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OPINION Tom Danehy 4 Randy Serraglio 6 Jim Hightower 6 Interested in building and/or fixing things? You may want to look into Xerocraft.

Guest Commentary 8 Mailbag 8

CURRENTS The Skinny 9

By Jim Nintzel

Underlying the Overlays 9 By Tim Vanderpool

The city OKs more controversial zoning changes meant to spur economic development Media Watch 10 By John Schuster

Penny-Pinchers 11 By Hank Stephenson

Lawmakers balance the budget—and stash most of the leftover cash Weekly Wide Web 12 Compiled by Dan Gibson

Police Dispatch 12

The perfect accompaniment to a Purell cocktail.

By Anna Mirocha

Hackerspace! 13 By Alex Dalenberg

DIYers, take note: There’s a new local collective designed just for you A Community Divided 15 By Mari Herreras

The latest casualty in the battle over TUSD’s MexicanAmerican studies program: family relationships and friendships

Worthy of Support Some random thoughts and FYIs this week … • We’re in the home stretch for voting in both our Best of Tucson® and Tucson Area Music Awards (TAMMIES) readers’ choice polls. Voting ends on Wednesday, May 30—that’s less than three weeks away. If you have not yet voted, please head to TucsonWeekly. com and do so ASAP! If you have voted, please accept my sincere thanks. • Mark your calendars for some upcoming special issues. Don’t miss our annual Summer Survival Guide—featuring our Summer Movie Preview, our Summer Arts Preview, and tons more—on May 24. (That’s in two weeks! Hot enough for ya yet?) • On June 14, we’ll publish the second of our three 2012 Pride supplements, focusing on the Tucson LGBT community. If you have any listings requests for the special Pride calendar—featuring events through early October—get them to us at listings@tucsonweekly.com NO LATER THAN Friday, June 1. • I played hooky from the office last week and flew down to Puerto Vallarta with the hubby for eight days of (mostly) vacation. Other than suffering from the worst sunburn I have had in my life (and I was not even in direct sunlight when I burned to a crisp—yes, I am that much of a gringo), it was a fantastic time. A lot of Americans these days are reflexively afraid of the entirety of Mexico: They’ve heard bad things are happening there, and therefore want nothing to do with the entire country. While it’s true bad things are indeed happening in parts of Mexico thanks to the narco war (which you can read more about in Randy Serraglio’s column on Page 6), other parts are perfectly fine. Not once did I feel unsafe in Puerto Vallarta. Support our worthy friends to the south. They need it. JIMMY BOEGLE, Editor jboegle@tucsonweekly.com COVER DESIGN BY ANDREW ARTHUR; PHOTOS BY DIANA URIBE

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CULTURE

CHOW

City Week 20 Our picks for the week

Wheat Be Gone! 42

TQ&A 22 Enrique Garcia, Tucson Youth Poetry Slam champion

PERFORMING ARTS Working-Class Heroes 30 By Laura C.J. Owen

Actor Ken Beider redeems Beowulf Alley’s dark tale about dockworkers Ramped-Up Reruns 32 By Margaret Regan

Two local dance companies reprise popular concerts from 2011—and kick them up a notch

VISUAL ARTS City Week listings 34

By Rita Connelly

People with gluten allergies will love Gourmet Girls, glitches aside Noshing Around 42 By Adam Borowitz

MUSIC Musical Introspection 50 By Gene Armstrong

With Lotus Plaza, Deerhunter’s Lockett Pundt steps into the spotlight Soundbites 50 By Stephen Seigel

Club Listings 52 Nine Questions 56 Live 57

BOOKS

Rhythm & Views 59

Worthy Theater 37

MEDICAL MJ

By Christine Wald-Hopkins

The Pot Economy 61

Anaya’s play collection is compelling—but it does not stand up to his fiction

CINEMA The Reggae King 38 By Bob Grimm

The life of Bob Marley is detailed in this fascinating new documentary Film Times 39 Runaway Pontiff 40 By Colin Boyd

A great performance and a fun idea are fumbled in We Have a Pope Now Showing at Home 41

By J.M. Smith

The state is making prospective MMJ-dispensary owners jump through costly hoops

CLASSIFIEDS Comix 63-64 Free Will Astrology 63 ¡Ask a Mexican! 64 Savage Love 65 Personals 68 Employment 69 News of the Weird 70 Real Estate 70 Rentals 70 Mind, Body and Spirit 71 Crossword 71 *Adult Content 65-68

DANEHY OPINION

Local cyclists are fighting for the right to ride in county parks at night

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EDITORIAL Jimmy Boegle Editor Jim Nintzel Senior Writer Irene Messina Assistant Editor Mari Herreras Staff Writer Linda Ray City Week Listings Dan Gibson Web Producer Margaret Regan Arts Editor Stephen Seigel Music Editor Bill Clemens Copy Editor Tom Danehy, Renée Downing, Ryn Gargulinski, Randy Serraglio, J.M. Smith Columnists Colin Boyd, Bob Grimm Cinema Writers Adam Borowitz, Rita Connelly, Jacqueline Kuder Chow Writers David Mendez, Alexandra Newman, Michelle Weiss Editorial Interns Zachary Vito Photography Intern Sherilyn Forrester, Laura C.J. Owen Theater Writers Contributors Jacquie Allen, Gustavo Arellano, Gene Armstrong, Sean Bottai, Rob Brezsny, Max Cannon, Rand Carlson, Frank Carroll, Alex Dalenberg, Michael Grimm, Matt Groening, Jim Hightower, David Kish, Anna Mirocha, Brian Mock, Andy Mosier, Brian J. Pedersen, Dan Perkins, Ted Rall, Dan Savage, John Schuster, Chuck Shepherd, Hank Stephenson, Eric Swedlund, Tim Vanderpool, Christine Wald-Hopkins SALES AND BUSINESS Jill A’Hearn Advertising Director Monica Akyol Inside Sales Manager Laura Bohling, Michele LeCoumpte, Alan Schultz, David White Account Executives Jim Keyes Digital Sales Manager Beth Brouillette Business Manager Robin Taheri Business Office Natasha Marble, Stephen Myers Inside Sales Representatives NATIONAL ADVERTISING: The Ruxton Group (888)-2Ruxton New York (212) 477-8781, Chicago (312) 828-0564, Phoenix (602) 238-4800, San Francisco, (415) 659-5545 PRODUCTION & CIRCULATION Andrew Arthur Art Director Laura Horvath Circulation Manager Duane Hollis Editorial Layout Kristen Beumeler, Kyle Bogan, Shari Chase, Josh Farris, Anne Koglin, Adam Kurtz, Matthew Langenheim, Daniel Singleton, Denise Utter, Greg Willhite, Yaron Yarden Production Staff Tucson Weekly® (ISSN 0742-0692) is published every Thursday by Wick Communications at 3280 E. Hemisphere Loop,Tucson, Arizona. Address all editorial, business and production correspondence to: Tucson Weekly, P.O. Box 27087,Tucson, Arizona 85726. Phone: (520) 294-1200, FAX (520) 792-2096. First Class subscriptions, mailed in an envelope, cost $112 yearly/53 issues. Sorry, no refunds on subscriptions. Member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN).The Tucson Weekly® and Best of Tucson® are registered trademarks of Wick Communications. Back issues of the Tucson Weekly are available for $1 each plus postage for the current year. Back issues from any previous year are $3 plus postage. Back issues of the Best of Tucson® are $5. Distribution: The Tucson Weekly is available free of charge in Pima County, limited to one copy per reader. Additional copies of the current issue of the Tucson Weekly may be purchased for $1, payable at the Tucson Weekly office in advance. Outside Pima County, the single-copy cost of Tucson Weekly is $1. Tucson Weekly may be distributed only by the Tucson Weekly’s authorized independent contractors or Tucson Weekly’s authorized distributors. No person may, without prior written permission of the Tucson Weekly, take more than one copy of each week’s Tucson Weekly issue. Copyright: The entire contents of Tucson Weekly are Copyright © 2012 by Wick Communications. No portion may be reproduced in whole or part by any means without the express written permission of the Publisher, Tucson Weekly, P.O. Box 27087, Tucson, AZ 85726.

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petition is being circulated by mountain-biking enthusiasts who want Pima County to legalize night use of area trails. At first thought, it seems like a reasonable request—but then it turns into one of those pesky adult things where you can see both sides of the argument. The petition is being circulated by members of the Southern Arizona Mountain Bike Association and the Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicyclists. There is a version of the petition online that was written by SAMBA leader James DiDomenico. (Just once, I’d like to be referred to as a samba leader. Maybe at the 2016 Olympics; that’s my next quest.) Anyway, he writes, “Tucson county parks currently close at dark, an ambiguous time.”

I have to stop him here. “Dark” isn’t a time. Dark is a visual phenomenon or a poet’s general state of being, and sometimes an intrafamilial insult among certain Hispanics. Anyway, he continues, “Dark occurs in the winter months at close to 5:30 p.m. and in the summer months around 8 p.m. These times hardly give taxpayers who work all day time to enjoy the parks! (His exclamation point.) I would like to see a fixed time, such as 10 or 11 p.m., as a closing time, if one is actually needed. This gives everyone adequate notice and allows police to patrol and ticket offenders if needed.” As I’ve said before, I think Tucson’s cyclists are crazy, bless their insane hearts. A lot of the time, I don’t even like being on Tucson’s streets in a car full of airbags. I have no idea how these people can be among the Road Ragers, the Speed Racers, and the Butthole Texters with nothing between them and the aforementioned jackasses except a stripe on the pavement and a thin layer of skin-tight clothing. But they’re out there every day, and more power to them. I also readily admit that I don’t understand the concept of mountain-biking. I guess it’s a less-boring form of hiking, which, in my experience, is one step up from dental work. But if people like to do it, and they respect the desert, good for them. According to cycling enthusiast Cassi Morelock, in the old days, road and trail cyclists had two options in the Tucson summer: They could ride in the 100-degree heat of daytime, risking dehydration, heat stroke, sunburn and dehydration. (That lack-of-water thing is extra bad.) Or they could try to ride at night, with little or no visibility, and risk crashing into Paul Babeu making out with his boyfriend while pretending to be on a stakeout. Morelock says that technological breakthroughs in light-

RANDOM SHOTS By Rand Carlson

ing allow runners and cyclists to work out at night. Some lights allow athletes to see several hundred feet ahead of them. However, because of pesky physics, in order to illuminate that far out, the beams have to be relatively narrow and don’t illuminate off to the side. As it stands now, the trails are only open from dawn to dusk. They’re rarely patrolled at night, but if somebody gets busted, the resulting fine can be substantial. The petitionpassers would like to do away with that possibility. Right from the jump, they collected several hundred realpeople signatures. They then put the petition on Facebook, which means they have the potential to collect 800 million more signatures. If they just got everybody in Uzbekistan to sign, Pima County might have to cave. It’s a tough call, really. These are adults who we’re talking about, and they wouldn’t be out to do any harm. If the plan is OK’d, special measures will have to be taken to make sure that minors aren’t riding the hills at night. (Adults, by and large, have the right to take their lives in their own hands. Kids, not so much.) There would also need to be increased patrols in these areas to protect the exercise enthusiasts from the freaks who come out at night. There are mountain lions and snakes and bears, oh my, plus armadillos and coyotes (both kinds) and chupacabras up in those hills, not to mention the alligators in the sewers. Then you have the human freaks. (And we all know of whom I speak. They all look like the original members of the Allman Brothers Band, and they get together to listen to white-trash death metal and smoke Caucasian ganja, then spray-paint stupid stuff all over the place, mistaking lame for badass in their stupor.) The increased patrols will either cost more money or divert manpower from other parts of the community. In addition, there will probably be an increased need for the services of other first-responders. I don’t care how careful and experienced these cyclists are; some of those people are going to be falling off mountains. If the county gives its OK to the plan, it should definitely insist that people sign liability waivers. You just know that some knucklehead who’s riding really fast on a mountain at night will biff and then sue the county because it didn’t warn him that riding really fast on a mountain at night is dangerous. Still, these people are hard-core and determined. Let ’em ride.

SERRAGLIO OPINION

Our society is being crippled by the pursuit of profit over all else HIGHTOWER

BY RANDY SERRAGLIO, rserraglio@tucsonweekly.com

BY JIM HIGHTOWER

LOST IN WALMART’S RABBIT HOLE

hen a body is found on the streets of Mexico—often young, and sometimes faceless from torture or mutilation—people don’t usually say much, at least not openly. But there is a phrase that’s commonly whispered behind the veil of violence that has become ubiquitous in Mexican daily life over the past five years: “En algo andaba.” He must have been caught up in something. When Mexican poet Javier Sicilia’s son, Juan Francisco, was murdered a year ago, his reaction was similar, in some ways. He dedicated a final poem to him and then declared that he had no more words to put into poetry or express his pain.

Apparently, a skunk doesn’t smell its own stink—or at least it’s not offended by it. Likewise, Walmart honchos are presently talking about the nauseating stench of its still-evolving bribery scandal as though it’s coming from somewhere else. “We are deeply concerned by these allegations,” declared a corporate spokesman, “and are Instead, he dedicated his life to publicly identifying exactworking aggressively to determine what haply what it was that his son was caught up in. That work pened.” brought him to the University of Arizona last week, where Well, gosh, just walk aggressively to he laid it out in no uncertain terms for a packed room of the executive suite and ask CEO Mike hundreds of Tucsonans. Duke, board member Lee Scott, and vice Outgoing Mexican President Felipe Calderón would have chairman Eduardo Castro-Wright. While you believe that Juan Francisco was up to no good, that he Walmart’s massive bribery payments took got what he deserved. Calderón’s five-year offensive against place in Mexico, the corruption emanated the drug cartels has resulted in more than 50,000 deaths, from the very top of corporate headquarters 10,000 disappearances and a million people displaced from in Bentonville, Ark. their homes. He insists that 90 percent of the victims in this It stems directly from Walmart’s ruling ongoing bloodbath are guilty of something. ethic of ruthless expansion and profit at Javier Sicilia knows better. He knows that even when all costs, pressuring managers to achieve people are caught up in the drug trade, it’s often not by “very aggressive growth goals” by doing choice. He knows that the choices often boil down to plata “whatever was necessary.” A decade o plomo—silver or lead. And he intimately understands that ago, when Mr. Castro-Wright was head of the victims are not numbers. They’re human beings, Walmart operations in Mexico, he decided beloved by fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers. that “necessary” included unbridled bribSicilia also understands very clearly that Calderón is ery. He began doling out some $24 million merely a lieutenant in the War on Drugs, a war manufacto Mexican officials, clearing Walmart’s path for rapid domination of Mexico’s retail market. As early as 2005, this was known—and THIS MODERN WORLD By Tom Tomorrow condoned—by corporate chieftains in Bentonville, including then-CEO Scott and Duke, who oversaw all international divisions at the time. So, what happened? Far from stopping the corrupt payments, Scott killed an internal inquiry into the corruption by turning it over to—guess who?—CastroWright. Yes, the very same man pushing the illegality! The bribes continued; Castro-Wright was promoted to vice chairman; Scott retired with a golden pension and multi-million-dollar fortune; and Duke was elevated to CEO, now drawing $18 million a year in pay. Walmart’s executives are stinkier than a whole den of skunks could ever be.

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tured in the United States and exported to many countries. In a cynical ploy to establish legitimacy after an obviously corrupt 2006 election that was protested by millions, Calderón pledged to take on the cartels and establish a more-secure Mexico. The country has since been flooded with U.S. military-grade arms and training, and more than 60,000 guns that crossed the border illegally, thousands of which were secretly facilitated by U.S. authorities. The predictable result has been massive violence and a devastating breakdown of public security in Mexico. Not only do beloved sons and daughters die in the streets; there’s almost no chance that their murderers will be prosecuted. For grieving family members, such near-total impunity may be hard to stomach, but for Javier, the political impunity of those who conduct the drug war is harder still. That’s why he wants Tucsonans to know that he and millions of other Mexicans are “hasta la madre” with our destructive exports—a phrase that bluntly invokes the sanctity of motherhood to express a profound exasperation with a senseless policy that’s sanctioned and paid for by every red-blooded, taxpaying American citizen. We are caught up in something, and it’s largely our responsibility. But don’t misunderstand—this issue goes beyond national allegiances. Javier puts U.S. and Mexican politicians in the same leaky boat. He’ll be the first to tell you that institutions in both nations are corrupted by the same forces, that politicians use the same fears to manipulate people and maintain power, and that Mexico treats its undocumented immigrant labor force worse than we treat ours. For Javier, the root of this evil is capitalismo, an economic system that reduces virtually every aspect of society to its monetary value. It’s not just the half-trillion-dollar-a-year drug trade that corrupts—violence itself is a commodity, as are the human lives it swallows up. We’re unable to break our addiction to the drug war for the same reason that we can’t free ourselves from petroleum, toxic chemicals, environmental destruction, for-profit health care or other powerful economic influences that have such a pernicious effect on human welfare: Our society is paralyzed by the pursuit of profit. I, for one, am sick and tired of hearing “the economy” invoked as an excuse for so much destruction and suffering, as if it were some living entity or end in itself. There are many ways to exchange goods and services, and many ways to govern that exchange. Economics should serve the public welfare—not the other way around. This August, Sicilia and his Movement for Peace With Justice and Dignity will launch a caravan from San Diego to Washington, D.C. Modeled after efforts in Mexico, it will come through Tucson. Follow its progress, and the political poem that Javier’s life has become, at www.globalexchange.org/mexico/caravan.

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Thanks for Pointing Out Blatant GOP Lies I am happy that you published some of the lies that Jesse Kelly has been telling (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stop the Lies,â&#x20AC;? Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Note, April 26). I wish that someone (Ron Barber or Jesseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s GOP constituents?) would call Jesse on this. Yes, apparently Martha McSally has, but this is not sufficient. The problem with these GOP lies is they resonate with many GOP voters. When Jesse ran against Gabby, I spotted â&#x20AC;&#x153;campaignâ&#x20AC;? signs sprouting up saying: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gabrielle Giffords kills babies!â&#x20AC;? Jesse probably didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t authorize these signs, but I never heard him denounce the signs or the message. Peter Ianchiou

Please Keep Up Coverage of West University Zoning Issues Thanks for providing detailed coverage of the West University overlay situation (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lay of the Land,â&#x20AC;? Currents, April 19). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a disgusting mess that the residents of Tucson need to know about. The city rezoned part of the West University historic district to allow for high-rise buildings. The neighbors decided to circulate a referendum petition that would require that the rezoning approval be put on the ballot. The city canceled their rights by giving the neighbors an invalid signature form, and then refusing to accept the signatures collected on that form. John Kromko

Corrections/Clarifications In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ties That Bindâ&#x20AC;? (Currents, May 3), we incorrectly identified Kim Dominguez as a founding member of UNIDOS. She considers herself a member of the group, but is not a founding member. In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water Waysâ&#x20AC;? (Currents, May 3), due to an editing error, Robert Varadyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name was spelled incorrectly. In the May 3 TQ&A, we reported that Nick Fontana became a member of the Legislature on Monday, April 23. The Pima County Board of Supervisors appointed him on that day, but he actually joined the state House on Monday, April 30. We apologize for the mistakes.

Because humans lost perspective, our forests face a future of bugs and fires BY FRANK CARROLL

y dad was a Forest Service ranger, part of the battle-hardened generation stepping back into real life from World War II. Rangers like him moved to tiny towns like Luna, N.M., and Custer, S.D., to work 24-hour days. Their wives were often their chief assistants and sometimes even served as firefighters. The children of rangers were just like Army brats, though wherever we moved, we had the privilege of living in national forests. We knew the forests the way city kids know the city. We also knew everybody in the area. I remember how angry my dad got when my godfather, a rancher, sold several 400-year-old pines to a logger.

I also remember how mad my godfather got when my dad rounded up 20 of a neighborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cows because they were trespassing on public land. He charged the owner $5 per head to get them back. And I was there the night some cowboys showed up late, carrying a rope with a noose on the end after a grazing dispute. My dad met them at the door with an M1 .30 caliber carbine with a 30-round clip. Some 30 years later, those same cowboys asked him to write the official Forest Service history of their little valley. A lot has changed during my time with the agency. Half of the rangers are now women. Rangers get paid for working 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., though they usually work longer hours, and their kids can no longer ride along. The secretary who used to come in on Friday afternoons to file a few reports has been replaced by a big staff with computers. But we still argue about how to save wild places and how to manage the land for the benefit of the many. Perhaps the single-most-profound change has been our realization that we are ultimately powerless to control the vast landscapes. The 1930s Dust Bowl helped sear that message into our memories. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had to learn that forests are continually being reshaped by people, wildlife, fire and mountain pine beetles. The forest I woke up to almost 60 years ago no longer exists. The Black Hills I visited 45 years ago are equally alien. Gone are most of the open pine forests. We cut them down because we needed them to build our homes or fight our wars or drive our industries. Now, dense, spindly forests cover the Black Hills and the area around Flagstaff, and these new forests are neither desirable nor sustainable. The trouble with human beings is that we live such short lives. Some trees in the Black Hills are more than 700 years oldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;about 35 human generations. They were already 200

years old when Columbus showed up. As the centuries passed, these trees experienced constant change, including cycles of wildfire and bark beetles, but they were not destroyed. The forests were resilient. But then, for 100 years, none of the great country my dad and I rode through was allowed to burnâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;until after 2000, when the RodeoChediski and Los Alamos fires raged, and then the morerecent Wallow and Las Conchas fires. A million acres of ponderosa pine forest burned. I recall the phrases rolling from the mouths of publicinformation officers, talking every decade about â&#x20AC;&#x153;the biggest â&#x20AC;Ś the worst â&#x20AC;Ś the most devastating fires.â&#x20AC;? We say it about the bark beetles, and we say it about the large fires. Yet none of this is new â&#x20AC;Ś and the Earth abides. The day we decided that landscapes were suitable for one particular purpose, and that we could force them to remain unchanged, was the day we lost sight of our littleness in the scheme of things. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next for the Forest Service is hard to tell, though whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next for those of us living in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming is more certain: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fire and bugs. My dad died before the Blue River country on the Arizona-New Mexico border burned last summer. I will always treasure the memories of that grand old time we had back in the days when the forest ranger was usually the tallest guy in the roomâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;just like the big old trees around him.

Frank Carroll is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He lives in Custer, S.D., and he recently retired after working for the Forest Service for 31 years.

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The city OKs more controversial zoning changes meant to spur economic development

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tions. Passed by voters in 2006, it shackles the ability of governments to claim eminent domain over private property in the name of economic development, if such development would mostly benefit another private interest. The proposition also boosts the ability of owners to seek fair compensation if their property is seized for a public purpose, such as expanding roadways. But protecting property rights may be only half the battle. Some suggest that property-tax breaks offered by these districts may not be quite the development sweetener its champions claim. Among the skeptics is Greg Furrier, a retail properties principal with Tucson’s PICOR commercial real estate company. He says the district will probably do little to spur the construction of apartment complexes, for instance, because their property taxes are already low. “You’d probably have to develop a retail property to justify saving a bunch of tax money. But the reality is that the taxes on any development really aren’t the main issue.” Property-tax abatements “would only save a developer roughly 15 percent,” he says. “There’s just not enough juice in it.” Furrier also questions whether lenders will finance development on properties deeded to the city. “What if you’re Wells Fargo Bank,” he asks, “and the city suddenly changes their regulations or charter to pull the rug out from under you?” But local officials believe the district will spark interest. “It’s been used in Phoenix with a number of their major downtown projects,” says Albert Elias, head of the city’s Urban Planning and Design Department. However, other jurisdictions, such as Scottsdale, have abandoned tax-abatement districts altogether at the insistence of property owners, who feared their holdings would be condemned and sold to developers. Our new central business district isn’t Tucson’s only development-related anxiety. Just north of downtown, residents of the West University Neighborhood are still fighting a rezoning on their fringes, next to the UA, that allows for 14 stories of student housing. The prospective builder, Campus Acquisitions, has enjoyed a cozy relationship with the city, even helping to flesh out the rezoning blueprint. West University activists fought back by gathering nearly 12,000 referendum signatures, aimed at either squelching the rezoning or putting it to a citywide vote. They subsequently saw their petitions tossed on a technicality by the city clerk, and a Pima County Superior Court judge later upheld the city’s move. The activists have since filed an appeal. At the heart of this lies a tussle over state laws

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he city continues to enact massive zoning changes that could wreak havoc on neighborhoods and property rights, while doing little to boost local fortunes. All this is driven by the modern streetcar, a multi-million-dollar juggernaut that has small businesses in its construction zone struggling, even as fresh cash cows for the big boys are trotted out almost daily. “Shame On You City of Tucson for Playing Favorites,” says a sign in the window of downtown store Hydra, where the streets are a sea of chain link and earth movers. In the meantime, Humberto Lopez, owner of the Hotel Arizona, closed down his decrepit lodge on April 23, in what some see as a bid to pressure the city into helping him refurbish his property on the taxpayer dime. He may be on to something, if the City Council’s latest moves are any clue. On April 17, the board unanimously approved a redevelopment area and, within it, a central business district. The new district shoots north up Stone Avenue, includes a broad swath along Miracle Mile, encompasses most of downtown and reaches south to Silverlake Road. Under state law, cities can offer eight-year property-tax abatements in these special districts. To participate, owners must relinquish their property to the city, and then lease it back. They’re also required to boost the value of those holdings by 100 percent. But state law also allows cities to exercise eminent domain and condemnation powers in these redevelopment areas, and gives them a new incentive for doing so. (See “Lay of the Land,” Currents, April 19.) That raised concerns for Councilman Steve Kozachik, who in March threatened to remove his Ward 6 from the incentive area. Kozachik’s complaints led to a beefed-up emphasis on the preservation of historic buildings, and a pledge that the city wouldn’t use its condemnation powers to seize large parcels for development. Nonetheless, the city’s final statement of intent still contained a suspicious share of wiggle words. “Condemnation of property is not a primary objective of the adoption of this redevelopment area,” it said, “and its use is not anticipated within the redevelopment area; and the use of eminent domain/condemnation for slum clearance is not anticipated within this redevelopment area.” One could be forgiven for thinking that “not anticipated” is a long way from “not permitted.” At the same time, City Attorney Mike Rankin routinely points to Arizona’s Proposition 207 as a trusty bulwark against run-amok condemna-

Hydra’s storefront. versus local ordinances. Bill Risner is an attorney for the West University activists, and he says the city made it impossible for them to overturn the rezoning, first by giving them incorrect sample petitions, and then by claiming that those petitions didn’t conform to state law. He points out that Tucson took exactly the opposite position back in 2000, when it fought attempts by Walmart to override a local ordinance restricting big-box stores. Back then, an Arizona Court of Appeals judge upheld the city’s position that it could enforce its own referendum requirements, even if they were stricter than state standards. “The key to the (judge’s) decision is that West University did not comply with the form of an Arizona statute. So then the question arises: Why should they have?” he asks. He says even the state petition language provided by the City Clerk’s Office was defective. “This is a no-win game that the City Attorney’s Office and the clerk had set up, where there was no way West University could comply.” Rankin, the city attorney, defends the ruling. “Our argument that we’ve offered in this case is very consistent with the arguments in the Walmart case,” he says. “In both instances, we’ve argued that you needed to comply both with state law and city law in order to get petitions certified. “In Walmart, the only thing at issue was complying with city requirements in addition to state requirements. In the current case, they didn’t even comply with the state law requirements.” Stay tuned. Tim Vanderpool is member of the board of the Armory Park Neighborhood Association.

