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OPINION How’s the new Justin Timberlake album?

Tom Danehy 4 Ryn Gargulinski 6 Jim Hightower 6

Mailbag 8 Guest Commentary 8 Pedersen on Sports 14

CURRENTS The Skinny 9 By Jim Nintzel

Coverage in Cabrini 9 By Kyle Mittan

A proposed cell tower has a midtown neighborhood torn over potential health risks Media Watch 10 By John Schuster

Sex Sting 11 By Mari Herreras

A TPD operation aiming to direct sex workers into a new diversion program results in only four arrestees qualifying Weekly Wide Web 12 Compiled by David Mendez

Saving up to buy ourselves a “collectors 1982 Toyota Celica GT liftback.”

Police Dispatch 12 By Anna Mirocha

Southern Arizona in the Crosshairs 13 By Todd Miller

The annual Border Security Expo shows off billions of dollars of technology coming soon to a desert near you Isaiah Toothtaker: The Tucson Weekly Interview 15 By Casey Dewey

Stuff Unrelated to Circle K First of all, be sure to check out our cover story this week. Casey Dewey, with his first feature for the Tucson Weekly, did a great job interviewing local tattoo artist/rapper/enigma Isaiah Toothtaker. Other than a few Soundbites mentions, TAMMIES nominations and I think a blog post or two, we haven’t really written about Toothtaker much, which, considering the national press he’s received and the sheer volume of his musical output, was a regrettable oversight on our part. Love him or hate him, he’s definitely a part of Tucson culture you can’t ignore. We’re working on expanding the reach of what we cover as far as Tucson music goes, and, hopefully, this is a good start in righting some of our past sins of tunnel vision. Also on the music front, you really should join us for the Festival en el Barrio this Sunday. While I still enjoy their music, I’m almost hesitant to mention anything involving Calexico, since this paper has given them a significant amount of ink over the years (deservedly, I say), but the lineup for the festival gets better every year, even ignoring Tucson’s favorite duo. Frankly, the opportunity to see Rebirth Brass Band and Heartless Bastards on what will hopefully be a great Baja Arizona day outdoors should have been enough to sell out the event, but still, we’re Tucsonans and thus creatures of last-minute decision making. Help out KXCI, see some great music, and enjoy our city before blast-furnace-like conditions kick in. Good things all. Not related to music, I’m trying to get a focus group of sorts together to discuss the Weekly, mostly the print edition, but reaching into what we’re doing online as well. Location and date to be determined, but I’m hoping to collect some of our most avid readers and some of you that catch the paper now and then, offer up some beer (or non-alcoholic drink of your choice) and some pizza in exchange for your thoughts. It would be an interesting evening at the very least, and based on the comment section and my email inbox, there are quite a few of you who would enjoy another venue in which to share your opinions about the Weekly. If you’re interested in participating in such a thing, keep an eye on The Range (I’ll put up a quick demographic survey up there on Thursday) or email me directly. As always, thanks for reading. DAN GIBSON, Editor COVER DESIGN BY ANDREW ARTHUR; PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN RAMIREZ

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CULTURE

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Gilroy Was Here 42 By Rita Connelly

TQ&A 24 Michelle Conklin

ARTS ‘Watching Paintings Move’ 32 By Margaret Regan

The work of Jose Limón will be celebrated at Centennial Hall on Sunday

Chef Steve Shultz is back, revving it up with garlic and so much more Noshing Around 42 By Jerry Morgan

MUSIC The Sounds of Iowa 47 By Gene Armstrong

Beauty in Pigment and Wax 33 By Margaret Regan

Conrad Wilde Gallery hosts a magnificent show exploring the possibilities of encaustic paints

BOOKS America’s Indian 36 By Tim Hull

Goyahkla, generally known as Geronimo, is the star of a new biography

The River Monks make music that reflects the pastoral qualities of their home state Soundbites 47 By Gene Armstrong

Nine Questions 50 Live Review 51 Rhythm & Views 52

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A new documentary doesn’t do much to make Maricopa County’s terrible sheriff more likable

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f the corporate overlords could figure out a way to turn a profit on people filling out their NCAA brackets (while at the same time continuing to downsize), the Dow would be at 20,000. Who knows how many hours of work were lost earlier this week due to the brackets? Since we here at the Weekly aren’t particularly fond of many of the corporate overlords, we thought we’d cut into productivity by offering yet another bracket for y’all to fill out. Here are the participants, along with their respective seedings: • Pima County Manager Chuck Huckelberry (1) vs. Town of Marana (16). Hey, the Chuckster is riding high, having proved that he can elevate when others remain earthbound. He can raise up. The bookies have the line at Chuck + 35,000. Meanwhile, tournament organizers told Marana it could have all the free water it wanted, but Marana insists on paying for the water and then has to take out a loan in order to do so. • The TV Newscaster Woman (8) vs. the Fire Department Spokesperson Guy (9). I’ll let you guys handicap this one, but try doing it without using the terms “one on one,” “hand checking” or, you know, “score.” • U.S. Sen. John McCain (5) vs. City Councilman Steve Kozachik (12). These 5-12 matchups can be tricky. McCain is a winner, but every now and then he’ll pick the worst possible teammate of all time, ever! Meanwhile, Kozachik sometimes plays zone and sometimes man. He also sometimes plays matchup or soccer or badminton or Parcheesi. • Olympic Silver Medalist High Jumper Brigetta Barrett (4) vs. University of Arizona Football Coach Rich Rodriguez (13). An all-around athlete, Rodriguez recently played in a pickup game at McKale Center in which his team scored an amazing 122 points. Unfortunately, the other team scored 149. Barrett, who also sings the national anthem, gets every rebound and I mean every rebound! • Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild (2) vs. Pima County Supervisor Ally Miller (15). Rothschild almost didn’t get invited to the tourney because, in previous years, organizers were convinced that Tucson didn’t have a mayor. As for Miller, she’s perplexed as to why a dropped ball will bounce while, at the same time, a Tea Party talking point will just land with a thud. Legend has it that Miller once went to a public swimming pool and, to this day, is still puzzled as to how that rope keeps the deep water from spilling into the shallow end. • City Councilwoman Karin Uhlich (7) vs. Morning Radio Talker Jon Justice (10). Uhlich is pretty good but she can only go to her left. Meanwhile, Justice can only go to his right, even when he knows better. If you can visualize the spatial configurations, this game could end in a scoreless tie. • U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva (6) vs. Other Morning Radio Talker Garret Lewis (11). Lewis caused a pregame stir

RANDOM SHOTS By Rand Carlson

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when he claimed that Grijalva’s Progressives want to start the game with 10 points to help redress past injustices. Meanwhile, Grijalva, who keeps driving Lewis and others crazy by getting re-elected, pointed upward and did the “Scoreboard!” sign, then left early for the postgame victory celebration at the Silver Saddle. • Rialto Honcho Curtis McCrary (3) vs. City Councilman Richard Fimbres (14). Having guided the Rialto through the darkest of days, McCrary is the unofficial King of Downtown. Plus, he looks like he’d be good at boxing out underneath. As for the councilman, the scouting report says his name should be Richar Fimbres ’cause he ain’t got no “D.” Against him, it’s layup time because he gives up all kinds of free stuff. The tournament should have had more participants. However: • Jan Brewer was declared academically ineligible. • Tom Horne showed up for the tourney but he backed the team bus into another vehicle and then took off, hoping no one would see him. Unfortunately for Horne, the feds saw the whole thing. He was under surveillance after an earlier incident in which he (ahem) parked himself where he shouldn’t have. • Frank Antenori was not allowed to play after he failed one of those amusement park “You Must Be This Tall To Participate” tests. • And state Sen. Al “Radioactive Waste Dump” Melvin left in a huff after tournament organizers refused to let him wear a glow-in-the-dark jersey made almost entirely of tritium. In his defense, it wasn’t nearly as ugly as those hideous adidas things that some teams are wearing. We were also thinking of inviting the president of the University of Arizona, but no one seems to know who that person is. Congressman Ron Barber heard what happened to Frank Antenori and said, “Huh-uh.” County Supervisor Ray Carroll was considering, but then he heard that the tournament (like everything else these days) was being sponsored by Rosemont Copper and he begged off. You can fill out the bracket any way you want, and watch out for upsets. But don’t send them to me because I will be watching the NCAA Tournament, the most glorious sporting event of the year. I’ll be hoping/praying for the UA to get past the first weekend. And, as always, my overarching mantra will be the same as my wife’s initials, ABD. Anybody But Duke.

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Knock, knock … Who’s there? Someone who wants to sell you something HIGHTOWER BY JIM HIGHTOWER

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he next time you hear a knock at your door, it might be a bleeding young woman. If it’s the same one who came to my door, she’ll be standing there, apparently in anguish, with bright-red droplets plopping from her face onto your porch. As a true crime junkie, I knew well enough not to let the woman inside. Her gang of bandits hiding in the bushes would have taken that opportunity, of course, to barge in with semi-automatic weapons and steal my favorite lamp. I instead offered the woman a paper towel to stanch the bleeding and more water for her empty water bottle. It turns out she had not been beaten, raped or thrown in a wash and left for dead. She was suffering a nosebleed, which happens when she’s under a lot of stress. And, boy, was she under stress. The gal proceeded to relate how she had left her friends and family behind in Texas to follow the love of her life to Tucson, and how he suddenly didn’t love her anymore. He may have been doing drugs or falling in love with a waitress or partaking in some other snippet of drama I don’t quite recall. The gal had no car, no bicycle and would soon have no home because her former love was going to kick her out on the street. She had to ride the bus in her quest to raise cash so she could leave all this heartache behind and get back to Texas. Would I like to buy a magazine subscription?

Great news, people. As a recent headline puts it: “Household wealth back at prerecession levels.” Oh joy – we’re all rich again! Or not. The article attributes the gain in household wealth to “surging stock prices.” But before you start ripping up your floorboards in hopes of finding your household’s share of this bounty, note that the wealthiest 10 percent of Americans own 80 present of all corporate stocks. They gained wealth, not you. Meanwhile, those financially-stretched Americans who’re struggling to find a job are literally being toyed with by the corporate powers. Today’s massive backlog of unemployed and underemployed workers allows corporations to bring in hoards of top I’m still not sure if the nosebleed and sob story were for quality applicants for one job. They force real or merely part of a ploy to sell more copies of Us these seekers to return five, seven, or more Weekly. The girl was certainly quick to pull out the magazine times for senseless rounds of interviews – order form from her back pocket as soon as the blood then the company whimsically decides not coagulated enough to stop dripping on my porch. to fill the opening at all. I didn’t buy. From Google to Starbucks, major corporaThat, for me, is unusual. I am a sucker for salespeople, and tions have roughly doubled the duration of they know it. The previous magazine salesperson who their interview processes in the last two traipsed into my yard cornered me in the driveway as I was years. The New York Times tells of one fellow who applied for a video-editing job. He was run through a gauntlet of nine interviews and THIS MODERN WORLD By Tom Tomorrow made to undergo psychological and personality exams, plus a math quiz and a spelling test – after which, the company simply closed the opening. The job-dangling corporation, on the other hand, can simply force existing employees to shoulder a heavier load, while it trifles with applicants. Even a dog knows the difference between being tripped over…and kicked. The way workaday Americans are being kicked around today is revolting, both in the sense of being abhorrent – and inducing a revolt.

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taking out the trash. He liked my hat. I bought six subscriptions. Then there was the toothless guy who wanted to clean my carpets for free to show me how badly I needed to buy his magic vacuum. And the alarm salesman dude who actually leaned on the door jamb so I couldn’t shut the door. He offered to install an alarm system at absolutely no cost—I just had to pay the monthly fees to make the alarm system active. These solicitors swirl through the neighborhood like gnats despite the prominent “No Soliciting” signs at every entrance—and the cow bones dangling from my front door. If they don’t get you in person, they are sure to get you on the phone or online. Never, ever, enter your name and information on forms requesting health insurance quotes (thanks again, Mom). And steer clear of the form that promises a free listing in Who’s Who of Arizona. The listing is free, but the Who’s Who lady who calls soon after tells you the listing does nothing for you. To really reap the benefits, you must become a member of Who’s Who to the tune of $780. Everyone wants a piece of you. Even your friends. Be it a co-worker passing around her jewelry catalog, a pal throwing a skin-care party or that woman you thought was a buddy who suddenly turns every conversation into a way to sell her Reiki stuff, they all want a piece of you. The friend requests are the toughest to reject. I’ve come to the conclusion that part of the reason we buy is a deep need to fulfill our people-pleasing tendencies. We want people to like us. We don’t want to hurt their feelings. Or we’re just suckers who don’t know how to say no. While I do love the skin-care line and my dog digs the hand-held Reiki magnet massager, nobody loves the constant badgering to buy, buy, buy. Putting up boundaries can be a tough lesson, but it’s much easier than paying $780 so you can join some organization you’ve never heard of. No, I didn’t fall prey to the $780 pitch. And I’m glad to say the nosebleed blood washed crisply and cleanly off the porch.

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We Have No Idea What This Letter Is About, But We’re Running It Anyway Damn! Let me explain. Everything is perfect this morning, the weather, the friendly people (even the woman, too wired to hear my “hello,” smiles in response) as I’m walking along the trail near my home and I’m beginning to calm down. It really is a wonderful world, I’m thinking, and we’re going to come to our senses, stop making enemies everywhere and clean up our planet. We’re even going to do it in time for my great-granddaughter to get a good education, to be free to explore, to find the work she has a passion for, and to live a fulfilling life among loving peers. I’m feeling good — full of hope and feeling really good — and telling myself that the strange looking little birdie who flew off my windowsill with wings flapping out of sync was only a dream; I pull up from the diaphragm and step up my pace. I’m feeling free and safe and I’m thinking about how to write “the state of Arizona and its refusal to abolish the death penalty is evidence that we’ re too addicted to vengeance to see that the killers we kill are actually suffering from mental illness because we don’t want to see our periodic act of legal homicide as insane,” without insulting anybody, and I’m wondering if background checks would have prevented that pro-war woman (who pushed me off the sidewalk and tried unsuccessfully to grab my peace sign) from acquiring the handgun she had stuck in her belt — when an unleashed dog comes out of nowhere to interrupt my thinking just as I’m getting a few lettersto-the-editor written in my mind. He’s followed by a couple of middle-aged guys who look familiar and when the spokesperson says, “Yeah, yeah, we know ‘he’s a sweet dog, but he should be on a leash,’” I remember we’d met before. “Right,” I say, “I like even sweet dogs on a leash when I’m walking here.” (I’ve been badly bitten by guard dogs that broke out of their yard and every time a strange dog comes running toward me I get a flashback.) “We like dogs off the leash. It’s a beautiful morning!” He gives me a John McCain smile and I don’t have to be a reformed fortuneteller to read that he’s actually saying, “Get a life, you petty old bitty,” and he adds, “We’re sweet, too, and so are you,” as his companion giggles. “Sweet? I’m a cranky old woman and,” having been arrested five or six times for civil disobedience it takes some chutzpah for me to add, “you’re breaking a city ordinance and I’m a responsible citizen!” They never break their stride and I don’t hear their smart-ass last words and I doubt they hear mine even though I’m shouting, “Grow up!” Damn! If the day ever comes for the meek to inherit the earth it’s not likely that I’ll be among that number. Gretchen Nielsen CORRECTION In the Rhythm & Views review of Run Boy Run’s new album, So Sang the Whippoorwill (Mar. 14), we inadvertently included the cover art for their previous album. Apologies to Run Boy Run. The correct cover now appears online. It really is a delightful album. Check it out. 8 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

The mayor discusses the effect the sequester might have on the city BY JONATHAN ROTHSCHILD, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

he long-awaited sequester is here. While pundits argue about the consequences, some of Tucson’s poorest families are about to experience them first-hand. An across-the-board cutback to federal government programs and services, the sequester was intended to be too scary for rational folks to sit by and let it happen. Clearly, that strategy hasn’t worked. Like March, the month it took effect, the sequester’s in-like-a-lamb start masks what will be outlike-a-lion effects—effects Tucson is sure to feel. We have a major military base, a major defense contractor and a major research university. All will be affected. But some of the first to be affected are already the most vulnerable. Starting in April, 250 to 400 Tucson families who receive Section 8 housing assistance will receive notice from the city’s housing department that their benefits end in May. This means their lease will terminate and they will need to make arrangements with their landlord or find another place to live. To impact as few families as possible, the city’s administration of the Section 8 program is taking a much steeper cut—31percent—than program vouchers themselves, at 6 percent. The city is doing what we can to cushion the impact—but there’s not a lot we can do. Families will be provided referrals to assistance organizations. But those nonprofits also rely on federal dollars that are being cut. And many shelters are already maxed out. Last year, the U.S. Census put out a number that surprised some Tucsonans. We are the sixth poorest metropolitan area in the United States. That’s not just the City of Tucson, but surrounding areas as well. A lot of Tucsonans cannot afford the basics. The city’s waiting list for Section 8 housing vouchers is closed, with over 10,000 names on it. I certainly hope Congress gets its act together in time to prevent any Section 8 program terminations from having to take place. Our own representatives, Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva and Ron Barber, are pushing for an end to the sequester. In the meantime, my Poverty Task Force is looking for ways to help, to see if existing volunteer assistance programs can be expanded, even temporarily. Tucsonans are already working together on the problem of homelessness. For Congress to change our goal from making gains to holding ground is discouraging, but it points to a need this community has had for decades now. Tucson loses $70 million or more in state-shared revenue every year because, in Pima County, far fewer residents live in incorporated areas—Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley and

Sahuarita —than in Maricopa County, which is almost entirely incorporated. We need that money here—fixing roads, maintaining parks and staffing our police and fire departments. They are our own tax dollars, that the state sends back to us or spends elsewhere. For that money to continue to flow from the sixth poorest metropolitan area in the country and be spent in Scottsdale or Paradise Valley, simply because Maricopa County has incorporated to a greater degree than Pima County, is unacceptable. Fixing Congress is a task on one order of magnitude, but fixing this imbalance, this annual drain on our local economy, is something we can do ourselves. Those who live in unincorporated areas of the county need to decide which city or town to belong to, or incorporate a new town, as our friends in Vail are doing. The mayors in our region are agreed. We need to reclaim our own tax dollars for our own region. Congress needs to end the sequester. In the meantime, here in Southern Arizona, we need to do what we can to bring tax dollars back to our community.

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A proposed cell tower has a midtown neighborhood torn over potential health risks

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Coverage in Cabrini BY KYLE MITTAN, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com JAN

arc Haberman knows a thing or two about energy. For the past 30 years, he’s worked as a holistic health practitioner, and his house in the 3100 block of East Presidio Road has served as the Tucson Natural Bed and Breakfast for 25 years. Anyone who’s set foot in Haberman’s home knows that the shoes come off at the door, a precautionary measure to keep outdoor energies separate from the indoor kind. Haberman likes where he lives, in the Cabrini neighborhood near Country Club and Fort Lowell roads. He co-founded the Cabrini Neighborhood Association and has been its president for the past 13 years. He said his mission is to make the neighborhood a safe place to live and to improve the quality of life for residents. But the looming possibility of an AT&T cell tower right across the street at St. Frances Cabrini Roman Catholic Church has Haberman and about 200 other neighborhood residents concerned about possible health risks from the tower. Plans to install the tower were announced last September through a notice mailed to residents living within 300 feet of the proposed location. Haberman, who lives directly across the street, didn’t like the message. “When the intention of constructing a cell tower was announced, we really saw that as questionable,” Haberman said. “The more I researched it, the more I found out, the more concerned I became.” Haberman’s concerns are based on research that suggests people living near cell towers can develop neurological diseases and even cancer. The theory has yet to be widely adopted in the scientific community. Haberman also discovered that he wasn’t alone in his concerns. Within 12 hours of receiving his notice, he had contacted Elizabeth Kelley, a Tucsonan who has advocated against cellphone towers in residential areas since the mid-’90s. Kelley has remained in the forefront of advocacy for electromagnetic radiation safety, cofounding the Electromagnetic Safety Alliance, a nationwide organization. After winning a battle in 1996 against Sprint for installing a tower at the church she attended in California, Kelley went on to appeal FCC standards for cell towers, going as far as the Supreme Court. Those standards include a provision in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that prohibits city and state agencies from considering health risks when approving or denying an application for a cell tower. Kelley cites a 2011 article in Science of the Environment, a peer-reviewed journal. The article examined deaths from cancer in the vicinity

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Marc Haberman: “When the intention of constructing a cell tower was announced, we really saw that as questionable.” AT&T’s coverage so that customers have a of cell towers in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and “world-class experience,” and emphasized that found that residents living closest to the towers the company is following FCC guidelines. had the greatest risk. “We fall far below what … the FCC has deterHaberman said he and Kelley have been trying mined to be even remotely dangerous for to educate Cabrini residents about the tower’s human consumption,” Kruise said. alleged health risks and have collected about 200 But as far as Kelley is concerned, those guidesignatures from neighbors who oppose the tower. lines are aren’t strict enough. Although their efforts have swayed some The Cabrini neighborhood is represented on opinions, other residents said they have no the Tucson City Council by Karin Uhlich, who problem with a tower. said she supports a resolution recently proposed Fran Garcia lives three blocks east of by the Pima County Board of Supervisors that Haberman’s house. Until the cell tower became would allow the county’s health department to an issue, Garcia had served with Haberman on the neighborhood association’s steering commit- examine public health risks from structures like cell towers. tee. Garcia stepped down after becoming disUhlich added that she’d like to see neighbors gruntled by how Haberman chose to protest the work toward a resolution among themselves. tower installation, saying he had become “dictaThe tower still needs approval from the City tor” of the association. Council, which could vote on the issue April 18. “As a neighborhood association, you need to Until then, Kelley and Haberman said they plan be calming people, you need to be neutral on to spark more public discussion about the risks these hot-button political issues,” Garcia said. the tower poses. “Instead, he’s going out and he’s frightening our “I know some very smart people living there residents. … He’s formed a group; he has oppohave said that they’re just going to move, that sition signage that is terrifically offensive (disthey don’t feel comfortable living there now,” played) outside of his home; he started having Kelley said. “They’re afraid.” protests at the church at Mass time.” Meanwhile, neighbors like Garcia say opposiGarcia claims the conflict has ruined the neightion to the tower is useless. “The Catholic borhood association’s relationship with the church, which had provided the association with a Church is not going to step aside because of Mr. meeting place and other resources. St. Francis offi- Marc Haberman,” Garcia said. “They need this money in order to carry on.” cials declined to comment on the dispute. AT&T The issue has “really turned into a nasty little would pay the church for the use of its land. dispute, and it’s a shame,” Garcia added, “because Karen Kruse, a spokeswoman for AT&T, said the neighborhood is going to suffer for it.” the cell tower’s purpose was to fill gaps in

After spending months building up public support, Gov. Jan Brewer unveiled her legislation to extend Medicaid coverage to Arizonans below 133 percent of the federal poverty line last week. Brewer has been pushing the expansion of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, or AHCCCS, since she delivered her State of the State address in January. She and her allies—including most of Arizona’s hospitals, a bunch of chambers of commerce and other biz organizations such as the Southern Arizona Leadership Council, and even the Arizona Sheriffs Association—say that the expansion will bring $8 billion from the federal government to Arizona in the first four years. To make it work, however, Arizona has to come up with hundreds of millions of dollars in matching funds over those four years—which is where a voluntary assessment on hospitals comes in. The hospitals, with a few exceptions, are willing to pay the assessment because they know that they’ll get back a lot more in return once more of their patients have insurance. It’s no surprise that hospitals are willing to pony up that money. As AHCCCS Director Tom Betlach explained at a recent town hall in Tucson, hospitals have seen the cost of providing care for uninsured Arizonans double since the Brewer administration froze enrollment in the program for childless adults below 100 percent of the federal poverty line in an effort to balance the state’s budget. “And if we do nothing, then it will double again,” Betlach warned. “And that will be felt by the consumers, the carriers and the businesses in this state.” At that same town hall, Brewer’s policy advisor on health care, Don Hughes, said that the assessment would also free up $136 million in the state’s general fund, “which can be spent on other priorities, such as K-12, universities, CPS, and public safety.” Brewer has included what she calls a “circuit breaker” to stop the program if the federal government lowers its share of the match below 80 percent. “The Arizona Legislature won’t have to take another step,” Hughes said. “So if Congress and the White House lower the reimbursement rates, then it’s an automatic repeal and the onus will be on the Congress and the White House. This sends a very clear signal to them that ‘You may have your own budget problems, but don’t think about balancing them on the back of the state.’” But most Republicans in the Legislature have been cool to the idea and rank-and-file GOP activists have been downright hostile. Legislative districts and county parties across the state have been condemning the expansion as a way of supporting the federal Affordable Care Act—aka Obamacare— and a general assault on the principles that made our country great.

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EX-KOLD ANCHOR RANDY GARSEE DIES For nearly a decade, Randy Garsee and Kris Pickel co-anchored KOLD Channel 13’s primetime newscasts. When they started behind the desks at the CBS affiliate in 1997, KOLD was third in a three-station local news race. By the time Garsee’s tenure had concluded, KOLD had the market’s toprated newscast. Garsee died last week at age 50 in his home in Virginia. “He was brilliant and complicated and it was always entertaining to get him fired up on a topic and watch him go,” Pickel, now a news anchor in Cleveland, said on Facebook. “For nearly 10 years at KOLD in Tucson we

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sat back to back at our desks but spent more time with our chairs turned around talking about news and family.” Garsee was fired from KOLD in 2006 and worked in TV news at a small station in Texas before landing a position as a communications and public affairs adviser for the Center for Naval Analyses in Alexandria, Va. Although he didn’t grow up in Tucson, Garsee had a soft spot for the city. He has family here, and started a blog that catalogs murals in and around Tucson. The Tucson Murals Project, now operated by Jerry Peek, is still going strong. In addition to an outpouring of condolences, Garsee’s Facebook page also has a link to video outtakes of entertaining moments. The brief video synopsis, produced in 2004 and introduced by Scott Kilbury, provides a glimpse of a man who brought intellect, wit and a certain Texas charm to Tucson households.

FORREST CARR LEAVING KGUN After more than three decades in the business, Forrest Carr has decided to step away from television news. “I’m now in my 34th year as a TV news professional, and my 24th as a TV news manager,” Carr, the news director for KGUN Channel 9, said in a post on Facebook. “This profession is incredibly demanding, and the management side of it is more so. I have not routinely worked an eight-hour day since 1989. As news director, you can leave the office, but you’re never really off duty. Even a weekend trip—scheduled on your nominal “days off” takes careful coordination, and can’t happen during a sweeps month. The business and competitive pressures are constant—and in today’s Internet and social media age, the stress has never been higher. The job tries its best to con10 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

sume every waking moment, and there are days and even weeks where it not only succeeds, but cuts into what would have been and should have been nonwaking moments, too. It is a high-pressure, high-stress, highturnover gig. The news industry trade magazines, websites and newsletters are filled with example after example of news directors leaving after only two years or less on the job, having originally replaced someone who also worked for two years or so, and so on.” Carr, 55, lasted almost four years as news director at KGUN. It was his second stint with the station. Carr is largely responsible for returning KGUN to its Nine on Your Side investigative reporting focus. But for Carr, it’s time now to focus on something else. “There are things I’d like to accomplish in life that I just haven’t found the time to do. The occasional deaths of colleagues about my age serve as a reminder that it’s not safe to wait until retirement to do the things you want to do; you may not make it. You may not even get close,” Carr said in his Facebook post. “I plan to take a long road trip and reconnect with some friends, some of whom I haven’t seen in quite a while. After that, I will work on my ‘bucket list’ project, which will be to finish up two novels, possibly write a third that I’m carrying around in my head, and make a concerted effort to get them published. I don’t know if I have what it takes to succeed in such an endeavor, but I’m going to find out, once and for all. “At some point down the road, I may or may not circle back around to TV news. There are other possibilities as well. But I don’t really plan to think about any of that for a while.”

CLEAR CHANNEL SEEKS NEW OPS MANAGER The revolving door at Clear Channel radio continues to spin. Operations manager Chris Kelly has parted ways with the Tucson radio cluster. “This was my last week with Clear Channel,” Kelly said in an internal email. “While I love this business and always will, and am very appreciative of such an amazing company and the opportunities they’ve given me, I’ve just come to a place where I feel it’s the right time for me personally to do something else for a while.” Kelly is relocating to northern Colorado.

MCCREDDEN ACCEPTS PD POSITION IN HOUSTON The Journal Broadcast Group’s Tucson radio cluster is searching for a program director to replace Ryan McCredden. McCredden, who handled PD duties for news/talker KQTH 104.1 FM and ESPN sport-talk affiliate KFFN 1490 AM/104.9 FM, has accepted a position as program director for a pair of CBS-owned sports-radio formats in Houston. He starts there Monday, March 25. “I’m leaving a top-notch staff that whoever Journal hires will be lucky to have,” McCredden said via email. “Working with (KQTH morning host) Jon (Justice) and developing a TV simulcast of his show (which airs on KWBA Channel 58), bringing (afternoon-drive host) James T. Harris to Tucson for a full-time show that hit No. 1 in the fall book and growing (KFFN sports-talk host) Jody (Oehler’s) show to consistently beat the other sports station in town ... very proud of what those guys have done.”

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“Obamacare is going to have 46 percent of the American people on public health care,” Rep. John Kavanagh, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, told Phoenix 12 News political reporter Brahm Resnik over the weekend. “It unsustainable. The reason I oppose this expansion is that even though they’ve crafted it so there’s no immediate cost to Arizona—although there is risk down the road—the American people can’t afford this. … This is going to bankrupt the country.” A few GOP lawmakers, however, are leaning toward supporting the proposal, as are legislative Democrats. If the legislation can get out of committee and to a vote of the full House and Senate, it can probably get more than 50 percent of the lawmakers to support it. But that’s where some of the legal trouble comes up. Any kind of tax increase requires approval of two-thirds of the Legislature. Brewer hopes to sidestep that requirement by saying the assessment is a voluntary fee administered by the AHCCCS administrator and not a tax—a novel way around the two-thirds requirement. The proposal was set for a hearing in the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, March 20.

