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OPINION Tom Danehy 4 Remember when Die Hard movies were awesome?

That was fun.

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Ryn Gargulinski 6 Jim Hightower 6 Guest Commentary 8

CURRENTS The Skinny 9

By Jim Nintzel

Well Read 9

By Tim Vanderpool

License plate scanners sweep us all into view Media Watch 10

By John Schuster

Shop Closed 11

By Mari Herreras

Deseg judge Bury green lights TUSD plan to close 11 schools Weekly Wide Web 12 Compiled by David Mendez

Police Dispatch 12

By Anna Mirocha

Assistance Arrangements 13

By Bethany Barnes

Happy 49th birthday, Mark Kelly.

Arizona restaurants would like to see limits placed on “service animals” Super Change Agent 15

By Mari Herreras

Susan Stryker is changing the conversation on transgender issues

Tell Us Where To Go If you follow us on Facebook and the social media site/ curse on humanity has been kind enough to actually show you our posts lately, you might have noticed that we’ve been asking questions each Saturday. What’s Tucson’s best hamburger? Where should we go for breakfast this weekend?

We’ve been doing this for a few reasons. One, we’re just curious what you all enjoy eating. Two, we’re trying to make our social media channels more of a two-way communication street. But, thirdly, we’re working on a big project for a forthcoming issue and we could use your input.

Next month, we’re running a feature story listing the 100 essential Tucson dishes. Obviously, we have Best of Tucson® every year, which covers a little of that ground, but we’re trying to put together a definitive list of what makes up Tucson food culture (and if you just said to yourself, “what culture?,” feel free to keep that erroneous opinion to yourself). If you’re a veteran Tucsonan or just someone visiting town for the first time, we want to give you a list of the truly important items to eat around here ... the sort of stuff you have to try at least once.

While we have done a lot of eating within our metro area, we also don’t want to miss anything. Maybe there’s a taco shop somewhere we skipped over, maybe there’s an appetizer on a sit-down place’s menu that we haven’t gotten around to trying. You never know, so why not do a little crowd-sourcing?

So, keep an eye out for our Saturday queries, but if you’d like a more official opportunity to chime in, I’ll put up a blog post on The Range on Thursday that you can leave a comment on letting us know what dish you insist everyone try. I’m looking forward to what our knowledgable audience comes up with. Partially, so we can make the best list possible, but just as much so I can have some new food experiences based on your recommendations.

Thanks in advance, and look for our 100 Essential Dishes issue on March 28.

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CULTURE

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City Week 22

Thai Treasure 40

TQ&A 24 Sheila Kressler-Crowley

PERFORMING ARTS Weddings and Writers 30

By Sherilyn Forrester

Live Theatre Workshop goes lighthearted, while Beowulf Alley tugs at your heartstrings Love and Comedy 31

By Laura C.J. Owen

By Rita Connelly

Sa’ing Thai is a great place to eat; maybe even worth a drive to Rita Ranch Noshing Around 40

By Jerry Morgan

MUSIC The Dead Live On 47

By Jim Lipson

The legacy of the Grateful Dead continues through Bob Weir

Strong performances sweeten simple First Kisses, while high schoolers deliver physical comedy in Improviso!

Soundbites 47

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Live 51

Tracing History 32

Rhythm & Views 52

By Margaret Regan

Chris Pappan and Ryan Singer look at Native American history in remarkably different ways

BOOKS The Good Guy 36

By Tim Hull

A new book looks at the life of a 19th century local sheriff

CINEMA A Vacation From Hell 37

By Bob Grimm

A Good Day to Die Hard Better Than Expected 38

By Colin Boyd

Beautiful Creatures True TV 39

By Stephen Seigel

Nine Questions 50

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By J.M. Smith

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DANEHY OPINION

If you’re updating your “Danehy on Sports” scorecard: rodeo good, soccer bad

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BY TOM DANEHY, tdanehy@tucsonweekly.com

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his is, without a doubt, the biggest sports week of the year in Tucson. Consider: • The Tucson rodeo—La Fiesta De Los Vaqueros—is rocking the rodeo grounds on the south side of town. This gives you the opportunity to see horses and cows and goats, plus people wearing really cool hats. Hailing originally, as I do, from soulless Los Angeles, I’m not really a Western person or an animal person or even an outdoor guy. But the rodeo is way cool. There’s no way somebody could go to the rodeo and not get at least a little bit pumped.

Of course, if you go, you’ll probably have to navigate your way through the PETA people, with their hairy underarms and twisted logic. These are the folks who would rather see a bull euthanized than have the animal participate in an event in which the bull has a decided advantage.

The PETA people have a point, but then they go about eight miles past that point. You know you’re Out There when you make even less sense than Tea Party people.

• I may have mentioned this before; I once rode a bull. It was at the Cochise College rodeo grounds and I did it to win a $5 bet with one of my baseball teammates. (Yes, five dollars. And no, even back then, that wasn’t a lot of money.)

I don’t even remember it being that scary. I think the bull’s name was Narcolepsy.

• Meanwhile, way up on the northwest side, the Accenture Match Play Championship is in full throttle. The golf course itself is ridiculous. It’s as though the grounds crew used tweezers to remove every offending blade of grass not to their liking. You take one look at the fairways, get all Buddhist and don’t even want to walk on the grass.

Then there are the golfers themselves, who are even more ridiculous than the course. I think it should be humanly impossible to hit a golf ball squarely more than two or three times in any one day. But these guys do it almost every damn time! Their only saving grace is that they then miss putts just like the rest of us.

(I’ve also played golf, but I had much better results on that bull.)

• With temps in the low 70s in February, the golf announcers will repeatedly mention “Tucson’s chamber of commerce weather.” I know we have weather, but do we have a chamber of commerce?

• With both major events in town at the same time, I think that local movers and shakers are missing out on a big opportunity. Why not cross-pollinate? Seriously, how much would you pay to watch Tiger Woods ride a bull? Or you could have the rodeo cowboys try to hit a golf ball. I just visualized one of those rodeo guys walking on the fair-

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way with boots and spurs on and I about got the vapors.

(However, clowns on the golf course would be a nice touch.)

• The defending national champion Arizona Wildcats baseball team has a three-game series against San Jose State at Hi Corbett Field this weekend, while the UA men’s basketball team played Washington last night at McKale and hosts Washington State Saturday afternoon.

Did you happen to catch the remarks by former Arizona basketball player Daniel Bejarano, who left the Wildcats program after his freshman year, mostly because he wasn’t good enough (although there may have been some other stuff going on as well)? Bejarano was quoted in a Colorado newspaper as saying that Arizona coach Sean Miller “cares more about money than winning.”

That zoomed right past America’s National Dumbass, Ted Nugent, on the Stupid Meter. First of all, have you seen the look on Miller’s face during a game? It’s like he’s fighting constipation and holding back diarrhea at the same time.

He’s totally focused on winning. Then there’s the fact that one doesn’t reach the level that Miller has (at such a relatively young age) unless they have won a lot of games. Most important, I don’t care if you’re coaching the neighborhood Little League team for free, making a couple of thousand bucks to coach a high school team, or pulling down millions as an NBA coach. If you’re in coaching for the money, you’re doomed to fail. Money’s nice, but that’s not why good coaches coach. And Sean Miller is a good coach.

• Finally, the Desert Diamond Cup soccer series winds up with the third-place game and the championship match Saturday at Kino Stadium.

Like all good Americans, I’m not a soccer fan, but doggone it, you’ve got to give credit where it’s due. The people behind FC Tucson are wizards. Arizona Daily Star columnist Greg Hansen nailed it when he wrote that if the FC Tucson people had been involved in baseball, we’d probably still have spring training here.

I was somewhat taken aback by the fact that the editor(s) at the Star allowed writer Dave Ord to refer to the games as “football.” It’s not football; it’s soccer. Real football involves helmets and pads and freakishly large human beings. The simplest way to tell the two apart is that in real football, if one of the players is lying on the ground writhing in pain, you know that he’s really hurt.

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GARGULINSKI OPINION

Pink doesn’t stink when it comes to Race for The Cure HIGHTOWER

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BEWARE OF WEARING DISNEY’S “MAGICBANDS”

BY RYN GARGULINSKI, rgargulinski@tucsonweekly.com

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on’t hate them because they’re pink. The “they” in this case are breast cancer sufferers, survivors, supporters and organizations like the Southern Arizona affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, all of whom are linked to pink whether they like it or not.

Komen’s 15th annual Southern Arizona Race for the Cure kicks off March 17 at the University of Arizona Mall, which means the route won’t even clog up most city traffic (unless, of course, you plan to careen through campus in your Hummer). You’ll even get an Olympic silver medalist as the honorary race chairwoman. High jumper Brigetta Barrett doubles as a UA undergrad and her mom is a breast cancer survivor.

Walt Disney Inc. has announced that its Magic Kingdom will soon be even more magical, thanks to a new technological wonder called MyMagic+.

Only, MyMagic is not a fantasy, there’s nothing magical about it, and you might think it’s more of a minus than a plus.

What it is, in the un-fun terminology of Despite the hard hits Susan G. Komen for Disney’s corporate managers, is a “vacation the Cure has taken of late, our local branch does some pretty management system” to monitor, track, and amazing things. dissect your family’s trek through their Those things don’t include paying administrative salaries at sprawling park. They want to know if you some Komen corporate office out in Dallas, either, but things buy Mickey Mouse ears, what rides you that help women right here in Tucson and its environs. choose, whether your child shakes Goofy’s “Komen Southern Arizona is the only local breast cancer hand, what snacks you had, and other perfoundation to turn donations into treatment dollars,” says sonal details of your visit – all attached, of Gillian Drummond, Komen SAZ’s communications course, to your credit card number and consultant. “Many of the others are helping diagnosis and Disney’s massive database. To keep track of screening only. Our grants include programs for chemo and you, your family will be given “MagicBands” radiation and mastectomies.”

– which really are rubberized, RFID wrist The Race for the Cure puts 75 cents of every dollar into bracelets encoded with… well, with the diglocal grants for breast cancer treatments, screenings, ital y’all. diagnosis and education, and 25 cents toward international This will “enhance the [Disney] experiresearch efforts. ence,” we’re told. For example, the Yet all the good stuff often goes unnoticed while some Cinderella character can say to your daughfolks are busy hating pink or otherwise lashing out at ter, “Hi, Angie, I understand it’s your birthKomen.

We can’t really blame people for hating the pink. day.” The parking attendant will know your The hue has actually become a stigma thanks to the loads of name – and how special is that? And, when pink-ribbon products on the market. Purses. Shoes. Staplers. you get home, Disney Inc. will send you special offers to buy stuff, based on the info its marTHIS MODERN WORLD By Tom Tomorrow keters strip from your MagicBand. Disney executives boast that MyMagic+ will be “transformational.”

Hmmmmm. Yes, it transforms us from tourists to targets. Some questions you might want Disney to answer are: (1) are they also videoing our movements; (2) how long do they keep the data they grab from us; (3) what’s the process for removing ourselves from their database; and (4) do they ever sell our information to other corporations or turn it over to government spooks?

The Disney charm has turned creepy. Until it can answer these questions to your satisfaction, don’t let Disney put a “MagicBand” on your family.

Rubber duckies. Dish soap. Automobiles. Tattoos. You can even find pink ribbons on bags of potato chips.

It’s enough to make you think pink, see pink and even pee pink just going through your daily life. All this pink hype, called “pinkwashing” by thinkbeforeyoupink.org and “pinkification” by Tucson writers with short red hair and glasses, is truly enough to make anyone sick.

For the record, Komen is in no way behind the proliferation of pink ribbons on every other product.

Komen’s trademarked pink ribbon is in the shape of a woman running, with a small dot on top for her head.

All other products can pop up with any other variation of the pink ribbon they choose, slap on a sticker that says the company is “donating a portion of the proceeds to help fight breast cancer,” and merrily do God-knows-what with the money.

While Drummond says she has not seen any pink-hating backlash at the Southern Arizona office, she says the office did catch flack from the Planned Parenthood debacle.

The debacle involved people up in arms because Komen gave grant money to Planned Parenthood, and then others were up in arms when Komen said it would stop the grant money. Komen then changed its mind, and is giving the grant money as usual, although none of the money or grants had anything to do with the Southern Arizona office.

No matter. Some ignorant locals still lashed out at our Komen branch.

“One staff member who drives a Komen ‘wrapped’ car— bright yellow with a pink ribbon—was shouted at when she was driving,” Drummond says. “And we got several hateful and quite vicious answer-phone messages and email messages. But I found it more upsetting than scary. It was hurtful and brought me to tears several times.”

The backlash, however, did not drive Drummond from a very cool organization, which she first discovered some years back when taking part in the Race for the Cure as a way to keep fit.

“I was under the impression I was racing to find a cure for breast cancer, little knowing of the 75/25 promise, and the fact that Komen SAZ and the grants it funds are really here primarily to serve under- and uninsured women who have nowhere else to go,” Drummond says.

“So now that I know about the mission, I realize not only what a necessary organization this is in our community, but that if the community turns its back on us—for political, religious reasons or other—they are only hurting local women.

They’re hurting their friends, their neighbors, their colleagues, the many women (and men) who need support, particularly in this current health crisis that Arizona is in.”

For more information and to sign up for the race, head to www.komensaz.org.

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t must be nice to have friends like Al Melvin in the state legislature. You never know when the fiscally conservative senator might throw $30 million your way.

A Utah-based company, Imagine Learning, could be the recipient of Melvin’s largesse if the bill he’s sponsoring, SB1239, becomes law. It allocates $30 million for one company to provide a computerbased reading program for young children across the state who are reading far below grade level.

What a coup for the lucky company that wins the contract! All that money without having to go school to school and district to district attempting to sell your wares to cash-strapped administrators. It’s like winning the lottery.

You’d expect some fierce competition from qualified companies vying for a payday that big. But Melvin tailored the bill’s 20-plus specific criteria so only one company qualifies: Imagine Learning.

Melvin has been a fan of Imagine Learning for quite some time. On the 2012 campaign trail, he sang the company’s praises whenever education came up. And back in 2010, he and current education Superintendent John Huppenthal sponsored a similar bill (SB1319) that would have given Imagine Learning $12 million for teaching reading to ELL students. It didn’t pass, so Melvin is adding $18 million to the pot and trying again.

The question is, why does Melvin want to hand Imagine Learning such a lucrative contract? The answer: the company’s impeccable conservative credentials.

Imagine Learning is one of many companies that fund ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, joining the likes of Big Oil, Big Tobacco, Big Pharma and the infamous Koch Brothers. The organization’s main function is to bring corporations and conservative legislators together. Most Arizona Republican legislators including Melvin are current or recent members. At yearly ALEC conferences, corporations get a chance to pitch their services and products to people who hold the state purse strings. They also disseminate fill-in-theblanks Model Legislation lawmakers can take home. (Melvin’s bill isn’t a piece of Model Legislation so far as I can tell.)

Because of recent bad publicity, a number of corporations have severed ties with ALEC, but not Imagine Learning. It was part of the host committee for the 2012 Annual Conference held in Salt Lake City and sits on ALEC’s Education Task Force. If that wasn’t enough to put the company in Melvin’s political sweet spot, it recently received an award from Parents for Choice in Education, a

player in the conservative “education reform� movement which, like Melvin, pushes charter schools and vouchers over traditional public schools.

To be fair, I have to say Imagine Learning’s reading program looks like a decent quality product, though you can’t tell how good it is from the poorly designed studies on the company website; no self-respecting researcher would take them seriously. But regardless of quality, it’s absurd for Al Melvin, sitting in his lofty legislative perch, to dictate how schools teach reading to struggling students. There are no one-size-fits-all solutions in education, and certainly none that will fit the needs of every child who has difficulty reading. Some struggling readers are ELL students who don’t know enough English to speak the language fluently, let alone read it well. Others are English speakers who didn’t go to preschool. Others are children with brain-related learning disabilities. Will the Imagine Learning program be right for all of them? I doubt it. Rather than putting $30 million behind one reading program, it makes far more sense to allow each school to look at its student population and decide what approach or variety of approaches, to spend the money on.

SB1239 is a hypocritical piece of special interest legislation, especially coming from Senator Melvin. This is a man who helped Arizona cut more from its education funding over the past four years—21 percent—than any other state in the nation, yet he wants to take money our children sorely need for their educations and spend it on a reading program the schools haven’t asked for. Our cash-starved schools need that $30 million far more than some Utah company that happens to support Melvin’s conservative education agenda.

David Safier, a retired high school English teacher, writes about education and political issues at Blog for Arizona (blogforarizona.com).

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available. Police departments contend that this information is used only for very specific purposes, and any data that doesn’t raise a red flag is immediately discarded.

To better understand precisely how police use license plate readers, the ACLU requested detailed policies from law enforcement agencies across 38 states last July. That included police departments in Phoenix and Tucson as well as the Pinal County Sheriff ’s Office.

Key questions involved how police use information gathered on law-abiding citizens by license plate readers. “Are they then allowed to share that info with private companies?” Soler asks. “What would limit small municipalities from selling that data to third-party marketers?”

This is not an abstract notion. In the 1990s, the Arizona Department of Motor Vehicles was roundly castigated following the revelation that it sold driver’s license and vehicle information to marketing research firms.

According to Soler, control over that information remains critical. “License plate readers can have a legitimate purpose, such as scanning cars for unpaid fines,” she says. “When they’re used for that narrow purpose, there’s no problem. But when they’re used to track people, that’s where it creates the potential for abuse.

“I don’t think people realize how easily accessible their information is, and in every activity these days—from surfing the Internet to purchasing things—they can potentially have their privacy violated.”

The Pima County Sheriff ’s Department says it does not use license plate readers, also known as LPRs. And while TPD does use the devices, they are primarily geared toward helping officers pinpoint stolen cars or find fugitives, says Sgt. Maria Hawke, a department spokeswoman.

“But none of the information from all those license plates is retained anywhere. Once the unit is turned off, it purges everything.”

Yet a record that a particular plate has been run is forwarded to the Arizona Criminal Justice Information System, or ACJIS, a database maintained by the state Department of Public Safety.

Nonetheless, individual license plate data “is never entered into any ACJIS database,” says DPS spokesman Bart Graves. “The daily ACJIS and (National Crime Information Center) data file … from stolen vehicles, warrants and stolen plates is provided to ACJIS agencies to use on the ‘hot list’ on the LPR. The ‘hot list’ is compared to license plates which are ‘read’ and the ‘read’ data is saved in another database on the LPR device.”

Even less information is gleaned from cameras mounted at intersections to catch red-light runners, says Lt. Elise Souter of TPD’s Traffic

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hey peer down upon our city’s intersections, waiting to witness traffic transgressions. They steadily scan Interstate 19, catching the random smuggler in their cold, technological gaze. They ride along in cop cars all across the country, constantly noting our whereabouts through a license plate’s rich portal.

In a security-obsessed nation, these electronic eyes—aimed at everything from speeders and narcos to petty car thieves—have quickly become a way of life. And while their benefits in fighting crime and reducing red-light crashes are beyond question, this increasingly ability to pierce our privacy arrives with a host of unanswered questions.

“It’s everything from license plate readers and video surveillance to cameras on police officers and cellphone tracking,” says Alessandra Soler, executive director of the Arizona American Civil Liberties Union. “There’s rarely any chance for the public to weigh in on this technology and how it’s going to affect their liberties and privacy rights.”

Still, the justice system is no stranger to this issue. It was only a year ago that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police had violated a suspected drug trafficker’s Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches by placing a GPS tracking device on his car.

But more often, legal thought has simply not kept pace with surveillance technology.

Consider observation drones, increasingly sought after by law enforcement agencies as powerful yet relatively inexpensive tools. Even the UA has received drone authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration, though college officials say that approval is tied only to a research project in the College of Engineering and has no connection to campus police.

Sometimes, lawmakers have stepped into this regulatory vacuum. For instance, a bill under consideration by the Arizona Legislature would make it illegal for any law enforcement agency to use a drone “to gather, store or collect evidence of any type, including audio or video recordings or both, or other information that is not specifically outlined in a search warrant.”

Yet the simple license plate may be the most obsequious pawn in this privacy tug-of-war.

Scanners are commonly mounted on bridges and telephone poles, or attached to patrol cars, where they might be used to sweep entire parking lots— and read hundreds of plates in mere minutes.

The devices photograph every license plate within view, typically stamping each image with the time, date and GPS data. When a plate number is then run against law enforcement databases, vast details about you are instantly

Your license plates are being scanned.

Enforcement Division. “We only record license plate information on violators. If we go back and look at the video, it is mostly just going to show cars going through the intersection. We really don’t have the ability to focus in on faces or plates or any of that information.”

Here again comes the tricky balance between privacy and safety: TPD reports that crashes at eight Tucson intersections have dropped from 200 to less than 75 a year since the cameras were installed.

It’s less clear, however, what information is held by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, which captures license plates from readers stationed along highways near the Mexican border. That includes devices at the Border Patrol’s checkpoint on Interstate 19 between Tucson and Nogales.

“The license plate readers are used to monitor and target vehicles that are commonly used to transport bulk cash and illegal contraband along the U.S. interstates,” says DEA spokeswoman Ramona Sanchez. “This is one of the mechanisms DEA uses to share and coordinate and deconflict information with other state and local and federal law enforcement agencies. There is no other purpose we would use that for.”

In other words, the shopworn refrain: If you’re not doing anything wrong, you don’t have anything to worry about.

But to Soler of the ACLU, things aren’t quite so simple when it comes to vast amounts of knowledge about you, now available to law enforcement. “We’re not saying (police) can’t use the technology,” she explains. “We’re just saying there should be limits. We’re leaving footprints everywhere we go and all that information is very valuable to a lot of people.”

Tucson City Councilwoman Karin Uhlich made a minor bit of fundraising history last week by signing her contract to participate in the city’s matching-funds campaign program and turning in more than the required 200 qualifying contributions on the same day.

If all checks out, Uhlich will receive one dollar from the city for every private dollar she raises, but she won’t be able to spend more than $114,627, according to the preliminary limits established by the Tucson City Clerk last month.

Uhlich said the early filing was meant to show that she had a “broad and strong base of support from people who want to be involved with the campaign.”

Uhlich’s report shows that she raised a total of $3,382 between Feb. 6 and Feb. 14, mostly in $10 contributions.

Under the program, she can raise somewhere in the neighborhood of $57,000 before matching out, so she still has plenty of fundraising to do.

“I will be reaching out far and wide to get the contributions to meet my share of the match,” Uhlich says.

Uhlich is seeking a third term after narrowly winning a second one four years ago. She beat Republican Ben Buehler-Garcia by fewer than 200 votes in 2009.

But whether the local GOP will find someone to find to run against Uhlich remains to be seen.

While she’s trying to qualify early, Uhlich won’t be taking any public money if she doesn’t draw an opponent this year, according to Adam Kinsey of Strategic Issues Management Group, a political consulting firm working with Uhlich.

Uhlich’s Ward 3 seat is one of three that’s up for grabs. The others are Ward 5’s Richard Fimbres and Ward 6’s Steve Kozachik, the newly minted Democrat. Neither man has drawn an opponent yet in the Aug. 27 primary or the Nov. 5 general election.

One more city election note: The City Council voted last week to do another of those vote-by-mail elections, so every voter will receive a ballot in the mail and will be asked to fill it out and send it back in.

If you forget to turn in a ballot, you’ll be able to drop one off on Election Day at a central location inside each ward.

’ELLO, GUV’NERS Democrat Fred DuVal set off on an exploration across Arizona to discover whether he should run for governor in 2014. The exploratory part of this is more about campaign laws and less about intention; DuVal wants the job.

He tells The Skinny via email that he wants to improve Arizona’s reputation, invest state dollars in education and workforce development, break away from the ideological politics that are running rampant at the Legislature, and build a stronger public and private sector.

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MEDIA WATCH

BY JOHN SCHUSTER jschuster@tucsonweekly.com

CLEAR CHANNEL/CUMULUS: IT’S ALL THE SAME So last week Clear Channel Tucson flipped formats on one of its radio stations. Never mind that the frequency changed its call letters to KNST 97.1 FM last year as part of a simulcast effort for its struggling AM news/talk signal KNST 790 AM. And forget that the transition to talk on FM was actually working.

None of that mattered. Instead, Clear Channel Tucson decided to change the format at 97.1 to Wild Country. Yes, a country music station on a largely scratchy FM signal that it’s attempting to convince listeners is a real alternative to the market’s No. 1 station, Tucson country music juggernaut KIIM 99.5 FM. This move is destined for disaster. But far more significant than a simple format change, it underlines many of the issues and mentalities that limit the scope of corporate radio.

There’s some cluster A versus cluster B going on with Clear Channel’s decision to make the move.

For cluster A, there’s an archaic radio strategy that has been commonplace in this and other markets for years. Cluster A wants to protect its big moneymaking station but it’s feeling the heat from cluster B’s big moneymaking station, which might threaten cluster A’s No. 1 standing in the market. So cluster A sacrifices one of its less successful signals to play the same format as cluster B’s big money station. The hope is that the signal with the same format will take some listeners away from cluster B, thus propelling cluster A’s big money station to the top of the ratings again.

Note the similarities in this approach to what the Cumulus Broadcasting Group did with its Tucson cluster. Last year, as a counterprogramming effort against Clear Channel top-40 station KRQQ 93.7 FM, Cumulus swapped its inoffensive Bob music format for a top-40 station, the so-called i97.5.

This is where it gets creepy. As part of its launch, i97.5 played its first 10,000 songs commercial free. Guess what Wild Country announced it was doing last week? Tenthousand songs. Commercial free.

Which leads us to a far more disturbing situation for those who still bother to listen to Tucson radio. With Clear Channel’s regionalization approach, and the Cumulus purchase of bankrupt Citadel Broadcasting, stations in specific markets have next to no say about how to run themselves. It’s one-sizefits-all radio, even if it doesn’t fit here.

To Clear Channel and Cumulus, what works in Tucson is of very little importance in the streamlining mentality of the modern terrestrial radio model. Under this approach, the likelihood isn’t that i97.5 and Wild Country were launched as pawns to try to lower the ratings of big-money competitors. Instead, they were launched because the clusters are mandated to have stations with similar formats. The specific market dynamics are meaningless.

When Cumulus expanded, it launched its “i” top-40 format in numerous locations.

Clear Channel has done a similar thing with its “my” model now in effect at “My 92.9 FM.” Cumulus has unveiled a country format, Nash, which it will launch in a number 10 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

of markets. Like what Clear Channel does with its stable of voice-track professionals, the Cumulus country format will have one person voice-tracking music from an out-oftown location and hope the natives don’t notice. To Cumulus’ credit, it so far hasn’t overhauled some of the successful top-40 formats in other markets that were bringing in money prior to the purchase, so maybe it will be smart enough to leave KIIM alone.

Clear Channel was not smart enough to do that with KRQ. The top-40 station remains among the three highest-rated stations in the market, but according to often shaky Arbitron ratings, it has lost about 20 percent of its audience in the past year. In a market dominated by KIIM, KRQ and Journal Broadcasting-owned KMXZ 94.9 MixFm, KRQ now finds itself closer to the rest of the pack than comfortably at or near the top.

As folks in the Clear Channel building at Fort Lowell and Oracle roads attempt to dissect the reasons for the decline, they’ll probably come up with some familiar culprits. For starters, top 40 is geared toward a younger demographic, and that group is more likely to be technologically savvy, and therefore more comfortable accessing the music it wants to hear on MP3 platforms.

But what the regional suits don’t get about Tucson, or don’t care, is this community’s fierce loyalty toward programming with a local voice. To date, no syndicated morning show on a music format has ever been successful in this market. JohnJay and Rich get the ratings they do because they used to broadcast from here, so many of the listeners still consider them local. Mojo gets some of the same benefit at KOHT 98.3 FM because of the time he spent in the market as well.

But KRQ has struggled since transitioning from local talent on a number of air shifts.

As much as consultants tell radio GMs it’s all about the music, in this market it still carries some weight if the perception exists that the person playing the music is based in Tucson.

KRQ abandoned that façade a few years ago, and it has backfired.

It’s safe to say the syndicated Bobby Bones Show, with Lunchbox and Amy, will not garner “Wild”ly successful numbers. Not when Max, Shannon and Porkchop are actually broadcasting from a studio location in Tucson.

While regional corporate deems the move part of the Clear Channel master plan, there’s a strong chance the decision will cripple the cluster in this market. To make room for a country station that has no chance of making a dent against KIIM, Clear Channel pulled the only format that has seen a numbers uptick: news/talker KNST. Now that KNST is no longer accessible on FM, it opens the door for rival talker KQTH 104.1 FM to take the reins.

And KNST’s cursory move to KRQ’s HD 2 signal won’t benefit it in the least, because next to nobody listens to anything on HD. So by putting a country station that will fail in place of a news/talk station that was showing success, while not benefiting its top40 station in the least, Clear Channel has masterfully delivered a trifecta to make itself something of a nonfactor in Tucson’s terrestrial radio landscape.

Well done, Corporate.

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Deseg judge Bury green lights TUSD plan to close 11 schools

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BY MARI HERRERAS, mherreras@tucsonweekly.com f you thought U.S. District Judge David S. Bury was going to be the superhero parents, students and teachers prayed for back in December, well, yeah, you were wrong.

When the Tucson Unified School District governing board voted in December to close 11 schools to ease a projected $17 million deficit, the hundreds of parents, students and teachers who begged schools be kept open were left with only one hope—the intervention of a federal judge, because the district is under a desegregation order.

But any possibility that Bury would delay or stop the closure process were dashed, then buried, last Friday, Feb. 15, when he finally issued a decision in support of the closures.

In his decision, Bury cited a recommendation from desegregation special master Willis Hawley, who approved of the closures in his report to the judge. “(Hawley) explains that not closing these schools will result in the district having to fund approximately $4 million in savings from staff and program cuts,” Bury wrote. “Even with the school closures, the district must look to staff and program cuts to reduce the remainder of the deficit, which is over $10 million.”

Bury also noted that the plaintiffs representing African-American students and MexicanAmerican students in the nearly 40-year-old desegregation lawsuit against TUSD did not offer alternatives to the closures. However, attorneys for both groups argued before Bury that the district’s master plan that outlined the closures was not guided by the desegregation plan because the master plan and new deseg plan were being drawn up at the same time.

The plaintiffs asked the court to delay ruling on school closures until a better impact analysis was done by TUSD, as outlined in the deseg plan. But Bury said the district’s financial crisis was an important factor in guiding his decision.

“With no alternatives … the court finds the district has taken a balanced approach to address the budget deficit by proposing to close 11 schools,” Bury’s order states.

Mendoza plaintiff representative Sylvia Campoy told the Tucson Weekly that the federal court’s blanket approval, “shows disregard for the communities impacted. It also indicates that the special master and court accepted TUSD’s financial data and student enrollment and capacity numbers at face value.”

“Many question the validity of the data and the way it has been manipulated,” Campoy said.

“The checks and balances that the court put in place have clearly failed in this situation, which is a terrible way to initiate a new desegre-

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Sorry Howenstine, it’s gonna take a miracle. gation order.”

In his decision, Bury outlined other objections presented to the court by the plaintiffs, as well as by the U.S. Department of Justice, that closing the schools “will affect among other things: attendance boundaries, student assignment patterns, the number and location of administrator and certificated staff positions, and the resources available for students across the district, including resources necessary to address the student achievement goals under the (deseg plan).”

But, he went on recommendations from Hawley who looked at whether there were better schools available for receiving students from closed schools as well as the distances between schools, achievement scores, the percentage of students on free and reduced lunch and other statistics.

“The special master reported a few cases where a better choice either for integration or for a better-rated school was arguable. … There was no clear option,” Bury wrote. “The district made reasonable choices, which this court notes does not mean they were easy choices.”

In Bury’s footnotes, he mentioned receiving “heart-felt letters from the community regarding the positive attributes of the schools …,” and mentioned that he did ask Hawley to further investigate the closing of Wakefield Middle School. He also looked more closely at Menlo Park Elementary.

“The court is aware that communities take pride in their neighborhood schools. The letters from parents and students at Menlo Park reflect this,” the decision states.

“The court is committed to offsetting the negative impact of closing Menlo Park and all the other schools to the greatest extent possible. The

special master is charged here and through the (deseg plan) to oversee these closures to ensure the district moves to improve Utterback magnet school (a receiving school with a D rating) and that services available at close schools, such as Menlo Park, transfer to receiving schools.”

The 11 schools on the closure list are Brichta, Corbett, Lyons, Menlo Park and Schumaker elementary schools; Carson, Hohokam, Maxwell and Wakefield middle schools; Fort LowellTownsend K-8; and Howenstine High Magnet School.

TUSD released a statement shortly after Bury’s decision that noted Maxwell Middle School will be reopened in the 2013-2014 school year as a K-8 school.

The statement also said “The approved closures will cut $4.2 million from next year’s budget and provide $4.5 million in annual savings.

The district is continuing to identify remaining cuts and is reviewing many options including reductions in central administration, salary cuts, furlough days, and medical insurance contribution levels, among other options. The governing board recently approved a modification of school site funding formulas that will result in $4 million in budget reductions.”

Bury is expected to make another decision on school boundaries as well as on construction projects related to the receiving schools. All schools to be closed need to be properly mothballed to prevent vandalism, and receiving schools need to be prepped to make way for an increase in additional students.

Judge David S. Bury’s decision on school closures will be posted on The Range, on the Tucson Weekly’s website.

“In short, I am talking about 21st century tools applied to 21st century challenges, to make a difference for today’s families,” DuVal said.

Duval, 58, isn’t exactly a household name, which is an argument for getting in early. He most recently served on the Arizona Board of Regents and is particularly proud that in his final year, he and his fellow regents staved off a tuition hike for in-state students.

He made a previous unsuccessful run for Congress in the Flagstaff area in 2002, but before that, he was a behind-the-scenes kind of guy. He helped Democrat Bruce Babbitt get elected governor in 1978 and worked in Babbit’s administration in the early ’80s, where he helped create the AHCCCS program and the state’s groundwater code. In the ’90s, Duval worked in the Clinton White House on welfare reform, gaming rights and other federal-state issues.

DuVal has been setting up the run for some time before making it official on Arizona’s 101st birthday. He may well be able to tap a large fundraising network, making him a legitimate contender against state Rep. Chad Campbell, who is also considering a campaign.

The biggest question: Is Democrat Richard Carmona, who gave Republican Jeff Flake a scare in last year’s U.S. Senate race, interested in the job? Carmona’s campaign machinery is still relatively warm and he has supporters trying to lure him into the race.

Whether a Democrat can win a statewide race in Arizona anymore remains to be seen. Last year, the RICHARD party got cleaned out of statewide office when the last two Democrats to hold seats, Paul Newman and Sandra Kennedy, got knocked off the Arizona Corporation Commission. Two years before that, the GOP swept the ballot in all the other statewide seats, from governor and attorney general all the way down to mine inspector.