Republican Jesse Kelly, who is battling Democrat Ron Barber in the June 12 special election to complete Gabrielle Giffords’ Congressional District 8 term, has made a startling political transformation. For his entire political career (which is about three years old), Kelly has insisted that Social Security and Medicare needed to be privatized. In multiple interviews, he said that both programs were examples of government failures. But last week, Kelly’s new position emerged on his webpage: “I support preserving, protecting and strengthening Social Security and Medicare. I do not support privatizing, eliminating or phasing out these programs in any way.” That’s a dramatic change—and weirdly enough, Kelly and his supporters refuse to acknowledge that anything has changed. “What we said in 2010, in 2009, in 2011 and now in 2012 is that we have to protect the benefits that seniors have earned,” Kelly said at a press conference last week. “That’s what we’ve said then; it’s what we’re saying now; it’s what we will always say, because these are not welfare programs. These are programs people have paid into all their lives, and we will honor our commitments.” Pressed by reporters from Arizona Public Media and the Arizona Daily Star to explain his new position, Kelly said he was out of time and could answer no more questions. Kelly’s new role as a protector of Medicare and Social Security came, coincidentally enough, as Daniel Scarpinato, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, arrived in Tucson last week. While no formal changes have been announced by the Kelly campaign, we’re hearing that John Ellinwood, who has been Kelly’s spokesman and one of his chief strategists, has been neutered by NRCC bigwigs. As we understand it, Ellinwood has been told that he’s not to make any statements without the approval of Scarpinato, a former Arizona Daily Star reporter. We gave Ellinwood a call last week to find out if this was the case, but we haven’t yet heard back from him. Reforming Kelly’s image is a somewhat awkward task for Scarpinato, given that two years ago, he was working as a spokesman for former state lawmaker Jonathan Paton’s 2010 congressional campaign. You may recall that Paton lost to Kelly, despite having more experience on the campaign trail and outspending him. It was in the course of that campaign that Scarpinato first got to know Jesse Kelly—and he didn’t seem all that impressed. He told the Tucson Weekly that the Kelly campaign “has had about as much accuracy and credibility on things as Countdown With Keith Olbermann.” And he told the Arizona Capitol Times that Paton had lost ground to Kelly in the polls “because no one could have ever imagined that Jesse

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TAYLOR GETS SPECIAL TREATMENT AT KVOA When KVOA Channel 4 made the decision to transition its workforce to MMJ reporters, the change was supposed to include everybody who works for the station in the field. Rebecca Taylor The move to MMJ—short for multimedia journalist, a trendy term meaning a reporter who also shoots footage and edits stories—trickled down to KVOA a few years ago. It’s not an uncommon practice in local newsrooms around the country, although in Tucson, KVOA does it with far more frequency than its competitors. While stations try to spin the concept as a way to get more people on the street when news breaks, at heart, it’s a financial decision: One person can now do what used to require two people, even though the video quality probably won’t be as good. After all, photographers are the ones who have been trained to use a camera, set up shots and edit stories, allowing reporters to conduct the interviews and prepare their copy. The thinking behind MMJ is that most viewers won’t notice the difference.

KVOA’s MMJ mandate concerned a lot of folks in the building when it came down, and there is evidence to suggest that it presented the station with an opportunity to part ways with longtime reporter Sandy Rathbun, because she was deemed physically incapable of carrying a camera while in the field. But it doesn’t apply to Rebecca Taylor, the weekend anchor who acts as a reporter three days a week: When Taylor is on a story, a photographer accompanies her. It’s an arrangement not afforded to anyone else, including other anchor/reporter combos in the building. Full-time anchors such as Tom McNamara and Kristi Tedesco are provided with photographers when they go in the field, but those are generally sporadic occurrences, whereas Taylor’s job responsibilities require more field work than time behind the desk. Taylor did not return requests for comment, which is curious only in that she made it a point to mention that she was given preferential treatment and was not required to shoot her own stories when she left KVOA for Nashville, Tenn., in October 2010. She negotiated the same arrangement upon her return in March 2012. While the situation probably doesn’t sit well with those in the building who argue that a consistent approach is best, others have been just as quick to note that if you can arrange a perk like that when negotiating your contract, more power to you. Meanwhile, KVOA morning host Brandon Gunnoe is leaving the station in a couple of weeks. Gunnoe has accepted a weekend anchor position with WHDH in Boston.

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Kelly would run one of the most negative, slanderous campaigns that we’ve seen in Arizona probably in decades.” But now that he’s been given the task of running a negative campaign on Kelly’s behalf, Scarpinato says it’s all “water under the bridge.” “Since that race, I’ve become friends with Jesse and gotten to know him, and the past is the past,” Scarpinato says. Scarpinato’s first task for his new pal appears to have been finding a way to convince people that Kelly didn’t really mean it when he said he’d “love to privatize” Social Security and get seniors “off the public dole” of Medicare. Scarpinato correctly points out that Kelly has always said that current recipients should continue to receive their benefits. But Scarpinato sidestepped questions about how Kelly’s new opposition to “phasing out” the programs fits with his earlier insistence that it was necessary to privatize both programs for future retirees. Instead, he encouraged The Skinny to call Ellinwood, who declined to return our calls. Maybe Ellinwood didn’t have Scarpinato’s permission to respond.

BY HANK STEPHENSON, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com ly.com fter years of slashing state spending, Republican lawmakers and Gov. Jan Brewer have approved a budget that adds a small amount of money to education and social services, while squirreling away a large chunk of money for the uncertain future. Senate President Steve Pierce, R-Prescott, warmly applauded his chamber for approving the $8.57 billion spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1, saying that thanks to the hard work of the Legislature, Arizona is finally on the rebound. “We passed a budget that did all we could do with education,” he said. “We had education in mind; we had public safety in mind. It’s a balanced budget—it’s not a phony budget. It’s all about what is in the future and being prepared for it. We’re trying to get Arizona back on its feet and moving forward.” The proposal was a compromise between Republican legislative leaders, who got a whopping $450 million placed in the state’s “rainy-day fund” savings account, and Gov. Jan Brewer, who got much of the extra spending she wanted on education, social services and prisons. Brewer signed the budget on Monday, May 7. In K-12 education, the budget includes $40 million to help third-graders meet new reading requirements. Schools will get $15 million for such things as textbooks, desks and computers. Another $12 million will go toward emergency repairs to school buildings, though funding for new schools continues to be suspended until 2016. The state university system will get an extra $21 million—but the budget includes the governor’s parity funding formula, which will decrease the University of Arizona’s share of per-pupil state funding in coming years. Social services will receive $42 million to backfill lost federal funds for the Department of Economic Security, which are used to pay for emergency family services such as domesticviolence prevention, child-support enforcement, day-care subsidies and fighting homelessness. Another $39 million goes to the state’s program for the seriously mentally ill. The budget also includes $66 million in future years to build a 500-bed maximum-security prison and add another 1,000 beds in private prisons. The budget ends with a $243 million surplus, but would leave a projected budget deficit of about $160 million in two years—after the temporary 1-cent increase in the sales tax is scheduled to end, and the state covers projected costs from the federal health-care overhaul. Republicans drafted the budget in small group meetings to circumvent state open-meet-

ing laws, and did not allow public input or comments, though the House Appropriations Committee heard testimony on a different budget proposal in February. Rep. Ted Vogt, R-Tucson, said the balanced budget succeeds in both investing in muchneeded services, and putting money away to ensure that lawmakers don’t have to slash spending once again. “The next Legislature will have what I call the luxury of coming into a stable budget,” he said. “They’re not going to have to do any fast moving to figure out how they’re going to balance it, because we’ve taken that long view.” Vogt said that although the budget is based on the most-conservative revenue estimates and allows for only modest growth, there is some increased funding for programs critical to the state, Southern Arizona and Tucson—like the $6 million he helped secure for the University of Arizona medical school in Phoenix. Democrats, who were shut out of budget discussions and voted unanimously against the main budget bill, said that despite the modest spending increase, Republicans’ priorities are out of whack, and their budget shortchanges the state. Democrats’ biggest gripe is the $450 million stashed away in the rainy-day fund. They say it is raining now and that the money could be put to better use by funding revenue-creating and life-saving programs such as adult education, state parks or KidsCare, which have all lost funding in recent years. “I think the size of the rainy-day fund was understandable considering the conservatives in charge,” said Sen. Paula Aboud, D-Tucson. “On the other hand, it is shocking—the stinginess toward children in terms of KidsCare, the stinginess toward education, the stinginess toward UA medical school.” Aboud says the budget doesn’t invest in jobs, citing the fact that Republicans wouldn’t fund a

jobs-training program that she proposed and they initially supported. “They put $450 million into the rainy-day fund, but they wouldn’t put $100,000 into one budget item that would give us 1,300 jobs,” she said. “Not one thing they did this session created jobs.” Democrats also unsuccessfully railed against a $50 million sweep from Arizona’s portion of a multistate mortgage-fraud settlement. Arizona was awarded roughly $1.6 billion in February, with $98 million of that dedicated to the state Attorney General’s Office to help those affected by the foreclosure crisis in a variety of ways. Arizona was one of the states hit hardest by the mortgage crisis, and Republicans argued that since state coffers were one of the victims, the money should be used to refill them. “The people who have been harmed have been compensated by that $1.5 billion,” Vogt said. “I would say that with a lot of these abusive lending tactics, the state bore a lot of those costs.” Rep. Matt Heinz, D-Tucson, said the budget’s biggest failure is not putting more money back into K-12 education, noting that the $55 million being restored isn’t much compared to the $2 billion that lawmakers have cut in the past few years. Heinz, an emergency-room physician at Tucson Medical Center, said another good place to backfill money would be the health-care system. Recent cuts have cost the state millions of dollars in federal matching funds, and have caused several hospitals in the state to shutter their doors, which means lost jobs. “When you have a surplus, and you can do it, I think it’s responsible to put (money) where you can get a long-term investment back from the community—and that’s educating people and creating jobs,” Heinz said. “I think the Arizona Legislature has failed Southern Arizona again by failing to really prioritize those two areas.”

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So why is Jesse Kelly suddenly embracing the socialism of Social Security and Medicare? It’s because in the past, he’s adopted unpopular positions with seniors and a good chunk of the rest of the population—namely, that Social Security and Medicare are bad programs that should be eliminated over time. So Kelly now needs to moderate himself—because the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and another Democratic super PAC, the House Majority PAC, are combining to spend something in the neighborhood of $800,000 to amplify what Kelly has told the press in the past. Meanwhile, with early voting in the CD 8 special election set to begin on Thursday, May 17, the National Republican Campaign Committee is planning on spending at least $300,000 on TV spots. The first one, which debuted last week, hits Ron Barber on a standard GOP talking point: Obamacare is bad. The NRCC ad makes two claims that have been repeatedly rated “false” by PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning political ad fact-checker. The first false claim is that Democrats have cut Medicare by $500 billion. The second is that a board of “unelected bureaucrats” is now in charge of determining Medicare benefits. The $500 billion cut claim was the big GOP attack line of 2010, and it will undoubtedly continue this year. PolitiFact explains: “There’s a small bit of truth here. The Affordable Care Act does reduce Medicare spending by

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A boy tricked his mother into giving him her car key—and later puked in her car, according to a Pima Country Sheriff’s Department report. When deputies arrived at the mother’s house, she told them that she had given her son her key ring the night before so that he could retrieve a bottle of cologne that was in the vehicle. When she woke up the next morning, she said, her son was passed out in the driveway. She said he had vomited “all inside” her car, and on the side of the house. She soon discovered that he had actually taken her car key and replaced it with a similar key when he returned the ring. The son, who was on probation for marijuana possession, was arrested on several charges—including disorderly conduct, for becoming angry at his mother after she discovered his scam.

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Think Before You Like t seems like there’s a new court case every week or so that could help determine where the lines of free speech fall online—and a decision last week by a Virginia court should have a chilling effect on anyone who uses Facebook. A local sheriff fired one of his employees essentially for “liking” his boss’ opponent in an upcoming election. That probably wasn’t the smartest thing to do, so it’s possible the employee should have been fired for sheer stupidity, but what’s interesting is that the court ruled that while employees are protected by free-speech provisions in political matters, a “like” on Facebook doesn’t count, since it’s not actually an expression of speech. It’s just a click of a button, nothing more—so the Constitution apparently isn’t all that concerned with it. As one of the Founding Fathers said to me in a dream the other night, “I like a bunch of stuff on Facebook to try to win contests, but that doesn’t mean I actually eat at the Cheesecake Factory, bro.” A “like” really doesn’t mean all that much, but anyone should realize that there could be some sort of lingering effect to even the most seemingly banal action online, so even a mouse click informing others that you “like” something has some value in a free-speech context. I assume the court would have protected the same employee for signing a political petition, an act that also doesn’t take all that much effort; perhaps “likes” should be equally protected.

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A University of Arizona student received harassing phone calls from an apparent pimp, a UA Police Department report said. A UA officer met with a student who said she had been in her anthropology class when she received two phone calls, which she didn’t answer. After getting a third call, she left class to answer it, thinking the call might be important. On the line, she heard a “very, very scary” angry male voice yelling, “Bitch, you owe me money. You owe me $250.” The student said that when she asked the caller to identity himself, he responded, “You owe me money, and I’m going to find you!” She said she became frightened and hung up on the caller. The student said she later got three more phone calls from numbers she didn’t recognize. When she answered the first call, she heard the male voice from the earlier calls. This time, he yelled, “You owe my hos money!” The student said she heard several female voices in the background saying, “Yeah, she does.” She said she didn’t recognize any of the voices and ignored the next two calls. The UA police officer dialed the three phone numbers associated with the calls. An elderly woman answered at the first number, saying it was her emergency cell phone, which she hadn’t let anyone else use. When the officer called the other two numbers, an automated message said they weren’t connected to any phone service. The student changed her phone number and agreed to talk to a counselor about her feelings regarding the incident.

THE WEEK ON THE RANGE We introduced you to Mitt Romney’s (imaginary) new mascot; wrapped up a painful session of the Arizona Legislature; laughed away the idea of Jan Brewer becoming a vice presidential candidate; prepared ourselves for the Carmona vs. Flake showdown; tried to think of something nice to say about the Tucson Unified School District’s customer-service survey; watched the latest batch of ads in the Congressional District 8 race; thanked casino gamblers for financially supporting our state; surveyed the state of the union regarding medicalmarijuana law; reviewed an upcoming documentary about the perils of bordercrossing; let you know that Oro Valley is trying to resolve its truck issues; listened in as Garret Lewis confronted Tom Danehy; and discussed the highlights of the week’s political events with Jeff Rogers and Sam Stone on Arizona Illustrated’s Political Roundtable, with your host, Jim Nintzel. We noted El Charro’s appearance in two national publications; drooled over fancy piñata-shaped cookies; noted that Bella D’Auria has opened its doors, and that a Firehouse Subs is coming to the Marana Marketplace; and opened up the Food Truck Diaries again. We giggled at the unfortunate case of the “hot dog hooker”; acknowledged the 10th anniversary of the greatest sports press conference ever; shared one of our stranger comments; mourned the death of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch and shared a mixtape celebrating the group’s music; interviewed local author Adam Rex; asked teachers to keep their hands off their students; went to see Allo Darlin’ at Club Congress; made our dreams come true in video-game form with the help of Balki from Perfect Strangers; cleaned off the malicious code we got on our computers from surfing religious websites; listened to a new Bobby Womack song; and measured our Klouchebag score. (The Tucson Weekly is “quite a nice person,” apparently.)

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BEST OF WWW We’ve mentioned the forthcoming Freestyle Explosion show at the Tucson Convention Center Arena a few times on The Range, partially because we’re always somewhat surprised when any concert comes to the crumbling downtown venue, but also because the lineup is the most amazing collection of musical performers ever assembled. Lisa Lisa and Debbie Deb? Unbelievable, right? This week, we’re thrilled to preview the show by presenting an interview with Ann Curless, one of the members of Exposé, who has some connections to our fair city. (If we can track down Stacey Q, we’ll interview her as well, mainly focusing on her appearance on Facts of Life, but that might be a tougher journalistic feat.)

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Hackerspace! ou’d never know it driving past, but the southeast corner of Sixth Avenue and 23rd Street is the epicenter of Tucson geekdom. That’s no putdown; everyone geeks out on something. And whatever that something is—be it gardening, crochet or building robots—Xerocraft Hackerspace, at 1301 S. Sixth Ave., is quickly becoming the place to do it in Southern Arizona. Take Alex Barton. The 26-year-old electronics technician recently spent a weekend at Xerocraft bottling a case of American ale in the backyard of the 900-square-foot workshop. He also recently put the finishing touches on a pair of what he calls meditation glasses: They’re regular sunglasses wired with flashing LED strobe lights that induce a state of deep relaxation if you turn the lights on while your eyes are closed. Barton made those at Xerocraft, too. He guarantees that they work. “Absolutely,” he said. Beer and brain glasses. That’s Xerocraft. “I grew up opening cameras and shocking the hell out of myself,” said Barton, who recently moved to Tucson after working for an aerospace firm in Mississippi. “I just fell in love with how excited people were about their projects. There’s a sense of community and openness here.” The Xerocraft workshop is part of a growing international movement of community-owned workshops known as hackerspaces. The idea is to connect veteran or would-be inventors, tinkerers and DIYers. The website hackerspaces.org shows that similar workshops have popped up in every corner of the globe, from Phoenix to Uganda. Lest the word “hacker” deceive, Xerocraft and its kind aren’t just collections of coders and programmers. Members will tell you that the hacker ethos is much broader. Ripping things apart, fixing them and/or making them do something different—that’s what hacking is, said Dale Tersey, a 60-year-old hydrologist and Xerocraft’s elder statesman. Tersey, who favors plaid shirts and a broadbrimmed Indiana Jones-style hat, casts sculptures out of molten aluminum using Styrofoam molds. “Whatever anybody wants to do, we’ll come up with the materials to do it,” he said. The workshop is strewn with tools, boxes full of circuit boards, writing implements, bookshelves stuffed with manuals, empty cans of Lipton Brisk Ice Tea and the occasional pastry box from Le Cave’s Bakery next door. Parked in one corner of the room is a remotecontrolled gizmo on wheels—a bit like a toy car,

but not really—with a sign that says, “Caution: Does Not Obey the Three Laws of Robotics.” Xerocraft itself is something of a monument to the do-it-yourself philosophy. The hackerspace—which now includes about 30 regulars and is governed by consensus—started with two people in a storage shed behind Dry River Radical Resource Center, an anarchist collective at 740 N. Main Ave. Oliver Savage, a lifelong DIYer, got it in his head to start a Tucson hackerspace in late 2010. Savage, 36, said he probably came across the concept on the Web, but he can’t exactly remember where. A member of Dry River, he asked the collective to grant him some space for his idea, and the membership voted yes. “I just went from there and started cleaning things up and setting out things that I found in Dumpsters, plus computers people had given me. I pulled things apart and put them into different bins, just to create an atmosphere,” Savage said. He roped in a friend from Dry River, Josh Banno, a teacher who counts gardening and sustainable building among his passions. Banno remembers the early Xerocraft days as humble, at best. Although they were grateful for the space, the original shed was basically four walls, a rickety plywood floor and a ceiling that was no match for the summer monsoon. “It wasn’t particularly well-suited for what we were trying to do,” Banno said. Xerocraft started to pick up steam through word of mouth, gaining regulars like Tersey. And it found its own makeshift sugar daddy, Connor Barickman, a 24-year-old mechanical engineering graduate from Cal Poly. The Xerocraft crew realized they needed a new space, but the fledgling nonprofit couldn’t afford rent. After a grand warehouse tour of Tucson, Barickman, an engineer at a local solar energy company, decided on a novel solution: He’d split the rent with the hackerspace. Xerocraft is downstairs, and Barickman lives upstairs. “I knew the only way we were going to make it was if somebody moved in,” said Barickman. Making himself literally at home on the Xerocraft back patio, Barickman laid out in detail why he feels so strongly about his hackerspace roommate. “It wasn’t that long ago when people built their own things and fixed their things that were broken,” he said. “There’s always been money to go out and buy new junk. But, unfortunately for a lot of people, that’s not an option anymore.” Xerocraft offers its services to everyone. A $40 monthly membership fee—or in lieu of that, $5

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Leon Sierra, a Xerocraft Hackerspace member, works on a template for Xerocraft’s walking billboard. per class—is suggested, but not mandatory. On weekends, members lead workshops covering everything from gardening to simple robotics. Xerocraft has hosted everyone from University of Arizona engineering students to Girl Scouts. One proud Scout leader, Leon Sierra, is even a member. Sierra has earned a reputation in his neighborhood for his crazy contraptions. He even converted the family vehicle into a Girl Scouts cookiemobile, complete with spinning cookie rims. “My neighbors don’t know what the heck to think of me,” Sierra said. “But at Xerocraft, I fell in love. I finally found people just like me.” Xerocraft itself is a nonprofit, but running the hackerspace isn’t free. The board has hopes that it will eventually be able to move into an even larger space, but that’s not a given, Sierra said. “We wouldn’t have been able to do it without Connor, but we need to be able to stand on our own,” he said. The focus right now is finding committed members. Sierra estimates that Xerocraft needs at least 10 more paid members—probably more—to make a serious go of it. Barickman put Xerocraft’s goal even more bluntly: “Staying open would be really cool.” Not that the members don’t have ideas about how to make that happen. Sierra and Barton are already hard at work sewing electroluminescent wires into a jacket that will eventually flash “XEROCRAFT” on the back. The idea is to wear the walking billboard and hopefully draw the attention of would-be hackers. “We’re working on the 1.0 version,” said Barton as he bent over to examine some wiring. “But eventually, we’ll have a very sweet suit.” For more information, visit www.xerocraft.org.

$500 billion over the next 10 years. But here’s the catch: Those dollars aren’t taken out of the current budget; they are not actual cuts, and nowhere does the bill actually eliminate any current benefits. “The $500 billion is all in future spending reductions and come through the law’s attempts to slow projected growth, not cut spending.” We don’t have space to dig into the details—you can find more on The Range, our online daily dispatch—but we’ll point out that Republicans have actually embraced the same reductions in future spending as part of the budget proposal put forth by Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan. NRCC spokesman Daniel Scarpinato acknowledges that Republicans have also embraced the $500 billion in future spending reductions, but says the GOP plan is “very different.” “The Ryan budget finds long-term savings to extend the life of Medicare, and the Obamacare plan actually cuts Medicare to fund a new entitlement program,” Scarpinato says. So how does the Ryan plan extend the life of Medicare? It works to privatize it by moving seniors to a voucher system under which they could purchase their own insurance instead of being covered by traditional Medicare. Critics estimate that seniors will end up paying more out of pocket for their health-care needs, because the vouchers won’t keep pace with rising health-care costs. Asked about the future of Medicare under the Ryan plan, Scarpinato said he didn’t understand the plan well enough to comment on it. Barber opposes the Ryan proposal, saying that it will weaken Medicare in the long term, because healthier and wealthier seniors will move away from Medicare, leaving a greater burden on the government to care for the sick and the poor. Kelly declined to take a stand on the latest version of the Ryan proposal when the Weekly asked him about it earlier this year, but his new position opposing privatization “in any way” suggests that Kelly does not support it. If that’s the case—and it’s hard to say exactly what Kelly believes, because he refuses to answer questions—then it’s another flipflop for him, because in 2010, he was a supporter of Ryan’s plan.

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that’s the latest byproduct of the fear and racism that has helped dismantle the Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican-American studies program. The program took its last breath on Tuesday, April 10, when TUSD governing-board members voted 3-2 against renewing MAS director Sean Arce’s contract. Earlier, talk had surfaced that TUSD administrators had created a new position for a multicultural curriculum director, and that the per-

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son in line for the job was Augustine Romero, a former MAS director and the current director of TUSD’s Department of Student Equity. Several former MAS teachers, as well as Tucson attorney Richard Martinez, have expressed dismay that Romero could accept the position Augustine Romero

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DIVIDED continued from Page 15 Arce, who is on paid leave until his contract expires on June 30 (he’s using up his vacation time), sits at Epic Cafe on Fourth Avenue on a recent day, lamenting the demise of his program, which began in 1999. In 2010, HB 2281 became law. The law, authored by then-state Superintendent of Education Tom Horne, now Arizona’s attorney general, specifically targets Tucson’s MAS classes and teachers. When the subject of Romero enters the conversation, Arce says that the current circumstances are difficult in part because he’s known Romero for years. At a recent Little League game, Arce and his 10-year-old son saw Romero’s son and family, as they often have before. But this time, the conversation that took place was uncomfortable—for everyone. “It’s tough, especially because these are our kids,” Arce says. On April 3, I emailed Romero and asked him to verify that the position had been created, and asked whether he had accepted the job. Romero responded that he hadn’t accepted any position, but that he has received lots of support from colleagues and friends in Tucson and across the United States. “There are a lot of people from all over the country encouraging me to take the position, and a few locals who do not believe I should take the position. At the end (of) the day, my decision will come down to two things: 1) taking care of my family; and 2) what is in the best interest of the children and community we

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serve,” Romero wrote. A source who asked not to be identified told me that the TUSD governing board discussed Romero’s appointment to the new position in a private session. Two members supported Romero; two opposed him; one remained silent on the issue. Romero said the district sent him a letter regarding the position, but that a vote on contracts would not take place until the next week’s meeting—which turned out to be the meeting at which Arce’s contract wasn’t renewed. “Mari, it is important to note that I have received many, many more calls from people in the community who want me to take the position, as well as many many people from throughout the country and community who believe that I need to be there to hold the district accountable,” Romero wrote in another email. During a recent phone interview, Romero confirmed that the fallout over his candidacy for the job has been difficult on friendships and family relationships alike. Romero is a brother-in-law of attorney Martinez, who represents Arce and 10 other MAS teachers in an effort to dismiss the state law. Martinez also represents Arce’s daughter, Maya, one of two student-plaintiffs that U.S. District Judge A. Wallace Tashima has allowed to challenge the law’s constitutionality.

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“He was the best man at my wedding,” Romero says of Martinez. At his office near Cushing Street, Martinez tells me that “it’s become obvious that Auggie has been working in secret with the school district on the idea of a multicultural curriculum for a while now.” Romero counters that Martinez is mistaken. “That’s insulting, as well as disheartening,” Romero says. “On a personal note, they know that if anything, I have always supported the (MAS) program and the teachers. Always.” Romero says that some MAS supporters are trying to characterize him as a sellout. “But if anything, my record shows that not only do I support the program, but I have a record of delivering to the community,” he says. “Now they say I am in opposition to the teachers. … But we’re all on the same team. They’ve bought into the oldest trick in the book that makes us turn on each other. We’ve got to recognize that, and that’s my biggest concern—that we’re inflicting some of our own pain from the other side on each other. But why cause more harm?” Judge Tashima must find himself in

an interesting position. At the moment, everyone involved in saving the MAS program is waiting for Tashima’s ruling on whether the law that forced the dismantling of the program is constitutional. If he rules in favor of Martinez and his clients, those championing the importance of Chicano literature and history have said the next step is righting the wrongs of the past year. At the top of their list: reinstating the classes; returning the former MAS teachers to those classes; and returning Arce to his position as MAS director. But those MAS supporters also note that doing those things would require approval from the TUSD board, no matter what Tashima decides. In January, when the board voted to dismantle the program, Adelita Grijalva was the only board member to support MAS. But at the April 10 meeting, at which Arce’s contract wasn’t renewed, one of the board votes surprised even the most-ardent MAS supporters. Board president Mark Stegeman voted against renewing Arce’s contract, as did Michael Hicks and Miguel Cuevas. Grijalva supported Arce. But the surprise that night was Alexandre Sugiyama’s vote in support of Arce. Some MAS backers wonder if he might become a second vote in favor of reinstating MAS. Sylvia Campoy is a former TUSD teacher, a former school-board member and former director of the city of Tucson’s Office of Equal Opportunity Programs. She also represents plaintiffs in the ongoing desegregation case against the district. (See the sidebar on Page 18 for more information.) Campoy says that what troubled her about the April 10 meeting was that 48 people spoke out in support of Arce—and the board essentially ignored them.