BY MARI HERRERAS, mherreras@tucsonweekly.com f modern-day sex-worker stings still resemble episodes of Baretta, you couldn’t tell that by surveying the social hall at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church on Friday, March 8. Near the kitchen, sandwiches and cookies are laid out for a special group of guests expected at any moment—Tucson sex workers. Clothing and personal-hygiene items stacked in a corner of another room are available for sex workers. Milling around the social hall are volunteers preparing food, counselors from Cactus Counseling, social workers from CODAC and advocates who were once sex workers themselves. Standing in the midst of the activity, offering some direction and answering questions, is Ann Charles, chief of staff for Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik. Charles explains that what’s going on at the social hall is part of a new sex worker diversion program that’s been six months in the making. A similar program in Phoenix “is saving hundred of thousands of dollars in their court system,” Charles says. “The system isn’t fair when it comes to prostitutes. Johns are able to post bail. This is about justice, but also serving individuals and creating a nonadversarial position.” In Phoenix, the diversion program is called Project Rose, but in Tucson it’s called Project RAISE (Responsible Alternatives for the Sexually Exploited). Charles says the point is to create a program that brings various nonprofit and government services together with several goals in mind, including saving the courts money. Charles says that when she and Kozachik started researching what existed in Tucson City Court, it was obvious that there was a lot of confusion. Some people thought they were in a diversion program but weren’t. There also seemed to be little understanding of what ancillary services were involved. An advocate sitting by the doorway at Our Saviour’s, 1200 N. Campbell Ave., will be assigned to every sex worker brought in this night. The sex workers will first be taken to a room where a prosecutor and judge will determine if they qualify for the diversion plan. They will be asked if they want to go that route rather than face a formal charge on their record and possibly a week in jail. Once sex workers sign on for diversion, an advocate takes them to Cactus Counseling for an assessment. The counseling service has a contract with the city of Tucson specifically for Project RAISE. “What are their needs”? Charles asks. “Typically there are physical needs and a lot of abuse that is happening. Up in Phoenix, they lit-

So how did the Tucson Police Department’s recent sex-worker sting go? According to TPD, here are the results of the sting and how many of those arrested were able to get into the new diversion program, Project RAISE: • Thirteen people were arrested on suspicion of prostitution. • Five of the 13 arrested were immediately booked into Pima County Jail for various reasons (including being uncooperative or not qualifying for the program). • The remaining eight were transported to a church for processing. Six were females and two were males. Of those eight, four qualified for the diversion program. Three did not qualify and were cited and released. One of the eight was arrested and booked into the Pima County Jail, but the reason for that was not released.

erally had a couple of people almost die when they brought them in.” Counselors expect to encounter a wide range of experiences: drug abuse, sex abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, unemployment and homelessness. These challenges, however, are why CODAC was brought in—to assess and provide services such as temporary housing. If the sex workers stick with the program—services through CODAC and counseling through Cactus Counseling for six months—the prostitution charge from the evening’s arrest will be dropped. Not everyone arriving this evening will qualify for diversion. According to Tucson police Lt. James Graves, sex workers who have felonies on their record, a high number of previous arrests for prostitution or an outstanding warrant may not qualify. Graves, one of the coordinators of the sting operation, says the operation is being split in half. Some officers are focusing on neighborhoods where there have been previous complaints of street-walker activity. Others are focusing on two Tucson motels that may be connected to Backpage, a controversial online classified advertising site known for its sex workers ads. Graves says officers have been making appointments with sex workers directly by calling their Backpage ads. Graves has been with the department for almost 20 years. And in that time, he said, TPD had never done a sex sting operation. Typically, various divisions handle complaints in neighborhoods, and those usually involve prostitutes working the streets. TPD does not have a vice unit to focus on specific crimes, like sex work. “We’re going to try to determine the volume of the problem,” Graves says. “Right now, the street-walker presence has apparently gone underground. We don’t see it as much as we used to—at least on the surface.” Tucson City Court Judge Tony Riojas is eating a sandwich as he waits for arrested sex workers to arrive so he can determine if they qualify for the diversion program. Prosecutor Alan Merritt is sitting at a table next to the judge. Riojas says he’s not seeing as many prostitutes come before his bench as he used to—although there are more felony prostitution charges being

brought to the court from the Pima County Attorney’s Office. Riojas says he thinks a sex worker diversion program would be a good step if it is based on successful court models such as those for the homeless and the mentally ill. However, experienced sex workers, he says, know there are risks in the business, including the risk of arrest. But “I think a lot of people, especially younger people, don’t understand the risk. It haunts you.” Outside the church, protestors from the local Sex Workers Outreach Project, or SWOP, are lined up. One of them comes inside to distribute fliers but is told to leave. Juliana Piccillo, a SWOP spokesperson told the Weekly “However wellintentioned Project RAISE is, they are coercing mostly poor women into services they may or may not need under the threat of incarceration. These services should already be available and the project should target it’s efforts into dismantling the institutions that force women into poverty and subsequent sex work as a means to make ends meet (or whatever else they choose to do with their profits). If they want to help sex workers, they can ask them what help they might need without arresting them first.” Volunteer Beth Jacobs understands where Piccillo is coming from, but at the same time she says it’s important to understand that there are women in prostitution who need help, just like she needed help when she was trafficked by a pimp in Minnesota from age 16 to age 22. Jacobs is starting a nonprofit agency called Willow Way, with a goal of offering more survivor-driven programs. Jacobs finally made her way out of prostitution when an agency offered her help and a new life in a group home for two years. She then returned to college and got a bachelor’s degree in social work. Before moving to Tucson, she spent 13 years helping prostitutes. “I had someone call me asking if I knew of any resources here in Tucson. I looked, but couldn’t find anything. There was nothing. Right now in Tucson there is no safe place for a woman identifying as a prostitute to go to for help,” Jacobs says. “I want that to change.”

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As of press time, Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik was set to formally kick off his reelection campaign Wednesday, March 20. Kozachik planned to appear at downtown’s Borderlands Brewing with four guys who have been elected mayor of this burg: Current Mayor Jonathan Rothschild and former mayors Bob Walkup, George Miller and Tom Volgy. “Borderlands is the perfect venue for this kick-off,” said Kozachik in a prepared statement. “It’s the poster child of a successful private-sector venture that has quickly grown into a successful downtown business. It is emblematic of the successes we’re seeing in the downtown core, a success story that I’m proud to have been a part of and one that I am excited to continue to support.” We would add that Borderlands brews a darn good beer. But we digress. Kozachik has tapped three people to serve as honorary cochairs of his campaign: Walkup, former Tucson City Council member Carol West (who left office as an independent after she got too much grief from the Pima County Democratic Party leaders for teaming up too often with the Republicans who were then on the council) and Democrat Richard Carmona. Koz has already picked up endorsements from Tucson Police Officers Association, the Tucson Firefighters Association and the Pima Area Labor Federation.

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Someone appears to have been especially displeased with the women’s basketball team at the UA, judging from the amount of ketchup that was sprayed around the team’s conference room in McKale Center. A UA staff member reported the incident, according to a UA Police Department report. The responding officer found that ketchup had been sprayed from a squeeze bottle on the walls, ceiling and carpet as well as on the conference table, several chairs, a refrigerator and microwave. A nearly empty 20-ounce Heinz ketchup bottle was sitting on the conference table. Only seven people had keys to the room, the staff member said, but many more had access to the hallway outside it. The staff member told police he was unaware of anyone who’d have a reason to vandalize the office. The ketchup bottle was taken as evidence and sent to the state Department of Public Safety for fingerprint analysis. Photographs of the scene were also taken. At the time the report was filed, the perpetrator was still on the loose.

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An unruly young teen threw a framed picture at his mother, then ran barefoot through the desert after she didn’t bring him a hamburger from a fast-food restaurant, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report stated. Deputies responded to the home of a woman who said her son had thrown an 8-by-10-inch framed picture at her after she neglected to bring him a Burger King hamburger for dinner. She said that earlier that day, the 13-year-old boy, whom she homeschooled, had been told to do his math homework while she was out. But he was so angry at having to do some school work that he hung up on her when she called from a Burger King to ask him what he wanted to eat. When she came home with only an order of fries for him, the boy started throwing things around the house, including the picture, which deputies saw lying among broken glass on the floor. When trying to apprehend the boy, who wore no shoes, a deputy had to chase him across his backyard and through some nearby desert before catching and handcuffing him. The only thing the boy would tell the deputy was that he was angry with his mother for “bossing him around,” the report said. Though shoes were scattered throughout the house, it took deputies several minutes to find a matching pair, which they then put on the boy. He was taken to a juvenile detention center on suspicion of domestic violence and disorderly conduct.

Even This Column Was Late few weeks ago, I was running late to an appointment in Phoenix. This isn’t exactly new for me– I mean, I was born two weeks late. Things have only barely gotten better from there. But this was an appointment to get sized for a suit for my best friend’s wedding. Being late to that is the sort of act that gets you busted down from “best man” to “usher” pretty damn fast in some circles. So naturally, I left five minutes before I had to be there. In my infinite wisdom, to bypass a snarl of traffic, I tried to squeeze my fairlysizeable Impala between an SUV and a sedan that had camped itself awkwardly in the fast lane. My car made it. My passenger side mirror didn’t. The high school kid who ran out to ask if I realized I hit his nana’s car confirmed this. A short trek to a nearby parking lot (and an unhappy chat with the grandmother whose Ford Explorer claimed my mirror) later, I found myself talking with the town PD. Apparently, the woman was under the impression that I was trying to bolt from the scene – a bit far-fetched, considering that we were not only at a red light, but I was boxed in on all sides. Apparently, the SS badging on my car stood for “Soaring Shuttle” in her mind. After 45 minutes and an exchange with the cops that “no one is hurt, and this is a giant waste of our goddamn time,” I was back on my way to the fitting. When I got there, two things happened: I popped my mirror back into place (God bless mostly plastic cars!) and I ran into the suit shop to a round of applause – only 10 minutes late. My friend, having known me since kindergarten, told me to show up half an hour before the scheduled appointment time. He’s a smarter man than I. The morals here: Make sure your friends are smarter than you. Make sure you leave on time. And, for God’s sake, make sure you don’t underestimate your car’s size—or at least try to make sure the cops realize how damn stupid the accident is.

“I think Dave Mendez should apply. Or maybe Justin Timberlake?” – TucsonWeekly.com user and restaurant reviewer Rita Connelly making an effort to get into my good graces – and succeeding—by suggesting JT and I are both quality candidates to host Jeopardy! (“Alex Trebek to Retire From ‘Jeopardy!’ in 2016,” The Range, March 18).

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It’s a big change from four years ago, when an unknown Kozachik threw his hat into the ring to challenge Democrat Nina Trasoff. And while his margin of victory was narrow, Kozachik has pulled off an impressive trick: By being out in front of issues, speaking his mind and being willing to tangle with Republican state lawmakers, he’s transformed himself into one of Tucson’s most popular politicians. Along the way, he’s pissed off a lot of conservative Republicans, which is why he wisely switched parties in January. He doesn’t have to worry about a GOP challenger in the Ward 6 primary and he’ll easily win the votes of Democrats, independents and a reasonable number of what’s left of GOP moderates in the November general. So far, no one has come forward to challenge Kozachik.

BY TODD MILLER, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com azor wire was coiled around a rudimentary wooden shelter. Under it, a hunched man concentrated, looking into his laptop. Cameras and radar were set up on a retractable mast behind him and could detect any activity at long range, day and night. Desert camouflage covered this large mobile surveillance machine, which was surrounded by sandbags and desert shrubs. Dressed sharply in a suit and tie, the man was not in a militarized border zone. The DRS Technologies salesman was in the Phoenix Convention Center, trying, as the midsize military and electronics company’s motto asserts, to draw “clarity from the clutter.” This “bring the battlefield to the border” scenario (as another sales representative put it), was in play throughout the spacious exhibition hall at the seventh annual Border Security Expo on March 12 and 13. Almost 200 companies big (Raytheon) and small (Tucson-based StrongWatch), were competing for the multibillion-dollar border policing pie. The exhibition hall was a bustling mall for the surveillance state. Uniformed Border Patrol agents and other law enforcement personnel were among the civilians browsing the exhibitor booths. Products ranging from minisurveillance drones to self-heating meals (with a three-year shelf life) to semi-automatic weapons were on display. Overhead, a surveillance blimp kept an eye on everybody walking around. In the middle of the hall was a tower able to withstand a highlevel blast. It looked like something from a military base in Afghanistan, but it’s now envisioned for border control. “It’s as if the United States is pulling out of Afghanistan, and invading Arizona,” said Dan Millis of the Sierra Club’s Tucson-based Borderlands Campaign, which opposes any new border fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. In 2012, the U.S. government spent $18 billion on border and immigration enforcement agencies, more than on all other federal law enforcement agencies—including the FBI, DEA, Secret Service and several others’—combined. Tucson and Southern Arizona are front and center in this border policing bonanza, and it’s one of the reasons the Washington D.C.-based DRS Technologies has also set up shop at the University of Arizona’s Science and Technology Park on Rita Road. The UA tech park has identified 57 border technology companies working in and around Tucson in what Bruce Wright, associate vice president for university research parks, called an “emerging industry cluster.” Wright said that when you consider the international market for

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Another side to the border battlefield. border technology, it is a booming industry approaching $20 billion in sales in 2013 and projected to reach $54.4 billion by 2018. “Here we are living on the border—turning lemons into lemonade. If we are to deal with the problem, what is the economic benefit from dealing with it?” Wright said during a February 2012 interview. “Well, we can build an industry around this problem that creates employment, wages, and wealth for this region … and this technology can be sold all over the world. So it becomes an industry cluster that is very beneficial to us in Southern Arizona.” The tech park is offering testing and evaluation services for border technology on its 1,345 acres, which includes a mockup with 18,000 linear feet of border fencing surrounding its solar farm. The tech park’s business incubator helps startup border tech companies commercialize their products and gets them connected with the right people. At a March 1 event, when the tech park was showcasing DRS Technologies’ integrated fixed-tower system (which included a command and control center), Wright said that “Southern Arizona could become the leading center in the world for the development and deployment of this technology.” This shouldn’t be a surprise. Although in 2011 DHS canceled its contract with the Boeing Corp. for the previous technology surveillance plan known as SBInet, all eyes are still on the possibility of a virtual “wall” across Southern Arizona as part of an ever-expanding enforcement web. Many companies at the expo, including DRS, hope to make their debut in the Sonoran desert, outdoing Boeing’s surveillance towers, which had difficulty with Arizona’s rug-

ged terrain. At the expo, Mark Borkowski of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition assured anxious industry reps that the Arizona Technology Deployment Plan would happen. So expect to see more remote, mobile and fixed surveillance technology in the desert south of Tucson. Even with declining arrests of immigrants, Tucson continues to be the Border Patrol’s busiest sector. The agency reports that there have been increased border-crossings in south Texas, where it also plans to concentrate new technology. About the only thing dampening the upbeat mood of the border-protection industry was the sequester, the across-the-board federal budget cuts that went into effect March 1. However, according to Borkowski, the sequester touched very little of the money designated for technology. Companies at the expo were also enthusiastic about the improved prospects for immigration reform and the step-up in border policing that could come with the reforms. Sarah Launius of the Tucson-based humanitarian aid group No More Deaths posed a question probably not widely considered at the expo: “When government and industry talk about ‘border security’ we have to ask ‘security for whom?’” Since Sept. 11, the United States has spent $791 billion on homeland security, which outdoes the cost of the entire New Deal by (an inflation-adjusted) $300 billion. To answer one part of Launius’ question: It certainly means a great deal of financial security for some of the companies selling cameras, sensors, drones, tanks and barriers in the buzzing exhibition hall in Phoenix.

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Democrat Richard Carmona, who narrowly lost a U.S. Senate race to Republican Jeff Flake last year, told the press over the weekend that he won’t be running for governor next year. The announcement is a big boost for Democrat Fred DuVal, who announced his exploratory campaign for governor last month. At this point (and it’s ridiculously early for 2014 speculation), the only other serious Democrat publicly considering a run is state Rep. Chad Campbell, but he can’t announce his plans without triggering Arizona’s resign-to-run law. DuVal, who has worked in the Clinton White House and as an aide in Bruce Babbitt’s gubernatorial administration, has been announcing a lot of endorsements lately. Earlier this week, he got the thumbs-up from three former members of Congress: Harry Mitchell, Karan English and Sam Coppersmith. Last week, it was more than six dozen Democratic officials and former lawmakers around the state, including Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik and Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall. The week before that, it was nine current Democratic lawmakers. You can expect more of this in the future as Duval works to sew up support and avoid a contentious and expensive primary race next year. By Jim Nintzel Find early and late-breaking Skinny at The Range, our daily dispatch at daily. tucsonweekly.com Jim Nintzel hosts AZ Illustrated Politics, airing at 6:30 p.m. every Friday on PBS 6. The program repeats on 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Nintzel also talks politics with radio talk-show host John C. Scott on Thursday afternoons. Scott’s show airs from 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays on KVOI, 1030 AM. Follow Jim on Twitter, @nintzel. MARCH 21–27, 2013

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ost of my childhood memories are blocked out by the trauma of growing up in New Jersey, but I somehow manage to always recall one scenario from fifth grade. It involves our teacher, Mr. Born, regularly asking the dumb kid in class – in an attempt to reassure him that there is hope – a question the kid knew the answer to. The question was “Why did the Pilgrims come to America?” The answer? “For religious reasons!” the dumb kid would blurt out through a face beaming with pride. More than 25 years later, I find myself giving that same pride-filled answer to those who question why I have such a devotion and love for March Madness. For religious reasons. The Catholicism of my youth was renounced long ago, and for 11 months of the year I’m as agnostic and religiously indifferent as they come. But when the calendar hits March, I go full-on zealot, and these next few days are my Holy Days. Call it Bracketism, call it Hooperology, call it whatever you want. I call it the most exciting four days a sports fan can experience, and that is truly the way you must live those days. By experiencing them. Translation: nothing else matters but the hoops. Hoops, and anything that can be tangentially associated with it, like staring at multiple TV screens as well as a laptop or two, spending all day in a sports bar, day drinking, maybe a little bit of wagering (just to keep things interesting) and, most importantly, spending as little time as possible working. Call it my Sabbath, but one that runs for four days, involves alcohol, Red Bull (sugar free, of course), gambling and screaming profanities at flatscreens, and only requires candles if you somehow lose power. A

Rumspringa, but without having to go back to butter churning, abhorring technology and distrusting non-Dutch descendants. There isn’t a Bible, a Quran or a Torah. Instead, there are brackets. So, so many brackets. Each one filled out following diligent research (based on uniform color, uniqueness of mascot type or actual research into the teams’ skills and abilities), but even if every guess is wrong, so be it. I’d rather get all 67 games incorrect than not pick them at all. Last Sunday’s NCAA basketball tournament field selection show? Yeah, that’s my version of camping out in St. Peter’s Square, waiting for the white smoke to appear. There’s even a hymm: One Shining Moment, the tear-inducing anthem that’s ended every NCAA title game since 1987. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a year-round sports fan. And there are plenty of other events and occurrences in the sports world that get my juices flowing, though in comparison to March Madness the effort and devotion I pour into those other things is tantamount to the routine most Convenience Catholics go through around Easter and Christmas. (The lone exception to this rule is the World Series of Poker, but that’s a story for another column. In mid-June, to be precise.) This four-day basketball immersion has been part of my mid-March routine since middle school, when I coincidentally always came down with strep throat or an ear infection on the Thursday and Friday that the tourney started on. I didn’t have the luxury of being on Spring Break because, well, IT WAS NOT SPRING. When I enrolled at the University of Arizona in 1994 I thought maybe my passion for the madness would subside, seeing as I was now a student at a school that regularly was an integral part of the tourney. Remember, the Wildcats made the Final Four that March,

something I glowingly enjoyed watching just a few months before starting at the UA. Instead, the fever grew. And even more cowbell wasn’t going to cure it. I was thankful to have the first weekend of the tourney coincide with UA’s Spring Break, but even if it hadn’t there was going to be NO SCHOOL FOR ME on those days. And I found I wasn’t alone, as those of us who didn’t have the means to hit Rocky Point, Lake Havasu or San Diego instead would assemble around any and every on-campus TV we could find to soak up the madness. Once I entered the real world and got a big-boy job getting paid to watch sports, I luckily didn’t sour on the addiction to sports that I noticed so many of my sportswriter peers fell victim to. The chance to cover the first two rounds at McKale Center in 2000 for the Arizona Daily Star felt like a privilege, not a burden, and when I got to travel with the Wildcats during the 2004 and 2005 NCAA tournaments, I felt what Muslims must experience when they complete the pillar of Hajj. The sportswriting thing is no longer a fulltime deal for me. Beyond this sad excuse for a column and my random tweets and Facebook posts pertaining to athletics, I no longer have any sort of direct connection to the sporting world. But thankfully that’s only enabled my love of March Madness to increase exponentially. And I’ve welcomed this newfound enlightenment with Kali-like welcoming arms. And though I do preach the Good Word to those around me, I don’t expect them to follow suit and join the cause. I’m not that kind of devotee. If you agree, awesome, if not, so be it. It’s why I sent my wife out of town last week during her Spring Break so she didn’t have to deal with losing control of the remote due to the presence of conference tournament games

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Been an outlaw long before the poster said wanted/ Skeletons in the closet but the whole house haunted/ Know I’m going to hell/ Might as well act demonic. —“Numb,” Illmatic 2 Before I sit down with Isaiah Toothtaker, I’m having severe feelings of apprehension. There are too many stories and too many rumors. I know how rumors work in this town, and I’d like to think my bullshit detector is strong. Still, there is this feeling of dread. Would the wrong question trigger his temper? Or would he simply laugh me off and shoo me away? I first met Toothtaker more than a decade ago, when his name was Isaiah Camacho. I was a regular at the Tap Room in Hotel Congress, where he did a short stint working security. We had a few mutual friends and soon struck up a friendly rapport. We mainly talked about movies and music, cracked a few jokes and talked about tattoos. It was around this time when I first heard the whispered rumors and stories. In the meantime, he went from Isaiah, the budding hip-hop artist and tattoo apprentice hawking his demos outside of shows, to the 16 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

notorious Isaiah Toothtaker, a much revered and respected rapper with several albums, mixtapes, guest spots and the record label/collective Machina Muerte under his belt. He’s also a proud father of 9-year-old twins and the owner of Staring Without Caring, the iconic tattoo parlor at 1024 E. Sixth St. Any dread I was feeling was immediately eased as I walked through the Staring Without Caring door. Toothtaker greeted me with a handshake and a radiant smile, either from his eagerness or his intense gold grilles. We sat down at an outdoor cafe on a beautiful Saturday afternoon to discuss growing up in Tucson, falling in love with hip-hop at the swap meet, tattooing, his penchant for trouble and how the current state of hip-hop ain’t shit. Were you born and raised in Tucson? Yes, I was. What was it like, growing up? Um ... it was pretty troubled I guess, I came from a broken home. I was kind of like in and out of family members’ houses and I was on my own

since I was 11. At 15 I had my own apartment and provided for myself, got a job, all that kind of crazy shit. I just got into a lot of like, probably violence and trouble. That came along with people who I was hanging out with and the overall attitude and just what I was kind of used to. There were some other elements that were kind of good at the time. My dad was into the punk rock scene and really active in that. That stuff was cool and I think that had a strong influence on me even in participating in shit now, making music now, being creative. There were a lot of different activities happening in the era when I was younger. There was a lot of, I don’t want to say like makeshift, but it was very impromptu or DIY, art shit happening, shows going down, warehouse parties, different events happening. That stuff was part of my youth, but family life was pretty difficult. It was always a lot of fighting, and I probably got into the mix of it. I was a little shithead; I was a troublemaker. But I think it also came from my dad being in and out of prison, and being in that sort of upbringing with those types of people. My mom was a real difficult person to deal with. Her and I never really had a good relationship. It was a lot of trouble, and as soon as I really could be on my own, I tried to.

Got a dime on my dick or nine on my lap/ Got 6 gold fronts, 2 Ms on my back/ Trying to add some zeros & give nothing back/ Spit 16 bars every one is a fact. —“Deathborg,” Illmatic 2 I met Isaiah when I opened planet-z in 1996 and had him rapping and doing art on store mixtapes a year after that. We’ve done various songs together on his albums but I have recently had a chance to get him to appear on the new Demon Queen album with Black Moth Super Rainbow’s Tobacco, set to be released later this year. Toothtaker is very original when it comes to style and takes a lot of risks with his sound. He’s basically gonna do whatever he wants when it comes to creativity, regardless of what folks think. I saw him in a completely different light when I became a songwriter. I realized just how good of a writer he truly is. I see Toothtaker different than most. I remember him when he was young and have seen him deal with different hardships and blessings in his life. He’s battled through a lot and has made it pretty much on his own and I’m proud where

he is today as a father, business owner, artist and person ... and I see a lot of upside to his future in all of those traits, which only means good things for the city of Tucson. —Zackey Force Funk, aka Zackey 425, local rapper/DJ/gentleman What was some of the first hip-hop that grabbed you? The first actual cassette that I bought was at the fucking swap meet at a bootleg tape spot. I got a $3 Ice-T Original Gangster tape. That was my first independent purchase on my own. I remember it was amidst all my cousins trying to convince me to get a fucking Vanilla Ice tape. They were like “get the MC Hammer shit” or even that group Lighter Shade of Brown. I was like, fuck all that stuff, I don’t want none of that. It wasn’t the first time I had ever heard rap, it was just that for sure was something I wanted. New Jack City was also crazy big, so I wanted to get that tape more than anything else. I heard Fear of a Black Planet; my dad was trying to push that on me. But I think from 10 on, anything he tried to show me or like, give me, I never really received. It was like “Yo, I’m old enough to take my own opinions on shit” and I didn’t take any of his referrals at that point. I magnetized to that on my own way, independent of everything.

would battle; that became something kind of popular as well. I felt like I had enough passion for music, and rap specifically, that I was gonna dedicate as much as I could to it. Quieting liars with the skills I’ve acquired/ Fill the entire payback required/ My empire’s a market of buyers. —“Midnight,” Illmatic 2 He’s one of my favorite artists. His delivery/ rhythms are insane. There’s nothing like it. I love his style of writing and what he says and how he says it. Dude is the truth. He tells you what he thinks and he’s a throwback to those old warriors who would be on a battlefield but then go home and paint or create. Good man. —N8 Noface of CrimeKillz, punk rock hip-hop madman currently living in Los Angeles You’ve been super-prolific lately, with four releases last year. And Illmatic 2 was just released in late February. Have you gotten any criticism from Nas fans for using that title?

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Noooooo ... I think the way it’s titled … it’s done in jest. I didn’t expect it to be some fart/ dick joke. It wasn’t like, let’s make this a humorous thing. Illmatic is regarded as such a holy grail of an album.

How old where you when you started rapping? I’d say I was probably 15. I didn’t tell nobody for probably like a year or so. I wrote a bunch of random shit. I was in and out of spots. I didn’t really have like a stable house I would live at, or any one set place. A lot of it was honestly on the fucking bus, man, to kill time and to make some money and to be able to eat and shit. I sold nickels and dimes. I sold acid, I sold weed or whatever. I would write shit on the bus or collect it in my head. It was just a matter of memorizing different songs. Something sticks and catches in your head. I came up with a line off of another line or thinking about shit just out of nowhere. From that, I just decided to start penning stuff down. A couple years into it I attempted some four-track recordingtype shit, just because I had another couple of friends that had done stuff as well. In that era too, cyphering, freestyle was kind of popular, there was a lot more of that element. People

Exactly. It’s kind of like the current temperature right now. Like seeing Raekwon release Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 or Capone-N-Noreaga doing The War Report 2. Naming your same title but putting the 2 after that is a marketing technique just so they can fucking sell that album on the shelf. I said fuck it, I’m gonna do this because it’s gonna offset what people would expect about it, and if anything that’s good. It wasn’t done for Nas. It wasn’t done to chastise him or challenge his release. It wasn’t done to be the opposition to what that considered “classic” album is. It was just done to integrate my audience’s participation into it. This all might end in penitentiaries if it was really meant to be/ You can’t prevent some things I can’t pretend repenting/ I’ll pen my own identity/ Pending the next sentencing/ My violent affinity/ CONTINUED ON PAGE 19

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Bring death to all my enemies/ Gotta die eventually. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hert,â&#x20AC;? Illmatic 2 I really like Isaiahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creative output. I listen to a lot of different types of music, including rap. It seems like a lot of musicians and genres in general (even ones I really enjoy) become stagnant and people start to follow the same formula for creation. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fine, do what you know and do it well, but... that becomes boring and played out. Isaiahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music is all over the map and he is constantly experimenting with new forms of delivery, a variety of different musical styles and a wide variety of awesome collaborators. He keeps his shit new. His creativity doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just end at music, thoughâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;video, illustration, graphic designâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;his ideas and skills are fused into everything around him. Isaiah is an enigma wrapped in a riddle, dripping with style. He defies any stereotype you could throw at him. I have known him for a while and he gave me my first tattoo (and all the rest). He grinds hard, drinks harder, and has a discerning taste in everything from film to food to music. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Patrick Foley, aka Patrick Karnaykeso, founder of the Carne Queso collective, art punks who make the best clothes in Tucson How long have you been tattooing? Approximately 11 years.

reason I gave was because it was staring without caring. From that it became a joke and we were gonna develop into, like, a collective, maybe do flash tattoos or something like that. The shop came into fruition and it was like, fuck it, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s run with this name. It always had lingered, no matter what we were doing. It was like a familiar inside joke. Dressed to impressed in that funeral black/ And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just one step for your death to match/ We can close your casket or shut your trap/ We can have you hemmed we can bust some straps. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deathborg,â&#x20AC;? Illmatic 2

You apprenticed for him? Yeah, I was his apprentice at Black Rose for a year or something like that. It was a very staunch and traditional apprenticeship. How long has Staring Without Caring been around?

It manifested slightly in 2009. There was a sort of mixtape Mestizo put together. He just did it to sell on tour. He had been playing with the idea of this title and he and I had been speaking about who we were gonna collect into it and there were some loose players on the mixtape who are in the crew. 2010 is when it officially kicked off. Half of the mixtape was half of my Yiggy album and I so I was pretty pissed at Mestizo. Making this mixtape with half of my fucking album on it unauthorized! Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see it again after the fact ... itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a rare collectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s album! The middle of 2010 is when we made the official record label and got distribution. How many different artists have released material on the label? Probably around seven. Projects that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve released with Machina is fucking probably over 50. If you think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m prolific, CrimeKillz is really crazy prolific, Zackey Force Funk is, Mestizo is, everybody does an insane amount of work. These people are workhorses. They have this ability thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like supernatural. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably good in the same way that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all friends because we compete with each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s releases and productivity. These guys are fuckinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nuts. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working on a project with Jacob Cooper of Wavves, using all Nine Inch Nails samples? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fucking badass. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m superamped on it. I wrote the songs with him in a weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an extremely long project. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not trying to be known as the guys that sampled all the Nine Inch Nails songs. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s less is more, quality over quantity. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited for people to hear the songs.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been there now for seven years. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behind the name? Staring Without Caring came up when we were all having a dinner someplace, just a group of us. Kenzo, who works there, too, we were outside the restaurant and some guy was like looking at me, kind of perturbed. He had, like, a very sour face on. He was staring at us from inside of the restaurant, and I had just mentioned how, like, irritated I was with it and that maybe I was gonna go and beat him up. Kenzo was like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why would you do that?â&#x20AC;? Kenzo didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand it, and he was like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What would be the point, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the reason for that?â&#x20AC;? and the

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guy in the room is also the most thuggish, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a hell of a combinationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the kind of guy Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad to call my friend. He has a great sense for visual design, his tattoo art and fine art is amazing, he is an incredible and very thoughtful writer, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whiz with video editing and production, he writes all his own press copy. His promotion and marketing skills are sharp and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an incredibly talented musician. Dude knows whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Slobby Robby, no description needed Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been getting press all around the country but you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been getting much press here in Tucson. How do you feel about that? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been getting press worldwide, not even being shitty. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not trying to be egotistical, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been championed and getting press and write-ups from everywhere else besides here for a long time. I feel very slighted by it, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a personal vendetta against me. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never going to fucking make me do something differently to get attention because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not getting it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never gonna dictate my art or my actions or what I do with my art. Not having any write-ups here. ... I feel like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obviously myopic in my opinion. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not stopping me from producing, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think about it. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it for the attention of a journalist or a magazine. But, of course, a writer and an editor and a publisher are people and they listen to music. I would do it for them on a personal level.