A Democrat’s best chance lies in the possibility that a big pack of GOP candidates have the same sort of brutal primary that the Republican presidential contenders experienced last year.

The process can make a candidate stronger and more prepared for a general election, but it also opens the door for right-wing panders or other blunders that turn off independent voters.

SPEAKING OF A BIG PACK OF GOP CANDIDATES… So just who is interested in running for governor on the Republican side? So far, there’s a big pack of potential candidates: • Secretary of State Ken Bennett wants the job (and is no doubt disappointed that Brewer did not go off to serve as secretary of state in the Romney administration, allowing him

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BY ANNA MIROCHA mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

FOOTHILLS AREA JAN. 25, 2:28 P.M.

A drunken man who was screaming obscenities while standing in his driveway told a deputy that he’d had anal sex with the deputy’s mother, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report.

Deputies responding to a “check welfare” call found the man in his driveway with a guitar slung over his shoulder.

Deputies said they immediately recognized him from past incidents.

The man’s speech was slurred and he smelled of alcohol, and when deputies tried to question him, he repeatedly told them, “Fuck you, motherfucker,” the report said. When the man started to walk away, a deputy handcuffed him, which prompted the man to yell, “I fucked your mother in the asshole!”

A neighbor who lives across the street told deputies he could hear the man yelling, even with the windows and door shut.

The neighbor said that when a woman walked her dog by the man’s house, he yelled at her to “fuck off.” When he was put in a patrol car, the man reportedly started yelling at deputies even louder because he said they had left his garage door open. (They closed it.)

The man was booked on suspicion of disorderly conduct.

KICKBACK LACK UA CAMPUS JAN. 19, 3 P.M.

A bicyclist offered a police aide an extremely small bribe, according to a UA Police Department report.

The police aide found two males in front of the Main Library—one on a skateboard and one on a bicycle—“being belligerent” on the stairs. She said that when she asked them to move, the bicyclist offered to give her $5 if she let him jump his bike on the stairs for five more minutes.

She told him that “wasn’t an option” and impounded the bike and skateboard.

The bicyclist later said he’d only been joking about the $5, and that he didn’t have the money anyway.

The bicyclist and skateboarder were cited and released.

On the Harlem Shake

“What’s amazing to me is this story STILL appeared on the Arizona Daily Star website, front page, under “most popular” up til yesterday with a salacious headline with “female officer” prominent in it. If this were a male officer the story would have faded LONG AGO. Discouraging to those of us who hoped things were improving for women in previously male-dominate professions.

I too, wonder GingerCat, what discipline, IF ANY, was imposed on the males involved!” – TucsonWeekly.com commenter “Saleslady2010,” who seems to be disappointed in damn near everyone involved in the case of the Tucson Police Department sexting scandal (Danehy, Opinions, Feb. 14).

he Harlem Shake is stupid.

Let’s back up. As of February 2013, the Harlem Shake has become a viral video meme in which one person, typically with a helmet, dances alone to a song entitled “Harlem Shake.” After eight bars, the beat drops; the video then smash-cuts to a huge group of people who dance along with the person in the helmet. After about 15 more seconds of everybody dancing, the video ends with a few seconds of slow motion footage.

The original video went viral, and was then aped by seemingly thousands of people who apparently found the concept incredibly hilarious and were moved to make their own.

Among the types of groups that have made their own versions are libraries, professional sports teams, college clubs, groups of professionals from all walks of life, and at the University of Arizona, a man in a Jesus costume who interrupted a sermon performed by infamous college evangelist, Brother Jed. What’s been lost in all of this video-pushing is that the dance being performed in the video isn’t even the actual damn Harlem Shake.

That dance move was created back in 1981, purportedly by a man named Al B. According to an interview with the man himself, conducted by InsideHoops. com, the dance is “a drunken shake anyway, it’s an alcoholic shake, but it’s fantastic, everybody loves it and everybody appreciates it. And it’s glowing with glory.”

Unfortunately, that glory has faded, not unlike a pair of acid wash jeans, or whatever people wore in the ’80s.

Now the Harlem Shake, much like Gangnam Style before it, and anything LMFAO did before either of them, has become completely and totally played out, earning segments on national morning talk shows and jokes on late-night fake news programs.

Please, as a lover of old-school hip-hop and someone who can do a damn fierce Running Man, I beg you all: Stop with the Harlem Shake. If you’re going to ruin dance moves from the ’80s, for the love of all that’s good, kill the Safety Dance.

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BEST OF WWW Apropos of nothing, one of the best developments of the last week was the escalation of the feud between legitimate musician Patrick Carney of the Black Keys, and increasingly obnoxious teen sensation Justin Bieber, kicked off when Carney made fun of Bieber for his lack of Grammy recognition.

Bieber got sassy, saying that Carney should be slapped around, so Carney responded in the best way possible: by changing his profile to pose as Bieber and trolling Bieber’s massive fan base. This small space can’t do it justice, so head to twitter. com/patrickcarney for some of the goodness.

— David Mendez, Web Producer dmendez@tucsonweekly.com

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Arizona restaurants would like to see limits placed on which species can be called “service animals”

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BY BETHANY BARNES, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com .com

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rizona Restaurant Association backed HB 2401 is aiming to take some of the guesswork out of who’s coming to din-

ner.

While it hasn’t quite been “lions, tigers and bears,” it has been “parrots, ferrets and squirrels,” according to restaurant owners, who say Arizona’s loose definition of service animal is resulting in service animal shams all over the state.

The bill, which passed out of the House Health Committee, would align the definition more closely with the federal definition, which was narrowed in 2011.

The designation of service animal would go to the dogs — and a few miniature horses — that can perform a task to help someone with a disability. This would exclude comfort animals, which aren’t allowed at the federal level either, though people are allowed to have an animal that helps with psychiatric conditions, if the animal is trained to perform a task. While a lot of the buzz has been focused on the idea of a miniature horse as a service animal, they are already specified in the federal definition, said Heather Carter (R-LD 15). Miniature horses are up-andcoming service animals and can be an appealing option for people because they live longer than other service animals. They’re also housebroken, and range in height from 24 to 34 inches, weighing between 70 and 100 pounds.

As it stands now, any animal in Arizona can be claimed as a service animal and there’s very little anyone can say about it.

For whatever reason, said Roxane Nielson, coowner of the Prescott Brewing Company, some people seem to believe their dogs have the right to go anywhere.

Under the American Disabilities Act, businesses may only ask if the animal is a service animal and what tasks the animal is trained to perform. Prescott Brewing Company had these questions printed on cards for all of its employees because of the uptick in animal pals coming into the restaurant.

Only being able to ask these questions will still tie business owners’ hands even if the bill passes. People can still lie after all. With this bill though, they can only lie about dogs and miniature horses. The hope is that the narrow definition will cut back on the people coming in claiming pets like comfort ferrets. (Which does happen. While researching the bill, this reporter ran into a man with a therapy ferret he’d taken to dinner smuggled in his sweatshirt.)

These awkward conversations can get ugly, from loud threats about taking business elsewhere to instructing pets to do their business in

Dani Moore and one of her service rats. the restaurant.

The intermingling of animals and humans can be disturbing for patrons, said Louis J. Basile, Jr. of Wildflower Bread Company. Basile used the example that his customers don’t like to think that animals are eating off plates that are then washed and given to other diners.

No one testified against the bill in commitee, but similar laws in other states have sparked concern from people with more obscure service animals.

Dani Moore, 57, a resident of Hesperia, Calif. convinced her city council to pass an ordinance allowing her two rats to be considered service animals. Hesperia allows any animal to be considered a service animal if they have a doctor’s note. Moore said she looked into getting a service dog, but couldn’t find one small enough to sit on her shoulder like her rats do. She said that she thinks requiring a dog or a miniature horse could be too costly for many.

“My tiny little rats are certainly much less disruptive than a miniature horse would be,” Moore said.

Moore’s rats, Milo and Otis, are trained to lick her neck to notify her when she has spasms.

This lets her stop the spasms by either stretching or taking medicine. The spasms are so intense, she said, that they’ve caused her to break a vertebrae in the past.

Rats have been helping Moore with her spasms for 12 years. Moore’s daughter was train-

ing therapy rats for a school project and noticed that they were sensitive to her mother’s spasms.

It dawned on her that she could train them and Moore has been using pudding and frosting to teach the rats to lick her when the spasms occur ever since. The rats don’t like how the spasms feel and figure out that if they lick her neck they will stop.

While no one spoke out against the bill, Moore said she thinks people who have service animals that don’t meet the federal definition will stay silent for fear of having their animal become a target.

Rep. Victoria Steele (D-LD 9) voted for the bill currently in the Arizona Legislature, though she said she did believe it should include other animals since she’s a cat person. Joking aside, Steele reminded everyone that while the discussion could easily be considered amusing, service animals perform crucial tasks for many.

As Dani Moore was leaving the council meeting that won her protection under the ordinance, some people heckled her, shouting that they hoped her rats died.

Moore has no patience for those that are abusing the system and making it hard for people like herself. She agrees it is a problem, but doesn’t think tightening the answer is the solution.

“I think it’s just a knee jerk reaction,” Moore said. “The lack of education has caused this adversarial relationship that doesn’t need to be there.”

to inherit the gig this year).

• State Treasurer Doug Ducey, who built up his name ID by opposing the extension of the one-cent sales tax, has money from his days as the CEO of Cold Stone Creamery.

• Christine Jones, who recently left her job as general counsel at GoDaddy. com, can rival Ducey’s appeal to the business community and the Goldwater Institute types.

• Former Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman has already filed the paperwork for an exploratory committee.

• Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, who has quietly worked to build bipartisan connections while competently delivering services and amenities in his East Valley city, has been laying the groundwork for a possible campaign.

And then you have some wild cards: • Attorney General Tom Horne was angling for the gig, but his appetite for what the kids call “a taste of the Pita Jungle” has TOM screwed up his game.

• Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, who got disbarred for abusing his power during his six-year reign of terror between 2004 and 2010, has said he wants to run. That strikes us as completely delusional, but Thomas is sticking by his story that he was an honest man who was destroyed

by The Powers That Be because he dared to investigate their corruption.

• Wil Cardon, last seen spending $6 million of his family’s fortune while losing to Flake in last year’s GOP Senate primary, last week tweeted this mysterious hint of a political comeback: “Time to jump back in. Things are more broken than ever. There is a lot of work to do. Watch out establishment. We’re not done yet.” Whether that means a gubernatorial run remains to be seen, but he’s shown in the past that he’s willing to spend millions of dollars to deliver poll-tested messages.

• And the current occupant of the office, Gov. Jan Brewer herself keeps floating the idea that she can run for a third term, because the first one didn’t count because she inherited the office.

We’re not lawyers, but that strikes us as a questionable legal argument.

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If you missed viewing excerpts from Susan Stryker’s film Christine in the Cutting Room at downtown’s Playground Bar & Lounge, I feel your pain.

After sitting in Stryker’s office and listening to her talk about her project, which focuses on the world’s most famous transsexual, Christine Jorgensen, I’m kicking myself for not being there.

Stryker, associate professor of gender and women’s studies and director of the Institute for LGBT Studies at the UA, says she wants to change how we think about queer media with this project. Jorgensen wasn’t the first person to change genders. But in 1952 she became a celebrity because of that decision and the times in which her transition took place.

The clip Stryker plays on her office computer practically jumps off the screen: a narrator speaks from Jorgensen’s point of view, with film and photos of Jorgensen mixed in with clips that highlight the tensions of the era, such as fear of communism, fear of the unknown and fear of the nuclear bomb. It’s what Stryker describes in the clip as “the Age of Anxiety.”

Stryker says the project, when complete, won’t be a typical documentary. It’s not, for instance, like her previous film, Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria, which won a 2006 Emmy for telling the story of what’s considered the first militant queer resistance to police harassment in San Francisco, three years before Stonewall in New York.

“This is a multimedia experience. It’s going to be more about using Christine Jorgensen’s story to explore the relationship between embodiment and image, and between cinema and surgery, than just a typical bio-pic. Jorgensen is a really interesting case,” Stryker says.

“She was trained as a photographer and film editor before she became a celebrity for being transsexual. What I see when I look at her is somebody who knew how to make images whichever side of the camera she was on. Some of her appearance-making practices involved cutting film, and some involved cutting her body. I want to look at the relationship between those practices in my media project, and make people conscious of the different ‘cutting’ practices going on in her work through how I present her story. I want people to interact with the media in lots of different ways, not just seeing an image on a screen.”

During two sit-downs with Stryker, the word change comes up often in our conversations.

There’s no doubt that this historian, academician, filmmaker and activist is a change agent through her work, and she’s also amazingly persistent.

“If we talked 20 years ago about what I was going to do, if I said, ‘Help create a field in transgender studies, teach graduate students, create a graduate program, help create a whole new field,’ you’d have …” Stryker pauses and feigns a yawn. “OK, maybe you would have rolled your eyes.”

Back then, the ideas of marriage equality and of gays and lesbians serving openly in the military were barely a dream in the LGBT community. So, yeah, Stryker is probably right. People would have rolled their eyes, or at least been patronizingly nice.

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decided 20 years ago it was time to change the conversation on transgender people, and that’s exactly what she’s done.

“I decided 20 some years ago that—partly out a sense of outrage—I was going to change things. Not in a kind of a heroic sort of way and certainly not feeling like I’m the only person who ever felt like this. There’s a real social movement of people working in many different fronts on this,” Stryker says.

“I just decided, look, what do I have to bring to the table in this social justice struggle? I am a historian. I’m an academic. What do I do? I change how people think ...”

Stryker has attained many of her goals. In fact, she’s accomplishing more of them right now, such as with the release of The Transgender Studies Reader 2, which she co-edited and contributed to; the creation of a scholarly transgender studies journal; and teaching transgender studies to graduate students.

Stryker was the keynote speaker at Wingspan’s annual dinner last year. She outlined a career that started in the world of academia when she received her doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation was titled Marking Mormonism: A Critical and Historical Analysis of Cultural Formation.

Stryker also began to transition from man to woman soon after she got her Ph.D. Stryker did postdoctoral research on human sexuality at Stanford University, and then forged a life as a visiting professor, including at Harvard University; the University of California, Santa Cruz; and Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. She also spent time away from academia, working from 1999 to 2003 as executive director of the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco.

Her first book, published in 1996, was Gay by the Bay: A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was followed by Queer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback in 2001, and Transgender History, published in 2008. There have been dozens of scholarly papers and other works in between.

Stryker left her job as associate professor of gender studies at Indiana University to come to Arizona in 2011, replacing Eithne Luibheid, founding director of the Institute for LGBT Studies. Stryker says the institute’s origins stretch back to the 1990s, when faculty and staff from several UA departments—women’s studies, anthropology and others—came together to do more LGBT-centered programming and, eventually, classes.

When the institute was formally created, the UA asked Luibheid to make a five-year commitment, which she fulfilled, returning to full-time faculty life in gender and women’s studies when Stryker was hired. During Luibheid’s tenure, the institute received its first major gift, from Jim Leos and Clint McCall. Other fund-raising efforts through private donations and the UA president’s office helped in the creation of the Miranda Joseph Endowed Lecture Series, which continues to bring LGBT scholars to the UA. Under Luibheid’s direction, the institute funded research projects and helped create five courses in LGBT studies at the UA. Other projects included a public forum with Derechos Humanos on the needs of LGBT immigrants and refugees.

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dinner, Stryker remarked that she feels lucky that she’s found meaningful work in academia, but noted that, “I had to help create the field I work in, in order to get hired to be an expert in this field.”

Stryker says she’s striving to honor the institute’s original vision: focusing on research, class development and bringing in scholars. There’s also the work of raising funds. Stryker recently announced another gift from Leos, a Tucsonan and UA alum, who pledged $40,000 a year for the next five years to benefit the institute and the lecture series. When she’s not raising funds or promoting the institute, Stryker is focused on teaching. She’s currently working with graduate students, and next fall she’ll work with undergraduate students. She will be working with gender studies majors, and next spring she will teach a class she created, Sex, Gender and Technology. “It’s the kind of class that will get butts in seats,” Stryker says, smiling.

There’s also the Jorgensen film project and another book she’s working on.

“The problem is that there’s not enough time in the day to do everything that I want to do,” Stryker says. “I like my teaching, and I like having the chance to build a research unit on campus. It was already here when I came, but I like the work of making it bigger, faster, and stronger.”

One goal that will soon be accomplished is the publication, starting next year, Transgender Studies Quarterly, a scholarly journal to be published by Duke University Press. Stryker is co-editor.

Stryker turns to a web page dedicated to the journal on the institute’s website and notes the tag line: “Changing the way the world thinks about transgender issues.”

Then I ask her facetiously, “Is it time to say the world you wanted to change 20 years ago has indeed changed?”

No, Stryker says, there’s still a lot that needs to happen. One of her goals is to establish a master’s degree program in transgender studies for pre-med students and others who want to work with trans clients.

There’s also a project under development at the institute to extend its work to the greater community. “How do we be an engine to make a difference?” Stryker asks. “How do you drive change and how do you do it using a queer perspective?”

What Stryker wants to do, and in many ways already has, is spark conversations—and action—beyond the UA campus. The institute recently hosted Karma R. Chávez of the University of Wisconsin who spoke about queer leadership in the DREAMer immigrant rights movement and its strategy to force the federal government to provide protected legal status to prevent an estimated one million undocumented youth from being deported.

“We are a way for LGBT communities to interact with the university and vice versa, and there is always a divide that has to be overcome, such as those divisions that exist between those who have found a way to access higher education and those who haven’t,” Stryker says.

It’s part of Stryker’s work to change how people think, whether its on gay and lesbian issues or trans issues. The LGBT population, she says,

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Changing the perspective on LGBT issues has been a long-term process, she says. “I’ve come a fair ways down that road in 20 years. I don’t talk about (my own transition) so much. I just do what I do. I really try to get away from that since it’s not the only thing I have to say about myself. We know a lot of gay people who aren’t trans, and is the only thing we can say (to them), ‘Can you tell me what it was like to come out?’ What about, ‘Did you like that movie? What are your politics about food? Who do you love?’ The coming-out story is not the thing that defines someone.�

Stryker says she’s not into before-and-after pictures, and she never tells people what her name was before she transitioned. “If someone wants to dig around they could find it.�

None of that really matters to her, because Stryker has work to do. She knows she’s cast a big net of big dreams. Her life, she says, is about swinging for the fences and dreaming big, although she doesn’t expect to hit a home run every time. “Rather than saying I am going to plot my next move very carefully in a very cautious manner, I might actually start 10 things and eight of them will actually happen,� Stryker says. “It’s always been about changing the conversation and changing the way people think.

Transgender issues are no longer a small, obscure topic. How we see gender is changing at a global level. I see that in our work here at the UA. Investigating transgender becomes a way to view and study how that system is changing.�

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ART BICAS COMMUNITY ART STUDIO BICAS. 44 W. Sixth St. 628-7950. Community members are invited to use the work space, donated art supplies, tools, sewing machines and recycled bike parts for personal projects, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday; free.

FLUXX STUDIO AND GALLERY Fluxx Studio and Gallery. 414 E. Ninth St. 882-0242.

This nonprofit community space hosts exhibitions, performance art, movie screenings, workshops and special events to increase the visibility and promote the creation of queer arts and culture in Tucson. Volunteers are needed throughout the year to help with business, art and production projects. For information, visit fluxxproductionsstudioandgallery.tumblr.coms. Email joes@fluxxproductions.com for information about volunteering.

BULLETIN BOARD 24-HOUR CRISIS LINE: 624-0348, (800) 553-9387 Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. Wingspan provides free and confidential support services to LGBT victims and survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, hate crimes and harassment. Wingspan also provides community outreach and education. Anyone can call the crisis line to talk to an advocate 24 hours a day at 624-0348 or (800) 553-9387. If it’s an emergency, please first call 911.

ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION SERVICES Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. Advocacy, court accompaniment, assistance securing injunctions against harassment, and community education and training are available by appointment. All services are available in English and Spanish.

AIDS FRIENDS AND FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP An educational support group for friends and family of people living with HIV/AIDS meets from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., the third Thursday of every month; free. Call Stacey Luethje at 628-7223 for more information.

BEARS BEER BUST Venture-N. 1239 N. Sixth Ave. 882-8224. The Bears of the Old Pueblo hold a public event from 3 to 7 p.m., the fourth Saturday of each month; free admission. The time changes for spring and summer. Proceeds benefit SAAF and the homeless-youth program sponsored by Wingspan Eon. Visit botop.com for more information.

BEARS OF THE OLD PUEBLO Social activities for gay and bi bearish men and their admirers are hosted throughout the year. Newcomers are welcome at all regular activities. Check the website at botop.org to verify dates, times, locations and programs.

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BINGO Water of Life MCC. 3269 N. Mountain Ave. 292-9151.

Join in a game of bingo at 6:30 p.m., every Friday; $6 to $20. Call 822-6286 for more information.

EXTREME COUPONING Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation. 375 S. Euclid Ave. 628-7223. Cents-off coupons are collected from the Sunday newspaper and Tuesday home mailings to help support the food programs of the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation. Coupons need not be cut out. They may be delivered from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

FORTIES AND BETTER BREAKFAST Best Western Royal Sun Inn and Suites. 1015 N. Stone Ave. 622-8871. Women older than 40 who are interested in meeting other lesbians gather for socializing and networking from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., the third Saturday of every month; free. Call 584-0339 for more information.

G2H2 (GAY GUYS AND GALS HAPPY HOUR) Playground Bar and Lounge. 278 E. Congress St. 396-3691. Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered professionals socialize and network from 5:30 to 8 p.m., the third Friday of every month; free. Visit g2h2tucson. com, or search for “g2h2tucson” on Facebook for more information.

GLSEN MEETING The local chapter of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, a group striving to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation, meets from 4:30 to 6 p.m., the first Thursday of each month, August through May; $35 annually. Call 743-4800.

LGBTQA SUPPORT GROUP UA Student Union. 1303 E. University Blvd. 621-7755.

A group facilitated by UA LGBT program staff meets in Room 412 from 4 to 5:30 p.m., every Tuesday, through the school year. It provides a safe space for UA students, staff and faculty to talk in an open and supportive environment about issues affecting their lives and the LGBTQ and allied community; free. Resources and guidance are provided as needed. Call 621-7585, or visit pride.asua.arizona.edu for more information.

MEANDER IN TUCSON MEET-UP GROUP This LGBTQ women-oriented group meets throughout the year for breakfasts, potlucks, hikes, movies and many other activities. Any of its more than 450 members may suggest and lead activities for the group. Visit meetup.com/MeanderinTucson for more information.

MEN’S SOCIAL NETWORK The Men’s Social Network (MSN), a social organization for gay and bisexual men, holds a potluck at 7 p.m., on the first Saturday of every month, at Casas Adobes Congregational Church (6801 N. Oracle Road). The group also offers dining, cinema, sporting and other events almost daily. A program of MSN, Triangle Tribe, provides social and emotional support as needed.

Membership is $20; $30 couple. Call 207-5336, or visit menssocialnetwork.org for more information.

MSHAPE LOUNGE Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation. 375 S. Euclid Ave. 628-7223. The MSHAPE: Men’s Sexual Health and Personal Empowerment group includes guys who are gay, BI, queer, transgender, curious or questioning. The MSHAPE lounge features free Wi-Fi, a lending library of DVDs and books, game nights, movie nights and men’s health discussions, from 3 to 8 p.m., every Tuesday and Thursday. On the third Thursday of every month, they plan activities including volunteering, community events and their own social events. For a complete schedule and calendar, search and friend MSHAPE SAAF on Facebook.

POZ CAFÉ AND SOCIAL St. Francis in the Foothills. 4625 E. River Road. 2999063. People living with HIV enjoy a nutritious lunch and an opportunity to socialize from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the third Thursday of each month. After lunch, participants play bingo and receive care packages stocked with soap, shampoo, toilet tissues and other toiletry items. Poz Café is open only to those living with HIV, and is the largest regular gathering place for people living with HIV/AIDS in Southern Arizona. Registration is required. Call 299-6647 to RSVP, register with TIHAN, and learn about transportation options. Call or visit tihan.org for more information.

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SACASA SAFE STREETS IN ARIZONA From catcalls, sexist comments and threats, to groping, stalking and assault, gender-based street harassment makes public spaces unwelcoming and even unsafe, especially for youth and young adults. Safe Streets AZ encourages all community members to share their stories and get support. Find resources and report harassment at safestreetsaz.com.

SAFE ZONE TRAINING UA Student Union Memorial Center. 1303 E. University Blvd. 621-7755. The UA Office of LGBTQA Affairs hosts a two-part training for people who want to provide support and a safe environment for members of the LGBTQA community on Friday, March 1, in the Sabino Room; and Thursday, April 18, in the Picacho Room; free. A general education workshop takes place from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Anyone who has had a general education workshop may take the Ally Development Workshop from 1 to 3 p.m. the same day. Registration is required by Thursday, Feb. 28. Call 626-1996, or email ehkelley@email.arizona.edu to register.

SENIOR PRIDE Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. A volunteerdriven program engages active seniors and their friends to provide support networks for older LGBT people.

This active group publishes a monthly newsletter, holds monthly meetings, arranges educational tours and holds dances and other activities throughout the year. Call 624-1779, ext. 131, or visit wingspan.org.

TIHAN VOLUNTEER ORIENTATIONS TIHAN. 2660 N. First Ave. 299-6647. An orientation for volunteers interested in learning how to make a difference in the community of people living with HIV/AIDS takes place from 1 to 5 p.m., Tuesday, March 12; and from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, May 18; $17.

The orientation is a prerequisite to Care and Support Training, from 1 to 5:30 p.m., Saturday, March 23, and May 18. Call or email volunteercoordinator@tihan.org for more information. Download an application at tihan.org to complete and bring with you.

TIHAN WALK-IN VOLUNTEER NIGHT TIHAN. 2660 N. First Ave. 299-6647. Volunteer for a variety of simple projects on a drop-in basis from 5 to 8 p.m., the first Tuesday of every month. Email friends@ tihan.org to receive reminders. TIHAN provides training throughout the year for anyone interested in providing care and support to people living with HIV. Training is also available for public speaking and working with media to help eradicate apprehension about HIV-positive community members. Visit tihan.org, or call.

TRANSPARTNERZ Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. Anyone who is a partner of a trans-identified or gender-variant person is invited to meet at 7 p.m., the fourth Thursday of every month. Cisgender partners are encouraged to attend no matter where their partner is in transition or how they define their gender variance. Trans and gendervariant partners of trans folk are welcome as well. Email rstrozzo@wingspan.org for more information.

TUCSON COMMISSION ON GLBT ISSUES Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation. 375 S. Euclid Ave. 628-7223. Public meetings are held at 5:30 p.m., the third Tuesday of the month, to examine local policies and practices in the areas of employment, business education, housing, social services, health, mental health and recreation as they affect or relate to GLBT people in Tucson, and to recommend changes as appropriate. A call for audience participation takes place at each meeting; agendas are posted at least a day before the meeting. Visit tucsonglbtcommission.org for more info.

TUCSON PRIME TIMERS A social organization for mature gay and bisexual men, and younger men who enjoy their company, meets at least a dozen times a month for cocktails, concerts, gallery visits, museum trips and more. Weekly activities include an 11 a.m., Sunday, brunch; 10 a.m., Monday, bowling followed by lunch; and 1 p.m., Thursday, bowling. The group also joins members of other chapters of Prime Timers Worldwide for gatherings, trips and cruises. Call 743-9514, or visit tucsonprimetimers.org.

WINGSPAN Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. As Southern Arizona’s LGBT Community Center, Wingspan promotes the freedom, equality, safety and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The Wingspan Community Welcome Center is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. It offers internet access, a library of books and videos, and current information about local resources, groups and events, as well as a meeting space for LGBT-friendly groups. Visit wingspan. org for more information.

WINGSPAN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. Community members can serve as workshop leaders for the community center, as youth drop-in center staff; as anti-violence crisis-line operators or community educators; as Southern Arizona Gender Alliance speakers, group leaders or committee members; as front-desk staff, board members, or as invaluable special events volunteers. Additionally, those who would like to create any new LGBT-relevant volunteer projects are warmly welcomed. Internships are also available. For more information, email volunteer@ wingspan.org, or call 624-1779 ext. 124.

WINGSPAN’S PUERTAS ABIERTAS Studio One. 197 E. Toole Ave. 304-7803. Wingspan’s Latin@ social group hosts bilingual Spanish-English meetings, potlucks, workshops and social events at 7 p.m., the first Sunday of every month; free. Conversation is safe and friendly. Visit wingspan.org/programs, or call 624-1779, ext. 131, for more information.

WINGSPAN’S SOUTHERN ARIZONA GENDER ALLIANCE Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. The Southern Arizona Gender Alliance (SAGA) offers information, support, services and social opportunities for transgender people and their families. SAGA also provides training for businesses, health care agencies and service providers to educate them about issues affecting the transgender community, and to assure that transgender and gender-diverse people receive appropriate services and are treated with dignity and respect. Visit wingspan. org/programs/transgendersaga or sagatucson.org for more information.

BUSINESS & FINANCE GLBT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GLBT community or straight allies who are engaged in business or work with businesses are invited to a networking breakfast from 7:30 to 9 a.m., the third Thursday of every month; $30, $25 member, $5 less if a reservation is made by the previous Monday. Visit tucsonglbtchamber.org for reservations or more information.

DANCE LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. Male ballerinas en pointe parody classical ballets and well-known choreographers in the American-modern tradition at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 20; $15 to $42. Call 621-3341, or visit uapresents.org for tickets and more information.

FILM LESBIAN LOOKS The Lesbian Looks film series celebrates its 20th anniversary with 7 p.m., screenings. Unless otherwise noted, all are at the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd.

Thursday, Feb. 28: Before Stonewall, a documentary.

Friday, March 22: Morir de Pie, co-presented with Cine Mexico, Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18, 5455 S. Calle Santa Cruz. Thursday, April 4: My Best Day, which premiered at Sundance in 2012. For complete details and ticket prices, visit lesbianlooks.org.

LOFT CINEMA SPECIAL EVENTS Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777.

Before Stonewall, a documentary about events leading up to the 1969 Stonewall riots, screens at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 28; free. A discussion with filmmakers Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss follows, and historian Elizabeth Kennedy discusses the evolution of LGBT history since the film’s 1984 release.

OUT ON THURSDAYS Fluxx Studio and Gallery. 414 E. Ninth St. 882-0242.

As part of the Southwest LGBT Film Fest, a film is screened at 7 p.m. following a meet-and-greet at 6:30 p.m., on the third Thursday of every other month; $8, $10 VIP. Light refreshments are served.

HEALTH BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 7481551. Tucson Medical Center Hospice offers bereavement support for the LGBT community from 4:30 to 6 p.m., the first and third Thursday of every month,

in Goddard Hall; free. Call Karla Brockie, 269-9573, before attending the first time.

GAY/LESBIAN AA MEETINGS Water of Life MCC. 3269 N. Mountain Ave. 292-9151.

Groups for both men and women are Pink Triangle, which meets at noon, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday; and Odds and Ends Group, which meets at 7 p.m., Tuesday, and 8 p.m., Thursday. A lesbian-only Pink Triangle group meets at 7 p.m., every Friday. Visit aatucson.org for more information.

HIV TESTING The Centers for Disease Control recommend HIV testing for all people ages 13 through 64. Visit napwa.org for more information on AIDS testing and its benefits.

Testing hours at SAAF, 375 S. Euclid Ave., are from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., every Monday and Wednesday; and 1 to 8 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday. Walk-in testing is also available at COPE, 101 S. Stone Ave., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. All testing is confidential; results are available in about 15 minutes; and counseling is available. Call for an appointment.

LGBTQ CANCER SUPPORT GROUP UA Cancer Center North Campus. 3838 N. Campbell Ave. 694-2873. A weekly cancer support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and queer-identified people with cancer, their family and friends takes place at 4:30 to 6 p.m., every Monday, in Room 1127. Call 694-0347, or email bcasey@umcaz.edu for more info.

PCAP: AFFORDABLE MEDICAL SOLUTIONS FOR PIMA COUNTY RESIDENTS A representative from the Pima Community Access Program, a service that links uninsured Pima County residents with an affordable and comprehensive network of health-care providers, is available by appointment to enroll members of the community and give a free assessment. Call 309-2923, or email cynthia@mypcap. org for information or an appointment.

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Trinity Presbyterian Church. 400 E. University Blvd.

623-2579. An open meeting of Narcotics Anonymous primarily for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people takes place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., every Monday and Thursday; free. Call 406-0740, or visit natucson.org for more information.

SUPPORT GROUP FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation. 375 S. Euclid Ave. 628-7223. SAAF hosts a support group from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., on the third Thursday of every month. Ask for Stacey Luethje for more information.

KIDS & FAMILIES EON PRIDE MEALS Wingspan’s Eon Youth Center. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. Members of the Southern Arizona Gender Alliance, PFLAG, Senior Pride, the Rincon UCC Church and other dedicated community volunteers serve a home-cooked meal to LGBTQ and straight-ally youth between the ages of 13 and 23 from 4 to 5:30 p.m., the third Wednesday of every month. Call 624-1779, ext. 121, for more information.

EON’S STATEWIDE YOUTH LEADERSHIP RETREAT. Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. This annual youth leadership development and empowerment event, Thursday through Saturday, July 18 through 20, brings together LGBT and allied youth ages 13-23 from across the state to build community, strengthen their leadership abilities and identify strategies to empower their communities upon return. To learn more or to apply, please call 624-1779 ext.121 or email zhyemingway@ wingspan.org.

HOMELESS YOUTH PROJECT Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. Wingspan’s HYP offers assistance to homeless and unstably-housed youth ages 13-23. Youth can access clothing, bus passes, food and hygiene supplies, while working with staff to identify and reach their goals. The intent of HYP is to help youth gain self-sufficiency. Call or visit wingspan. org for more information.

PFLAG TUCSON Ward 6 City Council Office. 3202 E. First St. 7914601. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays meets from 7 to 9 p.m., the first Wednesday of every month. The group provides support, education and advocacy on behalf of the LGBT community. Anyone needing help should call the hotline at 360-3795, or email pflagtuc@pflagtucson.org. Visit pflagtucson.org for resources on coping and helping.

PFLAG TUCSON SCHOLARSHIPS Ward 6 City Council Office. 3202 E. First St. 7914601. PFLAG Tucson, an organization of parents and

families of LGBT youth, seeks applicants for several $1,000 scholarships in 2013 in memory of Gene Moore. Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors, undergraduate students and graduate students.

Visit pflagtucson.org for application materials and more information. The deadline is Friday, March 29, 2013.

Scholarship awards are presented at a public reception from 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, May 1; free.

RAINBOW FAMILIES Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. Created by and for LGBT families and those LGBT people interested in parenting, Rainbow Families holds social, support and educational events. Participating families form a resource-sharing network for through a listserv and Facebook page. To get connected, please contact rainbowfamilies@wingspan.org.