Even if Sugiyama were to support reinstating Mexican-American studies, finding that needed third vote will not be easy. Three of the governing-board members are up for election in November: Stegeman, Cuevas and Sugiyama. And there’s a recall effort aimed at Hicks that, if successful, would put him up for election as well. Any potential new board members wouldn’t start until the beginning of 2013. So if MAS supporters want the classes reinstated this year, their only hope is Tashima. “If he rules that the law is unconstitutional … the door is open to tell the district: ‘You used this law as the only reason to get rid of MAS, so now that this reason has evaporated, reinstate the classes,’” Campoy says. “They would be hard-pressed not to do so.” While everyone waits for Tashima, Willis Hawley is working behind the scenes with consultants and community members as special master, a position he was appointed to by U.S. District Judge David Bury, who also may have a say on the future of MAS classes. Bury appointed Hawley to come up with a new desegregation plan for the district. Campoy says Hawley’s plan is due in June, and that it won’t be made public until he’s submitted it to the court. For the past month, Campoy says, she and others interested in saving MAS have been having discussions with Hawley about “what will be included in the plan.” Learning “what the community has to say about MAS—that (must) have an impact on how his work is completed,” Campoy says. “But until we have a final product, it will be difficult to see how MAS will be integrated into the bigger picture.”

MEANWHILE, THERE’S AN ELEPHANT IN the room that nobody seems to be addressing: What exactly does a “multicultural curriculum,” which Romero may or may not head up, entail? When I sat down with TUSD Superintendent John Pedicone in January to discuss his first year with the district, he confirmed that the district was looking at a multicultural curriculum. Pedicone said he was talking to staff at the UA College of Education about it. In January, I asked Jeffrey Milem, a professor in the College of Education, about what the curriculum would look like, and said he knew of no one in the college working with Pedicone, but there was interest. Adelita Grijalva said at a community meeting shortly after the board dismantled MAS in January that she was concerned about what a multicultural curriculum would look like, especially if her fellow board members were part of the development process. I asked both Grijalva and Romero for interviews on the subject. While Romero discussed his position during a phone interview, Grijalva replied by email and said she wanted to wait before discussing the issue in-depth. “The more I think about it, I think that perhaps the timing of this article may be a bit off for me,” Grijalva wrote. “I recognize that a few members in the community, many of whom I respect and value their opinion, might feel that Auggie’s position is pitting one side against (MAS supporters), but I disagree with that assessment. … I obviously

support MAS and am in favor of all children in our district getting some exposure to multicultural education earlier than when juniors and seniors. I know that the (position of the) current majority of the governing board is one that (a) multicultural (program) will replace MAS and other ethnic studies, but … that can change with a will of the board.” Campoy says she isn’t entirely against a multicultural curriculum. However, Campoy and others worry that the state will only approve watered-down versions of Chicano history, and that the biggest focus will be on culture, like foods, music and folklorico dancing—topics that don’t make people feel uncomfortable. “There really is nothing wrong with (a multicultural curriculum),” Campoy says. “But you can’t pretend MAS never existed. MAS is like rib-eye steak, and now we are being offered ground round.” Since the district is moving forward by developing a multicultural curriculum—despite having held no community forums on the subject—is there hope for MAS while everyone waits for Tashima’s ruling? Campoy says yes. “I have a lot of faith in different elements of what I think is going to resurrect MAS. I have a lot of confidence in our community and in the plaintiffs and them setting the direction in what we need to do—to represent 61 percent of the kids in this district,” Campoy says, referring to the percentage of Latino students within TUSD (even though only a small fraction of those students participated in the MAS program). “What is right on behalf of the kids is also not just MAS—although that is front and center. It is only one element of equal access and equal protection that needs to be manifested and monitored for a period of time. The rhetoric (from TUSD) needs to stop, and action needs to start. For 30-some years, it’s been nothing but rhetoric.” Whatever Hawley, the special master for the new desegregation plan, develops will need not only the support of the desegregation-case plaintiffs, but also the support of the community, Campoy says. For that to happen, TUSD officials will need to ensure that all elements of the plan are fully introduced in all areas of the district, from textbook selection to training and professional development, she says. “There’s a lot of talk of having a lot of buy-in from TUSD, but it is much more important to have buy-in from the community. So for those people in TUSD who cannot deliver in good faith, I think their time is up,” Campoy says.

WHILE WAITING ON TASHIMA, FORMER MAS teachers are being closely monitored by the district and the state. For example, on April 19, word went out that representatives from the state Department of Education were inspecting former MAS classrooms to make sure all of the textbooks and other teaching aids that were determined to be against the law had been removed. The first classroom inspected that day was that of Chicano literature teacher Curtis Acosta at Tucson High Magnet School. Acosta says the inspections were done without warning, although teachers knew they were continued on next page

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TUSD AND DESEGREGATION: A HISTORY DESEGREGATION EFFORTS IN THE Tucson Unified School District started with a lawsuit filed 38 years ago. In 1974, two families filed separate lawsuits against the district to address disparities in the education of AfricanAmerican and Mexican-American students. In 1975, the Fisher and Mendoza families consolidated their lawsuits, with the Fishers representing AfricanAmerican students, and the Mendozas representing Latino students. Following a 1977 trial, the court found that TUSD “had acted with segregative intent” in the past and failed to fix the problem. A citizens’ committee began monitoring the district and filing reports, and did so through 2005, when the committee did a review to determine whether the district was following settlement requirements. The committee determined that the district was not in compliance. However, the district asked the court to grant it unitary status—meaning that all of disparities in the district had been fixed.

In 2007, preliminary findings showed the district was in unitary status, and in 2009, the court accepted what is called a post-unitary status plan. One of many elements of that plan was that the district expand its Mexican-American studies program. However, the Mendoza clients didn’t see any changes taking place based on the plan, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), a nationwide Latino civilrights group, appealed the court’s decision. In 2011, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision to give TUSD unitary status. Meanwhile, the state’s efforts to dismantle MAS—which began in 2006 with a controversial talk by labor leader Dolores Huerta at Tucson High Magnet School—continued. Although an independent audit commissioned by the state Department of Education found that the school district was not breaking the state law aimed at dismantling MAS, state schools Superintendent John Huppenthal

DIVIDED continued from Page 17 coming. He says two people walked into his classroom one morning while he was in the middle of a lesson. He asked for their business cards, but only one of them complied—John Balentine, the state Department of Education’s social studies standards director. Balentine and the other inspector spent about 10 minutes flipping through books on the shelves and examining posters before leaving. Acosta says the timing of the inspection was interesting, because it came during AIMS testing—“a time when we least expected it.” When Arce’s contract wasn’t approved, and the teachers discovered Romero was in discussions with the district about the multicultural

ignored the audit and issued a ruling against the district. On Sept. 13, 2011, the U.S. District Court ordered that the post-unitary status plan would remain in place, and a special master was appointed to help the district develop a new “road map.” In late 2011, the school district appealed Huppenthal’s ethnic-studies ruling and took the case to a state administrative judge. The judge ruled that the district was not in compliance with the law. In January 2012, TUSD’s governing board voted 4-1 not to appeal the findings of the administrative judge and Huppenthal, and began dismantling the Mexican-American studies program. Shortly after the second semester started, Chicano history and literature classes were turned into “regular” history and literature classes, and books were removed from classrooms—sometimes in front of students. Critics argued that if a federal court ruling said the district must expand Mexican-American studies, the district

must keep the MAS classes in place. At a community meeting shortly after the board decided to dismantle MAS, governing-board member Adelita Grijalva said that she mentioned the desegregation order to her fellow board members, but their attitude was that the district was already so far out of compliance that it didn’t matter. Attorneys with MALDEF tried to have the classes reinstated, but the request was denied by the special master. MALDEF filed a motion for the court to reconsider, but that motion was also denied. Sylvia Campoy, a former school board member who represents the Mendoza plaintiffs in the desegregation case, says the goal now is to help the special master develop another unitary status plan that will address the disparities that still exist for Latino students in graduation rates, provisions for English-language learners, the district’s GATE program for gifted students, Advanced Placement classes, special-education placement and other issues. —M.H.

position, Acosta says the teachers made plans for a press conference and to write an open letter to the community. The press conference never happened; Acosta says the timing seemed off. Then he threw himself into planning a visit by author Ana Castillo, who has several titles on the list of books banned from the former MAS classrooms. Castillo wanted to visit Acosta’s classroom and invite media to document the visit. Acosta says that Abel Morado, TUSD assistant superintendent for high schools, denied the media request. TUSD communications director Cara Rene said Castillo was welcome, but the media presence would have been disruptive. As this issue of the Weekly goes to press,

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Castillo will be in town meeting students and other Tucsonans at several public events and readings. Acosta says Castillo’s visit has been a good distraction. He also shared the letter written in response to the decision not to renew Arce’s contract and to the proposed multicultural curriculum. In it, the teachers describe Arce as innovative, courageous and dynamic. “It is evident that the removal of Mr. Arce was motivated by TUSD’s continued enforcement of ARS 15-112 (formally HB 2281) and compliance with the political agendas of Attorney General Tom Horne and State Superintendent John Huppenthal. Mr. Arce’s courage to fight for the educational rights of our students made him a target for retaliation by district leadership and the Hicks majority. There was no credible reason for his removal, as the position of Mexican-American studies director has not been eliminated,” they wrote. Addressing the multicultural curriculum that would replace MAS, the letter says, “Building a new department at the cost of MAS is placating and premature, given that multicultural education and ethnic studies are complementary and in no way mutually exclusive. We know this to be true since it would be difficult to find a department, school or collection of teachers more dedicated to multicultural education than MAS. One only needs to review Superintendent Huppenthal’s own audit of our program by the Cambium Group to find our dedication to multicultural education, as well as their recommendation to expand our classes. “Replacing a program with proven results

and significant importance to the community is unethical and can have no other motivation than political convenience.” Pedicone has said that Arce was offered an assistant-principal position within the district, but Arce says the offer came with too many strings, the most restrictive being that his position would need to be approved by the board. Arce does not think the board would have supported him. Lawyer Martinez, when asked if he thought the community was prepared to step up and support Arce if needed, said, “I think it’s one of those issues that are also waiting on Tashima in terms of viable options. Obviously, if we get a favorable ruling, we hope that the whole community will join us in restoring the program— and restoring the teachers and restoring Sean.” Martinez says that while many may not be happy that Romero is interested in the TUSD multicultural position, it is wrong to set up the issue as Romero vs. Arce. What is needed, he says, is to restore the elements that made MAS

successful: critical race theory, social justice, academic rigor and a personal interest in seeing to it that students succeed. “That will be difficult to implement in a multicultural curriculum, a model the district hasn’t even presented to the community,” Martinez says. While both sides wait for Tashima’s ruling, Arce says he’s leaning on his family for support. Watching what has taken place since Horne began attacking MAS in 2006—when labor leader Dolores Huerta criticized Republicans during a talk at Tucson High—has been an educational experience for his children, he says. “They have a real sense of what community is. They are really politically mature for their ages. They are engaged, and excited about the whole thing, but it is tiring.” Arce says most of his free time these days is spent with his children. “My hope is that when they are older, they will look back at this time and remember it with fondness and (that) they learned something.”

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C.K. for about 20 years, having come up together in the New York comedy scene. He also had a role in the recent film Wanderlust, directed by Stella alum David Wain and starring Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston. “That was a lot of fun,” Barry said. “I got to fly down to Atlanta for a few days and work with those guys, playing around and going off-script.” That’s how Barry describes most of his acting work—an opportunity for him to go out and enjoy something else. As observant and wry as he is when performing, he doesn’t seem to be as openly introspective offstage. For one thing, he doesn’t have much to say about his work, outside of mentioning that he simply enjoys what he does. “I don’t like to say that I’m proud of anything, really,” Barry said. “It’s just cocky, I think.” He has that right, of course. But with a résumé that includes being named one of the Top 50 comedians in New York, a Jury Award from the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, tremendous praise from comedy hitmaker Ricky Gervais, and the fact that his 2001 album Medium Energy was called one of the best comedy albums of the decade, it’s probably fair for him to be a bit cocky. Todd Barry will perform at 8 p.m., Tuesday, May 15, at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St. Tickets for the 18-and-older show are $12 to $14. For more information, call 622-8848, or visit hotelcongress.com. David Mendez mailbag@tucsonweekly.com KRISTIN LINDELL

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Todd Barry doesn’t like looking back. He has good reason to do so; after all, he’s having the kind of career that most standup comedians would kill for. But instead, he just keeps moving forward: acting, touring, filming standup specials and even making it a point to participate in trending topics on Twitter. A recent sampling: “I will now participate in the trending topic #ThingsWeDoAtTheMovies: point to actor on screen and say ‘I auditioned for that, pretty fucked up I didn’t get the part.’” Somewhere in there, he also finds the time to post odd things on his website—mundane quotes about mundane topics, as well as a collection of receipts, complete with commentary such as this, for an item marked “pot for two”: “When Todd received this receipt at an Manhattan tea shop, he got really excited for a certain segment of his fan base: filthy, disgusting potheads.” That’s his style: deadpan, intelligent and absurdist observations. (On an album of his, 2004’s Falling Off the Bone, he claims that Ohio is the birthplace of anal sex—in 1913, and that it’s “truly the only all-American form of sex.”) It works for him, thanks to his low-key demeanor. He started doing standup at open-mic nights in ’87, a year after graduating from the University of Florida. Barry, who comes to Tucson next week for a show at Club Congress, is hard-pressed to name any real comedic influences, aside from those he’s worked alongside in the New York comedy scene, though the comics he listened to growing up provide some clues. “When I was a kid, I listened to a lot of the same people everyone else did: Steve Martin, George Carlin, people like that,” Barry said. “I used to watch the talk shows too, like Merv Griffin and The Tonight Show, and see some of the younger comics, like David Letterman, way before he had a show.” Seven years into his career, Barry got the opportunity to perform on Letterman’s show. Since then, he’s toured clubs nationally, done performances on the late-night TV circuit, and filmed two Comedy Central half-hour specials, with a full-hour special set to air July 21 on Comedy Central. He’s also worked a number of international comedy specials, such as Montreal’s Just for Laughs, the Todd Barry Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Ireland’s Cat Laughs Comedy Festival. Even with those to his credit, Barry doesn’t like to think that he’s truly made it. “You never want to think that you’ve completely arrived, or you get lazy,” he said. “Though I guess there was a point where I realized that I didn’t have to work a day job. That was a good feeling.” Barry has also dabbled in acting. He’s been seen on TV, including Chappelle’s Show, Louie and Flight of the Conchords. His films include Louis C.K.’s Pootie Tang, the long-lost Mitch Hedberg production Los Enchiladas! and 2009’s The Wrestler, in which he played the deli boss of the character played by Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke. “Usually, I get things when my friends are doing something—Louis C.K.’s put me in a lot of his stuff,” Barry said, noting that he’s known

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If you’re stopped at railroad tracks while a train that seems to stretch on forever rumbles through, you might think of trains as just a nuisance. But a visit to the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum for National Train Day should dispel that notion. The museum has hosted the annual celebration in each of the past three years so that Tucsonans can learn how the city’s growth has been influenced by railroads since the first locomotive arrived here in 1880. “It is a great, free, family day for folks to come down to the downtown depot and watch mile-long trains, climb aboard Locomotive No. 1673—which was used in the movie Oklahoma!— check out the railroad exhibits in the museum, and visit the gift shop,” said Ken Karrels, the museum chairman. The steam locomotive, which was built in 1900 and is on the National Register of Historic Places, was located for decades at Himmel Park. It was moved to the transportation museum in 2000 and refurbished. “Now you can see it proudly restored and ring the brass bell,” Karrels said. “Knowledgeable docents are on board to point out details and answer your questions.” He said more people are discovering and enjoying the museum as downtown becomes a popular destination again. The train depot itself is on the historic register. “It was built in 1907, and folks will enjoy the Maynard Dixon artwork in the depot lobby,” Karrels said. “This museum is giving history a future.” Again, National Train Day events are free. —A.N.

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Mary Poppins

1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, May 12 Tucson Symphony Center 2175 N. Sixth Ave.

7:30 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, May 16 and 17; 8 p.m., Friday, May 18; 2 and 8 p.m., Saturday, May 19; 1 and 6:30 p.m., Sunday, May 20

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Tucson Convention Center Music Hall 210 S. Church Ave.

Johanna Lundy believes music education goes beyond learning how to play an instrument. Lundy, the principal horn player in the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and president of the Tucson Federation of Musicians, equates music with the chance to have a creative experience. “We all need a creative outlet, and we forget that sometimes. Especially for young people, it’s important that they have a positive way to express feelings and explore their creative side,” Lundy said. The free Tucson Youth Music Fair will provide ways to explore creativity and music. “We’ll have an instrument petting zoo … a youth and movement class, master classes for middle school and high school students, a composition workshop for beginners, (fun with) found sounds—noises such a leaves rustling, water dripping or a car driving by—and a station to create homemade instruments,” Lundy said. Harmonica Pierre from America’s Got Talent will perform, and prizes and snacks will be provided. Lundy and the other members of the Tucson Federation of Musicians, Local 33 of the American Federation of Musicians, want Tucsonans to know they are here. Local 33 has more than 80 members—professional musicians who perform classical, jazz, rock and other styles of music. The federation represents TSO for collective bargaining, provides contacts and support for the freelance community, and offers a referral service, Lundy said. “If people want to find a musician for an event, they can check the profiles of musicians on the website,” she said. Students can also find teachers. The music fair is a way for members to give back. “We wanted to do something for the community … to share and keep music alive for future generations,” Lundy said. —I.M.

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The classic story of Mary Poppins is back—this time with live singing, dancing and acting, as the hit Broadway musical comes to Tucson. The musical version of the Disney movie garnered seven Tony Award nominations. The creators “were able to take the essence of the film and instill it into a different mold,” said Michael Dean Morgan, who plays Mr. Banks in the production. The film’s story is brought to life with special stage effects that cannot be done in movies, he said. Iconic songs such as “Spoonful of Sugar” and “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” were turned into a “Broadway-quality production.” “It’s a spectacle with substance,” Morgan said. “It’s a very modern play. It’s a very American concept, too: You are in control of your own destiny.” The show still features the storyline of parents and children relating to each other. The story “becomes more emotional, and connections are deeper, especially for dads,” Morgan said. “It really strikes a chord with trying to balance work and family.” Morgan’s character, Mr. Banks, is happy with his life, although his home is in disarray. His children misbehave— until Mary Poppins comes into their lives “to help them reveal who they really are inside,” he said. “I think (Mr. Banks) is the best character in the show,” Morgan said. “He changes the most.” Mr. Banks is “kind of a jerk” in the beginning of the play, but with the help of Mary Poppins, he learns the importance of children and how “his family should come first,” Morgan said. “It’s a great show for everybody,” he said. “There are these new, fresh and exciting things.” Tickets are $29 to $95. —M.W.

6 to 8 p.m., Saturday, May ay 12 Café 54 54 E. Pennington St. 622-1907; cafe54.org

The Café 54 Art Foundation ndation was started about six years ago ass a way to provide m a mental illness people recovering from ess themselves. with an outlet to express Once participants began producing artwork, it was obviouss that some of it t, said Orlando was gallery-quality art, or the foundation. Montes, coordinator for n to adorn our “These works began ght after another,” beautiful café, one right ted us to give birth he said. “This prompted -opening event. to an art show/gallery-opening This was about 2 1/2 years ago; it was a great beginning of something lasting and memorable.” e fourth art show Second Wind is the presented by Café 54 and will feature d paintings sculptures, jewelry and fiting from the made by artists benefiting —which is Art Foundation Fund—which mmunity supported by the Community ern Partnership of Southern ation Arizona and Rehabilitation on. Services Administration. ale, All works will be for sale, ing with the artists receiving ro100 percent of the proceeds. ut “This is really about celebrating the artistss dicaand their amazing dedicantes tion to recovery,” Montes said. “It’s a training program e recoverfor individuals who are ss; it’s a ing from mental illness; w and be a great mission to know part of; and its part off your local community.” Montes added, “It’ss been a wonderful n one of the most process, and it’s been een part of, to amazing things I’ve been have people produce art and have their work up in the café.” ent will also feature Montes said the event performance art and music, as well as desserts made at the café, and some of everages. the café’s signature beverages. ome but not Donations are welcome required. —A.N.

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Enrique Garcia Enrique Garcia, a 17-year-old junior at Pueblo Magnet High School, won the Tucson Youth Poetry Slam all-city championship last month. Garcia says his involvement in the Tucson Youth Poetry Slam provided him with enough experience writing and performing his work that he now wants to do it for a living. He also wants to help other students keep “the youth voice going.” For more information on the Tucson Youth Poetry Slam, go to tucsonyouthslam.blogspot.com, or search for the slam on Facebook. Mari Herreras, mherreras@tucsonweekly.com What made you interested in getting involved in poetry slams? I’d always been a writer. I guess I was going through a rapper kind of phase my sophomore year. I saw a flier on a teacher’s bulletin board about (the Tucson Youth Poetry Slam). I took it—I thought she’d have other copies, but apparently, she didn’t. She said, “Nobody touches my bulletin board.” She was going to send me to detention, but then said if I went to this Youth Poetry Slam presentation, I could get out of it. I went, and that is where I first met Logan (Phillips), who is now my mentor. He kicked a few poems, and from there, I was interested and knew that this is what I wanted to do. What is it about poetry that you fell in love with? It was just how (Phillips) used his words to engage everybody. … He told this story, but he was telling many other stories at the same time. It’s a storytelling ability I’ve always wanted— being able to impress people with the many battle scars I have in life, and (doing so) in an artistic way. How has the Poetry Slam changed your life? Well, in August 2011, I became a youth organizer. It has given me the opportunity to learn the professional side of the Youth Poetry Slam, and how to balance professionalism and creativity. And it’s helped me observe and help my community and spread word of 22 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

what Tucson and other youth have. I’m one voice within many voices in the city, and it’s helped me improve my listening and my public speaking, and, I guess, discover a talent. I have to find new meanings in everyday routines. What does your family think about your involvement? At first, they were kind of skeptical. Poetry has always been portrayed, as almost … nonmasculine. You don’t see a lot of men involved in poetry. But even though they haven’t been able to see me perform, they’ve been able to see my performances on our YouTube channel. They are astounded, especially now that I’m going out and getting paid and going to performances outside of Tucson. Little by little, they are accepting. Where are you performing, and how are you getting paid? Well, (Phillips) has this initiative to teach a core group of five of us who are really committed … tools and techniques to perform outside of Tucson. We go to events, and we get a stipend. It’s really cool to be recognized for this art, locally and outside the city. Why is the youth voice important? I’ve learned that the youth voice is really, really powerful. I’m a huge history bookworm, and I’ve seen it has the power to change the world, especially in Arizona, where we are being

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oppressed with all these laws that go against education and humanity. Really, it’s the youth that are affected by these laws in a way. We showed a generation we have the power to say we don’t like this, and we need change. … In school, kids are zombified to not question things. … Poetry is a good way to get that message out. What poem helped you win the championship? I performed three, but the last one is the one that pushed it. It’s called “A Boy,” and it’s inspired by a poem (Phillips) did a while back. It’s basically a character I created who lives on the southside, and he sees this pessimistic society. That’s where I am right now. I am out in the community, and I see that fear of success and fear to take that first step. I think we have to encourage and plant that seed, so the youth voice can sprout and make the community grow. Has this helped you figure out what you want to do with your life? I guess if I had poetry, I wouldn’t mind being a starving artist. At first, I thought this was going to be a hobby, but as I progressed, I think that five years ahead, I’d like to be doing this at a national level. … I could survive on poetry and coffee.

2ND SATURDAY DOWNTOWN Free events take place throughout downtown from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m., Saturday, May 12. The Southwest Soul Circuit features jazz fusion, African, hip-hop and soul music in the patio area behind the Rialto Building. FC Tucson Soccer hosts a soccer showdown in the parking lot of the MLK Apartments at Toole and Fifth avenues. The main stage on Scott Street just south of Congress Street features music and performance in a range of genres. A free concert takes place at the Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St., and a kids’ area in the south parking lot of the Chase Bank building at 2 E. Congress St. features a jumping castle and a screening of a familyfavorite movie. Street activities include mimes, buskers, stilt-walkers, living statues, car clubs, food trucks and vendors. Visit 2ndsaturdays.com for more information including a site map. HOWLING FOR THE HOUNDS Music, barbecue, vendors and a raffle for a flatscreen TV and other prizes are featured at an event hosted by the Wolves Motorcycle Club, at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 12, at 2702 N. Flowing Wells Road; $10. Proceeds benefit the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. Call 461-8508, or email wolvestucson@hotmail.com for more information. LUTE OLSON CELEBRITY AUCTION AND GOLF TOURNAMENT Dell Urich Golf Course at Randolph Park. 600 S. Alvernon Way. 791-4161. A celebrity auction, lots of prizes and special appearances by celebrity players highlight an event to benefit the UA Arthritis Center, Friday and Saturday, May 11 and 12. At 5 p.m., Friday, May 11, the auction allows players to bid on coaches and former players to join their foursomes; $35. Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, games and photo opportunities are included. The tournament starts at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, May 12; $150, $500 foursome. Visit coacholsongolf.org to register and for more information. RENO GANNON MEMORIAL JELL-O WRESTLING EXTRAVAGANZA AND BENEFIT AUCTION John F. Kennedy Park. 3700 S. La Cholla Blvd. Teams wrestle in a pit of Jell-O to raise money for the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, at 4 p.m., Saturday, May 12; $25, $20 advance includes a pre-party featuring comedian Bruce Vilanch at 3 p.m. A raffle offers two tickets for a Madonna concert in Phoenix on Tuesday, Oct. 16. An auction also takes place. Call 628-7223; e-mail events@saaf.org; or visit jello-wrestling.org for tickets, to support a wrestler, or for more information. WORKER, INC.: THE WORKER TRANSIT AUTHORITY PUBLIC HEARING PERFORMANCE Tucson Academy of Leadership and Arts. 210 E. Broadway Blvd. 882-9144. An innovative public transportation-planning project incorporates performance, art, humor, parody, graphics and data in a different interactive exhibit and performance Friday and Saturday, May 11 and 12. Videos, text, interactive maps, forms, images, graphics and sculpture pertain to different aspects of how people move throughout the city. Light snacks are provided, and food trucks are onsite. The events are designed to reinvent the public-hearing process and to facilitate discussion about the issues of land use, infrastructure, transportation and the environment. The project is funded through the Tucson Pima Arts Council/ Kresge Arts in Tucson II: P.L.A.C.E. Initiative Grants. Visit workerincorporated.com for more information.

OUT OF TOWN ‘SAVE THE PRESIDIO’ RECEPTION Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. Wine, appetizers and music are featured at a reception from 5 to 7 p.m., Saturday, May 12; $35. Several objects from the museum’s collection are displayed for the first time. Call or email info@ths-tubac.org.