How often do you play live? I used to try to be a lot more active with it. I wanted to be more frequent with my shows, but after I felt confident with my stage performance, my stage presence, my ability, it wasn’t as much of a concern. Not that I conquered it, but that I’m capable of it. I know what that situation is, I’m familiar with it. It wasn’t something I gave a fuck about anymore. I’m definitely not trying to open up for a passing band that’s not gonna see my performance just because I get to have some fucking synonymous billing on a poster. I don’t care about that. If I can only perform once to twice in Tucson a year, I’m very happy with that and feel that’s even a bit much. Liquor drown my sorrow till the bottom of the bottle/ Ain’t got a pot to piss in I ain’t livin’ for tomorrow/ Ain’t no halo to borrow got a hollow you can swallow/ Give all that I got and take whatever trouble follows. —“Hert,” Illmatic 2 You do have a violent reputation. Where does all of that stem from? I think it stems from a lot of violent reactions! The reputation comes because I’ve done a lot of fucked-up shit. I haven’t done a lot of fuckedup shit to a lot of nice people—I did fucked-up shit to fucked-up people. I’m not a bully, I don’t go around blowing people up. I wasn’t fighting a bunch of soccer dads shopping for tomatoes at Safeway. I’m fighting dudes that have attitude problems; I’m fighting guys that bump into people that they don’t know. I’m fighting gangbangers, hoodlums and thugs. It’s not these innocent types. Tucson is a violent city. It’s a very physical city, people are really willing to fight here. And it was even worse growing up. Unfortunately, it’s a sense of our nature. We’re destructive, we’re sometimes violent. We’re physical people, just as we can be intelligible and eloquent and conversational. When we start to limit that, it dilutes it. It’s reducing our experiences. Most boxers might have a violent past, but they go on to become champions of the world. These great people in history that we write books about, that we throw parades for ... they came from awful upbringings. Abusive upbringings. I don’t really regret any of the stuff I’ve done. I feel like I didn’t choose the broken home I grew up in. I didn’t choose to have to fight my father or other peers or other hoodlums for the reasons that I did. I felt broken down at an early age. My kids have no idea what I’ve done. My kids have no idea that I’ve had these conflicts all my life. It’s nothing I’ve tried to teach them. None of this stuff has any influence on my songs, or what I try to produce overall. I’ve tried to overcome them and do something different, and not be identified by them. But ... they’re very much a part of my character. I’d also like to thank my defense attorney, Dan H. Cooper, for keeping me out of jail. Any last words? Come by the tattoo shop and get some work, check out a lot of free music by myself and Machina Muerte. If you want some good shit, you’ve got a long list to choose from. MARCH 21–27, 2013

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MARCH 21-27, 2013 OUR TOP PICKS OF WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO DO IT BY MEGAN MERRIMAC, STEPHANIE CASANOVA AND KYLE MITTAN

The Joy of Improvisation

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Poetry blends with jazz this month as a poet and a musician get together for a night of improvisation at Pima Community College. “We put improvising jazz musicians together with poets who are pushing the boundaries of their art for a reason—because we think there is a relationship,” said Charles Alexander, the executive director of Chax Press. Chax Press, coming up on its 30th year in business in Tucson, is working with the University of Arizona Poetry Center and POG: Poetry in Action to co-sponsor this night of art with poet and novelist Nathaniel Mackey and contemporary jazz musician Marilyn Crispell. Alexander met Mackey in 1978 and has had the opportunity to hear him read a few times since then. Mackey has “always got something new to say and his work is both artistically really engaging, and intellectually and politically engaging too,” Alexander said. Mackey has won several awards for his writing, including the Whiting Writer’s Award and a Guggenheim fellowship. He has been interested in writing since he was a child and has found a way to turn his passion into a career. “It’s not unusual for people to be into writing when they’re young but to be able to somehow continue to do it is the difference,” Mackey said. Reading to an audience is important as well as enjoyable, Mackey said, not only because he gets to meet people he may not otherwise have the chance to, but also because hearing the sound of the spoken word helps him write. “I write with the sound of writing in mind,” he said. “I sound things out when I write; I try to write things that have some interest to me in the way they sound and the way they move as you read them out.” Alexander also greatly admires Crispell’s contemporary and improvisational jazz music. He became interested in her music when browsing for something new to listen to. “I fell love with her work 20 years ago when I first picked up a CD almost by chance, and she’s a once in a lifetime.” Crispell started out in classical music, with piano and composition, until the music of a jazz legend changed her mind on what style of music to pursue. “When I was 28 years old, I heard Nathaniel Mackey the music of John Coltrane, A Love Supreme in particular, and it inspired me so much that I decided that was what I wanted to do,” she said. As an artist, she has grown to appreciate a variety of genres, and likes being able to perform at events that blend art forms. “I’m interested in lots of different facets of the arts,” she said. “I’m very interested in visual arts and poetry and dance, and so it gives me a chance to indulge my passion for those things.” Alexander, who founded Chax Press in 1984, had the idea to bring

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the two artists together to continue a series he has been coordinating for a few years. In the series, a poet and a musician perform together so that people with various artistic preferences can enjoy two styles in one place and also learn about their relationship to one another. “We hope our audience includes people who maybe come for the music but get carried away by the words, too, and also the opposite: people who come for the poet but get carried away by the music,” Alexander said. Chax Press began as a publisher of novels, but has grown through its efforts to bring art to the public through more than just books. It sponsors events such as the one coming to Tucson to encourage an interest in other art forms. Anne Guthrie, marketing director for the University of Arizona Poetry Center, is excited about the event’s experimental nature. “They are … a poet and a musician doing experimental work onstage together,” she said. “It’s very improvisational.” Nathaniel Mackey and Marilyn Crispell perform at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 28, in the recital hall of the Center for Arts at Pima Community College’s West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road. Tickets are $18 general; $10 for students. For ticket information, visit the University of Arizona Poetry Center website, poetry.arizona.edu. Megan Merrimac mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

LECTURES Incorporating the Arts Into Urban Development Innovation and Intersections 4 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 27 Tucson Pima Arts Council 100 N. Stone Ave., Suite 109 624-0595; www.tucsonpimaartscouncil.org

A talk hosted by the Tucson Pima Arts Council aims to prove that an intersection exists between urban and economic development and the arts. The council has invited Deborah Cullinan, executive director of San Francisco’s Intersection for the Arts, to give a lecture about how art, social justice and community change tend to remain interrelated in communities throughout the country. Most recently, Cullinan has helped spearhead an effort with San Francisco’s 5M Project to blend creativity with urban development to make for more inclusive economic opportunities. With her expertise in this particular area, Cullinan said she is glad to see that the interest in emphasizing the intersection of creativity and urban development has expanded to other cities, adding that she has seen the expansion from coast to coast. “It’s really interesting because I had no idea how often I would be asked to share this story,” she said. “I think there’s something to this; it’s the right idea at the right time, and it’s the way the world has changed around the economy.” Despite this new trend in analyzing the convergence between the arts and urban development, Cullinan said that not much has changed — that the correlation has existed for a long time, which is why it’s important to continue. Doing so, she added will improve commerce, as well as a city’s economy overall. “I think that there has been an inherent intersection between the arts and urban development and change forever,” Cullinan said. “It’s just been inequitable.” Although talks like these have a very particular focus, Cullinan added that hundreds have turned out for them, and that they draw people from various different areas and platforms. The talk is free to attend, and no registration is required. — K.M.

Far left: Simmons Buntin Left: William Elliot Scott and Daniel Lopez in Meteoric by Kelly J. Hardesty.

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Sustainability Meets Creative Writing

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From dramas to romantic comedies, local actors will be performing plays written by members of Old Pueblo Playwrights and the writers will be asking the audience for feedback on the plays they see. The three-day festival includes a mix of one-act plays and full-length plays, as well as simple sets on a stage where actors bring the script with them and do a stage reading for the audience. The opening full length play, Savage Bond written by Steve Holiday, tells a story of a group of old friends who get together for a funeral. The plays following this drama are a little more comedic with a mix of romance and some seriousness, according to John Vornholt, festival chairperson. Saturday night’s full length play, Style and Substance, which Vornholt directed, is a comedy about people in their 50s trying online dating. While the theme is a more modern take on dating, it includes a lot of comedy while following the story of four people, widowed or divorced, as they try their hand at meeting each other online. “It has its serious underside in that, what are older people doing to make sure they’re still in the game romantically,” Vornholt said. “And how is that working?” The festival will also have workshops where the audience tells the playwright what works and what doesn’t. The one act plays are about 15 minutes long and get right into the heart of the story. “It’ll get right into whatever it is trying to say and pretty much hit you over the head and get out,” Vornholt said. Show times are $7 and a three-day pass costs $20. — S.C.

Sustainable living and the craft of writing will converge at an event that aims to showcase a number of sustainable communities throughout Tucson. Writer Simmons B. Buntin will host “Remixing Spaces as Places,” a talk that borrows its name from his latest book, Unsprawl: Remixing Spaces as Places, which features a dozen case studies of communities throughout the U.S., looking specifically at their efforts in sustainability, and how successful they are. Through the readings of poems and an essay excerpt, Buntin said he hopes to give an overview of his findings. With a graduate degree in urban and regional planning and an interest in writing, Buntin uses his expertise as a way to advocate for effective sustainable solutions for communities. He currently works as the editor-in-chief of Terrain. org, a locally based online journal that analyzes built and natural environments. “As a kid, I grew up in urban locations, and, frankly, never thought about the community as a place where we could create and design, plan and then build out,” he said. Among the dozen communities Buntin examines in his book and will mention in his presentation is the Civano neighborhood in southeast Tucson. Having lived there himself for a number of years now, Buntin said that studying Civano was a much more intimate process than the other neighborhoods. “The challenge with that case study versus any of the others … was culling it down,” he said. “For me, it was scaling back a lot of the personal politics that I knew about that, that are true, but don’t really matter in the context of the book.” With a focus on urban development conveyed through creative writing, Buntin said the free event is geared toward those interested in land use, but could be potentially interesting to just about anyone. — K.M.

22nd Annual New Play Festival

MUSIC Barbershop Bonanza Celebrate Harmony 3 p.m., Saturday, March 23, Catalina Magnet High School 3645 E. Pima St. 780-4273; drupdegraff@gmail.com

Celebrate Harmony is bringing ng enback music from the 20th cenir tury in an all a cappella choir performance. A group of about 40 men will dress gs from up in tuxedoes and sing songs the 1930s and 1940s at thiss year’s ce. Some Tucson Barbershop eXperience. of the men will then split up into smaller groups and perform the last half of the show in a series of quartets, e 1930s to singing music from before the as late as the 1970s. nce has Tucson Barbershop eXperience been around for 65 years and the group zes all their of men rehearses and memorizes music before performing live. The men try to learn a song in about a month then d on harmowork on finishing touches and ght meetnizing during their Monday night mmunity ings at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. “Everybody’s pretty much committed to learning their music and getting it degraff, down right,” said David Updegraff, 0 years. member of the chorus for 40 The instrument-free choir is a hobby me outfor the men, so they take time side of their job to learn the songs. When a new song is chosen by their music team, members are given an mp3 file or CD so they can play and learn notes in their free time. The group also co-hosts a youth tember and harmony festival in September n high where they teach students in p Harmony school about the Barbershop hat extends Society, a national society that eserve barto Canada and works to “preserve m,” accordbershop music as an artform,” ing to the society’s website. The annual event draws in about 400 audience members and will feature a hoenixguest performance by the Phoenixternational based choir, Audacity, the international senior quartet champions in 2009. The event is $15. — S.C.

Visitors watch landscape designers and architects compete to transform empty 15- by 20-foot lots into Tucson’s Best Pocket Garden, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, March 21 through 23, at Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way. $13 admission.

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How long has the event been in the planning stages? Not that long, around September. We developed a very small committee of a landscape architect and a landscape designer—Shelly Abbott and Lisa Ribes—our education director and other staff members, and they developed the guidelines and the application process. We were just really overwhelmed by the response. We received 11 or 12 fabulous applications. Any one of those architects could have been chosen. Who made the final four? The designers are all very well known. There’s Scott Calhoun of Zona Gardens LLC; Christine Jeffrey from 24 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

Did the architects have to submit their design in advance? Every landscape architect had to fill out a questionnaire ... relating to what we wanted to get out of these gardens: What is the one thing you will be demonstrating to the public? How does this typify the Sonoran desert? Things like that. Now we have their final design, and we’ll be posting that so the public can see (the gardens) actually transform. And they have only 24 hours to complete the garden? That’s correct. They have Thursday, Friday and Saturday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Sunday is the judging day, and the winner will get a full-page spread in Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden, and all of the other design-

BRIGHTEN YOUR LIFE: DRAWING IN COLOR Martha Cooper Branch Library. 1377 N. Catalina Ave. 594-5315. Participants learn the basics of color mixing, how colors work together to create color harmonies, and how to use color for self expression, in a class that meets from 2 to 3:30 p.m., every Thursday, through April 25; free. Call to register.

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CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: THE WATER FESTIVAL DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center. 1100 S. Randolph Way. Exhibitors, theater and dance performances, workshops, music, a 3-mile Walk for Water, live art “happenings,” a mermaid and children’s activities are featured at the The Water Festival from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, April 21, in conjunction with the Earth Day Festival; free. Call 623-2119, or visit waterfestivaltucson.org to register as a volunteer, artist, performer, speaker, workshop leader or exhibitor.

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LJ Design & Consulting is very talented; and Ezra Roati from REALM is probably our youngest designer. Janis (Van Wyck) is an architect, and her husband, Phil, is a landscape architect, so they’re bringing, as a team, quite a bit to (the competition). Every designer is given a stipend of $1,500 to create this 15-by-20-foot space. We probably have over 30 different community design partners helping our designers create incredible gardens in 24 hours.

EVENTS THIS WEEK 4TH AVENUE STREET FAIR 4th Avenue Street Fair. Fourth Avenue More than 400 artisans, 35 food vendors, two music stages, street performers and a hands-on art pavilion for kids are included in this spring event taking place along Fourth Avenue between Ninth Street and University Boulevard from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday through Sunday, March 22 through 24. Visit fourthavenue.org for more information.

Michelle Conklin is executive director of the Tucson Botanical Gardens and the force behind Growdown! The Great Tucson Garden Design Challenge. Four local architects will get their hands dirty in this three-day competition to create Tucson’s best pocket garden, beginning Thursday, March 21. Cost is $13 for adults and $7.50 for children ages 4 through 12, which includes gardens admission. For tickets to the awards luncheon on Sunday, March 24, contact Katherine Hougland at 3269686, ext. 25. The full Growdown! agenda is at tucsonbotanical.org/events/growdown/. Where did the initial idea for the event come from? From watching too much HGTV (laughs). We had an opportunity to submit an annual grant, and I had watched The White Room Challenge a couple of weeks before. And I thought, why couldn’t we do something like that here? I sat down with our director of education and I said, “Well, this is what I’m thinking of. What do you all think?” The first thing I had to do was pitch the idea to Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden magazine, because I really believed that the whole success of (the competition) would have to be hinged on a fabulous prize.

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to plan an expo to display the latest models of general aviation aircraft, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 23; free. Call (480) 363-0058 for more information.

ers will also get recognition in the magazine. Why is it important to have the gardens designed in accordance with the Sonoran Desert climate? At the Tucson Botanical Gardens we care very deeply about appropriate gardening in this desert environment. This reinforces our mission and even though this is great fun and about design, it’s also about education. What type of activities will offered during the competition? (On Friday and Saturday) there’s going to be garden demonstrations in the pavilion. Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., there’s a full day of garden-related demonstrations, tours and booths. Also on Sunday, from 12 to 1:30 p.m., there’s a luncheon and awards with the special guest speaker, Mary Irish, and that’s a $50 ticket. You need to RSVP and call the gardens for that. What prompted the gardens to bring in Mary Irish as a guest speaker? Mary is one of our favorite garden writers, and she does have her wonderful new book, A Place All Our Own: Lives Entwined in a Desert Garden. This book just came out, so she’s also going to be doing a book signing. She’s really an expert on gardening in the Sonoran desert.

CELTIC EXTRAVAGANZA Red Barn Theatre. 948 N. Main Ave. 622-6973. Irish step-dancing, a chorus singing old Celtic songs, fiddleplaying, singalongs, puppetry, trombone-playing, hula and food are featured at an event celebrating Irish, Welsh and Scottish music, at noon, Saturday, March 23; $5. COME TO THE CABARET UA Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. 1737 E. University Blvd. 621-4698. A jazzy and festive gala features cocktails, dinner and cabaret entertainment at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, March 23; $200. Proceeds benefit UApresents educational programs. Call 621-3341, or visit uapresents.org for tickets and more information. COOKIES AND COCKTAILS Skyline Country Club. 5200 E. St. Andrews Drive. 2990464. An adults-only event includes hors d’oeuvres and desserts from such local restaurants as Feast, Pastiche Modern Eatery, HUB Restaurant and Creamery, Kingfisher Bar and Grill, Bob’s Steak and Chop House and The Abbey, from 7 to 10 p.m., Friday, March 22; $95, $175 for 2, $75 in advance. Music is provided by the Bluerays. Call 275-1397 for reservations. EARTH DAY FESTIVAL SPONSORS, EXHIBITORS, ARTISTS AND PARADE ENTRANTS SOUGHT Reid Park. Broadway Boulevard and Alvernon Way. Registration closes Friday, March 29, for exhibitors and parade entrants in this year’s combined Earth Day Festival and Water Festival. The joint event, with the theme Green Planet, Green Future, takes place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, April 21. Competitions for the best model solar race car and solar house are open to middle school students. Kits are available at swetucson. org/solar. An art show and a 3-mile Walk for Water, presented by the Aveda Institute, are also featuerd. Visit tucsonearthday.org or call 206-8814 for more info. LAFF AND BOWL Golden Pin Lanes. 1010 W. Miracle Mile. 888-4272. Laffs Comedy Caffé presents Emmy-nominated comic Gary Hood headlining a comedy show that also features Walt Maxam and Amy Blackwell in the bowling alley’s showroom, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, March 21; $10 for the show, $15 includes the show and unlimited bowling afterward. Call for reservations. SONORAN SPRING CELEBRATION Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. A garden party featuring live music by the Domingo DeGrazia Guitar Band; dance performances by members of Ballet Tucson; silent and live auctions; plein air painting by Jane Barton, Judith Bateman and Susan Meyer whose on-the-spot works will be auctioned that evening; food prepared by well-known Tucson chefs; beverages including wine, local beer, wine and prickly pear margaritas, begins at 4 p.m., Sunday, March 23; $125. Call 742-6455 for tickets and more information. TUCSON URBAN LEAGUE GALA Westin La Paloma. 3800 E. Sunrise Drive. 742-6000. Musicians Zo! and Sy Smith are the featured entertainment at an event including dinner and dancing at 6:30 p.m., Friday, March 22; $100, $175 for a couple. Call 791-9952, ext. 2237 for reservations and more info.

BULLETIN BOARD EVENTS THIS WEEK ARIZONA AIRCRAFT EXPO AND OWNERSHIP CONFERENCE Todd’s Restaurant at Ryan Field. 9700 W. Ajo Way 8837770. Aircraft dealers from throughout Arizona gather

COMPUTER, SOFTWARE AND INTERNET CLASSES Software advice, instructions and tips are provided from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, March 23; free. Reservations are requested. Help is available for digital downloads for eBooks, audiobooks and videos, from 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, March 27; free. Bring your device and library card or PIN. DOWNTOWN VINTAGE AND ARTISAN MARKET Maynards Market and Kitchen. 400 N. Toole Ave. 5450577. Vendors of antiques, crafts, vintage clothing and millinery, Western memorabilia, jewelry and collectibles gather in the parking lot from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., the fourth Saturday of every month; free admission. Interested vendors call Amy at 884-3454. HISTORICAL CEMETERY TOUR Holy Hope Cemetery. 3555 N. Oracle Road. 888-0860. Living-history interpreters from The Arizona Historical Society tell the stories of early Tucsonans buried at Holy Hope Cemetery, at 9 a.m., Saturday, March 23; $15. 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 for more information. POETRY MESSAGE POT PROJECT Tucson Clay Co-op. 3326 N. Dodge Blvd. 792-6263. Participants inscribe a favorite poem on greenware bowls made by local potters every Tuesday and Thursday through Thursday, April 11, and by appointment. Poems are read from the finished glazed bowls at an exhibition and potluck party, at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 20; freewill donation. Call or visit tucsonclayco-op.com for more information.

OUT OF TOWN 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 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday and Friday, March 21 and 22; $5, $2 ages 7 through 13, free younger than 7, includes admission to tour the park. Visit tubacpresidiopark.com for more information. PIMA COUNCIL ON AGING REPRESENTATIVE Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. People older than 50 who need information and referrals for housing options, transportation, food, mental health, caregiving, social services and legal aid meet with a representative of the Pima Council on Aging from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. No appointment is needed. TUBAC PRESIDIO DEDICATION AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE IN JOURNALISM Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. The Society of Professional Journalists honors Tubac’s place in the history of journalism as the home of Arizona’s first newspaper, The Weekly Arizonian, first published on March 3, 1859. The celebration includes demonstrations of the original press from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, March 23. Visit tubacpresidiopark.com for more information.

UPCOMING FOOTHILLS DEMOCRATIC FORUM Skyline Country Club. 5200 E. St. Andrews Drive. 299-0464. An interactive exercise allows attendees to experience how difficult it is to balance the federal budget, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, March 28; $15 includes heavy hors d’oeuvres. Call 477-1093 for more information.

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BEAGLE RESCUE Several beagle-adoption events and play dates are scheduled throughout the month. Visit soazbeaglerescue.com for the schedule and to learn more about Southern Arizona Beagle Rescue. 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. A meeting and potluck or lunch take place from noon to 2 p.m., the second Saturday of every month. Meet for coffee from 7 to 9 p.m., every Wednesday, at Crave Coffee Bar, 4530 E. Broadway Blvd. Happy hour is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., the second Friday of every month, at Venture-N, 1239 N. Sixth Ave. Dinner is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., every third Thursday, at a location announced in the online calendar and at â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bears of the Old Puebloâ&#x20AC;? on Facebook. Burgers are served from 5 to 7 p.m., on the last Sunday of every month, at Venture-N; free admission. Call 829-0117, or email bop@botop.org for information about additional activities. BICAS CRAFTER HOURS BICAS. 44 W. Sixth St. 628-7950. Workshops on making useful objects and art projects from recycled materials, take place from 5 to 8 p.m., every Tuesday; freewill donation. Materials are provided but donations of craft supplies are always welcome. BIKE MAINTENANCE FOR WOMEN AND TRANSGENDER FOLKS BICAS. 44 W. Sixth St. 628-7950. BICAS is open exclusively for women and transgender folks from 4 to 8 p.m., every Monday. Learn bike maintenance, or earn a bike with volunteer labor. Workshops are led by female and trans-identified mechanics. Visit bicas.org for more information. 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. BRIDGE CLUB Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. Adults play bridge from 1 to 4 p.m., every Wednesday; free. Call for more information. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: TUCSON CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL Community groups, businesses, religious groups, neighborhood associations and ad hoc groups of five or more volunteers are needed to adopt parks, streets, washes and other public areas on an ongoing basis. Call 7913109, or visit tucsoncleanandbeautiful.org for more information. CHESS CLUB Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. All serious chess players are invited from 1 to 5 p.m., every Friday; free. Call for more info. THE COFFEE PARTY Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. Friendly discussions of current events take place from 1 to 3 p.m., every Tuesday; free. Candidates from all political parties are invited to speak. Call 878-0256 for more information and to arrange a time to speak.

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COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE Himmel Park. 1000 N. Tucson Blvd. 791-3276. A community drum circle takes place from 3:30 to 6 p.m., every Sunday; free. All are welcome. Call 743-4901, or e-mail cactuscarrie10@gmail.com for more information. CONQUISTADORS TOASTMASTERS CLUB Jewish Community Center. 3800 E. River Road. 2993000. Anyone who wants to conquer fears of public speaking may practice in a supportive environment at 7 p.m., every Wednesday. Email davidmegaw@comcast.net for more information. DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF THE SANTA RITA AREA Green Valley Democratic Headquarters. 260 W. Continental Road. Green Valley. 838-0590. Current events are discussed from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., every

DESERT CRONES Fellowship Square Villa III. 210 N. Maguire Ave. 8865537. Women older than 50 meet from 1 to 3 p.m., every Thursday except holidays, to enjoy companionship and creativity. Programs include guest speakers, writing workshops and drumming circles. Call 409-3357, or email hobbitmagick@hotmail.com for more information. DRINKING LIBERALLY The Shanty. 401 E. Ninth St. 623-2664. Liberal and progressive Democrats meet every Wednesday at 6 p.m.; free. The meeting often features special guests. Search for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drinking Liberally Tucsonâ&#x20AC;? on Facebook 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. FARMERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; MARKETS MONDAY: Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Markets at La Posada Green Valley: 665 S. Park Centre Ave., Green Valley, is 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday (603-8116). TUESDAY: Community Food Bank: 3003 S. Country Club Road, 8 a.m. to noon, Tuesday (622-0525). Marana Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 13395 N. Marana Main Street, Marana, 3 to 6 p.m., Tuesday (882-3313). WEDNESDAY: Alan Ward Downtown Mercado: south lawn of the Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, October through May; 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, June through September (339-4008). Green Valley Village Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 101 S. La CaĂąada Drive, Green Valley, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday (490-3315). THURSDAY: Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market at Voyager RV Resort: 8701 S. Kolb Road, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday (603-8116). Santa Cruz River Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: Mercado San AgustĂn, 100 S. Avenida del Convento, 3 to 6 p.m., Thursday, in winter; 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, in spring (622-0525). San Manuel Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 801 McNab Parkway, 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (520-212-2337). Sierra Vista Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: corner of Carmichael Avenue and Willcox Drive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday (520-6782638). FRIDAY: Corona de Tucson Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 15921 S. Houghton Road, Vail, 8 a.m. to noon, Friday (8701106). El Presidio Plaza Park Mercado: 115 N. Church Ave., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday (339-4008). Friday Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market at Broadway Village: 2926 E. Broadway Blvd., 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday (603-8116). Heirloom Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market at Jesse Owens Park: Jesse Owens Park, 400 S. Sarnoff Drive, winter: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday; summer: 8 a.m. to noon, Friday (918-9811). SATURDAY: Arivaca Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 16800 Arivaca Road, Arivaca, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday. Bear Canyon Open Air Market: northwest corner of Tanque Verde Road and the Catalina Highway, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (982-2645). Bisbee Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: Vista Park in the Warren section, 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (520-2275060). Downtown Mercado at Maynardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: 400 E. Toole Ave., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (339-4008). El Pueblo Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: El Pueblo Neighborhood Center parking lot, SW corner of Irvington Road and Sixth Avenue, 8 to 11 a.m., Saturday (882-3304). Heirloom Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: St. Philipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plaza, southeast corner of River Road and Campbell Avenue, winter: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday; summer: 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (8822157). Loft Cinema Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 3233 E. Speedway Blvd., 8 to 11 a.m., every Saturday (322-5638). Metal Arts Village Saturday Morning Market: 3230 N. Dodge Blvd., 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday (326-5657). Oracle Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 2805 N. Triangle L Ranch Road, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday (896-2123). Oro Valley Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: Town Hall at the corner of La CaĂąada Drive and Naranja Road, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (882-2157). Plaza Palomino: 2970 N. Swan Road, winter: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday; summer: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (plazapalomino.com). Rincon Valley Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and Artisansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 12500 E. Old Spanish Trail, winter: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday; summer: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (591-2276). St. David Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: St. David High School, 70 E. Patton St., St. David, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, May through October (520-221-1074). St. Philipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plaza Saturday Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: St. Philipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plaza, southeast corner of River Road and Campbell Avenue, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (603-8116). San Manuel Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 801 McNab Parkway, 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (520-212-2337). Sierra Vista Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: corner of Charleston Road and Highway 90 bypass, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday (520-678-2638). Sunsites Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: Shadow Mountain Golf Course, 1105 Irene St., Sunsites, 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (520-8261250). Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Green Art and Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 8995 E. Tanque Verde Road, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (9822645). SUNDAY: Douglas Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: Raul Castro Park, between D and E avenues, downtown Douglas, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday (520-805-5938 or 520-805-0086).

Elgin Farmers’ Market: Kief-Joshua Vineyards, 370 Elgin Road, Elgin, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, May through October (520-455-5582). Heirloom Farmers’ Market: St. Philip’s Plaza, southeast corner of River Road and Campbell Avenue, winter: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday; summer: 8 a.m. to noon, Sunday (882-2157). FOUNTAIN FLYERS TOASTMASTERS Coco’s Bakery Restaurant. 7250 N. Oracle Road. 7422840. Participants learn and enhance speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment, from 6:30 to 7:45 a.m., Tuesday; free. Call 861-1160. GAM-ANON MEETING University of Arizona Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. 694-0111. A 12-step support group for families and friends of compulsive gamblers meets in dining room No. 2500D at 7 p.m., every Monday; free. Call 570-7879 for more information. GLOBAL CHANT St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church. 3809 E. Third St. 3251001. Group chanting from all spiritual traditions takes place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday. No musical experience needed. Admission is free. Call 838-4194, or email info@actonwisdom.com for more information. ITALIAN CONVERSATION Beyond Bread. 3026 N. Campbell Ave. 322-9965. All skill levels practice from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., every Tuesday; free. Call 624-9145 for more information. JIGSAW PUZZLE EXCHANGE Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Exchange your jigsaw puzzle for a different one at the Jigsaw Puzzle Exchange display. Parking is free on Saturday, Sunday, evenings or for less than an hour. Library 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. 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. MAHJONG Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. Play Mahjong from 1 to 3:30 p.m., each Saturday; free. Call 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. PIMA COUNCIL ON AGING INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE A volunteer for the Pima Council on Aging provides information and answers questions about support available to seniors for caregiving, meals, housing, legal services and transportation; free: from 10 a.m. to noon, the second Tuesday of every month, at Sahuarita Branch Library, 725 W. Via Rancho Sahuarita; from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the second Tuesday of every month, at Oro Valley Library, 1305 W. Naranja Drive; from 10 a.m. to noon, the second and fourth Wednesday, at Ellie Towne Flowing Wells Community Center, 1660 W. Ruthrauff Road; from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the second and last Wednesday, at Quincie Douglas Senior Center, 1575 E. 36th St.; and from 10 a.m. to noon, the third and fourth Wednesday, at Freedom Park Recreation Center, 5000 E. 29th St. For more information, visit pcoa.org. RECYCLING CENTERS Neighborhood drop-off centers are located at Himmel Park, Joaquin Murrieta Park, Mansfield Park, Morris K. Udall Park, Miller-Golf Links Library, Golf Links Sports Park, Kennedy Park, Booth-Fickett Magnet School, Jacobs Park, Tucson Convention Center, Ward 5 Council Office, Patrick K. Hardesty Midtown Multi-Service Center, Himmel Park and the Los Reales Landfill. Visit tucsonrecycles.org, or call 791-5000 for more info. THE ROADRUNNERS TOASTMASTERS Atria Bell Court Garden. 6653 E. Carondelet Drive. 8863600. The Roadrunners Toastmasters meet weekly from 6:30 to 8 a.m., Wednesday, to mutually support public speaking and leadership skills. Call 261-4560, or visit roadrunnerstoastmasters.com for more information.