TRANSPARENTS SUPPORT GROUP This family-support and social group was created by and for the parents/caregivers of children who are transgender, gender diverse, questioning and, or, gender creative.

Families meet to support one another and share experiences while their children safely socialize. Meetings take place monthly at various locations, as supported

by Wingspan’s Southern Arizona Gender Alliance. To become involved or for more information, call or email rstrozzo@wingspan.org.

WINGSPAN YOUTH PROGRAMS Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. Eon collaborates with several other agencies to provide support groups, outreach, homelessness services, social activities, and educational and career enrichment to gay, lesbian, bisexual, two-spirit, transgender, queer, questioning, intersexed and straight-ally youth. Youth may also become volunteers or get more information about activism. Leadership training is provided for LGBT and allied youth ages 13 through 23. Call or visit wingspan. org for more information.

WINGSPAN’S EON YOUTH CENTER Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. A collaborative youth drop-in and empowerment lounge offers a variety of programs including support groups, leadership-development activities, social events, educational and career enrichment activities, a homeless youth project, a sexual health education project, access to housing case managers, an on-site therapist and healthy-living workshops. Youth also have the opportunity to complete community service hours through this program. Eon events and activities are free and open to all gay, lesbian, bisexual, two-spirit, transgender, queer, questioning, intersexed and straight-ally youth ages 13 to 23. To begin participating, interested youth must complete an EON New Youth Orientation. Call or email eonyouth@ wingspan.org for more information.

LECTURES 50 YEARS: TUCSON’S LGBTQ COMMUNITY UA Library Special Collections. 1510 E. University Blvd.

621-6423. UA scholars and researchers lead a discussion exploring Tucson’s LGBTQ community, from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, March 7, as part of the Civil Rights in Arizona Lecture Series; free. Presenters include Adela Licona, associate professor in the UA english department; Stephen Russell, director of the Frances McClelland Institute in the UA Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences; and Jamie Lee, doctoral student in the UA School of Information Resources and Library Science.

UA PRIDE ALLIANCE DISCUSSION SERIES UA Student Union. 1303 E. University Blvd. 621-7755.

A weekly, student-led discussion series covers a range of topics affecting the LGBTQA community, from being an ally to bullying and legal rights, from 5 to 7 p.m., selected Wednesdays, in the Agave Room; free. Feb. 27: “Being a Good Ally.” March 6: “Religious Identity in the Queer Community.” March 20: “Bullying and Suicide.”

March 27: “Rights and Legal Issues in the LGBT+ Community.” April 3: “Bisexuality and Pansexuality.”

LITERATURE GLBT AUTHOR TALK Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777.

The Pima County Public Library hosts its annual GLBT Author Talk at 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 12; free. Call 791-4010 for more information.

TRANS AND GENDERQUEER POETRY AND POETICS SYMPOSIUM PUBLIC Casa Libre en la Solana. 228 N. Fourth Ave. 325-9145.

A symposium on trans and genderqueer poetry, poetics and art features readings, workshops, panels and performances from Thursday through Saturday, May 9 through 11. The event also celebrates the release of Troubling

the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics, edited by TC Tolbert and Tim Trace Peterson. Visit casalibre.org for a schedule and details.

MUSEUMS TUCSON GAY MUSEUM A website tracks the history of how the gay community has responded to the political and social environment of Southern Arizona, and welcomes contributions of stories and artifacts. Visit tucsongaymuseum.org for more information.

MUSIC CALL FOR WOMEN SINGERS The Tucson Women’s Chorus holds ongoing enrollment for new members. No auditions, sight-reading or experience required. Enrollment fees are $75 adults; free for girls who accompany a singer. Those attending for the first time get in free. Auditions and rehearsals take place at 7 p.m., Monday at St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church, 3809 E. Third St.; and at 7 p.m., Thursday, at Mountain Vista Unitarian Universalist Church, 3601 W. Cromwell Drive. Call 743-0991, or visit tucsonwomenschorus.org for more information.

DESERT VOICES Desert Voices presents Noteworthy at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 6; and 3 p.m., Sunday, April 7, at Scottish Rite Cathedral, 160 S. Scott Ave.; $18. The chorus celebrates Pride Month with a concert, Arizona Pride, at 3 p.m., Sunday, June 23. Visit desertvoices.org for reservations and more information.

REVEILLE MEN’S CHORUS Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875.

A tribute to Barbra, Judy, Liza, Bette, Cher, Madonna and Gaga, the chorus’ spring concert, including production numbers and comedy, takes place at 8 p.m., Saturday, May 4; and 3 p.m., Sunday, May 5; $25, $20 advance, $15 student. Visit reveillemenschorus.org for tickets and more information. The chorus rehearses from 7 to 10 p.m., every Monday, and performs at community events throughout the year. Auditions take place year-round during rehearsals or by appointment. Call 304-1758, or email director@reveillechorus.org for an appointment.

TSO ROCKS THE FOX Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515.

The Tucson Symphony Orchestra performs One Vision: The Music of Queen with Michael Shotton, vocalist, at 9 p.m., Friday, April 5; $33 to 48. Visit tickets.tucsonsymphony.org for tickets and more information.

UAPRESENTS AT THE FOX Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515.

Barbara Cook performs at 8 p.m., Sunday, March 17 (was originally Feb. 22); $15, $40, $60. Call 6213341, or visit uapresents.org for tickets and more information.

SPECIAL EVENTS DAY OF SILENCE UA Mall. 1303 E. University Drive. The National Day of Silence is a day of action in which students across the country take a vow of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of anti-LGBTQ bullying and harassment.

The UA Pride Alliance hosts a “Raise Your Voice” photoshoot and displaying educational exhibits on campus.

EON’S LGBTQ YOUTH PROM Fluxx Studio and Gallery. 414 E. Ninth St. 8820242. Wingspan’s annual Eon LGBTQ Prom provides a safe and affirming prom experience for LGBT and allied youth, ages 13-23 at 7 p.m., Friday, June 21.

Photography, music and refreshments are included. Like all Eon events, the prom is drug- and alcohol-free. Call 624-1779, or email zhyemingway@wingspan.org for sponsorship opportunities and more information.

MAKEOVERS PARTY: NATIONAL WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY Fluxx Studio and Gallery. 414 E. Ninth St. 882-0242.

Makeovers, dinner and a dance party celebrate women and girls living with HIV/AIDs and create opportunities for them to get to know each other and supporters from the community on Sunday, March 10. Local hair designers, make-up artists, massage therapists and nail technicians from salons all over Tucson help create fresh looks. A private catered dinner is served by employees and volunteers from various HIV/AIDS organizations. A public dance party takes place at 8 p.m., with music

by djmilkcrate and Lab Munk. AIDS Ribbon Tucson will also be at Fluxx for viewing and signing. Email drmoroso@mac.com, or call 204-2250 for more info.

MÖDA PROVÓCATEÛR TCC Grand Ballroom. 260 S. Church Ave. Hundreds of models, stylists, artists, dancers and volunteers raise funds for the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation with choreographed entertainment featuring original works by local fashion designers, hair stylists and makeup artists at 5:45 p.m., Sunday, March 3; $35 to $40, $100 cocktail-table seating, $130 to $140 runway table seating which includes dinner and a pre-show at 4:30 p.m.

Visit saafmoda.org for details.

RAINBOW GRADUATION UA Gallagher Theater. 1303 E. University Blvd. 6260370. A graduation celebration for LGBTQ and allied students takes place at 6 p.m., Friday, May 3; free. A faculty member will be honored with an award and a short video about their contributions to the community.

The deadline for nominating a faculty member is Friday, March 8. Visit deanofstudents.arizona.edu/LGBTQaffairs for more information.

RENO GANNON MEMORIAL JELL-O WRESTLING EXTRAVAGANZA AND BENEFIT AUCTION The SlaughterHouse (Farmer John’s). 1102 W. Grant Road. 207-8910. Teams wrestle in a pit of Jell-O to raise funds for programs of the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, at 4 p.m., Saturday, April 27; $25, $20 advance. Outlandish costumes, drag diva hostesses and a live auction of uniquely amusing items add to the fun.

Visit saaf.org for more information.

SECOND CHANCE PROM UA Student Union Grand Ballroom. 1303 E. University Blvd. A semi-formal reception with food and refreshments recreates the high-school-like prom experience for those who did not take their preferred partner to prom from 7 to 11 p.m., Saturday, April 27; $TBA. TREASURES FOR TIHAN TIHAN. 2660 N. First Ave. 299-6647. Volunteers and sponsors are sought for Treasures for TIHAN, the organization’s largest fundraiser, Saturday, June 15.

Auction items also are sought, including antiques; gift certificates; trips; jewelry; rugs; unique gift items; textiles; ceramics; event tickets; hotel, condo and bed and breakfast stays. Sponsorship levels begin at $500, and each level offers benefits including free tickets and publicity. Call for more information.

TUCSON AIDS CANDLELIGHT MEMORIAL Himmel Park. 1000 N. Tucson Blvd. 791-3276. The 30th Anniversary Tucson AIDS Candlelight Memorial begins at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, May 19. Plans include a brief memorial service followed by a procession led by faith leaders carrying the Memorial Flame. Guests are invited to carry the AIDS Ribbon Tucson. Brief speeches by community leaders, dedication of the 2013 AIDS Quilt Panel, and a concert are expected to follow. Free HIV testing is available. Visit facebook.com/TucsonACM for more information.

TUCSON PRIDE Fundraising events are held throughout the year to support Pride Week in June and Tucson Pride in the Desert in October. Fundraisers are held Tuesday, March 19 and April 9 at IBT’s, 616 N. Fourth Ave. Pride Week takes place from Friday, June 14, through Sunday, June 23.

Events include a Pride Scavenger Hunt and a community forum, among other activities. Tucson Pride meets at 6 p.m., the first Thursday of every month at Wingspan, 430 E. Seventh St. Visit tucsonpride.org, or follow tucson.pride on Facebook for the most current information.

WINGSPAN ANNUAL DINNER Doubletree by Hilton Hotel. 445 S. Alvernon Way. 8814200. This annual gala celebration brings together LGBT and allied party-goers to honor Southern Arizona’s LGBT Community Center, Saturday, Sept. 21; $TBA. LGBT and Allied community dignitaries are honored with the Godat, Steve Hall and Community Ally Awards for 2013. Call 624-1779, or email mdrury@wingspan.org for tickets and information about sponsorship opportunities.

WINGSPAN SPRING SOIRÉE This annual community celebration is a chance to dance the night away with other LGBT and allied people, ages 21 and older. Call 624-1779, or email mdrury@ wingspan.org for the exact date, tickets and sponsorship opportunities.

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NEW WARRIOR TRAINING ADVENTURE Mount Lemmon. Catalina Highway. An experiential weekend during which participants look at aspects of what is working in their lives and what is not, is open primarily to gay, bi and trans men, from 5:30 p.m., Friday, April 5, through 3 p.m., Sunday, April 7. Call 591-2828, or email tsbtucson@hotmail.com for reservations; visit mankindpride.com for more information. This organization is not affiliated with any religion.

WINGSPAN MULTI-FAITH WORKING GROUP Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. People of many faiths meet to plan events and activities that highlight the power of open and affirming faith in the lives of LGBT people, at 5:30 p.m., the second Tuesday of every month. Events include an annual multi-faith pride service and a multi-faith commitment ceremony. Call or email ccondit@wingspan.org for more information.

SPORTS FUN-DA-MENTALS BOWLING LEAGUE Golden Pin Lanes. 1010 W. Miracle Mile. 888-4272.

All are welcome in this LGBT-friendly league, which meets at 6:30 p.m., every Monday. Four-person teams play for 30 weeks. Call Bev at Golden Pin Lanes.

MEMBERS SOUGHT FOR THE MONSOON WOMEN’S TACKLE FOOTBALL TEAM A member club of the Independent Women’s Football League, the Tucson Monsoon enters its ninth year of play with the coming season. Visit tucsonmonsoon.com.

RAINBOW RIDERS CYCLING GROUP A group of LGBTQA cyclists dedicated to the enjoyment of all types of bicycling meets every Sunday, and other occasions at the suggestion of members; free. Times vary. All levels of riders are welcome. E-mail nursewratchet@yahoo.com, or visit health.groups.yahoo.com/ group/wingspan_fun2bhealthy/messages.

TUCSON FRONTRUNNERS LGBT people and family, friends and straight allies of all ability levels run or walk at their own pace. At 5:30 p.m., every Monday, they participate in Meet Me at Maynards, 311 E. Congress St. At 5:30 p.m., each Wednesday, they climb Tumamoc Hill, just west of the intersection of Silverbell Road and Anklam Road.

At 7:30 a.m., every Saturday, their main walk takes place at Reid Park, beginning from the parking lot of Hi Corbett Field, 3400 E. Camino Campestre. An hour after the run, they meet for brunch. Visit tucsonfrontrunners.org for more information.

WELCOME TO OZ BOWLING LEAGUE Tucson Bowl. 7020 E. 21st St. 747-1363. A mixed bowling league meets at 7 p.m., every Thursday; $12 each week, $18 for annual USBC certification. Email drlaing@msn.com, or call 495-0143 for more info .

THEATER MUSICAL MAYHEM CABARET New Moon Tucson. 915 W. Prince Road. 293-7339.

A comedy revue billed as “under-rehearsed and overdramatic” puts a new spin on show tunes at 7 p.m., the second Wednesday of every month; $5. Visit musicalmayhemtucson.weebly.com for more information.

ODYSSEY STORYTELLING Fluxx Studio and Gallery. 414 E. Ninth St. 882-0242.

Six storytellers share tales from their lives based on a monthly theme, at 7 p.m., the first Thursday of every month; $7. March 7: Not as Advertised, in conjunction with the UA Museum of Art. April 4: Oh Gross! The Juvenile Humor Show. May 2: Mommie Dearest: The Love of Family. June 6: Lost in Translation. July 11: Breaking Free: Stories of Disobedience. Aug. 1: Saved by the Bell: School Stories. Sept. 5: Big Bad Words: The B*tch Show. ASL interpretation is provided. Beverages are available for sale. To tell a story on a future topic, send a synopsis and a brief bio a month in advance.

Call 730-4112, or visit storyartsgroup.org.

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LGBTQ BUDDHIST MEDITATION AND PRACTICE Three Jewels. 314 E. Sixth St. 303-6648. Two 20-minute silent-sitting meditations, readings from Buddhist spiritual texts and discussion take place from 10 to 11:45 a.m., every Sunday; free-will donation. Bring a pillow or cushion. Call 884-4691 or 306-4691.

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FEBRUARY 21-27, 2013 OUR TOP PICKS OF WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO DO IT

BY MEGAN MERRIMAC, STEPHANIE CASANOVA AND KYLE MITTAN

50 Years Later

Carving Out Cultural Roots

PICK OF THE WEEK

It’s hard to believe that only 50 years ago, African-Americans still went to different schools, sat in different sections on buses and were denied many of the rights we all share today.

An exhibit at the University of Arizona libraries’ Special Collections, “50 Years: Civil Rights in Arizona from 1963 to Today,” features materials and a lecture series on how the civil rights movement has influenced groups in Tucson and other communities that are still battling for their rights 50 years later.

“Tucson, I think, is part of the broader society, and we’ve been just as impacted as any other area of the country for civil rights,” said Bob Diaz, the coordinator of the exhibits at Special Collections.

The Special Collections exhibit, he said, is “different because we haven’t really focused a whole lot on diverse groups in the state. We are covering a variety of communities in this particular exhibit, both in terms of the material that’s exhibited and the programming that we’re doing.”

The exhibit includes legislative documents dealing with civil rights and efforts to end discrimination culled from the Morris K. and Stewart L. Udall collections and Tucson Council for Civic Unity. It also includes photographs and papers from civil rights groups representing Tucson’s African-American, Native-American, Asian-American, LGBT and Mexican-American communities.

Diaz said he wanted the exhibit to show the “contrast of what happened 50 years ago to what’s happened today” as well as to raise awareness about contemporary issues to get people to think critically about how much progress has actually been made.

“It’s been 50 years since 1963, which, you know, was a pretty pivotal year in the struggle for African-American civil rights,” Diaz said, referring to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech and other key events that year.

“These are (also) Arizona issues so I wanted to make the connection between civil rights and its struggle back 50 years ago with what is going on today.”

A companion exhibit in the University of Arizona Main Library also displays materials connected to the civil rights struggle, but on a more national scale.

Diaz explained that it is “more general material, and it also expands a little bit to cover the black power movement and music of the civil rights era. It just covers a little bit more ground.”

The Special Collections exhibit also features four lectures, two of which have already been given.

The first lecture included a documentary film, In Their Own Words: The 1960s Civil Rights Movement in Tucson. The second was about civil rights cases from Arizona “that deal with Indian rights at the federal level,” Diaz said.

The third lecture will be given at 7 p.m., March 7, and will focus on Tucson’s LGBT community. Participants include Adela Licona of the UA Department of English; Stephen Russell, director of the

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Frances McClelland Institute, UA Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences; and Jamie Lee of the UA School of Information Resources and Library Science.

The final lecture, at 7 p.m., April 29, will focus on Tucson’s MexicanAmerican community.

The speakers are Lupe Castillo, a professor at Pima Community College, and Margo Cowan, a public defender for Pima County.

“The speakers are bringing a more contemporary perspective to the table when they talk about the current situation,” Diaz said.

Special Collections is located at 1501 E. University Blvd., on the UA campus, next to the Main Library. The exhibits at the Main Library are on display Monday through Friday through Aug. 30.

Admission to both exhibits is free.

Megan Merrimac mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

20th Annual Southwest Indian Art Fair 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24 Arizona State Museum 1013 E. University Blvd., on the UA campus 626- 8381; dfl@email.arizona.edu

After leaving home to live in Tucson and California, Gerry Quotskuyva felt he needed to reconnect to his Hopi culture. He made that connection through art.

Quotskuyva began carving kachinas out of cottonwood roots while in his mid-30s, after working in the culinary field. He also sculpts in bronze and creates paintings on canvas that contain an inset, a small box at the center, all of which reflect the Hopi culture.

Quotskuyva will be the featured artist in this year’s Southwest Indian Art Fair.

“As an artist, even though you’re successful and well recognized and there’s a lot of people collecting your work, you always feel insecure about the success of your career,” Quotskuyva said. “So it’s always a pleasure to be asked by … the Arizona State Museum to feature you.”

According to Quotskuyva, everybody born Hopi has an artistic responsibility, which makes the culture unique.

Throughout Hopi history, many of these artistic creations also doubled as practical, everyday items such as blankets, clothing and baskets. Hopi girls have been given kachina dolls as gifts at ceremonies.

“I believe that everybody who does the art form is in one way helping share the culture with the world,” Quotskuyva said. “Even though we have to maintain a lot of secrecy.”

More than 200 Native American artists will be represented at this year’s fair and some will share stories about the cultural traditions behind their artwork. Visitors can also hear live Native American music, watch traditional dances and enjoy Native American foods.

Admission is $10 for adults; free for students and children.

— S.C.

Left: Felicia Boswell and Bryan Fenkart in Memphis.

PAUL KOLNIK

Below: Joshua Furtado in All Shook Up, opens Thursday, Feb. 21, in the Proscenium Theatre, 2202 W. Anklam Road. Opening night features a ’50s rock ’n roll celebration with prizes for best attire. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, and 2 p.m., Sunday. Call 206-6986, or visit pima.edu/ cfa for tickets and more info.

SPECIAL EVENTS

THEATER

LITERATURE

Walking the Red Carpet

From Tennessee to Tucson

Oscar Experience: Tucson 2013

Memphis

American History’s Untold Story

5:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24 (5 p.m. for VIPs)

Tuesday, Feb. 26, through Sunday, March 3 (show times vary)

Riders on the Orphan Train

Tucson Music Hall 260 S. Church Ave.

Casa Libre en la Solana, 228 N. Fourth Ave., No. 2

903-2929; broadwayintucson.com

325-9145; ridersontheorphantrain.org

Rock ’n’ roll music and America’s 1950s culture converge in Memphis, a musical that’s making its way to Tucson at the end of the month.

The show, which won four Tony awards in 2010, centers around the story of Huey Calhoun, a white radio DJ in the segregated 1950s who discovers Felicia, a talented female singer who happens to be black. As Huey tries to showcase Felicia’s talent via airtime on the radio—a dangerous effort during racially tense times—the two fall in love.

The production began its tour at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego and comes to Tucson after being on the road for about a year and a half, said Mario Di Vietta, Broadway in Tucson’s marketing and sales manager. This will be the show’s Arizona debut.

Di Vietta said the score, written by Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan, should appeal to all fans of rock ‘n’ roll.

“If you love music, if you love (a good) story and rock ’n’ roll, this is going to be perfect for you,” he said.

“There are no slow parts; there’s nothing that feels like you’re watching a traditional musical. A lot of people love Bon Jovi, so if you love that type of rock ’n’ roll music, you’re going to love Memphis.”

Di Vietta said that Memphis does away with the traditional show-stopping “11 o’clock number” near the end of the performance and instead has several cast members singing upbeat songs.

Because of the show’s mature themes and use of racial slurs, Memphis is recommended for viewers age 13 and older.

Tickets are $29 to $69, with discounts available for students, military and seniors.

—K.M.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, more than 250,000 of New York City’s homeless children were put on trains and scattered throughout the country in an effort to rid the city of its street youths.

It’s been called the largest child migration in history, but the stories of these children have gone mostly untold until now.

Author Alison Moore has used some of their stories for Riders on the Orphan Train, her latest novel. A traveling multimedia show will hit Tucson on Thursday to showcase the book and offer insights into the real stories it sprang from.

The book, Moore said, is a historical novel based on about 10 years of research, while the show has been offered throughout the nation for the past 15 years, primarily in the West. It features live music played by her husband, Phil Lancaster, plus a slide show, a Q&A with Moore and a reading from the book. A discussion about the specifics of Arizona’s orphan train history is also included.

Attendees will get a look into an aspect of the American story that few people know about, Moore said.

“Most people know nothing about this,” she said. “So it’s both entertaining and informative. We do what we do to raise awareness about this littleknown part of history.”

Moore, a former assistant professor of English and creative writing at the University of Arizona, said the event is geared toward the literary community but is designed to be engaging for all audiences.

Moore will also sign copies of her book at the event. Admission is free but a suggested donation of $5 goes to Casa Libre, a nonprofit that supports both professional and aspiring writers.

—K.M.

Fox Tucson Theatre 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515; foxtucsontheatre.org

Tucsonans have the chance to live like a Hollywood star for a night at this year’s Oscar Experience: Tucson 2013.

From a red carpet entrance to the speakeasy martini bar downstairs where guests can dance to live Rat Pack-style music, this year’s Oscar Experience is designed to be a night to remember.

“What we want it to be is Tucson’s biggest party,” said Tamara Mack, coordinator of the event and red carpet host.

Guests will be photographed and interviewed on the red carpet as they make their way to the theater, where the Oscars will be broadcast live on the big screen.

The 50th anniversary of the first James Bond flick will be celebrated at the Tucson event as well as at the Oscars. Models dressed like Bond girls will greet guests on the red carpet and a stunt team will give the audience a behind-the-scenes look at what making a James Bond movie is like.

The Fox Theatre was a movie palace starting in the 1930s. Restored in the late 1990s and reopened in 2006, it is once again a performance theater as well as a movie venue.

“The Fox Theatre is glamour. It’s old Hollywood and it’s the perfect place to really experience that kind of feel,” Mack said. “It’s just a great venue for celebrating actors and Hollywood and moviemaking.”

The Oscar Experience, now in its eighth year, has become an evening where many dress in tuxedos or cocktail dresses and gowns, enjoy drinks and enter raffles. Guests can also win a Foxy award for being the best-dressed, having the best hair or wearing the best jewelry.

General admission to the Oscar Experience is $25. VIP tickets, which include priority seating, hors d’ouevres and drink tickets, are $125.

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TQ&A Sheila Kressler-Crowley Sheila Kressler-Crowley, the marketing director for Bookmans Entertainment Exchange, has worked for the popular Arizona chain for nearly seven years. The long-awaited Bookmans Sports Exchange is set to open in April in the Rancho Center, 3330 E. Speedway Blvd. For more information, visit www.bookmans.com or follow the store on Twitter @BookmansSports.

Kate Newton, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

When did planning begin on the Sports Exchange?

I would say it’s been in the works for years. (The financing) came through, and then we pulled the trigger. So I’d say we’ve been talking about it for, gosh, probably between five to 10 years.

How has marketing this store differed from marketing the other Bookmans?

Because we’re in Tucson and have been for 37 years, marketing the store using that Bookmans brand has actually been fairly easy since people know who we are and what we do. Really, we’re going to be doing the same thing, just with a different product line.

So having that kind of heritage here in Tucson already has actually helped us.

What have been some of the challenges of opening a store with a total shift in merchandise?

I think some of the challenges are just, (as) with any construction project or remodeling project, all the hiccups that come along with that. We’re moving full steam ahead now. It started pretty slow between the demo and the construction, but now that’s kind of coming to an end. Then they’ll be turning it over to us shortly, so we’ll figure it out and put our signs up.

What can people expect the inside of the store to look like?

The inside of the store is actually going to be really cool. We’re playing off the existing building: we’ve

exposed the beams and we’ve re-treated the original brick in there. So it’s going to have a real urban, loft feel using some of the materials that were there already. It’s brand new, first of all, and it’s huge.

It has a full basement where we’ll stock inventory and also have a service department. If you have a treadmill and it’s broken, we’ll be able to service that as well as sell it. It’s really afforded us all this space to do some really exciting things.

What is the range of merchandise that will be available?

We’re going to try to cover sports, fitness and outdoor.

Sports would be things you would get for your kids’ Little League practice, from balls to gloves to bats. Fitness would be where you could find the latest fitness gear: medicine balls, yoga mats and treadmills. Outdoor will have a great array of camping gear, hiking gear and even fishing rods. We’ll also have inventory based on the season, so this time next year we’ll have sections of skis and snowboards, and then as summer comes in we’ll have more of water-recreation sports as well, like wakeboarding and waterskiing.

Have you already been receiving merchandise?

We have. People have been bringing everything from Thighmasters to treadmills and everything in between to our existing stores. We’ve also been spending the last year acquiring inventory as well, going to different trade shows and working with

vendors. So we’ll be opening with a really good portion of new and used.

Bookmans has emphasized community involvement over the years.

What type of community events will be held at the new store?

We’ll be doing everything from “Mommy and Me” baby yoga to clinics on golf, tennis and baseball, to baseball card shows. We’ll be doing maybe fitness clinics or marathon training clinics. Of course, what we do in our existing stores is we always offer free events, so we’ll be taking that model of free events and applying it to the sports, fitness and outdoor industry.

Is there anything that will differ in the way the business runs versus the other stores?

Not really. You can trade in your books at the Speedway location and you’ll be able to use that trade at Bookmans Sports Exchange. So Bookmans trade credit is essentially going to be universal between all our stores statewide. We’ll still be extremely involved in the community, still offer trade, still offer that great experience where you can bring your dog and your drink and hang out.

Was it difficult to find a location for the store?

We’ve had our eye on this location for a while. The space was ideal because it’s in the middle of Tucson ... and being next to Whole Foods is great. So it just kind of all worked out.

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2013 TUCSON PEACE FAIR AND MUSIC FESTIVAL DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center. 1100 S. Randolph Way. Advocacy groups for peace, social justice and the environment gather from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25, around the bandshell at Reid Park; free. Activities include information tables, live music, children’s activities, food for sale and a raffle. Visit tucsonpeacecalendar.org for more information.

BENEFITS AND SERVICES FOR VETERANS AND THEIR SURVIVORS Himmel Park Branch Library. 1035 N. Treat Ave. 594-5305. Cathi Starr of the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services provides information for veterans and widowed spouses about service-connected disabilities and compensation, pension benefits, the Aid and Attendant Program, and burial and widowed spouses’ benefits, from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 26; free.

FUNDRAISER FOR ISKASHITAA REFUGEE NETWORK La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar. 201 N. Court Ave. 622-0351. Musical entertainment, food and craft products and a silent auction featuring African art items from local businesses are featured from noon to 10 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 26; free admission, food and beverages are from the menu. Ten percent of the restaurant’s sales benefit the organization. Iskashitaa and Girls Making Media showcase videos and their cookbook, Sharing Rich Refugee Cultures through the Lens of Culinary Arts.

LA FIESTA DE LOS VAQUEROS RODEO Pima County Rodeo Grounds. 4823 N. Sixth Ave. The rodeo takes place Saturday and Sunday, Feb 16 and 17; and Thursday through Sunday, Feb. 21 through 24; $20 to $60. A dance takes place every performance day from 4 to 8 p.m.; $5, free rodeo contestant. Food and beverages are available at all events. Visit tucsonrodeo. com for complete information.

THE OSCARS AT THE FOX Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515.

“Bond, James Bond” is the theme of Tucson’s only Oscar event officially sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24. The event features glamorous “red carpet” arrivals, a silent auction of memorabilia, Hollywood-themed refreshments, a raffle for Bondrelated adventure packages, live musical entertainment and all the Bond Girls. Seth MacFarlane, Mrs. Grant and Greg Gurule host the event. VIP activities begin at 5 p.m.; $125. General admission is at 5:30 p.m.; $25.

Proceeds benefit the Fox Tucson Theatre Foundation.

Visit foxtucsontheatre.org for tickets and more info.

TIHAN ANNUAL MEETING AND AWARDS NIGHT St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. 602 N. Wilmot Road. 886-7292. Volunteers and supporters are recognized for outstanding contributions at the annual meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 26. The program begins at 6 p.m., following a reception at 5:30 p.m. Call 299-6647 for more information.

TUCSON RODEO PARADE Pima County Rodeo Grounds. 4823 N. Sixth Ave. More than 200 non-motorized floats parade along a one-andone-half-mile route beginning at Park Ave. and Ajo Way, at 9 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 21, and proceeding south on Park Ave. to Irvington Road; free. Grandstand seating is available at Irvington Road and South Sixth Ave.; $7, $5 for kids younger than 13. Visit tucsonrodeoparade. org for more information.

OUT OF TOWN PIMERIA ALTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY HOME TOUR Pimeria Alta Historical Society Museum. 136 N. Grand Ave. Nogales. (520) 287-4621. Historic homes along the Old Patagonia Road area of Nogales reflect the unique cultural history of unique border city. A tour of several of them takes place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24; $30. The tour features the home of architect Bennie Gonzales and several public buildings he designed. A silent auction and refreshments also are featured. Participants may tour the homes by bus at 11 a.m. or noon, or bay follow a map available at the museum. Call for more information.

UPCOMING MÖDA PROVÓCATEÛR TCC Grand Ballroom. 260 S. Church Ave. Hundreds of models, stylists, artists, dancers and volunteers raise funds for the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation with choreographed entertainment featuring original works by local fashion designers, hair stylists and makeup artists at 5:45 p.m., Sunday, March 3; $35 to $40, $100 cocktail-table seating, $130 to $140 runway table seating which includes dinner and a pre-show at 4:30 p.m.

Visit saafmoda.org for details.

FOURTH SATURDAY COURTYARD ARTISANS FAIR Old Town Artisans Courtyard. 201 N. Court Ave. 6236024. Tucson artists and craftspeople display and sell their work, and local authors discuss and sign their books, from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; free admission.

KNIT BLANKETS FOR PEOPLE IN NEED Tucson Jewish Community Center. 3800 E. River Road.

299-3000, ext. 106. The Warm Up Tucson knitting group meets from 10 a.m. to noon, every Friday, to knit blankets for people who need them in the community.

All skill levels are invited to work with an instructor to knit nine-inch squares to be assembled into finished blankets.

ORIENTATION FOR LIBRARY VOLUNTEERS Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. An orientation for volunteers of all abilities and interests takes place from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; free. Complete the volunteer form at library. pima.gov and take it to the orientation. Call 791-4010, or email karen.greene@pima.gov for more information.

PIMA COUNTY TUCSON WOMEN’S COMMISSION Pima County Tucson Women’s Commission. 240 N. Court Ave. 624-8318. The commission offers a clinic on how to file a discrimination complaint, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., the last Wednesday of every month. Call 6248318 for more information.

QUILT FOR A CAUSE QUILT SHOW Tucson Medical Center. 5301 E. Grant Road. A display of more than 200 quilts continues through Saturday, March 2, when it closes with live and silent auctions of 40 quilts, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; free admission.

Proceeds are donated to St. Elizabeth’s Health Center to provide cancer care for women. Call 529-5723 for more information.

TROTTIN’ INTO SPRING ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW La Posada Lodge and Casitas. 5900 N. Oracle Road.

887-4800. The Tucson Arts and Crafts Association spring show features more than 25 artisans with handcrafted items in a wide range of media, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; free. A raffle benefits H.E.A.R.T., a horse-rescue organization. Call 797-1751 for more information.

OUT OF TOWN COMPUTER TUTORING Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. Computer tutoring for all ages is available in half-hour, one-on-one sessions from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; free. First come, first served. Call to register or for more information.

DROP-IN COMPUTER HELP Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. A computer instructor is available to answer questions about a variety of computer topics from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21 and 28; free.

EXPLORING GOOGLE Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. Learn about fun and useful features of Google, including news, maps, Google Earth, videos, calendars and financial information, from 2 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 27; free. Call to register.

FRONTIER PRINTING PRESS DEMONSTRATIONS Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac.

398-2252. Professional printer and teacher James Pagels demonstrates the 1858 Washington press used to print Arizona’s first newspaper, and answers questions about early printing methods from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 17; and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 26, and Thursday, Feb. 28; $5; $2 ages 7 through 13; free younger than 7, includes admission to tour the park. Visit tubacpresidiopark.com for more information.

GREAT DECISIONS Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. A foreign-policy discussion group encourages thoughtful consideration of global

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VOLUNTEER TRAINING FOR HISTORIC CANOA RANCH Historic Hacienda de la Canoa. 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Road Green Valley. 877-6004. Volunteer tour-guide training takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 26; and from 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, March 6. Volunteers interpret preserved and restored historic buildings and landscapes, cultural history and natural resources. Reservations are required.

Call or email canoaranch@pima.gov to register and for more information.

UPCOMING DIVORCE RECOVERY 1 St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Trained facilitators lead nonsectarian support groups from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday or Thursday; $60 requested donation, but no one is turned away. Each course is eight weeks and closes after the second week. A new course starts Tuesday, March 5. Call 495-0704, or visit divorcerecovery.net for more information.

MAGIC OF TUCSON FASHION SHOW, LUNCHEON AND BOUTIQUE Doubletree by Hilton Hotel. 445 S. Alvernon Way. 8814200. The Tucson Handweavers and Spinners Guild host a luncheon and fashion show at noon, preceeded by a boutique sale at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 2; $40.