UPCOMING LGBT-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE FUND EVENING Stillwell-Twiggs House. 134 S. Fifth Ave. 620-0947. Wingspan thanks donors to the Alliance Fund and Queer Youth Initiative grants with an evening featuring music, food and beverages, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., Sunday, May 20; free to donors. RSVP to douglas.noffsinger@ comcast.net. Visit the calendar at wingspan.org for details as they are available. ‘POETRY OFF THE PAGE’: A SYMPOSIUM Art installations, film screenings and library and art exhibits take place concurrently with a three-day conference of presentations and performances Friday through Sunday, May 18 through 20; $150, $80 student. Presenters and performers include Julie Carr and K.J. Holmes, Black Took Collective, Brent Cunningham, Christine Hume, Douglas Kearney and Ander Monson, among others. Symposium venues are the UA Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen St.; MOCA, 265 S. Church Ave.; and The Rogue Theatre, 300 E. University Blvd. Visit poetry.arizona.edu to register and for more information.

BULLETIN BOARD EVENTS THIS WEEK ARIZONA BAR BYSTANDER CAMPAIGN Hotel Congress. 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848. Community leaders, bar patrons, club owners and employees are sought for focus groups to be held Monday, May 14; free. Input from the focus groups will help launch a program to reduce sexual aggression and violence. Key stakeholders, bar owners and community leaders gather from 9:30 to 11 a.m.. Bar employees and patrons meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Non-alcoholic drinks and snacks are provided. Call (602) 225-0942, or email info@peersolutions.org for more information and to sign up. CAFÉ INQUIRY DuVal Auditorium, UA Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. 694-0111. A group discusses the intersection of religion and culture from 8 to 9:15 a.m., the second Sunday of every month; free. Call 297-9919 for more information. CONSIDERING DIVORCE Murphy-Wilmot Branch, Pima County Public Library. 530 N. Wilmot Road. 594-5420. Representatives of the Family Center of the Conciliation Court and the family law section of the Pima County Bar Association offer information about the emotional and legal aspects of divorce from 6 to 7 p.m., the third Wednesday of every month; free. Call 740-5590 for more information. DEMOCRATS OF ORO VALLEY Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Ron Barber speaks at 7 p.m., Monday, May 14; free. Call 742-3774 for more information. HOW MUCH MONEY IS NEEDED FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY? Pima County Housing Center. 801 W. Congress St. 6242947. Results of a new report on how much money is required to live self-sufficiently in each Arizona County are discussed at a community meeting hosted by the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 16; free. Call 622-8886 for more information. MECHANICAL MOTHER’S DAY AT BICAS BICAS. 44 W. Sixth St. 628-7950. A women, trans, femme workshop is hosted by an all-female staff during a time for women only from noon to 4 p.m., Sunday, May 13. Women fix flats free, and use BICAS’ tools, materials and staff assistance to work on bikes or art projects; $4 per hour. PCOA AMBASSADOR PROGRAM Martha Cooper Branch, Pima County Public Library. 1377 N. Catalina Ave. 594-5315. 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, from 10 a.m. to noon, every Monday, through May 28; free. PHILOSOPHY GROUP DISCUSSION Old Pueblo Grille. 60 N. Alvernon Way. 326-6000. A group meets for an open discussion of philosophical issues on the second Monday of every month; free. POVERTY ANONYMOUS SUPPORT GROUP Sunrise Apartments. 3636 N. Campbell Ave. 795-0855. A support group based on a text by group moderator Jeff Sonnenburg, For Those Addicted to Never Having Enough, meets in the clubhouse from 6 to 6:50 p.m., Friday, May 11 and 18; free. RSVP to 261-1454.

TANQUE VERDE DEMOCRATIC CLUB Kirk-Bear Canyon Branch, Pima County Library. 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road. 594-5275. Ginger Yrun, former executive director of Planned Parenthood, and Miles Green, former state senator and current chair of the Planned Parenthood Executive Board, lead a discussion about how to address the GOP’s disregard for women’s health issues, from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, May 12; free. Call 749-8109 for more information. VETERANS FOR PEACE Ward 3 Council Office. 1510 E. Grant Road. 791-4711. UA professor Julian Kunnie presents “The Real Role of U.S. Military Interventions in Africa” at a public meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Monday, May 14; free. Call 7473138 for more information.

OUT OF TOWN 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 Wednesday; free. Email acalkins10@aol.com, or visit gvdemocrats.org for more information. FRONTIER PRINTING PRESS DEMONSTRATION Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. Printer and teacher James Pagels demonstrates the 1858 Washington Press used to print Arizona’s first newspaper, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thursday, May 10; and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, May 26; $4, $2 age 7 to 13, free younger child, includes admission.

UPCOMING AARP SAFETY DRIVER COURSE Tucson Jewish Community Center. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000, ext. 106. A refresher course for drivers older than 50 takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, May 17; $14, $12 member. Call 296-1131 for reservations and more information. LOL TUCSON HAPPY HOUR The Shanty. 401 E. Ninth St. 623-2664. Michelle Steinberg, policy director for Planned Parenthood Arizona, discusses bills passed by the Arizona State Legislature this session that affect women’s health and reproductive rights, from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, May 17; free. Visit arizonalist.org for more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS 24-HOUR CRISIS LINE: 624-0348, (800) 553-9387 Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. Report a violent or discriminatory action against you or someone you know by calling the 24-hour bilingual crisis line at 6240348 or (800) 553-9387. If it’s an emergency, please first call 911. All services are available in English and Spanish. 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. A one-hour walking tour of the nature trails takes place at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The walks are free with admission: $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. 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. BRIDGE CLUB Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 229-5300. Adults play bridge from 1 to 4 p.m., every Wednesday. 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. CHESS CLUB Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. All serious chess players are invited from 1 to 5 p.m., every Friday. Call for more information. THE COFFEE PARTY Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Friendly discussions of current events take place

from 1 to 3 p.m., every Tuesday. Call 878-0256 for more information. COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE Himmel Park. 1000 N. Tucson Blvd. 791-3276. A drum circle meets from 3:30 to 6 p.m., every Sunday; free. Call 743-4901 for more information. 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. DIVORCE RECOVERY DROP-IN SUPPORT GROUP First Church United Methodist. 915 E. Fourth St. 6226481. An open support group for anyone ending a relationship takes place from 1 to 2 p.m., every Tuesday; free. ELDER CIRCLES: THE WISDOM JOURNEY Elders hear presentations and share stories each month on one of four topics intended to encourage pro-active aging: life review, life repair, legacy and mentoring; free. The first Tuesday of every month, at 10 a.m.: TMC Senior Center, 1400 N. Wilmot Road; and at 10:30 a.m.: The Fountains at La Cholla, 2001 W. Rudasill Road. The third Wednesday of every month, at 3:15 p.m.: Manor at Midvale, 6250 S. Commerce Court. The second Friday of every month, at 10 a.m.: St. Francis in the Foothills, 4625 E. River Road. Call 298-6542, or email deljonesaz@cox.net for more information. FARMERS’ MARKETS 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). Arivaca Farmers’ Market: 16800 Arivaca Road, Arivaca, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday. Bisbee Farmers’ Market: Vista Park in the Warren section, 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (520-227-5060). Community Food Bank: 3003 S. Country Club Road, 8 a.m. to noon, Tuesday (6220525). Corona de Tucson Farmers’ Market: 15921 S. Houghton Road, Vail, 8 a.m. to noon, Friday (8701106). Douglas Farmers’ 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). El Presidio Plaza Park Mercado: 115 N. Church Ave., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday (339-4008). El Pueblo Farmers’ Market: El Pueblo Neighborhood Center parking lot, SW corner of Irvington Road and Sixth Avenue, 8 to 11 a.m., Saturday (882-3304). Elgin Farmers’ Market: KiefJoshua Vineyards, 370 Elgin Road, Elgin, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, May through October (520-455-5582). Farmers’ 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). Farmers’ Market at Voyager RV Resort: 8701 S. Kolb Road, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday (603-8116). Friday Farmers’ Market at Broadway Village: 2926 E. Broadway Blvd., 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday (603-8116). Green Valley Village Farmers’ Market: 101 S. La Cañada Drive, Green Valley, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday (490-3315). Marana Farmers’ Market: 13395 N. Marana Main Street, Marana, 3 to 6 p.m., Tuesday (882-3313). Metal Arts Village Saturday Morning Market: 3230 N. Dodge Blvd., 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday (795-1770). Oracle Farmers’ Market: 2805 N. Triangle L Ranch Road, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday (896-2123). Oro Valley Farmers’ Market: Town Hall at the corner of La Cañada 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 Farmers’ 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 Farmers’ Market: St. David High School, 70 E. Patton St., St. David, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, May through October (520221-1074). St. Philip’s Plaza Saturday Farmers’ Market: St. Philip’s Plaza, southeast corner of River Road and Campbell Avenue, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (6038116). Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market: Mercado San Agustín, 100 S. Avenida del Convento, 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday (622-0525). San Manuel Farmers’ Market: 801 McNab Parkway, 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (520-2122337). Sierra Vista Farmers’ Market: corner of Carmichael Avenue and Willcox Drive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday; and corner of Charleston Road and Highway 90 bypass, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday (520-678-2638). Sunsites Farmers’ Market: Shadow Mountain Golf Course, 1105 Irene St., Sunsites, 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (520826-1250). Tucson 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). Tucson Farmers’ 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). Tucson Farmers’ Market at Maynards: Maynards Market and Kitchen, 400 N. Toole Ave., winter: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday; summer: 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (545-0577). Tucson’s Green Art

The Tucson Museum of Art invites you to celebrate

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Friday, May 18th · 10 am – 6 pm

· Enjoy free admission to the Museum! · Share your Museum experience by writing and drawing on our “Memory Wall” · Children can create a unique art project in TMA’s “Creative Space” area · Learn more about our Summer Arts Program, just for kids! · Enjoy 10% off breakfast or lunch at Café a la C’Art · Cool off with FREE eegee’s from 3 pm to 6 pm

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and Farmers’ Market: 8995 E. Tanque Verde Road, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (982-2645). Ventana Plaza’s Farmers’ Market: 5455 N. Kolb Road, 3 to 7 p.m., Tuesday (603-8116). 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 for more information. 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. 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.

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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. LET’S SPEAK SPANISH Himmel Branch, Pima County Public Library. 1035 N. Treat Ave. 594-5305. A language and logistics professor leads practice from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., every Wednesday except holidays; free. MAHJONG Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 229-5300. Play Mahjong from 1 to 3:30 p.m., each Saturday; free. Call for more information.

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NOOK EREADER CLASSES Barnes and Noble. 5130 E. Broadway Blvd. 512-1166. Classes are held from 7 to 8 p.m., the first Tuesday of every month. An all-new Nook class (formerly the Nook eInk class) is held from 7 to 8 p.m., the third Tuesday of every month. All the classes are free.

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PIMA COUNCIL ON AGING INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE Free, one-on-one confidential information and referral sessions are offered at many locations throughout the city. For a complete list, visit pcoa.org. From 10 a.m. to noon, the second Tuesday of every month: Sahuarita Branch Library, 725 W. Via Rancho, Sahuarita. From 10 a.m. to noon, the second and fourth Wednesday of every month: 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 of every month: Quincie Douglas Senior Center, 1575 E. 36th St. From 10 a.m. to noon, the third and fourth Wednesday of every month: Freedom Park Recreation Center, 5000 E. 29th St. From 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., the third and fourth Thursday of every month: Clements Center, 8155 E. Poinciana Drive. 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.

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TUCSON SINGLETARIANS A social club for singles age 50 and older meets from 5 to 7 p.m., each Wednesday on the westside, and Thursday on the eastside, at locations that change each month. Free; no-host food and beverages. Call 3269174, or visit tucsonsingletarians.tripod.com for more information about the club’s many other activities. TUCSON SOCIAL SINGLES Tucson Social Singles meet from 5 to 7 p.m., every Friday, at a different location; free. Call 219-9985, or visit tucsonsocialsingles.org for locations and more information. 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., each 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. VENDORS SOUGHT FOR ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR Water of Life MCC. 3269 N. Mountain Ave. 292-9151. Vendors are sought for a church fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 26; $45, $10 to $15 more for indoor space. Applications close on Saturday, May 12. Call 879-6800, or email ellendavia@gmail.com 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. YARNIVORES: A CROCHET AND KNITTING MEET-UP GROUP Murphy-Wilmot Branch, Pima County Public 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.

BUSINESS & FINANCE EVENTS THIS WEEK GRANTS DATABASES OPEN LAB Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Volunteers, staff and board members of nonprofit and community organizations research private grantmakers with the help of a librarian from 2 to 4 p.m., the second Friday of every month; free. Seating is firstcome, first-served. Call 791-4010 for more information. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT SEMINAR Manning House. 450 W. Paseo Redondo. 770-0714. The Southern Arizona Environmental Management Society celebrates its 25th anniversary with a seminar and reception Thursday, May 10. The seminar runs from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; $160; $35 lunch only, $30 member lunch only. The reception, which includes light hors d’ouevres and no-host cocktails, takes place following the seminar at La Cocina Restaurant and Cantina, 201 N. Court Ave.; free. Visit saems.org to register and for more information. RESTART YOUR JOB SEARCH Kirk-Bear Canyon Branch, Pima County Library. 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road. 594-5275. Representatives of Career Connections lead a workshop about how to restart a job search with new approaches, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, May 10; free. SOUTHERN ARIZONA LOGISTICS EDUCATION ORGANIZATION Viscount Suite Hotel. 4855 E. Broadway Blvd. 7456500. Mike Kies, assistant director of planning and programming at the Arizona Department of Transportation, presents “ADOT Projects in Southern Arizona” at a dinner meeting from 5:30 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 16; $30, $25 member or first-time visitor. Call 9773626, or email rsvp@saleo.org for reservations and more information. WHAT WORKS IN ONLINE MARKETING Starbucks at Safeway. 1940 E. Broadway Blvd. 6231156. A presentation about online marketing takes place from 6 to 6:45 p.m., Friday, May 11; free. YWORKS EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR WOMEN YWCA Frances McClelland Leadership Center. 525 N. Bonita Ave. 884-7810. Employment-training and development workshops for women who are unemployed,

underemployed or transitioning in the workforce take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., the second and third Tuesday of each month. Computer-skills help is available from noon to 5 p.m., the second and third Wednesday of each month. Each workshop is $25; scholarships and internships are available. Call 884-7810, ext. 107, or visit ywcatucson.org to register and for more info.

UPCOMING NAWBO MONTHLY MIXER Karp and Weiss Law Firm. 3060 N. Swan Road. 3254200. An informal networking event with women business owners takes place from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, May 17; free. Preregistration is requested; call 3262926, or visit www.nawbotucson.org to register and for more information.

FILM EVENTS THIS WEEK ART AFTER DARK: MOVIE NIGHT Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Frida, featuring Salma Hayek, is screened at 6 p.m., Thursday, May 10; free. Popcorn and snacks are available. Admission to the Tucson Museum of Art exhibit Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray is free from 6 to 8 p.m. Visit tucsonmuseumofart.org for more information. FOX TUCSON THEATRE Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Thursday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m.: Citizen Kane; $5 to $8. Saturday, May 19, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, May 20, at 2 p.m.: Star Wars: The Clone Wars; $5 to $7. I DREAM IN WIDESCREEN Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. I Dream in Widescreen: BFA Thesis Films From the UA School of Theatre, Film and Television features 16 thesis films written, produced, directed and cast by students and members of the Tucson filmmaking community at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 12; free. Some films aren’t suitable for young audiences. Film-industry jurors award $5,000 in film services to the best film. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for more information. LOFT CINEMA SPECIAL EVENTS Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Visit loftcinema.com for a complete list of forthcoming films and to reserve tickets. Thursday, May 10, at 7 p.m.: Last Call at the Oasis includes a post-film Q&A with filmmaker Jessica Yu; $5 to $9. Sunday, May 13, at noon: Pillow Talk, a special Mothers’ Day screening includes a fresh-cut flower and a free raffle for mothers; $8, $6 member. Tuesday, May 15, at 7 p.m.: The Mary Poppins Sing-Along features a goody-bag of props, a free raffle for tickets to the Broadway in Tucson production of Mary Poppins, and a parade of guests in their Mary Poppins-inspired costumes; $8, $6 member. Wednesday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m.: The Forgiveness of Blood, the story of a blood feud in an Albanian family, a Loft Film Fest selection; $5 to $9. Thursday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m.: A restoration of the 1902 science fiction film A Trip to the Moon is presented in its original colors, followed by a screening of The Extraordinary Voyage, a documentary about the discovery and restoration of A Trip to the Moon; $5 to $9. NINJA QUEST PCC Center for the Arts. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 2066986. Film and video work open a program featuring a premiere screening of a film by PCC students in advanced cinematography classes at 7 p.m., Monday and Tuesday, May 14 and 15; free. Ninja Quest is the story of an army veteran who takes on a gang that threatens his family. Call for more info. STARS UNDER THE STARS Loews Ventana Canyon Resort. 7000 N. Resort Drive. 299-2020. Movie musicals are featured at 8:30 p.m., Fridays, through June 8. May 11: The Sound of Music (1965). May 18: Grease (1978). June 1: Strictly Ballroom (1992). June 8: The Wizard of Oz (1939). Free. Call the concierge for more information. CHERYL HAWORTH: STRONG! Woods Memorial Branch, Pima County Public Library. 3455 N. First Ave. 594-5445. Weightlifter Cheryl Haworth struggles to defend her champion status in a one-hour documentary that screens at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, May 12; and 6 p.m., Monday, May 14, at Himmel Park Library, 1035 N. Treat Ave.; free. A moderated discussion follows the Woods Memorial Library screening. Call 791-4010 for more information. SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES St. Francis in the Foothills. 4625 E. River Road. 2999063. Crude Impact, which explores the relationship

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suppliers, educators and aspiring green-industry professionals takes place from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Friday, May 18; $100. Four concurrent sessions are offered; continuing education credits for several professional disciplines are available. Visit ag.arizona.edu/deserthort to register and for more information.

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OUT OF TOWN BARAKA Tubac Plaza. 14 Will Rogers Lane. Tubac. 398-9409. Filmed in 25 countries on six continents, Baraka is a wordless, cinematic collection of some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most beautiful places, set to an original musical score. It screens for ages 12 and older at 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 11; $7. Proceeds benefit Avalon Gardens internships. Call 398-2542, or visit globalchangemultimedia. org for more information.

GARDENING EVENTS THIS WEEK CULTIVATE A HEALTHY GARDEN EN ESPAĂ&#x2018;OL Valencia Branch, Pima County Public Library. 202 W. Valencia Road. 594-5390. Patricia Rojas, the Community Food Bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education coordinator for food production, gives a presentation for Spanish-speakers about cultivating a healthy garden, from 2 to 3 p.m., Saturday, May 12; free. NATIONAL PUBLIC GARDENS DAY Admission to the Tucson Botanical Gardens (2150 N. Alvernon Way, 326-9686, ext.10) and Tohono Chul Park (7366 Paseo del Norte, 742-6455) is free on Friday, May 11. Visit tucsonbotanical.org and tohonochulpark. org for more information. TUCSON AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY The East Side Night Meeting of the Tucson African Violet Society gathers from 7 to 9 p.m., the first Wednesday of every month, at The Cascades, 201 N. Jessica Ave. The East Side Day Meeting takes place from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., the second Wednesday of every month, at The Cascades. The Northwest Day Meeting takes place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., the second Thursday of every month, at The Inn at the Fountains at La Cholla, 2001 W. Rudasill Road. WATERSMART LANDSCAPES FOR HOMEOWNERS Pima County Cooperative Extension. 4210 N. Campbell Ave. 626-5161. On Saturday, May 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., â&#x20AC;&#x153;Residential Drip Irrigationâ&#x20AC;? is offered; and from 9 a.m. to noon, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hands-On Water-Wise Garden Design.â&#x20AC;? Classes are free; call 626-5161 to register. Visit ag.arizona.edu/pima/smartscape for more info about all classes in the series.

UPCOMING DESERT HORTICULTURE CONFERENCE Casino del Sol. 5655 W. Valencia Road. (800) 3449435. A conference for landscape architects, designers, growers, retailers, contractors, maintenance personnel,

CLASSES AT TUCSON BOTANICAL GARDENS Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. 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. Call or visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information. GUIDED TOURS OF TUCSON BOTANICAL GARDENS Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Plant trivia, history of the gardens and introductions to native flora are featured on a guided tour at 10 a.m., every Friday, through May 25; $8, $4 age 4 to 12, free younger child or member, includes admission to the gardens. Call or visit tucsonbotanical. org for more information. ORGANIC GARDENERS COMPOSTING EXHIBIT Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, ext. 10. Tucson Organic Gardeners members answer questions in the composting-demonstration area from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., every Saturday, through May 26; $8, $4 age 4 to 12, free younger child or member, includes admission to the gardens. Call or visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information. 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 for more information.

HEALTH EVENTS THIS WEEK ARIZONA LYME DISEASE ASSOCIATION MEETING Proactive Health Solutions/WellnessFIRST! 3861 N. First Ave. 209-1755. A program takes place from 3 to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 12, and is followed from 4 to 5 p.m. for support and sharing; free. Call 529-0221, or visit azlyme.org for more information. TMC SENIOR SERVICES TMC Senior Services. 1400 N. Wilmot Road. 3241960. Classes are free and take place at the TMC Senior Resource Center. Advance registration is required; call 324-4345 to register. Thursday, May 10, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exercise for Injury Preventionâ&#x20AC;? is discussed. Brain Week takes place Monday through Friday, May 14 through 18; free. Monday, May 14, from 9 to 10:30 a.m., Stephanie Gillespie presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Normal Aging Brain.â&#x20AC;? Tuesday, May 15, from 9 to 10:30 a.m., Dr. David Teeple presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;How Chronic

Diseases Affect the Brainâ&#x20AC;?; and from 2 to 3 p.m., Molly Griffis presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Primary and Secondary Prevention of Stroke: It All Starts With You.â&#x20AC;? Wednesday, May 16, from 9 to 10:30 a.m., Katie Insel presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cognitive Aging and Everyday Rememberingâ&#x20AC;?; and from 2 to 3:30 p.m., Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Don Sawyer and Anne Morrison present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brain Aerobics: A Mental Fitness Workout.â&#x20AC;? Thursday, May 17, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Dr. Abhay Sanan presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brain Tumors: Diagnosis and Treatment Optionsâ&#x20AC;?; and from 1 to 2:30 p.m., Dr. Brian Callahan presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Reversible Cause of Dementia.â&#x20AC;? Friday, May 18, from 11 a.m. to noon, Terri Waldman presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;New to Memory Loss and Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Diseaseâ&#x20AC;?; and from 1 to 3 p.m., Cynthia A. Holmes and others from the American Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association present â&#x20AC;&#x153;New to Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Disease.â&#x20AC;?

ANNOUNCEMENTS ALZHEIMERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Tuesday of every month, at the Oro Valley Public Library, 1305 W. Naranja Drive, 2295300. An Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 TMCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s El Dorado Campus, 1400 N. Wilmot Road, 324-1960. A second Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s caregiver group meets there from 10:30 to noon, the first and third Thursday. CURVES LAUGHTER YOG-HA CLUB Curves. 2816 N. Campbell Ave. 326-1251. Men, women and children laugh for well-being from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., every Sunday; freewill donation. Call Judy at 822-8278, or visit laughteryogawithgita.com. FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP St. Philipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Any family caregiver who needs a safe place to share highs and lows, learn about resources, ask questions and develop coping skills is invited to drop in at this facilitated group from 10 to 11:30 a.m., the first and third Wednesday of every month; free. Participants may attend as often or as seldom as they like. Call 790-0504 or 891-3299. 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. 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.

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KIDS & FAMILIES EVENTS THIS WEEK CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER UA Crowder Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 621-1162. Seussical, a family musical based on Dr. Seuss books, is staged from Friday, May 11, through Sunday, May 20. Showtimes are 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m., Sunday; $12. Call 370-4000, or visit cyttucson.org for tickets and more information. DEADLINE FOR TUSD SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION Students must be registered for bus transportation by Tuesday, May 15, to assure pick-up on the first day of school. Call 225-4800, or visit tusd1.org/getonthebus to learn about transportation opportunities, eligibility requirements, registration procedures and other school transportation information. MOTHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DAY FIESTA Reid Park Zoo. 1030 S. Randolph Way. 881-4753. A Mexican buffet, Mariachi music, face-painting, crafts, games, and up-close visits with the zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s animal ambassadors are featured from 5 to 7:30 p.m., Sunday, May 13; $20, $15 child. Moms feed the giraffes and receive a family photo. Visit tucsonzoo.org for more information. REPTILE RAMBLE Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Docents present characteristics of snakes and lizards, how to tell the difference between species, and the roles each serves in the Sonoran Desert, during an interactive presentation and walk at 10 a.m., every Friday, through July 27; $8, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with ID, $2 child age 5 to 12, free member or child younger than 5, includes admission to the park. Call or visit tohonochulpark.org for information. SONORAN DESERT KIDS CLUB: LIFE ON THE AFRICAN SAVANNA Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road. 877-6000. Kids and families learn about life on the African savanna as compared to the Sonoran Desert, then make a craft, from 9:30 a.m. to noon, Saturday, May 12; free. Reservations are required. Call 615-7855, or e-mail eeducation@pima.gov for more information. TEEN MUSIC Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Teens invite friends to hang out and listen to favorite CDs in surround sound from 6:30 to 8 p.m., the third Tuesday of every month; free. TUCSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RIVER OF WORDS YOUTH POETRY AND ART TRAVELING EXHIBIT Ellie Towne Flowing Wells Community Center. 1660 W. Ruthrauff Road. 887-9786. An exhibit of childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poetry and art expressing their understanding of watersheds closes Tuesday, May 15. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday, Wednesday and Friday; and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday; free. Call 6157855, or e-mail eeducation@pima.gov. WII FOR TWEENS Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Tweens have a wide choice of Wii games and sports to play from 3:30 to 5 p.m., the second Friday of every month, except holidays; free. YOUTH MUSIC FAIR: EXPLORING MUSIC AND SOUND Tucson Symphony Center. 2175 N. Sixth Ave. 8828585. An instrument-petting zoo is featured at an event promoting Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many musical resources for all ages, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, May 12; free. Music students are invited to bring their instruments and take part in mini master-classes. Participants also may create homemade instruments, experiment with composition and found sounds, attend music and movement classes, experience live musical performances and win door prizes. Refreshments are provided.

OUT OF TOWN ELFRIDA MAY FESTIVAL Elfrida Art Center. 10357 N. Highway 191. Elfrida. (520) 642-1569 or (520) 508-1583. A fine-art show, a car show, a Roses for Mother award ceremony and mule rides are among attractions from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 12; free admission. Call (520) 5070319, or visit elfridaartcenter.org for more information.

UPCOMING ALL TOGETHER THEATRE Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. An original adaptation of Thumbelina opens Sunday, May 20, and continues through Sunday, June 10. Aliceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Adventures in Wonderland opens Sunday, June 24, and runs through Sunday, Aug. 12. Showtime is 1 p.m., every Sunday; $5 to $8. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for reservations and more info.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FREE GUITAR LESSONS 17th Street Music. 810 E. 17th St. 624-8821, ext. 7147. Free beginner guitar lessons are offered every Friday from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. for ages 6 to 12, and from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. for age 13 and older. Visit seventeenthstreetmarket.com for more information. READ TO A DOG Murphy-Wilmot Branch, Pima County Public 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. SCRABBLE AND BANANAGRAMS CLUB Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Bring lunch and play Scrabble or Bananagrams from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., every Thursday; free. Call 7914010 for more information. 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. 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.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS 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. 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 3 to 8 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. 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 HIKES Sabino Canyon Visitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Center. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 749-8700. Hikes led by Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists start at 8:30 a.m., every Friday. Hikes range from easy to medium-difficulty and last from two to four hours. Most are free and depart from the visitor center. Some require an $8 tram ride. Visit scvntucson.org. 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.