SCRABBLE CLUB Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. Play Scrabble from 1 to 5 p.m., each Monday; free. Call for more information. SINGLES 50+ LUNCH GROUP Thunder Canyon Brewery. 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd. 7972652. A group meets for conversation and no-host lunch at noon, Sunday. Call 797-9873 for more information. SUNDAY FEAST AND FESTIVAL Govinda’s Natural Foods Buffet and Boutique. 711 E. Blacklidge Drive. 792-0630. A ceremony consisting of music, chanting and dancing takes place at 6:30 p.m.; free. An eight-course vegetarian feast is served at 7 p.m.; $3. Call or visit govindasoftucson.com for more information. TOASTMASTERS OF UNITY Risky Business. 6866 E. Sunrise Drive. 577-0021. Participants learn the art of public speaking, listening, thinking and leadership in a relaxed, informal and supportive atmosphere, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., every Saturday; free. Call 861-7039, or visit \toastmastersofunity.com for more information. TUCSON SINGLETARIANS A social club for singles age 50 and older meets for a variety of weekly activities, a hosted monthly social hour, and happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday. Call 326-9174, or visit tucsonsingletarians. tripod.com for more information. TUCSON SOCIAL SINGLES Singles meet from 5 to 7 p.m., every Friday, at a different location; free. Call 219-4332, or visit tucsonsocialsingles.org for locations and more info. URBAN YARNS Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Knitters and crocheters gather informally from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., every Friday, to work on their own projects, review the library’s fiber-themed books and find inspiration for new projects; free. No instruction is provided. Call 791-4010 for more information. XEROCRAFT: A PLACE TO CREATE Xerocraft. 1301 S. Sixth Ave. 906-0352. Tools and space for creative individuals to materialize their visions are available from 7 to 10 p.m., every Thursday; and from noon to 4 p.m., every Saturday; free. Visit xerocraft.org for more information.

March 25. Visit nawbotucson.org/events to register and for more information. 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. WHY MEXICO IS IMPORTANT TO YOUR BUSINESS. Doubletree by Hilton Hotel. 445 S. Alvernon Way. 8814200. Eric Nielsen, director of the Arizona U.S. Export Assistance Center, and Lea Marquez Peterson, President and CEO of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber, discuss what business opportunities arise from the fast-growing Sonoran economy, at a luncheon meeting of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Southern Arizona from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Thursday, March 21; $35, $25 for members with reservations. Visit tucsonhispanicchamber.org to register and for more info. WRITE A WILL SEMINAR Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Attorney Robby Adamson presents “A Guide to Planning Your Will and Trust,” from 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, March 26; free. Reservations are requested. Please RSVP to development@tucsonmuseumofart.org or call 624-2333, ext. 102.

OUT OF TOWN EFFECTIVE ONLINE JOB SEARCH Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. Learn how to search for jobs online, post your resume and communicate with prospective employers, from 2 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 27; free. Call to register. A computer instructor is available to answer questions about job-search topics in reserved, half-hour sessions, from 9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, March 28; free. Call for an appointment.

UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL JOB COUNSELING Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. A job counselor from Career Services Unlimited provides free, one-on-one counseling about choosing a career, resume-writing, interview skills, networking and job-search skills from 9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, March

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ANNOUNCEMENTS 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 info. RESOURCE EXCHANGE MEETING Old Pueblo Grille. 60 N. Alvernon Way. 326-6000. A women’s professional and social group hosts networking and a speaker at 5:30 p.m., the third Thursday of every month; free. No-host refreshments are from the menu. Call 906-4005 for information. SCORE BUSINESS COUNSELING Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. Experienced executives give individualized advice about starting or building a business, from 9 a.m. to noon, every Monday and Saturday, by appointment; free. Call SCORE at 505-3636 to schedule an appointment. TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM YWCA Frances McClelland Leadership Center. 525 N. Bonita Ave. 884-7810. Get free tax preparation help, free electronic filing and asset development assistance from IRS-certified tax preparers from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., on Tuesday and Thursday, through Thursday, April 11. Bring driver’s license or picture ID, social security card or tax ID for each family member, income information (W-2s, Social Security statements, unemployment info, etc.), deductible expenses, other tax info, prior year tax return if possible, account and routing numbers for direct deposit. Call 884-7810, ext. 113 for more information. TUCSON PRESIDIO ROTARY CLUB Hotel Tucson City Center. 475 N. Granada Ave. 6232000. Lunch is open to the public at noon every Wednesday; $15. Call 623-2281 for reservations and more information.

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YARNIVORES: A CROCHET AND KNITTING MEET-UP GROUP Murphy-Wilmot Branch Library. 530 N. Wilmot Road. 594-5420. A brown-bag dinner and socializing devoted to the yarn arts take place from 6 to 7 p.m., every Thursday; free. Bring dinner and a project.

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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 information. Thursday, March 21: Hotel Congress, Spring Membership Drive.

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FILM EVENTS THIS WEEK BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL 2013 Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. A collection of action, environmental and adventure films featuring exotic landscapes and remote cultures is screened at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 23; and 6 p.m., Sunday, March 24. Different films are shown each day; $15, $45 for two in a loge seat. Visit foxtucsontheatre.org for tickets and more information. EDIE AND THEA: A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT Mountain Vista Unitarian Universalist Congregation. 3601 W. Cromwell Drive. 579-7094. A screening of the documentary Edie and Thea: A Very Long Engagement, part of a series hosted by the church’s Social Action/ Justice group, takes place at 5 p.m., Saturday, March 23; free. Call 406-2259, or email berta1943@yahoo. com for more information. 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., Thursday, March 21 and 28; free. March 21: Star Trek: Undiscovered Country. March 28: A Serious Man. Visit web.sbs. arizona.edu for more information. IT WAS RAPE. UA Modern Languages Auditorium. 1423 E. University Blvd. Filmmaker, activist and lecturer Jennifer Baumgardner presents her documentary It Was Rape at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 27 in room 350; free. A Q&A follows. Call 624-1779, ext. 131 for more information. LESBIAN LOOKS Films are at 7 p.m.; free. Friday, March 22: Morir de Pie is co-presented with Cine Mexico at Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18, 5455 S. Calle Santa Cruz. Thursday, April 4: My Best Day, which premiered at Sundance, screens at the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Boulevard. For complete details and ticket prices, visit lesbianlooks.org. LOFT CINEMA SPECIAL EVENTS Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Nairobi Half Life, a comic drama about an aspiring young actor from a small Kenyan village, screens at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 21; $9, $5 for members. John Cassavetes’, Woman Under the Influence screens at 11 a.m., Sunday, March 24; $5 suggested donation; and at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 27; $8, $6 for members. Visit loftcinema.com for tickets and a complete list of other films and showtimes. PUPPETS AMONGUS PLAYHOUSE Puppets Amongus Playhouse. 657 W. St. Mary’s Road. 444-5538. A collection of puppet films by independent artists, exploring their handmade craft specifically for the camera, is screened for adult audiences at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, March 22 and 23; and at 2:30 p.m., and 7:30 p.m., Sunday, March 24; $10, $8 for seniors and students. Visit puppetsamongus.com for more information. RENDEZVOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. As part of the “Rendezvous with French Cinema” series, presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, UniFrance Films and Emerging Pictures, French films are shown every Wednesday and Saturday in March; $8, $6 Loft member. Saturday, March 23, at noon: Rich Is the Wolf. Wednesday, March 27, at 7 p.m.: You Will Be My Son. Visit loftcinema.com for a complete list of films and showtimes. TUCSON CINE MEXICO: A FESTIVAL OF MEXICAN FILM A festival of Mexican films with English subtitles features guest appearances and screenings of award-winning films Thursday through Sunday, March 21 through 24; free. Call 626-9825, or visit tucsoncinemexico. com for film schedules, locations and information about special guests.

OUT OF TOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL PROJECT Central School Project. 43 Howell Ave. Bisbee. (520) 255-3008. The Korean thriller Mother is screened at 6 p.m., Friday, March 22, as part of the International Film Series co-sponsored by Cochise College and the Central School Project. Email cspmelissah@gmail.com for more information.

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FOX TUCSON THEATRE Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Jeff Bridges stars in Crazy Heart, the story of a country singer on the skids, at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 28; $5 to $7.

GARDENERS SPRING FAIR Continental Shopping Plaza. 260 W. Continental Road. Green Valley. 625-5005. Tucson and Green Valley Cactus and Succulent Societies host a garden expo and sale, also featuring short lectures about landscape design, agaves, adeniums and how to maintain plants while the gardener is away, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, March 24; free admission.

LOFT CINEMA SPECIAL EVENTS Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Play Again, a documentary about six teenage gamers, screens at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, March 28; free. Refreshments, a Q&A with producer Meg Merrill and a discussion about how to “unplug” Tucson kids follow until 8 p.m.. A performance of Great Expectations filmed live at the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End, screens at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 28; $15, $10 for members. Journal de France is screened at noon, Saturday, March 30; $8, $6 Loft member. Visit loftcinema.com for tickets and a complete list of other films and showtimes.

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 30 and April 6; or Wednesday, April 3. Groups of more than eight must register. Call for more info. GARDEN DEMONSTRATIONS Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Demonstrations take place in connection with Growdown! The Great Tucson Garden Design Challenge, Friday and Saturday, March 22 and 23. March 22, from 1 to 2 p.m., “Building a Soil Cement Wall”; and from 2 to 3 p.m., “Using Shade Sails and Gabion Walls in Desert Gardens.” Saturday, March 23, from 10 to 11 a.m., “Installing Drip Irrigation”; and from 11 a.m. to noon, “Using Color in Your Garden.” Demonstrations are free with admission: $13, $12 student, senior and military; $7.50 ages 4 through 12; free for younger children. GROWDOWN! GARDEN DESIGN COMPETITION Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, ext. 10. Visitors watch landscape designers and architects compete to transform empty 15- by 20-foot lots into Tucson’s Best Pocket Garden, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, March 21 through 23; $13, $12 student, senior and military; $7.50 ages 4 through 12; free for younger children. Judging and awards take place at a luncheon featuring Mary Irish as keynote speaker, from noon to 1:30 p.m., Sunday, March 24; $50, including admission. Competition gardens remain on display through Thursday, May 30. 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 7914010, or email askalibrarian@pima.gov. START-YOUR-GARDEN MONTH Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market. 100 S. Avenida del Convento. 882-3304. March 21, Paula Maez of the Pima County Library reads an age-appropriate book about vegetables, farms and farmers’ markets. March 28: A representative of Arbico Organics releases lady bugs and demonstrates beneficial insects. The Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market is a program of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona and accepts SNAP, WIC vouchers and Arizona Farmers Market Nutrition vouchers as well as cash and credit and debit cards. WORKSHOP: RECYCLE YOUR STYLE Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Elizabeth Przygoda of Boxhill Design discusses ways to update a landscape that’s no longer in style, from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 23, in Ed. Center 1; $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. Reservations are required. Visit tohonochulpark.org for more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CLASSES AT TUCSON BOTANICAL GARDENS Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. No preregistration is required for these monthly classes at the Botanical Gardens. Classes are from 9:30 a.m. to noon, unless otherwise indicated; $16, $8 member, includes admission. “Gardening for the Newcomer” is the first Thursday and first Saturday. “Xeriscape Doesn’t Mean Zeroscape” is the second Saturday. “Successful Plants for Tucson Gardens” is the third Saturday.”Rainwater-Harvesting Workshop” is from 9:30 to 11 a.m., the fourth Saturday. The gardens frequently offer classes on a wide range of gardening and related topics, including photography, painting and fauna that frequent Tucson gardens; $10 to $35, or free with admission; $13, $7.50 ages 4 through 12, free younger child, $12 student, senior and military personnel. Call or visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information. DAILY WALKS AT TOHONO CHUL PARK Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. A one-hour walking tour of the nature trails takes place at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., Monday through Saturday; $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. GREEN BAG LUNCH Native Seeds/SEARCH Retail Store. 3061 N. Campbell Ave. 622-5561. A dutch-treat lunch-and-learn gathering takes place from noon to 1 p.m., the last Tuesday of every month; free. A different speaker is featured each month. Visit nativeseeds.org for more information. MASTER GARDENERS LIBRARY TALKS Master Gardeners present workshops and answer questions about a range of topics for the home gardener at 1 p.m., on selected Wednesdays, at the Murphy-Wilmot Library, 530 N. Wilmot Road, 594-5420; 1 p.m. selected Fridays, at the Oro Valley Library, 1305 W. Naranja Drive, 229-5300; and at 10:30 a.m., selected Saturdays, at the Mission Library, 3770 S. Mission Road, 594-5325. Call the libraries for dates and topics. PLANT CLINIC WITH PAUL BESSEY AND ASSOCIATES Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, ext. 10. Retired UA plant sciences professor Paul Bessey answers questions about plant pests, disease and nutrient deficiencies, from 10 a.m. to noon, every Wednesday, through June 26; $13, $7.50 ages 4 through 12, $12 students, seniors or military personnel, free for younger children, includes admission to the gardens. PLANT LOW-COST TREES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY Customers of Tucson Electric Power Company qualify for native shade trees to plant within 15 feet of their homes on the west, south or east side. Trees are $8 including delivery. Call 791-3109, or visit tucsonaz.gov/tcb/tft. TOURS OF THE TUCSON BOTANICAL GARDENS Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. “Exploring Tucson Botanical Gardens” is offered at 10 a.m., every Friday, through May. The “Birds and Gardening Tour” is given at 10 a.m., the first and fourth Wednesday of every month, through May. A “Historical Tour of the Gardens” is given at 10 a.m., and the “Butterfly Walk” is offered at 11 a.m., the third Thursday of every month. Tours are included with admission; $13, $7.50 age 4 through 12, free younger child, $12 student, senior and military personnel, through April. Visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information and holidays on which the gardens are closed.

HEALTH EVENTS THIS WEEK EL RIO HEALTH AND SAFETY FAIR El Rio Neighborhood Center. 1390 W. Speedway Blvd. 791-4683. Students from the UA College of Pharmacy offer free screenings for hypertension, diabetes, asthma and cholesterol, and provide information about main-

taining good health and prescription safety, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, March 23; free. Email kurita@ pharmacy.arizona.edu 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 about “Mental Illness and Families of Faith” takes place at 10:15 a.m., Sunday, March 24; free. The forum explores what a congregation can to do provide ongoing support and care for vulnerable parishioners. 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, March 21, from 9 to 10 a.m.: “Stress, Depression and Anxiety.” Monday, March 25, from 10 to 11 a.m.: “Supplements”; and from 1 to 2:30 p.m.: “Foundation of Wellness: Think Right.” Wednesday, March 27, from 9 to 11 a.m.: “Elder Law: Probate, Guardianship and Conservatorships,” Patrice Ryan, attorney.

OUT OF TOWN HEART HEALTH LECTURE Canoa Hills Social Center. 3660 S. Camino del Sol. Green Valley. 625-6200. Leslie Ritter, RN, presents “Stroke Update: Caring for the Survivor and Caregiver,” at 10 a.m., Thursday, March 21; free.

ANNOUNCEMENTS ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUPS All meetings are free; call for reservations. Family members and others caring for people with dementia gather for discussion, education and support from 1:30 to 3 p.m., the first and third Thursday of every month, at the Oro Valley Public Library, 1305 W. Naranja Drive, 229-5300. An Alzheimer’s Association Support Group meets at 4:30 p.m., the second Monday of every month, at Santa Catalina Villas retirement community, 7500 N. Calle Sin Envidia, 730-3132. An Alzheimer’s caregiver support group and concurrent activity group for those with the disease meet from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., the second and fourth Tuesday every month, at TMC’s El Dorado Campus, 1400 N. Wilmot Road, 324-1960. A second Alzheimer’s caregiver group meets there from 10:30 to noon, the first and third Thursday. FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS Radiant Research. 7840 E. Broadway Blvd., No. 140. 885-6793. Free screenings for cholesterol, blood sugar, gout and BMI are offered from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m., every Wednesday. Call to schedule a screening. 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. GROCERY TOUR AND HEALTHY-RECIPE SWAP Quality Strength Fitness Studio. 3870 W. River Road, No. 108. 891-9488. Fitness professionals provide recipes and shopping tips, then guide a tour through a nearby supermarket to illustrate ways to eat well on a budget, at 11 a.m., every Wednesday. 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 and more information. LAUGHTER YOGHA CLUB Men, women and children laugh for well-being from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., every Sunday, at Ancient Ways, 3340 N. Country Club Road; freewill donation. Call Gita at 777-7544, or visit laughteryogawithgita.com for more information. 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.

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.

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tier life including the Southwest’s Mexican heritage take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday through Sunday, March 22 through 24; $16.95, $10.95 for children ages 4 through 11, and free for children younger than 3. Visit oldtucson.com for more information. YOUTH ULTIMATE FRISBEE Mansfield Park. 2000 N. Fourth Ave. 791-4405. A Youth Ultimate Frisbee League plays from 6 to 7:30 p.m., every Wednesday, through April 24; $10 to join, free specator. Each league night begins with a 20-minute mini-clinic.

EVENTS THIS WEEK ALL TOGETHER THEATRE Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. A musical adaptation of The Brave Little Tailor continues at 1 p.m., every Sunday through May 12; $7 to $10, discounts for cash. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for reservations and more info. ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL ART INVITATIONAL Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. A reception for an exhibit of student work selected by art and photography teachers from Pima County High Schools takes place from 2 to 3 p.m., Saturday, March 23. The exhibit, which opened March 1, continues through Saturday, March 30. 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 PROM DRESSES High school juniors and seniors can pick up barely used prom dresses from noon to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 24; Saturday and Sunday, April 6 and 7; and Saturday, April 13. Advance registration is required at cinderellasclosettucson.com/dressform. Call 270-7833, or email melissa@melissatureaud.com for more info. GABRIEL’S ANGELS Bookmans. 6230 E. Speedway Blvd. 748-9555. Therapy dogs from Gabriel’s Angels, an organization that trains dogs to comfort children in trauma, visit the store to meet children from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, March 23; free. HAWK HAPPENING Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Kathie Schroeder and Sueño 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. KIDICAL MASS: BIKE THE BOULEVARD Catalina Park. 900 N. Fourth Ave. Kids try out the Fourth Avenue and Fontana Bicycle Boulevard on a ride that starts at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 23, at the corner of Fourth Avenue and East Second Street; free. Ride leaders and sweepers help make sure everyone stays together. Participants are encouraged to bring their helmets, but a few helmets will be available. Families are encouraged to decorate their bikes. Visit livingstreetsalliance.org for 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. SALPOINTE HIGH SCHOOL Salpointe High School. 1545 E. Copper St. 327-6581. Guys and Dolls continues through Sunday, March 24. Showtimes are 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $10. Call 327-6581 for more information. SPRING FEST BLOSSOMS Tuller School. 5870 E. 14th St. 747-5280. Kids make seed-starter pots from recycled newspaper, fill them with seed mix and plant their seeds to take home, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 23; free. Other free activities include family games and a jumping castle. Food and beverages are available for $1 to $5, and families can make a birdhouse from a gourd for $10. TUCSON HIGH LITTLE THEATER Tucson High Little Theater. 400 N. Second Ave. A.R. Gurney’s The Dining Room is staged at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, March 22 and 23; $8, $6 for students and seniors. Call 225-5326 for more information. WILD WEST DAYS Old Tucson Studios. 201 S. Kinney Road. 883-0100. Living history presentations, gunfights, screening of films made at Old Tucson, and a musical salute to fron-

OUT OF TOWN DESERT HEAT ROCKET LAUNCH Tucson International Modelplex Park Association. 3950 N. Reservation Road Marana. 390-6384. The Southern Arizona Rocketry Association hosts rocket launches from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, March 23; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, March 24; free spectator. Launch fees are $15 Saturday, $10 Sunday, $5 less each day for SARA members and free for kids younger than 18. Rocket rental is $2. Food and rocket vendors are onsite; RV parking is available. Visit sararocketry.org for more information. LIVING HISTORY OF THE SPANISH COLONIAL ERA Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. Volunteers dressed in period clothing reenact the daily lives of soldiers in the Spanish Colonial period from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., every Friday, through March 22; $5, $2 youth ages 7 to 13, free for younger children. A display of native and imported foods from the era is also featured.

UPCOMING EASTER AT CHILDREN’S MUSEUM TUCSON Children’s Museum Tucson. 200 S. Sixth Ave. 7929985. Kids make crowns, jelly-bean bead bracelets, wreaths and clothes-pin bunnies from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m., Saturday, March 30; $8, $6 for children 8 to 18. Call for more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL FOR STUDENT ARTISTS High school students who live in the Second Congressional District are invited to submit art for Congressional Art Competition: Artistic Discovery 2013. A work can be no larger than 28 by 28 by 4 inches including the frame. The deadline for submissions is 5 p.m., Friday, April 12. Visit barber.house.gov/ serving-you/art-competition for details. THE CREATIVE SPACE Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Materials and activities are available in the lobby to encourage families to create museum-inspired artwork; free with admission. 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; and closed Monday and Tuesday; $8, $6 senior and veteran, $3 student with ID, free younger than 13, free the first Sunday of every month. Visit tucsonmuseumofart.org. 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 or visit ironwoodtreeexperience.org for more information about the sponsoring organization. MAGIC TREE HOUSE BOOK CLUB Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. Oro Valley. 594-5580. Fans of the Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osborne meet from 4 to 5 p.m., the third Thursday of every month, to discuss a different title and enjoy activities, crafts and discussion; free. The club is for ages 6 to 10; registration is required. RAILROAD DAYS Southern Arizona Transportation Museum. 414 N. Toole Ave. 623-2223. Docents guide visitors through the history and mechanics of the refurbished steam locomotive No. 1673, featured in the movie Oklahoma, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., every Saturday; free. A Gadsden scale railroad is featured inside the museum. Visit tucsonhistoricdepot.org for more information.

10 a.m. and 2 p.m., daily, through Sunday, April 14; $14.50, $5 ages 4 through 12, free younger child; includes admission. Visit desertmuseum.org. READ TO A DOG Murphy-Wilmot Branch Library. 530 N. Wilmot Road. 594-5420. Kids ages 2 to 12 improve their reading skills by reading to a therapy dog from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., every Wednesday; free. STORIES IN THE GARDEN Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Kids and their parents listen to traditional and original stories about the desert and its creatures in the Garden for Children at 10 a.m., every Tuesday; $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. WEEKEND MATH TUTORING Math tutoring for TUSD students in grades 3 through 12 takes place from 10 a.m. to noon, most Saturdays, through May 11, at Roberts-Naylor K-8 School, 1701 S. Columbus Blvd.; free. Visit tusd1.org/math to register and for more information. 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.

OUTDOORS EVENTS THIS WEEK BUILD YOUR OWN SAILBOAT El Parador. 2744 E. Broadway Blvd. 881-2744. The Tucson Sailing Club hosts Dave and Wendy Christensen, who will describe the joys and frustrations of backyard boatbuilding, at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 27; free. Email yankay1422@comcast.net.

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.

OUT OF TOWN BIRD WALK AT TUMACÁCORI Tumacácori National Historical Park. 1891 E. Frontage Road. Tumacácori. 398-2341. Guided bird walks take place from 9 to 11 a.m. or noon, every Saturday, through March 30; free. Groups travel on fairly level ground through many rare habitats in the park. EVENTS AT ORACLE STATE PARK Oracle State Park. 3820 Wildlife Drive. Oracle. 8962425. The Center for Environmental Education is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., every Saturday and Sunday, through Sunday, April 28; $7 per vehicle. Unless otherwise noted, activities are free with park admission; call 895-2425 for reservations. Saturday, March 23, at 9 a.m., Gaston Meloche guides a 3 to 4-mile hike; call 638-5404 for a reservation; and at noon, bat biologist Ronnie Sidner presents a wildlife program in the Kannally Ranch House. Sunday, March 24, at 11 a.m., wildlife biologist Jessica Lamberton-Moreno presents an illustrated talk, “Wild Cats of the Sky Islands”; and from 1 to 3 p.m., Val Bembenek gives a workshop on how to make three kinds of blank journals; $12 includes park admission. Tours of the historic Kannally Ranch House take place at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., every Saturday. FORT BOWIE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE Fort Bowie Visitors Center. 3327 Old Fort Bowie Road. Bowie. (520) 847-2500, ext. 1. Saturday van tours and Sunday ranger-guided walks are offered every weekend through Sunday, March 31. Participants meet at the Fort Bowie National Historic Site trailhead on Apache Pass Road at 10 a.m. for an introductory talk. Reservations are encouraged for the van tour; call 8472500, ext. 1, for a reservation. The van departs the fort at noon, or visitors may hike the 1.5 miles back to the trailhead. Visit nps.gov/fobo for directions. HONEYBEE CANYON PARK BIRDING WALK Honey Bee Canyon Park. 13880 N. Rancho Vistoso Blvd. Oro Valley. 877-6000. A guided bird walk for ages

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12 and older leads to Gambelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quail, verdins, gnatcatchers and other birds of the Southwest desert from 8 to 10 a.m., Friday, March 22; free. Call 615-7855, or e-mail eeducation@pima.gov for more information. Reservations are required. SANTA CRUZ RIVER WALKS TumacĂĄcori National Historical Park. 1891 E. Frontage Road. TumacĂĄcori. 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. TOUR OF HACIENDA DE LA CANOA Historic Hacienda de la Canoa. 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Road Green Valley. 877-6004. A walking tour of the Canoa Ranch headquarters provides insights into the lives of people who lived and worked on the ranch, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., and noon to 1 p.m., Saturday, March 23; and Tuesday, March 26; free. Reservations are required. Call 877-6004, or email canoaranch@pima.gov for reservations and more info. 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 Arizonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

ANNOUNCEMENTS ART IN THE PARK Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. A guided tour of the 1937 adobe home on the grounds examines the changing art and cultural exhibits that feature work by local and Southwest artists. The tour takes place at 11 a.m., every Tuesday and Thursday; $8, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with valid ID, $2 age 5 through 12, free member or child younger than 5, includes admission to the park. Visit tohonochulpark.org for more information.

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BEGINNER BIRD WALK Mason Audubon Center. 8751 N. Thornydale Road. 744-0004. The Tucson Audubon Society hosts an introduction to birdwatching for all ages with a casual, guided stroll through the saguaro-ironwood desert at 8 a.m., every Saturday; free. Call 629-0510, ext. 7011, for more information. BIRD WALKS Catalina State Park. Oracle Road, 5 miles north of Ina Road. 628-5798. A 2.5-hour guided walk along mostly flat terrain begins at the picnic-area parking-lot ramada at 8:30 a.m., every Friday and Sunday, weather permitting; $7 park entrance fee. Birders of any age or skill level are welcome. Dogs are not allowed. MASON CENTER MORNING BIRD WALKS Tucson Audubon Society Mason Center. 8751 N. Thornydale Road. 572-9881. Learn the basics of birdwatching and how to identify the backyard birds commonly seen in the Tucson area, at 8 a.m., every Saturday, through May 25. A brief presentation is followed by an easy walk on a half-mile trail. Advance registration is required; email volunteer@tucsonaudubon. org for reservations. MOUNT LEMMON SKYCENTER SKYNIGHTS PROGRAM Mount Lemmon SkyCenter. 9800 Ski Run Road. 6268122. A peek through the largest public viewing telescope in the Southwest is just part of a five-hour tour of the universe, from 5 to 10 p.m., nightly; $48 Monday through Thursday, $60 Friday through Sunday, $30 student. Reservations are required. Visit skycenter.arizona. edu for reservations. Search Facebook for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mt. Lemmon SkyCenterâ&#x20AC;? for daily photo updates about current events in the universe.

PATAGONIA LAKE STATE PARK Patagonia Lake State Park. 400 Patagonia Lake Road. Patagonia. (520) 287-6965. Visitor center hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. Avian tours take place on the pontoon boats at 9 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., Saturdays and Sundays. Pontoon boats depart for the Lake Discovery Tour to the west end of the lake at 11:30 a.m., Saturdays and Sundays. A twilight pontoon tour takes place just before dark on Saturdays. Each boat trip is $5. Bird walks are held every Monday and Friday at 9 a.m.; walks are about three hours long; free. Park entrance fees are $10 to $15 for each vehicle, $17 for non-electric camping sites, $25 for electric sites. Visit azstateparks.com for more information. RAMSEY CANYON PRESERVE WALKS Ramsey Canyon Preserve. 27 Ramsey Canyon Road. Miracle Valley. (520) 378-2785. Nature Conservancy docents give guided walks through the habitats of more than 170 bird species and a wide range of wildlife at 9 a.m., every Monday, Thursday and Saturday; $5, $3 member or Cochise County resident, free younger than 16, admission is good for a week. Pets are not allowed. SABINO CANYON WALKS Sabino Canyon. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 7498700. Events are guided by volunteer naturalists. Nancy Carey gives a geology table demonstration from 10 a.m. to noon, every Tuesday, through April 23. Adults follow moderately difficult trails to identify plants and birds, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., every Wednesday, through April 24. Visitors learn the canyonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s geology and pan for garnets by Sabino Creek from 8:30 to 11 a.m., every Wednesday, through April 24. Geological events and formations of the canyon are discussed on a Gneiss (geology) walk, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., every Thursday through April 25. Activities are led by volulnteer naturalists; free with $5 daily or $20 annual admission to the park. Call or visit scvntucson.org for more information. SONORAN DESERT WEEDWACKERS Tucson Mountain Park. 2020 N. Kinney Road. 8776000. Volunteers age 12 and older help remove buffelgrass and fountain grass from 7 to 10 a.m., every second and fourth Wednesday; and every third Saturday; free. Work may require hiking and working on steep slopes. Meeting locations are in Tucson Mountain Park. Details are given with RSVP, which is required. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov to RSVP or for more information. TOHONO CHUL GUIDED BIRD AND NATURE WALKS Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Birders at any level of expertise tour the nature trails and gardens of 49-acre Tohono Chul Park and learn to identify some of the 27 resident bird species at 8:30 a.m., every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A one-hour walking tour of the nature trails takes place at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., Monday through Saturday; $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. WAKE UP WITH THE BIRDS Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road. 877-6000. Spot wetland birds, hummingbirds, songbirds and raptors on a walk from 8:30 to 10 a.m., every Thursday; free. Binoculars are available. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

SPIRITUALITY EVENTS THIS WEEK INTEGRATIVE WELLNESS COALITION El Parador. 2744 E. Broadway Blvd. 881-2744. 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. March 26, Ann Marie Chiasson presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Clearing Ourselves for Our Work: Practical Strategies for Clearing

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Our Energy Fields.” Visit azintegrative.org to register and for more information. 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, March 23; $20 per 15-minute reading; free admission. Call 461-2910 for more information. SECOND NIGHT PASSOVER SEDER Congregation Anshei Israel. 5550 E. Fifth St. 7455550. Family participation, supervised children’s play, and a traditional four-course dinner by L’Chaim Catering are included in this festive religious observance, at 6:45 p.m., Tuesday, March 26; $55, $45 members, $40 for a child, $37 military and college students. SOUTHERN ARIZONA FRIENDS OF JUNG Casas Adobes Congregational Church. 6801 N. Oracle Road. 297-1181. Jerry Wright presents “Archetypal Thin Places: Experiencing the Numinosumpt,” at 7 p.m., Friday, March 22; $15, $10 for members. He leads a workshop, “Cultivating a Sense of the Sacred in Everyday Life,” from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, March 23; $60, $45 for members. Participants are encouraged to bring lunch for a half-hour break. Call 327-3485, or email safojannouncements@gmail.com for reservations and more information.