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TRANSPARTNERZ Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. Anyone who is a partner of a trans-identified or gender-variant person is invited to meet at 7 p.m., the fourth Thursday of every month. Cisgender partners are encouraged to attend no matter where their partner is in transition or how they define their gender variance. Trans and gendervariant partners of trans folk are welcome as well. Email rstrozzo@wingspan.org for more information.

BUSINESS & FINANCE EVENTS THIS WEEK

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CHANGING CUSTOMERS INTO CHEERLEADERS Viscount Suite Hotel. 4855 E. Broadway Blvd. 7456500. A seminar covers ways to compete by providing exceptional customer service, from 8 to 10 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 21; $35, $30 member of the Better Business Bureau, the Arizona Small Business Association, the National Association of Women Business Owners and the Tucson Business Club.

INTRODUCTION TO FUNDRAISING FOR SMALL NONPROFITS Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Board members and volunteers learn tips and strategies for creating strong board leadership and vision from 1:30 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; free.

Registration is required; call 791-4010 to register.

NAWBO BUSINESS SHOWCASE BREAKFAST The National Association of Business Owners holds a breakfast showcasing a member’s business from 8 to 9:30 a.m., the fourth Tuesday of every month; $26, $21 member, discounts available for online payment

by the previous Thursday. Tuesday, Jan. 22: Kathy Alexander of Salon Nouveau presents “Trends in the Beauty Industry,� at Inn Suites Hotel City Center, 475 N. Granada. Call 326-2926, or visit nawbotucson.org more information.

NAWBO MONTHLY NETWORKING MIXER An informal networking event with women business owners takes place from 4 to 7 p.m., the third Thursday of every month, at a different location; free. Refreshments are served. Preregistration is requested; call 326-2926, or visit nawbotucson.org to register and for more info.

REAL ESTATE WEALTH PLAN Keller Williams Realty. 1745 E. River Road. 615-8400.

An investing workshop takes place from 6 to 7 p.m., the third Thursday of every month. Call 909-9375 for more information.

SUNBELT WORLD TRADE ASSOCIATION Viscount Suite Hotel. 4855 E. Broadway Blvd. 7456500. Shane C. Burgess, vice provost and dean of the UA College of Agriculture and Life Science, presents “Economic Development and the Future,� from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 22; $18, $15 nonmember.

Call 471-1144 for reservations and more information.

SURVIVAL SKILLS TRANSITION WORKSHOP SERIES St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Linda Dewey leads a career transitions group for job-seekers, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., selected Mondays, through March 4, in the La Paz room; free. Call 225-0432 for more information.

UPCOMING INFORMATION FOR SENIORS AND CAREGIVERS Sunrise at River Road. 4975 N. First Ave. 888-8400.

Attorney Patricia Flores presents “Legal Explanations,� a discussion about estate planning, at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 28; free.

FILM EVENTS THIS WEEK FILM SERIES: LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY Integrated Learning Center, Room 120. 1500 E University Blvd. 621-7788. Movies that illustrate the linguistic, psychological and social aspects of meaning are shown from 3:30 to 6 p.m., every Thursday, through March 28, except March 14; free. Feb. 14: Snatch.

Feb. 21: L’Auberge Espaùol. Feb. 28: La Grande Illusion. March 7: Chinese Take-Away. March 21: Star Trek: Undiscovered Country. March 28: A Serious Man. Visit web.sbs.arizona.edu for more information.

LOFT CINEMA SPECIAL EVENTS Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777.

The Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2013 screen at 7 p.m., nightly, from Saturday through Thursday, Feb. 16 through 21; $8, $6 member. A first-hand account of nonviolent resistance in the West-Bank village of Bil’in, 5 Broken Cameras screens at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 18; $9, $5 member. Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher star in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest which screens at noon, Sunday, Feb. 24; $6, $5 member.

A moderated discussion of the film and novel follow.

The Revisionaries, a documentary about politics in the Texas textbook standards, screens at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 26; $9, $5 member. Code of the West, a documentary about legalizing marijuana, screens at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 27; $9, $5 member.Visit loftcinema. com for a complete list of forthcoming films and to reserve tickets.

UPCOMING LESBIAN LOOKS The Lesbian Looks film series celebrates its 20th anniversary with 7 p.m., screenings. Unless otherwise noted, all are at the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd.

Thursday, Feb. 28: Before Stonewall, a documentary.

Friday, March 22: Morir de Pie, co-presented with Cine Mexico, Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18, 5455 S. Calle Santa Cruz. Thursday, April 4: My Best Day, which premiered at Sundance in 2012. For complete details and ticket prices, visit lesbianlooks.org.

LOFT CINEMA SPECIAL EVENTS Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777.

Before Stonewall, a documentary about events leading up to the 1969 Stonewall riots, screens at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 28; free. A discussion with filmmakers Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss follows, and historian Elizabeth Kennedy discusses the evolution of LGBT history since the film’s 1984 release.

GARDENING EVENTS THIS WEEK BUTTERFLY MAGIC Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, ext. 10. Walk through a greenhouse full of beautiful and rare butterflies from 11 countries, through Tuesday, April 30. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., daily; $13, $7.50 ages 4 through 12, $12 students, seniors or military, includes admission to the gardens.

FREE GARDEN TOURS Pima County Cooperative Extension Center. 4210 N. Campbell Ave. 626-5161. The Pima County Master Gardeners offer free guided tours of the gardens at 9 a.m., Wednesday and Saturday, through Saturday, April 27. There are no tours Saturday, March 2, March 30 and April 6; or Wednesday, March 6 and April 3. Groups of more than eight must register. Call for more info.

SEED LIBRARY Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 594-5500. Check seeds out from the library, and return seeds from your crop. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m. , Sunday; free. Call 791-4010, or email askalibrarian@pima.gov for more information.

HEALTH EVENTS THIS WEEK ARIZONA INTEGRATIVE WELLNESS COALITION NETWORKING Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation. 3182 N. Swan Road. 299-4545. Dr. Mark Pirtle presents “How Your Story Makes You Sick,� at a networking dinner catered

by Chef Sharon Eaker. Call 261-1470, or visit azintegrative.org for reservations and more information.

DIABETIC YOU WITH CHEF CHARLES MATTOCKS Diabetes awareness information, health experts, interactive activities and a healthy-cooking demonstration

by Charles Mattocks, author of Eat Cheap but Well are featured at an expo from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; free.

INTEGRATIVE WELLNESS COALITION Z Mansion. 288 N. Church Ave. 623-4889. Members meet for breakfast and a program from 8 to 10 a.m., the fourth Tuesday of every month; $25, $20 AIWC members, $5 discount for early registration. Breakfast includes gluten-free and vegetarian options. Visit azintegrative.org to register and for more information ST. PHILIP’S MENTAL ILLNESS MINISTRY St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. A forum titled “Is It Mental Illness?� discusses conditions that mimic mental illness and may be misdiagnosed, at 10:15 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 24; free.

TMC SENIOR SERVICES TMC Senior Services. 1400 N. Wilmot Road. 3241960. Classes and events are free, but advance registration is required; call 324-4345 to register. Thursday, Feb. 21, at 11:30 a.m.: “Improving Your Heart Through Exercise�; and from 2 to 3 p.m., Dr. Darren Peress presents “Cardiac Treatment Update.� Monday, Feb. 25, from 10 to 11 a.m.: “Minerals: What You Really Need

to Know About Vitamins, or Minerals or Supplements�; and from 1 to 2:30 p.m.: “Foundation of Wellness: Eat Right.� Tuesday, Feb. 26, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.: “Health Enhancement Mediation.� Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 9 to 11 a.m.: Patrice Ryan presents “Elder Law: Trust, Wills and Financial Power of Attorney�; and from 1 to 2:30 p.m.: “Community Support for Elders and Their Families.�

OUT OF TOWN HEART HEALTH LECTURE Canoa Hills Social Center. 3660 S. Camino del Sol. Green Valley. 625-6200. Dr. Peter Ott presents “Keeping the Beat; What’s New in Drugs to Treat Arrhythmias?� at 10 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 21; free.

UPCOMING

Clinical Research Opportunity for Kids with Depression

Mom, dad‌ I feel like nothing will ever get better.

Children don’t always know how to talk about DEPRESSION.

COMPASSION AND CHOICES Himmel Park Branch Library. 1035 N. Treat Ave. 5945305. Roland Halpern, community relations coordinator of a Denver organization, Compassion and Choices, speaks about its work to improve care and expand choices at the end of life, at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 5; free.

TMC SENIOR SERVICES TMC Senior Services. 1400 N. Wilmot Road. 3241960. Classes and events are free, but advance registration is required; call 324-4345 to register. Thursday, Feb. 28, from 10 a.m. to noon: bring your pill bottles to the “Medication Safety Fair: All about Rx Safety.�

The symptoms of depression in children and teens may surprise you: • Trouble focusing • Loss of interest in social

• Change in appetite or weight • Unexplained aches and pains

Health insurance is not required.

• Loss of energy

EVENTS THIS WEEK ALL TOGETHER THEATRE Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. A musical adaptation of The Brave Little Tailor continues every Sunday through May 12, at 1 p.m.; $7 to $10, discounts for cash. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for reservations and more info.

Call: 1-520-626-7739 Or visit: www.psychiatry.arizona.edu/research/current-studies

AMPHI NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION MURAL Woods Memorial Branch Library. 3455 N. First Ave. 594-5445. Students ages 11 through 17 commit to design and paint a mural on Woods Library, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., every Thursday, from Feb. 21 through June 27; free, but students must commit to the entire project. Field trips are included. Call 623-2119, or email michael@tusonartsbrigade.org to register and for more information.

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CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE Himmel Park Branch Library. 1035 N. Treat Ave. 594-5305. Light refreshments, Chinese calligraphy, face-painting, crafts and stories celebrate the Year of the Snake, from 10:30 to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; free.

To participate in an 8-9 week research study your child must: • Be 7-17 years old • Have symptoms of depression Qualified participants may receive: • No-cost study drug or placebo • Reimbursement for time and travel may be provided

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includes food, beverages, stories, songs, readings and a costume parade, at 10 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 24; $13 at the door, $8 advance, $20 advance for a family of four, free for children age 3 and younger. George Franzen performs magic, comedy and illusions.

GET OUTSIDE CLUB Staff and volunteers from Ironwood Tree Experience lead an urban nature walk along the Rillito River, from 4 to 5 p.m. every Thursday; free. Collecting-jars, binoculars, lizard-catching rods, plant presses, field guides and other equipment are available to participants throughout the walk. Call 319-9868, ext. 7, for more information, including the meeting place. Visit ironwoodtreeexperience.org for more information about the sponsoring organization.

HAWK HAPPENING Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Kathie Schroeder and Sueùo the hawk present information about the Southwest’s Harris hawks, in the children’s ramada, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the second and fourth Wednesday of every month; $8, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with valid ID, $2 ages 5 through 12, free member or child younger than 5; includes admission.

OUTDOOR FAMILY DAY ON THE MOUNTAIN LION TRAIL Feliz Paseos Park. 1600 W. Camino de Oeste. 8776000. Families with children ages 5 to 12 will see a wildlife-trail camera and play tracking games to learn about wildlife research from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Feb. 23; free. Reservations are required. Call 6157855, or visit eeducation@pima.gov for reservations or more information.

PFLAG TUCSON SCHOLARSHIPS Ward 6 City Council Office. 3202 E. First St. 7914601. PFLAG Tucson, an organization of parents and families of LGBT youth, seeks applicants for several $1,000 scholarships in 2013 in memory of Gene Moore. Scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors, undergraduate students and graduate students.

Visit pflagtucson.org for application materials and more information. The deadline is Friday, March 29.

Scholarship awards are presented at a public reception from 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, May 1; free.

RIDE ‘EM RODEO CARNIVAL La Paloma Academy. 2050 N. Wilmot Road. A carnival to benefit the school’s science programs includes rides, games, prizes and food from 5 to 10 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21; noon to 11 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Feb. 22 and 23; and noon to 7 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 26; $15 armbands, available only in advance at the school, are good for unlimited rides for a day. Visit lpatucson.org for more information.

RODEO BREAK ACTIVITIES Children’s Museum Tucson. 200 S. Sixth Ave. 7929985. Daily activities during rodeo break include making a stick rodeo pony at 11:30 a.m., and decorating a rodeo bandana at 3 p.m. Science and nano experiments take place at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.

Events are free with admission; $8, $6 senior and child age 2 to 18, free younger child.

TRAIL DUST DAYS Trail Dust Town. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 2964551. Music, entertainment and a wild-west show are featured from 1 to 6 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24; free. Visit traildusttown.com for more information.

TUCSON RIVER OF WORDS YOUTH POETRY AND ART TRAVELING EXHIBIT Valencia Branch Library. 202 W. Valencia Road. 5945390. An exhibit of children’s poetry and art expressing their understanding of watersheds continues through Sunday, March 17; free. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday. Call 615-7855, or e-mail eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

URBAN NATURE ADVENTURE BICAS. 44 W. Sixth St. 628-7950. Kids ages 14 through 18 are welcome to hop on a bike from BICAS and ride through hidden historic and natural oases in Tucson, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; $55.

Registration is required. Register at www.ironwoodtreeexperience.org.

WINGSPAN YOUTH PROGRAMS Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. Eon collaborates with several other agencies to provide support groups, outreach, homelessness services, social activities, and educational and career enrichment to gay, lesbian, bisexual, two-spirit, transgender, queer, questioning, intersexed and straight-ally youth. Youth may also become volunteers or get more information about

activism. Leadership training is provided for LGBT and allied youth ages 13 through 23. Call or visit wingspan. org for more information.

UPCOMING EASTER RESERVATIONS AT AGUA CALIENTE PARK Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road.

877-6000. Reservations are required for visiting the park at any time on Easter Sunday, March 31.

Reservations begin at 10 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 28, and continue until the park is full. Call 749-3718 for reservations and more information.

TSO JUST FOR KIDS Tucson Symphony Center. 2175 N. Sixth Ave. 8828585. The TSO Piano Trio presents two performances of Mak and Millie, about the Mongolian adventures of two yaks and the Abominable Snowman, at 10 a.m. and 11:15 a.m., Saturday, March 2; $3. Children are encouraged to wear costumes. Visit tucsonsymphony.org for more information.

OUTDOORS EVENTS THIS WEEK BROWN MOUNTAIN CACTUS HIKE Tucson Mountain Park. 2020 N. Kinney Road. 8776000. Ages 12 and older learn about the ecology and uses of cacti on a hike of about three miles, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 27; free. Reservations are required. Call 615-7855, or e-mail eeducation@pima. gov for reservations and more information.

GET TO KNOW SABINO CANYON Sabino Canyon Visitors’ Center. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 749-8700. Volunteer naturalist Ramona Pease discusses the flora, fauna and geology of the canyon on an easy, informative two-hour walk at 10 a.m., alternating Fridays. Carry water and comfortable shoes. Children younger than 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

HISTORICAL TOUR OF AGUA CALIENTE PARK Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road.

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JOE DIMATTEO: SAILING IN CANADA’S GULF ISLANDS El Parador. 2744 E. Broadway Blvd. 881-2744. Tucson sailor and photographer Joe DiMatteo gives an illustrated talk at the regular meeting of the Tucson Sailing Club, at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 27; free. The public is invited. Call 975-2437 for more information.

TUCSON AUDUBON’S LECONTE’S THRASHERS BIRD WALK Motel 6. 4630 W. Ina Road 744-9300. Meet in the parking lot for a walk in search of sage sparrows and four species of thrashers, including LeConte’s, at 5 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; free. Prepare for uneven terrain. Call 245-4085 for more information.

OUT OF TOWN ANZA TRAIL HISTORY WALKS Tumacácori National Historical Park. 1891 E. Frontage Road. Tumacácori. 398-2341. National Park Service Ranger Al Watson leads a walk on the Anza Trail and talks about the 1775 expedition to establish San Francisco, at 10:30 a.m., the last Friday of every month through March; $3. The walk covers 4.5 miles to Tubac, and takes about one and one-half hours.

BIRD WALK AT TUMACÁCORI Tumacácori National Historical Park. 1891 E. Frontage Road. Tumacácori. 398-2341. Guided bird walks are presented from 9 to 11 a.m. or noon, every Saturday through March 30; free. Groups travel on fairly lever ground through many rare habitats in the park.

HONEYBEE CANYON PARK BIRDING WALK Honey Bee Canyon Park. 13880 N. Rancho Vistoso Blvd. Oro Valley. 877-6000. A guided bird walk for ages 12 and older leads to Gambel’s quail, verdins, gnatcatchers and other birds of the Southwest desert from 8 to 9:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; free. Call 615-7855, or e-mail eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

SANTA CRUZ RIVER WALKS Tumacácori National Historical Park. 1891 E. Frontage Road. Tumacácori. 398-2341. A guide leads half-mile walks along a level, unpaved trail through rare habitat for birds and wildlife, at 10:30 a.m., every Wednesday, through April 24; free.

WALKING TOURS OF OLD TOWN TUBAC Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac.

398-2252. Alice Keene leads a tour of the original adobe buildings and discusses the history of Arizona’s first European settlement, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, every Friday through March 29; $7.50 includes admission to the park. Call or visit TubacPresidioPark.com for more information.

UPCOMING TUCSON MOUNTAIN PARK BIRDING WALK Tucson Mountain Park Ironwood Picnic Area. 1548 S. Kinney Road. Join birding expert John Higgins for a guided bird walk for ages 12 and older, from 8 to 10 a.m., Saturday, March. 2; free. Meet at the picnic area.

Call 615-7855 for more info.

SPIRITUALITY EVENTS THIS WEEK BEGINNING MEDITATION CLASS A Rich Experience Massage Studio and Spa. 7435 N. Oracle Road, Suite 101. 544-8086. Buddhist nun Kelsang Kunshe discusses the fundamentals of Buddhism, at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 26; free. Call 441-1617 for more information.

FULL-MOON LABYRINTH WALKS St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Walks take place in the labyrinth on nights when the moon is full, Monday, Feb. 25, and Tuesday, March 26 and April 25; free. The walks begin with a brief introduction to labyrinths and a presentation on how to get the most out of the walk.

Afterward, participants gather for fellowship and refreshments. The labyrinth is open to the public at any time.

HOWARD FALCO: I AM: THE POWER OF DISCOVERING WHO YOU REALLY ARE Donald R. Nickerson Performing Arts Center. 3231 N. Craycroft Road. 327-6395. Spiritual teacher and author Howard Falco discusses the power that drives creative living, from 1:30 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24; $25. Call 319-1042 for more information.

THE INVINCIBLE HEART Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation. 3182 N. Swan Road. 299-4545. Susanna Bair of Heart-Centered Living leads a workshop on how to live with an open heart even when facing life’s toughest challenges, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; $39, $49 for two.

Call 299-2170 for more information.

LGBT JEWISH INCLUSION PROJECT Jews in Tucson have a unique set of challenges and opportunities to connect to LGBT and Jewish resources, people, and information. Volunteers are sought to help create a unique Tucson LGBT Jewish Community that meets members’ needs. Email lgbtinfo@jfsa.org for more information.

MYSTICS IN SIX RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Brad Stroup leads a series of discussions about male mystics of six different cultures, at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 20 through March 20, and April 3. Feb. 20: Basho and the Muddy Melon, Japan.

Feb. 27: Meister Eckhart and the Virgins, Germany.

March 6: Rumi and the Ecstasy of Repetition, Islamic tradition. March 13: The Kabbalah Folks, Jewish tradition. March 20: The vision of Ramana Marshi, Hindu tradition. April 3: Lao Tzu at the Gate.

PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIAN BOOK GROUP Rincon United Church of Christ. 122 N. Craycroft Road.

745-6237. Pastor Steve Van Kuiken leads an open book club at 4 p.m., the second and fourth Wednesday of every month; free.

PSYCHIC FAIR Church of Mankind. 1231 S. Van Buren Ave. 7907374. Readings via crystal ball, Egyptian sand, Tarot, sea shells, abstract art, psychometry, spiritual practice, sparkle and tea take place from 2 to 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; $20 per 15-minute reading; free admission.

Call 461-2910 for more information.

WAKA KICKBALL Joaquin Murrieta Park. 1400 N. Silverbell Road. 7914752. Registration is open for the Arizona Blister kickball season, which starts with a rules clinic at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 28, and continues every Thursday through May 2; $72. Registration deadlines are Monday, Feb. 4, for teams, and Thursday, March 14 for individuals. A team requires 18 players. A tournament and end-of-season party take place Saturday, May 11. Visit kickball.com/season/azblisterspring2013 to register and for more information.

UPCOMING TOUR DE CURE Innovation Corporate Center. 12150 N. Oracle Road.

Oro Valley. 722-9292. A bike ride to benefit the American Diabetes Association takes place on Sunday, March 3; $15 plus a $150 fundraising minimum.

Routes of 5k, 10k and 100k are available with start times from 6:45 to 8:15 a.m. Call 795-3711 or visit diabetes.org/tucsontour to register and for current updates and information.

UA GYMNASTICS Mary Roby Gymnastics Training Center. 710 N. Martin Ave. 621-2211. UA gymnasts meet Arizona State, at 4 p.m., Saturday, March 2; free. Visit arizonawildcats.com for more information.

UA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UA McKale Memorial Center. 1721 E. Enke Drive. The UA meets USC at 8 p.m., Friday, March 1; and UCLA at 1 p.m., Sunday, March 3; $3 to $8. Visit arizonawildcats.com for tickets and more information.

UA WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS UA McKale Memorial Center. 1721 E. Enke Drive. The UA women meet Arizona State at 4 p.m., Saturday, March 2; $8, $5 youth or senior. Visit arizonawildcats. com for more information.

DANCE City Week Guidelines. Send information for City Week to Listings Editor, Tucson Weekly, P.O. Box 27087, Tucson, AZ 85726, e-mail our account at listings@tucsonweekly.com or submit a listing online at tucsonweekly.com. The deadline is Monday at noon, 11 days before the Thursday publication date.

Please include a short description of your event; the date, time and address where it is taking place; information about fees; and a phone number where we can reach you for more information. Because of space limitations, we can’t use all items. Event information is accurate as of press time. The Weekly recommends calling event organizers to check for last-minute changes in location, time, price, etc.

EVENTS THIS WEEK UAPRESENTS UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. Sunday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m.: MOMIX, Botanica; $15 to $45. Call 621-3341, or visit uapresents.org.

OUT OF TOWN BALLET FOLKLORICO LA PALOMA Community Performing Arts Center. 1250 W. Continental Road. Green Valley. 399-1750. The folklorico troupe that has represented Tucson at two Olympic Games performs at 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; $25.

Visit performingartscenter.org for tickets.

ANNOUNCEMENTS EVOLVE TUCSON St. Francis in the Foothills Church. 4625 E. River Road.

299-9063. A discussion about how to create a healthy, sustainable, peaceful and prosperous community in Tucson takes place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., every Sunday; freewill donation.

IONS ENERGY CIRCLE Unity of Tucson. 3617 N. Camino Blanco. 577-3300.

Twenty-minute energy-work sessions, group healing, guided meditation with a crystal singing bowl, earthhealing, networking and distance-healing to the prayer box take place from 7 to 9 p.m., the fourth Friday of every month; $5 suggested donation. Call 742-1019 or 869-6064 for more information.

WAKE UP TUCSON Hi Corbett Field. 3400 E. Camino Campestre. 3279467. Ajahn Sarayut of Wat Buddhametta leads a walk around Randolph Park to promote physical and mental-health awareness, from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m., every Tuesday and Saturday; free. Visit tucsonbuddhistcenter. org for more information.

SPORTS EVENTS THIS WEEK ARIZONA WILDCAT HOCKEY TCC Arena. 260 S. Church Ave. Friday, Feb. 22, and Saturday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m.: ASU. Tickets are $5 to $17. Visit arizonawildcathockey.org for tickets.

FC TUCSON Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium. 2500 E. Ajo Way. 434-1021. Visit fctucson.com for tickets and more information. Tickets are $10 to $75. Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 5 p.m.: Real Salt Lake plays Revolution; and at 7 p.m.: Sounders FC meets Red Bulls. Saturday, Feb. 23, at 4 p.m.: The Major League Soccer third-place team plays the fourth-place team; and at 6 p.m.: the MLS first-place team plays the second-place team.

MEMBERS SOUGHT FOR THE MONSOON WOMEN’S TACKLE FOOTBALL TEAM A member club of the Independent Women’s Football League, the Tucson Monsoon enters its ninth year of play with the coming season. Visit tucsonmonsoon.com for information about how to join.

UA MEN’S BASKETBALL UA McKale Memorial Center. 1721 E. Enke Drive. The UA meets Washington at 9 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 20; and Washington State at 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; $20 to $115. Visit arizonawildcats.com/sports for tickets and more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS ALL-BREED HORSE SHOW Pima County Fairgrounds. 11500 S. Houghton Road.

762-3247. The Southern Arizona Arabian Horse Association hosts an all-breed circuit show beginning at 9 a.m., the fourth Saturday of every month under the ramada; free spectator. Visit saaha.org for more information or to register a horse.

POOL TOURNAMENTS Pockets Pool and Pub. 1062 S. Wilmot Road. 5719421. Nine-ball tournaments take place according to handicap at 5 p.m., Sunday, and 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, for 9 and under; and at 7:30 p.m., Monday, for 8 and under. Tournaments for handicaps 9 and under take place at noon, every Saturday: 14.1 straight pool the first Saturday; nine-ball the second and fourth Saturday; 10-ball the third Saturday; and eight-ball the fifth Saturday; $10, optional $5 side pot. Unrated players arrive 30 minutes early to get a rating. Chess and backgammon also are available. Call for more info.

RAINBOW RIDERS CYCLING GROUP A group of LGBTQA cyclists dedicated to the enjoyment of all types of bicycling meets every Sunday, and other occasions at the suggestion of members; free.

Times vary. All levels of riders are welcome. E-mail nursewratchet@yahoo.com, or visit health.groups.yahoo. com/group/wingspan_fun2bhealthy/messages for more information.

TUCSON FRONTRUNNERS LGBT people and family, friends and straight allies of all ability levels run or walk at their own pace. At 5:30 p.m., every Monday, they participate in Meet Me at Maynards, 311 E. Congress St. At 5:30 p.m., each Wednesday, they climb Tumamoc Hill, just west of the intersection of Silverbell Road and Anklam Road.

At 7:30 a.m., every Saturday, their main walk takes place at Reid Park, beginning from the parking lot of Hi Corbett Field, 3400 E. Camino Campestre. An hour after the run, they meet for brunch. Visit tucsonfrontrunners.org for more information.

TUCSON INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Tucson International Raceway. 4300 E. Los Reales Road. 574-8515. Wing sprint, x-mod, super stock, factory stock, hornet and other class races start at 6:45 p.m., every Saturday; $12, free age 11 and younger, $10 military, senior and youth age 12 through 17, add $5 for the enclosed VIP tower. Kids’ activities and fullservice concessions also are featured. Visit tucsoninternationalraceway.com for tickets and racing schedules.

VOLLEYBALL Randolph Recreation Center. 200 S. Alvernon Way. 791-4870. Play volleyball every Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. $1.50 adult; $1 youth or senior.

UPCOMING UAPRESENTS Unless otherwise indicated, all performances are at Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd. Call 6213341, or visit uapresents.org for tickets and more information. Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 28 through March 2, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, March 3, at 1:30 p.m.: UA Dance, Premium Blend, in the Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, in the Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, 1737 E. University Blvd.; $15 and $29. Sunday, March 24, at 7 p.m.: Limón Dance Company; $15 to $50. Saturday, April 20, at 8 p.m.: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo; $15 to $42.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTRA DANCING First United Methodist Church. 915 E. Fourth St. 6226481. Live music, callers and an alcohol- and smokefree environment are provided for contra dancing at 7 p.m., the first, third and fourth Saturday each month; $8, $7 member of Tucson Friends of Traditional Music, $6 student. An introductory lesson takes place at 6:30 p.m.; dancing begins at 7 p.m. Call 325-1902, or visit tftm.org for more information.

FREE TANGO LESSONS AND DANCE Casa Vicente Restaurante Español. 375 S. Stone Ave. 884-5253. A free class for beginners (no partner necessary) takes place from 7 to 8 p.m., each Wednesday; and tango dancing continues from 8 to 10 p.m.; free.

Call 245-6158 for information.

FREE ZUMBA CLASS Bookmans. 3733 W. Ina Road. 579-0303. Instructor Leslie Lundquist leads a workout for all skill levels, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., every Thursday; free.

TUCSON LINDY HOP Armory Park Center. 220 S. Fifth Ave. 791-4865.

Lindy-hop lessons take place at 7 p.m., and dancing to a live band follows at 8 p.m., the fourth Saturday of every month; $10. No partner required. Call 990-0834, or visit tucsonlindyhop.org for information.

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THEATER OPENING THIS WEEK ARIZONA REPERTORY THEATRE UA Tornabene Theatre. 1303 E. University Blvd. 6211162. Cymbeline opens Sunday, Feb. 24, and runs

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through Sunday, March 24. Dates vary; showtimes are 7:30 p.m., weeknights and Saturday; and 1:30 p.m., Sunday; $17 to $28. Call or visit tftv.arizona.edu/season for tickets and more information.

BROADWAY IN TUCSON Tucson Music Hall. 210 S. Church Ave. 791-4101.

Memphis opens Tuesday, Feb. 26, and continues through Sunday, March 3; $20 to $57. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Wednesday preview; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 8 p.m., Friday; 2 and 8 p.m., Saturday; and 1 and 6:30 p.m., Sunday. Visit broadwayintucson.com for tickets and more information.

LOCAL COMEDY SHOWCASE Laffs Comedy Caffé. 2900 E. Broadway Blvd. 3238669. Regulars at Thursday open-mic nights form teams for showcases at 8 p.m., Thursday; free. Feb. 21: Marcus Gallegos, Josh Kalos, Simon and Andrew Horneman. Feb. 28: Bridgitte Thum, Mark Volner, Jarrod Martin, Joey G and Mike Sterner.

PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE THEATRE ARTS PCC Center for the Arts. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 2066986. All Shook Up opens Thursday, Feb. 21, and continues through Sunday, March 3, in the Proscenium Theatre. Opening night features a 50s Rock ‘n Roll Celebration with refreshments and prizes for best attire.

Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, and 2 p.m., Sunday; $18. ASL interpreters are available on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Discounts are available for all shows. Call or visit pima.edu/cfa for tickets and more information.

PRETTY THINGS PEEP SHOW Surly Wench Pub. 424 N. Fourth Ave. 882-0009. A touring vintage vaudeville show features 22 acts, including sideshow stunts, classic burlesque, circus acts and live music by the Peepin’ Toms, at 10 p.m., Friday, Feb. 22; $12, $10 advance.

THE RED AND RICH REVIEW Leo Rich Theater. 260 S. Church Ave. 791-4101. The comedy The Red and Rich Review will be performed as a fundraiser for the Young Peoples Group of Prince Chapel AME Church, at 7 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24. $25.

Tickets may be purchased at Ticketmaster.

THEATRE 3 Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Improviso! Contemporary Commedia Dell’Arte, an update of an old theatre form involving bawdy, vulgar and gross content, is staged at 10:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Feb. 22 and 23; and 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24; $10. Call 327-4242 for tickets and more info.

TRAIL DUST DAYS Trail Dust Town. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 2964551. Free music and entertainment are featured at an event celebrating the Tucson Rodeo, from 1 to 6 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24.

CONTINUING BEOWULF ALLEY THEATRE COMPANY Beowulf Alley Theatre Company. 11 S. Sixth Ave. 8820555. Craig Wright’s The Pavilion continues through Sunday, March 3. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2:30 p.m., Sunday; $8 to $20. Call or visit beowulfalley.org for tickets and more information.

THE COMEDY PLAYHOUSE Comedy Playhouse. 3620 N. First Ave. 260-6442.

My Friend From India by Henry Du Souchet continues through Sunday, March 3. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday; $18. Call for reservations. Visit thecomedyplayhouse.com for info.

THE GASLIGHT THEATRE The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. The Lone Stranger, or “Hilarity Rides Again” continues through Sunday, March 31. Showtimes are 7 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday; 3 and 7 p.m., Wednesday; 6 and 8:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 and 6 p.m., Sunday; $17.95, $7.95 child age 12 and younger, $15.95 student, military and senior. Dates and times vary; additional matinees are available. Visit thegaslighttheatre.com for showtimes, reservations or more information.

LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Regrets Only, a comedy of Manhattan manners, continues through Sunday, March 24. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $18, $16 senior, military or student. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for tickets and more info.

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Live Theatre Workshop goes lighthearted, while Beowulf Alley tugs at your heartstrings

Weddings and Writers

BY SHERILYN FORRESTER, sforrester@tucsonweekly.com f you’re in the mood for some light and bright entertainment, check out Live Theatre Workshop’s production of Paul Rudnick’s Regrets Only. If it doesn’t bring you some laughs with its smart satire, zinging dialogue and, at times, sheer absurdity, you might want to check your pulse.

Rudnick’s story is a jesting look at marriage, millennial style, and that would, of course, include gay marriage. He devises a situation in which it is revealed to folks who never think about these things the far-reaching contributions of the gay and lesbian population to what makes our culture tick. And the folks we meet in his story are led to think a little differently about an issue to which they have given little consideration and about which they have had little conviction.

We first meet tuxedo-clad Hank Hadly (Keith Wick) as he arrives at the Manhattan penthouse of Tibby (Lesley Abrams) and Jack (Michael Woodson), who, judging by the digs and the maid (Rhonda Hallquist) who welcomes him, are quite well off. Hank is there to reunite with dear friend Tibby, with whom he has planned an evening full of social engagements. We learn that Hank, who is a successful fashion designer, has not been up to socializing much since the death of his partner of 28 years, Mike. He and Tibby, dressed in elegant evening attire, share drinks and conversation, bantering and dishing about the various shortcomings of their high society friends. They obviously are fond of each other and share a bond born of years of such banter and dishing.

They are joined first by Spencer (Amanda Gremel), Jack and Tibby’s grown daughter, a high achiever following her father’s path into practicing law, who announces she has just become engaged. Jack returns home from work and announces that the president—as in President of the United States—has asked for his help in drafting a constitutional amendment “protecting” marriage, meaning that it exists only between a man and woman. They seem pretty clueless that this might be offensive to Hank, but Hank assures them that although Mike was keen on the idea of gay marriage, he doesn’t possess much interest in the matter.

But as he and Tibby talk and the act draws to an end, Hank seems increasingly thoughtful, declining to pursue an evening of outside socializing.

The next act reveals a very nervous Spencer who can’t get any of her wedding personnel— including Hank—to respond to her phone calls; a Tibby who has had to seek out a new hairdresser with hideous results; and Tibby’s

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Director Sabian Trout seems to have lit a fire under her ensemble to keep the action lively and the dialogue snappy, and the group is chock full of veteran actors who are no strangers to getting laughs. Rudnick’s play, even with a serious issue as its subject, is always first a comedy. It’s both silly and smart entertainment, and LTW delivers a really fun production.