TOGETHER WE THRIVE MURAL PROJECT Winsett Outdoor Performance Center. 316 N. Fourth Ave. 241-8629. Youth ages 11 to 22 work on a mural with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Together We Thriveâ&#x20AC;? theme, from 3 to 5 p.m., every Tuesday through June 26; free. Registration is requested. Call 791-9359, or visit tucsonartsbrigade.org to register or 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 to 9:30 a.m., every Thursday; free. Binoculars are available. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

THE CREATIVE SPACE Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Materials and activities to encourage families to create museum-inspired artwork are provided at an interactive space in the lobby; free with admission. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and noon to 5 p.m., Sunday; $8, $6 senior or veteran, $3 student with ID, free younger than 13 and everyone the first Sunday of every month.

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OUTDOORS EVENTS THIS WEEK TWILIGHT NATURE WALK Feliz Paseos Park. 1600 W. Camino de Oeste. 8776000. A naturalist guides a leisurely stroll to see how seasonal changes affect local plants and animals, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 11; free. Reservations are required; call 615-7855, or email eeducation@ pima.gov for reservations and more information.

OUT OF TOWN MIGRANT BIRD COUNT Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Highway 60. Superior. (520) 689-2811. Birds returning to nest in Pinal County are counted in an annual census, from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, May 12. To participate, call 9091529, or email d_jenness@hotmail.com.

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EVENTS THIS WEEK 108 SUN SALUTATIONS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND WORLD PEACE Himmel Park. 1000 N. Tucson Blvd. 791-3276. A traditional series of yoga postures are performed to salute the sun from 6 to 8 a.m., Saturday, May 12; freewill donation. Proceeds benefit the Southwest Buddhafield Endowment Fund and Save Ethnic Studies. Call 6222044 for more information. CAPITALIZING ON ADVERSITY Caritas Center for Healing. 330 E. 16th St. 940-0486. A workshop uses art, visualization, writing and discussion to explore coping strategies and ways to bounce back from adversity, from 6 to 7 p.m., Monday, May 14; and from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, May 18; free. Call 3996300 for more information.

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TIES SPEAKER SERIES Unity of Tucson. 3617 N. Camino Blanco. 577-3300. Speakers discuss their near-death experiences at 6:30 p.m., the second and third Thursday every month; $5 suggested donation. Call 395-2365, or email ties@ spiritual-explorations.com for more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS BHAGAVAD GITA STUDY Govindaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Natural Foods Buffet and Boutique. 711 E. Blacklidge Drive. 792-0630. Shared reading and indepth study of the ancient Indian text takes place from 6:30 to 8 p.m., every Wednesday; free. A free light meal follows. Visit govindasoftucson.com for more info. BUDDHIST MEDITATION AND PHILOSOPHY Tara Mahayana Buddhist Center. 1701 E. Miles St. 296-8626. Buddhist nun Gen Kelsang Lingpur teaches about Buddhist meditation and philosophy at 10 a.m., Sunday, and 7 p.m., Thursday. A lesson is also given at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, at A Rich Experience, 7435 N. Oracle Road, No. 101; and 6:30 p.m., Friday, at Sunrise Chapel, 8421 E. Wrightstown Road; freewill donation. Call or visit meditationintucson.org. 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. LGBT BUDDHIST MEDITATION AND PRACTICE Three Jewels. 314 E. Sixth St. 303-6648. Two 20-minute silent-sitting meditations, readings from Buddhist spiritual texts and discussion take place from 10 to 11:45 a.m., every Sunday; free-will donation. Bring a pillow or cushion. Call 287-3127 for more information. MEDITATION AND YOGA BY DONATION Yoga Connection. 3929 E. Pima St. 323-1222. Group meditation takes place from 7 to 8 p.m., every Monday. Meditation techniques alternate weekly among Mantra, Krya, Yoga Nidra and others. Yoga practice takes place from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., every Tuesday; 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., every Wednesday; and 8 to 8:30 a.m., every Thursday. Call for more information.

SINGING BIRD SANGHA Zen Desert Sangha. 3226 N. Martin Ave. 319-6260. Meditation and teachings in the Buddhist tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh take place at 4:45 p.m., every Sunday; free. Call 299-1903 for more information. STILLNESS MEDITATION GROUP Kiewit Auditorium, UA Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. Stillness meditation for patients, families, staff and the community takes place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., every Monday; free. Call 694-4605 or 6944786 for more information. SUNDAY FEAST AND FESTIVAL Govindaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Natural Foods Buffet and Boutique. 711 E. Blacklidge Drive. 792-0630. Mantra chanting takes place at 5:30 p.m., every Sunday, followed by a spiritual discourse at 6 p.m., and a ceremony consisting of music, chanting and dancing 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. TIBETAN BUDDHIST PRACTICE HOUR Little Chapel of All Nations. 1052 N. Highland Ave. 623-1692. Meditation instruction and practice, chanting and a short dharma talk by Khenpo Drimed Dawa (Dean Pielstick) take place from 11 a.m. to noon, every Sunday; free. Call 622-8460, or visit dharmakirti.org. WAKE UP TUCSON Hi Corbett Field. 3400 E. Camino Campestre. 3279467. Ajahn Sarayut of Wat Buddhametta leads a walk around Randolph Park to promote physical and mental health awareness, from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m., every Tuesday and Saturday; free. Visit tucsonbuddhistcenter. org for more information.

SPORTS EVENTS THIS WEEK MOUNT LEMMON HILL CLIMB McDonald Park. 4100 N. Harrison Road. 877-6000. Check-in time is from 5:30 to 7 a.m., Friday, May 11, for a 56-mile bicycle ride to Ski Valley; $20, $15 member of the Greater Arizona Bicycle Association, $5 discount for pre-registration. Volunteers are needed to help with registration, sag stops and sweep vehicles. To

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ROLLER DERBY ARIZONA STATE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Bookmans Event Center. 5120 S. Julian Drive. 8811744. The Tucson Roller Derby Vice Squad meets the Arizona Roller Derby Bad News Beaters for the Arizona State Conference Championship at 5 p.m., Saturday, May 12; $15. Visit tucsonrollerderby.com.

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 available. Call for more information.

SOUTHWESTERN INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Southwestern International Raceway. 11300 S. Houghton Road. 762-9700. An open test-and-tune and a gambler race take place at 7 p.m., Friday, May 11. Team 5 of the Summit Super Series races at 5 p.m., Saturday, May 12. Both events are $5; free age 10 and under. Visit sidragway.com for more information. TUCSON 5000 Reid Park. Broadway Boulevard and Alvernon Way. A 5k run and a 1-mile race, walk and kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; run get under way at 7 a.m., Sunday, May 13; $25, free age 10 and younger. Visit azroadrunners.org to pre-register and for more information. Proceeds benefit the Pima Community College cross-country Teams.

UPCOMING AZ BLISTER WAKA KICKBALL Joaquin Murrieta Park. 1400 N. Silverbell Road. 7914752. Friday, May 18 at 7 p.m. is the registration deadline for teams with at least 18 players; $70 per per player. Free agents may be placed at this time. A rules clinic and pickup game takes place at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 31; and the seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first games are at 7 p.m., Thursday, June 7 and 14. Thursday, June 14 is the last day to register. Games continue at 7 p.m., every Thursday through Aug. 2, except July 5. Playoff games are held at 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 9 and 16. visit kickball.com for more information. WINGS FOR WOMEN GOLF TOURNAMENT Golf Club at Vistoso. 955 W. Vistoso Highlands Drive. A golf tournament followed by a silent auction benefits an organization that provides social services to homeless women and children, at 7 a.m., Saturday, May 19; $100, $350 four-person scramble team. Email info@ wingsforwomentucson.org, or visit wingsforwomentucson. org to register and for more information.

RAINBOW RIDERS CYCLING GROUP A group of LGBTA cyclists dedicated to the enjoyment of all types of bicycling meets every Sunday, and other occasions at the suggestion of members; free. Times vary. All levels of riders are welcome. E-mail nursewratchet@yahoo.com, or visit health.groups.yahoo. com/group/wingspan_fun2bhealthy/messages. TUCSON FRONTRUNNERS LGBT people and family, friends and straight allies of all ability levels run or walk at their own pace. At 5:30 p.m., every Monday, they participate in Meet Me at Maynards, 311 E. Congress St. At 5:30 p.m., each Wednesday, they climb Tumamoc Hill, just west of the intersection of Silverbell Road and Anklam Road. At 7:30 a.m., every Saturday, they walk Reid Park from the parking lot of Hi Corbett Field, 3400 E. Camino Campestre. An hour later, they meet for brunch. Visit tucsonfrontrunners.org for more information. TUCSON ULTIMATE Himmel Park. 1000 N. Tucson Blvd. 791-3276. League play takes place from 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, yearround at Ochoa Park, 3450 N. Fairview Ave.; free spectator. Visit tucsonultimate.com for more information. TUCSON WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LIGHTNING RUGBY CLUB Vista del Prado Park. 6800 E. Stella Road. 791-5930. Women rugby players age 18 or older, all shapes and sizes, are sought. Practice is from 6 to 8 p.m., every Tuesday and Thursday. Email jcbirchfield@gmail.com, or visit lightningrugby.com VOLLEYBALL Randolph Recreation Center. 200 S. Alvernon Way. 7914870. Play volleyball every Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. $1.50 adult; $1 youth or senior.

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PERFORMING ARTS Actor Ken Beider redeems Beowulf Alley’s dark tale about dockworkers

Working-Class Heroes BY LAURA C.J. OWEN, lowen@tucsonweekly.com ins of the Mother is a Lifetime television movie starring Jill Scott; when it premiered in 2010, the film became the second-highest-rated original movie in the network’s history. Oh, wait, I’m sorry. This is actually a review of a different Sins of the Mother, a 2009 drama by playwright Israel Horovitz, currently being performed by Beowulf Alley Theatre Company in a production directed by Vince Flynn. I bring up the identical titles, because Sins of the Mother is a much more appropriate name for a Lifetime television movie or a Danielle Steel novel (and for the record, a Steel novel called The Sins of the Mother is due out later this year), than for the spare, gritty affair that is this Horovitz play and Beowulf production. For instance, the set for the first act is simply a bunch of folding chairs where four unemployed male dockworkers gather, waiting to get their unemployment cards signed. This is not something you’d see in either a Lifetime movie or a Steel novel. Like many of Horovitz’s plays, Sins is set in Gloucester, Mass. This seaside town has been the playwright’s inspiration for more than 30 years, and the focus of Sins is the town’s working-class men, who are suffering the effects of a declining fishing industry. Douggie Shimmatarro (Anthony Saccocio) has drifted back into town in search of work after moving away to live with a grandmother when he was just a child. Waiting around at the fish-packing plant, he meets Bobby Maloney (Hal Melfi), an older gentleman who has spent his life in Gloucester. Now resigned to living on unemployment, Bobby recalls the bad old days when the fishing industry began to fold. Men purposely sank their boats for the insurance money, and some turned to selling drugs. It turns out that Bobby knew Douggie’s mother, and secrets from her past start to come out. Two other unemployed workers, Dubbah (Jim Ambrosek) and Frankie (Ken Beider), also have connections to Douggie’s mother and to the tragic events of long ago. Sins of the Mother started out as a one-act play, and this becomes clear as you watch it. After a slow start, the action begins to rush ahead at the half-hour mark. The truth tumbles out, and the first act ends in violence that doesn’t feel quite yet earned. Still, it’s entertaining to watch the four men interact. Horovitz has a sharp ear for a certain kind of fast-paced, working-class banter. None of the actors really nails the Boston-area accent (the characters all pepper their speech with

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Ken Beider, Anthony Saccocio, Hal Melfi and Jim Ambrosek in Sins of the Mother. New England expressions like “wicked smaht,” and each actor has a different take on what that’s supposed to sound like), but they’ve got an easy rhythm between them that’s engaging to watch. The second act picks up and feels quite different in purpose and tone. There’s more dark comedy, and we’re introduced to a new major character: Philly, Frankie’s identical twin brother. Philly has left Gloucester and founded a successful business. It’s unclear why he’s returned or how much he knows about past events. Beider also handles the role of Philly, and it’s a treat to watch him create a new character halfway through the evening. An eccentric businessman, Philly wears his hair slicked back and insists on keeping his sunglasses on when inside. (“Light-sensitive,” he claims.) Costumer David Swisher puts him in a suit with a few garish touches: a yellow shirt and purple socks. The outfit works, reflecting Philly’s odd mixture of savvy, sensitivity and cruelty. Philly hates his father, yet takes advice from Oprah on forgiveness; he’s manipulative, with deeprunning loyalties and hatreds.

It’s unclear what he wants, but it’s very clear that he wants something, and this makes him quietly terrifying. Beider wisely plays him with restraint, often remaining seated while the other characters flutter around him. Beider is so great as Philly, in fact, that his performance unintentionally points out the weaknesses of the other three actors. Next to the subtle power and depth of feeling that Beider gives Philly, Melfi is a bit wooden as Bobby, and Saccocio’s Douggie is a little flat. Ambrosek as Dubbah has the least to do. He manages, however, to pull off a difficult task for an actor, which is to listen and react. During Philly’s long monologue, Ambrosek’s reactions add a painful realism to the scene. The play ends with a short third act, which is basically a coda to Act 2. It’s unnecessary, merely underscoring the themes of familial revenge and corruption of community that have already been examined. (For example, just to make absolutely sure we see the connections between this play and Greek tragedies, Horovitz has Philly quote Oedipus Rex.) Still, the production’s last image—Beider’s

Sins of the Mother Presented by Beowulf Alley Theatre 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m., Sunday, through Sunday, May 27 11 S. Sixth Ave. $20 regular; $18 seniors; $8 students and military Runs one hour and 50 minutes, with one intermission 882-0555; www.beowulfalley.org

Philly extending his hands to the audience in an ambiguous gesture that could mean forgiveness, triumph or supplication—is creepy and memorable. Sins of the Mother has a terrible title, and it’s a good if not great play. It feels like two one-act plays that happen to be about the same characters, with a coda slapped on to wrap things up. But Beider’s performance is a great match between actor and script, bringing out the dark humor and pathos of the play. For nurturing this performance, director Flynn and Beowulf Alley deserve praise.

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PERFORMING ARTS Two local dance companies reprise popular concerts from 2011—and kick them up a notch

BY MARGARET REGAN, mregan@tucsonweekly.com he Chinese loved Artifact Dance Project’s Great American Dance Tour concert last year. Giant billboards splashed images of the Tucson dancers and musicians in cities across China; critics raved; audiences begged for encores. Likewise, Tucsonans liked last year’s Come Together Beatles show of music and modern dance at ZUZI! so much that they sang along on “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” and “Let It Be.” “We had sold-out houses,” says ZUZI! artistic director Nanette Robinson. “So many people said, ‘You need to do this again.’” No sooner had ADP finished its grueling tour of 14 Chinese cities in 28 days than the troupe was invited to come back this year. “It was amazing and exhausting,” says Claire Hancock, co-artistic director with Ashley Bowman of ADP. “We looked at each other and said, ‘Can we do this again?’” The answer, from both troupes, was yes. This weekend, both companies are taking the unusual step of reprising their popular concerts from last year. ADP will preview its showbizzy history of American popular dance for Tucson audiences at the UA’s Stevie Eller Theatre, just days before taking off to China for a second time. Meanwhile, ZUZI will restage its Beatles concert of live music and modern dance at its theater in the Historic Y. “We could do it every year,” Robinson says with a laugh. “There are 200 Beatles songs.” Both troupes rely on live musicians, though the Beatles show also blends recordings by the

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Fab Four with the musicians’ live performances. Here’s the rundown on both shows.

he Chinese want a huge, blow-out show,” Hancock says, “so we tried to magnify it, to fill up the stage, to up the wow factor. “If we had five couples onstage for a piece least year, we’ll have six this year. We added vocalists. It hangs its hat on what we did last year, but we’re just overall giving it a larger look.” ADP is young by performing-arts standards, just finishing its third season. So when Hancock and Bowman were asked in the second year to organize a major tour to China—and create all the choreography—they hesitated, but only briefly. The two young choreographers dived in and composed nothing less than a history of American popular dance, beginning with vaudeville and the Charleston, and continuing through ragtime, big band, jitterbug, soul and hip-hop. “We stop with pop, with Michael Jackson,” Hancock says. Their glittery costumes, from flapper dresses to tuxedos to cowboy hats, reflect the different eras. The tour operator, Dalian Yilong Performance Company, originally wanted 40 dancers, but ADP negotiated for a troupe of 28 dancers and 12 musicians. They’re committed to always performing with live music, Hancock says, a principle crucial to the success of a monthlong tour. “Live music keeps the tour fresh,” she says adamantly. “Doing it to canned music would not be good.” Bowman and Hancock will reprise their dance roles, but most of the other dancers are new to the tour. Many of them are freshmen and sophomores in the UA School of Dance; two men are students at Pima Community College, and one woman is a dancer in Glendale. “They’re real young and vibrant; they love to perform,” Hancock says. “They feel like this is a great opportunity.” Violinist Ben Nisbet, a co-artistic director of ADP (and Bowman’s husband), will return for the tour, along with a slightly enlarged ensemble of musicians, who play everything from cello to viola to trumpet and drums. Three vocalists— Rebecca Carlson, Kelli Workman and Carlos “Charlie” Hall—will handle the singing. The trio represents another effort to jazz up the show, Hancock says. “We didn’t have a lead male vocalist last year.” A new tech director and lighting designer, Don Fox, has recharged the big-band look. The musicians sit on onstage risers behind the dancers, and backdrop projections of historic

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Ramped-Up Reruns Shaila Isham, Kristina Roper, Christie Yozipovic, Sydney Pangman, Becca Shulla, Davonna Batt, Lena Wolfe, Ellie Hausman and Marissa Dudenake are among the dancers in The Great American Dance Tour. photos—with explanatory text in Mandarin— help lead the Chinese audience through the phases of American dance. The singers had to learn a little Mandarin as well. As a gift to its Chinese audiences, the company’s encore number is danced to “Crescent Moon,” a popular Chinese lullaby. The vocalists deliver it in Mandarin, and the audiences go wild, Hancock says. This year’s schedule will ease up slightly—13 cities in 30 days. The performers will have a bit of time for cultural exchange. One of the best moments last year, Hancock remembers, was a visit to the Beijing Dance Academy. The Chinese dancers performed for their American visitors, dancing numbers from Rent—sung partly in Mandarin.

Come Together Presented by ZUZI! Dance Company 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 11; 2 and 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, May 12 and 13 ZUZI’s Theater In the Historic YWCA 738 N. Fifth Ave. $18 general; $15 students, seniors and military 629-0237; zuzimoveit.org

The Great American Dance Tour Presented by Artifact Dance Project 7 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, May 10 through 12; 2 p.m., Sunday, May 13 UA Stevie Eller Dance Theatre 1713 E. University Blvd. $25 general; $15 students and children

UZI! deploys 40 performers for Come Together: nine musicians and 31 dancers, including 12 regular company members, eight apprentices, 10 dancers in the Many Limbs youth company, and one guest dancer. The dancers will turn up in crayon-bright ’60s-style clothing, and perform in front of a painted backdrop mimicking a Peter Max poster. The guest artist, Henry Graham, is a “stunning dancer,” Robinson enthuses. “He was on So You Think You Can Dance, and he danced behind Beyoncé. He loves ZUZI.” Graham is living in Tucson now, and he’ll dance a brand-new solo to “Yesterday” that Robinson created for him. He’ll also sub in four other pieces for company regular Scott Bird, who is injured. Another new guest artist is pianist Bobby Ronstadt, who’ll play several solo interludes between dances. For one, he’ll hit the ivories while the Fab Four—giant Beatles-head puppets created by local artist Matt Cotten of Puppets Amongus—parade onstage. Other musicians include company regular Pablo Peregrina, a singer and guitarist; bassist Chet Gardiner; and Bubba Fass on Cuban congas. Sally Withers sings, as does guitarist James Dumbauld, moonlighting from his day job as a physician. Besides “Yesterday,” the show debuts two more dances. Company member Ekida Laurie composed a quartet to a medley of five Beatles songs, including “Get Back” and “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window.”

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Carie Schneider’s new piece, “Yellow Submarine,” for the youth dancers, replaces last year’s “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite.” And like ADP, the ZUZI! artists have ratcheted up some of the existing dances. For “Rain,” danced with umbrellas, Robinson upped the number of dancers from four to six. Last year, the dancers stayed on the ground—but this time, they’ll fly through the air on two trapezes. In fact, many of the 20 dances will be performed in the air, from—logically—“Lucy in the Sky” to “If I Fell,” a lovely duet Graham will dance with Maria Sara Villa. Robinson composed both dances. Other choreographers include guest artist Darrell Wilmore (“Eleanor Rigby”) and company dancers Sara Anderson Stewart, Monica Boccio, Alison Hart and Melissa Buckheit. Mechelle Flemming (“She’s Leaving Home”) is seven months pregnant, Robinson says, but she might glide in and dance a few measures of her piece “She’s Leaving Home/Tomorrow Never Knows.” One more surprise awaits ZUZI! fans. “This will be our first performance with air conditioning,” Robinson says. Crews are in the final stages of installing the new system; the company is continuing to raise money to cover the costs. As Robinson notes, “It will make life so much better.”

ARTIFACT DANCE PROJECT UA Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. 1713 E. University Blvd. 621-4698. The Great American Dance Tour, a program created for the company’s second tour of China, which is happening this summer, is presented at 7 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, May 10 through 12; and 2 p.m., Sunday, May 13; $25, $15 student or child. Call or visit artifactdanceproject.com for tickets or more information. DANSWEST SPRING CONCERT Berger Performing Arts Center. 1200 W. Speedway Blvd. 770-3762. A youth dance group performs dances by Tucson choreographers in the styles of jazz, tap, hip-hop and modern dance at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 12; $12, $10 advance. Call 721-9477 for information. PCC DANCE PCC Proscenium Theatre. Pima Community College West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6986. Ballet, jazz and modern dance choreography is performed to Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons at 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 11; and at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 12; $10. Visit pima.edu/cfa for tickets or more information. ZUZI! DANCE COMPANY ZUZI’s Theater. 738 N. Fifth Ave. 629-0237. Come Together, a concert of dance and live music inspired by Beatles music, takes place at 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 11; and 2 and 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, May 12 and 13; $15. Call or visit zuzimoveit.org for more information.

MUSIC EVENTS THIS WEEK 17TH STREET MUSIC 17th Street Music. 810 E. 17th St. 624-8821, ext. 7147. Nancy McCallion and Danny Krieger perform from noon to 2 p.m., Saturday, May 12; free. Visit seventeenthstreetmarket.com for more information. GASLIGHT THEATRE FAMILY CONCERTS The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. Concerts are at 7 p.m., Monday; $12 to $22. May 14: Mariachi Extravaganza with Mariachi Sonido de Mexico, Mariachi Cielo de Mexico and dance group Mariachi Tapatio de Tucson. May 21: The Retro Rockets. Visit thegaslighttheatre.com for tickets and more info. JAZZ UNDER THE STARS Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Concerts are at 7 p.m., Friday; $20, $15 member, $10 student and military with ID. May 11: Triple Threat Divas. MARANA BLUEGRASS CONCERT SERIES Crossroads at Silverbell Park. 7548 N. Silverbell Road. Marana. 382-1999. Live bluegrass music is presented at the park at 7 p.m., the second Saturday of every month, through September; free. May 12: Run Boy Run. June 9: Greg Morton Band. July 14: The Sonoran Dogs. Aug. 11: Providence. Sept. 8: Superstition Ridge. Visit saaca.org for more information. MUSIC AND MEMORIES Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. 2331 E. Adams St. 327-6857. A silent auction, and a tea-tasting hosted by 7 Cups Fine Chinese Tea, highlight a concert to benefit the Under-Insured Cancer Patients’ Endowment Fund of the Academy of Cancer Wellness at 6:15 p.m., Saturday, May 12; freewill donation. Performing artists include musicians from the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, the Arizona Repertory Singers, the Paloma Winds, Jeremy Reynolds, John Milbauer and more. Visit cancerhealth. org for more information. PCC MUSIC PCC Center for the Arts. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 2066986. An orchestra program featuring high school and college students takes place at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 13; $6. Visit pima.edu/cfa for details. ST. PHILIP’S IN THE HILLS FRIENDS OF MUSIC St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Organist Jeffrey Campbell presents Bach and Franck: Pillars of Genius at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 13; $15 suggested donation. The program includes masterpieces of two of the best-known composers of works for organ. TUCSON GIRLS CHORUS Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. All five choirs, ranging from preschool to high school

TUCSON JAZZ INSTITUTE Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. The Tucson Community Music School and Jazz Institute present a Mother’s Day big-band concert featuring 6 bands, a Jazz choir and a concert band at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 13; $20, $15 student or senior, free younger than 12. Call 971-6694 for reservations and more information. TUCSON JUNIOR STRINGS Tucson High Magnet School. 400 N. Second Ave. 2255000. The TJS Chamber Orchestras present their spring semester concert at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 12; freewill donation. The program includes a new work by Tucson composer and TJS musician Clark Evans.

OUT OF TOWN ARIZONA FOLKLORE PRESERVE Arizona Folklore Preserve. 44 Ramsey Canyon Road. Hereford. 378-6165. Performers of traditional music are featured at 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $15, $6 younger than 17. May 12 and 13: Sid Hausman. May 19 and 20: Mary Kaye. May 26 and 27: Dolan Ellis. Visit arizonafolklore.com for reservations, information about the folklore preserve and a schedule of upcoming performances.

UPCOMING FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC Bisbee Women’s Club. 7 Ledge Ave. Bisbee. (520) 4323204. Duo Morpheus, a piano and viola duo, perform at 8 p.m., Saturday, May 19; and 3 p.m., Sunday, May 20; $10. Call (520) 432-7217, or visit artentree.net for more information. ORO VALLEY CONCERTS Oro Valley Marketplace. Oracle and Tangerine roads. Oro Valley. Concerts take place at 6 p.m., the third Thursday, every month; free. Guests may bring chairs. May 17: Retro Swing 7, classic swing and jazz. June 21: the Guilty Bystanders, Americana. SOUTHERN ARIZONA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA A concert featuring Isaac’s Patriotic Overture and Bottesini’s Concerto for Double Bass takes place at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 19, at SaddleBrooke Desert View Performing Arts Center, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive; and 3 p.m., Sunday, May 20, at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 7575 N. Paseo del Norte; $23, $21 advance. Visit sasomusic.org for tickets or more information.