UPCOMING HAMMER AND NAILS: THE GOOD FRIDAY PROJECT GracePointe Church. 5455 S. Westover Ave. 883-3281. Hammer and Nails: The Good Friday Project, a staged account of the crucifixion of Christ, is presented at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30; free. Call 204-4999 for reservations. Visit gracepointetucson.org for more information.

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. 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. 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.

OUT OF TOWN ARIZONA DISTANCE CLASSIC HALF MARATHON Ventana Medical Systems. 1910 Innovation Park Drive. Oro Valley. 887-2155. A half-marathon and quarter marathon step off at 7 a.m., followed by a 5k run at 7:15, a kids fun run at 10 a.m., and a one-mile walk at 10:30 a.m., Sunday, March 23; $50 to $85, free fun run and walk. A wheelchair division features wellknown wheelchair athletes; free. Advance registration is required. Visit arizonadistanceclassic.com to register and for more information.

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. WAKA KICKBALL Joaquin Murrieta Park. 1400 N. Silverbell Road. 7914752. The Arizona Blister kickball season continues every Thursday through May 2; $72. A tournament and end-of-season party take place Saturday, May 11. Visit kickball.com/season/azblisterspring2013 for more information.

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SAFOS DANCE THEATRE House of Neighborly Service. 243 W. 33rd St. 6230100. Vignettes, an evening of site-specific and siteadaptive performances of dance, poetry and music, is staged at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, March 22 and 23; $14, $12 seniors and students with ID. The concert features dances about banned textbooks, relationships, loss of a loved one, love and joy. Visit safosdance.org for more information.

TUCSON ROLLER DERBY TRD Wreckhouse. 1145 E. Valencia Road. 390-1454. The Copper Queens skate against the Northern Arizona Roller Derby at 6 p.m., Saturday, March 30; $10. Visit tucsonrollerderby.com for more information.

UAPRESENTS UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. Sunday, March 24, at 7 p.m.: Limón Dance Company; $15 to $50. Call 621-3341, or visit uapresents.org 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. Call for more information.

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ZUZI! DANCE COMPANY ZUZI! Theater. 738 N. Fifth Ave. 629-0237. The Homegrown ZUZI! Youth Choreographers’ Showcase takes place at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 22; $15, $13 for students and seniors. On the Spot Dance and Music Improv Night takes place at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 23; $15, $13 for students and seniors. Call or email zuzisphere@gmail.com to reserve tickets. Visit zuzimoveit.org for more information.

UPCOMING ARTIFACT DANCE PROJECT UA Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. 1737 E. University Blvd. 621-4698. I Wonder if My Name Is Alice, a collaborative production featuring dance, live music, film and live performance art, is staged at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30; and at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 31; $25, $18 student. Call 344-8984, or visit alice.brownpapertickets.com for tickets and more info.

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. 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 9900834, or visit tucsonlindyhop.org for information.

THEATER OPENING THIS WEEK COMEDY PLAYHOUSE Comedy Playhouse. 3620 N. First Ave. 260-6442. Henry Becque’s domestic comedy Woman of Paris opens Friday, March 22, and continues through Sunday, April 28. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $18, $16 seniors and students. NEW PLAY FESTIVAL Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theater. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Members of Old Pueblo Playwrights introduce four new full-length plays and four new shorts from Friday through Sunday, March 22 through 24. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday; 2, 3 and 7:30 p.m., Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $7, $20 for a three-day pass. Visit sites.google.com/site/tucsonopp/home for a complete schedule. ONE-TIME MATINEE DINNER THEATER Magical Mystery Dinner Theater. 2744 E. Broadway Blvd 624-0172. Mystery Dinner Theater presents a one-time matinee performance of its murder mystery comedy at 3 p.m., Sunday, March 24; $29 to $42. Dinner is in three courses corresponding to the three acts of the play. Guests who solve the interactive mystery win prizes.

CONTINUING BROADWAY IN TUCSON Tucson Music Hall. 210 S. Church Ave. 791-4101. Wicked continues through Sunday, April 7; $49 to

$106. Showtimes vary. Visit broadwayintucson.com for tickets and more information. 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. RED BARN THEATRE Red Barn Theatre. 948 N. Main Ave. 622-6973. The musical comedy How to Talk to a Minnesotan continues through Sunday, April 7. Show times are at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 5 p.m., Sunday; $16, $10 Friday, $13 senior, student or military. Call or visit theredbarntheater.com for more information.

LAST CHANCE ARIZONA REPERTORY THEATRE UA Tornabene Theatre. 1303 E. University Blvd. 6211162. Cymbeline closes 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. 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, closes Saturday, March 23. Showtimes vary. Call or visit arizonatheatre.org for tickets or more information. BEOWULF ALLEY THEATRE COMPANY Beowulf Alley Theatre Company. 11 S. Sixth Ave. 882-0555. Lysistrata closes Sunday, March 24, with showtimes at 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. LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Regrets Only, a comedy of Manhattan manners, closes Sunday, March 24. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $18, $16 senior, military or student. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for tickets and more info.

OUT OF TOWN LONELY STREET SERIES DesertView Performing Arts Center. 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. SaddleBrooke. 825-5318. The Best of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. is staged at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 27; $30, $25 advance. Visit tickets/ sadlebrooketwo.com for tickets and more information.

UPCOMING BEOWULF ALLEY THEATRE COMPANY Beowulf Alley Theatre Company. 11 S. Sixth Ave. 8820555. Almost Maine, a “midwinter night’s dream,” opens Friday, March 29, and continues through Sunday, April 14. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m., Sunday. Visit beowulfalley.org for tickets and more information. BORDERLANDS THEATER Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theater. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Bruja, a contemporary re-imagining of Euripides’ Medea by MacArthur Foundation Fellow Luis Alfaro, opens Thursday, March 28, and continues through Sunday, April 14. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, and 2 p.m., Sunday; $10 to $24. Call 882-7406, or visit borderlandstheater.org for tickets and more information. LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 327-4242. The Cemetery Club, a comedy about three widows who meet once a month, opens with a preview Thursday, March 28, and continues through Saturday, April 27. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Thursday preview, Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; ticket prices TBA. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for tickets and more information. TUCSON IMPROV MOVEMENT Red Barn Theatre. 948 N. Main Ave. 622-6973. Scenes are created on the spot from audience suggestions at 4 p.m., Saturday, March 30; $5. Visit redbarn-theater. angelfire.com for more information.

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PERFORMING ARTS The work of former Tucsonan and modern dance icon José Limón will be celebrated at Centennial Hall on Sunday

‘Watching Paintings Move’ BY MARGARET REGAN, mregan@tucsonweekly.com osé Limón, giant of modern dance, began life as a refugee. His family fled Mexico for Tucson in 1915 to escape the Mexican Revolution, and 7-year-old José began his schooling in the Old Pueblo. “I didn’t know one word of English,” he told his biographer back in 1955. Though he moved on from Tucson to Los Angeles and then New York, and won fame and acclaim for his innovative choreography, Limón retained a sense of exile all his life, said Carla Maxwell, artistic director of the Limón Dance Company. It’s one reason he responded to the music of fellow exile Frédéric Chopin. “José loved Chopin,” Maxwell said by phone from New York last week. Just as Limón and his family had fled war-torn Mexico, Chopin left his native Poland for Paris after Russian troops crushed an uprising in Warsaw. As an exile himself, “Jose had maybe a subconscious connection,” to Chopin’s work, Maxwell said. Limón set his “Mazurkas” to a series of 10 short Chopin piano solos; that 1958 dance will be the first piece performed in the Limón company’s concert at Centennial Hall this Sunday, March 24. Limón composed “Mazurkas” to honor the Poles’ struggles to recover from still another war. It was inspired by a trip to Poland that he and his company made in 1957. “It wasn’t too long after the end of World War II,” Maxwell said, “and he was moved by the devastation. He saw the beautiful courage and energy of the Poles. He asked why they weren’t sadder. They said, ‘We have no time to be sad.’” The big group work uses all 12 of the company’s dancers; they move back and forth from solos to duets, trios and group dances. “‘Mazurkas’ is a treat for the dancers,” Maxwell said. “It’s lyrical, beautiful and profoundly simple. The dances are little moments of joy.” Until its revival earlier this year, the work had not been performed in about 15 years. Limón founded his company in 1946. Not all dance troupes survive the death of a charismatic founder, but Limón’s company has soldiered on since he died of cancer in 1972. Maxwell was a principal dancer for Limón during the last seven years of his life, and when she became artistic director in 1978 she used her firsthand knowledge of his aesthetics to guide the company. The troupe remains the “living embodiment of his vision,” she said, and the Tucson concert— 32 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

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Limón Dance Company with two Limón dances and one new piece by a Brazilian choreographer—reflects her effort to keep a balance between old and new. “My mission is to revive old works and commission new works” by living choreographers, she explained. In the Centennial Hall show, “each piece is entirely different, but they all have spectacular dancing.” While some Limón dances—like “Mazurkas”—are restaged only occasionally, his best-known works are always in the repertory. “The Moor’s Pavane (Variations on a Theme of Othello),” a 1949 work to be performed in Tucson, is “his most famous piece,” Maxwell said. “He danced the Moor, of course! It was a signature role for him and he danced it until three years before his death.” Though it’s a narrative work, “Pavane” is spare and simple, with just four dancers, no props and no scenery. The dance is a strippeddown version of the Othello story of jealousy and murder, set to the formal court music of

Henry Purcell, an English composer of the 17th century. “It’s so powerful,” Maxwell said. “Jose’s use of diagonals onstage, his rhythm and musicality, are so beautiful. It reminds me of watching paintings move.” “Come with Me,” the final dance in the concert, made its debut in 2012. The company’s most recent commission, the full-company work was created by Brazilian choreographer Rodrigo Pederneiras and Cuban composer Paquito D’Rivera. The dancers perform to recordings of the D’Rivera music played by the composer himself and his musicians. “Paquito D’Rivera is a great Latin jazz musician. Clarinet and sax are his main instruments but he can play anything,” Maxwell said. “Rodrigo is with Grupo Corpo, a Brazilian troupe that looks at how can dance reflect the melting-pot culture of Brazil.” Pederneiras has been with Grupo Corpo since it began in 1974, moving on from dancer

Limón Dance Company 7 p.m., Sunday, March 24 Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd., on the UA campus $30 to $50 regular; $15 to $50, UA students, faculty and staff. Discounts for seniors, groups and military Tickets available at box office, UA Student Union BookStore, the “A” stores at Tucson Mall and Park Place, and by phone and Internet 621-3341; www.uapresents.org

to company choreographer. His style is different from Limón’s—more percussive, Maxwell said. “When I commission a new work, I look for a mature artist who has some aesthetic connection with us. But this piece is very different from anything we have ever done. The music is so rich. It’s a beautiful collaboration. The dancers speak by moving.”

VISUAL ARTS Conrad Wilde Gallery hosts a magnificent show exploring the possibilities of encaustic paints

Beauty in Pigment and Wax BY MARGARET REGAN, mregan@tucsonweekly.com icture an enchanted broccoli forest. No, not the classic vegetarian cookbook by Mollie Katzen. Instead of the thick volume of that title, imagine a 3-D forest in luxuriant green wax, with a dense cluster of polka-dotted broccoli stalks reaching up to the heavens. If you can’t imagine it yourself, artist Fanne Fernow has done the work for you. Her fivetree forest stands cheerfully on a shelf at Conrad Wilde Gallery, at Sixth and Sixth. Made of colorful encaustic painted on plaster, “Enchanted Broccoli Forest” is a standout in the gallery’s Eighth Annual Encaustic Invitational exhibition. Fernow’s sculpture is exhibit A in the case for the versatility of encaustic paint. Miles Conrad, director of the gallery, has championed the medium for years and has had a fair amount of success in persuading Tucsonans of its allure. Until he came along a decade ago, hardly anyone on the local art scene knew what it was. (And in case you still don’t, the online Free Dictionary defines encaustic as “a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application.”) This show of 31 encaustic works from artists in Tucson and elsewhere first of all demonstrates how easily encaustic paint takes to other materials. These artists have combined their hot wax with fabric, coffee, rust, wire, gourds, silk thread, steel, oil and acrylics. And that’s just a partial list. And their works show just how beautiful that combo of pigment and wax can be. The wax can be transparent or opaque—sometimes you can see through it, down into its deepest layers, and its texture is enticing. You just want to reach out and touch its smooth waxy surface. And the colors suspended in that wax are impossibly rich. Fernow’s greens, just for instance, are delectable. Her broccoli trees are coated in everything from cool-mint green to the pale yellowgreen of springtime to the deep full green of summer. The tentacles of Stephanie Green’s oceanesque “From the Deep” are tinted a lovely lavender. Red-orange bursts through thick swatches of turquoise in Margaret Suchland’s “Marking Time.” Suchland’s painterly mixed media on wood suggests a landscape, or even a seascape, where the red marks the horizon line separating sky from sea. Which brings us to another virtue of encaustics. They can be used to create sculptures (see Fernow) or paintings (Suchland), or artwork that sits in the borderlands between them. Take Jeffrey Hirst’s “Reflective Inventions,”

“Enchanted Broccoli Forest” by Fanne Fernow. an assemblage that’s made up of wood planks, “19” likewise forms thick 3-D drips. These encaustic paint, fabric and epoxy. Hirst painted “Variations” turn out to be odes to the joys of the found wood scraps with encaustics, someboth color and shape. times giving them a translucent waxy coat to In the realm of pure painting, the encaustics let the natural wood colors shine through, can mutate into thin watercolorlike washes. sometimes painting them with designs in Alison Golder’s engaging “Comfort Meditation” black. And he hung them on the wall—like a mixes encaustic, real coffee and rust. Liquidlike painting. There’s a catch, though. The painted circles have seeped out of their spherical conplanks are stacked one atop the other, so that fines and set out across the pale coffee-colored they jut out from the wall 15 inches—occupybackground. ing the air the way a 3-D sculpture does. Amelia Currier’s “Blooms III” is a monotype, a Winston Lee Mascarenhas is another artist loose grid of nine colored orbs—their pigments whose works inhabit an ambiguous space turn them into posies—thinly printed on paper. between genres. He has three 10-inch-square More often, the painterly encaustics run panels from his “Variation” series hanging on toward the thick and luscious. In “324 S. the wall, for all the world like paintings. Each Ardmore,” a painting whose title and structure one makes an intensive study of layered colors. conjure a sense of place, Molly Geissman has “Variation 18” looks at beige over deep red; layered her colors beautifully. Pale cerulean “19” is all about canary yellow above screaming and green roll out over a black under-painting. orange; “20” is a writhing sky blue over earth A pungent orange stripe runs across the high brown. horizon. A winter-white sky is squeezed into a But consider that word “writhing.” These are tiny space at the top. no mere flat paintings: the wax has plumped Geissman has written that her place paintup the sky-blue pigment, allowing it to wiggle ings start from a childhood memory. Faint like a fat worm across the panel. The yellow in pencil drawings in the paint sketch out roof-

Eighth Annual Encaustic Invitational 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, through April 27 Conrad Wilde Gallery, 439 N. Sixth Ave., No. 171 Free 622-8997; www.conradwildegallery.com

tops and walls; a spoon drifts down through the blue. The black under-layer strategically bleeds through, creating evocative but ambiguous black shapes—a bedstead, perhaps, a window, the gable of a house. “324 S. Ardmore” demonstrates that encaustics have enough heft to be a medium for psychological journeys and other serious subjects. Mascarenhas’ “Variations” argue for encaustics’ celebrations of pure color and form. And then, of course, as in the case of Fernow’s merry broccoli forest in wax, encaustics are also for artists who just want to have fun. MARCH 21–27, 2013

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OPENING THIS WEEK DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN LITTLE GALLERY DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun Little Gallery. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9191. An exhibit of Joanna Pregon’s fine art prints, sketches and oil paintings on canvas, opens Sunday, March 24, and continues through Friday April 5. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily; free.

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JANE HAMILTON FINE ART Jane Hamilton Fine Art. 2890 E. Skyline Drive, No. 180. 529-4886. Simply Southwest, an exhibit featuring new works by Santos Barbosa, Joby Lamplot, Tom Murray and Francisco Rodriquez, opens with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, March 22, and continues through Monday, April 1. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday; free. PORTER HALL GALLERY Porter Hall Gallery. Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, ext. 10. Windows, an exhibit of photography of the natural world by Vicky Stromee, opens Saturday, March 23, and continues through Friday, April 26. An artist’s reception takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 29. 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. SONORAN GLASS SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE Sonoran Glass School. 633 W. 18th St. 884-7814. Live glassblowing demonstrations, glass-art tools and supplies for sale, live music, food trucks and beer by donation are featured from 1 to 6 p.m., Saturday, March 23; free.

CONTINUING 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. BROOKLYN PIZZA COMPANY Brooklyn Pizza Company. 534 N. Fourth Ave. 6226868. A display of fifteen Jim Hlavac maze art paintings in the manner of pop-art continues through Friday, April 5. Hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., daily. CONTRERAS GALLERY Contreras Gallery. 110 E. Sixth St. 398-6557. 3-Sum in 2-Son, an exhibit of paintings by E.M. and Neda Contreras and Gary Aagaard, continues through Saturday, March 30. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday; free. 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. THE DRAWING STUDIO The Drawing Studio. 33 S. Sixth Ave. 620-0947. The Journey Continues, an exhibit of three artists’ work representing how art is made, continues through Friday, March 29. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. ENCAUSTIC INVITATIONAL Conrad Wilde Gallery. 439 N. Sixth Ave., Suite 195. 622-8997. An exhibit of encaustic work by 18 artists from throughout the U.S. continues through Saturday,

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April 27. A reception is held from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, April 6. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; 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. FREE FIGURE-DRAWING CLASSES Southwest University of Visual Arts Florence Quater Gallery. 2538 N. Country Club Road. 325-0123. Figuredrawing classes are offered from 6 to 8 p.m., every Friday; free. Call for more information. THE IMAGE COLLECTOR GALLERY The Image Collector Gallery. 417 N. Fourth Ave. 9770267. Photos of bicycles from around the world are featured for sale along with Steven Derks’ bicycle sculptures and works by BICAS artists through Sunday, March 31. Hours are 7 to 10 p.m., daily; free admission. Sales benefit BICAS. 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. March Madness, an exhibit of paintings by Mary Hansen, continues through Sunday, March 31. 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.

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 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GALLERIES Tucson International Airport. 7250 S. Tucson Blvd. 573-8100. Exhibits of abstract paintings by local artists are featured through out the airport galleries 24 hours daily; free. Lower gallery: Longhorns and Landscapes by JoAnne Hungate, through Tuesday, April 30. Center Gallery: Rhapsody in Hue, by Eileen Dudley and Kathryn Gastelum, through Friday, May 31. Upper Link Gallery: The Essence of Field by Dlyn Fairfax Parra, through Sunday, June 30. 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 Wednesday, April 17, 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. 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. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 7481551. An exhibit of paintings by Dee Bates continues through Sunday, April 7. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday through Friday; Tuesday by appointment; and 22:30 a.m.to 1 p.m., Sunday; free.

MARK SUBLETTE MEDICINE MAN GALLERY Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery. 6872 E. Sunrise Drive. 722-7798. An exhibit of new works by Merrill Mahaffey continues through Thursday, April 4. 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.

WEE GALLERY Wee Gallery. 439 N. Sixth Ave., No. 171. 360-6024. Armed and Dangerous, an exhibit of painted tin collages by Rand Carlson, continues through Thursday, April 4. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; free.

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.

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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. RAICES TALLER 222 ART GALLERY AND WORKSHOP Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop. 218 E. Sixth St. 881-5335. Endurance/Resistencia, an exhibit dedicated to the work of César E. Chávez, continues through Wednesday, April 10. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, and by appointment. 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 GALLERY Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild Gallery. 5605 E. River Road, Suite 131. March ART Madness, continues through Sunday, March 31. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday; free. Visit southernazwatercolorguild.com for more info. TEMPLE GALLERY Temple Gallery. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 624-7370. Creatures of Light and Darkness, an exhibit of Kate Breakey’s photographs, continues through Tuesday, April 2. 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. TOHONO CHUL EXHIBIT HALL Tohono Chul Exhibit Hall. Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Tom Bergin: Featured Artists, featuring Southwestern landscapes, runs through Sunday, April 21. 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

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 closes 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. 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, closes through Sunday, March 24. 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.

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. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily; $10 to $20 includes admission to tour the facility. BORDER CELEBRATIONS Tubac Center of the Arts. 9 Plaza Road. Tubac. 3982371. A nationally juried exhibit of works expressing the nature and culture of borders continues through Sunday, April 28. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and noon to 4:30 p.m., Sunday; free. Visit tubacarts.org for more information. TOSCANA STUDIO AND GALLERY Toscana Studio and Gallery. 9040 N. Oracle Road. Oro Valley. 575-1445. Romancing Art and Figurative Show, an exhibit of paintings by Grace Calterone, continues through Saturday, March 30. Hours are from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and from noon to 4 p.m., Saturday; free. 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 Western National Parks Association. 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014. An exhibit, demonstration and sale of antique California and contemporary baskets take place from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 23. Admission is free. WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION KIVA GALLERY Western National Parks Association Kiva Gallery. 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014. The exhibit West and Wistful: Graphite and Watercolor Botanical Illustrations by Sorcha, continues through Sunday, March 31. 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.

UPCOMING LOUIS CARLOS BERNAL GALLERY Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery. PCC West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6942. The Annual Student Juried Exhibition opens Monday, April 1, and runs through Friday, May 3. A reception from noon to 3 p.m., Wednesday, April 17, includes a visual-arts awards ceremony at 1 p.m., the same day. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday and Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday; and prior to most evening performances in the Center for the Arts; free. Visit pima.edu/cfa for more information. TOHONO CHUL EXHIBIT HALL Tohono Chul Exhibit Hall. Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Artworks in Glass opens Friday, March 29, and continues through Sunday, June 23. 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.

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 Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Friday, March 22, at 4 p.m. is the deadline to submit entry forms, fees, CDs and videos to be considered for the Arizona Biennial 2013. Visit tucsonmuseumofart.org for the prospectus; $30 for three works. 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 6242333, ext. 125, or email jsasse@tucsonmuseumofart. org 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. For submission requirements and more information, call 326-9686, ext. 35, or email communications@tucsonbotanical.org with Flights of Fancy in the subject line. CALL FOR ARTISTS AND ARTISANS Jefferson Park Historic District seeks artists and artisans to show and sell their work at an arts and crafts fair, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, April 14. The cost for space is $10; the deadline for applications is Monday, April 1. Call 360-4531, or email casabcreations@gmail. com for an application 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 midnight, Sunday, April 7; $10 per entry. Call or visit curiouscamera.com for more information.

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 HISTORY MUSEUM Arizona History Museum. 949 E. Second St. 6285774. Romans in Tucson? The Mystery of the Silverbell Artifacts, an exhibit of archaeological finds that some say may indicate the existence of a first-century Roman settlement in Tucson, continues through the summer. Several of the artifacts were featured in an episode of the H2 Channel’s America Unearthed. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday; $5, $4 seniors and youth ages 12 through 18, free for members and younger children. ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM Arizona State Museum. 1013 E. University Blvd. 6216302. A World Separated by Borders, featuring the photography of Alejandra Platt-Torres, curated by Tucson Weekly arts editor Margaret Regan, continues through Saturday, Oct. 19. 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. 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. The art of modern wargaming is demonstrated at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 23; free with admission. Small Scale Skirmishes: Battles from Imagination and Reality continues through Sunday, April 7. 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 representing Peter Young’s work from the 1960s to the present continues through Sunday, March 31. An artist’s reception takes place from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, March 29; free, cash bar. Hours are noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday; $8, free members, children younger than 17, veterans, active military and publicsafety officers, and everyone the first Sunday of each month. Call or visit moca-tucson.org 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.

ANNOUNCEMENTS ACADIA RANCH MUSEUM AND ORACLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Oracle Historical Society and Acadia Ranch Museum. 825 Mount Lemmon Road. Oracle. 896-9609. The Oracle Historical Society preserves artifacts and properties to educate and to encourage appreciation of the unique cultural-historical heritage of the community of Oracle and surrounding areas. Collections include the Huggett Family collection of ranching artifacts, a documents archive and many books on local history. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m., each Saturday, with extended hours for special exhibits; free, donations welcome. THE AMERIND FOUNDATION AND MUSEUM The Amerind Foundation and Museum. 2100 N. Amerind Road, Exit 318 off Interstate 10. Dragoon. (520) 586-3666. A museum of Native American archaeology, art, history and culture. Interwoven Tradition, an exhibit of textiles that changes continually, is exhibited through Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. Potters of Mata Ortiz: Inspired by the Past ... Creating Traditions for the Future and A Pottery Competition continue indefinitely. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday; $8, $7 senior, $5 age 12 to 18 and college student, free younger child. Visit amerind.org for more information. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM TUCSON Children’s Museum Tucson. 200 S. Sixth Ave. 7929985. Ongoing exhibits include Bodyology, a healthand-wellness exhibit, and Investigation Station, a playful, participatory exhibit about science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Unique events for kids take place monthly, and daily programs enrich early-childhood education. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $8, $6 ages 2 through 18, free younger child, $2 the second Saturday of every month. Closed Easter, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Visit childrensmuseumtucson.org for more information. FORT LOWELL MUSEUM Fort Lowell Museum. 2900 N. Craycroft Road. 8853832. The museum features exhibits about military life on the Arizona frontier. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday; $3, $2 senior or age 12 to 18, free younger child or member, 2-for-1 admission the first Saturday every month. Visit arizonahistoricalsociety. org for more information. THE JEWISH HISTORY MUSEUM The Jewish History Museum. 564 S. Stone Ave. 6709073. The museum is housed in the oldest Jewish house of worship in Arizona and features the history of Jewish pioneers in exhibits, artifacts, research, genealogy and story-telling. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday; and noon to 3 p.m., Friday; $5, free age 17 and younger. Visit jewishhistorymuseum.org for more information. KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY Located atop the 6,875-foot summit of Kitt Peak, the observatory offers nightly viewing and an advanced overnight program that lets visitors stay on site, use advanced equipment and “explore some of North America’s most spectacular night skies.” (Stargazing by reservation only.) Open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily. Guided tours are at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; a single tour is $5.75, $3 age 7 to 12, free younger child, June through October; $7.75, $4 age 7 to 12, free younger child, November through May. Special rates for three tours are available. Night tours feature four hours of guided observing time and a box dinner; $48, $44 student, military or senior. Call 3188726, or visit noao.edu/kpno for more information. LA PILITA MUSEUM La Pilita Museum. 420 S. Main Ave. 882-7454. The museum exhibits the written and photographed history of Barrio Viejo and El Hoyo. The permanent exhibit is Who Walked Here Before You, a collection of photos of Carrillo Gardens and Elysian Grove of the 1890s to 1920s. Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free, $2 requested donation. Call or visit lapilita.com for more information. PRESIDIO SAN AGUSTÍN DEL TUCSON Presidio San Agustín de Tucsón. 133 W. Washington St. 837-8119. Take a trip into Tucson’s past with living history demonstrations, re-enactments and special events. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday; free. Visit tucsonpresidiotrust.org for more information.

LITERATURE EVENTS THIS WEEK CELEBRATION OF CÉSAR CHÁVEZ Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop. 218 E. Sixth St. 881-5335. An all-ages community celebration of César Chávez’ legacy, featuring music, spoken word and a youth poetry slam, takes place from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 23; free. Guest speakers include Raul Grijalva, Regina Romero, Isabel Garcia and Sofia Ramos. The event is presented by the César Chávez Holiday Coalition. EDGE 52: READINGS BY EMERGING AND YOUNGER WRITERS Casa Libre en la Solana. 228 N. Fourth Ave. 325-9145. Andrea Francis, poetry editor for the UA’s literary journal Sonora Review; Marvin Gladney, a Chicago writer, filmmaker, music producer and lyricist; and essayist, memoirist and cultural critic Marin Sardy read from their work at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 27; $5 donation requested. Visit casalibre.org for more information. IMOGEN BINNIE, TC TOLBERT, SARAH GONZALES AND ROCKET. Casa Libre en la Solana. 228 N. Fourth Ave. 325-9145. Imogen Binnie reads from her new novel, Nevada, a dark comedy about a punk trans woman living in New York City, following readings by Sarah Gonzales, Rocket and TC Tolbert, at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 21; $5 suggested donation. Visit casalibre.org for more information. NATHANIEL MACKEY UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. Lisa Cooper Anderson leads a discussion of the work of Nathaniel Mackey, at 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 26, in the Dorothy Ruble Room of the UA Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen St.; free. Nathaniel Mackey and Marilyn Crispell present poetry with improvised music, at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 28, at the PCC Center for the Arts, 2202 W. Anklam Road; $15, $8 for students. Visit poetry.arizona.edu, and humanities.arizona.edu. PROSE AND POETRY READING SERIES UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. Eloise Klein Healy and Peggy Shumaker read from their poetry at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 21; free. Visit poetry.arizona. edu for more information. THE TECHNOLOGICAL SUBLIME 2.0 UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. Tucson poet, essayist and editor Simmons Buntin reads from his work as part of a Next American Nature and Science Writing event, at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 27. Email cokinos@email.arizona.edu for more information. TREASURES OF JEWISH LITERATURE Tucson Jewish Community Center. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000, ext. 106. Ruth Zerman leads discussions of the stories, folklore, poetry, plays and humor of such Jewish writers as Sholem Aleichem, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Emma Lazarus and Sholom Asch, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., every Tuesday through April 16, except March 26; 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.

ANNOUNCEMENTS 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. March 27: Guilt by Association, by Marcia Clark. 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.

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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. March 21: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot. 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. 594-5445. 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. ART TALKS Himmel Park Branch Library. 1035 N. Treat Ave. 5945305. Docents from the UA Museum of Art give multimedia presentations from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., on the fourth Wednesday of every month, through Wednesday, May 22; free. March 27: “Japanese Woodcuts: Images of the Floating World.” CREATIVE PLACEMAKING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Tucson Pima Arts Council. 100 N. Stone Ave., No. 303. 624-0595. Deborah Cullinan, executive director of Intersection for the Arts, presents Innovation and Intersections, a talk about how nonprofit arts organizations can help integrate creative place-making with community-building and economic development, from 4 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 27; free. Visit tucsonpimaartscouncil.org for more information. DESERT GRASSLANDS Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 6242333. Talks are presented in conjunction with the TMA’s exhibition Desert Grasslands, which continues through Sunday, July 7. A panel of ranch managers from The Nature Conservancy presents “Lessons in Restoring Grassland Health,” from 6 to 7 p.m., Thursday, March 21; free with admission. Lindy A. Brigham, executive director of the Southern Arizona Buffelgrass Coordination Center, presents “Trouble With Buffelgrass,” from 6 to 7 p.m., Thursday, March 28; free with admission. Admission is $10, $8 senior, $5 college student with ID, free age 18 or younger, active military or veteran with ID, and TMA members. Visit tucsonmuseumofart.org for more information. UA PRIDE ALLIANCE DISCUSSION SERIES UA Student Union. 1303 E. University Blvd. 621-7755. Student-led discussions cover a range of topics affecting the LGBTQA community, from 5 to 7 p.m., selected Wednesdays, in the Agave Room; free. March 27: “Rights and Legal Issues in the LGBT+ Community.”