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Keith Wick and Lesley Abrams in Regrets Only.

Regrets Only eowulf Alley Theatre sets a completely different tone with its production of Craig Wright’s play, The Pavilion. It’s as sweet and poignant as Regrets Only is raucous.

The setting for Wright’s play is a 20th high school reunion in the small Minnesota town of Pine City. It’s being held at the Pavilion, a local landmark slated to be destroyed after the festivities. Utilizing such a setting is a frequent convention for writers because it is ripe with possibilities for all manner of mishaps, memories, and even philosophical musings. Wright is attracted to the latter, and he builds into his story—often by way of a narrator reminiscent of the one in Thornton Wilder’s Our Town— plenty of chances for us to consider the mistakes of youth, lost opportunities, the hopeless desires for a “do-over” and how we are borne along in time’s inexorable passage.

In this case, the focus is on Peter (Michael “Miko” Gifford), a psychologist who has returned to Pine City with the idea of attempting to make amends with Kari (Lisa Mae Roether), whom he deserted after their senior year of high school when he learned that their careless and youthful passion has resulted in Kari’s pregnancy. Kari, who has remained in her hometown, is married to Hans, who took pity on her as damaged goods after her abortion and who, according to Kari, is a boring, golf-obsessed husband who resents her for not giving him any children. But, she claims, she has no real complaints about her life.

When Peter first approaches Kari, he is told she has no interest in even speaking to him.

At another point in the evening, when he approaches her again, Kari berates and rebukes him, and gives him a blast of the anger she has carried for 20 years. Huge, hurtful actions are not easily undone, and as the party fades into the night, Peter’s hopes for reconciliation begin to fade as well, leading him to fear he has missed his once chance for happiness.

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the way he approaches it gives it a refreshing spin. His narrator (Martie van der Voort), who delivers Wright’s poetic and existential context to the evening’s actions, also plays more than a dozen attendees of the reunion, which not only gives the proceedings a bit of breadth beyond Peter and Kari’s drama, but provides some comic moments as we recognize both the awkward conversations and the genuine delight always present when classmates reunite.

The production is directed by Whitney Morton. And although short on professional polish, it does deliver a sweet and tender tale.

In particular, Roether as Kari develops a genuine character with depth and credibility, and although van der Voort has an almost impossibly challenging job in creating her many characters, she performs admirably.

Wright’s tale, although small, resonates with life’s larger mysteries: irreconcilable relationships, love and loss, and our minuscule moment in the universe.

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Strong performances sweeten simple ‘First Kisses,’ while high schoolers deliver physical hysical comedy in ‘Improviso!’

COMEDY NIGHT American Legion Post 66. 1560 W. Duval Mine Road.

Green Valley. The American Association of University Women hosts a performance by Laffs Comedy Caffe of Tucson; $25 includes hearty appetizers. A cash bar is available. Call 838-0653 for more information.

Love and Comedy

UPCOMING ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875.

The Sunshine Boys, the tale of a comedy duo that can’t stand each other, opens Saturday, March 2, and runs through Saturday, March 23. Showtimes vary. Call or visit arizonatheatre.org for tickets or more information.

BY LAURA C.J. OWEN, lowen@tucsonweekly.com m irst Kisses opened at the Invisible Theatre, appropriately, right around Valentine’s Day. Jay D. Hanagan’s play is a simple, sweet love story about two people, Mary and John, whose relationship starts in childhood and continues into old age.

What makes this production even sweeter is that it stars a real-life married couple, Harold and Maedell Dixon, mainstays of the Tucson theater scene. It’s a treat to watch them age as the characters’ love story develops over the course of the play. They’re a riot as energetic 11-year-olds in the first scene and equally convincing as frail 70-year-olds in the last.

Indeed, the Dixons’ solid, fun performances help redeem a script that at times is a little bland. Playwright Hanagan said that he wanted John and Mary to be Everyman figures. But there is a fine line between making characters Everyman—and Everywoman—and simply creating characters that are generic.

Mary and John are never really developed in depth. Neither has many memorable, concrete character traits—the fact that John was attached to a pet hamster as a kid is about a specific as it gets.

Sure, that’s part of the point—they’re supposed to be ordinary, relatable figures. But the very smooth, bland nature of Mary and John feels unrealistic. Doesn’t even the most “normal” person have something at least a little wacky and unpredictable lurking inside?

Still, if Mary and John feel flatly written, the Dixons make up for it in their performances by selling you on the decades-long attachment between their characters.

No makeup is used either to make the actors more youthful-looking or to age them; the passage of time is conveyed entirely through their acting. Costume designer Maryann Trombino keeps the clothing similarly minimal. We are told that the play covers the years from 1951 to 2012, but the script makes no particular references that place the action in particular eras.

Trombino’s costumes are suitably simple and evocative of the sweep of time.

The whole of the show takes place in the same location: an old shack “nestled between two properties in a small town.” The shack is where Mary and John initially meet as children. Over time, it serves them as a meeting place and a refuge.

Regular IT set designers James Blair and Susan Claassen (also the associate and managing artistic directors of IT, respectively) have created a solid, convincing shed. It handily endures one of the actors kicking the door open, with no wobbling—an impressive feat.

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FRINGE THEATER FESTIVAL Hotel Congress. 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848. The Fringe Theater Festival takes place from Friday through Sunday, March 1 through 3. The Triple Threats perform each day; other acts vary. Call 261-4851, or visit tucsonfringe.org for more information.

Mary (Maedell Dixon) and John (Harold Dixon) remember a lifetime of kisses.

The show is ably directed by Gail Fitzhugh, First Kisses who keeps everything going smoothly and Presented by The Invisible Theatre at a quick pace. She also provides the sound 7:30 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday; 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday; 3 p.m., design—clips of love songs throughout the Sunday, through Sunday, March 3. ages that help set the mood during transitions 1400 N. First Ave. between scenes.

But at the heart of this two-person show $28 is the performance of the main duo. Luckily, Runs one hour and 50 minutes, Harold and Maedell Dixon really deliver, mak- with one intermission ing this simple love story really work onstage.

882-9721; invisibletheatre.com f First Kisses gives seasoned theater professionals a chance to shine in a scripted show, student performers at Etcetera get a shot at something more off the wall, in a commedia dell’arte show called Improviso!

Since artistic directors Matt Walley and Angela Horchem took over the reins at Etcetera, the late-night branch of Live Theatre Workshop, they have been presenting what they call devised theater pieces. Emerging out of improvisation and physical theater work, the new plays are developed by their own company, Theatre 3.

In the case of Improviso!, Theatre 3 has been working with students from Catalina Foothills High School to create a play in the bawdy commedia dell’arte tradition. Originating in 16th-century Italy, commedia dell’arte has players using masks, broad physical comedy and stock types.

The cast of five high school students and one University of Arizona student, assisted by Walley and Catalina Foothills theater director Terry Erbe, came up with a classic version of the old art form, though it’s infused with shots of contemporary humor. The characters speak of working at Starbucks, for instance, and they dream of founding a yoga/dance studio.

The ensemble created their own masks, which are both creepy and humorous, featuring grotesque exaggerations of human features. The only members who do not wear masks are the two lovers, Flamio (Drake

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Sherman) and Flaminia (Keyanna Khatiblou).

These two provide the show’s thin plot. The lovers wish to wed, but cannot until Flaminia’s miserly mother, Pantalona (Jacqi Miller), also marries.

Meanwhile, a troupe of would-be comedians played by Gertrude Brighella, Hannah Turner and Eli Renteria continuously tell groan-inducing jokes.

The cast is lively and clearly engaged: they turn cartwheels, do flips, pile on top of each other and give each character a distinctive voice. At one point during the performance I saw, their high-spirited shenanigans accidentally destroyed a piece of the minimal set.

During one of the many hurried exits through the doors marked “In” and “Out” in the simple backdrop, an enthusiastic actor ripped away one of the door handles.

It speaks to the spirit of Improviso! that such a moment simply merited a hearty laugh from the audience. Spontaneous mayhem is what such a show is all about.

INVISIBLE THEATRE Invisible Theatre. 1400 N. First Ave. 882-9721.

Kafka’s Monkey opens Thursday, Feb. 28, and continues through Saturday, March 16. A pre-show, including music, begins 15 minutes before the curtain.

Showtimes are 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; and 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday; $30; $20 on Thursdays. An additional matinee is staged from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 17. Call 551-2053 for more information.

THE ROGUE THEATRE The Rogue Theatre. 300 E. University Blvd. 551-2053.

Night of Kafka, including performances of Kafka’s Monkey and Metamorphosis, opens with a preview on Thursday, Feb. 28, and continues through Sunday, March 17. Visit theroguetheatre.org for tickets and more information.

A TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE AND WORK OF ADELE FURMAN Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theater. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. The Speak the Speech Theatre presents two one-act plays, Robert Anderson’s I’m Herbert, and David Ives’ Mere Mortals, at 7 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 28 through March 2; and at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 3; $15. A reception takes place at 6:30 p.m., Thursday; free. Email mklugheit@comcast.net for reservations and more information.

UA STUDIO SERIES UA Directing Studio. Arts Complex, Room 116, Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard. 621-1162. Medea

by Charles Ludlam, Medea by Christopher Durang and Wendy Wasserstein, and Medea Redux by Neil LaBute are staged at 8 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 28 and March 1 and 2; and 2 p.m., Sunday, March 3; free.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL FOR ACTORS Pinnacle Peak. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 296-0911.

The Pinnacle Peak Pistoleros Wild West stunt Show seeks male performers to join their stunt team part-time.

Applicants should be at least 18 years old and athletic, with flexible evening availability. No stunt performance background is needed. Candidates should see a show before auditioning. Visit wildweststuntshow.com, or call 398-5618 for more information.

CALL FOR ACTORS Community Performing Arts Center. 1250 W. Continental Road. Green Valley. 399-1750. Auditions for Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap take place at 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21; free. Roles are for three women and five men. Call 399-1750 for more info.

CARNIVAL OF ILLUSION Doubletree by Hilton Hotel. 445 S. Alvernon Way. 8814200. Award-winning illusionists Roland Sarlot and Susan Eyed present Carnival of Illusion: An Evening of Intimate Magical Wonders at 6 and 8:30 p.m., most Fridays and Saturdays; $29 to $40. Audience limited to 35. Call 615-5299, or visit carnivalofillusion.com for tickets and more information.

MAGICAL MYSTERY DINNER THEATER Magical Mystery Dinner Theater. 2744 E. Broadway Blvd 624-0172. Murder at the Vampire’s Wedding, a 2 1/2hour, interactive comedy whodunit that includes a threecourse dinner, takes place most Fridays and Saturdays; $29 to $42, includes dinner. Doors open at 7 p.m. Call for reservations or more information.

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VISUAL ARTS Chris Pappan and Ryan Singer look at Native American history in remarkably different ways

Tracing History

BY MARGARET REGAN, mregan@tucsonweekly.com hris Pappan grew up in Flagstaff, and the map of Arizona undergirds much of his art.

There’s a reason for that. A map, the Indian artist says, is a “record of lands stolen and swindled.”

“Water No Get Enemy,” one of 15 Pappan works in a two-person show of contemporary Indian art at the UA’s Joseph Gross Gallery, is a bright acrylic painted on a map of Arizona.

Two mirror-image Indian men are placed back to back; both are drinking the region’s precious water from gourds. They’re in traditional dress: billowy green shirts that look straight out of the 19th century, white headbands wrapped around their long dark hair.

The thickly painted figures are right on top of the big modern-day map, and the town names and roads of today’s Grand Canyon State circle around them. Flagstaff appears just to the east of the man on the right; Douglas is appropriately down south. But there’s something screwy about Phoenix: the state capital and its sister cities in sprawl, Mesa and Gilbert, are sideways, chopped off from the rest of Arizona.

The sweeping land beneath the two figures— including that wayward chunk from the Valley of the Sun—once belonged to them. Now only bits and pieces do, in the form of the reservation lands the Navajos and Apaches and Pimas and Hopis and Tohono O’odham now occupy.

But Pappan—whose heritage is a mix of Osage, Kaw, Cheyenne River Sioux and European—asserts through his work that the Indians are still here. They haven’t vanished, as Americans used to believe they would. His apt map metaphor, working its way through layers of history, merges past and present and asserts that Indian identity is still tied to the land.

Language of the Land: Popular Culture Within Indigenous Nations and the New Wave of Artistic Perspectives takes a fresh look at contemporary Indian art. The show’s two artists, Pappan and Ryan Singer, a Navajo now living in Albuquerque, both declare themselves weary of clichéd images of noble warriors and musical Kokopellis. But they use different means to assert contemporary Indian identity.

While Pappan experiments with a variety of innovative materials, Singer is a pure painter. His straightforward portraits of Indian life zing with pop-art colors and a cartoon sensibility. In fact, a few of his paintings are pure, punked-out cartoons, inspired by his childhood love of sci-fi.

And though he declares that the landscape and beauty of the rez are “trapped into my childhood psyche,” he’s not entirely reverential.

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a crayon-bright depiction of a rural bar. Three Navajo men in cowboy hats are walking in the door. Taking on demon alcohol, Singer has painted a banner on the bar’s sun-splashed wall that reads “The Hell in Here.”

Singer’s “Shi Masani with Skoal” also travels some of the past-present terrain that Pappan’s work does. It’s an affectionate portrait of an old Navajo woman. Clearly a woman of today, she has a concrete slab house; a can of massproduced Skoal chewing tobacco presides on her kitchen table.

But she’s still in tune with the old ways. She’s decked out in traditional turquoise jewelry and her blue metal coffee pot wouldn’t have been out of place in a 19th-century campfire. Best of all, through her cheap metal sliding-glass window, she can stake a claim on the blue, blue sky that wraps itself around Diné, the Navajo land.

Likewise, Singer’s “Affinity to Land,” honors Diné’s big sky and roller-coaster hills. Here, though, just for fun, Singer reverses their colors. His sky is a patch of yellow-green, brushily painted, and his earth is sky blue. The painting veers dangerously toward sentimentality with the insertion of a Navajo man’s head at one side. He’s there to gaze out onto into the distance, to show whose land this is.

Pappan has put some distance between himself and that Southwest landscape. He’s now living in Chicago, absorbing the experimentations of contemporary art. Early on, though, he trained at the famed Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, where the late Fritz Scholder once taught. Though Scholder arrived in the 1960s, before Pappan was born, one can still feel Scholder’s influence in Pappan’s stark, in-your-face figures.

Unlike Scholder, though, Pappan gives his figures an overlay of history. Even an ironic painting of a sexed-up young Indian woman— her buckskins skimped into a mini-skirt and tube top—lies atop a collection of old-time tourist souvenirs from “Indian country.”

Pappan’s forthright figures also recall the long tradition of whites-photographingIndians, of Native Americans posing silently, even stiffly, in all their finery for photogs like Edward S. Curtis. The ancient woman in “Mohave Madonna,” another of the map paintings, does exactly that. Dressed in a long, olden-days dress, she stands gazing at us, as though she’s facing a Curtis, and not so incidentally staring the rest of us down.

Her Arizona bleeds through her body and her clothes. The land’s place names surface through the paint, alighting near her heart and her genitals, turning her into an Earth Mother.

Chris Pappaus “The False Community,” (cropped) acrylic.

But she’s not entirely of the past. Purple stripes radiate from her in great diagonals, mimicking today’s Arizona flag.

Traditional Indian motifs also find their way into Pappan’s work. In “Desert Gathering,” another acrylic on a map, another old woman stares out at the viewer, with the place names of the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest floating around her head. But she’s also surrounded by imagery first sketched out by her ancestors. Their circular, notched basket designs encircle her like a halo.

In another series, Pappan draws in pencil on “ledger paper.” He tells us that Indian artists started using these printed paper documents in the 19th century. They were evidently plentiful in the Old West, at a time when U.S. Indian agents and entrepreneurs were pouring into Indian territory. Indians began to draw on the paper brought by the whites, sketching out the abstracted designs they had formerly etched onto rocks and drawn onto hides.

The old papers Pappan has chosen trace a kind of history. One is a form for listing the names of Army officers. Another is a “freight received” document from the Wabash Railroad Co., a reminder that the railroads that barreled into the West did much to push the Indians off their lands.

Pappan fills in the blanks on these papers with wonderfully evocative drawings. The rail-

Language of the Land: Popular Culture Within Indigenous Nations and the New Wave of Artistic Perspectives 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, through Friday, March 29 Joseph Gross Gallery, UA Arts Complex 1031 N. Olive Road Free 626-4215; http://web.cfa.arizona.edu/galleries

road document, for example, is overlaid with a drawing (“Into Town”) that conjures the most common form of transport on today’s rez: a pickup truck. The truck zips along beneath a sign advertising the “Pow Wow Trading Post, Rocks Wholesale.”

Delicious irony drenches “In a Wigwam of Primitive Construction.” This ledger work is drawn on a blow-up of some fancy 19thcentury handwriting; the text details the price of goods delivered by a firm in New York.

Pappan has drawn a contemporary commodity well. This late-20th-century Indian dwelling is not a wigwam but a travel trailer, shiny, dented and stained from years of defiant occupation out on the windswept Indian lands.

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OPENING THIS WEEK THE ART OF WESTERN EXPANSION Himmel Park Branch Library. 1035 N. Treat Ave. 5945305. Drawings are shown illustrating the stories of homesteaders, Native Americans and historic Southwest landscapes, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 27; free.

CERAMICS SHOW AND SALE Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Artisanal ceramicists from the Southern Arizona Clay Artists sell ceramics throughout the park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Feb. 22 and 23; free. Admission to the park is free during the sale.

CONTENTS INTERIORS’ INVITATIONAL ART SHOW Contents Interiors. 3401 E. Fort Lowell Road. 8816900. An exhibit of two and three-dimensional fine art and crafts opens with an artists’ reception from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23, and continues through Thursday, March 28. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday; and noon to 5 p.m., Sunday; free.

DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN LITTLE GALLERY DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun Little Gallery. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9191. The Colorful Sonoran Desert, an exhibit of watercolors by Brian Bill, opens Sunday, Feb. 24, and continues through Friday, March 8. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily; free.

CONTINUING AGUA CALIENTE PARK RANCH HOUSE GALLERY Agua Caliente Park Ranch House Gallery. 12325 E. Roger Road. 749-3718. Southwestern Impressions, featuring mixed media works by members of the Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona, continues through Sunday, March 17. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday; free.

AKESO THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE Akeso Thearapeutic Massage. 4715 N. First Ave. 3495183. Tranquility, an exhibit of art by Christy Olsen, continues through Friday, March 8. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday and Wednesday; and 2 to 7 p.m., Friday. Call 777-1405 for information.

ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road.

883-2702. First Impressions; Landscapes, an exhibit of work by Tucson nature photographer Howard Paley, continues through Sunday, March 3, in the Baldwin Education Center. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (no entry after 4:15 p.m.); 14.50, $5 for kids ages 4 through 12, free for kids age 3 and younger.

ATLAS FINE ART SERVICES Atlas Fine Art Services. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 622-2139.

Albert Chamillard: Recent Work continues through Saturday, March 30. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and by appointment Monday and Tuesday; free. Visit atlasfineartservices.com for more information.

BENTLEY’S HOUSE OF COFFEE AND TEA Bentley’s House of Coffee and Tea. 1730 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-0338. An exhibit of paintings by Wayne D. Crandell continues through Friday, March 15. Hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 8 a.m. through 6 p.m., Sunday; free. Visit waynecrandell.com for more information.

CAMPUS CHRISTIAN CENTER ART GALLERY Campus Christian Center Art Gallery. 715 N. Park Ave. 623-7575. Power of Color and Contour, an exhibit of acrylic paintings on canvas by Tucson artist Carol Lucas, continues through Friday, March 8. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday; free.

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DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY Davis Dominguez Gallery. 154 E. Sixth St. 629-9759.

An exhibit of magic-realist paintings by Susan Conaway and abstract sculpture by John Davis continues through Saturday, March 23. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday; free. Call or visit davisdominguez.com for more information.

DESERT ARTISANS’ GALLERY Desert Artisans’ Gallery. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Road.

722-4412. Desert Dreams, an exhibit of work by several local artists, continues through Sunday, May 12. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Sunday; free.

ETHERTON GALLERY Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Surface Tensions, an exhibit of works by Joel-Peter Witkin, Alice Leora Briggs and Holly Roberts, continues through Saturday, April 6. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and by appointment; free.

Visit ethertongallery.com for more information.

GEORGE STRASBURGER STUDIO AND GALLERY George Strasburger Studio and Gallery. 174 E. Toole Ave. 882-2160. Photos by Alfonso Elia and new paintings by George Strasburger are on display through Saturday, April 27. Call or email mail@ georgestrasburger.com for more information.

GERONIMO ART GALLERY Geronimo Art Gallery. 800 E. University Blvd. 3058997. The Marshall Foundation and Cuadro Arte Latino International host an exhibit of work by Tucson artist and muralist David Tineo that continues through Thursday, March 7. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday; free.

HOTEL CONGRESS Hotel Congress. 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848. An exhibit of new figure paintings by Shana Zimmerman and Joe Pagac continues in the lobby, 24 hours daily, through Thursday, Feb. 28; free.

JOEL D. VALDEZ MAIN LIBRARY Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. In Dreams, an exhibit of mixed media works on paper by Ellen Campbell, continues through Thursday, Feb. 28. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday; free. Call 791-4010, or email askalibrarian@pima.gov for more information.

JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY Joseph Gross Gallery. 1031 N. Olive Road, No. 108.

626-4215. Language of the Land: Popular Culture Within Indigenous Nations and the New Wave of Artistic Perspectives, featuring the work of Chris Pappan and Ryan Singer, continues through Friday, March 29. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. Visit cfa.arizona.edu/galleries for more information.

KIRK-BEAR CANYON BRANCH LIBRARY Kirk-Bear Canyon Branch Library. 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road. 594-5275. Western Vistas, an exhibit of paintings and sculpture by Marcia Broderick, continues through Thursday, Feb. 28. Hours are 10 a.m., Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday; free.

LOUIS CARLOS BERNAL GALLERY Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery. PCC West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6942. Rearranging the Sands, an exhibit that features the work of Joe Dal Pra, Ben McKee and Barbara Penn, and includes the video The Shadows of Men by Jason Stone, continues through Friday, March 8. The gallery is closed Thursday and Friday, Feb. 21 and 22.

MARK SUBLETTE MEDICINE MAN GALLERY Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery. 6872 E. Sunrise Drive. 722-7798. Young Guns, an exhibit of works by three Western artists younger than 40, continues through Thursday, March 7. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday; free. Visit medicinemangallery.com for more information.

MESCH, CLARK AND ROTHSCHILD Mesch, Clark and Rothschild. 259 N. Meyer Ave. 6248886. The Artistry of Assemblage, a juried show of 30 pieces by 20 artists, continues through Friday, May 10; free. Hours are by appointment, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Call or email ccanton@ mcrazlaw.com for more information.

MONTEREY COURT STUDIO GALLERIES AND CAFÉ Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café. 505 W. Miracle Mile. 207-2429. An exhibit of landscape photography by Victor Beer continues through Thursday, Feb. 28. Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday; and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday; free.

OBSIDIAN GALLERY Obsidian Gallery. 410 N. Toole Ave., No. 120. 5773598. An exhibit of ceramic sculpture by Thaddeus Erdahl and Hirotsune Tashima continues through Sunday, March 10. Hours are 11 a.m to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. Call or visit obsidian-gallery.com for more information.

OLD TOWN ARTISANS Old Town Artisans. 201 N. Court Ave. 623-6024. Desert Abstractions, an exhibit of work by Tucsonan Jeff Ferst, continues through Thursday, Feb. 28. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; free.

WOMANKRAFT WomanKraft. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. Scenes From the Trails We Travel continues through Saturday, March 2. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday; free.

LAST CHANCE CONTRERAS GALLERY Contreras Gallery. 110 E. Sixth St. 398-6557. Rocks, Trees and Water, an exhibit of watercolor paintings by Frank and Owen Rose, closes Saturday, Feb. 23. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free.

PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY AND STUDIO Philabaum Glass Gallery and Studio. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Cast and Cut, featuring the work of Mark Abildgaard and Michael Joplin, continues through Saturday, April 13. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. Call or visit philabaumglass.com for more information.

THE DRAWING STUDIO The Drawing Studio. 33 S. Sixth Ave. 620-0947. Brush Spirit, an exhibit of work prepared by Yoshi Nakano using traditional Japanese media, closes Sunday, Feb. 24; free. Hours are noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Visit thedrawingstudio.org for more info.

PITA JUNGLE Pita Jungle. 5340 E. Broadway Blvd. 207-6873. The Wild West Goes Uptown, an exhibit of abstract paintings featuring the works of Francheskaa and Deanna Thibault, continues through Sunday, March 17. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., daily; free.

RAICES TALLER 222 ART GALLERY AND WORKSHOP Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop. 218 E. Sixth St. 881-5335. ¡No Pasó! (It didn’t happen), an exhibition celebrating the failure of the world to end in 2012, closes Saturday, Feb. 23. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday.

PORTER HALL GALLERY Porter Hall Gallery. Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, ext. 10. An exhibit of work

by Quetzally Hernandez Coronado continues through Wednesday, March 20. An artist’s reception takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., daily; $13, $7:50 age 4 through 12, free younger child, $12 student, senior and military personnel, includes admission to the park. Visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information.

TEMPLE GALLERY Temple Gallery. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 624-7370. David F. Brown: Life Boat closes Tuesday, Feb. 26. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. Call 622-2823, or e-mail info@ ethertongallery.com for more information.

SHERATON HOTEL AND SUITES Sheraton Hotel and Suites. 5151 E. Grant Road. 3236262. Fall/Winter Fine Art Exhibit, featuring works by members of the Southern Arizona Arts Guild, continues through Sunday, April 7. The exhibit is open 24 hours, daily, on the first and second floors; free.

SOUTHERN ARIZONA WATERCOLOR GUILD Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild Gallery. 5605 E. River Road, Suite 131. Experimental and Innovative Works in Water Media continues through Sunday, March 3. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday; free.

TOHONO CHUL EXHIBIT HALL Tohono Chul Exhibit Hall. Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. The Art of the Cosmos, an exhibit of astrophotography and other artworks inspired by the stars, continues through Sunday, March 24.

Paper: From All Sides, an exhibit of the many characteristics of paper as interpreted by Tucson artists, runs through Sunday, April 21. An exhibit of student artwork from the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind runs through Saturday, July 20. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily; $8, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with valid ID, $2 ages 5 through 12, free member or child younger than 5, includes admission to the park.

Visit tohonochulpark.org for more information.

TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Tucson Jewish Community Center. 3800 E. River Road.

299-3000, ext. 106. Visions of the West, an exhibition of photographer Edlynne Sillman’s work, continues through Wednesday, March 13. Viewing hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday and Sunday.

TUCSON PIMA ARTS COUNCIL Tucson Pima Arts Council. 100 N. Stone Ave., No. 303.

624-0595. Inner Chambers, an exhibition of works by Lisa Agababian, Jonathan Bell, Elizabeth von Isser and Kyle Johnston, continues through Friday, March 15, in the lobby and No. 109. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. Visit tucsonpimaartscouncil.org for more information.

TUCSON SCULPTURE FESTIVAL Whistle Stop Depot. 127 W. Fifth St. 271-7605. An exhibit featuring an eclectic variety of sculpture by Tucson artists continues through Thursday, Feb. 28, at Whistle Stop Depot and the Sculpture Resource Center, 640 N. Stone Ave.; free. Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., daily. Visit tucsonsculpturefestival2013.blogspot.com for more information.

UA POETRY CENTER UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. From What I Gather: Works by Karen McAlister Shimoda, continues through Wednesday, May 15. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday and Thursday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday; free. Call or visit poetrycenter.arizona.edu for more information.

UNITY OF TUCSON Unity of Tucson. 3617 N. Camino Blanco. 577-3300.

Colors of My Heart, an exhibit of watercolors by Martha Lee McKiernan, closes Sunday, Feb. 24. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Sunday; free.

WEE GALLERY Wee Gallery. 439 N. Sixth Ave., No. 171. 360-6024.

Chasing Julian, a solo show by Keith Marroquin, inspired by Southwestern archaeology, closes Saturday, Feb. 23. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; free.

OUT OF TOWN BIOSPHERE 2 CENTER Biosphere 2 Center. 32540 S. Biosphere 2 Road.

Oracle. 838-6200. CHON (carbon-hydrogen-oxygen and nitrogen): Selections from a ‘Nearly Fatal Illusion’, an exhibit of new photographic works by Deborah Springstead Ford, continues through Sunday, July 7.

The Art of All Possibilities, an interdisciplinary exhibition that relates art to the scientific research, architecture and culture of Biosphere 2, closes Thursday, Feb. 28. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily; $10 to $20 includes admission to tour the facility.

FIBER ARTS FRIDAY Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac.

398-2252. Fiber-art enthusiasts gather from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the last Friday of every month; $5, $2 ages 7 through 13, free younger child. Bring knitting, crocheting, spinning or quilting for uninterrupted project time hosted by members of the Southwest Fiber Arts Resource Group.

RANCHO LINDA VISTA Rancho Linda Vista. 2436 W. Linda Vista Road. Oracle.

An exhibit of landscapes in oil or pastel by Betina Fink closes Thursday, Feb. 28. Hours are 1 to 4 p.m., Sundays, or by appointment.

TUBAC PRESIDIO STATE HISTORIC PARK Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac.

398-2252. Southwestern Vistas, an exhibit of landscape paintings by Tubac artist Walter Blakelock Wilson, continues through Tuesday, April 30. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily; $5, $2 ages 7 through 13, free younger child.

WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION KIVA GALLERY Western National Parks Association Kiva Gallery. 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014. The exhibit Friends of Western Art: Celebrating Forty Years of “The Artist of the Year Awards” continues through Thursday, Feb. 28. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday, except when lectures are taking place, generally at noon and 2 p.m., Wednesdays and Saturdays; free.

ANNOUNCEMENTS BICAS COMMUNITY ART STUDIO BICAS. 44 W. Sixth St. 628-7950. Community members are invited to use the work space, donated art supplies, tools, sewing machines and recycled bike parts

for personal projects, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday; free.

CALL FOR ARTISTS WomanKraft. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976.

Submissions are sought for several upcoming exhibits.

Deadlines are Saturday, March 23, for Drawing Down the Muse, works by women, Saturday, April 6, through Saturday, May 25; and Saturday, June 22, for It’s All About the Buildings, Saturday, July 6, through Saturday, Aug. 24. Call for more information.

CALL FOR ARTISTS Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Submissions are sought for Flights of Fancy, an outdoor exhibit of bird houses created as real or imagined homes, to be displayed from Wednesday, May 1, through Sunday, June 30. Call 326-9686, ext.

35, or email communications@tucsonbotanical.org with Flights of Fancy in the subject line for submission requirements and more information.

CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS ArtsEye Gallery. 3550 E. Grant Road. 325-0260.

Submissions are sought for the fourth-annual Curious Camera Pinhole and Plastic Camera Competition.

Categories include plastic, pinhole, vintage, instant and cellphone. Submissions must be received by Sunday, April 7; $10 per entry. Call or visit curiouscamera.com for more information.

CALL TO ARTISTS Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333.

Submissions are sought for the Arizona Biennial 2013.

Visit tucsonmuseumofart.org for the prospectus; $30 for three works. Entry forms, fees, CDs and videos are due by 4 p.m., Friday, March 22. Guest curator Rene Paul Barilleaux will jury submissions. The exhibit opens with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, July 19, and continues through Friday, Sept. 27. Call 624-2333, ext.

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THE FIBER SHOP Bisbee Community Y. 26 Howell St. Bisbee. (520) 432-3542. Works by members of the Bisbee Fiber Arts Guild are displayed for sale every Friday and Saturday through Friday, March 1. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; free admission.

FLUXX STUDIO AND GALLERY Fluxx Studio and Gallery. 414 E. Ninth St. 882-0242.

This nonprofit community space hosts exhibitions, performance art, movie screenings, workshops and special events to increase the visibility and promote the creation of queer arts and culture in Tucson. Volunteers are needed throughout the year to help with business, art and production projects. Visit fluxxproductionsstudioandgallery.tumblr.com for more info and details about upcoming events. Email joes@ fluxxproductions.com for information about volunteering.

UNDERGROUND ART GALLERY AND ART ANNEX BICAS. 44 W. Sixth St. 628-7950. A nonprofit gallery showcases hand-crafted art, jewelry and functional objects that reference bicycles or cycling culture or are created from re-purposed bicycle parts, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday in the Underground Art Gallery, and from noon to 5 p.m. in the Art Annex in Unit 1 D; free. Visit bicas.org for more information.

MUSEUMS EVENTS THIS WEEK ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM Arizona State Museum. 1013 E. University Blvd. 6216302. Basketry: An Essential Part of Life, an exhibit of paintings illustrating basketry in ritual and everyday life, runs through Thursday, Feb. 28. Basketry Treasured, an exhibit of 500 pieces from the museum’s collection of Southwest American Indian basketry, which is the world’s largest, continues through Saturday, June 1.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; $5, free youth younger than 18, active-duty military and their families, people with business in the building and everyone for public events. Visit statemuseum.arizona. edu for more information.

CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY Center for Creative Photography. 1030 N. Olive Road.

621-7968. The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith, 1957 to 1965, a national touring exhibit of more than 200 vintage black and white prints and several hours of rare recordings, continues through Sunday, March 10. An opportunity for the public to view portfolios of unframed photographs presented according to a different topic each month, takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., the first Friday of every month. March 1: Faith. April 5: Illusion.

May 3: Twins. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday

through Friday; and 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; free. Visit centerforcreativephotography.org for more information.

DEADLY MEDICINE Arizona Health Sciences Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. 626-7301. Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race, an exhibit featuring high-quality scans of artifacts and documents assembled by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, continues through Sunday, March 31, in the library. Hours are 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday through Thursday; and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday.

DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun. 6300 N. Swan Road. 2999191. The Way of the Cross continues through Monday, April 15. DeGrazia Watercolors runs through Wednesday, July 31. Ted DeGrazia Depicts the Life of Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino: 20 Oil Paintings is on permanent display. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily; free. Call or visit degrazia.org for more information.

MINI-TIME MACHINE MUSEUM OF MINIATURES Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures. 4455 E. Camp Lowell Drive. 881-0606. Small Scale Skirmishes: Battles from Imagination and Reality continues through Sunday, April 7. Wargaming enthusiast Greg Hundt sets up a war game with more than 500 miniature soldiers and explains how historic war games are played, at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23. Presentations are free with admission. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. $9 general; $8 seniors and military; $6 for ages 4 to 17; free for ages 3 and younger. Visit theminitimemachine.org for more information.