THEATER OPENING THIS WEEK AVA: ANSELMO VALENCIA TORI AMPHITHEATER Casino del Sol, 5655 W. Valencia Road. (800) 3449435. Gabriel Iglesias and Ozomatli perform at 8 p.m., Saturday, May 12; $28 to $75. Visit casinodelsol.com for tickets or more information. BROADWAY IN TUCSON Tucson Music Hall. 210 S. Church Ave. 791-4101. Mary Poppins opens Wednesday, May 16, and continues through Sunday, May 20. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday; 8 p.m., Friday; 2 and 8 p.m., Saturday; and 1 and 6:30 p.m., Sunday; $26 to $77 plus fees. Visit broadwayintucson.com for tickets. COMEDY PLAYHOUSE Comedy Playhouse. 3620 N. First Ave. 260-6442. The Comedy Genius of Don Marquis opens Friday, May 11, and continues through Sunday, May 20. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $12, $10 senior and student. Call or visit thecomedyplayhouse.com for tickets or more info. RED BARN THEATRE Red Barn Theatre. 948 N. Main Ave. 622-6973. Mame opens Friday, May 11, and continues through Sunday, June 3. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $16, $13 senior, student or military, $10 Friday. Call or visit theredbarntheater.com.

CONTINUING BEOWULF ALLEY THEATRE COMPANY Beowulf Alley Theatre Company. 11 S. Sixth Ave. 8820555. Sins of the Mother continues through Sunday, May 27. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2:30 p.m., Sunday; $21. Call or visit beowulfalley. org for tickets and more information.

THE GASLIGHT THEATRE The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. The French farce The Three Musketeers continues through Sunday, June 3. Showtimes are 7 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday; 6 and 8:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 and 7 p.m., Sunday; $17.95, $7.95 child age 12 and younger, $15.95 student, military and senior. Visit thegaslighttheatre.com for reservations or more information. LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. The Cocktail Hour continues through Sunday, June 3. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $18, $16 student, senior or military. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for tickets.

LAST CHANCE ARIZONA ONSTAGE PRODUCTIONS Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theater. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. A production of Steel Magnolias closes Sunday, May 13. Performances are at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2:30 p.m., Sunday; $18 to $27.50. Visit brownpapertickets.com for tickets and more info. CARNIVAL OF ILLUSION FINAL SHOWS Doubletree Hotel. 445 S. Alvernon Way. 881-4200. The current season of Carnival of Illusion: An Evening of Intimate Magical Wonders, featuring award-winning illusionists Roland Sarlot and Susan Eyed, closes Saturday, May 12. Shows are at 6 and 8:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; $24 includes a 2-for-1 dinner special. Audience limited to 35. Call 615-5299, or visit carnivalofillusion.com for reservations and more info. THE ROGUE THEATRE The Rogue Theatre. 300 E. University Blvd. 551-2053. A Winter’s Tale closes Sunday, May 13. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $30, $15 Thursday. Visit theroguetheatre.org for tickets and more information.

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UPCOMING LAFFS COMEDY SURVIVOR Laffs Comedy Caffé. 2900 E. Broadway Blvd. 3238669. Tucson comedians compete to survive another week at 8 p.m., every Thursday, from May 17 through June 21. A comedian is eliminated each week. Finals are held Saturday, June 23, and the winner receives $500 and three professional bookings at Laffs. All rounds are televised on T-Town TV. Email garyhoodcomedy@hotmail.com to participate. LAUGHING LIBERALLY The Auld Dubliner. 800 E. University Blvd. 206-0323. A showcase of political comedy featuring Phil Gordon and a changing cast of other Tucson comedians takes place at 7 p.m., the third Thursday of every month; free admission. Visit livingliberally.com, or email petgordon@ comcast.net for more information and to sign up to perform.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL FOR ACTORS Invisible Theatre. 1400 N. First Ave. 882-9721. Women ages 25 through 50 who are strong singers and actors are sought to audition for the premiere production of The D Word: A Musical by Jeanie Linders, at 4 p.m., Wednesday, May 16. Rehearsals are in August; performances are Wednesday, Sept. 5, through Saturday, Sept. 29. Call 884-0672 for an appointment and to learn how to prepare. MAGICAL MYSTERY DINNER THEATER Magical Mystery Dinner Theater. 2744 E. Broadway Blvd. 624-0172. Murder at the Vampire’s Wedding, a 2 1/2-hour, interactive comedy whodunit that includes a three-course dinner, takes place most Fridays and Saturdays; $29 to $42, includes dinner. Doors open at 7 p.m. Call for reservations or more information.

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OPENING THIS WEEK CAFĂ&#x2030; 54 CafĂŠ 54. 54 E. Pennington St. 622-1907. Art, performance and sweets are featured at an event showcasing artists whose work is supported by CafĂŠ 54, from 6 to 8 p.m., Saturday, May 12; free. The event is part of 2nd Saturdays in Tucson. Visit cafe54.org for more information about the event and the organization. DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY Davis Dominguez Gallery. 154 E. Sixth St. 629-9759. Small Things Considered: 20th Small Works Invitational, featuring work by more than 80 artists, opens Thursday, May 10, and continues through Saturday, June 30. 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. INDEBTED/ENDEUDADO Indebted/Endeudado, a multi-lingual event featuring devised theater, visual art, performance art and dance exploring what it means to be in debt, opens with an exhibit of visual art from 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday, May 12, at Studio ONE, 197 E. Toole Ave.; and continues with a multidisciplinary performance presentations from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Saturday, May 19, at MOCA, 265 S. Church Ave.; $3 each event. Call 304-7803 for more information, or for an appointment to see the visual art after the opening. RITA WATTER ART GALLERY AND CRAFTERS GIFT SHOP Rita Watter Art Gallery and Crafters Gift Shop. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road, No. 27. 777-7034. Cal Cool exhibits his winery paintings on Saturday and Sunday, May 12 and 13. Chester Johnson displays scroll saw work; Cindy Schreck shows embroidery pieces and Gay Nace displays jewelry on Sunday, May 13. Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; free. TUCSON CONTEMPORARY ARTS Tucson Contemporary Arts. 439 N. Sixth Ave., No. 171. 622-8997. Infuse, a program in which UA graduate students in visual arts and creative writing collaborate on new work, meets from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, May 10; free. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 7481551. The All Members and All Friends Art Show, exhibiting a range of two-dimensional work other than photography, opens with a reception from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, May 13, and continues through Sunday,

June 3. The Members and Friends Photography Show opens Sunday, June 10, and runs through Sunday, Sept. 2. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and Sunday.

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various types of models, continue through Thursday, May 31; free. 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.

ART GALLERY AND STONE DRAGON STUDIO ART Gallery. 1122 N. Stone Ave. 624-7099, 4055800. American Daze/Russian Haze, an exhibit of new paintings by Alex Arshansky; and Endangered Cultures, an exhibit and sale of work by Jim Gruhl to benefit Shriners Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital, continue through Friday, May 25. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, and by appointment; free.

KIRK-BEAR CANYON BRANCH, PIMA COUNTY LIBRARY Kirk-Bear Canyon Branch, Pima County Library. 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road. 594-5275. An exhibit of Le Cravenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fine-art photographs of France and the American West continues through Thursday, May 31. An artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reception is held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 17. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday; free.

ARTSEYE GALLERY ArtsEye Gallery. 3550 E. Grant Road. 325-0260. The fourth annual Curious Camera Event, featuring images from around the world made with pinhole, plastic, vintage, instant and cell-phone cameras, continues through Friday, June 15. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday. Call 327-7291, or visit artseye.com for information.

PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY AND STUDIO Philabaum Glass Gallery and Studio. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Philabaum and Phriends, an exhibit of glass art by Tom Philabaum and his colleagues, continues through Saturday, Sept. 1. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and by appointment; free.

ATLAS FINE ART SERVICES Atlas Fine Art Services. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 622-2139. A Marred Geometry: Mary Lou Alberetti, Mel Hombre and Katherine Monaghan, an exhibit of ceramic sculpture and works on paper, continues through Saturday, June 2. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday; and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday; free. DELECTABLES RESTAURANT AND CATERING Delectables Restaurant and Catering. 533 N. Fourth Ave. 884-9289. Divine Providence, an exhibit of paintings and prints by Wil Taylor, continues through Thursday, May 31. Hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday; free. Call or visit wiltaylor.com for more information. DESERT ARTISANSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; GALLERY Desert Artisansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gallery. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. Painted Spring, a diverse exhibit of works by local artists and artisans, continues through Sunday, June 3. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Sunday. Visit desertartisansgallery.com for more information. ETHERTON GALLERY Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. A reception and concert featuring the Southern Arizona Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus takes place at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 12, as part of 2nd Saturdays Downtown; free. This Land, This Sea: Joe Forkan, Nancy Tokar Miller, Lisa M. Robinson continues through Saturday, May 26. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and by appointment; free. Visit ethertongallery.com for more information.

PIMA AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM Pima Air and Space Museum. 6000 E. Valencia Road. 574-0462. Round Trip: Art From the Boneyard, an exhibit of military airplanes and parts recycled into art works, continues through Thursday, May 31. Round Trip features works by more than 30 artists from around the world, including popular graffiti and street artists, and Tucsonan Daniel Martin Diaz. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last admittance, 4 p.m.), daily; $15.50, $12.75 senior, military, Pima County resident and AAA member, $9 ages 7 to 12, free younger child. Visit pimaair.org for more information. PORTER HALL GALLERY Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. An exhibit of astrophotography by Adam Block continues through Wednesday, May 30; free with admission. Regular hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., daily; $8, $4 child age 4 to 12, free younger child or member. Call or visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information. RAICES TALLER 222 ART GALLERY AND WORKSHOP Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop. 218 E. Sixth St. 881-5335. Mujeres, Mujeres, Mujeres, an exhibit of paintings, sculptures and multimedia works by women, continues through Saturday, June 2. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and by appointment. SILVER STREAK GALLERY Monterey Court Studio Galleries. 505 W. Miracle Mile. 582-0514. Eleven Reflexions, an exhibit of black-andwhite silver-gelatin photographs by Salt Lake City artist AnikĂł SĂĄfrĂĄn, continues through Sunday, May 27. Hours are noon to 4 p.m., Thursday through Sunday; and 6 to 8 p.m., Friday; free. Visit silverstreakgallery.com for more information.

younger than 5, includes admission to the park. Visit tohonochulpark.org for info. TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Tucson International Airport Gallery. 7250 S. Tucson Blvd. An exhibit of glass art by Cynthia Miller continues through Thursday, May 31, in the Upper Link Gallery. Flight, Sight and Watermelons, an exhibit of watercolor paintings on paper by Kim Woodin, continues through Saturday, Sept. 8, in the Main Gallery. TIA galleries are open 24 hours, daily; free. Visit flytucsonairport.com. TUCSON PIMA ARTS COUNCIL Tucson Pima Arts Council. 100 N. Stone Ave., No. 303. 624-0595. An exhibit of paintings, mixed media and photography by K. Loren Dawn and Gary Mackender continues through Wednesday, June 27. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. Visit tucsonpimaartscouncil.org for more information. UA MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH CAMPUS UA Medical Center South Campus. 2800 E. Ajo Way. 874-2000. Bridges II Artist Exchange, a cross-cultural project among eight artists in Tucson and the U.K., continues through Tuesday, May 29. Hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 1:30 to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; free. Call 310-2400.

LAST CHANCE CAMPUS CHRISTIAN CENTER ART GALLERY Campus Christian Center Art Gallery. 715 N. Park Ave. 623-7575. Exhibits of mixed-media work by Carol Bjelland and photography by Elsa Jacklitch close Friday, May 11. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; free. DIOVANTI DESIGNS GALLERY Diovanti Designs Gallery. 174 E. Toole Ave. 305-7957. Cultural Wonder, an exhibit of designs inspired by Tohono Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;odham culture, closes Saturday, May 12. Hours are noon to 5 p.m., every Saturday, and by appointment; free. JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY AND THE UA SCHOOL OF ART UA School of Art. 1031 N. Olive Road. The UA School of Art 2012 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition closes Friday, May 11, in the Joseph Gross Gallery and the Main and Hanson galleries. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; $5. TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Tucson International Airport Gallery. 7250 S. Tucson Blvd. Arcoiris, an exhibit of contemporary abstract paintings by local artists Karen Bellamy and Letizia Stanghellini, in the Lower Link Gallery, closes Tuesday, May 15. TIA galleries are open 24 hours, daily; free. Visit flytucsonairport.com.

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FLUX GALLERY Flux Gallery. 2960 N. Swan Road, Suite 136. 6235478. Spring Awakenings, an exhibit of wood-turning, metal art and paintings by six Tucson artists, continues through Wednesday, May 30. Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; free. Visit fluxartists. com for more information.

TEMPLE GALLERY Temple Gallery. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 624-7370. Red: A Juried Invitational, exhibited in conjunction with the play Red about artist Mark Rothko, continues through Friday, June 1. 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.

RANCHO LINDA VISTA BARN GALLERY Rancho Linda Vista Barn Gallery. 1955 W. Linda Vista Road. Oracle. 603-9077. Collaborations, an exhibit of work by Joy Fax and Albert Kogel, opens with a reception from 2 to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 12, and continues through Sunday, May 27. Hours are 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, or by appointment; free.

JOEL D. VALDEZ MAIN LIBRARY Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Artwork of Karen Bellamy, an exhibit of desertlandscape painting and mixed media; CreateIT Exhibit, a collection of student photography, Web animation and video and sound production; and Models That Tell a Story: The Art of Dioramas and Vignettes, an exhibit of

TOHONO CHUL PARK Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Mesquite, an exhibit of photography and art representing mesquite trees in a range of media, runs through Sunday, July 22. Hours are 8 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

TRIANGLE L RANCH Triangle L Ranch. 2805 Triangle L Ranch Road. Oracle. 623-6732. Big Desert Sculpture Show continues through mid-August. The exhibit includes metal, glass and ceramic works for sale, and site-specific installations. Hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., every Saturday; and by appointment; free.

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VENTANA MEDICAL SYSTEMS GALLERY Ventana Medical Systems Gallery. 1910 E. Innovation Park Drive, Building No. 2. Oro Valley. 887-2155. Journeys, an exhibit of oils and acrylics by Judith Mariner, and collages by Barbara Brandel, continues through Saturday, June 30. Gallery hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the first and third Saturday every month; free. Reservations are required 48 hours in advance; call 797-3959 for reservations or more information.

CALL TO 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 Friday, June 1, through Sunday, Sept. 30. Pieces should be delivered from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, May 21 through 25. Call 326-9686, ext. 35, or email communications@tucsonbotanical.org with Flights of Fancy in the subject line for submission requirements.

BICAS UNDERGROUND ART WORKSHOPS BICAS. 44 W. Sixth St. 628-7950. BICAS offers workshops to create useful objects and art projects from recycled materials from 5 to 8 p.m., every Tuesday; freewill donation. Materials are provided, or you may bring

ARIZONA HISTORY MUSEUM Arizona History Museum. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. 100 Years: 100 Quilts continues through Saturday, Dec. 29. The quilts, created for the state’s centennial, depict Arizona landscapes, cultures, historical places and unique events. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday; $5, $4 senior or ages 12 through 18, free younger child. ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM Arizona State Museum. 1013 E. University Blvd. 6216302. 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 Friday, June 1. An exhibit of 20 Hopi quilts

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DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9191. Portraits of DeGrazia, an exhibit of photographs and paintings of Ted DeGrazia, including works by Louise Serpa and Thomas Hart Benton, continues through Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. 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. Brass Tracks and Smoke Stacks: G-Scale Model Railroading, an exhibit of model trains built from scratch and from kits, continues through Sunday, June 17. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and noon to 4 p.m., Sunday; $9, $8 senior or military, $6 age 4 to 17, $6 adults on Thursday through Dec. 27, free younger child. Visit theminitimemachine.org for more information. MOCA MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. Works by participants in the MOCA artist-residency program are featured in Air Show, which continues through Sunday, June 24. Hours are noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday; $8, free member, child younger than 17, veteran, active military and public-safety officers, and

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PHOTO FRIDAY Center for Creative Photography. 1030 N. Olive Road. 621-7968. From 11:30 to 3:30 p.m., the first Friday of every month, a selection of unframed original works are presented for close inspection without glass; free. Visit www.centerforcreativephotography.org.

CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY Center for Creative Photography. 1030 N. Olive Road. 621-7968. Speaking in Tongues: Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken, 1961-1976, an exhibit examining how two Los Angeles artists used photography to bridge modernist and emerging post-modernist trends; and a group of works from the permanent collection that illustrate Los Angeles photography from the 1890s through the 1990s, continue through Sunday, June 17. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; free. Visit centerforcreativephotography.org for more information.

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JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY Joseph Gross Gallery. 1031 N. Olive Road, No. 108. 626-4215. Above and Below, an exhibition of work by Josh Keyes, opens Monday, May 21, and continues through Thursday, Aug. 30. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; $5.

VICTOR STEVENS STUDIO AND GALLERY IN THE DESERT Victor Stevens Studio and Gallery in the Desert. 14015 S. Avenida Haley. Sahuarita. 399-1009. Original work and giclee prints are shown from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., every Saturday; and by appointment. Visit victorstevensart.com for more information.

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everyone the first Sunday of each month. Call or visit moca-tucson.org for more information. TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray, photographs by Kahlo’s longtime lover and friend; Frida’s Style: Traditional Women’s Costume From Mexico; and Tesoros del Pueblo: Latin American Folk Art, featuring many items from the museum’s permanent collection, continue through Sunday, June 3. (con)text, an exhibit of works from the permanent collection that examine the impact of text in contemporary art, continues through Saturday, June 30. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday; and noon to 6 p.m., Sunday; $8, $6 senior and veteran, $3 student with ID, free younger than 13, free the first Sunday every month. UA MUSEUM OF ART UA Museum of Art. 1031 N. Olive Road. 621-7567. Palimpsest: An Image of What Was, Art by Joshua Olivera continues through Sunday, Sept. 2. Visit artmuseum.arizona.edu for details of related activities. The Samuel H. Kress Collection and the altarpiece from Ciudad Rodrigo are on display until further notice. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and noon to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $5, free member, student, child, faculty and staff with ID. Call or visit artmuseum.arizona.edu for more information. UA SCIENCE: FLANDRAU UA Science: Flandrau. 1601 E. University Blvd. 6217827. Biters, Hiders, Stinkers and Stingers, an exhibit about poisonous animals and the good they do, continues through Thursday, May 31. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday; 6 to 9 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday; $7.50, $5 age 4 to 15, free younger child, $2 Arizona college student with ID, $2 discount to CatCard holders. Visit flandrau.org for more information.

OUT OF TOWN AMERIND MUSEUM Amerind Museum. 2100 N. Amerind Road, Exit 318 off Interstate 10. Dragoon. (520) 586-3666. A Journey: The Art of Glory Tacheenie-Campoy, an exhibit of paintings, sculpture, mixed-media works and prints, continues through Wednesday, Oct. 31. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday; $8, $7 senior, $5 ages 12 through 18, free younger child. Visit amerind. org for more information. GUNPOWDER PRESS EXHIBIT AND AMBOS NOGALES VINTAGE PHOTO GALLERY Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. Exhibits including a press and printed matter from Gunpowder Press, a mid-20th-century Tubac

business, and a collection of vintage photographs depicting Nogales on both sides of the border, continue through Saturday, June 30. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily, except Christmas; $4, $2 youth ages 7 through 13, free younger child, includes admission to the park. Visit tubacpresidiopark.com 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 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. ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY DOWNTOWN MUSEUM Arizona Historical Society Downtown Museum. 140 N. Stone Ave. 770-1473. Exhibits depict early Tucson businesses and homes. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; $3, $2 senior or age 12 to 18; free younger child, 2-for-1 admission the first Tuesday of every month. Visit arizonahistoricalsociety.org for more information. ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. A world-renowned botanical garden, zoo and natural-history museum that features a vast collection of native plants and wildlife. Walk into the lush hummingbird and mixed-species aviaries, or learn about the statuesque saguaro and other desert denizens via daily tours and bird walks. Activities for kids include a simulated fossil dig. Open every day, but hours vary by month; free child younger than 6; $13, $4.25 ages 6 to 12 from September to May; $9.50, $2.25 age 6 to 12 from June to August. Visit desertmuseum.org for more information. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM TUCSON Children’s Museum Tucson. 200 S. Sixth Ave. 7929985. Ongoing exhibits include Bodyology, a health and 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

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PRESIDIO SAN AGUSTÍN DEL TUCSON Presidio San Agustín del 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. SOUTHERN ARIZONA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM Southern Arizona Transportation Museum. 414 N. Toole Ave. 623-2223. The museum features audio and visual interactive elements for youth and adults alike, a diorama with trains and a 1907 depot, a state-of-the-art media wall, knowledgeable docents and a locomotive. Locomotive Saturdays are held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and offer an up-close-and-personal look at a real locomotive. Hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday; $6, free during Locomotive Saturdays hours. Visit tucsonhistoricdepot.org for more information. TITAN MISSILE MUSEUM Titan Missile Museum. 1580 W. Duval Mine Road. Sahuarita. 625-7736. The only one of 54 missile silos preserved as a National Historic Landmark, at seven stories underground. Tour includes the launch-control center and missile silo. Displays include an actual Titan II ICBM. Visitors can experience a simulated launch. Open daily from 8:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except Thanksgiving and Christmas; $9.50, $8.50 senior or military, $6 ages 7 to 12, free younger child. Visit titanmissilemuseum. org for more information. UA MINERAL MUSEUM UA Mineral Museum. 1601 E. University Blvd. 6214524. The museum is the longest continuously curated mineral museum west of the Mississippi and is recognized as one of the top collections in the country. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday; $7.50, $5 age 4 to 15, free younger child. Visit uamineralmuseum.org for more information.

LITERATURE EVENTS THIS WEEK CLUES UNLIMITED Clues Unlimited. 3146 E. Fort Lowell Road. 326-8533. Barbara Cleverly’s The Last Kashmiri Rose, a historical mystery set in Calcutta, is discussed at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 13; free. NOCHE DE LIRICA POETRY SLAM House of Neighborly Service. 243 W. 33rd St. 6230100. Safos Dance Theatre holds a fundraiser featuring spoken-word artist and actor Bobby LeFebre from 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday, May 12; $5, $3 student. Call 481-1656 for more information. LeFebre gives a workshop from 5 to 6:30 p.m.; the slam starts at 7 p.m. Interested poets call 481-1656, or email safosdance@gmail.com for more information. Music is by DJ LexDaMonsta and refreshments are available. 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. Call (917) 705-3803 to schedule an appointment. At an exhibition and reception at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 12, several poets read from the finished glazed bowls; free admission. Call or visit tucsonclayco-op.com for more information.

OUT OF TOWN GUY PORFIRIO: JUMP! Western National Parks Association Bookstore. 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014. Guy Porfirio discusses and signs his book Jump!, a tale about how the jumping cactus got its name, at noon and 2 p.m., Saturday, May 12. Reservations are required; call between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; or from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday. Visit wnpa.org for directions or more information.

UPCOMING DEE SNIDER: SHUT UP AND GIVE ME THE MIC Barnes and Noble. 5130 E. Broadway Blvd. 512-1166. American singer-songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality and actor Dee Snider signs his memoir and his CD Dee Does Broadway, while KLPX FM 96.1 does a live feed from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, May 17; free. GARY NABHAN: DESERT TERROIR Antigone Books. 411 N. Fourth Ave. 792-3715. The author discusses and signs Desert Terroir: Exploring the

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LITERATURE

BOOKS Rudolfo Anaya’s play collection is compelling enough—but it does not stand up to his fiction

MAIN LIBRARY BOOK CLUB Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Judith Freeman’s Red Water is discussed from noon to 1 p.m., Thursday, May 17; free. Copies are available at the first-floor information desk. Call 7914010 for more information.

Worthy Theater BY CHRISTINE WALD-HOPKINS, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com here’s a folk-art quality to this new collection of Rudolfo Anaya plays—a sort of rough-hewn black-or-whiteness, in which the bad guys are really bad, temptresses can really ruin the day, and harmony can be restored with the lighting of luminarias and the serving of posole. In his “Comments From the Playwright,” novelist and short story-writer Anaya introduces the work as an invitation to readers to participate in theater. “Mainstream theater,” he asserts, has shown little interest in the work of Chicano playwrights; his plays, particularly, have been produced only in Chicano theaters. “Here are (my plays),” he tells the reader. “You be the judge. You might get interested enough to act in one or direct one.” They do seem to be crafted for community theater. The seven pieces in this collection were first performed over a period of nearly 20 years— 1979 to 1998—and they reflect both personal and cultural concerns in Anaya’s life. The first, The Season of La Llorona, came out seven years after his novel Bless Me, Ultima. In it, Anaya makes Malinche (the Aztec woman who translated for Cortés in his defeat of Moctezuma) the first Llorona— Weeping Woman. His becomes a Medea-like tale involving a conniving Spanish princess and Cortés’ and Malinche’s two young sons. According to Chicana director and theater historian Cecilia J. Aragón and Chicano studies scholar Robert Con Davis-Undiano, this play represents the betrayed and the “hybrid cultural identity” of Mexican Americans. All of the other plays are set in New Mexico, and they all relate to some degree to tradition, time, change, assimilation, identity and basic human experience. In The Farolitos of Christmas, a 10-year-old girl saves her ailing grandfather’s dignity by transforming an old village (and Spanish) tradition of Christmas bonfires into New World luminarias. Who Killed Don José? weaves computer technology with dirty politicians … in an Agatha Christie-lite situation. You do see other allusions in these pieces: Hamlet, Macbeth, Edward Albee and even Ken Kesey resonate. Given those echoes and Anaya’s capacity for complex and multilayered fiction, it’s disappointing to see how rather clumsy the earlier plays in this collection are.

Billy the Kid and Other Plays By Rudolfo Anaya University of Oklahoma 384 pages, $24.95

Spectacle, however, can mitigate that. Although the character development seems flat, and plotting is either predictable or exaggerated in Los Farolitos … (1987) and the 1989 Matachines, they both include traditional festival scenes that could prove amusing. Los Farolitos … has music and pageantry with the play-within-aplay Los Pastores, and Matachines includes a reenactment of a traditional Indo-Hispanic dance and drama. It’s a ritualized event including music, props and a dramatized face-off of Good, represented by Malinche, and Evil, the Toro, the Devil’s stand-in; Anaya employs it to play out contemporary unrequited love and jealousy. Different but still dealing with issues of culture and aging is the 1994 Ay, Compadre! Set in white middle-class suburbia (the family left the barrio for more space and better schools), two middle-age Hispanic couples at a dinner party play out issues of fading sexuality. It’s entertaining enough, but the running metaphor on “charcoal too wet to light” needs snipping. The title play of this collection is, however, a gem. Billy the Kid has energy, complexity and engaging ambiguity. The historical Billy the Kid was a folk hero in New Mexico (where he was known as a polite, nondrinking ladies’ man who spoke fluent Spanish); here, Anaya presents yet another version of his life and death. He sets up an onstage dialogue between the official gringo historian Ash Upson, who ghost-wrote for Sheriff Pat Garrett (who shot the Kid), and a local named Paco Anaya, whose sister was Billy’s last girlfriend. This portrayal of the Kid’s life could make for dynamic theater. Anaya’s full work celebrates Chicano culture and central and northern New Mexico as it laments the damage inflicted on the land and its people. These plays are a vehicle to inhabit and sustain tradition. And—were it not for Anaya’s standard lines of untranslated Spanish—I know a local community theater actor who’d probably love to play crazy Minnie (“911, get me outta here.”) in his Cuckoo’s Nestin a-nursing-home play Angie. These plays are fine—but they’re not his fiction. To taste the beauty of New Mexico as Anaya has portrayed it, and feel the poignancy of the passage of time, there’s still not a more luminous, transcendent passage in literature than the opening paragraph of Bless Me, Ultima.

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OMNIVOROUS READERS Sahuarita Branch, Pima County Public Library. 725 W. Via Rancho Sahuarita. Sahuarita. 594-5490. Maurynne Maxwell leads discussions of a mix of contemporary fiction and nonfiction from 10 a.m. to noon, the second Saturday of every month; free.