UPCOMING ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE TUCSON PRESIDIO Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. J. Homer Thiel, project director with Desert Archaeology, Inc., discusses the archaeology of the Tucson presidio, and how modern urban archaeology creates a clearer story of our multi-cultural past, from noon to 1 p.m., Thursday, March 28; free, including parking for the first hour. Call 882-4405, or email info@ santacruzheritage.org for more information.

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BOOKS Goyahkla, generally known by his Mexican name, Geronimo, is the star of a new biography

TOP TEN

America’s Indian

Antigone Books’ best-sellers for the week ending March 15, 2013

BY TIM HULL, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

1. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Jonas Jonasson ($15.99)

oyahkla, the One Who Yawns, was not a nice man. You may know him by his Mexican name, that name you yelled as you jumped from some boulder or rooftop when you were a kid: Geronimo! For a long time the star of every nightmare of every settler, America’s most famous Indian has in recent years become a symbol of righteous resistance, a noble savage “fighting to save his homeland from takeover by the westward-moving white people,” according to historian Robert Utley, whose new biography of the Chiricahua warrior and shaman aims to disabuse us of such “demonstrably untrue” notions. Our current attitude relative to Geronimo has been shaped by a combination of guilt and what Utley calls “Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee syndrome,” referring to Dee Brown’s hugely popular chronicle of the conquest of the American West from the Native American perspective. I think of all those tourists wearing T-shirts with that C.S. Fly photograph from 1886 on them: Geronimo and four other warriors standing in the desert, dignified and resolute, holding their rifles—and printed beneath that image the words “Homeland Security.” That’s the kind of nonsense that Utley is attempting to revise here. Truth is, Geronimo was mostly fighting for Geronimo, and even his own people knew that. “I have known Geronimo all my life up to his death and have never known anything good about him,” one Chiricahua declared late in his life, according to Utley. The best Utley can say about Geronimo’s character is that he was “complex and contradictory,” which is all one can say in the end about almost anyone who achieves renown. The portrait of Geronimo that emerges from Utley’s close reading of what appears to be every single document with any connection to the Chiricahua Apaches is not flattering. He gives Geronimo his due as a sometimes brilliant strategist, a fearless fighter and a devoted family man, but otherwise shows him to be a cruel, lying, paranoid drunkard. Once, he got drunk and berated his nephew with an unexplained fervor that later caused the boy to commit suicide. It was this event that inspired the first of Geronimo’s two famous flights from the San Carlos reservation, according to Utley. Indeed, drunkenness was a constant issue for Geronimo and it played a large part in many of the key events in his life, including his death, Utley writes. It was partly the promise of liquor that drew him to the Mexican ambush in 1851

Geronimo By Robert Utley Yale University Press

2. Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong Norman Fischer ($16.95)

$30; 376 pages

in which his first wife, his mother and his three small children were killed, setting off decades of bloody revenge attacks on both sides. And it was liquor that Geronimo had been after in 1909 when he fell off his horse in Oklahoma. He died about a week later, 23 years after becoming a prisoner of war. The most interesting thing about Geronimo is the idea that he possessed a kind of “power,” a notion that most Chiricahuas believed in, and one that caused many of them to fear the shaman, medicine man and spiritual leader more than they loved him. “Geronimo came into prominence, not from his prowess in battle or personal bravery but from the great powers he was thought to have,” according to interpreter George Wrattan, who lived among the Chiricahuas for years and is quoted by Utley. “He would prophesy victory in battle, meeting soldiers, defeating them, then getting something else; these prophecies which came true so often that his word could become law. His own people were afraid of him.” So why is Geronimo such an icon today? Why is he the only American Indian leader that most of us know by name? According to Utley, we can mostly blame (or thank) the newspapers, who covered his actions relentlessly for two years after his second breakout. “The white citizens of Arizona and New Mexico endured a decade of Apache depredations, 1876-86,” Utley writes. “Hundreds died as Apache raiders swept down on farms, ranches, villages, mining claims, and travelers to exact an appalling toll of plunder, destruction, mutilation, and death. Their bursts of anguish and outrage, reported, embellished, and falsified by Southwestern newspapers and expressed in appeals to presidents, members of Congress, governors and other of prominence, attracted the notice of all Americans.” Utley’s revisionist biography of Geronimo, while somewhat lacking in a strong narrative core, probably gets closer to the actual truth of who Goyahkla was than most other books on the subject. And while the overriding impression one gets from reading Geronimo is that its subject is largely unknowable, the depth of Utley’s research, his impressive command of the military history of the Southwest and his sharp eye for detail will likely make this book the standard by which all other works on Geronimo will be judged for years to come.

3. When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice Terry Tempest Williams ($15) 4. Tucson Hiking Guide (4th ed.) Betty Leavengood ($16.99) 5. Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar Cheryl Strayed ($14.95) 6. Beautiful Souls: The Courage and Conscience of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times Eyal Press ($15) 7. Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power Rachel Maddow ($15) 8. Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories Sherman Alexie ($27) 9. The 3 A.M. Epiphany: Uncommon Writing Exercises That Transform Your Fiction Brian Kiteley ($15.99) 10. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Jeanette Winterson ($15)

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CINEMA The only thing our reviewer got out of ‘Burt Wonderstone’ was a fashion tip

Something Whores Do for Money

Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending March 17, 2013

BY BOB GRIMM, bgrimm@tucsonweekly.com he Incredible Burt Wonderstone, a film that takes a jab at Las Vegas magicians like David Copperfield and Seigfried & Roy, feels like the last lame guy showing up at a party with a rubber nose, squirting flower and a bottle of cheap schnapps. If this was a subject ripe for satire, that subject should’ve been approached 20 years ago. There’s just nothing funny in seeing Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi dressed like Siegfried & Roy dancing around to Steve Miller’s “Abracadabra.” And it’s downright distasteful to have a magician in a bar with gauze bandages all over his neck because one of his big cats bit him. Get it? Roy Horn had his neck injured by a tiger during a show, so the dude in the bar is a sly reference to that stage tragedy? Bruuu-hahahaha! I’m not saying there isn’t a funny joke about Roy getting mauled by a tiger out there somewhere. Deep in the far recesses of Hollywood, there must be some writer who can wring a few laughs from Roy’s partial paralysis and life-threatening loss of blood. I’m just saying the folks involved in this movie have failed with the concept. Really, this movie is douche-bag central. It’s a bunch of tired jokes by tired performers on a tired subject. Oh, but David Copperfield does make a cameo. There you go, magic fans! Carell, who I’m predicting will have to return to TV sooner rather than later, plays Burt Wonderstone, a Vegas magician headlining at Bally’s. His partner, Anton Marvelton (Buscemi), joins him every night for the same tired magician act, running through a sequence of played out illusions and sexist jokes. Doug Munny (Ha ha … Munny sounds like money! Get it?), a casino mogul played by James Gandolfini, wants his headliners to modernize their act. He cites psychotic Steve Gray (Jim Carrey) as the modern direction of magic. The Gray character, a hybrid of Criss Angel and David Blaine, is hosting a TV show in which he does ungodly things to his face and body. His show is called Brain Rape and Angel had a show called Mindfreak. Get it? Hahahaha! In one of the film’s few funny gags, Burt and Anton attempt a Blaine-style isolation chamber in the Vegas sun that goes terribly awry. They break up, and Wonderstone’s attempts at a solo career land him at a retirement home doing tricks for aging Vegas show biz people. One of them is Rance Holloway (Alan Arkin), the magician who had a namesake magic set that Burt played with as a child. Their relationship

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TOP TEN 1. Life of Pi 2. Wreck-It Ralph 3. Hitchcock 4. Red Dawn 5. The Master 6. This Must Be the Place 7. Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 8. Rise of the Guardians 9. The Intouchables 10. Playing for Keeps

Gerard Butler in Playing for Keeps.

Steve Carell and Olivia Wilde in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. in the film is neither touching nor inspirational, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone and it certainly isn’t funny. Rated PG-13 Very little in the movie is actually funny, Starring Steve Carell, Jim although I did laugh a couple of times at the Carrey and Steve Buscemi Carrey hijinks. Carrey has always been an Directed by Don Scardino incredible physical performer, and he does this New Line, 100 minutes thing with one of his eyes after his character Now playing at AMC Loews Foothills 15 (888drills a hole in his own skull. It’s pretty damned 262-4386), Century El Con 20 (800-326-3264, remarkable. ext. 902), Century Park Place 20 (800-326-3264, And what of Carrey? He’s taking to supportext. 903), Century Theatres at the Oro Valley Marketplace (800-326-3264, ext. 899), Harkins ing roles this year in this travesty and the Tucson Spectrum 18 (806-4275) and Tower upcoming Kick-Ass 2. I guess he’s having a hard Theaters at Arizona Pavilions (579-0500). time landing headliner gigs after the bomb that was Mr. Pooper’s Defecating Fat Aquatic Birds That Look Like They Are Wearing Tuxedos, or screen performance out of Steve Carell to date, whatever the hell that movie was called. and those of you who have seen his mopey The best thing in this movie, far and away, is faced work in Dan In Real Life know that getthe suit jacket that Olivia Wilde is wearing late ting something worse than that out of Carell is in the film. It’s this real cool, jazzy little number that looks like three different tweed jackets from a major feat. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone should’ve a thrift store stitched together. I’m not being sarnever been made, at least not in this century. It castic; it really is cool-looking, and I want one. I would’ve sucked balls before 2000, too, but at want one made for a man, and not a Hollywood least it would’ve been slightly relevant. As it actress. Seriously, somebody get on it and start stands, it’s one of those movies you watch making those jackets for men. I’ll pay at least unfold in disbelief, wondering how anybody $50 for that thing. thought it was a good idea. And if they did The movie is directed by Don Scardino—a think it was a good idea, what form of halluciveteran of many TV shows—and it’s his feature nogen were they on at the time? debut. He gets credit for pulling the worst big

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Admission (PG-13) American Beauty (R) Wed Argo (R) ends Thu The Call (R) The Croods (PG) The Croods 3D (PG) Dead Man Down (R) ends Thu Emperor (PG-13) Escape From Planet Earth (PG) Escape From Planet Earth 3D (PG) ends Thu G.I. Joe: Retaliation (PG13) Wed G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D (PG-13) Tue and Wed Identity Thief (R) InAPPropriate Comedy (R) The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (PG-13) Jack the Giant Slayer (PG-13) Jack the Giant Slayer 3D (PG-13) ends Thu The Last Exorcism Part II (PG-13) ends Thu Life of Pi (PG) Thu-Tue Life of Pi 3D (PG) Olympus Has Fallen (R) Oz the Great and Powerful (PG) Oz the Great and Powerful 3D (PG) Quartet (PG-13) ends Thu Side Effects (R) ends Thu Silver Linings Playbook (R) Snitch (PG-13) ends Thu Spring Breakers (R) Stoker (R) Upside Down (PG-13) Fri-Wed

Century Gateway 12 770 N. Kolb Road. 800-326-3264, ext. 962. Listening devices and closed captioning are available. Films are Thu-Wed unless otherwsise noted Beautiful Creatures (PG-13) Django Unchained (R) Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (R) Fri-Wed Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D (R) Fri-Wed The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (PG-13)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D (PG-13) The Impossible (PG-13) Jack Reacher (PG-13) Lincoln (PG-13) Mama (PG-13) ends Thu Les Misérables (PG-13) ends Thu Monsters, Inc. 3D (G) ends Thu Parental Guidance (PG) Rise of the Guardians (PG) Side Effects (R) Fri-Wed Wreck-It Ralph (PG) Zero Dark Thirty (R) Fri-Wed

Century Park Place 20 5870 E. Broadway Blvd. 800-326-3264, ext. 903. Listening devices and closed captioning are available. Films are Thu-Wed unless otherwsise noted 21 and Over (R) Admission (PG-13) FriWed American Beauty (R) Wed The Call (R) The Croods (PG) The Croods 3D (PG) Dark Skies (PG-13) Dead Man Down (R) ends Thu Escape From Planet Earth (PG) G.I. Joe: Retaliation (PG13) Wed G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D (PG-13) Tue and Wed A Good Day to Die Hard (R) Identity Thief (R) Thu-Tue The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (PG-13) Jack the Giant Slayer (PG-13) Jack the Giant Slayer 3D (PG-13) Olympus Has Fallen (R) Oz the Great and Powerful (PG) Oz the Great and Powerful 3D (PG) Safe Haven (PG-13) Silver Linings Playbook (R) ends Thu Snitch (PG-13) Spring Breakers (R) FriWed

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Fox Tucson Century Theatre Theatres at the 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Oro Valley The Loft Banff Mountain Film Marketplace Festival 2013 (Not Rated) Cinema 12155 N. Oracle Road. 800-326-3264, ext. 899. Listening devices and closed captioning are available. Films are Thu-Wed unless otherwsise noted Admission (PG-13) American Beauty (R) Wed The Call (R) The Croods (PG) The Croods 3D (PG) Dead Man Down (R) ends Thu Emperor (PG-13) G.I. Joe: Retaliation (PG13) Wed G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D (PG-13) Tue and Wed Identity Thief (R) ends Thu The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (PG-13) Jack the Giant Slayer (PG-13) ends Thu Jack the Giant Slayer 3D (PG-13) ends Thu Olympus Has Fallen (R) Oz the Great and Powerful (PG) Oz the Great and Powerful 3D (PG) Quartet (PG-13) Silver Linings Playbook (R) Thu-Mon Snitch (PG-13) ends Thu Spring Breakers (R) West of Memphis (R) ends Thu

Crossroads 6 Grand Cinemas 4811 E. Grant Road. 327-7067. Thu titles: Anna Karenina (R) Django Unchained (R) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (PG-13) The Impossible (PG-13) Jack Reacher (PG-13) Lincoln (PG-13) Les Misérables (PG-13) Parental Guidance (PG) Searching for Sugar Man

Sat and Sun Between Us (Not Rated) Fri Money and Life (Not Rated) Tue

Gallagher Theater UA Student Union, 1303 E. University Blvd. 626-0370. Evil Dead (R) Thu The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (PG13) Sun

Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18 5455 S. Calle Santa Cruz. 806-4275. Films are Thu-Tue unless otherwsise noted 21 and Over (R) Admission (PG-13) Bless Me, Ultima (PG-13) ends Thu The Call (R) The Croods (PG) The Croods 3D (PG) Dead Man Down (R) A Good Day to Die Hard (R) Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (R) ends Thu Identity Thief (R) The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (PG-13) Jack the Giant Slayer (PG-13) Jack the Giant Slayer 3D (PG-13) ends Thu The Last Exorcism Part II (PG-13) Olympus Has Fallen (R) Oz the Great and Powerful (PG) Oz the Great and Powerful 3D (PG) Safe Haven (PG-13) ends Thu Screening 2012 (Not Rated) Thu Screening 2013 (Not Rated) Fri-Sun

3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Call 795-0844 to check handicap accessibility The ABCs of Death (Not Rated) Thu Amour (PG-13) Thu Back to the Future (PG) Fri-Wed Beasts of the Southern Wild (PG-13) Thu-Wed Caesar Must Die (Not Rated) Thu-Wed Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (G) Mon Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (Not Rated) Thu-Wed The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (Not Rated) Fri-Wed John Dies at the End (R) Thu-Wed Koch (Not Rated) Thu Let My People Go! (Not Rated) Thu Nairobi Half Life (Not Rated) Thu Redemption (PG) Thu Rich Is the Wolf (Not Rated) Sat The Sheik and I (Not Rated) Fri-Wed Two Americans (Not Rated) Fri-Wed War Witch (Not Rated) Fri-Wed A Woman Under the Influence (R) Sun, Tue You Will Be My Son (PG13) Wed

The Screening Room 127 E. Congress St. 882-0204. Call for films and times

Tower Theatres at Arizona Pavilions 8031 N. Business Park Drive. 579-0500. Thu titles: 21 and Over (R) The Call (R) Dead Man Down (R)

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Focus on Arpaio BY COLIN BOYD, cboyd@tucsonweekly.com n high definition on television, they can see a lot,” explains Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. His new teeth, claims the lawman, cost $20,000, an expense Arpaio incurred so America could see that award-winning smile. The country’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff is one of the subjects of Two Americans, a locally produced documentary about the illegal immigration issue and allegations of corruption in the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office that have reached a fever pitch in the past few years. In the same conversation about his new teeth, Arpaio describes the role of Dave Hendershott, then one of his top lieutenants. In 2011, Hendershott played the fall guy, fired after a probe into MCSO’s affairs. If Arpaio is tailor-made to be the antagonist, our hero in Two Americans is 9-year-old Katherine Figueroa. In 2009, Katherine’s parents were arrested during one of Arpaio’s infamous crime sweeps around Phoenix. Her tearfilled plea to President Obama became a YouTube hit for however long it was until the next YouTube hit, but her place in the nation’s philosophy on immigration reform is an important one. Katherine was born in the U.S.; her parents weren’t. And, by law, they can be deported. The film doesn’t expressly connect Arpaio’s enforcement of Senate Bill 1070 to the corruption and financial irresponsibility in his office, but those two headlines occurring simultaneously is relevant to an overall theme questioning the sheriff’s priorities. Is he more interested in self-promotion or enforcing the law? And is “enforcing the law” itself just code for a personal definition of justice? Anyone who has followed the (quite literal) trials of Sheriff Arpaio over the years will already know some of the unpleasant facts presented here, including civil rights suits, vendettas against his political opponents, the misappropriation of $100 million and several wrongful death judgments stemming from prisoner abuse. One of the film’s co-directors, Valeria Fernandez, has also covered the sickening practice of Maricopa County’s finest shackling the legs of expectant mothers in their custody, though that isn’t featured in the film. Fernandez and Dan De Vivo received an incredible amount of access for this project, speaking with Katherine Figueroa and her parents to help present a complete timeline of the case and a look behind the scenes at a family that really doesn’t know what’s next. And Arpaio, as is his practice, does not shy

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away from their camera. In his office, while meeting with his inner circle, on immigration sweeps and at rehearsed photo ops at Walmart, the sheriff is open and frank. That doesn’t make him more likable, but after watching Two Americans, you certainly won’t doubt he acts as he believes. All of this is fascinating stuff. The Figueroa’s story brings up those rational questions about our broken immigration policies, reminding us there’s not one single law that can make the border situation fair to everyone. Arpaio, of course, is a strangely compelling figure. But Two Americans lacks what it must lack at this time: a conclusion. The Figueroa’s deportation hearing is scheduled for later this year, Arpaio was reelected in 2012, and there’s not enough data to pore over from what remains enforceable of SB 1070. Of course, real life rarely has tidy endings where everything rushes to the finish line and makes perfect sense, so you’ll be left with at least as many questions as answers. But if they empower you to actually get to those answers, Two Americans will have done its job.

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Chupacabra vs. the Alamo Saturday, March 23 (Syfy) Movie: Erik Estrada is back on the bike! And killin’ blood-thirsty Mexican dog-monsters! In the awesomely-titled Syfy cheapo-thriller Chupabra vs. the Alamo, a hog-ridin’ DEA agent (Estrada, who’s done 700 movies and TV shows since CHiPs in the ‘80s, but who cares?) investigates a string of possibly drug-gang-related murders in San Antonio, only to learn that chupacabras have sneaking in via smuggling tunnels and eating the townsfolk—more victims of Obama’s failed immigration policies. Naturally, this all leads to a standoff at the Alamo between the hordes of bad-CGI critters and Estrada and his rag-tag team of heavily-armed gang-bangers and cops. Lesson: A 64-year-old Latino with a shotgun gets the job done when the border patrol and the Tea Party couldn’t.

Phil Spector Sunday, March 24 (HBO) Movie: Writer/director David Mamet and HBO are adamant that the over-the-top Phil Spector is “not based on a true story,” even though it’s all about the murder trail of Phil Spector, legendary record producer, as well as wielder of guns and crazy-ass wigs. So … yeah. That said, Al Pacino absolutely, well, kills it as defendant Spector, as does Helen Mirren as defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden. Phil Spector himself refused to be involved with Phil Spector (which essentially concludes that the creaky old man would have been physically incapable of shooting actress Lana Clarkson in 2003), but somehow all of his music made it into the soundtrack—there’s your mystery to solve.

The Voice Monday, March 25 (NBC) Season Premiere: The karaoke competition that distinguished itself with swiveling chairs and a judging (sorry, “coaching”) panel made up partially of mutants is back for Season 4, and still no one can find or even name the winners of the first three seasons— The Voice is a massive, international success! Just ask NBC! This time around,

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new human life forms (Shakira and Usher) replace the mutant coach-judges, but the game remains the same: destroy as many once-beloved pop songs as possible over a mere four primetime hours a week. But hey, if ‘Merica wanted good singing, they’d have watched Smash.

Revolution Monday, March 25 (NBC) Spring Premiere: This was a hit four months ago—anybody remember Revolution? That post-apocalyptic drama set in a future with no electricity, with a wannabe Katniss (Tracy Spiradakos) and a good-lookin’ rogue (Billy Burke) leading the sword-swingin’ battle against militant bastard people (including Breaking Bad’s Giancarlo Esposito) who want to enslave the people and find a way to turn the lights back on? The series kicked off with a bang and a rush, but slowed down considerably by its late-November winter finale (sadly, a dead battery analogy won’t work here). Exec producers Eric Kripke (Supernatural) and J.J. Abrams (everything else) promise a faster, explode-ier second half, and tonight’s return mostly delivers. But don’t expect any answers about how everyone maintains such fantastic hair just yet—gotta save something for Season 2.

Bomb Girls Wednesday, March 27 (Reelz) Season Premiere: In the second season of this Canadian(!) WWII soap you didn’t know existed on a cable channel you’re contently unaware of, the women of Victory Munitions continue to crank out weapons for the war effort while dealing with love drama, workplace drama, family drama, societal drama, headscarf drama—all the dramas, really. Thing is, Bomb Girls is smarter and more engaging than a kitchen-sink period piece (The music! The clothes! The cartoon male figures!) should be; once you get past the occasionally indecipherable ‘40s-speak (“Cut a rug” …what?), there are performances here that would be hailed on a real channel (but not a Reelz channel).

When a corporate diva-bitch (Lauren Holly) becomes embroiled in a Detroit sex-trafficking ring posing as a modeling agency, only her tyrannized assistant (Kaylee DeFer) can rescue her. Or just find a new, nicer boss. Yeah, go with that. (Asylum)

The Borgias: Season 2 The Sexy Pope (Jeremy Irons) returns for another season of Renaissance-era power struggles, intrigue, violence and decadence that’s actually more historically accurate than most of what’s on the History Channel currently. (Paramount)

Dose of Reality When a strange woman (Fairuza Balk) is found beaten up in the cleanest bar bathroom ever captured on film, it’s up to the bartender and the owner to figure which of them did it, as well as why the owner’s around at closing time. (Monarch)

THE CALL Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. And Halle Berry movies. The Call is another in her long line of nearly-there films, but what’s surprising is that it’s so close to being a good thriller in the first place. It’s a preposterous concept—a 911 operator hears a killer’s voice on his victim’s call and then gets a shot at redemption when the same killer kidnaps a teenage girl (Abigail Breslin)—but director Brad Anderson almost pulls it off. In fact, for a movie made by the WWE and co-starring Morris Chestnut ... this is as about as good as The Call was likely to get. Berry stays in contact with the car-trunked Breslin via an untraceable cell phone, and the suspense builds credibly until Berry decides to find the bad guy on her own. It’s a solid ride for an hour, though. Boyd THE JEFFREY DAHMER FILES This is one of the stranger films you will see this year. Real-life interviews and archival footage are combined with odd, yet effective, re-enactments to tell the story of history’s most notorious cannibal. Most notable among the Dahmer witnesses is Pamela Bass, a neighbor who claims to have eaten a sandwich given to her by Jeffrey, a meal she most definitely regrets. It’s totally creepy to hear her talk about her apparently relatively normal neighbor, a neighbor who it turns out was keeping bodies in tanks and heads in the refrigerator. Also in the interview mix is Pat Kennedy, the detective who interviewed Dahmer the night they brought him in, and golly, did he get some disgusting surprises. Andrew Swant stars as Dahmer in the re-enactment stuff, and he isn’t bad at all (Although he is no Jeremy Renner, who did a decent job playing the killer in the underrated biopic Dahmer). Credit director Chris James Thompson for taking a truly strange idea for a movie and making it interesting. Grimm

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Parental Guidance The grandparents (Billy Crystal, Bette Midler) agree to babysit the grandkids while their parents (Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott) go to work; poop jokes, Valuable Lessons and the ultimate test of my Marisa Tomei movie loyalty ensue. (Fox)

Veep: Season 1 Julia Louis-Dreyfus stars as the hapless vice president in the hysterical West Wing/ Arrested Development/Curb Your Enthusiasm mashup that almost makes you feel badly for Joe Biden. Almost—let’s not get carried away here. (HBO)

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Gilroy Was Here BY RITA CONNELLY, rconnelly@tucsonweekly.com he first time I ate at the building that now houses Wild Garlic Grill, it was called the Frontier Drive-In. Known for frosty root beer (the large beer mug on the sign out front was once a root beer mug) and great hamburgers, it was just a short bike ride from my first apartment in Tucson. Now chef Steve Shultz, he of the popular Red Sky and Luna Bella, is taking his talents and skills to a new level. And while certain aspects need some work, the food here is pretty damn good. Schultz claims to use garlic from Gilroy, Calif., America’s garlic capital. And he uses it well. There’s plenty of white wine and butter, too. Who could complain about that? We found the tiny dining room to be quite packed, or at least it seemed that way since the tables are so close together. The room is almost stark; plain white walls with a few paintings and a wine list, and wooden ribs across the ceiling. You can eat at the bar, which is open to the kitchen. But even that seemed a bit cramped. It was too cold that day to sit on the big patio so everyone was inside, which made things a little too cozy. We started our lunch with the grilled garlic shrimp ($9). With a couple of pieces of warm bread (which isn’t served with the shrimp), this would have been a most-satisfying lunch. Here, both the “grill” and the “garlic” in the restaurant’s name ring true. The mediumsized shrimp were so perfectly cooked that you wondered how he did it. There was char and yet the shrimp were tender and sweet. Grilled vegetables, a tiny bit of warm brie and a lovely corn relish accompanied the shrimp, and all were done well. But it was the buerre blanc that set this dish apart. Smooth, silky and buttery rich, it brought all the other ingredients together in a most wonderful way. Then there was the immense portion of linguini Bolognese ($12 at lunch; $14 at dinner). The sauce combined ground beef, pork and lamb with barely-there tomatoes, red wine and herbs, and plenty of garlic, the key ingredient in many of the dishes at Wild Garlic Grill. But unlike so many other places where garlic is the first, last and practically the only flavor in a dish, Shultz coaxes the best out of the stinking rose. In this dish, garlic warmed up the sauce without dominating. It was a fine version of Bolognese. We also ordered one of the featured dishes from the chalkboard menu, ahi tuna with more of the grilled vegetables ($23). A bit overpriced, I’d say, but I didn’t ask what it cost and the server didn’t say. Nor was it on the chalk42 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

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Grilled scallops with sliced avocado, heart of palm salsa, vine ripe tomato risotto and basil buerre blanc. board. I might not have ordered it had I been Wild Garlic Grill paying attention, but I was glad I did anyway. The 2530 N. First Ave. chunk of tuna was easily an inch and a half thick 206-0017; and probably three inches square. It was topped newredskycatering.com with a country olive tapenade that added a slight Open Tuesday through Sunday, saltiness and a creamy, rich tomato risotto that 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. had more of that darn buerre blanc. Pluses: Garlic done the right way; On both visits, service was unpolished and a good handle on seafood slow. (Wild Garlic Grill isn’t the place to go for Minuses: Décor is a bit shabby, without lunch if you only have an hour.) At dinner, our a hint of chic; service needs some polish server was pleasant enough but seemed untrained. that chef had just told her they were out of the We each ordered a glass of wine (which was reapork. That’s something the chef should have let sonably priced) but a well-trained server would’ve the staff know when it happened. Again, a asked if we wanted another glass, not just for our detail issue. purposes but for the restaurant’s benefit as well. In lieu of the pork, we ordered the tilapia I was meeting a friend, and let the hostess baked in foil ($12). and server know that when I was seated on the The lamb was so perfectly cooked that all it patio. But my friend was kept waiting even after took was a nudge of the fork for it to fall off the she asked if I had arrived. The hostess was othbone. Rustic, earthy and rich from a red-wine erwise occupied chatting with a table of what sauce jam-packed with tomatoes, soft onions appeared to be friends. Again, this is a service and thinly sliced mushrooms, the shank was a issue that is basically a matter of paying attenmost satisfying meal. tion, and doing it right goes a long way in The tilapia was also prepared with care, and enhancing the overall dining experience. the buttery garlic-white wine sauce made the Like the main dining room, the patio needs mild fish sing. some work in terms of décor. It looked like it The desserts were just not interesting hadn’t been painted in a long while and the mismatched furniture just didn’t work. But then our enough to warrant ordering them. Besides, who would want to dampen all that wonderful garfood arrived and we didn’t care how it looked. licky-ness with a sugary finish? The Gilroy garlic cheese fondue ($7) arrived All in all, dining at the Wild Garlic Grill is a at the table with some toasted cubes of French great experience. The servers need some trainbread. Aromatic with garlic, the fondue was ing—and a few coats of paint would go a long gooey and hot. It disappeared in no time. way in creating some ambiance—but the food We ordered the caldo of braised pork shoulis fab and the prices are right. Here’s to Shultz der ($12) and the lamb shank special ($23). About five minutes later, our server informed us and crew … may they keep being wild.

Local firefighters will test their home brewing skills at the Top Hops challenge starting at 6 p.m., Saturday, April 6, at Foothills Mall. The event, to be held in the parking lot in front of Thunder Canyon Brewery, will include live music, food trucks and, of course, plenty of beer. The winning fire crew will have the opportunity to mass-brew the winning beer at Thunder Canyon, where it will then be sold on tap. Microbrews from across Arizona and the West also will be featured at the challenge. Participating brewers include Thunder Canyon, Four Peaks, Santa Fe, Dragoon, Barrio, Borderlands, 1055, Sentinel Peak, Grand Canyon and Big Sky. Proceeds benefit Northwest Firefighters Charities and charities sponsored by other participating fire departments. Tickets are $30 the day of and $20 in advance. For more details and where to get tickets, go to www.tophopschallenge.com.

Booze Happenings First up is the Tequila Dinner at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 26, at Loews’ Flying V Bar & Grill. Costs $65 per person. Then, Friday, April 5, Loews is having a Beer Garden Dinner, with executive chef Ken Harvey and Dragoon Brewing Co. brewmaster Eric Greene participating in cooking demonstrations while diners enjoy a four-course barbecue paired with Dragoon’s brews. The dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. and the cost is $50 per person. Loews is at 7000 N. Resort Drive. Call 299-2020 for reservations for both dinners. On Friday, March 29, Maynards Kitchen, 400 N. Toole Ave., is hosting a five-course wine dinner with special guest Haily Trefethen of Trefethen Family Vineyards. Dinner is at 7 p.m., and chef Addam Buzzalini has prepared a menu to accompany the winery’s newest releases. For reservations, call 545-0577.

