle writes, “I look back on past versions of myself with such love and tenderness. I want to em brace myself at different parts of my life.” I hope you’re inspired by her thoughts as you carry out the following actions: 1. Create an altar filled with treasures that symbolize major turning points in your destiny. 2. Forgive yourself for what you imagine to be old errors and ignorance. 3. Summon memories of the persons you were at ages 7, 12, and 17, and write a kind, thoughtful message to each. 4. Literally kiss seven different photos of your face from earlier in your life. 5. Say “thank you” and “bless you” to the self you were when you succeeded at two challenging tests in the past.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): A blogger named Chaconia writes, “I’ve cultivat ed a lifetime of being low maintenance and easy-going, and now I’ve decided I’m done with it. Demanding Me is born today.” I’m giving you temporary per mission to make a similar declaration, Taurus. The astrological omens suggest that in the coming weeks, you have ev ery right to be a charming, enchanting, and generous version of a demanding person. So I authorize you to be just that. Enjoy yourself as you ask for more of ev erything.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): My Aquar ian reader Georgie Lee wrote to tell me what it’s like being an Aquarius. I offer it to you because you are potentially at the peak of expressing the qualities she names. She says, “Accept that you don’t really have to understand yourself. Be at peace with how you constantly ram ble, swerve, and weave to become more of yourself. Appreciate how each elec tric shift leads to the next electric shift, always changing who you are forever. Within the churning, ever-yearning cur rent, marvel at how you remain eternal, steady, and solid—yet always evolving, always on a higher ground before.”
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): You should nev er allow yourself to be tamed by others. That advice is always apropos for you Leos, and even more crucial to heed in the coming weeks. You need to culti vate maximum access to the raw, primal sources of your life energy. Your ability to thrive depends on how well you identify and express the beautiful animal within you. Here’s my only caveat: If you imag ine there may be value in being tamed a little, in harnessing your brilliant beast, do the taming yourself. And assign that task to the part of you that possesses the wildest wisdom.
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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): Kab balistic writer Simon Jacobson says, “Like a flame, the soul always reaches upward. The soul’s fire wants to defy the confines of life. It cannot tolerate the me diocrity and monotony of sheer materi alism. Its passion knows no limits as it craves for the beyond.” That sounds both marvelous and hazardous, right? Jacob son concludes, “Whether the soul’s fire will be a constructive or destructive force is dependent on the person’s motivation.”
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Here’s a good way build your vibrancy: Use your emotional intelligence to avoid swim ming against strong currents for extend ed periods. Please note that swimming against strong currents is fine, even ad visable, for brief phases. Doing so boosts your stamina and fosters your trust in your resilience. But mostly, I recommend you swim in the same direction as the currents or swim where the water is calm and currentless. In the coming weeks, I suspect you can enjoy many freestyle ex cursions as you head in the same direc tion as vigorous currents.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Whenever you are contemplating a major decision, I hope you raise questions like these: 1. Which option shows the most self-re spect? 2. Which path would be the best way to honor yourself? 3. Which choice is most likely to help you fulfill the pur poses you came to earth to carry out? 4. Which course of action would enable you to express your best gifts? Are there questions you would add, Virgo? I expect the coming months will require you to generate key decisions at a higher rate than usual, so I hope you will make inten sive use of my guiding inquiries, as well as any others you formulate.
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): In the coming weeks, I urge you to flee from stale and rigid certainty. Rebel against dogmatic attitudes and arrogant opin ions. Be skeptical of unequivocal answers to nuanced questions. Instead, dear Aries, give your amused reverence to all that’s mysterious and enigmatic. Bask in the glimmer of intriguing paradoxes. Draw inspiration and healing from the fertile unknown. For inspiration, write out this Mary Oliver poem and carry it with you: “Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company with those who say ‘Look!’ and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads.”
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Cancerian poet Danusha Laméris discovered that earthworms have taste buds all over their bodies. Now she loves to imagine she’s giving them gifts when she drops bits of apples, beets, avocados, melons, and car rot tops into the compost bin. “I’d always thought theirs a menial life, eyeless and hidden, almost vulgar.” But now that she understands “they bear a pleasure so sub lime,” she wants to help the worms fulfill their destinies. I mention this, Cancerian, because I suspect you may have compa rable turnarounds in the coming weeks. Long-held ideas may need adjustments. Incomplete understandings will be filled in when you learn the rest of the story. You will receive a stream of interesting new information that changes your mind, mostly in enjoyable ways.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): You know more about how karma works than all the other signs. Scorpio-style intelligence typically has a fine intuitive grasp of how today’s realities evolved out of the deep patterns and rhythms of the past. But that doesn’t mean you perfectly un derstand how karma works. And in the coming weeks, I urge you to be eager to learn more. Become even savvier about how the law of cause and effect impacts the destinies of you and your allies. Med itate on how the situations you are in now were influenced by actions you took once upon a time. Ruminate on what you could do in the near future to foster good karma and diminish weird karma.
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