LECTURES EVENTS THIS WEEK EDUCATION REFORM AND NATIONAL SECURITY Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Bill Adler facilitates a discussion based on a Council on Foreign Relations report about the threat posed by failing to prepare youth to compete in the global economy through better education, from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, May 10; free. LISA HAYNES: WILD CATS OF THE SOUTHWEST SEIU Meeting Room. 1600 N. Tucson Blvd., No. 100. 884-8100. The coordinator of the UA Wild Cat Research and Conservation Program discusses results of recent research by the program’s local center, and efforts to conserve 36 species of wild cats worldwide, at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 10; free. Call 623-0269 for more information. MELISSA DIANE SMITH: GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN OF WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT NUTRITION Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. A nationally known nutrition author reveals new info that may change common understandings about nutrition, from 3 to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 12; free. QUILTING SERIES Arizona History Museum. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. Quilt-makers who contributed to the centennial exhibit 100 Years, 100 Quilts give informal talks at 11 a.m., the second Saturday of every month, through Nov. 10; $5, $4 senior or ages 12 through 18, free younger child, includes admission. May 12: Ann Adams. June 9: Judy Gilmartin. July 14: Karen Fisher. Aug. 11: Sue Franklin. Sept. 8: Joyce Harrison and Diane Osborne. Oct. 13: Nancy Arseneault. Nov. 10: Karen Fisher. Visit arizonahistoricalsociety.org for more information. THOMAS J. LINDELL: VIEWING RELIGION AND THEOLOGY THROUGH THE LENS OF SCIENCE DuVal Auditorium, UA Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. 694-0111. Thomas Lindell, an emeritus professor of molecular and cellular biology at the UA and a current member of St. Philip’s in the Hills parish clergy, discusses efforts to reconcile cosmology and biological evolution, from 10 a.m. to noon, Sunday, May 13; freewill donation. UA HUMANITIES SUMMER SEMINARS UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. University professors explore the works of Homer and Dante and the evolution of vaudeville, in three, fourweek classes through Tuesday, July 31, in the Dorothy Rubel Room; $85 to $100. Call 626-7845, or visit hsp. arizona.edu to register and for more information. WEAVING IN THE EVENING Arizona State Museum. 1013 E. University Blvd. 6216302. In connection with the Basketry Treasured exhibit, curators, guest scholars and basket-weavers present a series of lectures from 6 to 8 p.m., every Thursday, through May 31; $15 per lecture. Visit arizonamuseum. arizona.edu to register.

OUT OF TOWN MARK ELSON: VOLCANIC ERUPTION AT SUNSET CRATER North County Facility. 50 Bridge Road. Tubac. (520) 398-1800. Mark Elson presents “Human Adaptation to Catastrophic Events: Lessons From Sunset Crater” at a meeting of the Arizona Archaeological Society at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 10; free. Call 207-7151, or visit azarchsoc.org for more information.

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CINEMA The life of Bob Marley is detailed iled in this fascinating new documentary mentary

The Reggae King

TOP TEN Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending May 6, 2012

BY BOB GRIMM, bgrimm@tucsonweekly.com ’m going to come right out and say it: I hate most reggae music. Hearing that annoying “chinkachink” guitar repetition, along with the stupid popping drums and cymbals, is irksome to me. And the damned music is always so freaking happy or uplifting. Screw that! Music occasionally needs death, destruction and despair. Whenever I end up at a reggae-infused concert, and everybody has those big, stupid, closed-eyed grins on, as they sway to and fro, I want to start punching people in the face. With the exception of Frank Zappa’s reggae version of “Stairway to Heaven,” I have little tolerance for reggae! Bob Marley is also exempt from my admittedly childish and closed-minded reggae disdain. (While I’m at it, I hate most jazz, too!) Marley rules his own magical mystical musical plain. He’s as reggae as reggae gets, and I couldn’t love him and his music more. It feels like every other reggae artist is ripping him off. When I hear “chinka-chink” in a Marley song, I feel good. When I hear it in another artist’s songs, I get pissed. I’m weird that way. The nearly 2 1/2-hour documentary Marley is a must-see for lovers of the man and/or his music. If you dig films about musical history, but aren’t necessarily a Marley fan, it’s still a good watch. The project’s original director was to be Martin Scorsese (who did a good job with Bob Dylan and George Harrison). Then it got passed on to Jonathan Demme, and finally wound up in the hands of Kevin Macdonald. I wouldn’t consider the guy who directed Channing Tatum in The Eagle to be an obvious choice for the gig, but he actually does a good job of telling the Marley story, from the man’s birth to his all-too-early death. I knew very little about Marley, other than his music, going into this one. The film is long, but it’s not padded with music montages and concert footage (although it does have some). It’s an honest, straightforward look at a complicated man who truly believed in the messages delivered by his songs. Macdonald gets some great interviews, including Jimmy Cliff; Marley children Ziggy and Cedella; Marley’s wife, Rita; and his mom, Cedella Marley-Booker (before her 2008 death). It’s surprising to hear Ziggy speak of his dad as a rough, uncompromising guy who wouldn’t give in just a little during footraces on the beach. I pictured Marley as an absolute sweetheart. As it turns out, he was also quite the womanizer. While he was married to Rita, he had

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1. Contraband Universal

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3. Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol Paramount

4. New Year’s Eve Warner Bros.

5. The Innkeepers MPI

6. Joyful Noise Warner Bros.

7. The Iron Lady Weinstein

8. Shame 20th Century Fox

9. W.E. Weinstein

10. The Darkest Hour Summit

Dolly Parton in Joyful Noise.

Bob Marley in Marley. many affairs that brought forth other kids. The most notorious of his other relationships was with a former Miss World, Cindy Breakspeare, with whom he had a son, Damian. The film devotes much time to Marley’s declining years, when a problem with one of his toes turned out to be the manifestation of something far more sinister. Cancer spread through his body, and he died in 1981 at the age of 36. Macdonald manages to interview the nurse who took care of Marley (whom she called “Bobby”) in his dying days. Since I never really looked into the circumstances surrounding Marley’s death, seeing it all laid out in the film was quite revelatory. His performed his last concert while very sick, and he had to cut off his dreads because they became too heavy for his head. The movie is an absorbing, comprehensive look at his life, and it put me in the mood to check out Marley’s music again. There’s significant time dedicated to my personal favorite, “Redemption Song,” penned by Marley after his

Marley Rated PG-13 Directed by Kevin Macdonald Magnolia, 144 minutes Opens Friday, May 11, at the Loft Cinema (795-7777).

cancer diagnosis. After seeing the film, it took on new significance for me. The film features audio of Marley speaking on politics and God, and archival interviews. Footage culled from some of his performances, including one during which the stage was teargassed, reveals a man who clearly got into the zone when he was onstage. The band ran off before Marley even knew the tear gas had been sprayed. Is Marley a bit long? Not for those who find the man fascinating—and after seeing Macdonald’s heartfelt effort, I know a lot more about him. I’m grateful for that.

FILM TIMES Film times reflect the most current listings available as of Tuesday evening, with screenings beginning on Friday for most opening titles. As schedules at individual theaters frequently change post-press, we recommend calling ahead to avoid any inconvenience.

AMC Loews Foothills 15 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd. 888-262-4386. Call for Wed film times 21 Jump Street (R) Thu 11:20, 2:15, 4:50, 7:25; Fri-Tue 11:45, 2:20, 5:05, 7:35 The Cabin in the Woods (R) Thu 10:35, 12:55, 3:15, 5:40, 8, 10:40; FriTue 10:10 Chimpanzee (G) Thu 11:15, 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15; Fri-Tue 11, 1, 3 Dark Shadows (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Mon 11, 1, 2, 5, 8, 10:15, 11; Tue 1, 10:15 Dark Shadows: The IMAX Experience (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Tue 10, 4:15, 7:15 The Dictator (R) Wed 12:01 a.m.; Wed 11, 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8, 10:15 The Five-Year Engagement (R) Thu 10:30, 1:30, 4:35, 7:30, 10:30; Fri-Tue 10:10, 1, 4:15, 7:20, 10:15 Girl in Progress (PG-13) Fri-Tue 10:25, 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 The Hunger Games (PG13) Thu 10:05, 1:10, 4:15, 7:20, 10:30; FriTue 10:05, 1:30, 4:40, 7:50, 10:55 The Lucky One (PG-13) Thu 11:10, 1:35, 4:20, 7:10, 9:35; Fri-Tue 11:30, 2:05, 4:55, 7:40, 10:05 Marvel’s the Avengers (PG-13) Thu 11, 11:45, 2:05, 3, 5:15, 5:45, 6:30, 8:30, 9, 9:30, 10, 11:45; Fri 10:10, 11:55, 1:15, 3, 4:30, 5, 6:15, 7:45, 9, 9:30, 11, 11:45; Sat 10:10, 11:55, 1:15, 3, 4:30, 5, 6:15, 7:45, 9, 9:30, 11, 11:35; Sun-Tue 10:10, 11:55, 1:15, 3, 4:30, 5, 6:15, 7:45, 9, 9:30, 11 Marvel’s the Avengers 3D (PG-13) Thu 12:30, 3:45, 7, 10:30; Fri-Sun 9:45, 11, 2:15, 4, 5:30, 7:05, 8:30; Mon-Tue 11, 2:15, 4, 5:30, 7:05, 8:30 Marvel’s the Avengers: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG13) Thu 10, 1:15, 4:30, 7:45; Fri-Tue 12:45, 10 Mirror Mirror (PG) ends Thu 10:05 The Pirates! Band of Misfits (PG) Thu-Tue 10, 2:30, 7:05 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (PG) Thu-Tue 12:15, 4:45, 9:25 The Raven (R) Thu 11:50, 2:20, 5:05, 7:50, 10:25; Fri-Tue 12:25, 5:25, 10:20 Safe (R) Thu 10:15, 12:45, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20; Fri-Tue 10, 2:55,

7:55 Think Like a Man (PG-13) Thu 10:45, 1:40, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25; Fri-Mon 10:35, 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25; Tue 10:35, 1:25, 4:25, 7:25 The Three Stooges (PG) ends Thu 12:35, 2:55

Century El Con 20 3601 E. Broadway Blvd. 800-326-3264, ext. 902. Call for Wed film times 21 Jump Street (R) ends Thu 2:05, 5 American Reunion (R) ends Thu 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Bully (PG-13) ends Thu 11:40 The Cabin in the Woods (R) Thu 11:35, 4:30; Fri-Sun 11:35, 2, 4:30, 7:20, 9:55; Mon 11:35, 2; Tue 11:35, 2, 4:30, 7:20, 9:55 Chimpanzee (G) Thu 11:15, 1:20, 3:25, 5:30, 7:40; Fri-Tue 11:15, 1:20, 3:25, 5:35, 7:40, 9:45 Damsels in Distress (PG13) ends Thu 11:25, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30 Dark Shadows (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Tue 11:30, 12:05, 12:50, 1:30, 2:15, 2:55, 3:35, 4:10, 5, 5:40, 6:20, 7, 7:45, 8:25, 9:05, 9:45, 10:30; Wed 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30 The Dictator (R) Wed 12:01 a.m.; Wed 1, 3:20, 5:40, 8, 10:20 Die Walküre: Met Opera Ring Cycle Encore (Not Rated) Mon 6:30 The Five-Year Engagement (R) Thu 11:20, 12:50, 2:10, 3:40, 5, 6:30, 7:50, 9:30, 10:45; Fri-Tue 11:20, 2:10, 5:05, 7:55, 10:45 Girl in Progress (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 The Hunger Games (PG13) Thu-Tue 1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 10:40 The Lucky One (PG-13) Thu 11:40, 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10; Fri-Tue 11:40, 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 10 Marvel’s the Avengers (PG-13) Thu 11:30, 1, 2:45, 4:15, 6, 7:30, 9:15, 9:45, 10:45; FriTue 11:30, 1, 2:45, 4:15, 6, 7:30, 9:15, 10:45 Marvel’s the Avengers 3D (PG-13) Thu 11, 12, 12:30, 1:30, 2:15, 3:15, 3:45, 4:45, 5:30, 6:30, 7, 8, 8:45, 10:15; Fri-Tue 11, 12, 12:30, 1:30, 2:15, 3:15, 3:45, 4:45, 5:30, 6:30, 7, 8, 8:45, 9:45, 10:15 The Pirates! Band of Misfits (PG) Thu 12, 4:40, 9:20; Fri-Tue 11:50, 4:40, 9:20 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (PG) Thu 2:20, 7; Fri-Tue 2:25, 6:55 The Raven (R) Thu 11:30, 12:45, 2:15, 3:30, 5, 6:15, 7:45, 9, 10:25; FriTue 11:25, 2:05, 5, 7:45, 10:25 Safe (R) Thu 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10; FriSun 12:20, 2:50, 5:10, 7:35, 10; Mon 12:20,

2:50; Tue 12:20, 2:50, 5:10, 7:35, 10 Siegfried: Met Opera Ring Cycle Encore (Not Rated) Wed 6:30 Think Like a Man (PG-13) Thu-Tue 11:15, 2:05, 4:55, 7:50, 10:45 This American Life Live! Things You Can’t Do On the Radio (Not Rated) Thu 8 The Three Stooges (PG) ends Thu 11:45, 2:10 Yellow Submarine (G) Thu 2, 7

Century Gateway 12 770 N. Kolb Road. 800-326-3264, ext. 962. Call for Fri-Wed film times Act of Valor (R) Thu 12:45, 3:30, 7 Casa de Mi Padre (R) Thu 12:10, 2:25, 4:45, 7:05 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 3D (PG-13) Thu 12:35, 2:55, 5:25, 7:45 Jeff Who Lives at Home (R) opens Fri Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) Thu 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:20 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) Thu 1:15, 3:40, 6 Lockout (PG-13) opens Fri Mirror Mirror (PG) opens Fri Mission: Impossible— Ghost Protocol (PG-13) ends Thu 12:40, 3:35, 6:40 Safe House (R) Thu 1, 3:50, 7:25 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (PG-13) Thu 12:50, 3:45, 7:10 This Means War (PG-13) Thu 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:35 A Thousand Words (PG13) Thu 12:25, 2:45, 5, 7:15 The Three Stooges (PG) opens Fri Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds (PG-13) ends Thu 12, 2:30, 5:10, 7:40 The Vow (PG-13) Thu 12:05, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30

Century Park Place 20 5870 E. Broadway Blvd. 800-326-3264, ext. 903. Call for Fri-Wed film times 21 Jump Street (R) ends Thu 11:55, 2:40, 5:20 American Reunion (R) Thu 7:40, 10:35 The Cabin in the Woods (R) Thu 7:45, 10:15 Chimpanzee (G) Thu 12:05, 2:15, 4:20, 6:35, 8:50 Dark Shadows (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Tue 11:10, 2, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 The Dictator opens Wed Die Walküre: Met Opera Ring Cycle Encore (Not Rated) Mon 6:30 Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax (PG) Thu 10:20, 12:40, 3, 5:25 The Five-Year Engagement (R) Thu 10:05, 11:35, 1:05, 2:35, 4:05, 5:35, 7:05, 8:30, 10:05 Girl in Progress (PG-13) opens Fri

The Hunger Games (PG13) Thu 12:45, 4, 7:15, 10:25 The Lucky One (PG-13) Thu 11, 1:40, 4:15, 7, 9:50 Marvel’s the Avengers (PG-13) Thu 11:10, 12:50, 2:30, 4:10, 5:50, 7:30, 9:05 Marvel’s the Avengers 3D (PG-13) Thu 10, 10:35, 11:45, 12:20, 1:20, 2, 3:05, 3:40, 4:40, 5:15, 6:25, 7, 8, 8:35, 9:40, 10:20 Mirror Mirror (PG) ends Thu 10:50, 4:10 The Pirates! Band of Misfits (PG) Thu 2:05, 6:50 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (PG) Thu 11:40, 4:25, 9:15 The Raven (R) Thu 10:55, 12:15, 1:45, 3:10, 4:35, 5:55, 7:20, 8:45, 10:10 Safe (R) Thu 11:50, 2:25, 4:50, 7:10, 9:45 Siegfried: Met Opera Ring Cycle Encore (Not Rated) Wed 6:30 Think Like a Man (PG-13) Thu 10:30, 1:25, 4:30, 7:35, 10:30 This American Life Live! Things You Can’t Do On the Radio (Not Rated) Thu 8 The Three Stooges (PG) ends Thu 12, 2:20, 4:45 Wrath of the Titans (PG13) ends Thu 10 Yellow Submarine (G) Thu 2, 7

Century Theatres at the Oro Valley Marketplace 12155 N. Oracle Road. 800-326-3264, ext. 899. Call for Fri-Wed film times The Artist (PG-13) opens Fri Chimpanzee (G) Thu 12:30, 2:50, 5:05, 7:20, 9:35 Damsels in Distress (PG13) ends Thu 11, 1:35, 4:10, 6:50, 9:25 Dark Shadows (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 10:45, 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:20 The Dictator opens Wed Die Walküre: Met Opera Ring Cycle Encore (Not Rated) Mon 6:30 The Five-Year Engagement (R) Thu 10:35, 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:40 The Hunger Games (PG13) Thu 12:25, 3:45, 7:05, 10:25 The Lucky One (PG-13) Thu 11:25, 2:05, 4:50 Marvel’s the Avengers (PG-13) Thu 11:30, 1:15, 3:15, 7:15, 9:15, 10:45 Marvel’s the Avengers 3D (PG-13) Thu 10:30, 12:15, 2:15, 4, 5, 6:30, 8:15, 10, 11:35 The Pirates! Band of Misfits (PG) Thu 11:50, 2:20 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (PG) Thu 4:45, 7:10, 9:40 The Raven (R) Thu 11:20, 2:10, 4:55, 7:45, 10:30 Safe (R) Thu 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:35 Siegfried: Met Opera Ring Cycle Encore (Not Rated) Wed 6:30

This American Life Live! Things You Can’t Do On the Radio (Not Rated) Thu 8 Wings (PG-13) Wed 2, 7

Cinema La Placita La Placita Village, Broadway Boulevard and Church Avenue. 326-5282. The Women (Not Rated) Thu 7:30

Crossroads 6 Grand Cinemas 4811 E. Grant Road. 327-7067. Act of Valor (R) Thu-Wed 9:35 The Artist (PG-13) ThuWed 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:15 The Descendants (R) ends Thu 11:25, 6:55, 9:25 Hugo (PG) ends Thu 1:55 The Iron Lady (PG-13) ends Thu 4:35 Jeff Who Lives at Home (R) Fri-Wed 11:30, 3:40, 7:50 Jiro Dreams of Sushi (PG) Fri-Wed 1:25, 5:20 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) Thu 12, 4:50; Fri-Wed 12:30 Lock Out (PG-13) Fri-Wed 1:30, 5:40, 9:55 Mirror Mirror (PG-13) Fri-Wed 12, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:40 Safe House (R) Thu 11:50, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50; Fri-Wed 2:50, 7:20, 9:50 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (PG-13) Thu 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7, 9:30; Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:10, 4:35, 7, 9:30 A Separation (PG-13) ends Thu 6:40, 9:20 A Thousand Words (PG13) ends Thu 12:10, 2:25, 4:30 The Three Stooges (PG) Fri-Wed 11:20, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:45 We Need to Talk About Kevin (R) ends Thu 2:15, 7:05, 9:40

Fox Tucson Theatre 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Citizen Kane (PG) Thu 7:30; Sun 2 I Dream in Widescreen (Not Rated) Sat 7

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Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18 5455 S. Calle Santa Cruz. 806-4275. Call for Wed film times 21 Jump Street (R) Thu 12:45, 6:20, 9:10; FriTue 7:45, 10:35 American Reunion (R) ends Thu 6:45, 9:45 The Artist (PG-13) Fri-Tue 11:30, 2:20, 5, 7:50, 10:45 The Cabin in the Woods (R) ends Thu 6:10, 9:05 Chimpanzee (G) Thu 11:40, 2, 4:20, 6:40, 9;

Fri-Sun 10:15, 12:45, 3:15, 5:30; Mon-Tue 10:35, 12:45, 3:15, 5:30 Dark Shadows (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Sat 9:40, 10:40, 11:40, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:20, 4:20, 5:20, 6:10, 7:10, 8:10, 9, 10, 11; Sun 9:40, 10:40, 11:40, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:20, 4:20, 5:20, 6:10, 7:10, 8:10, 9, 10; Mon-Tue 10:40, 11:40, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:20, 4:20, 5:20, 6:10, 7:10, 8:10, 9, 10 The Dictator opens Wed The Five-Year Engagement (R) ends Thu 1, 4, 6:50, 10 Girl in Progress (PG-13) Fri-Tue 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 The Hunger Games (PG13) Thu 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30; Fri-Tue 12:10, 3:30, 6:50, 10:10 Lockout (PG-13) ends Thu 3:30 The Lucky One (PG-13) Thu 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 10:35; Fri-Sun 10:20, 1:15, 3:45, 6:40, 9:30; Mon-Tue 1:15, 3:45, 6:40, 9:30 Marvel’s the Avengers (PG-13) Thu 10:45, 11:20, 12:20, 1:20, 2:10, 2:40, 3:40, 4:40, 6:05, 7, 8, 9:20, 10:20; Fri-Sun 9:30, 10:30, 11:50, 12:50, 1:50, 2:40, 3:10, 4:10, 5:10, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:20, 9:50, 10:50; Mon-Tue 10:30, 11:50, 12:50, 1:50, 2:40, 3:10, 4:10, 5:10, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:20, 9:50, 10:50 Marvel’s the Avengers 3D (PG-13) Thu 11:50, 12:50, 1:50, 3:10, 4:10, 5:10, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:50; Fri-Sat 10, 11:20, 12:20, 1:20, 3:40, 4:40, 6:05, 7, 8, 10:20, 11:20; Sun 10, 11:20, 12:20, 1:20, 3:40, 4:40, 6:05, 7, 8, 10:20; Mon-Tue 11:20, 12:20, 1:20, 3:40, 4:40, 6:05, 7, 8, 10:20 Mirror Mirror (PG) ends Thu 12:40, 3:20 The Pirates! Band of Misfits (PG) Thu 11:45, 4:50; Fri-Tue 11:15, 4:15 The Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D (PG) Thu 2:20, 7:20, 9:40; Fri-Tue 1:45, 6:45, 9:15 The Raven (R) Thu 11:10, 2:05, 5, 7:50, 10:40; FriTue 11:10, 2, 4:50, 7:40, 10:40 Safe (R) Thu 11:30, 2:15, 4:45, 7:40, 10:25; Fri-Tue 10:45, 1:10, 3:50, 6:20, 9:10 Think Like a Man (PG-13) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10; Fri-Sun 9:50, 1, 4, 7:20, 10:30; Mon-Tue 1, 4, 7:20, 10:30 The Three Stooges (PG) ends Thu 10:50, 1:10, 3:45 Wrath of the Titans (PG13) ends Thu 12, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15

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Footnote (PG) Thu 12, 2:30 The Forgiveness of Blood (Not Rated) Wed 7:30 Goon (R) Thu 10 Honor and Glory (R) Mon 8 Jiro Dreams of Sushi (PG) Thu 5 The Kid With a Bike (PG-13) Thu 1:15, 5:30; Fri-Sun 5; Mon 3:30; Tue 2:45; Wed 5 Last Call at the Oasis (PG-13) Thu 7 Marley (PG-13) Fri-Sun 4:20, 9:15; Mon-Tue 4:20, 9:45; Wed 9:15 Mary Poppins Sing-Along (Not Rated) Sat 12; Tue 7 Monsieur Lazhar (PG-13) Thu 11, 3:15, 7:45; Fri 12:30, 2:45, 7; Sat-Sun 2:45, 7; Mon 12:30, 5:45; Tue 12:30, 4:45; Wed 12:30, 2:45, 7 Pillow Talk (Not Rated) Sun 12 Scarface (R) Fri-Sat 10 Sound of Noise (R) Thu 10 We Have a Pope (Not Rated) Fri-Tue 11:30, 2, 7:30; Wed 11:30, 2, 5

Oracle View 4690 N. Oracle Road. 292-2430. Call for Fri-Wed film times Act of Valor (R) Thu 12, 2:25, 7:30 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Thu 11:15, 1:15 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) Thu 5:25, 10 The Iron Lady (PG-13) Thu 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:20 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) Thu 11, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 Mission: Impossible— Ghost Protocol (PG-13) Thu 11:30, 7:10 Project X (R) Thu 9:45 This Means War (PG-13) Thu 3:15, 7:45, 9:55 Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds (PG-13) Thu 11:45, 4:35, 7, 9:30 The Vow (PG-13) Thu 2:10 We Bought a Zoo (PG) Thu 4:50 The Woman in Black (PG13) Thu 2:15, 4:40, 9:55

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NEWLY REVIEWED: ATTENBERG

Ariane Labed plays Marina, a repressed young woman stuck in a boring factory town in Greece, in Attenberg, the Greek submission for the 2012 Best Foreign Language Academy Award. I have never WTF?’d this hard at a film’s opening; anyone who sees Attenberg will probably understand why. (Think Cruel Intentions, only 20 times more awkward.) This is one strange little flick. Scenes of Marina and her best friend, Bella (Evangelia Randou), trying to make their humdrum lives more exciting are quite odd. They are intercut with scenes of Marina and her father (Vangelis Mourikis) as he fights a terminal ailment, and scenes of her boring job at the factory. The movie bounces around with no real cohesion, other than the fact that it all concerns Marina and her dark, bored, emotionless existence. It’s a bizarre and, at times, slightly uncomfortable viewing experience—but an interesting one. Allen

CONTINUING: BULLY

We are spared graphic violence and severe emotional distress in Bully, but the impact is not muted by the decision to tone it down. The helplessness of the victims permeates every scene, so the documentary still carries a lot of weight. However, like other recent socially heavy nonfiction films (Waiting for “Superman,” for one), the power of the message is stronger than the overall quality of the film. It fails in presenting a true course of action, although on the basis of opening lines of communication, Bully could be a life-saving conversation starter. The film went through a serious round of ratings controversy, but it is now PG-13, meaning it can be seen by the audiences that need to see it most. Boyd CHIMPANZEE

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bered being wowed by the cool nature footage that Walt’s army used to catch, and I also remembered that the narration would bore and/or annoy me in contrast. Such is the case with this movie. The footage of a little chimpanzee orphan dubbed Oscar is amazing stuff. Oscar, an energetic 3-year-old, is a cute little shit, and I could watch hours of footage featuring his adorable eyes and natural sense of mischief. I’d say I’d like to pinch his cheek, but he would probably tear my arms off in the process. As for listening to Tim Allen narrate the story of Oscar and his predicament (“Power tools … grr!”), I was longing for the voice of Morgan Freeman or James Earl Jones. Or perhaps even the famous primatologist Jane Goodall, who served as an adviser on the flick. Grimm

CINEMA A great performance and a fun idea are fumbled in ‘We Have a Pope’

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DAMSELS IN DISTRESS

Writer-director Whit Stillman, who did a disappearing act after his fun 1998 film The Last Days of Disco, makes a funny return with collegiate comedy starring Greta Gerwig as a student who wants you to know the healing powers of really good hotel soap. Gerwig plays Violet, the leader of a small group of female students intent upon preventing suicide, avoiding acrid odors and starting a new dance craze. Stillman has a great gift for absurd, random humor mixed in with meaningful and surprisingly deep life observations. The cast is full of colorful, funny supporting players like Thor (an extremely funny Billy Magnussen), who doesn’t know all of the colors but pledges to hit the books and learn. There’s also Frank (Ryan Metcalf), the dumbass Violet has a crush on, who really wants his bean ball back. Throw in Analeigh Tipton as the normal girl and Adam Brody as a guy with a fake name, and you have one of the year’s greater casts. Look for the always-funny Aubrey Piaza in the aptly titled role, Depressed Debbie. Sure to stand as one of the year’s funniest movies. Grimm GOON