New Farmers’ Market A farmers’ market is now at the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. On Saturdays, the market takes over the new outdoors patio area east of the main building. Hours are 8 to 11 a.m. Organic produce and other foods from local farmers and gardeners are featured, plus baked goods and cold salads from the Food Conspiracy Co-op. Also, free organic popcorn for all attendees. For more info, go to loftcinema.com.

Jalopy’s Grillville Closed The automobile-themed Jalopy’s Grillville, 4230 N. Oracle Road, has closed suddenly after a little more than a year in business. On a local auto racing themed radio show that Jalopy’s sponsored, the owner said that a lack of floor space and the restaurant’s off-street location contributed to the decision to close.

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KEY PRICE RANGES $ $8 or less $ $ $8-$15 $ $ $ $15-$25 $ $ $ $ $25 and up. Prices are based on menu entrĂŠe selections, and exclude alcoholic beverages. FORMS OF PAYMENT V Visa MC Mastercard AMEX American Express DIS Discover DC Dinerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club checks local checks with guarantee card and ID only debit debit cards CatCard University of Arizona CatCard. TYPE OF SERVICE Counter Quick or fast-food service, usually includes take-out. Diner Minimal table service. CafĂŠ Your server is most likely working solo. Bistro Professional servers, with assistants bussing tables. Full Cover Multiple servers, with the table likely well set. Full Bar Separate bar space for drinks before and after dinner. RESTAURANT LOCATION C Central North to River Road, east to Alvernon Way, west to

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EASTERN EUROPEAN AMBER RESTAURANT AND GALLERY NE 7000 E. Tanque Verde Road. 296-9759. Open Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-1 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Amber offers just what this town needs: good, hardy Eastern European food in a thoroughly modern setting. Potato pancakes, kielbasa, goulash, schnitzel and other oldworld dishes are made from scratch and served with a smile. While the prices are a tad high, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be taking home a doggie bag or two to enjoy the next day. (8-2009) $$$-$$$$ POLISH COTTAGE C 4520 E. Broadway Blvd. 891-1244. Open Tuesday-

CAFĂ&#x2030; DESTA C 758 S. Stone Ave. 370-7000. Open daily 11 a.m.-9 p.m. CafĂŠ/BYO. MC, V. CafĂŠ Desta is more than just a place to grab some grubâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shared dining experience. With more-than-generous portion sizes and flavorful traditional Ethiopian dishes, the cafĂŠ is livening up the south-of-downtown scene, filling a small void in an area lacking restaurants. (5-12-11) $$ ZEMAMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S C 2731 E. Broadway Blvd. 323-9928. Open TuesdaySunday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 4:30-9:30 p.m. CafĂŠ/ BYO. MC, V, Checks. For a quick transport to North Africa, try Zemamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and savor the complex and spicy regional fare. Served with the traditional bread called injera, the food at Zemamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is a delightful excuse to eat with your hands, get sloppy and have good fun. (11-0200) $-$$

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Thursday and Saturday 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Friday 6:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.-2 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V, Checks. Ghiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is a small marvel of culinary perfection. From the eggs cooked with broiled tomatoes, garlic and fresh thyme to the heavenly pasta creations, Ghiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knows how to take an assortment of singularly fresh ingredients and create something truly special. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt that the tiny restaurant shares space with La Baguette, one of the most popular bakeries in town. Pick up a fresh baguette and some croissants while youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re there. $ LE RENDEZ-VOUS C 3844 E. Fort Lowell Road. 323-7373. Open TuesdayFriday 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 5-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V, Checks. The deft touch of chef Jean-Claude Berger makes for a sumptuous lunch or dinner of simple dishes, like cabrilla in capers and lemon, done splendidly. $$-$$$

GREEK ATHENS ON FOURTH AVENUE C 500 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6886. Open MondaySaturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V, Checks. To sup with the gods, one needs to stroll no farther than up Fourth Avenue to Athens on Fourth. A small restaurant where Andreas Delfakis has quietly been serving the best authentic Greek cuisine in Tucson for years. (3-7-02) $-$$ THE FAT GREEK E 3225 N. Swan Road, Suite 105. 784-7335. Open daily 11 a.m.-9 p.m. CafĂŠ/Counter/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This locally owned Tucson restaurant serves up great Greek food, fast, with a smile. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss one of Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tastiest gyros, but also consider trying one of the lesser-known specialties. Inexpensive and delicious. (11-5-09) $-$$ FRONIMOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GREEK CAFĂ&#x2030; C 3242 E. Speedway Blvd. 327-8321. Open daily 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Counter/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This unpretentious but attractive family-owned spot provides quick service of the Greek basics, plus burgers and gyros. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very good Greek food at equally good prices. (2-28-08) $-$$ ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GREEK TO ME NW 15920 N. Oracle Road. 825-4199. Open MondaySaturday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Bistro/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. From luscious appetizers like the rich taramosalata, to savory entrĂŠes like the pastitsio and the lamb shank, and concluding with a heavenly honey cake or lovely baklava for dessert, the food at this Greek joint

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sings. These are the same people who run the wonderful Athens on Fourth Avenue, so you know the food’s going to impress. The atmosphere is casual, and the service is sincere and friendly. If you’re lucky, George, the chef and owner, will come out to share a glass of wine or a little insight on how he prepared your dinner. It’s worth the drive to Catalina. (11-17-11) $$-$$$ MY BIG FAT GREEK RESTAURANT E 7131 E. Broadway Blvd. 722-6000. Open MondayThursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This Phoenix-based chain offers delicious food at extremely reasonable prices. The souvlaki is moist and marinated perfectly; the spanakopita is a spinach-and-feta delight. The décor reminds one of Applebee’s, and the service— while fast—may suffer from an occasional lapse or two. However, the Greek standards served here are as good and inexpensive as anywhere else in Tucson—even if this is a chain joint. (4-3-08) $$-$$$ OPA! C 2990 N. Campbell Ave., No. 130. 327-2841. Open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Café/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This Greek restaurant on the Campbell Avenue restaurant row offers a full slate of traditional Greek favorites in a hearty, homey atmosphere. Try the souvlaki or perhaps a spanakopita platter or the gyros wrap. Greek beer and wine are available. Raise your glasses and say OPA! (2-14-08) $$-$$$

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CURRY LEAF C 2510 E. Grant Road, No. 100. 881-2786. Open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m. Café/No Alcohol. DC, DIS, MC, V. Curry Leaf offers affordable lunch specials, as well as delicious dinner entrées. The food is fresh; the service is friendly; and the portion sizes are generous for the price. Be sure not to miss out on the soft, buttery garlic naan. (9-15-11) $$ GANDHI C 150 W. Fort Lowell Road. 292-1738. Open daily 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Gandhi offers an expansive menu including a dozen curry dishes, a plethora of tandoori dishes, breads, biryanis (jambalaya-like stews) and other entrées. Vegetarians, take note: There are more than two dozen dishes offered that are sans-meat. And the buffet may be the best lunch deal in town. As one diner put it, it’s like “a roller coaster in your mouth.” (8-28-03) $-$$ INDIA OVEN C 2727 N. Campbell Ave. 326-8635. Open daily 11

a.m.-2:45 p.m. and 5-10 p.m. Café/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This cozy little Campbell Avenue restaurant has long been a Tucson favorite for its large (more than 100-plus items) menu. The lunch buffet features a surprisingly good selection of tasty items, and the samosas are consistently fantastic. (4-27-06) $-$$ NEW DELHI PALACE E 6751 E. Broadway Blvd. 296-8585. Open daily

HAWAIIAN LANI’S LUAU HAWAIIAN RESTAURANT E 2532 S. Harrison Road. 886-5828. Open TuesdayThursday 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. MC and V. Enjoy an authentic taste of Hawaii right here in Tucson. Dishing up luau-style food (think lots of pork), the family-owned and -operated joint is a great place to cure that craving for laulau, kalua pork or chicken long rice. With a fairly extensive menu and a significant nod to the Filipino influence in Hawaiian food, Lani’s is definitely worth the trip to the eastside (2-16-12) $-$$

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SHER-E PUNJAB C 853 E. Grant Road. 624-9393. Open daily 11 a.m.2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Sher-e Punjab is near the top of many lists as one of the best Indian restaurants in Tucson. Whole, fresh foods and an amazing and eclectic array of spicing lends every dish here a distinct and delicious character. A daily lunch buffet with changing dishes gives diners a chance to sample from a wide swath of the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extensive menu. $-$$

GIACOMOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NE 6878 E. Sunrise Drive. 529-7358. Open TuesdaySunday 4:30-9:30 p.m. Summer hours: ThursdaySunday 5-9:30 p.m. CafĂŠ. Beer, Wine and Specialty Drinks. AMEX, MC, V. Pictures of Italyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coastline adorn this Italian restaurant with a cozy authentic atmosphere. Friendly service, delicious food and reasonable prices make Giacomoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a place to find amore. (12-18-03) $$-$$$

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p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, MC, V. This foothills favorite has been serving up plenty of great Italian and Continental cuisine for more than 25 years. A dizzying array of choices, huge portions and friendly service add up to a more-than-pleasant dining experience. The cioppino is outstanding. You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t walk away hungry. (7-15-04) $$-$$$ BRIO TUSCAN GRILLE C 150 W. Wetmore Road. 887-2388. 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. This upscale chain serves fine American-style centralItalian food. Warm service, a elegant room and an inviting terrace (curtained off from the Tucson Mall parking lot) make it worth a shot if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re within range of the mall, hungry and in the mood for something better than Olive Garden. Breads and salads are terrific; appetizers and entrĂŠes are more hit-or-miss. The wine list, mostly California and Italian, features more than 40 interesting choices, many available by the glass. (12-15-11) $$-$$$ CAFFE MILANO C 46 W. Congress St. 628-1601. Open MondayWednesday 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Thursday and Friday 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Saturday 5:30-9:30 p.m. CafĂŠ/Counter/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s by weekday or weekend night, this downtown spot is a joy. Lunches are affordable and offer sandwiches, soups, salads and pastas. Dinner offers a full menu of Italian staples and house specialties. The patio at night is a great spot to enjoy downtown at its finest. The wine list is intensely Italian but has a price range for every pocket. Desserts and breakfasts also sing of Italy. (10-5-06) $$-$$$ CAFFE TORINO NW 10325 N. La Canada Drive, No. 151. 297-3777. Open Monday 8 a.m.-2 p.m.; Tuesday-Friday 8 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.; Saturday 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.; Sunday 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-8 p.m. CafĂŠ/ Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Caffe Torino serves gigantic, shareable portions of beautifully executed entrĂŠes. Flavors are authentic, and the menu offers a wide range of options. A well-thought-out wine list and a beautifully decorated space complete the experienceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect a quick meal. (4-21-11) $$-$$$ CARUSOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S C 434 N. Fourth Ave. 624-5765. Open Tuesday-

Thursday and Sunday 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. CafĂŠ/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Carusoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has been around since 1938, and based on the crowds the restaurant draws on the weekends, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be around beyond 2038. The service is warm and friendly while the food is inexpensive and satisfying. Carusoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s patio seating offers a special dining experience. (7-17-03) $-$$ DOLCE VITA

Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. In this charming eastside spot, rustic Italian food is served in a most convivial atmosphere, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wine list with prices that canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be beat. The tender manicotti is freshly made and stuffed with a delightful cheese mix; the eggplant sandwich is delicious. Service is top-notch, and the patio is the kind of place you could easily spend a couple of hours. Remember that the initial recipes are courtesy of the master, Joe Scordato. (3-22-12) $$-$$$ J. MARINARAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NW 8195 N. Oracle Road. 989-3654. Open TuesdaySaturday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 3:30-8:30 p.m.; Sunday 3:30-8:30 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. MC, V. Brought to you by the folks who ran Ascoleseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, this East Coast Italian joint cooks up all of the usual Italian favorites. Steaks are also available, and on Sunday, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find prime rib. At dinner, the atmosphere is warm and friendly, like a restaurant youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d find back in the old neighborhood. If you dig the marinara sauce, you can purchase a jar to take home. (5-26-11) $-$$$

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a.m.-8 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. DIS, MC, V. While Mad Marioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offers a wide variety of tasty Italian entrĂŠes, the sandwiches are the way to go here. The corned beef reuben is simply amazingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and so is the jovial service from Mario himself. The restaurant offers free delivery in the UA/midtown area for orders more than $20. (2-212) $-$$ MAMA LOUISAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ITALIAN RESTAURANT S 2041 S. Craycroft Road. 790-4702. Open MondayThursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday noon-8 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to find anything wrong with Mama Louisaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, a Tucson treasure since 1956. The foodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing; the service is superb; the prices are reasonable. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a large menu for both lunch and dinner, with plenty of vegetarian options. Try Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Special; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the signature dish for a reason. (3-20-03) $-$$ MICHELANGELO RISTORANTE ITALIANO NW 420 W. Magee Road. 297-5775. Open MondaySaturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, MC, V. A popular northwest side venue, Michelangeloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is sure to please if you temper your expectations with a note of realism--that note being this is Tucson, and good, authentic Italian fare is very hard to find. (5-2-02) $-$$ NORTH NW 2995 E. Skyline Drive. 299-1600. Open MondayThursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. La Encantada has itself a gem in NoRTH, brought to you to the folks behind Wildflower and Zinburger. The pastas, fish and pizzas are all tasty, if a bit pricey, but the view pushes NoRTH over the top. (2-26-04) $$$-$$$$ PIAZZA GAVI NE 5415 N. Kolb Road. 577-1099. Open SundayThursday 7 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. For anyone who loved the small trattorias that were the hallmark of the Gavi empire, this place may seem cavernous. But size doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter. Gavi brings all its wonderful touches to this roomy eatery: good food, giant portions and friendly service. The choices are plentiful; there are more than 20 types of pasta sauce alone. Pizza is on the menu. So is breakfast. Sandwiches are big enough for two (or three). The wine list leans toward the Italian side, but what else would you expect? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss the amazing happy-hour deals. (7-12-12) $$-$$$

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The River Monks make music that reflects the pastoral qualities of their home state

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BY GENE ARMSTRONG, garmstrong@tucsonweekly.com he charming homespun quality of the River Monks’ music might cause a listener to wonder if the sextet from Des Moines, Iowa, has pulled back the furniture and rolled up the rugs in your living room for a house concert. Singer-songwriter Ryan Stier creates gorgeous songs, allowing threads of country, blues and American and British strains of folk into the pastoral rock settings. On the band’s debut album, Jovials, the tunes are filled with breathy wonder, often reflecting the natural world— flora, fauna, the elements—as much as the landscape of the human heart. The album’s second song, the lovely “Pelica,” alternately personifies a songbird, a tortoise and an icicle, projecting a variety of human emotions. The album also includes references to bears, snow, winter and the atmosphere. Then there’s the folk-rock-pop stomp of “The Wind and the Paths,” in which Stier reflects on lessons learned from his grandfather. “There’s a lot of Iowa on the album, for sure,” Stier says. “It’s very easy to live here and be inspired by the environment and the changing seasons and the creatures around you. It’s very engaging, and it really plays with your moods quite a bit. I write quite about that, I guess,” he says with what seems to be typical modesty. The River Monks will play Tucson for the first time on Sunday, March 24, at the Tucson Live Music Space. The concert will also feature local bands Donut Shop Death, Woolly Mammoth, Mind Slums and Run-On Sunshine, which will celebrate the release of a new cassette single. Although Stier had played in punk and rock bands in his teens, he also studied classical guitar. He’d been writing and performing as a solo act for a couple of years when, toward the end of 2009, the River Monks started to come together. “I had written a couple of songs and recorded them in my bedroom, but I was looking to find others who could help me realize them in a live setting,” he says. At the time, Stier was playing in the house band for an Elvis Presley musical at the Des Moines Playhouse. “The drummer in the show was Joel (Gettys), and he was really good. I liked his style and asked him if he was interested in joining up with me and helping out.” Stier then recruited a high-school buddy, guitarist Nick Frampton. This trio recorded the basic tracks for Jovials, which was released in early 2011. During the recording of the album, bassist Drew Rauch (Frampton’s roommate) expressed interest in joining, so when it came time for the River Monks to play in front of audiences, Rauch was in.

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Music editor Stephen Seigel went to Austin and all he brought back for me was this lousy T-shirt. Wait, he didn’t even bring me that. But, seeing as he’s either on his way by back, or recovering, from the massive annual music-business love-in known as South by Southwest, I’m filling in for him here. Mr. Seigel will return to the bridge of the starship Soundbites next week.

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Multi-instrumentalist Mallory Heggen had sung and played trumpet on the album as a guest artist, but she soon moved to northern Arizona to teach for a year on the Navajo reservation, Stier says. When she returned to Des Moines, she became a full-time band member. The River Monks were a quintet until recently, when Frampton moved to Nashville with his girlfriend. The group then enlisted guitarist Tommy Boynton to play local gigs around Des Moines. Frampton remains a member, and the group tours as a six-piece. And now the band has a place to crash in Nashville. The group decamped briefly to Music City in January to record tracks for a still-in-theworks second album. “People said to us, ‘Oh, man, you guys are getting famous. You’re recording in Nashville!’ Well, we’re recording at Nick’s house, and it just happens to be in Nashville. We’ll be recording a lot of the rest of it in Iowa with friends. I’d say we’re about halfway done. We’re expecting to finish it in the next few months and maybe have it ready to release in the fall.” The band identifies strongly with its hometown, even borrowing its name from Des Moines. One of the explanations for the city’s name posits that it was originally dubbed La Rivière des Moines (The River of the Monks) by French explorers. Stier says the musical community in Iowa, and specifically around Des Moines, has been growing in recent years, with metal and punk bands abounding, a growing hip-hop scene and a strong focus on folk-rock. “It’s always nice to play on a bill somewhere where there are no other bands that sound like us. It’s rare to have two of the same types of bands playing the same night. We really appreciate the diversity of the scene, and what other bands bring to it.”

The River Monks with Run-On Sunshine, Donut Shop Death, Woolly Mammoth and Mind Slums 8 p.m., Sunday, March 24 Tucson Live Music Space, 125 W. Ventura St. $5; all ages

Like Stier, most of the members of the River Monks have at one time or another studied music seriously—in some cases classical, others jazz. A few of them are now music teachers themselves. If you like to play the RIYL game, some listeners may be tempted to throw the River Monks into a contemporary folk-rock category that might also include Mumford & Sons, the Lumineers, Fleet Foxes and Of Monsters and Men. Stier doesn’t see the River Monks as part of a trend, but he admits he and the band looked to certain musical inspirations when they were creating their sound. “When we first formed, we had a couple of bands we emulated, especially with arrangements and harmonies and certain parts of our sound.” It’s nice to learn the rules before you break them. But a real artist—whether a writer or painter or composer—eventually starts to imitate less and speak with a unique voice. The River Monks already are moving in this direction. “I think so,” Stier says. “More recently it’s been an effort to create something that hasn’t been done and said before, and is not already out there. We’re trying to tell our own stories.” The band members are all in their 20s, and their collective musical ambition is to “keep getting better every day, make more music and maybe not have to work a day job. It would be nice to be able to make music as a sole source of earning a living,” Stier says.

The biggest concert this week undoubtedly is the fourth annual Festival en el Barrio on Sunday March 24. An all-day, outdoor, downtown street party and a benefit for community radio station KXCI (91.3 FM), the festival already has become a local tradition and something of a Tucson cultural touchstone. And for the second year in a row, the Festival en el Barrio will take place in El Presidio Historic District, along North Meyer Avenue and adjacent to the Tucson Museum of Art – literally in the Old Pueblo. Vendors of food, drink and crafts will spread out over several blocks, while music is planned practically non-stop all afternoon, thanks to alternating performances on El Presidio Stage and the Tellez Street Stage around the corner. The music starts about 1 p.m. with a performance by singer-songwriter Wolf Larsen, who recently has relocated to Tucson from San Francisco. Her meditative, melancholic 2011 indie folk album, Quiet at the Kitchen Door has given some listeners cause to call her the female Leonard Cohen. Following Larsen, in order of appearance, will be Sweet Ghosts, a project focusing on the sweet, intricate folk-rock songs written and performed by Katherine Byrnes and Ryan Alfred; The Cordials, an irresistible pop-rock “supergroup” featuring members of influential local bands such as Silver Thread Trio, The Modeens, Seashell Radio and Saint Maybe, among others; Sun Bones, an engaging art-rock ensemble formerly known as Boreas; the exciting Latin jazz ensemble Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta; San Diego’s B-Side Players, who meld funk, reggae, salsa and Brazilian music; Cincinnati-based Heartless Bastards, whose gritty, bluesy rock features explosive singer-songwriter-guitarist Erika Wennerstrom; New Orleans’ Rebirth Brass Band, 30 years extant and still playing an inimitable concoction of New Orleans funk, second-line, R&B and jazz. As usual, the event will close with a set by Tucson’s mighty Calexico, a band that probably needs no introduction in these parts and is always up for playing a community event when not off performing around the world. Throughout the day, the esteemed Mariachi Aztlán de Pueblo High School will play on the nearby Museum Stage. As a KXCI volunteer, I have attended each iteration of the Festival en el Barrio in years past, and have enjoyed all thoroughly. The performances have been uniformly excellent, the events always well managed, and both weather and fel-

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lowship warm. It’s definitely a highlight of Tucson’s spring music season. You can enter the festival starting at 12:30 p.m. next to the front patio of the Tucson Museum of Art, 166 W. Alameda St. No blankets, pets, chairs, weapons or outside food and drink will be allowed. However, you may bring an empty water bottle to fill up at the free water station. General admission is $24 in advance at KXCI, the Rialto Theatre or rialtotheatre.com. On the day of the show, tickets will cost $27. KXCI members, by the way, get $4 off. And children under 10 get in free with a paid adult. You can also buy a VIP pass for $42, which will allow you to get comfortable in bleacher seating close to the stage, as well as access to private bathrooms and a private bartender. Call 740-1000 for more info. The festival will close about 7 p.m., at which time you can head over to La Cocina, next door in the Old Town Artisans complex, 201 S. Court Ave., for the official Festival en el Barrio after-party with DJ Carl Hanni and special guest DJs, the identities of whom remained undisclosed at press time.

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Playing a critically acclaimed and Grammynominated combination of bluegrass, folk and country, Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum are longtime favorites with local audiences. The duo will visit Tucson’s far east side for a concert Saturday, March 23, at the Vail Theatre of the Arts, 10701 E. Mary Ann Cleveland Way. Lewis is well known for her skills on fiddle and guitar, as well as for her gifts as a singersongwriter in traditional American roots music. Rozum is a former Tucsonan (he played with the popular local act Summerdog in the 1970s) and multi-instrumentalist with rock and swing experience who partners with Lewis on mandolin. The concert also will feature a performance by Nathan McEuen and Mark Robertson-Tessi. McEuen is a singer-songwriter and guitarist with six Americana-oriented albums to his credit and experience playing with everyone from Steve Martin to his father, John McEuen of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band fame. He’ll be joined onstage by Robertson-Tessi, a former Tucsonan who has played with local bands such as The String Figures and Round the House. The show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets range from $17 to $22 in advance at www.vtota.org/publicevents until 2 p.m. on day of show. You also can buy them by calling 879-3925. After 2 p.m. that day, they’ll cost $20 to $25 at the door.

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elements of soul, funk and swamp boogie with the chiming guitars of alt-rock and the heavy crunch of hard rock. Singer Cyle Barnes comes off like a fallen preacher, blues belter and soulful crooner. You can hear examples of this sound on the band’s 2012 EP Gutter Gaunt Gangster (released on Serpents and Snakes Records, founded by Kings of Leon), but they also have a new full-length album, Dear Bo Jackson, due out in stores April 30. If you dig such like-minded acts as Alabama Shakes, the Allman Brothers Band and Kings of Leon, you’ll probably like The Weeks. They will play Saturday, March 23, at Plush, 340 E. Sixth St., with opening acts Jonny Fritz (formerly known as Jonny Corndawg), from Nashville, and Tucson’s Lunar Light Collectors. The show starts at 9:30 p.m. Admission is $10. Call 798-198 for more information. The Norwegian-American singer, dancer and yoga practitioner known as Solvei will play jazz, Latin, funk, world beat and rock music at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at Monterey Court, 505 W. Miracle Mile. Solvei will perform with ZumaSOL, an all-star Tucson band feature percussionist Will Clipman, multi-instrumentalist Amo Chip Dabney, keyboards player Larry Redhouse and guitarist Fernando Romero. Tickets for Solvei’s concert cost $20, or $25 for special VIP seating and a meet-and-greet with the band. Call 207-2429 or visit www. montereycourtaz.com for more details, or to make reservations, which are suggested, The Canadian guitar virtuoso Jesse Cook, who plays a combination of rumba, flamenco and salsa – with touch of new age spirituality – has been working steadily for more than 20 years and produced nine albums, the most recent of which is the melancholic and bluesy The Blue Guitar Sessions, released last year. Cook will return to Tucson for a gig at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 27, at the Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. Tickets cost from $25 to $45, with additional service charges. You can get them from the Fox box office or at foxtucsontheatre.com. Call 547-3040 for more info. Finally, 28 years since its founding, the near-legendary Tucson punk band Bloodspasm will present its annual SpasmFest concert at 10 p.m. Friday, March 22, at the Surly Wench Pub, 424 N. Fourth Ave. It’s a celebration of all things extreme in music, and itself has become a Tucson tradition – sort of the opposite extreme of Festival en el Barrio. Bloodspasm still features four of members from its classic 1980s line-up, including singer Bob Spasm. This self-described “live fast die young hardcore punk band” will headline the fest, which also will showcase the vibrant, now sounds of Flying Donkey Punch, Great American Tragedy and Vanish Twin. It will only cost you $5 to get into the show, but you must be least 21. Call 882-0009 if you have further questions.

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4TH AVENUE STREET FAIR Fourth Avenue. ARIZONA INN 2200 E. Elm St. 325-1541. THE BISBEE ROYALE 94 Main St. Bisbee. (520) 4326750. BOONDOCKS LOUNGE 3306 N. First Ave. 690-0991. THE BREEZE PATIO AND BAR Radisson Hotel. 520721-7100. BRODIE’S TAVERN 2449 N. Stone Ave. 622-0447. CAFÉ PASSÉ 415 N. Fourth Ave. 624-4411. CASINO DEL SOL 5655 W. Valencia Road. (800) 3449435. CATALINA MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL 3645 E. Pima St. 232-8400. CHICAGO BAR 5954 E. Speedway Blvd. 748-8169. CLUB CONGRESS 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848. DANNY’S BABOQUIVARI LOUNGE 2910 E. Fort Lowell Road. 795-1571. 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. ELLIOTT’S ON CONGRESS 135 E. Congress St. 6225500. FAMOUS SAM’S E. GOLF LINKS 7129 E. Golf Links Road. 296-1245. FAMOUS SAM’S SILVERBELL 2320 N. Silverbell Road. 884-7267. FINI’S LANDING 5689 N Swan Ed. 520-299-1010. FOX TUCSON THEATRE 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. HIDEOUT SALOON - EAST 1110 S. Sherwood Village Drive. 520-751-2222. THE HUT 305 N. Fourth Ave. 623-3200. INNSUITES HOTEL 475 N. Granada Ave. 623-2000. IRISH PUB 9155 E. Tanque Verde Road. 749-2299. JASPER NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT AND BAR 6370 N. Campbell Ave., No. 160. 577-0326.

LIVE MUSIC Augustin Brasserie Naim Amor w/Matt Mitchell Boondocks Lounge Ed Delucia The Breeze Patio and Bar The Bishop/Nelly Duo Café Passé Songwriter Thursday feat. Cyril Barret w/ Thoger T. Lund Casino del Sol Take It To the Limit-Eagles Tribute Chicago Bar Neon Prophet Club Congress Salvador Duran Fox Tucson Theatre The Mavericks The Hut Lollapaloozers Jasper Neighborhood Restaurant and Bar The Bluerays La Cocina Daniel Bachman w/Catfish and the Blue Lagoon Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café Oscar Fuentes Plush Run Boy Run Album Release! RebelArte Collective (Skrappy’s) Vice w/Old Wounds & Territory Rialto Theatre Lotus w/VibeSquaD St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church St. Philip’s Friends of Music Concert Series: Lenten Recital “Ralph Vaughn Williams Songs of Travel” Surly Wench Pub Gigi And Pop w/Brass Tax Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill Jonathan Warren and the Billy Goats UA School of Music Tucson Guitar Society Presents Marcin Dylla UA School of Music CrossTalk University of Arizona Bookstore Creative Collaborations: Classical African: Spirituals and Beyond

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LA COCINA 201 N. Court Ave. 623-6024.

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LOVIN’ SPOONFULS VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT 2990 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 120. 325-7766.

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MAVERICK 6622 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-0430. METRO GNOME MUSIC 4044 E. Speedway Blvd. 3203780.

Famous Sam’s Silverbell Amazing Star Karaoke River’s Edge Lounge Karaoke w/ KJ David

MINT COCKTAILS 3540 E. Grant Road. 881-9169. MONTEREY COURT STUDIO GALLERIES AND CAFÉ 505 W. Miracle Mile. 207-2429. NEW MOON TUCSON 915 W. Prince Road. 293-7339. NIMBUS BREWING COMPANY TAPROOM 3850 E. 44th St. 745-9175. NORTHWEST BIBLE CHURCH 998 W. Chapala Drive. 544-7775. OLD PUEBLO GRILLE 60 N. Alvernon Way. 326-6000. THE PARISH 6453 N. Oracle Road. 797-1233. PIAZZA GAVI 5415 N. Kolb Road. 577-1099. PLAYGROUND BAR AND LOUNGE 278 E. Congress St. 396-3691. PLUSH 340 E. Sixth St. 798-1298. R PLACE BAR AND GRILL 3412 N. Dodge Blvd. 8819048. REBELARTE COLLECTIVE (SKRAPPY’S) 191 E. Toole Ave. 358-4287. RIALTO THEATRE 318 E. Congress St. 740-1000. RIVER’S EDGE LOUNGE 4635 N. Flowing Wells Road. 887-9027. RJ’S REPLAYS SPORTS PUB AND GRUB 5769 E. Speedway Blvd. 495-5136. THE ROCK 136 N. Park Ave. 629-9211. SAN PEDRO CHAPEL 5230 E. Fort Lowell Road. 3180219. SHOOTERS STEAKHOUSE AND SALOON 3115 E. Prince Road. 322-0779. SHOT IN THE DARK CAFÉ 121 E. Broadway Blvd. 882-5544. SKY BAR 536 N. Fourth Ave. 622-4300. THE SKYBOX RESTAURANT AND SPORTS BAR 5605 E. River Road. 529-7180. ST. PHILIP’S IN THE HILLS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. STADIUM GRILL 3682 W. Orange Grove Road. Marana.. 877-8100. SULLIVAN’S STEAK HOUSE 1785 E. River Road. 299-4275. SURLY WENCH PUB 424 N. Fourth Ave. 882-0009. TOBY KEITH’S I LOVE THIS BAR AND GRILL 4500 N. Oracle Road. 265-8629. TUBAC CENTER OF THE ARTS 9 Plaza Road. Tubac. 398-2371. TUBAC PRESIDIO STATE HISTORIC PARK 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. TUCSON CONVENTION CENTER 260 S. Church Ave. 791-4101. TUCSON LIVE MUSIC SPACE 125 W. Ventura St. .. UA CENTENNIAL HALL 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. UA CROWDER HALL 1020 E. University Blvd. 621-1162. UA SCHOOL OF MUSIC 1017 N. Olive Road. 621-1655. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA BOOKSTORE 1209 E. University Blvd. 520-621-2426. VAIL THEATRE OF THE ARTS 10701 E. Mary Ann Cleveland Way. 879-3925.