MOCA MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. An exhibit of Peter Young’s large-scale abstract paintings from the 1960s to the present continues through Sunday, March 31. Hours are noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday; $8, free members, children younger than 17, veterans, active military and public-safety officers, and everyone the first Sunday of each month. Call or visit moca-tucson.org for more information.

SOUTHWEST INDIAN ART FAIR Arizona State Museum. 1013 E. University Blvd. 6216302. Meet more than 200 Southwest Native artists and learn about the cultural significance of their work, including pottery, katsina dolls, jewelry, baskets and rugs, at this 18th annual art show and market, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24; $8 adult; $3 youth ages 12 to 16; free child; free UA or Pima Community College student with school ID. Artist demonstrations, native food, a film series, and music and dance performances are scheduled throughout. Call or visit statemuseum.arizona. edu for more info.

TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333.

Elements in Western Art: Water, Fire, Air and Earth continues through Friday, June 14. Desert Grasslands, works by 18 artists exhibited as part of the Desert Initiative Project: Desert 1, continues through Sunday, July 7. Art + the Machine continues through Sunday, July 14. Femina: Images of the Feminine From Latin America continues through Saturday, Sept. 14. The traditional holiday exhibit, El Nacimiento, runs through Saturday, June 1. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday; noon to 5 p.m., Sunday; closed Monday and Tuesday; $10, $8 senior, $5 college student with ID, free age 18 or younger, active military or veteran with ID, and TMA members; free the first Sunday of every month. Visit tucsonmuseumofart.org for more info.

UA LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS UA Library Special Collections. 1510 E. University Blvd.

621-6423. 50 Years: Civil Rights in Arizona from 1963 to Today, an exhibit of documents, photographs and papers from the Civil Rights era in Tucson, continues through Friday, Aug. 30. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. Visit speccoll.library. arizona.edu for more information.

UA MUSEUM OF ART UA Museum of Art. 1031 N. Olive Road. 621-7567.

Broken Desert - Land and Sea: Greg Lindquist and Chris McGinnis, part of the UA’s Desert Initiative: Desert 1, exploring human impact on nature, continues through Sunday, March 3. The Samuel H. Kress Collection and the altarpiece from Ciudad Rodrigo are on display until further notice. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and noon to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $5, free members, students, children, faculty and staff with ID. Visit artmuseum.arizona.edu for more information.

LITERATURE

¡WIP! (WORKS IN PROGRESS) Casa Libre en la Solana. 228 N. Fourth Ave. 325-9145.

Rafael Gonzalez, Maya Kapoor and Garrett Faulkner read in the UA MFA Reading Series ¡WIP!, at 7 p.m., Friday, March 1; free.

EVENTS THIS WEEK ANNA FACTOROVICH: BOOK PRODUCTION GUIDE Antigone Books. 411 N. Fourth Ave. 792-3715. Anna Faktorovich discusses the process of producing a book, at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 22; free. Refreshments and a Q&A follow.

CASA LIBRE EN LA SOLANA Casa Libre en la Solana. 228 N. Fourth Ave. 325-9145.

Raja Lewis, Joel Smith and Grace Polleys read from their work at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 20, in the Edge Reading Series; $5 suggested donation. Alison Moore presents a multimedia performance based on her 2012 novel about displaced children, Riders on the Orphan Train, at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21; $5 suggested donation. Kindall Gray, John Myers and Joan Schuman are featured in Trickhouse Live, a cross-genre arts event, at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 26; $5 suggested donation.Visit casalibre.org for more information.

A CLOSER LOOK BOOK CLUB UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. All are welcome to discuss novels and other works of fiction at 6 p.m. on selected Thursdays; free. Reservations are not required. Feb. 21: Samuel Beckett’s Molloy. Visit poetry. arizona.edu for more information.

CLUES UNLIMITED Clues Unlimited. 3146 E. Fort Lowell Road. 3268533. Elizabeth Gunn signs and discusses Eleven Little Piggies, a mystery featuring Minnesota police detective Jake Hines, at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; free.

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE Friends Book Barn. 2230 N. Country Club Road. 7953763. Recently discarded library books and DVDs are for sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday through Monday, Feb. 22 through 25; free admission. Books are halfprice Sunday, and $7 per bag Monday. Gift certificates are available.

MOSTLY BOOKS Mostly Books. 6208 E. Speedway Blvd. 571-0110. On Saturday, Feb. 23, from 1 to 2 p.m., Gary W. Metz signs his book Last of the Randolph Blues; and from 2 to 3 p.m., Bart Kaltenbach and Barbara Anschel present their work and discuss and sign their book Sun, Sticks and Mud: 1000 Years of Earth Building in the Desert Southwest; free.

UA POETRY CENTER UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. Maps, an exhibit about how poets use the concept of maps to explore space, place and the passage of time, continues through Wednesday, April 17. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday and Thursday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday; free. Call or visit poetrycenter.arizona.edu for more information.

OUT OF TOWN CAROLYN O’BAGY DAVIS: DESERT TRADER Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac.

398-2252. Carolyn O’Bagy Davis discusses life at a Tohono O’odham trading post, and signs her book, Desert Trader: The Life and Quilts of Goldie Tracy Richmond, at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23; $7.50, $4.50 child age 7 through 13, free younger child, includes admission to the park. Visit tubacpresidiopark.com.

UPCOMING CASA LIBRE EN LA SOLANA Casa Libre en la Solana. 228 N. Fourth Ave. 3259145. Poet Kate Greenstreet reads from her book Young Tambling and Dot Devota reads from her poetry at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 2; $5 suggested donation. Visit casalibre.org for more information.

NIGHT OF FAIRYTALES: A VERY GRIMM READING UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765.

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Brothers Grimm Fairy tales with a dessert reception at 6 p.m., followed by multilingual readings from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 28; free. Stories are gathered from first editions when household tales were often much darker. Languages include German, Spanish, Chinese, Italian French and others. RSVP requested by Monday, Feb. 25. Call 6210210 for more information.

PROSE AND POETRY READINGS UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. The Southern Arizona Poetry Out Loud Regional Finals Competition takes place at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 2.

Student poets from throughout Southern Arizona compete to attend regional and national competitions.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL TO SHORT-FICTION WRITERS Entries are due Monday, March 11, for the Kore Press 2013 short-fiction contest. Prizes are $1,000 and publication in a chapbook; $15 entry fee. Visit korepress.org for more information, and use the Kore Press submission manager to enter.

CATALINA MYSTERY BOOK CLUB Dewhirst-Catalina Branch Library. 15631 N. Oracle Road, No. 199. Catalina. 594-5345. Members of an informal book club discuss the month’s mystery at 10:30 a.m., the fourth Tuesday of every month; free.

Most go to lunch afterward.

FOURTH WEDNESDAY MYSTERY BOOK GROUP Mostly Books. 6208 E. Speedway Blvd. 571-0110.

A mystery book club meets at 7 p.m., on the fourth Wednesday of every month; free. Feb. 27: Broken, by Karin Fossum and Charlotte Barslund.

GREAT LITERATURE OF ALL TIMES Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. A reading and discussion group meets from 10 a.m. to noon, on the third Thursday of every month; free. Information about each month’s selection is available at www.orovalleylib.com. Pick up the handout at the library in advance.

MAIN LIBRARY BOOK CLUB Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. This group meets from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month; free. Copies of each month’s reading selection are available at the first-floor information desk. Parking for two hours is validated for the lot below the library. Participants bring lunch. Call 791-4010 for more information.

MURPHY-WILMOT BRANCH LIBRARY BOOK CLUB Murphy-Wilmot Branch Library. 530 N. Wilmot Road.

594-5420. Readers share insights into a variety of fiction and nonfiction at 10 a.m., the fourth Saturday of every month; free.

SCIENCE-FICTION BOOK CLUB Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. Science-fiction fans meet to discuss the month’s selection from 6 to 7 p.m., the fourth Tuesday of every month; free. Visit www.orovalleylib.com for a schedule of titles.

SONORAN SLEUTHS MYSTERY BOOK CLUB Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. Fans of mystery and suspense meet from 11 a.m. to noon, on the fourth Wednesday of every month except December; free. Each month’s topic may be found at orovalleylib.com. Call for more information.

WOODS MEMORIAL LIBRARY BOOK CLUB Woods Memorial Branch Library. 3455 N. First Ave. 5945445. Adults read and discuss fiction and nonfiction titles at 1 p.m., the fourth Saturday of every month; free.

LECTURES EVENTS THIS WEEK ART LECTURE SERIES Dusenberry River Branch Library. 5605 E. River Road.

594-5345. Docents from the UA Museum of Art and the Tucson Museum of Art give talks from 2 to 3 p.m., the second and fourth Tuesday of every month; free.

DISTINGUISHED INDIGENOUS SCHOLAR SERIES: PHILIP J. DELORIA Center for Creative Photography. 1030 N. Olive Road.

621-7968. Scholars present lectures and readings reflecting aspects of indiginous culture on selected Thursdays. Feb. 21: Oren Lions, of the Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation, and Professor Emeritus at SUNY Buffalo. March 28: Suzan Harjo, poet, writer, policy advocate and activist. April 25: Thomas Holm, a cofounder of the UA American Indian Studies Program.

Lectures are free; donations are welcome. Visit ais.arizona.edu for details about the speakers and their topics.

FINE-ART PHOTOGRAPHY TALKS Center for Creative Photography. 1030 N. Olive Road.

621-7968. Talks are at 5:30 p.m., in the auditorium; free. Tuesday, Feb. 26.: Sam Stephenson presents “The making of The Jazz Loft Project: Archives as Resource and Wellspring,” about the life and work of W. Eugene Smith. Visit creativephotography.org for more info.

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GENOMICS NOW UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. The UA College of Science presents a series of lectures exploring the role of DNA and how it expands our understanding of life, at 7 p.m., every Wednesday, through March 6; free. Feb. 27: “Epigenetics: Why DNA Is Not Our Destiny.” March 6: “Genomics Tomorrow: A Panel Presentation.” Details about presentations and speakers are at cos.arizona.edu/genomics. Call 6214090 for more information.

IMMIGRATION TODAY: WHEN GOD’S PEOPLE HIT THE ROAD St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. West Cosgrove, director of education for Kino Border Initiative, leads a discussion of issues in the immigration debate from 12:30 to 3 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24; $15 includes lunch from Tucson Tamale Company. Call or email borderimmigrationmin@ stphilipstucson.org for information and reservations.

LANGUAGE, LEARNING AND DIVERSITY Two presentations are open to the public during the Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies Graduate Student Colloquy on Thursday, Feb. 21; free. Okhee Lee presents “Diversity and Equity in Science Education” from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the UA Bookstores at the Student Union Memorial Center, 1209 E. University Blvd. Jan Hill presents “Spanish as a Resource, but for Whom?” from 5:45 to 7:15 p.m., in the Kiva Auditorium at the College of Education, 1430 E. Second Street. Email tlscolloquy@gmail.com for more information.

THE RAPHAEL PATAI MEMORIAL LECTURE Congregation Anshei Israel. 5550 E. Fifth St. 7455550. Peter Machinist of Harvard University Divinity School presents “The Question of Job: Some Reflections on the Biblical Book,” at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21; free. Visit judaic.arizona.edu, or call 626-5758 for more information.

UA MUSEUM OF ART UA Museum of Art. 1031 N. Olive Road. 621-7567.

Lectures are from 5 to 7 p.m., selected Thursdays; free. Feb. 21: “The Rillito River Project: Bats,” Gregg Garfin of the UA School of Natural Resources and Environment, Creative Director Ellen Skotheim and advisor Yar Petryzyn of the Rillito River Project, and UA art history professor and author Ellen McMahon. Feb. 28: “Air/Water/Mexico,” Stacie Widdliefield, UA art history professor, and Jeffrey Banister of the UA Southwest Center and School of Geography.

UA PRIDE ALLIANCE DISCUSSION SERIES UA Student Union. 1303 E. University Blvd. 621-7755.

A weekly, student-led discussion series covers a range of topics affecting the LGBTQA community, from being an ally to bullying and legal rights, from 5 to 7 p.m., selected Wednesdays, in the Agave Room; free. Feb. 27: “Being a Good Ally.” March 6: “Religious Identity in the Queer Community.” March 20: “Bullying and Suicide.”

March 27: “Rights and Legal Issues in the LGBT+ Community.” April 3: “Bisexuality and Pansexuality.”

UA SABBAGH LECTURE: THE NEW ARAB MAN Marriott University Park. 880 E. Second St. 792-4100.

Marcia C. Inhorn, professor of anthropology and international affairs at Yale University, presents “The New Arab Man: Emergent Masculinities, Technologies and Islam in the Middle East,” from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21; free.

WINGSPAN’S PUERTAS ABIERTAS Studio One. 197 E. Toole Ave. 304-7803. Raul Al-qaraz Ochoa presents “Industrial Prisons and the Latin@ LGTBQ Undocumented Community,” from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24; free.

OUT OF TOWN ART LECTURE SERIES Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. UA Museum of Art docent Jacqueline Feller presents “A New Deal for Artists: Creating Art During the Great Depression,” from 2 to 3 p.m., Friday, Feb. 22; free.

UPCOMING ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON GROUNDWATER SECURITY UA Student Union Memorial Center. 1303 E. University Blvd. 621-7755. How secure is our groundwater? What are the threats to our groundwater security? What are the options for securing a save and sufficient groundwater supply now and in the future? Experts and policymakers discuss these and other topics at times TBA, Tuesday, March 5. Email seden@cals.arizona.edu for more information and to provide input.

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BOOKS A new book looks at the life of a local sheriff during the gun-fighting late 19th century

TOP TEN

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Antigone Books’ best-sellers for the week ending Feb. 13, 2013

BY TIM HULL, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

1. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Jonas Jonasson ($15.99)

uring the last 20 years or so of the 19th century, the Arizona Territory was rotten with scoundrels, rogues, killers, thieves and confidence artists. Among this mob, Pima County Sheriff Bob Paul stood tall, brave and mostly incorruptible, an essential civilizing force in one of America’s last lawless frontiers.

That’s one way of looking at the life of Paul, one of the Southwest’s pioneer lawmen, and it’s a portrait that rises easily from John Boessenecker’s comprehensive and deeply researched new biography, the first full-length study of this largely forgotten but important Old West character.

At 6 feet 6 inches, the powerfully built New Englander was likely a foot or more taller than the average ill-fed, bowlegged and diseaseprone lost boy he would meet in the California gold fields. Paul arrived for the gold rush in January 1849, a few months before every second son from Massachusetts made it to San Francisco with a hot case of gold fever. Paul, at just 18, had more than a jump on the greenhorns: Since the unlikely age of 12, he had traveled the world working on a whaling ship.

While a hard worker, Paul never had much luck with mining, but his size, experience and nerve made him a natural for law enforcement, which was sorely lacking in the desperate, womanless camps of the gold rush, full of young, drunk and armed men far from home. For years he served as a constable, deputy and sheriff in rowdy Calaveras County. Later he would be employed riding shotgun for Wells Fargo, for which he “transported millions of dollars in gold and silver bullion and … never lost an ounce,” Boessenecker writes.

Then, in 1878, Wells Fargo sent Paul to the Arizona Territory to investigate a couple of stage robberies, and the future Pima County sheriff joined the now long tradition of Californians to have a second act in this wrinkled, arid land.

Paul made his home in Tucson, where he served as Pima County sheriff during some of the region’s bloodiest years—though he had to go to court and prove ballot stuffing on the part of the opposition to win the office. He spent a good deal of his time roughing it in the wilderness, tracking desperados, jail breakers and highwaymen, or simply traveling between far-flung towns on official business. He must have made the ride from Tucson to Prescott dozens of times. Just thinking about that same

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2.The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table Tracie McMillan ($16)

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trip, a roughly four-hour drive today, makes my back hurt. If there is one overriding lesson in Boessenecker’s outstanding study, it’s that they made them a lot tougher back then.

Paul didn’t have it any easier when he was in town. A Republican and close friend of Wyatt Earp and his brothers, Paul was under constant attack from Democrat partisans such as William S. Oury and Louis C. Hughes, founder and longtime editor of the Arizona Star. Today’s partisan bickering seems mild compared to the six-gun duels that politics sometimes inspired in Paul’s day. When not dodging ad hominem attacks from the partisan press, Paul spent a considerable amount of time breaking up lynch mobs.

He also served as executioner and hanged 11 men in the legal fashion.

It is Paul’s close friendship with Wyatt Earp, a rogue if there ever was one, that blemishes his otherwise uniquely law-abiding career as a territorial lawman. He did little to go after the Earps, Doc Holliday and others while they sought revenge against the “Cowboys” in the wake of the OK Corral shootout, when they shot down Frank Stilwell at the train yard in Tucson. Paul was known as a dogged investigator and someone who would not relent until he had his man.

Forgetting for a moment the complicated nature of frontier politics, and that the Earps probably had the moral high ground, such as it was, in the whole affair, Paul’s willingness to allow his friends and fellow Republicans free reign is rather disappointing.

Boessenecker seems to agree, writing “His personal and political friendship with Wyatt Earp clouded his judgment, and, consequently he never sought to arrest Earp on the Frank Stillwell murder warrant.”

Nonetheless, Paul’s life story is one that deserves preservation and study, and Boessenecker’s hefty tome serves both purposes admirably. Paul was certainly not perfect, and he was perhaps too much a tool of the corporate interests seeking to denude the territory of its resources, but he is worthy of our respect. For in a time and place where most so-called lawmen were often outlaws on the side, and when the highest forms of police technology were a six-gun and a hemp rope, Paul, mostly alone among his contemporaries, tried to do better.

3. Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong Norman Fischer ($16.95) 4. My Beloved World Sonia Sotomayor ($27.95) 5.The 3 A.M. Epiphany: Uncommon Writing Exercises That Transform Your Fiction Brian Kiteley ($15.99) 6. Bossypants Tina Fey ($8.99) 7. Tenth of December: Stories George Saunders ($26) 8. Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar Cheryl Strayed ($14.95) 9. How to Tell if Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You The Oatmeal and Matthew Inman ($14.99) 10. Owl Dance David Lee Summers ($15.95) Sonia Sotomayor

CINEMA The ‘Die Hard’ series goes down the ‘Rocky’ route, with seemingly endless sequels featuring an aging star

A Vacation From Hell

TOP TEN Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending Feb. 17, 2013

BY BOB GRIMM, bgrimm@tucsonweekly.com ruce Willis returns as trouble magnet John McClane and looks lost, tired and miserable in A Good Day to Die Hard, a real party-pooper installment in an otherwise fun franchise. One gets the sense watching this disaster that Willis realized he was in a dud, and spiritually clocked out well before the shoot was over.

Heck, he probably checked out mentally in the first week.

Willis seems to have a lot of power over all Die Hard production proceedings, and being that he’s the star, most of the blame falls on his shoulders. The fact that they gave directing chores to the hackneyed John Moore (the horrifically stinky Owen Wilson yawner, Behind Enemy Lines) would be the first big mistake. Allowing screenwriter Skip Wood (The A-Team, Hitman, Swordfish) to write it could also be chalked up as a big gaffe. I mean, come on now, doesn’t that creative combo just cry future suckage?

They are obviously running out of scenarios for McClane in the U.S., so this one sends him to Russia, where his estranged son, Jack (the dullard Jai Courtney), has gotten himself into an espionage jam. McClane knows this because one of his cop friends hands him one of those files with all of the info in it, because L.A. cops have all sorts of intelligence in Russia. They are the TMZ of Mother Russia!

So John hops a plane, gets stuck in traffic and immediately finds himself in an explosive car chase, where he just happens to run into his son and joins him in wrecking vehicles. They have a little spat, Jack refuses to call him Dad, and John picks up a gun, smirks, and becomes part of the mission. A stupid, convoluted, drab mission you won’t give two craps about.

All of the things that are expected in the Die Hard series are now gone. There is no distinguishable bad guy going up against McClane, the film is completely lacking a sense of humor and it looks drab. All of the other Die Hard films had that peppy action-movie look and feel. This one is shot to look like a poor man’s Saving Private Ryan, and Saving Private Ryan was actually funnier than this movie.

They can’t even come up with a decent catchphrase for McClane in this one. He keeps screaming, “I’m on vacation!” which reminds me of Billy Crystal’s whining in City Slickers.

By the way, technically he isn’t even on vacation. He’s on a mission to find his son, and he would never pick Russia as a vacation spot. I see McClane as more of a Barbados kind of guy. Perhaps that will be in the next movie.

Why pick Russia as the locale? Perhaps

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1. Skyfall 2. Flight 3. Seven Psychopaths 4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 5. The Man With the Iron Fists 6. Hotel Transylvania 7. Here Comes the Boom 8. The Sessions 9. Downton Abbey (Season 3, disc 2) 10. Downton Abbey (Season 3, disc 3) Yuliya Snigir in A Good Day to Die Hard. they were looking for some sort of throwback vibe to the ’80s. Well, Russia has lost its luster as a place for bad guys. And you just know somebody is going to say, “You Americans all think you are so smart!” (Someone does.) You can also guess that the action will eventually wind up in Chernobyl (as it does). I was surprised Rocky IV’s Ivan Drago didn’t pop into a frame and challenge McClane to a fistfight.

Anybody who whined about the previous chapter, Live Free or Die Hard, (which came out SEVEN YEARS AGO. You could’ve almost gotten two bachelor’s degrees since the last Die Hard!), will discover that that film (which I happened to like a lot) was a party compared to this one. It had a great villain (Timothy Olyphant), it had comic relief (Justin Long, Kevin Smith and Willis in a good mood) and it had the mighty beautiful Mary Elizabeth Winstead (who makes a drab cameo in this one). It also zipped along at a fun pace, went to great extremes and reveled in its ridiculousness.

Die Hard 5 is gray, somber and lifeless. Willis is shot to look worn out and gaunt. I know for a fact he can look sprightly in movies today because he looked healthy and badass in the G.I. Joe sequel trailer that preceded the movie. And, sorry, I don’t give a rat’s ass about McClane’s relationship with his son.

If you are going to saddle McClane with a sidekick, don’t make it his miserable son. Bring back Long, or Samuel L. Jackson from Die Hard 3 or even the Twinkie-eating cop from the first two movies. Just make it somebody with a pulse who can crack a joke and look all funny when they are scared.

Willis, who is turning out movie after mov-

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Rated R Starring Bruce Willis and Jai Courtney Directed by John Moore 20th Century Fox, 97 minutes Now playing at AMC Loews Foothills 15 (888262-4386), Century El Con 20 (800-326-3264, ext. 902), Century Park Place 20 (800-326-3264, ext. 903), Century Theatres at the Oro Valley Marketplace (800-326-3264, ext. 899), Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18 (806-4275) and Tower Theaters at Arizona Pavilions (579-0500).

ie—Nicolas Cage style!—still has it in him. It’s strange the way his career is going right now.

He was awesome in last year’s Looper and Moonrise Kingdom, but he also showed up in five direct-to-video flops in the last two years.

The latest Die Hard plays like something that should’ve suffered that fate.

Willis is becoming the Charles Bronson of his generation when it comes to the straight-up action film part of his career (remember those last Death Wish movies?). And yet he delivered two of his all time best performances in 2012.

The man is confusing me.

Die Hard 5 fared much better than buddies Sly Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s recent efforts. Willis has publicly stated that there will be a Die Hard 6. For the love of God, if there is another movie, make sure those participating in it remember that it’s supposed to be ridiculous and laughter is OK. Get this franchise the hell out of Russia. And no more drama with family members. That includes pets!

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FILM CLIPS Reviews by Colin Boyd, Casey Dewey and Bob Grimm.

NEWLY REVIEWED: ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH

In space, no one can hear you snore. The new animated flick Escape From Planet Earth is predictable and plain, but even movies that share those traits— probably a fourth of all studio pictures in any year— can find something interesting to cook up over the course of 90 minutes. That’s the oddity of Planet Earth: It’s complete science fiction, yet nobody, at any point, holds our interest. They couldn’t even invent something compelling. Names like Scorch Supernova and Gabby Babblebrock litter the script, and the characters are so typical that there aren’t any surprises whatsoever. Scorch, obviously, is heroic. His brother Gary Supernova, obviously, is not. So who will save the day? Man ‌ it’s quite a mystery. If there was something positive to say about the animation, maybe we’d have something. But even that is as lifeless as everything else. Boyd JOHN DIES AT THE END

This movie, from the director of Bubba Ho-Tep, shall mess with the head of those who view it. There’s some sort of bizarre drug nicknamed soy sauce, and it does things to the user that I will not even try to explain in this review. You will have to see the movie and figure things out for yourself. Chase Williamson makes for a fun protagonist in Dave, friend of the title character, who spends this movie doing stuff that, well, as I said, I’m just not going to try and explain. Paul Giamatti, who had expressed hope that he would be in a Bubba Ho-Tep sequel that never materialized, gets his chance to work with writerdirector Don Coscarelli. He plays an interviewer who winds up going through somewhat of an identity crisis. OK, that’s it; I’m not going to explain anymore.

If you like weird, weird movies, make sure to take this in. Grimm MASQUERADE

Masquerade is an unlikely retelling of Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper. This version is set in 16th-century Korea, during the reign of King Gwanghae, who hires a double to keep assassins at bay.

But when the king is poisoned, the imposter must assume the throne. The double is more democratic than the iron-fisted king, and it’s not long before people begin to notice the change. A gorgeous spectacle and one of South Korea’s all-time most successful films, Masquerade is capped by smart, clear direction by Choo Chang-min and a terrific dual performance by Lee Byung-hun. Many people are quick to bemoan all remakes, but the art of adaptation has kept Shakespeare works going for nearly half a millennium and this story has been filmed a number of ways, proving that when it’s done right, a good story is worth retelling. Boyd

eating a talking parrot, a rabbi’s cat is instantly blessed with speech. When he’s not debating the merits of the Talmud or yearning for a bar mitzvah, he’s serving as a Greek chorus to the wide array of characters from different religious and geographical backgrounds that constantly philosophize and bicker with each other. The film shifts gears halfway through when it becomes a road movie; the sequences that follow hop back and forth between drastically serious and laugh-out-loud funny, including a reference to Tintin that had me roaring. While the story can be a bit inconsistent and a chore to keep up with at times, the crackling, old-fashioned animation never falters. This clever, engaging cartoon for adults is a rare gem. Dewey SAFE HAVEN

You know how when someone gets about halfway through a joke and you realize you’ve heard it before, only with slightly different circumstances— and it was better the first time you heard it? Well, welcome to the world of Nicholas Sparks movies.

Sparks’ novels typically plant star-crossed lovers in North Carolina, and there is often a death in the immediate past or immediate future. The best of these films is The Notebook; most of the rest aren’t worth mentioning. In Safe Haven, Alex and Katie (Josh Duhamel and Dancing With the Stars’ Julianne Hough) take their love slow at first. Katie has a reason: She’s on the run from the law and wound up in North Carolina for a fresh start. All of it is pretty humdrum, but better than a lot of Sparks offshoots.

Except for the cop pursuing Katie (David Lyons); he’s one of the most one-dimensional villains in years. Boyd

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Michael Apted’s ambitious Up project got its start in 1964 showcasing the lives of 14 British schoolchildren, with each subsequent release catching up with them every seven years. The participants, now in their mid-50s, look back at their past and discuss how their various socio-economic backgrounds, scholastic endeavors, jobs, relationships, and the documentaries themselves have shaped their current lives. Neil, homeless and wandering throughout his 20s, has found his calling in council politics in Cumbria. Peter, who dropped out after 28 Up due to the tabloid press taking him to task for his antiThatcher remarks, is back and happily playing in an award-winning country band. The recent global recession is a recurring thread; many of the participants are coping with lost jobs or financial insecurity. This fascinating look at life’s many surprises ends on a gratifying note, and it’s a stellar entry in an always compelling series. Dewey

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CINEMA The cast has actual chemistry, the plot doesn’t take itself too seriously, and ‘Beautiful Creatures’ isn’t awful

Better Than Expected

BY COLIN BOYD, cboyd@tucsonweekly.com he young-adult novel adaptation is dead. Long live the young-adult novel adaptation!

Twilight, mercifully, has been put out to pasture, but another very similar set of circumstances stands ready to take its place.

Beautiful Creatures switches the roles ever so slightly: It’s not girl-falls-for-vampire; it’s boyfalls-for-witch. And it could be easily dismissed for that or for several other reasons.

However, Beautiful Creatures has a lot more charm than Twilight. Maybe it’s the South Carolina setting or the locked-in performance

by Alden Ehrenreich, but Beautiful Creatures is mostly OK. Yeah, it’s still silly and schmaltzy and the visual effects look like something the CW network would reject, but none of them turn out to be deal-breakers.

Things do not begin well, however.

Beautiful Creatures suffers from the curse of the disappearing narrator: A lot of back story is introduced with a voice-over by Ethan (Ehrenreich) describing how backward his (fictional) hometown is. But after the setup, Ethan’s narration vanishes. That’s bad form.

Narrators usually are, of course, because they primarily just take the place of back story woven through the dialogue of the characters.

Beautiful Creatures rounds slightly into shape when Ethan meets Lena Duchannes (Alice Englert). She’s a witch, or as she tells us they’re called, a “caster.� Her family is rumored around these parts to be Satanists, including her reclusive uncle Macon (Jeremy Irons). For a family secret that has local roots in the Civil War, Lena spills the beans pretty quickly, telling Ethan at least part of her unusual story before their first kiss.

The Duchannes clan keeps to itself and Lena had spent her formative years far, far away. Turns out, all this hiding is supposed to protect the teenager from her evil aunt Sarafine (Emma Thompson), who wants to convert Lena to the dark side on her 16th birthday.

There’s some rite of passage among female casters that reveals their true nature on their Sweet Sixteen. Nobody’s quite sure which predetermined way Lena will go, but if Sarafine has her way, all hell could break loose.

Again, very silly. And the witching is even more unfortunate because it looks so bad whenever a spell is conjured. There are a couple of requisite scenes where caster battles caster and it’s uneventful each time.

Otherwise, Beautiful Creatures wisely plays up its campy elements. Irons, an expert scene chewer, goes back for seconds and thirds. And Thompson, who’s usually great no matter

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what she’s performing in, has some vampy evil moments. They all but walk away with the movie, and that’s probably why they were hired.

Viola Davis, the film’s other heavy hitter, is wasted as some kind of protector of all the casters’ secrets, reduced to providing exposition.

Perhaps her role is larger or can be better understood in the sequels.

After a slew of teen vampire movies that generated zero chemistry even though the leads were an item off-screen, it’s refreshing to see Englert and Ehrenreich, who feel and look fairly typical. They’re not startlingly attractive, they don’t appear prepackaged, and both actors seem genuinely invested in their performances. They also play off each other well, even if they’re not exactly performing death-defying feats of acting.

Beautiful Creatures, more than any of the Twilight films, understands it is entertainment.

That series took itself so seriously and never got the joke about itself that the audience was in on.

Beautiful Creatures leverages its preposterous nature to its advantage. It knows how daffy this idea is, and you can almost see the film roll its eyes along with the audience from time to time.

In short: It’s not trying to be Romeo and Juliet.

And while it’s not nearly as good or as driven as The Hunger Games, it’s certainly better than expected.

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TV

DVD Roundup The Client List: Season 1

smell the love Burning Love 2 Thursdays (BurningLove.com) New Season: The sequel to 2012’s online hit Burning Love, the Bachelor spoof that was waaay too long coming, premiered last week on Valentine’s Day: Burning Love 2 centers on Burning Love’s “damaged goods,” Julie Gristlewhite (June Diane Raphael of Adult Swim’s NTSF:SD:SUV), and her search for the perfect man—after a post-rejection fling as a lesbian, during which she discovered “I’m not gay,” but “if it can happen to Anne Heche, it can happen to anyone.”

As over-the-top-of-the-top giddily desperate Raphael plays Julie, she still can’t touch the real crazy of The Bachelorette, and her suitors—including Adam Scott, Jerry O’Connell, Michael Cera, Adam Brody, Colin Hanks, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer, Nick Kroll, Martin Starr and more—aren’t as restraining-order-worthy as the creeper parade of the source material, but the funny? Burning Love 2 delivers, in 13-minutes spurts.

[R] Shaquille O’Neal Thursday, Feb. 21 (TruTV) Series Debut: No, The Only TV Column That Matters™ isn’t going to recuise itself every time a new show from those title-thieving bastards at TruTV premieres—just sayin,’ I established the True TV column 10 years before they decided to rebrand Court TV. So … how big of a steaming pantload is Upload With Shaquille O’Neal? Imagine Tosh.0 hosted by Sasquatch in a track suit, minus Sasquatch’s shimmering wit. Sure, Internet-clip shows are cheap to produce, but that piddling amount of scratch could be put to far better use. Like, mailing a check to a wronged TV columnist. I also accept PayPal.

Out There Friday, Feb. 22 (IFC) Series Debut: IFC sneakpreviewed a crude, unfinished sketch demo of the animated Out There in January, and … wha? That was the final product? It’s not going to get any better

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than crayon-scrawled blobs dashed off by stoners between Del Taco runs? OK, then. Out There follows the small-town misadventures of … kids? Werewolves?

Crayon-scrawled blobs? Hell if I know.

Series creator Ryan Quincy used to work on South Park—not exactly the epicenter of great animation, but at least those blobs are identifiable. Related: Why does Del Taco sound so good right now?

End of the World Saturday, Feb. 23 (Syfy) Movie: Here’s a new twist for a Syfy disaster flick: plasma rain! In End of the World (what was wrong with Plasma Rain! as a title?), said space precipitation causes massive power surges, telecommunications outages and more passable CGI explosions than you can shake a Megapython at; naturally, it’s up to a pair of sci-fi fanboys to apply their collective knowledge garnered from running a video store (Google it, kids) toward saving the planet. The “star” here is Greg Grunberg—still wearing that leather jacket from Heroes—who could easily just shield Earth from the plasma rain with his colossal noggin.

Celebrity Wife Swap Tuesday, Feb. 26 (ABC) Season Premiere: Continuing its cycle of comedy abuse, ABC is shipping Happy Endings off to Fridays and bringing Celebrity Wife Swap off the bench to save Tuesday nights. The sad, sad thing is, it’ll probably work: The first Wives to be swapped tonight are Kendra Wilkinson (the mentally-challenged former Playmate married to sports-employment-challenged Hank Baskett) and Kate Gosselin (the shame-challenged attention ‘ho who, it must be noted, is no one’s wife at the moment, nor probably ever again). Come on—you know ‘Merica is going to lap up every second of this trainwreck, and this isn’t even the worst/best of ABC’s plans: Next month, Celebrity Diving, now retitled Splash, takes over the night. Oh, Happy Endings, you never stood a chance …

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BY RITA CONNELLY, rconnelly@tucsonweekly.com he only thing wrong with Sa’ing Thai is that it isn’t in my neighborhood; it’s not even anywhere near my neighborhood. If it were, I’d be a regular.