FRI MAR 22 LIVE MUSIC 4th Avenue Street Fair 4th Ave. Spring Street Fair Main Stage feat. Stefan George w/Aztral Folk & The Outlaw Rebels Boondocks Lounge El Dub Boondocks Lounge Neon Prophet Café Passé Roman Barten Sherman w/Tom Walbank Casino del Sol The Garcia Brothers Band Chicago Bar The AmoSphere Club Congress Shit Ton w/Dream Sick & Ex-Cowboy Dakota Cafe Matt Mitchell Solo Guitar Famous Sam’s E. Golf Links Chance Romance InnSuites Hotel The Bishop/Nelly Duo Irish Pub The Railbirdz La Cocina The Greg Morton Band Lovin’ Spoonfuls Vegetarian Restaurant Amber Norgaard Maverick Flipside Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café Sabra Faulk w/ Mitzi Cowell & Gary Mackender Nimbus Brewing Company Taproom The Guilty Bystanders Northwest Bible Church Trace Bundy The Parish JMC And His Wooden Hearts Piazza Gavi Piazza Gavi Jazz Ensemble Plush Mike Elred Trio w/The Just Intervals River’s Edge Lounge Shell Shock RJ’s Replays Sports Pub and Grub Vices And Virtues 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 St. Philip’s Friends of Music Concert Series: An Evening with William Chapman Nyaho Stadium Grill Vintage Sugar Surly Wench Pub Spasmfest Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill James Parks Tubac Center of the Arts Tucson Symphony Orchestra Percussion Ensemble Tucson Convention Center Arizona Friends of Chamber Music Tucson Winter Music Festival Tucson Live Music Space Man Bites Dog w/The Coltranes UA Centennial Hall UA Presents-Kathleen Battle: The Underground Railroad

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SAT MAR 23 LIVE MUSIC 4th Avenue Street Fair 4th Ave. Spring Street Fair Main Stage feat. Tesoro w/The Electric Blankets & Spirit Familia 4th Avenue Street Fair 4th Ave. Spring Street Fair Community Stage feat. The Missing Parts Arizona Inn Arizona Friends of Chamber Music Gala Dinner & Concert Boondocks Lounge The Wayback Machine Café Passé Country Saturday feat. Matthew Cordes w/ Hans Hutchison, Hank Topless, Catfish and Weezie & Andy Hersey Casino del Sol Boomer Catalina Magnet High School Tucson Barbershop eXperience Chicago Bar Neon Prophet Club Congress Latin Funk Project DesertView Performing Arts Center Tin Cup Gypsy Hideout Saloon - East The Garcia Brothers Band The Hut Mike & Randy’s 420 Show The Hut The Left Foot Green Irish Pub Billy Templeton Project La Cocina Miss Lana Rebel w/Kevin Michael Mayfield, Oscar Fuentes Maverick Flipside Metro Gnome Music Gnome Fest 2013-Attempt To Break The Guinness Book Of World Records For The Largest Gathering Of People Dressed As Garden Gnomes!!! Mint Cocktails Don’t Blink Burlesque Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café SOLVEI & ZumaSol Nimbus Brewing Company Taproom El Dub Piazza Gavi Piazza Gavi Jazz Ensemble Plush The Weeks w/Jonny Fritz & Lunar Light Collectors Rialto Theatre An Intimate Unplugged Evening with Dave Mason River’s Edge Lounge B-Side The Rock Flyleaf w/Drowning Pool The Rock Local Love Battle Of The Bands The Skybox Restaurant and Sports Bar The Equinox Band Sullivan’s Steak House The Bishop/Nelly Duo Surly Wench Pub Last Call Brawlers w/High Rollers & Sons of Providence Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill James Parks UA Crowder Hall Jeff Lewis Quartet Vail Theatre of the Arts Laurie Lewis w/Tom Rozum, Nathan McEuen & Mark Robertson Tessi

COMEDY Laffs Comedy Caffé Brian Bradley

DJ AND KARAOKE Famous Sam’s Silverbell Amazing Star Karaoke La Cocina DJ Herm R Place Bar and Grill Karaoke Stadium Grill DJ Obi-Wan Kenobi

SUN MAR 24 LIVE MUSIC 4th Avenue Street Fair 4th Ave. Spring Street Fair Main Stage feat. Al Perry w/Salvador Duran & Neon Prophet Boondocks Lounge Zo Carroll and the Soul Breakers Chicago Bar Reggae Sundays feat. Papa Ranger Club Congress The Hot Club of Tucson Danny’s Baboquivari Lounge Open Mic Dove of Peace Lutheran Church Bach Birthday Musical Celebration

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Hideout Saloon - East Bob Kay, the Singing/Drumming DJ, plays oldies but goodies La Cocina Barrio Festival After Party w/ DJ Carl and guest KXCI DJ’s Maverick Casey Donahew Band w/Cooper Meza Band Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café Sunday Jazz Showcase w/Chillie Willie Groove Nimbus Brewing Company Taproom Larry Armstrong And CopperMoon Old Pueblo Grille Pete Swan Jazz feat. The Jill McManus Quartet Rialto Theatre The 4th Annual Festival En El Barrio: A Benefit for KXCI feat. Calexico, Rebirth Brass Band w/ Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkesta, Heartless Bastards and more... The Rock Flyleaf w/Drowning Pool San Pedro Chapel Chamber Music in the Chapel Shooters Steakhouse and Saloon Ed Delucia w/Larry Lee Lerma & Ralph Gilmore Tubac Presidio State Historic Park A Teodoro “Ted” Ramirez Artist-in-Residence Concert Tucson Convention Center Arizona Friends of Chamber Music Tucson Winter Music Festival Tucson Live Music Space The River Monks UA School of Music Collegium Musicum UA School of Music Lois Trester Piano Competition

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What was the first concert you attended? Chuck Mangione and REO Speedwagon (in Madison, Wis.). They were both the same year, but I can’t remember which came first. What are you listening to these days? I’m not a big radio person. If you get in my car, it’s usually the soundtrack of the show that I’m doing.

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What was the first album you owned? I believe it was Kiss’ Destroyer. They had another album that came out in 1974, but I think I picked up Destroyer first, then went back and picked up the other one. When my dad saw the album cover, he was like, “What are you listening to?!”

Boondocks Lounge The Bryan Dean Trio Chicago Bar The Ronstadt Generations The District Sex Church w/Piss Test Elliott’s on Congress Tony Frank w/Daniel Sly Slipetsky

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What artist, genre or musical trend does everyone seem to love that you just don’t get? The Gangnam thing ... I don’t even know if I’m saying that right.

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TUE MAR 26 LIVE MUSIC Chicago Bar The Jive Bombers Club Congress White Folks Get Crunk: Wawawa 2 Year Anniversary w/ DJ Real Juicy, DJ Milk Crate, K Spacy, Pc Party, Table Manners and more Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café Tommy Tucker Rialto Theatre Tech N9ne’s Independent Powerhouse Tour feat. Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Brotha Lynch Hung, Kutt Calhoun, Ces Cru & RITTZ Sky Bar Jazz Telephone w/Tom Walbank Stadium Grill Open Jam Session UA School of Music UA Wind Ensemble with the UA Wind Symphony

DJ AND KARAOKE River’s Edge Lounge Karaoke w/ KJ David

WED MAR 27 LIVE MUSIC The Bisbee Royale Amy Ross Boondocks Lounge The Titan Valley Warheads Café Passé Glen Gross Quartet Chicago Bar Bad News Blues Band DesertView Performing Arts Center Last Stop Bakersfield Fini’s Landing Tony Frank Trio Fox Tucson Theatre Jesse Cook Irish Pub The All Bill Band With Mindy La Cocina Blind Texas Marlin Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café Stefan George Playground Bar and Lounge Naim Amor/Shekky Halper Duo RJ’s Replays Sports Pub and Grub Cooper Meza Band The Rock The Word Alive featuring Special Guests Whiskey Tango Acoustic Jam and Songwriters Showcase

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Scott Berg is the director and co-star of the Red Barn Theatre Company’s production of How to Talk Minnesotan, returning to the venue at 948 N. Main Ave. The musical comedy, runs Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through April 7. For more information, call 8876239 or visit theredbarntheater.com. Kate Newton, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

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Which musical act, current or defunct, would you most like to see perform live? Pink Floyd. A friend turned me on to watching some of the album films... I’ve become a fan about 30 years later than everyone else did. Musically speaking, what is your favorite guilty pleasure? ABBA. Enough said. What song would you like to have played at your funeral? One of my favorite, favorite songs of all time is “Bring Him Home” from Les Mis. ... it’d have to be the original Broadway recording. What band or artist changed your life and how? This is going to sound so corny: Back when I was in high school... Barry Manilow was very big. Watching him, he was such a showman. I can’t really say it changed my life, but I think it helped solidify my desire to perform. Figurative gun to your head, what is your favorite album of all time? Born to Sing by Phyllis Diller. When I lived in L.A. I had the opportunity to work for her for a couple years. ... She had some of the original demo albums left up in her office, so she autographed one for me.

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JOSH RITTER, LAKE STREET DIVE RIALTO THEATRE Saturday, March 16 Once Josh Ritter has your attention, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no turning away. Ritter is among the sharpest and most distinctive lyricists recording today, and his first Rialto performance began like his career did, quietly acoustic before blossoming into the full-band folk-rock that characterizes his excellent new album, The Beast In Its Tracks. Bounding onto the stage before the lights came up, Ritter started with the plaintive â&#x20AC;&#x153;Idaho,â&#x20AC;? from 2006â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Animal Years, singing about those adventurous dreams that spring from his landlocked home state. For â&#x20AC;&#x153;Southern Pacifica,â&#x20AC;? Ritter was joined first by the keyboardist and then by the rest of his Royal City Band. The band then kicked into â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Lover,â&#x20AC;? one of the many standout tracks on The Beast, a record that fits into the â&#x20AC;&#x153;breakup albumâ&#x20AC;? mold only at times. Though sparked by his divorce, Ritterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s songwriting is that of a man approaching the world anew instead of wallowing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are things I will not sing for the sting of sour notes,â&#x20AC;? he sings, delving into a meditation on expectations and adaptation. Dressed all in black, Ritter performed with an infectious smile, leaning back from the microphone to let the crowd share in singing favorites like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Girl in the War,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wolvesâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Change of Time.â&#x20AC;? Midway through, the band stepped aside for Ritter to perform solo again, with new song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Third Armâ&#x20AC;? leading into the furiously strummed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rattling Locksâ&#x20AC;? and then â&#x20AC;&#x153;Folk Bloodbath,â&#x20AC;? a stunning narrative written in the spirit of the old folk murder ballads. Ritter continued mixing fan favorites like the mummy-comes-to-life tale â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Curseâ&#x20AC;? with new material like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joy To You Baby,â&#x20AC;? which heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d performed four days earlier on The Late Show with David Letterman. The set closed with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kathleen,â&#x20AC;? a would-be hit from Ritterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2003 breakout Hello Starling album. Led by the big, brassy voice of singer Rachael Price, Lake Street Dive made plenty of new fans during the opening set, with the Brooklyn-via-Boston quartet playing a poppy Americana update of Motown soul. For the encore, Ritter welcomed the openers back to the stage, ending the two-hour show with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lights,â&#x20AC;? a Lake Street Dive original and then â&#x20AC;&#x153;To the Dogs or Whoever,â&#x20AC;? yet another song that unspools an imaginative narrative, Ritterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quick-sung lyrics tying together Joan of Arc, Jesus and Casey at the Bat as only he can. Eric Swedlund, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

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Robyn Hitchcock, Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crown prince of eccentric songwriters, steps away from the jangly alternative rock of his recent work into darker, more psychedelic territory. After three records with the Venus Three (R.E.M.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Peter Buck on guitar, the Minus Fiveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Scott McCaughey on bass and Ministryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bill Rieflin on drums), the 60-year-old Hitchcock turned to producer/engineer Paul Noble to guide his new album. The resulting transformation adds dabs of funk, hip-hop, electronica and synthy industrial rock into the mix. Love From London starts with the beguiling one-two punch of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Songâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Be Still,â&#x20AC;? the recordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s darkest and lightest songs set side by side. The shock in moving from the moody, ominously pounding piano chords to breezy acoustic guitar and cello plays right into Hitchcockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand. From there, the kaleidoscope of sound keeps turning: the drug tale â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stupefiedâ&#x20AC;? bounces with some hip-hop flair; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strawberries Dressâ&#x20AC;? hearkens back to Hitchcockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Soft Boys era; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Death & Loveâ&#x20AC;? is an electro-folk hybrid; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fix Youâ&#x20AC;? blasts off into spaceman-Bowie territory; the darkly sensual â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Rainâ&#x20AC;? sounds like late-career Leonard Cohen. At times on Love From London, it seems that Hitchcock puts the emphasis on sound rather than songwriting, a tough pill to swallow for those who appreciate him for lyrical wit and insight above all else. But in refocusing his creativity, Hitchcock gives a reminder that it takes more than lyrics to remain a relevant and evolving musical entity for four decades. Eric Swedlund

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J-Timâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return to music is a kind of manifesto on where the traditions of classic soul, funk and R&B stand in the 21st century. Where FutureSex/LoveSounds played Russian roulette with musical stylesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it was Timberlakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experimental phaseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;The 20/20 Experience is rooted in tradition. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reminiscent of what BeyoncĂŠ Knowles, another multi-platform megastar in a crucial early-middle period of her career, did with 2011â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4: return to her roots. 4 got knocked for being less accessible and less commercial, and The 20/20 Experience might face those same criticisms. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a strange progfunk-R&B hybrid, a kind of concept album where most songs run seven minutes or longer. Timberlake, like Knowles in 2011, is issuing a statement of authenticity that doubles as a challenge to his fan base: Follow me deep into these grooves. Timberlakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision here is kitschy and weird enough to work. Borrowing heavily from the space-age sexploitation of 1970s funk bands like Parliament/Funkadelic, Timberlake has his tongue firmly in cheek as he croons on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strawberry Bubblegum,â&#x20AC;? and utters phrases like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wrapped up in my space lover cocoonâ&#x20AC;? on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spaceship Coupe.â&#x20AC;? While these tracks tend to modernize classic soundsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Timberlakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stevie Wonder-by-way-of-James Blakeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the album goes full retro on upbeat soul ballads â&#x20AC;&#x153;That Girlâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pusher Love Girl.â&#x20AC;? Not every idea works; the Miami Sound Machineriffing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let the Groove Get Inâ&#x20AC;? just sounds tacky. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s damned exciting to hear Timberlake put out something so ambitious and strange. Sean Bottai

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re aggrieved because Push the Sky Away is a peculiar variation on the original Bad Seedsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with Mick Harvey departed but Barry Adamson guestingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re likely still upset about Cave abandoning most of the Birthday Party for his solo career. For others, however, the sparse, hazy sheen of Push the Sky Away resounds as a departure from the hammer-fist approach of recent Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and a decidedly different sound than Grindermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acid blues. Opener â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Know Who U Râ&#x20AC;? is set to icy, staccato loops programmed by Warren Ellis, Caveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current musical Svengali, which cement the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tonal template. Meanwhile, the fat, low and haunted synths of the titular closing track leave an ominous, lingering residue. Still, for all its alien soundsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;washes of guitars, humming electric pianos, brushed percussionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the album is often quite sanguine, from the cooing, beautiful chorus of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wide Lovely Eyesâ&#x20AC;? to the trembling musical pileup of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jubilee Street.â&#x20AC;? Lyrically, Push the Sky Away is highlighted by distance, be it trips to outer space or far-off mermaids on the rocks. And, despite its frequently surrealistic imagery, Cave anchors things to the here and now. The saggy, aimless â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Real Coolâ&#x20AC;? boasts a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wikipediaâ&#x20AC;? mention, while both Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus get mentions in the excellent noir-blues trawl of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Higgs Boson Blues.â&#x20AC;? For an album whose presentation suggests a minor effort, Cave and company still execute at a remarkably high level. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mermaids,â&#x20AC;? a song that blossoms from a bawdy limerick to a feverish ballad, helps illustrate the dark, crafted appeal of Push the Sky Away. Michael Pettiti

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Lackluster Lawmaking BY J.M. SMITH, jsmith@tucsonweekly.com ur esteemed state Legislature is hard at work up in Phoenix, collectively yea-ing and nay-ing its way through huge piles of legislation, some of which will surely make your life better and some of which will just piss you off. To wit: A few weeks ago, I wrote about a suggestion from a Phoenix valley ‘stick to bring the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act before voters again. The resolution in the state House of Representatives, brought by a Republican, would not have required the governor’s signature to pass. Thankfully the Teabilly attempt didn’t get a hearing in committee, so it goes nowhere, at least until he or another of his ilk tries again. Politicians have a way of doing that, as evidenced by the 30-some attempts in Congress to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. A Republican woman from Phoenix is apparently all in a huff over medical marijuana, as she introduced several Senate bills to tighten controls on the stuff. Senate Bill 1440, which passed the Senate and is awaiting House action, would require labeling of cannabis as medicine and require the state Department of Health Services to revoke the license of any dispensary that violates the requirement. So far, so good. But the Good Senators added a bizarre amendment requiring cannabis packaging to be white and opaque and labels written in black ink on a white background. WTF? Seriously? There are no words to describe the inanity of that. Senate Bill 1441 would allow —nay, require —law enforcement agencies to destroy cannabis seized from medical patients or caregivers even if an investigation reveals no wrongdoing. This one gets a WTF in its entirety. It’s

equivalent to a cop stopping you at a DUI checkpoint, then destroying your car, even if you pass a blood test. No thanks. Senate Bill 1442 would ban possession or use of medical cannabis at child-care facilities, while Senate Bill 1443 would allow patients involved in research at colleges and universities to have and use medical cannabis—which is currently illegal on college campuses. A provision of the bill almost makes it a moot point, however. It lets the institutions’ review boards require “applicable federal approvals,” which could include the nefarious National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Drug Enforcement Administration, both of which have consistently denied approval for cannabis research. This one clears the deck for research, when the federal government finally gives up the fight to suppress cannabis science. Another Republican is asking that the state allow counties to restrict cannabis growers, even though other agricultural crops are protected from such restrictions. Senate Bill 1098 is an attempt to prevent large-scale grow operations that could arise if caregivers combine efforts. God forbid we should have any pesky business-minded folks trying to create economies of scale to benefit patients. So it seems that some Republicans are actually having a few good ideas up in the Valley of the ‘Sticks, suggesting some things that make sense and might tighten the cannabis ship in good ways. But some of it is unadulterated bullshit. It never ceases to amaze me how Arizona’s neoconservatives want the federal government off their backs, then proceed to get all up in their own constituents’ shit with silly laws requiring white packages and seemingly unconstitutional destruction of property. You’d think I’d get used to it, after living here a couple of decades. I hope I never do.

Inkwell: “Code of Silence” by Ben Tausig ACROSS 1. Former UN leader Hammarskjöld [Note: The circled letters comprise a three-word instruction that, when applied to one square in the completed grid, reveals a group who might follow a code of silence] 4. Private invasion, with “the” 8. Wells’s genre 13. Card game with its own deck 14. Major microcredit organization 15. “Shoot!” 16. Certain mind tricks 19. Networking event, often 20. Singer Mann with a “Big Lebowski” role 21. Eisenhower Executive Office Building figs. 22. White stuff, commercially 23. Common Asian place suffix 24. Salinger and Souther, e.g. 27. “Buy it for looks. Buy it for life” sloganeer 28. Aussie airport code 29. Texted question of concern 30. Means of transport when you’re late? 32. Unhelpful implements in janitors’ closets 34. Like some urban legends 37. Name in soccer cleats 38. Butt byproduct 41. “Greetings, friend!” 42. Palindromic Dutch city 43. Harper’s Bazaar artist 44. ___ Maria 45. They’re shorter than full-lengths 48. Producer of material for bats 49. Pageant winner who also won at the “USA” and “Universe” levels in 2012 54. Making-of 55. Eats into, as rock 56. Bombeck who wrote “Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession” 57. Magician Geller who beefed with James Randi 58. Exchange numbers? 59. One unlikely to veg out 60. Hotmail owner

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blooming of your most soulful ambitions. One way to help ensure that the best stories will flow your way is to regale receptive people with transformative tales from your past. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Dear Rob: I’m spreading the word about Beer Week in your town, and I’d love to see you and your beer-loving readers at some of the events. Any chance you can include some coverage of Beer Week celebrations in your upcoming column? Cheers, Patricia.” Dear Patricia: I don’t do product placement or other forms of secret advertising in my horoscopes. To allow it would violate the sacred trust I have with my readers, who rely on me to translate the meaning of the cosmic signs without injecting any hidden agendas. It is true that Leos might be prone to imbibing great quantities of beer in the coming week, simply because they’d benefit from lowering their inhibitions, getting in touch with their buried feelings, and expanding their consciousness. But to be frank, I’d rather see them do that without the aid of drugs and alcohol. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Hoping to stir up some fun trouble, I posted the following message on my Facebook page: “Don’t judge someone just because they sin differently than you.” A torrent of readers left comments in response. My favorite was from Sue Sims, who said, “Yeah, they might be better at your kind of sin and you might learn something!” That advice is just the kind of healing mischief you need right now, Virgo. It’s a bit ironic, true, but still: Take it and run with it. Study the people who have mad skills at pulling off the rousing adventures and daring pleasures and interesting “sins” that you’d like to call your own. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The French verb renverser can be translated as “to turn upside-down” or “to reverse the flow.” The adjectival form is renversant, which means “stunning” or “astonishing.” I think you may soon have experiences that could be described by those words. There’s a good chance that a dry, impoverished part of your life will get a juicy, fertile infusion. A deficiency you have worried about might get at least half-filled. An inadequacy that makes you feel sad may be bolstered by reinforcements. Alas, there could also be a slight reversal that’s not so gratifying. One

of your assets may temporarily become irrelevant. But the trade-off is worth it, Libra. Your gains will outstrip your loss. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Professor Martyn Poliakoff creates short Youtube videos to help teach the public about chemistry. In one video, he explains why an explanation he gave in a previous video was completely mistaken. “It’s always good for a scientist to be proved wrong,” he confesses cheerfully. Then he moves on to speculate about what the right answer might be. I love humility like that! It’s admirable. It’s also the best way to find out the truth about reality. I hope you will summon a similar attitude in the coming weeks, Scorpio: a generous curiosity that makes you eager to learn something new about stuff you thought you had all figured out. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): On the one hand, menopausal women are no longer able to bear children. On the other hand, they often overflow with fresh possibilities and creative ideas. More time is available to them because their children have moved out of the house or don’t

require as much care. They can begin new careers, focus on their own development, and devote more attention to their personal needs. So in one way their fertility dries up; in another way it may awaken and expand. I suspect that whether or not you are menopausal, you are on the cusp of a comparable shift in your fecundity: one door closing, another door swinging open. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The TV reality show Freaky Eaters profiled a woman named Kelly who had eaten nothing but cheesy potatoes for 30 years. Her average intake: eight pounds of potatoes and four cups of cheese per day. “I love cheesy potatoes,” she testified. “They’re stewy, gooey, and just yum-yum-yummy. They’re like crack to me.” I’m a bit concerned that you’re flirting with behavior comparable to hers. Not in regards to cheesy potatoes, of course, but to some other fetish. I will ask you to make sure that you’re not starting to over-specialize. It would be wise to avoid obsessing on a single type of anything. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the 17th century, polite people referred to moun-

tains as “warts” and “boils on the earth’s complexion.” So says Robert Macfarlane in his book Mountains of the Mind. Annie Dillard describes the peculiar behavior of educated European tourists in the 18th century. When they visited the Alps, she writes in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, “they deliberately blindfolded their eyes to shield themselves from the evidence of the earth’s horrid irregularity.” Don’t be anything like those dumb sophisticates, Aquarius. When you spy irregularities in the coming weeks, consider the possibility that they are natural and healthy. This will allow you to perceive their useful beauty. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You are not for sale. Remember? Your scruples and ideals and talents cannot be bought off for any amount of money. You will not be cheated out of your birthright and you will not allow your dreams to be stolen. Although it’s true that you may have to temporarily rent your soul from time to time, you will never auction it off for good. I’m sure you know these things, Pisces, but I suspect it’s time to renew your fiery commitment to them.

¡ASK A MEXICAN! BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO, themexican@askamexican.net an.net Dear Mexican: I’m living in Mexico part of the year. I’m learning Spanish but can’t say I understand or speak well. I read several books about the history of Mexico and think I’m reasonably well-informed. I’m curious about a phrase on a T-shirt in an expensive shop in Puerto Vallarta. It had interesting artwork on it and the phrase “Soy Como la Chingada. Loteria la Tiznada.” I asked the storekeeper, a Mexican lady who spoke a little English, what it meant and she said, “Oh it’s just a joke.” Then a customer who also appeared to be Mexican said it means, “I am like the fucked one. It’s a joke.” I Googled the meaning and gather it means “motherfucker” but I don’t get the lottery part. Does it mean, “I am fucked because I lost the lottery of life”? Anyone who could afford to shop in that store is obviously not poor. Another site said the phrase goes back to the Revolution and refers to sons of raped mothers. I’m guessing this is some kind of ironic hipster statement but I don’t get the joke? Retiree Rhonda Dear Gabacha: Since you didn’t describe the artwork other than say it’s “interesting,” I’m assuming that the T-shirt was a pun involving Lotería de los 100 Apodos de la Muerte (“The Lotería of the 100 Nicknames of Death), a novelty take on the bingo-ish lotería game. One of the cards is titled “La Tiznada,” which in the version I have is a calavera mockup of Frida Kahlo. But what exactly is a tiznada, and how does it relate to chingada and raped mothers? Tiznada translate literally as “to be covered in soot,” but is usually used to describe a woman whose reputation is besmirched. Tiznada is also a polite synonym for chingada—“fucked,” in the feminine form. “Vete a la tiznada” means the same as “Vete a la chingada,” which means “Fuck off” or—more accurately—“Go to hell.” Now the raped mother part. As the Mexican has explained before, chingar is derived from cingarár—“to fight” in Caló, the language of Spanish Gypsies that had a profound influence on Mexican-American slang—and has multiple meanings across Latin America: the Royal Academy of Spanish lists nine separate entries for the verbo, from “to fuck” to “annoy” to “unevenly hang” in Argentina and Uruguay to “cut the tail of an animal” for Central

Americans. But chingar is most associated with Mexico, specifically in its incarnations as “to beat up” (Te voy a chingar—“I’m going to fuck you up”) and especially with hijo de la chingada—“son of the fucked one,” here specifically referring to Malintzin, Cortés’ Indian mistress who brought doom and gloom to the Aztecs. Nobel Prize laureate Octavio Paz devoted a section of his magisterial The Labyrinth of Solitude to Mexico’s peculiar obsession with chingar and its many conjugations, so I’ll direct you to el maestro: “What is the Chingada?’ The Chingada is the Mother forcibly opened, violated or deceived. The hijo de la Chingada is the offspring of violation, abduction or deceit. If we compare this expression with the Spanish hijo de puta (son of a whore), the difference is immediately obvious. To the Spaniard, dishonor consists in being the son of a woman who voluntarily surrenders herself: a prostitute. To the Mexican, it consists in being the fruit of a violation.” And people wonder why Mexicans are chingados… I need to know why Mexicans wipe their boogers on restroom walls. The White Jesus Dear Gabacho: Same reason we throw our used toilet paper in the trash—to remind them that even while taking a shit, gabachos can never escape the Reconquista. Ask the Mexican at themexican@askamexican. net, be his fan on Facebook, follow him on Twitter @gustavoarellano or ask him a video question at youtube.com/askamexicano!

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recordings. Yet the same person who believes gay men are prim sissies also believes we’re capable of holding a struggling rodent in one hand while ripping its lower jaw off with the other, and then tearing its legs off (think of the mess!) and stuffing it up our butts—hardly a prim pastime. This is known as cognitive dissonance: the holding of mutually exclusive beliefs. 2. There is nothing intrinsically “gay” about gerbil-stuffing. You don’t need two penises—you don’t actually need penises at all—or an original Broadway cast recording. All you need is one doomed gerbil and one willing butthole (and pliers, lube, tubes, and string). Some straight people have a peculiar need to believe certain sex acts—usually disgusting ones—are practiced only by gay men, despite evidence to the contrary. Fisting, for instance. Straight people can and do fist. I have a file of heterosexual fisting photos, anal and vaginal, that I’ve pulled off the internet; I keep them on my desktop to prove to family and friends that, yes indeed, straight people fist. This curious impulse to credit gay men with sex acts that anyone can perform extends to sex acts straight people themselves are the primary practitioners of. Child rape, for instance. 3. Inserting a wet cardboard paper-towel roll into your ass is simply not possible, as anyone who’s ever put anything in their ass can tell you. Now I feel I can write with some authority that no one has ever actually stuffed a gerbil up their butt, perhaps with more authority than I can write that God and angels do not exist. I’ve had conversations with hundreds of outrageously kinky people, gay and straight, who’ve told me the craziest shit: I once chatted for an hour with a guy who married his horse. (He was deeply offended when I asked if his horse was a he horse or a she horse. “I am not a homosexual,” the hetero horse-fucker informed me.) Both in my professional and personal life, thousands of guys have freely admitted to doing the most out-there, dangerous, risky, stupid, kinky stuff. But not once in all these years has anyone ever told me that he, or anyone he knows, or anyone anyone he knows knows, has ever put a gerbil in his ass. Like the doomed gerbils themselves, this story has no legs. It is an urban legend. But you don’t have to take my word for it: I have proof. If gay men and Richard Gere stuffed gerbils in their butts, well, then the pet stores that serve the gay and Richard Gere communities would stock gerbils, right? I mean, everything else that a perverse gay man needs is available in your average gay neighborhood, from poppers to butt plugs to bullwhips to sofa sectionals. So if we stuff gerbils up our butts, then pet stores in, say, California must do a bang-up gerbil business. But guess what? In San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood, gay ground zero, the pet store Petpourri, “where professionals answer your every question,” sells only pet supplies—no gerbils—and they don’t stock cardboard papertowel tubes or pliers, either. Animal Farm in West Hollywood, also a very gay place, sells only dogs and cats (which wouldn’t fit up anyone’s butt, not even Richard Gere’s). And guess what I learned while looking into this? Not only do pet stores in California not sell gerbils, but it’s actually illegal for them to do so. According to Marshall Meyers, an attorney at the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council in Washington, DC: “California law prohibits the sale of gerbils because of desert conditions in that state. Gerbils were once a desert mammal, and the state was concerned that gerbils could escape and establish themselves in the wild. It is a form of animal control.” It’s not because gay men stick them in their asses? “No, it’s strictly an ecosystem issue.” Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage; follow me @fakedansavage on Twitter.

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