But plenty of people on the far eastside are regulars. On both visits the place was pretty busy, mostly from get ’n’ go customers.

It was a dark and nearly stormy night on our first visit. Mom was in the kitchen. Pop was helping out in the front of the house and a young man, the son we assumed, was taking orders, running the register and working with a deliveryman. This is the very definition of a family restaurant. In this case, one with a full array of Thai dishes that must come from the family files. All menu items are labeled in Thai with brief explanations in English to guide diners.

Dishes are brought to the table one at a time, which in our case worked nicely and made sharing and discussing the food easy.

We began with soup, the tom kah koong ($10.95). Coming to the table fairly a-boil from the hot pot serving dish, this soup was an amazing balance of flavors and textures.

Plenty of tender shrimp added a briny hint of the sea. Silky and sweet coconut milk broth with an undercurrent of lime tempered the heat of the roasted chile paste. Flecks of lemon grass and herbs swam in the broth.

There were translucent onions, straw mushrooms and pretty, almost melted tomatoes.

Truly a balance of tastes and textures, this was a meal unto itself.

The pun sib ($6.50) were a nice complement to the lovely soup. These Thai versions of pot stickers were large. They resembled ravioli and we thought the wrap may have been homemade because of their rustic shape.

Inside was finely ground pork, densely packed and lightly seasoned. They had been perfectly pan fried—crisp and cooked through. Pot stickers sometimes are gummy and burnt at the same time. These were not. They came with a dipping sauce that was sweet and savory and almost syruplike in texture: umami in a bowl. When we asked what it was called, the reply was “just my wife’s sauce.”

The pla rad prik ($12.95) was a wonder. A whole trout had been butterflied and cooked to a light crispiness. Then a thick, dark sauce rich with peppers had been poured on top.

The fish fell apart at the touch of a fork and the sauce held hints of tamarind and chiles, smoke and sweetness, dark and light.

We also ordered pad woon sen ($9.95), a delightful mix of flavorful glass noodles, tender cabbage, tomatoes, green onions, thick

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Speaking of lunch … there is a long list of lunch specials, and they come with soup of the day, rice and an egg roll. There was plenty of food for the price ($7.95 for most specials; $8.95 with shrimp as the protein).

We ordered the pad Thai with shrimp, the gaeng pa-neng with beef (you have your choice of proteins with each dish; chicken and pork are the other two options) and a salad, the yum woon sen ($9.95). We also ordered the Thai iced coffee but were informed they were out of it so we ordered hot tea ($1.95) instead. Beer and wine are available.

Again, we were blown away at the levels of flavor in all the dishes.

The salad is a warm one, with bean thread noodles, minced pork, shrimp and squid, two types of onions and lovely, subtle seasonings.

Sadly, the squid was non-existent (or at least there was not enough of it to notice) but this was a great starter. With hints of lime and Thai basil, this light salad packed a passel of flavors.

We were asked what level of heat we wanted in the salad. We asked for ‘hot’ and even though it didn’t scream hot, we had tears in our eyes as we ate it.

The soup of the day was hot and sour, and it was a great rendition. Spicy hot, it was missing that slick mouth feel found in most versions of this soup. There were dark mushrooms and crunchy bamboo shoots, green onion and an assortment of other vegetables in a rich, savory broth. The ribbons of wonton wrappers that sat artfully on top were crispy as could be.

Sa’ing Thai Cuisine 9136 E. Valencia Road, Suite 100 663-5955 Open Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday noon to 9 p.m.; Sunday noon to 8:30 p.m.

Pluses: Wonderfully balanced dishes Minuses: No Thai iced coffee; no to-go menus

On March 31, a local food landmark for more than 20 years will cease to exist when the 17th Street Farmers Market shuts its doors for good. We had noticed the shrinking stock over the past year, but, still ... what a shame!

The market, at 840 E. 17th St., was one of the places I first saw whole fish for sale. Another good local business is gone, leaving another vacancy in town and a hole in my heart.

According to Tom Kusian, president and CEO of Tucson Food Service, the company that owns the market, the growth of its other divisions (Tucson Party Rentals, a commercial catering company and a grocery distributor) requires the company’s “full attention and resources.”

PieZano’s Open on Fort Lowell The bowl of curry was filled with thin, tender strips of beef and plenty of slices of green and red peppers. Again, there was that perfect balance: a little heat, a little sweet, a tang of citrus and a creamy savoriness. With the jasmine rice, which was light and almost nutty, the heat mellowed some but still popped.

Ordering pad Thai might be a bit plebian but we were glad we did. The noodles seemed like linguini and were tossed with brightly colored egg, sprouts and green onion. I don’t mean to repeat myself, but again all the flavors were in perfect balance (often tamarind or lime dominate, but not so here).

The only item that didn’t impress us was the egg roll. It wasn’t bad, just not outstanding.

All in all, the food at Sa’ing Thai was impressive. There seems to be an understanding of how to bring out the best flavors in each dish.

Although many of the ingredients used in various dishes were the same, each plate was distinctive and flavorful.

Were Sa’ing Thai a little closer I would eat there often. The owners also own China Thai on Tanque Verde. Perhaps that’s how I can enjoy their food again without the long trek to Valencia and Houghton.

After working out the kinks with a couple of soft openings, a new pizza joint has joined the local pie scene. PieZano’s Rustic Pizza and Wine, 2921 E. Fort Lowell Road, occupies the past homes of both Picurro Pizzeria and Fresco Pizzeria. The food is currently available for dining in or pickup, but I was told delivery service is on the restaurant’s radar.

Check out the Facebook page for more info.

Maynards Adds Happy Hour Ever notice how “happy hour” is rarely just an hour? Maynards Market & Kitchen, 400 N. Toole Ave., is joining the extended cheapdrinks-and-food party with specials from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. All items on the happy hour menu are $7, including burgers, pizzettes and one of my favorites, poutine, in which foie gras and duck confit add some kick to the fries and cheese curds. Wine, pints and well drinks are half price as well as one of Maynards’ signature cocktails.

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This venue’s strength is the creative talent of its kitchen and innovative renditions from the American regional repertoire. The late-night bar menu is deservedly popular. Award-winning wine selections. (3-27-03) $$-$$$ RESTAURANT SINALOA W 1020 W. Prince Road. 887-1161. Open SundayThursday 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 9 a.m.11 p.m. Café/Full Bar. AMES, DIS, MC, V. Restaurant Sinaloa should be Tucson’s new hotspot for freshly prepared, affordable seafood of every sort. Shrimp is the specialty, and with more than 20 different shrimp preparations on the menu, there is something for every palate. Service is quick and friendly. Be sure to branch out and try the smoked-marlin taco. (10-6-11) $-$$$

SOUTHWEST AGAVE S 1100 W. Pima Mine Road. 342-2328. Open SundayThursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Off Interstate 19 on the way to Green Valley, Agave is a gem in the desert, well worth the drive. Featuring a menu heavy on steak and seafood, along with delightful service and an upscale, earth-tones decor, it’s easy to forget you’re dining on the grounds of a casino. The prices are reasonable, too. (2-5-04) $$-$$$ FIRE + SPICE E Sheraton Hotel and Suites, 5151 E. Grant Road 323-

6262. Open Monday-Friday 6 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 6 a.m.-11 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC and V. Hidden next to the pool at the Sheraton is Fire + Spice, a restaurant that shows a ton of potential. Southwest-inspired appetizers like nachos, quesadillas and jalapeño snake bites are a delight, and the service and décor are friendly and welcoming. The kitchen occasionally skimps on ingredients or otherwise loses focus, but the quality of the menu is undeniable.

(6-11-09) $$ FLYING V BAR AND GRILL NE Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort

Drive. 299-2020. Open Sunday-Thursday 5:30-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 5:30-10 p.m. Full Cover/ Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V, Checks. Overlooking a golf course and Tucson’s city lights, Ventana Canyon’s Flying V has one of the nicest atmospheres of any local restaurant. Featuring salads, fish and meats, the restaurant’s fare is consistently delicious. The prices are a bit steep, but the view is worth the extra money. Sit on the wooden deck next to the large fountain if you can.

(7-22-04) $$$-$$$$ HIFALUTIN RAPID FIRE WESTERN GRILL NW 6780 N. Oracle Road. 297-0518. Open Sunday-

Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Servers are dressed in Western wear and topped with cowboy hats at this warm and cozy restaurant. The open kitchen gives you the opportunity to see the cooks in action. The general’s favorite chicken and margaritas are standouts.

(11-28-02) $-$$ LODGE ON THE DESERT C 306 N. Alvernon Way. 320-2000. Open Sunday-

Thursday 7-10:30 a.m., 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 7-10:30 a.m., 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. This classic Tucson restaurant is in the process of reinventing itself after a major renovation, followed by a devastating kitchen fire. The entrées are executed well, with attention to detail. The flavors lean toward Southwestern, with a few oddities thrown in. It’s definitely worth a visit. (12-16-10) $$-$$$$ OCOTILLO CAFÉ W At the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N.

Kinney Road. 883-5705. Open December-April daily 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Open June-August Saturday 5-9 p.m.

Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, MC, V. As if there weren’t enough good reasons to visit the Desert Museum, there’s also the excuse of an outstanding meal served with the beautiful backdrop of the Sonoran landscape. Fresh, seasonal ingredients abound in the cuisine. Admission to the museum is required to dine at the Ocotillo Cafe. $$-$$$

SIGNATURE GRILL W 3800 W. Starr Pass Blvd. inside the J.W. Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa. 791-6064. Open daily 6:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Some of the town’s best views can be found at the Signature Grill—and you can enjoy them for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Southwestern favorites such as tableside guacamole and rock-shrimp ceviche are always enjoyable. Weather permitting, the outdoor patio may just be the perfect place for a date. (4-2-09) $$$-$$$$

SPANISH CASA VICENTE RESTAURANTE ESPAÑOL C 375 S. Stone Ave. 884-5253. Open Tuesday and Wednesday 4-10:30 p.m.; Thursday and Friday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-10:30 p.m.; Saturday 4-10:30 p.m.

Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC and V. Tucson is again home to a good Spanish restaurant, thanks to Casa Vicente. While the entrées are worth noting, the numerous tapas are the real standouts. You can get paella, too--but only if you order for at least four people, or if you go for the Thursday night special. (9-8-05) $-$$$

SPORTS BAR DIABLOS SPORTS BAR AND GRILL S 2545 S. Craycroft Road. 514-9202. Open MondaySaturday 10 a.m.-2 a.m.; Sunday 9:30 a.m.-2 a.m. Café/ Full Bar. DIS, MC, V. Diablos takes standard bar fare and kicks it up a notch with spicy, well-prepared appetizers, burgers, sandwiches and salads. With more than 20 TVs, you won’t miss a minute of the game while enjoying tall, cold beers and really hot wings. (7-29-10) $-$$ GRUMPY’S GRILL NW 2960 W. Ina Road. 297-5452. Open MondaySaturday 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. “Burgers, baskets and beer,” the catchphrase for this bar and grill, says it all. Add a friendly atmosphere and big-screen TVs, and you’ve got a great neighborhood eatery. The baskets are big, and dinners range from steak to spaghetti and meatballs. Happy-hour prices attract a nice crowd. (9-27-07) $-$$ MIDTOWN BAR AND GRILL E 4915 E. Speedway Blvd. 327-2011. Bar is open

daily 9 a.m.-2 a.m.; Food is served daily 10 a.m.-1 a.m.

Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Visit this place for the abundant TV screens on game days, and very good burgers; the rest of the menu is not bad, but rather undistinguished. (2-12-09) $-$$ RUSTY’S FAMILY RESTAURANT AND SPORTS GRILLE W 2075 W. Grant Road. 623-3363. Open daily 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, MC, V. Atmospherewise, this is actually two restaurants in one--a sports bar and a trendy family restaurant. With decent prices, a hip decor and tasty sandwiches, burgers and dinner entrées, Rusty’s is one of the cooler places to eat or drink on the westside. (6-26-03) $$-$$$ TRIDENT GRILL C 2033 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-5755. Open Tuesday-

Saturday 11 a.m.-2 a.m.; Sunday and Monday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. While Trident Grill is a popular UA-area sports bar, its menu takes diners above and beyond the usual sports-bar fare.

All the requisite appetizers, sandwiches and burgers are joined by an impressive menu of seafood offerings. The comfortable décor shows management’s love of the Navy SEALS and the Washington Redskins, and the service is friendly and efficient. A place to kick back, watch the game and eat some shellfish. (9-28-06) $$-$$$ WORLD SPORTS GRILLE NW 2290 W. Ina Road. 229-0011. Open Sunday-

Thursday 11 a.m.-midnight; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Consider this the Super Bowl of sports bars, with big TVs everywhere, a large menu, cold beer and enough video games to keep the kiddies busy for hours. The food includes the usual sports-bar fare—like burgers, sandwiches and salads—but then goes beyond with pizza, tagine noodle bowls and more. Prices are reasonable. (1-15-09) $$

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STEAKHOUSE COLT’S TASTE OF TEXAS STEAKHOUSE NW 8310 N. Thornydale Road. 572-5968. Open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Right out of a Larry McMurtry novel,

the hoe-down atmosphere at Coltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is a perfect backdrop for some of the tastiest steak dinners in town. Although chicken and fish are also offered, stick with the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s namesake, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never be disappointed. $$-$$$ DAISY MAEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S STEAK HOUSE W 2735 W. Anklam Road. 792-8888. Open daily 3-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Calling all you cowboys and cowgals: Gather around the table for some mighty fine vittles, including steaks, ribs, chicken and chops, all cooked to order on an outdoor mesquite grill!

Smiling servers will bring you all the beans you care to eat. This is a little piece of Old Pueblo dining history and a great place to bring out-of-towners. (10-26-06) $$-$$$ EL CORRAL NE 2201 E. River Road. 299-6092. Open Monday-

Thursday 5-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 4:30-10 p.m.; Sunday 4:30-9 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V, Checks. For a serious no-frills steak dinner, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t beat the ambiance of this older ranch houseturned-steakhouse. Featuring the house specialty of prime rib, this is a Tucson favorite for all sorts of family affairs. Large servings, low prices, big fun. (2-28-02) $-$$ FLEMINGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PRIME STEAKHOUSE AND WINE BAR NE 6360 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 180. 529-5017.

Open Sunday-Thursday 5-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 5-10:30 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Featuring more than 100 wines by the glass and some of the best cuts of meat youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find anywhere, the Tucson location of the Flemingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chain is a great place for an upscale dinnerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;if money is no object. The steaks are prepared exactly how you order them, and the atmosphere is elegant, if a bit noisy. Just make sure you bring a lot of cash (or credit)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Flemingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ă la carte-style menu is far from cheap. (12-16-04) $$$$ LITTLE MEXICO STEAKHOUSE S 2851 W. Valencia Road. 578-8852. Open Sunday,

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 7 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V and checks. Little Mexico Steakhouse is great for steaks and shrimp entrĂŠes. The steaks have an interesting, smoky flavor, and portions are huge. The Mexican fare tends to be unimaginative, though. (9-1709) $$-$$$ $$-$$$

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PINNACLE PEAK E 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 296-0911. Open Monday-Friday 5-10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 4:3010 p.m. Diner/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Located in Trail Dust Town, Pinnacle Peak serves up some of the biggest, most flavorful steaks in Southern Arizona. The Old West atmosphere provides a fun time for all. Just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go there if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a vegetarian or if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wearing a tie. (7-3-03) $-$$ SILVER SADDLE STEAK HOUSE S 310 E. Benson Highway. 622-6253. Open MondayThursday 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday 2-10 p.m.; Sunday 1-9 p.m. CafĂŠ/Diner/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V, Checks. Good value on steaks, burgers and grilled chickenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s often worth the trip. $$-$$$ THE STEAKHOUSE AT THE DESERT DIAMOND CASINO S 7350 S. Old Nogales Highway. 342-1328. Open daily 4-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V, Checks. So you just won a big payout at the poker table, or the slots have been extremely generous. Where are you going to go? The answer is right there inside the hotel-casino. Big portionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;from the salad through dessertâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;are the norm. Steaks are the draw, of course, but seafood options are also quite worthy. The service is friendly, and the prices at the bar are most reasonable.

(5-8-08) $$$ THE STEAKOUT RESTAURANT AND SALOON NW 3620 W. Tangerine Road. 572-1300. Open Monday-Thursday 4-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. The prices are edging toward the top of â&#x20AC;&#x153;midrange,â&#x20AC;? but the result is good-quality beef grilled to order in a casual, Western setting. Not much choice among side dishes, though, and the dessert standards are variable. (6-25-09) $$$-$$$$

SUSHI AND JAPANESE AN DEL SOL S 5655 W. Valencia Road, inside Casino del Sol. 8387177. Open Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Mr. Anâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dining ventures seem to get better and better. The menu is gigantic, so it can be hard to choose. We were knocked out by the tuna tartare and completely surprised by the sweet-and-sour fish.

The sushi rolls have clever names; the Big Birtha comes to mind. While the prices are a little high, the portion sizes more than make up for it. (5-5-11) $$-$$$$ FUKU SUSHI C 940 E. University Blvd. 798-3858. Open daily 11 a.m.-midnight. CafĂŠ. Beer, Wine and Specialty Drinks.

AMEX, DIS, MC, V. A welcome addition to the Main Gate mix. The sushi offerings are many, with a full slate of both traditional and house rolls. The honor roll is a definite winner. This is one of the few places around thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s truly doing fusion food; the Japanese fish tacos are a prime example. Fuku has a youthful vibeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and prices that fit into a student budget. (2-5-09) $-$$ FUSION WASABI E 250 W. Craycroft Road, Suite 100. 747-0228. Open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-11 p.m.; Saturday 4:30-11 p.m.; Sunday 5-9:30 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, MC, V. Fusion Wasabi offers two thingsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;teppan yaki and sushiâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go wrong with either one.

The teppan yaki makes for a nice, tasty show, much like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get anywhere else. But the sushi is where Fusion Wasabi excels. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some of the best Tucson has to offerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;especially the strawberry-topped Fusion Wasabi roll and the 24-karat-gold-topped Fusion Wasabi ultimate roll. (1-5-06) $$$-$$$$

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Open Monday-Saturday 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. DIS, MC, V. Ikkyu offers down-home Japanese food in a fast-casual style. Rice bowls, noodles, ramen and sushi are at the ready, making for a perfect quick dinner or some fine takeout. Prices fit any budget. Word is the ramen shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be missed. $-$$ (11-19-09) $-$$ KAMPAI NW 6486 N. Oracle Road. 219-6550. Open Monday-

Saturday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4:30-9:30 p.m. Bistro/ Beer and Wine. AMEX, MC, V. The food, both from the sushi bar and regular menu, is delicious. The spicy garlic shrimp is worth a try. And the ginger-intensive dressing on the house saladâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good enough to bottle.

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Thursday 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday noon-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. The sushi and other offerings at Kazoku will delight your taste buds, and the dĂŠcor is beautiful. The lack of an all-you-can-eat option means you should bring a loaded wallet. (1-14-10) $-$$$ MR. ANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TEPPAN STEAK AND SUSHI NW 6091 N. Oracle Road. 797-0888. Open Monday-

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Nearly two decades after Jerry Garcia’s death, the legacy of the Grateful Dead continues through Bob Weir

By Stephen Seigel, musiced@tucsonweekly.com

The Dead Live On

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BY JIM LIPSON, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com Bob Weir ang out long enough with a bunch of Deadheads (you know, that group of concert-chasing, dope-smoking, tapetrading, VW van-loving, Woodstock Nation vagabonds—all of whom were forced to get a life after Jerry Garcia died) and you begin to wonder: Why even bother listening to anything outside of the Grateful Dead or their rich musical circle? The experience and the vibes can be that good.

OK, obviously not all of their fans are hippie caricatures. But when it comes to the music— and lord knows that after more than five decades of solo, group and collaborative side projects, there is a ton of it—it’s no wonder the Grateful Dead experience marches on even though it’s been more than 17 years since Garcia’s passing from complications due to his off-again/on-again addiction to heroin.

In his groundbreaking book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe coined the phrase “You’re either on the bus or off the bus.”

He expertly used this as a metaphor for “you either get it or you don’t” in regard not only to the exploits of novelist Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters, but also to the entire preHaight-Ashbury Bay Area psychedelic scene.

Almost 50 years later, we now find Bob Weir, a founding member of the band, still very much at the wheel of that bus to Never Never Land.

Weir was no more than 16 years old when he started hanging out at the music store in Palo Alto where Garcia was giving guitar lessons. “I was still in high school when we started the jug band (Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions, which also included founding GD members Phil Lesh and Ron “Pigpen” McKernan). I was always “the kid,” he said with a laugh when told how David Crosby had once been quoted in a radio interview saying, “Does his mother know he’s out this late?”

Obviously, Weir has been asked many times to reflect upon the continuing Dead phenomenon. In a recent phone interview he was thoughtful and to the point. “Certain people (the fans) are just born this way and therefore they require a little adventure in their lives and in their music. And we’re more than happy to provide that for them because we’re kindred spirits.”

Much of the band’s cult following stems from the taping culture that’s led to thousands of live recordings that have been bought and sold, but mostly traded, among Deadheads. While most artists are loath to allow any kind of recording device inside a venue, the Dead actively encouraged it. Realizing this was a much more effective marketing strategy than selling albums (never their strong suit), they would actually block off a

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specific section behind the soundboard where tapers could set up their rigs; a space clearly defined by the sea of stereo microphones seen rising above the crowd.

Weir says it was never the band’s intent to archive its work or to be at the forefront of the live bootleg industry. “We taped so we could listen back after the show, and we did that nightly. Then we would talk it down so we could improve what we were doing. Eventually that turned into a big library and picked up its own head of steam and so we just kept doing it.” Weir says the nightly listening ritual continued until the fall of 1974, after which the band went on its infamous yearlong hiatus.

It was during that time that all of the band members, including relative newcomers Keith and Donna Godchaux, released solo projects on the group’s independently owned Round Records. Weir’s main project was Kingfish, a collaboration between him and elementary school chums Dave Torbert (of the New Riders of the Purple Sage) and Matthew Kelly.

The first Kingfish album is considered one of the stronger Dead solo efforts, but it was not Weir’s first taste of success outside the band. In 1972, Warner Bros. asked him to make a solo record. While many consider Ace to be perhaps the best of the electric Dead studio albums, Weir insists it was always meant to be a solo project and that there was a happy coincidence as to how it was made.

“Jerry was doing some recording in Wally Heider’s studio, where I was also going to make the Ace record. And that’s where we ran into the Godchauxs and were enthralled. At that time, Pigpen was starting to fade and we were becoming aware we would need another keyboard player.” Keith’s piano playing was stellar on the album, while Donna helped upgrade the vocals and bring many of Weir’s new tunes, almost all of which would become instant GD classics (“Playing in the Band,” “One More Saturday Night,” “Cassidy,” among others), to life.

Torbert’s sudden death from a heart ailment

A solo acoustic show by Bob Weir with Jonathan Wilson 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 27 Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. $15 to $68; all ages 547-3040; foxtucsontheatre.org

in 1982 put an end to Kingfish, but not to Weir’s solo career. Unfortunately, while albums like Heaven Help the Fool suffered from overproduction, other projects like the terrific Bobby and the Midnites collaboration between Weir and jazz heavyweights Billy Cobham and Alphonso Johnson, never seemed to gain much traction beyond the shadow of the Bay Area.

While Weir recalls this group with much fondness, he also wryly advises, “You need not familiarize yourself with the second album.”

Following Garcia’s death in 1995, Weir began touring with bassist Rob Wasserman and eventually formed the band Ratdog with him. With Wasserman’s background in classical music, Ratdog has been all over the musical map, eventually settling in as a formidable Grateful Dead cover band. Weir’s work with Ratdog has been interspersed with various collaborations with the other surviving Dead alum, including tours under the monikers the Other Ones, the Dead, and now Further, all of which have had varying degrees of frustration and success, and all of which have featured Weir singing tunes penned by Garcia (and Robert Hunter).

When asked which tunes he’s inspired to perform, Weir said, “The ones I got lonesome for.

And one by one I got lonesome for a lot of them.”

As he sets about prepping for a run of acoustic solo shows, he says, “This will be fun and revealing to me, discovering new things about the songs, some of them written on electric guitar and now bringing them over to acoustic.”

When asked if the show will focus on his Dead tunes, solo work or Jerry songs, he said, “All of the above.”

As founder Chris Black puts it, “ChamberLab is dedicated to tunneling under the wall that separates classical music from … well, from all the other music in the world.”

What has become a quarterly performance series began as a one-off concert in 2010 with this concept: Get a bunch of songwriters and musicians who normally perform pretty much anything but classical music, and get them to compose chamber music pieces which would then be performed by local classical musicians culled from the UA, University High School, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and the like for a one-time-only show.

That first performance featured performances of pieces written by locals Black, Howe Gelb, Gabriel Sullivan, Dante Rosano, Marco Rosano, Tony Rosano and others, as well as Austin-based composer Graham Reynolds of the Golden Arm Trio.

The idea was to try to attract audiences to classical music performances who otherwise might not give the music a second thought, by getting composers with name recognition outside of the classical music world. Similarly, it gave musicians who don’t normally work in the genre the opportunity to spread their musical wings and expand their horizons. And to add another dose of quirk to the proceedings, the now-quarterly performances take place in unconventional venues for classical music: nightclubs, movie theaters, restaurants.

This week’s installment of the series will take place at Café Desta, the downtown Ethiopian restaurant, and the composers this time around are series veterans Black, Benjamin DeGain (of Discos), Dante Rosano, Marco Rosano, Tony Rosano, and making his debut in the series, Sergio Mendoza.

Meanwhile, Black says that the instrumentation for this installment is “eclectic in the extreme, featuring several bassoons, contrabassoon, French horn, viola, violin, double bass, piano, Wurlitzer, vibraphone, clarinet, tuba, and more.”

Chris Black presents ChamberLab at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb 24, at Café Desta, 758 S. Stone Ave. Admission is a suggested donation of $10.

For additional info, plus recordings of previous ChamberLab shows, head to http://chamberlab.tumblr.com.

YOU SHOULD GO SEE ROBBIE FULKS If you’re a fan of roots music in its many varied forms, this is a very good week for you. Let’s take a gander at some of your options, shall we?

It’s been ages since we’ve heard anything about the Chicago-based alt-country singer/songwriter Robbie Fulks. So it was rather odd when his name popped up on the Solar Culture Gallery schedule recently with an announcement that he’d be performing there next week.

Starting in 1996 with his debut album Country Love Songs (Bloodshot), Fulks was good for an

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album every year or two, even releasing two albums in 2001. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a full six years since his last release, Revenge! (Yep Roc), and that was a double live album. It appears heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been performing around Chicago and Wisconsin during the last several years, but hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t embarked upon a full-fledged tour during that period.

Fulks is a songwriterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s songwriter, literary with a sense of humor that veers toward the dark. (This is a guy who titled an odds-andsods collection of demos and previously unreleased tracks The Very Best of Robbie Fulks [Bloodshot, 2000]). Over the years his sound has evolved from largely spare, traditional oldtimey country to a more fully fleshed-out sound that borders on country-rock at times.

What to expect at his show here next week is anybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guess. Is he road-testing new material for a new album? Is it a greatest hits tour? The show isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even listed on Fulksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; website, furthering the mystery. The only way to know for sure is to show up, but if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a fan of smart alt-country, you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t likely to be disappointed by whatever heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playing.

Robbie Fulks performs an all-ages show at 8 p.m. next Thursday, Feb. 28, at Solar Culture Gallery. Cover is $8, and an opening act had yet to be announced at press time. Keep your eyes peeled to solarculture.org or call 884-0874.

Speaking of acts we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard from in a while, Leftover Salmon will return to town this week for the first time in many years.

The Colorado band, which was largely responsible for bringing bluegrass (albeit with drums) to the jam-band circuit, had pretty much broken up in the mid-Aughts, with its band members pursuing other musical interests. But they played some reunion shows a few years ago, and last year released Aquatic Hitchhiker (LoS), their first new album in eight years, and their first-ever collection of nothing but original songs.

Along the way theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had some personnel shakeups, including the death of banjo-playing founding member Mark Vann in 2002. The bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current lineup features founding members Vince Herman (vocals, guitar) and multiinstrumentalist Drew Emmitt; bassist Greg Garrison and drummer Jose Martinez, who both joined in 2000; and recent addition Andy Thorn, who joined in 2010, on banjo.

Catch the recently revived Leftover Salmon at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 24, at the Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St. An opening act was still to be determined at press time.

Tickets for the all-ages show are $24 in advance, $26 on the day of show. Head to rialtotheatre.com or call 740-1000 for more info.

Maryland-based band Cotton Jones drew local raves when they opened for Dr. Dog at the Rialto last year, and this week they return for a headlining show of their own.

Although they get lumped into the Americana thing thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all the rage these days, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a sound thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique and haunting. Typically, a Cotton Jones song can include elements of dream-pop, psychedelic overtones, and folk, with lots of reverb all over the place.

But at the heart of the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sound is the ethereal vocals of Michael Nau and Whitney McGraw, especially when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re singing together. This is gorgeous stuff, people.

Cotton Jones perform at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St., on Tuesday, Feb. 26. In an inspired pairing, Silver Thread Trio opens this early show at 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 in advance, $8 on the day of show. For further details head to hotelcongress.com/club or call 622-8848.

TOP TEN Zia Recordsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; top sales for the week ending Feb. 17, 2013 1. Bullet for My Valentine Temper Temper 2. Mumford & Sons Babel Kix Brooks I may be doing something of a disservice in mentioning Austinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dana Falconberry in this rootsy roundup. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generally categorized as a folk artist, but her spare sound has as much to do with 4AD acts like Cocteau Twins as it does any folk artist. The real draw in her music is her voice, which is ethereal and girlish and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sound like anyone else I can think of.

Dana Falconberry performs at Plush, 340 E. Sixth St., on Sunday, Feb. 24. Steff Koeppen and the Articles open the show at 9:30 p.m., and cover is five bucks. For more information check out plushtucson.com or call 798-1298.

TRIPLE DOUBLE LOSING A SINGLE Eclectic indie-folk-pop locals Triple Double Band will perform their last show with Preston Winter, who has played bass for the band for the past eight years. The group has found a replacement for its future endeavors in Rip Nolan, who is a member of both the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra. The band, which released its latest album >IV in May of last year, is currently at work on a new album to be released later this year.

Triple Double Band performs at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St., on Saturday, Feb. 23. Leila Lopez and her band kick off this early show at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Head to hotelcongress.com/club or call 622-8848 for more info.

ON THE BANDWAGON Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve barely scratched the surface of all the great shows happening around town this week, so be sure to check out our listings sections for the big picture. In the meantime, a few highlights: Caspian, Junius, and North at Club Congress on Wednesday, Feb. 27; Psychic Ills and Liila at Solar Culture Gallery on Saturday, Feb. 23; Lenguas Largas, the OBN IIIs, and Destruction Unit at The District Tavern on Sunday, Feb. 24; We Came as Romans at The Rock on Saturday, Feb. 23; Adam Faucett, the Plastic Arts, and Kaia Chesney at Plush next Thursday, Feb. 28; Kix Brooks at Desert Diamond Casino on Saturday, Feb. 23; General Smiley and Planet Jam at The Hut on Friday, Feb. 22; Logan Green Electric, Ex-Cowboy, and Talk2Strangers at La Cocina on Wednesday, Feb. 27; Birthday Suits, Boo Boo Kiss, and Psygoat at The District Tavern on Monday, Feb. 25; ABK and Blaze at The Rock next Thursday, Feb. 28; Leftmore, Reptilian Shape Shifters, Terra Alive, Best Dog Award, and Spider Cider at Tucson Live Music Space on Saturday, Feb. 23; Denney and the Jets at Plush on Saturday, Feb. 23.

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ABOUNDING GRACE CHURCH 2450 S. Kolb Road.

747-3745.

BOONDOCKS LOUNGE 3306 N. First Ave. 6900991.

BORDERLANDS BREWING COMPANY 119 E. Toole Ave. 261-8773.

THE BOXING GYM 1080 N. Contzen Ave. CAFÉ PASSÉ 415 N. Fourth Ave. 624-4411.

CASINO DEL SOL 5655 W. Valencia Road. (800) 344-9435.

CHICAGO BAR 5954 E. Speedway Blvd. 748-8169.

CLUB CONGRESS 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848.

DELECTABLES RESTAURANT AND CATERING 533 N. Fourth Ave. 884-9289.

DESERT DIAMOND CASINO MONSOON NIGHTCLUB 7350 S. Nogales Highway. 294-7777.

DESERT DIAMOND ENTERTAINMENT CENTER 1100 W. Pima Mine Road. 294-7777.

DESERTVIEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. SaddleBrooke. 825-5318.

THE DISTRICT 260 E. Congress St. 792-0081.

DOVE OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 665 W. Roller Coaster Road. 887-5127.

DRIFTWOOD RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE 2001 South Craycroft Road. 520-790-4317.

DV8 5851 E. Speedway Blvd. 885-3030.

EDDIES COCKTAILS 8150 E. 22nd St. 290-8750.

FINI’S LANDING 5689 N Swan Ed. 520-299-1010.

FOX TUCSON THEATRE 17 W. Congress St. 6241515.

GERONIMO PLAZA 820 E. University Blvd.

GRACE ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 2331 E. Adams St. 327-6857.

HARLOW GARDENS 5620 E. Pima St. 886-5475.

HERITAGE HIGHLANDS CLUBHOUSE 4949 W. Heritage Club Blvd. Marana. 579-9574.

HIDEOUT SALOON - EAST 1110 S. Sherwood Village Drive. 520-751-2222.

HOLSCLAW HALL UA School of Music, 1017 N. Olive Road. 621-1162.

THE HUT 305 N. Fourth Ave. 623-3200.

INNSUITES HOTEL 475 N. Granada Ave. 6232000.

IRISH PUB 9155 E. Tanque Verde Road. 749-2299.

JASPER NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT AND BAR 6370 N. Campbell Ave., No. 160. 577-0326.

LAFFS COMEDY CAFFE 2900 E. Broadway Blvd.

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NIMBUS BREWING COMPANY TAPROOM 3850 E. 44th St. 745-9175.

OLD TOWN ARTISANS 201 N. Court Ave. 6236024.

ORO VALLEY LIBRARY 1305 West Naranja Driv.

520-229-5300.

THE PARISH 6453 N. Oracle Road. 797-1233.

PLAYGROUND BAR AND LOUNGE 278 E. Congress St. 396-3691.

PLUSH 340 E. Sixth St. 798-1298.

REBELARTE COLLECTIVE (SKRAPPY’S) 191 E. Toole Ave. 358-4287.

RIALTO THEATRE 318 E. Congress St. 740-1000.

RJ’S REPLAYS SPORTS PUB AND GRUB 5769 E. Speedway Blvd. 495-5136.

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ST. PHILIP’S IN THE HILLS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421.

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THU FEB 21 Boondocks Lounge Ned Sutton & Last Dance Casino del Sol DSB-Journey Tribute Band Chicago Bar Neon Prophet Club Congress Kamp Happy Hour at Club Congress Kickoff: Featuring Vibe And Dj Audioscience Desert Diamond Casino Monsoon Nightclub Strait Country Starring Kevin Sterner Fox Tucson Theatre George Kahumoku Hideout Saloon - East Chris Gebbia and Susan Barrett Acoustic Duo Jasper Neighborhood Restaurant and Bar The Bluerays Trio Laffs Comedy Caffe Comedy open mic Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café Small Potatoes Old Town Artisans Stefan George, Beth Bombara w/Fur Family Plush Altered Thursdays with Kyle Bronsdon Rialto Theatre “Tucson’s Best” Showcase Ska/Reggae Edition feat. Three Point Turn w/Bangarang, Grite Leon, Something Like Seduction, MHP, Laches & Moss Orion Solar Culture Sunny Italy Acoustic Set St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church Venti e Arpe Sullivan’s Steak House The Jeff McKinney Band Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill Laura Walsh

FRI FEB 22 Boondocks Lounge Neon Prophet Borderlands Brewing Company Tommy Tucker Café Passé Roman Barten Sherman w/Tom Walbank Casino del Sol TCB Desert Diamond Casino Monsoon Nightclub Strait Country Starring Kevin Sterner Eddies Cocktails Dust Devils Fini’s Landing Jeff Grubic & Friends Geronimo Plaza Nancy McCallion and her Wee Band Heritage Highlands Clubhouse Lisa Otey and the Desert Divas Diane Van Deurzen, Heather “Lil’ Mama” Hardy and others Holsclaw Hall Tucson Guitar Society The Hut Planet Jam w/Original General Smiley InnSuites Hotel The Bishop/Nelly Duo Irish Pub The Railbirdz Jasper Neighborhood Restaurant and Bar Corey Spector Laffs Comedy Caffe Comedian Brad Upton Maverick Flipside Mint Cocktails Barbara Harris Band Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café Kiko & The Stone Avenue Band Old Town Artisans The Greg Morton Band, Coming Out: A Queer Dance Party The Parish Michael P. w/Mighty Joel Ford Plush Ben Siems RJ’s Replays Sports Pub and Grub The Coolers The Rock Locals Only: Heavy Metal Thunder feat. Angelic to Ashes w/We Killed the Union, Awaken the End, Drowning Arizona, Wrathgate, Our Daily Trespasses & Skull Pin Runway Bar and Grill Hustle Hall Of Fame Tour feat.

J-Story & Mav of Solcamp Shot in the Dark Café Mark Bockel The Skybox Restaurant and Sports Bar 80’s and Gentlemen St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church Kathryn Christensen Surly Wench Pub The Pretty Things Peepshow Tucson Live Music Space Bryan McPherson Western National Parks Association Bookstore Noctrane Zen Rock Tucson Underground Celebrity Invasion Hosted

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SAT FEB 23 Abounding Grace Church Redhouse Family Jazz Band Boondocks Lounge The Last Call Girls Borderlands Brewing Company Hey, Bucko Café Passé Matthew Cordes w/Hans Hutchison, Hank Topless, Catfish and Weezie & Andy Hersey Chicago Bar Neon Prophet Club Congress Triple Double w/Leila Lopez Delectables Restaurant and Catering Al Basics Desert Diamond Entertainment Center Tucson Rodeo Concert: Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn DesertView Performing Arts Center Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra Hideout Saloon - East The Charles Street Band

Irish Pub KC Monroe Band Jasper Neighborhood Restaurant and Bar Birks Works Laffs Comedy Caffe Comedian Brad Upton Maverick Flipside Mint Cocktails Elvis Impersonator, Don’t Blink Burlesque Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café Corey Spector Nimbus Brewing Company Taproom The AmoSphere Old Town Artisans Miss Lana Rebel w/Kevin Michael Mayfield Old Town Artisans Tesoro, DJ Herm Plush Denney and the Jets The Rock We Came As Romans w/Crown the Empire, Scorned Embrace, Bow In Astoria & Evasion Runway Bar and Grill Prophets And Profiteers w/Drizzle Punkrock & The Gunrunners Solar Culture Psychic Ills with Liila (a.k.a Louise Le hir and Connor Gallaher ) St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra Suite 147 at Plaza Palomino Johnny Rawls Sullivan’s Steak House The Bishop/Nelly Duo Tucson Convention Center Broadway Rocks!

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Café Passé Tina And Her Pony Chicago Bar Reggae Sundays feat. Papa Ranger The District Lenguas Largas W/Obn Iii’s & Destruction Unit Dove of Peace Lutheran Church Performance of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata Driftwood Restaurant and Lounge Ashbury DV8 Sanity Insanity w/Axe Murder Boyz & Pozest Eddies Cocktails Dust Devils Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church University of Arizona Philharmonic Orchestra Harlow Gardens Steam Hideout Saloon - East Bob Kay: The Singing/Drumming DJ spins oldies Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café Sunday Jazz Showcase Old Town Artisans Catfish and Weezie Plush Dana Falconberry w/Steff Koeppen and the Articles Rialto Theatre Winter Tour 2013 feat. Leftover Salmon The Rock This Romantic Tragedy w/Before I Die, The Autumnsfire, Exceptions & Summer In December Solar Culture Sean Gaskell St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra Thinktank Think Tank Block Party! feat. Talk2Strangers, Quiet Please, Acorn Bcorn, Otherly Love, Black Ginger & Headlock Tucson Convention Center Broadway Rocks!, R Dub’s 13th Annual Sunday Nite Slow Jams Live!

Victory Worship Center Newsboys: God’s Not Dead Tour

MON FEB 25 Boondocks Lounge The Bryan Dean Trio Chicago Bar The Ronstadts The District Birthday Suits w/Boo Boo Kiss The Hut Bluegrass Nite feat. Cadillac Mountain RebelArte Collective (Skrappy’s) Step Aside w/Fever Dreams & Territory

TUE FEB 26 The Boxing Gym Blackbird Raum w/Ramshackle Glory, Rooster Noodle Soup & Fridge Scum Chicago Bar The Jive Bombers Club Congress Cotton Jones w/Silver Thread Trio Playground Bar and Lounge Hey, Bucko Plush Electric Six w/Hero Defekt & Gabriel the Marine Sky Bar Jazz Telephone w/Tom Walbank

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ANNOUNCEMENTS BLUEGRASS MUSIC JAM SESSIONS The Desert Bluegrass Association hosts free public jam sessions monthly. The first Sunday, 3 to 5 p.m.: Udall Recreation Center, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Road, 2961231. The first Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m.: Rincon Market, 2315 E. Sixth St., 296-1231. The third Sunday, 3 to 5 p.m.: Music and Arts Center, 8320 N. Thornydale Road, No. 150-170, 579-2299. The third Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m.: Pinnacle Peak Restaurant, 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road, 296-0911. The fourth Sunday, from 4 to 6 p.m.: Thirstyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Neighborhood Grill, 2422 N. Pantano Road, 885-6585. Call the phone number provided for each venue for more information.

CALL FOR MUSICIANS St. Philipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. The St. Philipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Friends of Music seek applications from musicians and ensembles interested in performing for the three concert series from 2013 through 2014. Call 299-6421, or visit stphilipstucson.org for an application and more info.

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Dana Cianciotto Dana Cianciotto created Musical Mayhem Cabaret, a musical comedy troupe, in Phoenix in 2011, but the concept traveled south when she moved back to Tucson last May. The group performs the second and third Wednesdays of every month at New Moon Tucson, 915 W. Prince Road. For more info, visit musicalmayhemcabaret.weebly.com.

Kate Newton, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com What was the first concert you attended?

Boyz II Men. My mother won tickets on 93.7.

What are you listening to these days?

A little bit of everything. I also perform as a drag king so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m always looking for new music to perform to.

What was the first album you owned?

A Broadway musical called Into the Woods.

What artist, genre or musical trend does everyone seem to love that you just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get?

Nicki Minaj ... is just a mystery to me. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand at all what the pull of that woman is.

What musical act, current or defunct, would you most like to see perform live?

Honestly, Marilyn Manson. I saw him once before at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, and he put on such an awesome show.

Musically speaking, what is your favorite guilty pleasure?

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wanna say that show tunes are a guilty pleasure, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m definitely the kind of person that drives down Speedway with my windows down and my show tunes playing.

What song would you like to have played at your funeral? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Did It All for You,â&#x20AC;? from a musical called Songs for a New World. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the somber answer, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d want, like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I Had a Million Dollarsâ&#x20AC;? and silly things played at my funeral.

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Leading his jazz quartet in a UApresents concert, the 52-year-old New York-based singer and guitarist showed off his refined and sophisticated tendencies on standards, ballads and thoughtful covers from the rock repertoire.

Dressed in a natty suit and exercising his clear voice, Pizzarelli was a snazzy host.

Pizzarelli, who noted that this was his first concert in Tucson, also told a few stories about his famous father Bucky Pizzarelli, the 87-yearold guitarist and journeyman session player.

Proving his reputation as a raconteur, the younger Pizzarelli also shared a tale or two about playing with Rosemary Clooney and Paul McCartney.

Like his father, Pizzarelli played a hollowbodied seven-string guitar, with the extra string allowing him to play bass lines along with his melodies. He displayed a neat, concise playing style throughout the concert, and even when he cut loose with stinging solos on several tunes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; he was plain smoking on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Only a Paper Moonâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a Mellow Toneâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; his playing was still restrained. The guy has chops and a sense of taste.

The band swung mightily, thanks to brother Martin Pizzarelli on double bass, drummer Tony Tedesco and especially pianist Larry Fuller, who seemed to essay the entire history of jazz piano in his propulsive playing, from the styles of Fats Waller and Art Tatum to Ramsey Lewis, Oscar Peterson and Errol Garner.

Mindful to give credit where it was due, Pizzarelli often mentioned the songwriters and composers who created the numbers he played, from Jerome Kern to Richard Rodgers to Harold Arlen. At the same time, he showed his affection for the musical mash-up. He elided Tom Waitsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drunk on the Moonâ&#x20AC;? with Billy Strayhornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lush Life,â&#x20AC;? and the seams between tunes were nearly imperceptible.

Perhaps the eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest moment came during a performance of â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Memory of Elizabeth Reed,â&#x20AC;? a jazz-based Allman Brothers Band tune, framed by an arrangement of Wes Montgomeryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Four on Six.â&#x20AC;? The concert reached toward the sublime when Pizzarelli and Fuller played the dual Duane AllmanDickey Betts leads together.

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The songs of Indiansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; debut are ephemeral, shifting creations, evocative of the largescale world in the sense that you can never quite take in everything at once.

Though often quiet and delicate, these songs are built of layers upon layers, an atmospheric yet folky electronica that suggests wide expanses, like icy peaks or windswept plains. Somewhere Else, the debut from Copenhagenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Søren Løkke Juul, is guided by a sense of isolation and eerie calm.

The songs tend to take their shape slowly, progressing through their natural life cycles like on the opener, â&#x20AC;&#x153;New,â&#x20AC;? a slow-build, impressionistic song akin to a timelapse videoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a flower blooming and dying, ice spreading across a lakeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;familiar yet slightly disorienting. The album is structured the same way, given to a natural progression where the intensity surges in the middle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Am Haunted,â&#x20AC;? the third track, follows the awakening of the first two songs with a stronger rhythm, a briskly strummed acoustic guitar. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reality Sublimeâ&#x20AC;? runs a choppy synth riff through something of a Doppler effect, giving at once a sense of motion and confusion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cakelakersâ&#x20AC;? shakes up an otherwise too-sedate album with the odd combination of both an outlier and the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strongest song. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a straightforward track, an impressively beautiful example of Scandinavian folk.

Too hazy at times, Somewhere Else is a somewhat tough to graspâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;yet spellbindingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;album, drifting with an undeniable sense of winter through phases of bright-eyed exploration to its sundown-satisfying end.

The musical style loosely called post-rock is populated by many impressive, mostly instrumental artists. Caspian should be mentioned among them as a band expert in erecting cathedrals of blissful noise. Their dramatic plinths of sound are built from treated keyboards and effects-laden guitars, and moved by tectonic shifts of rhythm.

On their fourth album, the Massachusetts-based band starts off modestly. The title track is initially so quiet it slips in under your consciousness, but it builds momentum: snowflakes cohering into powder, then a massive snowball of hypnotic swells.

Another highlight is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Porcellous,â&#x20AC;? during which cascading waves of light seem to split into shards of dazzling, sharp guitar blizzards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Collider in Blueâ&#x20AC;? is an ambient sound environment somewhere between the poles of Eno and My Bloody Valentine.

Early in the album is the 10½-minute â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gone in Bloom and Bough,â&#x20AC;? which begins with a bit of gauzy serotonin stimulation and eventually erupts into broadsword slashes of avant-metal chords, like something out of a Godspeed You! Black Emperor epic. The dynamics ebb momentarily, moving through an acoustic meditation and concluding with explosive waves of crescendo after crescendo. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an ideal combination of musical intellectualism and visceral catharsis. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a frightening beauty at work here.

The dynamic blend of Motor City hard-rock riffing and funky disco rhythms practiced by Detroit band Electric Six is best displayed in an anything-goes concert setting.

So the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first live album was a no-brainer.

The bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s audacious attitude and unbridled enthusiasm can be credited in large part to the booming presence of frontman Dick Valentine, who comes across like a hybrid of carnival barker and drag-race announcer, whether heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s testifying in song or engaging in between-songs patter.

An obvious highlight on the 17-track album is almosthit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Danger! High Voltage!,â&#x20AC;? in which a dance-floor inferno serves as proxy for incendiary love. Tracks such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Infected Girls,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jam It in the Holeâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Buy the Drugsâ&#x20AC;? may lack subtlety, but they also are dosed with serious levels of rock â&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll abandon.

Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gay Bar,â&#x20AC;? a nearperfect example of wah-wahlaced psychedelic-garage rave-up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Future is in the Futureâ&#x20AC;? embraces living in the moment with muscular guitars, a robust dance beat and a Prince-style synth figure. It also features a breakdown during which the ever-charismatic Valentine repeatedly lauds his drummer and reminds the audience they are present during the making of an important live record. That self-aware hucksterism cannily balances irony and sincerity, and somehow the result is irresistible.

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Electric Six play Tuesday, Feb. 26, at Plush, 340 E. Sixth St. Opening acts Hero Defekt and Gabriel the Marine start at 9:30 p.m. $10 advance; $12 door. 798-1298 or plushtucson.com.

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BY J.M. SMITH, jsmith@tucsonweekly.com nce there was a scientist named Friedrich Wurst.

There probably still is, but back in 2003, he did a study of alcohol metabolites in the corpus humanum. He found that one, ethyl glucuronide (EtG), is an excellent indicator that a person had a drink up to 80 hours prior to testing.

EtG is among a new generation of biochemical markers that could be used to document alcohol use among professionals who have to prove sobriety for licensure (some doctors) and folks in treatment programs, Wurst said.

This is very good news in Arizona, because EtG would allow the state to find out you had a drink more than three days ago—long after the alcohol was gone from your system and long after any impairment could possibly exist. Then when a sheriff ’s deputy pulls you over for something entirely unrelated, he could give you a DUI. Wait … give you a DUI for drinks last week?

The state wouldn’t do that, would it?

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It happened in Mesa in December 2010.

A sheriff ’s deputy stopped Hrach Shilgevorkyan for speeding and unsafe lane use, then (presumably suspecting impairment) took him to a command post for processing. Shilgevorkyan then agreed to a blood test, which showed his blood was devoid of alcohol but did contain carboxytetrahydrocannabinol (carboxy-THC), a metabolite of cannabis that can linger in your blood for weeks.

So Shilgevorkyan got a DUI despite his blood not containing hydroxy-tetrahydrocannabinol (hydroxy-THC), a metabolite that indicates recent use and thus possible impairment. He got a lawyer and fought the DUI in Justice Court, where it was dismissed. The state then appealed to Superior Court, where a judge agreed with the Justice Court and upheld the dismissal.

Nonsense, said the state and William Montgomery, the Maricopa County attorney who is a known cannabis hater. They appealed again, to the Arizona Court of Appeals. Score! On Feb. 12, the Court of Appeals upheld the DUI, and the state’s case makes perfect sense given the law. Wtf? Arizona Revised Statute 28-1381 says “it is unlawful for a person to drive or be in actual physical control of a vehicle in this state … while there is any drug defined in section 13-3401 or its metabolite in the person’s body.” Cannabis is right there in section 13-3401, along with alphaethyltryptamine, 4-bromo-2, 5-dimethoxyphenethylamine, and the dreaded Bufotenine. So the law seems clear—having carboxy-THC in your blood while driving is illegal.

The problem is that it’s ridiculous.

Section 13-3401 of the Arizona Revised Statutes lists scores of drugs, including oxycodone, codeine and morphine. I certainly agree that people shouldn’t drive under the influence of these drugs.

Duh. But having metabolites in your system doesn’t mean you’re impaired. I suspect if you prick all the judge arms in the Arizona Court of Appeals, you’d find some metabolites of some of these drugs—maybe lingering molecular evidence that a Good Judge had popped an Oxy or two last week for a bad back or dosed on some codeine last month for a neck twisted during a golf outing.

Should we fire them for ruling under the influence? No, we shouldn’t, because that would be ridiculous. Just as ridiculous as charging Hrach Shilgevorkyan with DUI for cannabis he smoked weeks and weeks before he was driving.

Ridiculous, yes. But this is Arizona.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1993, Frenchman Emile Leray was on a solo trip through the Sahara Desert. In the middle of nowhere, his car suffered a major breakdown. It was unfixable. But he didn’t panic. Instead, he used a few basic tools he had on hand to dismantle the vehicle and convert its parts into a makeshift motorcycle. He was able to ride it back to civilization. I foresee the possibility of a metaphorically similar development in your future, Aries. You will get the opportunity to be very resourceful as you turn an apparent setback into a successful twist of fate.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your power animal is not the soaring eagle or the shrewd wolf or the brave bear. No, Taurus, it’s the rubber chicken. I’m serious. With the rubber chicken as your guardian spirit, you might be inspired to commit random acts of goofiness and surrealism. And that would reduce tension in the people around you. It could motivate you to play jokes and pull harmless pranks that influence everyone to take themselves less seriously.

Are you willing to risk losing your dignity if it helps make the general mood looser and more generous? Nothing could be better for group solidarity, which is crucial these days. (Thanks, Gina Williams.)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the language of the Huron Indians, “orenda” is a word that refers to the spiritual power that resides in all creatures and things. If you’ve got enough of it, you may be able to declare at least partial independence from your own past. You can better shape the life you want for yourself rather than being so thoroughly subject to the limitations of your karma and conditioning. I happen to believe that your current supply of orenda is unusually abundant, Gemini.

What’s the best use you can make of it?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): When I lived in Santa Cruz years ago, some of my published writings were illustrated by a local cartoonist named Karl Vidstrand. His work was funny, outrageous, and often offensive in the most entertaining ways. Eventually he wandered away from our colorful, creative community and moved to a small town at the edge of California’s Mojave Desert, near where the Space Shuttles landed. He liked living at the fringes of

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space, he told journalist R. D. Pickle. It gave him the sense of “being out of bounds at all times.” I suggest you adopt some of the Vidstrand spirit in the next three weeks, Cancerian. Being on the fringes and out of bounds are exactly where you belong.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The history of your pain is entering a new phase. Gradually, almost imperceptibly at first, an emotional ache that has been sapping your vitality will begin to diminish. You will free yourself of its power to define you. You will learn to live without its oddly seductive glamour. More and more, as the weeks go by, you will find yourself less interested in it, less attracted to the maddening mystery it has foisted on you. No later than midApril, I’m guessing that you will be ready to conduct a ritual of completion; you’ll be able to give it a formal send-off as you squeeze one last lesson out of it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “When looking for a book, you may discover that you were in fact looking for the book next to it.”

Italian writer Roberto Calasso told that to The Paris Review, and now I’m passing it on to you. But I’d like you to expand upon its meaning, and regard it as a metaphor that applies to your whole life right now. Every time you go searching for a specific something—a learning experience, an invigorating pleasure, a helpful influence—consider the possibility that what you really want and need is a different one that’s nearby.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): At least once a day, a cell in your body mutates in a way that makes it potentially cancerous. Just as often, your immune system hunts down that dangerous cell and kills it, preserving your health. Do you understand how amazing this is? You have a vigilant protector that’s always on duty, operating below the level of your awareness. What if I told you that this physical aspect of your organism has an equivalent psychic component?

What if, in other words, you have within you a higher intelligence whose function it is to steer you away from useless trouble and dumb risks? I say there is such a thing. I say this other protector works best if you maintain a conscious relationship with it, asking it to guide you and instruct you. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to deepen your connection.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Some rules in the game of life don’t apply to you and can therefore be safely ignored. Do you know which ones they are? On the other hand, do you understand which of the rules in the game of life are crucial to observe if you want to translate your fondest dreams into real experiences? To recognize the difference is a high art. I’m thinking that now would be an excellent time to solidify your mastery of this distinction. I suggest that you formally renounce your investment in the irrelevant rules and polish your skills at playing by the applicable rules.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Don’t think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter,” wrote the Persian mystic poet Rumi.

“It’s quiet, but the roots are down there riotous.” I think you’re like that winter garden right now, Sagittarius. Outwardly, there’s not much heat and flash. Bright ideas and strong opinions are not pouring out of you at their usual rates. You’re not even prone to talking too loud or accidentally knocking things over. This may in fact be as close as you can get to being a wall-

flower. And yet deep beneath the surface, out of sight from casual observers, you are charging up your psychic battery. The action down there is vibrant and vigorous.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “When you come right down to it,” says religion writer Rabbi Marc Gellman, “there are only four basic prayers. Gimme! Thanks! Oops! and Wow!” Personally, I would add a fifth type of prayer to Gellman’s list: “Do you need any assistance?” The Creator always needs collaborators to help implement the gritty details of the latest divine schemes.

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you would be an excellent choice to volunteer for that role right now—especially in tasks that involve blending beautiful fragments, healing sad schisms, furthering peace negotiations, and overcoming seemingly irreconcilable differences.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the movie Fight Club, there is an animated scene at the very end that required an inordinate amount of time to produce.

Each frame in this scene took the editors eight hours to process. Since there are 24

frames in each second, their work went on for three weeks. That’s the kind of attention to detail I recommend you summon as you devote yourself to your labor of love in the coming days, Aquarius. I think you know which specific parts of your creation need such intense focus.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I have decided to rename the constellations that have domineered our skies too long,” writes an Internet denizen named Hasheeshee St. Frank. He gives only one example. The Big Dipper, he says, shall forevermore be known as The Star-Spangled Gas Can. I invite you to come up with additional substitutes, Pisces. It’s an excellent time for you to reshape and redefine the high and mighty things to which you have given away too much of your power. It’s a perfect moment to reconfigure your relationship with impersonal, overarching forces that have wielded a disproportionately large influence over your thoughts and feelings.

How about if you call the constellation Orion by the new title of Three-Eyed Orangutan? Or instead of Pegasus, use the name Sexy Dolphin? Other ideas?

¡ASK A MEXICAN!

BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO, themexican@askamexican.net an.net Dear Mexican: In the past, you have defended illegal immigrants by arguing that they (paraphrasing one of your previous columns) will do the jobs gabachos won’t do for the same wages.

I agree. I have a white-collar job, so I’m totally content to benefit from the low prices brought about by an uneducated underclass unprotected

by American labor laws, content in the knowledge that no Mexican will ever take mi trabajo. But now this DREAM Act comes along, encouraging them to go to college, and my job’s up for grabs, too? I already have enough competition from the Chinese and the Indians!

What possible benefit could this legislation have for a guy like me? (And you know they’re just going to spend 95 percent of their time in school chanting “Sí, se puede” anyway.)

of a lack of burrito-eating skill, an improperlymade burrito, or just the way it’s supposed to be?

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Dear Gabacho: I'd rather have college kids chant “Sí se puede” than joining a pointless fraternity/ sorority or getting blotto at said pointless fraternity/sorority parties. All that said, though, you don’t have to worry about DREAMers taking your job—you’ll continue to have your middleclass lifestyle as these DREAMers catapult over you and become your boss, because they all possess the drive, ambition, and talent that gabachos used to exhibit in college before it became finishing schools for high schoolers.

Better learn how to grovel to el jefe in English and Español, chulo!

Dear Neighbor of Mexicans: Don’t be a Mexican and accept the world the way it’s supposed to be, ESPECIALLY the art of burrito. Gabachos are so clueless that they think burritos are supposed to vomit out their contents like a coed in pre-narco Acapulco—¡que pendejos! A true burrito is an immaculate cylindrical god, wrapped up as tight as bacon around a hot dog, its structure so sound that you can throw it through the air like a spiral and it won’t explode. This isn’t even a question of size, of beans and rice erupting out of the flour tortilla because there’s simply nowhere else to go: the largest burritos on Earth are those made in the Mission District in San Francisco (where Chipotle’s founder found his “inspiration” for the chain’s burritos), where the Mission burrito is a way of life, larger than bricks, wrapped tight in foil, and never exploding (and a shout-out to my favorite taquería—that’s what burrito emporiums are called in San Francisco—in the Mission, El Castillito!). If a burrito gets so soggy at the bottom that it disintegrates, then the maker either put too much salsa/guacamole/sour cream in it, or the meat’s so damn greasy it’s not worth eating. If your burrito disintegrates, demand a refund—or, better yet, sue the business owner for defaming the burrito’s good nombre.

I have noticed that Mexican women will put up with being called a ruca, heina, vieja, “my old lady,” and even sometimes go culinary like, “My little pupusa,” or chimichanga. BUT when you call her a “torta”, you are in one major fight.

Why? What is so bad about tortas?

Don One-liners Dear Gabacho: You’re calling her “fat,” because tortas are fat Mexican sandwiches made on French rolls. Want to culinarily woo her? Go old-school and call her a “hot tamale,” or go postmodern and deem her your memela—TRUST ME. Sometimes when I’m eating a burrito, the bottom end becomes saturated with moisture and the tortilla breaks and stuff falls out. Is this the result

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Number one question: I texted my sister the only date I wasn’t available in the next two years, which is Columbus Day weekend 2013. I have my 10-year college reunion, which I’ve been organizing. My sister texted me back that they picked this Columbus Day weekend for the wedding even though they have no idea if the places they want will be booked up. It quickly came out that they didn’t check with anyone about potential conflicts. She wants me to be the maid of honor, and I’m not sure what to do.

She’s really upset with me. Columbus Day weekend is of no significance to them (it’s not the anniversary of the date they met or anything), and I can’t reschedule the reunion.

Number two question: I was born female but do not identify that way. I’m genderqueer and do not look like a girl. I have not worn a dress in 10 years and feel like I’m in drag in one. In the past, my sister said she would consider putting me in a pantsuit-ish kind of thing at her wedding, which would be great, but I am worried that now I’m rocking the boat too much with this Columbus Day thing and I don’t know if I should just leave it alone. My girlfriend, who is very pretty and feminine, said if I had to wear a dress, she’d go in a suit and bow tie.

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Number one answer: If your sister didn’t check with anyone—not members of her immediate family, not members of her bridal party— about potential conflicts, then your sister should’ve anticipated that some of the folks wouldn’t be able to attend. Folks who aren’t getting married have lives and commitments of their own, which means they can have conflicts, and your sister could’ve worked around those conflicts if she had cared to ask about them. But she didn’t care to ask, because she seems to be one of those brides-to-be who think an engagement ring on her finger puts her ass at the center of the universe. Here’s hoping your sister can’t get the venue she wants and has to reschedule. If that doesn’t happen, TYSM, tell your sister you’ll be with her in spirit and send a gift.

Number two answer: The fact that your sister has been engaged for 48 hours and is already furious with her maid-of-honor-elect is a bad sign. You’ll be doing yourself, both families, and your sister a service if you stand up to her now.

A little pushback now will either prevent your sister from going Bridezilla or get you dropped from the wedding party. You literally can’t lose.

So tell your sister now that you’re delighted to be her maid of honor, if scheduling allows, and that you look forward to shopping for a pantsuit that matches her dress and the dresses of her bridal party. If she tells you that you have to wear a dress to be her maid of honor, TYSM,

then it’s clear that the dress is more important to your sister than the person wearing it, and you should tell her to find someone else to model it at her wedding.

A gay friend of mine is getting married in Seattle, and we’re hoping to throw him a most excellent bachelor party. However, as a straight dude, I’m fairly clueless about gay strip clubs in the Seattle area. Can you please recommend one or two good ones?

Straight Best Man There are no gay strip clubs in Seattle, SBM, I’m sorry to say. You can blame the Washington State Liquor Control Board for that sad fact.

Adults in Seattle can look at naked people or they can have a drink, but they can’t have a drink while looking at naked people. While there’s enough demand for naked ladies in Seattle to make non-booze-servin’ straight strip clubs economically viable, there isn’t enough demand for naked boys to make gay strip clubs economically viable. (And people have tried.) There is, however, a great gay strip club in Portland, Oregon, called Silverado. If gay strippers are a must, plan a road trip as well as a bachelor party.

My boyfriend and I are talking about getting married, and I am incredibly excited about marrying this awesome dude. My problem is that my ideal engagement ring is something that looks nice but is cheap. Seriously, a $50 ring would be perfect.

I don’t want something expensive because (A) it’ll make me paranoid about losing it/having it stolen, and (B) I’d rather use the money for something else, like a house. However, my guy wants to spend about a grand on an engagement/wedding ring set.

Given his income, this is far from an outrageous expense, but I’d still rather have my $50 cubic zirconia. I’ve talked with him about this, and we joke about how the stereotypical roles are reversed here, with me being the one who wants to go cheap and him wanting something more. But he’s holding fast.

Any ideas how I might be able to get my way and make him see that he’s my prize, not the jewelry?

Not A Ring Girl The difference between the engagement ring you’d prefer and the ring set your fiancé wants to buy—$950—ain’t nothin’, NARG, but it’s not enough to buy a fucking house. I could see digging in your heels if your fiancé wanted to spend twenty grand on a ring, as that kind of money would go a long way toward a down payment; I could see going to war if he was planning to go into debt to buy you a rock. But learning to pick your battles is the secret to a happy, successful marriage, NARG, and the difference between a $50 ring and a far from outrageous $1,000 ring set isn’t worth fighting about. You want to make him see that he’s your prize? Let him have his way on this.

My brother and his new wife had a three-way with a male hotel receptionist while on their honeymoon. I don’t have a problem with three-ways in theory, but I think it’s wrong to have one on your fucking honeymoon. I was their best man.

What am I supposed to do now?

Disgusted Big Bro You’re supposed to shut the fuck up and mind your own business—now and always.

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Crazy Kids An estimated 3.2 million kids aged 5 to 12 take mixed-martial arts classes, training to administer beatdowns modeled after the adults’ Ultimate Fighting Championships, according to a January report in ESPN magazine, which profiled the swaggering, Mohawked Derek “Crazy” Rayfield, 11, and the meek, doll-clutching fighting machine, Regina “The Black Widow” Awana, 7. Kids under age 12 fight each other without regard to gender, and blows above the collarbone are always prohibited (along with attacks on the groin, kidneys and back). “Crazy” was described delivering merciless forearm chest smashes to a foe before the referee intervened, and the Black Widow won her match in less than a minute via arm-bar submission.

Parental involvement appears to be of two types: either fear of their child’s getting hurt or encouragement to be meaner.

The Continuing Crisis • In a January submission to India’s Supreme Court, an association of the country’s caste councils begged for greater sympathy for men who commit “honor killings” of wayward females. The councils denied encouraging such killings, but emphasized that fathers or brothers who murder a daughter or sister are usually “law-abiding, educated and respectable people” who must protect their reputations after a female has had a “forbidden” relationship—especially a female who intends to marry within her sub-caste, which the councils believe leads to deformed babies.

• Aubrey Ireland, 21, a dean’s-list senior at the University of Cincinnati’s prestigious college of music, went to court in December to protect herself from two stalkers—her mother and father, who, she said, had been paranoiacally meddling in her life. David and Julie Ireland put tracking devices on Aubrey’s computer and telephone and showed up unannounced on campus (600 miles from their home), telling officials that Aubrey was promiscuous and mentally imbalanced. A Common Pleas Court judge ordered the parents to keep their distance.

• Medium-Tech Warfare: (1) The mostly ragtag army of Syrian rebels fighting the Assad regime unveiled its first jerry-built armored vehicle in December. The “Sham II” is an old diesel car with cameras for navigation, a machine gun mounted on a turret with a driver looking at one flat-screen TV and a gunner another, aiming the machine gun via a Sony PlayStation controller. (2) Video transmissions from drone aircraft rose stiflingly to more than 300,000 hours last year (compared to 4,800 in 2001). With input expected to grow even more, Air Force officials acknowledged in December seeking advice from a privatesector company experienced in handling massive amounts of video: ESPN. • Dog trainer Mark Vette showed off his best work in Auckland, New Zealand, in 62 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

December: dogs driving a Cooper Mini on a closed course. Using knobs fitted to the dogs’ reach, Vette taught mixed-breed rescue dogs “Monty” and “Porter” 10 discrete actions, including handling the starter, steering wheel, gearshift, and brake and gas pedals, and then put them behind the wheel on live television.

Monty handled the straightaway flawlessly, but Porter, assigned to steer around a bend, ran off the road.

Bright Ideas • Stress Relief for Students: (1) In November, students at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, ordered three therapy dogs and set up a room for “super stressed” final-exam studiers. The dogs typically are loaned to hospital patients and senior citizens. (2) In December, Cornell University staff installed a patch of grass inside the Olin Library (trucked in from the Adirondack mountains) because, said an employee, the sight of it has a “cognitive relaxing effect.”

• Jorge Sanchez, 35, was arrested in Burbank, Calif., in February after walking into a Costco store, brazenly stuffing 24 quart cans of motor oil under his clothing (some affixed with bungee cords), and heading for the exit. A security guard noticed him, but Sanchez fled and actually outran the guard (though some of his cargo came loose). Still carrying 15 cans, he made it eight blocks before police overtook him. Sanchez said he services cars part-time and that motor oil prices were just too high.

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Perspective The issue of “background checks” for gun purchases occupies center stage in the current gun-regulation debate, even though, ironically, current federal law on such checks is apparently half-heartedly enforced. In the latest data available (from 2010), nearly 80,000 Americans were denied the right to purchase guns because their applications contained false information (even though applicants swear, under penalty of law, that all information is true). However, The New York Times reported in January that of the nearly 80,000 applicants, only 44 were prosecuted for lying, and federal officials said the practice, wellknown among applicants with shaky backgrounds, is known as “lie and try.”

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