Seann William Scott delivers career-best work as Doug Glatt, a bar bouncer who finds sudden fame as a hockey enforcer. He’s basically the guy the coach sends out to beat the crap out of an opponent when the team has been wronged—no real hockey skills necessary. Based on a true story and co-written by co-star Jay Baruchel, the movie is funny from start to finish. Liev Schreiber is also good as Ross Rhea, another hockey enforcer who is on the brink of retirement. Make sure to stay for the credits, where you’ll get to see the player Glatt is based upon kicking some real ass. Eugene Levy, Scott’s American Pie partner in crime, appears as his dad this time. Grimm THE HUNGER GAMES

For a blockbuster based on a popular novel, director Gary Ross’ film looks mighty cheap. Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss Everdeen, a girl forced to represent her district in a televised contest in which young people battle to the death. While Lawrence is a great actress, she doesn’t look like a starving teen. Josh Hutcherson plays her fellow district rep, Peeta, and he fits the role just fine. I couldn’t get past the drab look of the movie, and the horrible shaky cam that manages to destroy the action visuals. Stanley Tucci, Toby Jones, Elizabeth Banks and Woody Harrelson are all saddled with silly getups for their roles. The movie is a strange clash of tones, never has a consistent feel, and is surprisingly boring, considering the subject matter. Grimm MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS

Everything good about the last bunch of Marvel superhero movies comes together for one massive, excessively entertaining party. Director Joss Whedon hits all of the right notes as Captain America (Chris Evans), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and the Hulk (newbie Mark Ruffalo) get equal time in this well-balanced, funny and completely satisfying cinematic experience. I wasn’t sure if they would pull this off, but they did, with Loki (Tom Hiddleston) bringing the fun as the villain. Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) contribute mightily to the process, as does Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). Good luck to the rest of the summer movies in trying to top this one’s fun factor. Grimm THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS

If you’ve followed Aardman Animations’ upward trajectory from the Wallace and Gromit shorts to Chicken Run to the Wallace and Gromit feature film and beyond, you’re probably stoked for their take on the pirate genre. Well, you may not exactly be disappointed with Pirates! Band of Misfits, but the company’s latest doesn’t really stack up favorably to the top-notch Aardman stuff. It’s fun to see bumbling pirates (led by Hugh Grant), and it’s particularly odd and rewarding that their big quest involves Charles Darwin and a science fair, but Pirates! doesn’t quite establish itself firmly enough. It’s great that the

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BY COLIN BOYD, cboyd@tucsonweekly.com

o matter the country, it’s common to see the same thing in many movies: A good story done in by bad story-

telling. American films might be a little more obvious about it (or maybe we just see a muchheavier concentration of them), but there are countless movies from around the world turned in by filmmakers who seem like they have really good ideas, but never flesh them out. The subtle Italian comedy We Have a Pope establishes a wonderful premise—the newly elected head of the Roman Catholic Church not only doesn’t want the job, but finds himself having a crisis of conscience—but it lacks the inertia to do much else with it. The title comes from the Latin phrase Habemus Papam, which signals the election of a new pontiff at the Vatican, and that’s where the action of the film—such as it is—picks up. In a surprisingly long opening sequence, the papal conclave selects Cardinal Melville (Michel Piccoli) as the new leader of the church, and almost instantly, he feels overwhelmed by the ascension. Moments before he is to be introduced to the thousands gathered at St. Peter’s Basilica—and the billion or so Catholics around the world—Cardinal Melville pulls a runaway bride, dashing through the Vatican to find solitude. The official party line is that the new pope has chosen to seek guidance through prayer, and that all will be well very soon. In reality, he’s gone into therapy. His nameless analyst (Nanni Moretti, who also directs) makes little headway, because the church limits the topics of discussion. He’s also forced to stay in the Vatican until the new pope re-emerges, with no contact with the outside world. Desperate for a solution, the spokesman for the church (Jerzy Stuhr) takes Cardinal Melville to another therapist, this one well outside of the confines of the center of Roman Catholicism, and completely anonymous. And here, the new pope opens up: He always wanted to be an actor, memorized mountains of Chekhov, and lives for the theater. This could have been handled in a silly way, because it is a 90-degree turn from the life he ultimately chose. But instead, Moretti (as the director) and Piccoli truly make it the man’s long-lost passion. It humanizes him. Once he realizes that he’s made a huge career mistake, the pope-elect goes AWOL. The church never revealed who was elected at the conclave, so Melville is able to wander anonymously around Rome with his thoughts

Michel Piccoli in We Have a Pope.

We Have a Pope Not Rated Starring Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti and Jerzy Stuhr Directed by Nanni Moretti Sundance Selects, 102 minutes Opens Friday, May 11, at the Loft Cinema (795-7777).

and on his time. It’s a great little walkabout, although as the heart of a movie, it doesn’t beat nearly strong enough. Whether or not the experience inside the Vatican is close to a real conclave, it’s delivered with authenticity in We Have a Pope. It looks right, and it feels right. The entire experience in the Vatican is believable, depicting a world that so many people would love to know more about, but likely never will. Piccoli is terrific, whether or not Cardinal Melville musters the courage to lead the Catholic Church. That’s the good news. The bad news is nothing much happens. Moretti’s analyst character is literally and figuratively stranded in the Vatican. He can’t leave, and he has nothing to do while he’s there. There could also be a lot more hand-wringing about the disappearance of the most important religious figure on the planet, but the spokesman is mostly unflappable in the face of an absolute PR disaster. While it does have that great central performance and a smart concept, the what-couldhave-been in We Have a Pope is so much more entertaining than the what-it-is.

N O W S H O W I N G AT H O M E The Grey (Blu-ray) OPEN ROAD MOVIE A SPECIAL FEATURES B BLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 9 (OUT OF 10)

I love this movie for many reasons. For starters, it features the best performance of Liam Neeson’s career as Ottway, a sharpshooter working on an Alaskan oil-drilling site who is unsure if he wants his life to go on. Director and cowriter Joe Carnahan (Narc) hints early on that something happened with Ottway’s wife, and we find out what that was later in the movie. Knowing what real-life traumas Neeson has endured within the last few years makes his performance all the more moving. I also love the film because it has one of the best plane crashes ever depicted on film. When I think of plane crashes in movies that have scared the crap out of me, this one is up there with Alive, Fearless and Lost. (Yeah, Lost was a TV show, but it was a very cinematic TV show.) When that plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness, Ottway and a band of survivors (including those played by the mighty good Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts and Joe Anderson) make this one of the best man-versus-nature films you will ever see. The actors braved real, nasty snowstorms during filming. Finally, I love this movie because it’s one of the best werewolf movies ever made. Yes, the beasts attacking Ottway and the boys are supposed to be real wolves, but they are fierce creations that are scarier than most cinematic werewolves. Throw in the fact that the gore and animatronics are handled by the great Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), and you have a pretty good horror-film pedigree. The film is also an effective meditation on life and death, and how life is worth living even when it is overwhelmed

with despair. Yes, this is a basic thought found in many movies, but Carnahan delivers it with both eloquence and astoundingly good action and scares. In that way, the film is unique. As for those of you who like to bitch about the ending: Knock it off. The film is full of man-on-wolf smackdowns. The ending is perfect. It smacked me in the face and made me say wow. I actually think the post-credits coda is unnecessary. SPECIAL FEATURES:

Carnahan, with some of his crew, sits down for a scotchlaced commentary. (You can hear the ice clinking in his glass.) He gets a little more honest and angrier as the commentary wears on, to the point that he calls out members of the crew and actors as people he wanted to kill. It’s pretty damned awesome. You also get some deleted scenes, including one in which a polar bear walks up to Ottway at a pivotal moment toward the beginning of the film.

George Harrison: Living in the Material World (Blu-ray) UME MOVIE A SPECIAL FEATURES CBLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 7.75 (OUT OF 10)

Director Martin Scorsese takes a good, long look at the life of George Harrison, the Beatle who was dubbed “the quiet one.” Harrison was mellow, but I never regarded him as quiet. He was very outspoken, especially in regard to his meditative practices and Hinduism. While the other Beatles failed to embrace Harrison’s efforts to make them all a little more spiritual, Harrison’s spirituality began to emerge in his songwriting, both with the group and as a solo artist. It all changed when he introduced that sitar. Scorsese examines all of the phases of Harrison’s life with great care, including the horrible 1999 knife attack

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against him and his wife, Olivia. The film reveals just how serious of an attack it was, with Harrison’s son saying he believes it took years off of his father’s life. Scorsese did a good job with his Dylan biography, but I found this one a little more fulfilling. SPECIAL FEATURES: Some extra interview footage.

Haywire (Blu-ray) LIONSGATE MOVIE B SPECIAL FEATURES C BLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 6 (OUT OF 10)

The career of director Steven Soderbergh is a wonder to behold. With films ranging from the commercially friendly drama of Erin Brockovich, to the mind-twisting sci-fi of Solaris, to experimental dramas like The Girlfriend Experience, the guy mixes it up like no other. This is his foray into straight-up action, with impressive physical specimen Gina Carano as the centerpiece. As a black-ops agent who gets double-crossed, she does her own stunts, including some impressive fighting. Unfortunately, she also does all of her own line reads. She’s not terrible with the dramatic stuff, but she isn’t very good. That’s OK, because Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender and Michael Douglas do a decent job with the dramatics. Carano gets a pass because she just rocks the action scenes. As for Soderbergh, he has hinted that he will be retiring soon. I hope not; he has a few more genres to tackle. SPECIAL FEATURES: A couple of shorts about the men in the cast and Carano training for her fights.

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a wry sense of humor and some astounding musical sequences when the drummers go to work. Boyd

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studio hasn’t forsaken stop-motion altogether (they’re heavily into CGI now), but Pirates! doesn’t completely capture the ol’ Aardman magic. Boyd THE RAVEN

While John Cusack gives it his all as the film’s central character, Edgar Allan Poe, this cinematic attempt at making the author some sort of supersleuth during his dying days winds up being a little silly. As history has told us, Poe was found in bad shape on a Baltimore park bench shortly before he died. This movie comes up with the fictional device that Poe was running around looking for a serial killer copying his stories, 1849’s answer to Saw’s Jigsaw. The premise is too goofy to overcome despite a decent performance from Cusack and a good-looking movie from director James McTeigue (V for Vendetta). By the time this movie reveals its mysteries, you couldn’t care less, although having Alice Eve in your cast can easily make things worth watching at times. There have been a number of Poe films kicking around for years now. I’m kind of bummed this is the one that actually wound up getting made. Cusack is still a god, even if this movie is beneath him. Just had to say that. Grimm SAFE

Most non-Expendables movies starring Jason Statham are crap, but Safe is a surprising step in the right direction. He stars as Luke Wright, a former cop and cage-fighter who is marked for death by the Russian mob. On the brink of suicide, he sees a little girl, Mei (Catherine Chan), on the run. Mei has a photographic memory and holds the code to a very valuable safe. Using his special set of skills, Luke starts a full-blown war with crooked cops, the Triads and the very same Russians who have a vendetta against him, in order to protect the girl. The first 20 minutes or so set up the plot. Once things are explained thoroughly, the action starts and doesn’t let up. The fights are both brutal and greatly choreographed; the only real issue is that the shaky-cam gets a little out of hand, making things hard to see from time to time. This doesn’t really kill the mood too much, though, and along with The Avengers and The Raid: Redemption, it stands as one of the great action films of 2012. Let’s hope the rest of the year goes this swimmingly. Allen SOUND OF NOISE

Unlike the repetitive Christmas song, there are only six drummers drumming in Sound of Noise, a tongue-in-cheek Swedish heist flick in which no property is stolen, and no one gets hurt. The drummers are, in essence, mounting a performance art installation, teaching a subdued city a lesson about the fatuous entertainment in their lives (or something). So, they make drum kits out of everyday things and break a couple of minor laws in the process. But who are they? Police officer Amadeus Warnebring (Bengt Nilsson) is on the case. As fate would have it, a guy named Amadeus—who comes from a family of professional musicians and is dissecting a musical mystery—hates music. And he’s tone-deaf, to boot. A good find, Sound of Noise has

THINK LIKE A MAN

Comedian Steve Harvey became something of a relationship guru several years ago when he released the book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. The book is designed to help women get what they want out of relationships by out-guying guys. Of course, Harvey’s on his third marriage, but whatever. Its lessons are fictionalized in Think Like a Man, which operates kind of like He’s Just Not That Into You: There are attractive actors walking through specific scenarios (e.g. the Momma’s Boy meets the Single Mother), with Harvey’s love lessons guiding the way. Thanks to comic Kevin Hart, Think Like a Man has some genuinely funny moments, and Taraji P. Henson and Regina Hall give the light comedy a little punch. It’s actually a little better than the movies it is supposed to mimic—even with Steve Harvey popping up from time to time. Boyd THE THREE STOOGES

Peter and Bobby Farrelly have been trying to get this thing made for many years; at times, high-profile actors such as Sean Penn and Jim Carrey were attached. Well, what finally made it to the screen is a cast of talented people giving it their all—and a script that lets them down. Sean Hayes is amazing as Larry, while Chris Diamantopoulos and Will Sasso do good jobs as Moe and Curly. The problem is that the writers rely on dumb jokes involving Jersey Shore, and most of the cast surrounding the Stooges (with the exception of Larry David, doing fine work as a grouchy nun) has nothing to do. The slapstick hits are often quite good, but there’s no story worth watching, and things get tedious by the time the credits roll. As performers, the three new guys do the original proud, even if their movie falls short. Grimm WRATH OF THE TITANS

Bad beards, an especially drab actor and a whole lot of messed-up Greek-mythology nonsense return in Wrath of the Titans, a bad film that is nonetheless a marked improvement over 2010’s inexcusable Clash of the Titans. There are enjoyable—and even exciting—stretches in this film, when the action and pyrotechnics overwhelm the fact that the film is anchored with Sam Worthington. As Perseus, the son of Zeus who aspires to be nothing but a human fisherman with awesome flip hair, Worthington registers zero on the charisma meter. Since he’s onscreen more than anybody else in these Titans pics, it’s hard to endorse them. I did enjoy this a little more than The Hunger Games. This has some pretty decent explosions and a couple of neat creatures, while all I really remember from The Hunger Games is Stanley Tucci’s stupid teeth. The 3-D, while not extraordinary, is better than it was in the first chapter of this franchise. Grimm

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The Co-op Expands The Food Conspiracy Co-op, at 412 N. Fourth Ave., is renovating part of the store to make room for additions. The administrative offices have been relocated to the store’s new commercial kitchen space in a nearby building, which will make room for a salad bar, a hotfood line and a new cooler that will be stocked with local meat and cheese. The commercial kitchen is also allowing the store—which has been keeping it local and organic since 1971— to expand the amount of to-go items made inhouse. In related news, the co-op’s mascots, those tough-looking veggies with fists raised high, recently made their animated debut in a video that’s been submitted in the national My Co-op Rocks! contest. Check out the video at mycooprocks.coop.

BY RITA CONNELLY, rconnelly@tucsonweekly.com f I had gluten issues, I would rejoice at the presence of Gourmet Girls Gluten-Free Bakery/Bistro. The bakery part has numerous choices: artisan breads, pizza shells, cupcakes, bread crumbs, cakes, muffins, bagels, gourmet and nongourmet cupcakes, pies, crostini and much more. Seriously: The number of choices is amazing. On one visit, the baker was filling the cases as we ate our meal, so the items are obviously fresh. There was a steady stream of customers picking up baked goods on both visits. The bistro part uses many of those baked goods to make breakfast and lunch items. The French toast ($7) is made with cinnamon-raisin-walnut bread. The grilled cheese ($6.50) is made with a dense, multi-seeded bread. The turkey club ($9.50) is served on baby baguettes. Breakfast and lunch are served all day, which is nice: You can get what you want, when you want it. Lush herbs sit in pots just outside of the front door, greeting you with their aromas. Inside, the walls are painted in cheerful colors. Splashed on one wall in large letters is: “Indulge yourself again,” referring no doubt to all those goodies in the bakery display case. Fortunately, I don’t have problems with gluten, and when I tasted the various offerings, it made me appreciate the role that it plays in food. Many of the things we ate were good, but there was a decided difference in all of them. For those who eat gluten-free, this little eatery must seem like a blessing, but I’m not sure whether Gourmet Girls will attract those of us who don’t mind gluten. The grilled cheese is a perfect example. The bread was delicious, but a little dry, and maybe 2 inches square: This was a tiny sandwich. To top it off, there was hardly any cheese between the bread slices. Even though it came with a mess of greens tossed with a really nice balsamic dressing, I walked away hungry. All of this was served on a good-sized plate, which made the serving look even smaller. A smaller plate might’ve helped the eyes fool the stomach. The open-faced turkey club on a baby baguette ($9.50) was a bit more satisfying, but was still small for the price. The avocado on top was a nice addition, but the other ingredients were nothing special. It was served with fresh fruit. Our breakfast choices were the French toast ($7) and a waffle ($6.50), both of which were served with a maple syrup/agave syrup blend on the side.

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New: Ryuu Sushi Express We highly recommend giving the new foodtruck Ryuu Sushi Express a whirl. You’ll find the small mobile outfit on a gravel lot at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Grant Road, which it shares with other trucks specializing in seafood tacos and Jamaican food. Ryuu Sushi Express touts its offerings as “sushi with a Latin touch,” which turns out to be a mindblowing combination. Expect rolls where Manchego cheese, chiles and chipotle sauce tango with shrimp, cucumber and other sushi ingredients. The dipping sauces—of which there are plenty—are equally inspired. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Prices range from $4.99 to $9.99; 619-1472.

Assorted pastries from the Gourmet Girls Gluten-Free Bakery/Bistro. The French toast came in a decent portion, but was dry and had an odd flavor I couldn’t identify. We did like the waffle: It was both light and full of texture—and it absolutely filled the small plate on which it was served. We tried several of the baked goods: a nutty brownie ($4); a chocolate chip cookie, half of which was dipped in chocolate sauce ($2); a gourmet peanut butter and bacon cupcake ($5); and a regular chocolate, cinnamon and mocha cupcake ($3). The brownie was moist and full of nuts. The cookie was packed with chocolate chips, and the sauce on the outside was just sweet enough. The cupcakes, however, disappointed. While the gourmet version had a bit of bacon on top and a creamy chocolate filling, it was dry. The other cupcake had more moisture, yet it lacked the promised flavors. And then there was the service: At breakfast, an owner waited on us, so things were fine. But on our first visit for lunch, it was obvious that the server needed more training. We’d barely sat down before she was at the table with silverware—but no “Hello” or “How are you?” She

Gourmet Girls Gluten-Free Bakery/Bistro 5845 N. Oracle Road 408-9000; www.gourmetgirlsglutenfree.com Open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday Pluses: Scads of gluten-free choices Minuses: The name is a mouthful, but portions are not

seemed to have trouble taking care of the few tables that were occupied. A little bit of instruction here would go a long way. Many people think that gluten is found only in breads, pastas and the like, but it can be hidden in vinegar, mustard, soy sauce, soups, salad dressings, candies, beer, hot dogs, cold cuts and much more—so avoiding gluten can be harder than most of us think. Thank goodness that Gourmet Girls Gluten-Free Bakery/Bistro is offering tasty choices for people with gluten issues, and maybe some more healthful choices for the rest of us.

More Happy Hours Consider these new happy hours to help beat the ever-climbing summer swelter: Agustin Brasserie (100 S. Avenida del Convento, in Mercado San Agustin) offers $2 off cocktails, $5 small plates and $3 selections from its raw bar from 3 to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. May’s Counter Chicken and Waffles (2945 E. Speedway Blvd.) has $2 tall-boy beers; $3 domestic drafts and wells; and cheap eats ranging from burger specials to appetizers from 4 to 7 p.m., every day. The B Line, at 621 N. Fourth Ave., now has $3 and $4 beers available from its extensive list of craft beers, and specials on select snack plates from 2 to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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SEAFOOD BLUEFIN SEAFOOD BISTRO NW 7053 N. Oracle Road. 531-8500. Open SundayThursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Kingfisherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister restaurant is making a name for itself on the northwest side. Delicious seafood dishes for both lunch and dinner are the star attractions, but youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also be wowed by the comfortable, industrial-chic dĂŠcor, the quaint outside patio and the large, welcoming bar. (1013-05) $$$-$$$$ LA COSTA BRAVA

repertoire. The late-night bar menu is deservedly popular. Award-winning wine selections. (3-27-03) $$-$$$ RESTAURANT SINALOA W 1020 W. Prince Road. 887-1161. Open SundayThursday 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 9 a.m.11 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMES, DIS, MC, V. Restaurant Sinaloa should be Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new hotspot for freshly prepared, affordable seafood of every sort. Shrimp is the specialty, and with more than 20 different shrimp preparations on the menu, there is something for every palate. Service is quick and friendly. Be sure to branch out and try the smoked-marlin taco. (10-6-11) $-$$$ SALUD OYSTER BAR AND GRILL S 1825 W. Valencia Road. 308-6625 or 889-2800.

Open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-2 a.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. CafĂŠ/ Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC and V. Located along busy Valencia Road, this joint offers treasures from the deep blue sea. Some entrĂŠes are as simple as oysters on the half-shell, Baja fish tacos or a bowl of shrimp ceviche. Other times, the food is more complicated, like Saludâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s savory, tasty take on scallops swimming in a buttery broth. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s occasional karaoke, big-screen TVs and a disc jockey on occasion, but families will also feel at home. (12-30-10) $$-$$$

SOUTHWEST AGAVE S 1100 W. Pima Mine Road. 342-2328. Open SundayThursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Off Interstate 19 on the way to Green Valley, Agave is a gem in the desert, well worth the drive. Featuring a menu heavy on steak and seafood, along with delightful service and an upscale, earth-tones decor, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to forget youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re dining on the grounds of a casino. The prices are reasonable, too. (2-5-04) $$-$$$ FIRE + SPICE E Sheraton Hotel and Suites, 5151 E. Grant Road 323-6262. Open daily 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC and V. Hidden next to the pool at the Sheraton is Fire + Spice, a restaurant that shows a ton of potential. Southwest-inspired appetizers like nachos, quesadillas and jalapeĂąo snake bites are a delight, and the service and dĂŠcor are friendly and welcoming. The kitchen occasionally skimps on ingredients or otherwise loses focus, but the quality of the menu is undeniable. (6-11-09) $$ FLYING V BAR AND GRILL NE Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort

Drive. 299-2020. Open Sunday-Thursday 5:30-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 5:30-10 p.m. Full Cover/ Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V, Checks. Overlooking a golf course and Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s city lights, Ventana Canyonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Flying V has one of the nicest atmospheres of any local restaurant. Featuring salads, fish and meats, the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fare is consistently delicious. The prices are a bit steep, but the view is worth the extra money. Sit on the wooden deck next to the large fountain if you can. (7-22-04) $$$-$$$$ HIFALUTIN RAPID FIRE WESTERN GRILL NW 6780 N. Oracle Road. 297-0518. Open Sunday-

Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Servers are dressed in Western wear and topped with cowboy hats at this warm and cozy restaurant. The open kitchen gives you the opportunity to see the cooks in action. The generalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite chicken and margaritas are standouts. (11-28-02) $-$$ JANOS J-BAR NE Westin La Paloma, 3770 E. Sunrise Drive. 615-

6100. Open Monday-Saturday 5-9:30 p.m. Bistro/ Full Bar. AMEX, DC, MC, V, Checks. Local gastronomic genius Janos Wilder offers Tucson a lively and festive addition to the dining scene. The earthy, rowdier cousin to the more sedate and well-heeled Janos, J-Bar celebrates the flavors of Latin-American cuisine, providing a sparky and delightful family-style dining experience for kids of all ages. Closes Saturday, May 26. (4-18-02) $$

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Wednesday 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Thursday-Saturday 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. MC, V. A well-kept secret, La Costa Brava offers up a down-and-dirty deal on some of the freshest fish in town. Local distributor Rodriguez Seafood serves fresh catches in a simple yet satisfying fashion. The real deal. (1-31-02) $-$$

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KINGFISHER BAR AND GRILL C 2564 E. Grant Road. 323-7739. Open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-midnight; Saturday and Sunday 5 p.m.-midnight. Bar is open Monday-Saturday to 1 a.m.; Sunday to midnight. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. This venueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strength is the creative talent of its kitchen and innovative renditions from the American regional

LODGE ON THE DESERT C 306 N. Alvernon Way. 320-2000. Open Sunday-

Thursday 7-10:30 a.m., 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 7-10:30 a.m., 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. This classic Tucson restaurant is in the process of reinventing itself after a major renovation, followed by a devastating kitchen fire. The entrĂŠes are executed well, with attention to detail. The flavors lean toward Southwestern, with a few oddities thrown in. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely worth a visit. (12-16-10) $$-$$$$ OCOTILLO CAFĂ&#x2030; W At the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N.

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11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Open June-August Saturday 5-9 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, MC, V. As if there weren’t enough good reasons to visit the Desert Museum, there’s also the excuse of an outstanding meal served with the beautiful backdrop of the Sonoran landscape. Fresh, seasonal ingredients abound in the cuisine. Admission to the museum is required to dine at the Ocotillo Cafe. $$-$$$ OLD PUEBLO GRILLE C 60 N. Alvernon Way. 326-6000. Open SundayThursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Another installment in the successful and popular Metro Restaurant empire, Old Pueblo Grille specializes in quality food with a decisively desert flair. Chiles show up in everything from mashed potatoes to ice cream, and a menu of specialty margaritas and 101 tequilas dominates the list of libations. A lovely patio and a charming Southwestern motif add ambiance. (4-27-00) $$ SIGNATURE GRILL W 3800 W. Starr Pass Blvd. inside the J.W. Marriott

Starr Pass Resort and Spa. 792-3500. Open daily 6:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Some of the town’s best views can be found at the Signature Grill—and you can enjoy them for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Southwestern favorites such as tableside guacamole and rock-shrimp ceviche are always enjoyable. Weather permitting, the outdoor patio may just be the perfect place for a date. (4-2-09) $$$-$$$$

SPANISH CASA VICENTE RESTAURANTE ESPAÑOL C 375 S. Stone Ave. 884-5253. Open Tuesday and Wednesday 4-10:30 p.m.; Thursday and Friday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-10:30 p.m.; Saturday 4-10:30 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC and V. Tucson is again home to a good Spanish restaurant, thanks to Casa Vicente. While the entrées are worth noting, the numerous tapas are the real standouts. You can get paella, too-but only if you order for at least four people, or if you go for the Thursday night special. (9-8-05) $-$$$

SPORTS BAR DIABLOS SPORTS BAR AND GRILL S 2545 S. Craycroft Road. 514-9202. Open daily 11 a.m.-2 a.m. (Full menu served until 10 p.m.) Café/Full Bar. DIS, MC, V. Diablos takes standard bar fare and kicks it up a notch with spicy, well-prepared appetizers, burgers, sandwiches and salads. With more than 20 TVs, you won’t miss a minute of the game while enjoying tall, cold beers and really hot wings, served with a smile. (7-29-10) $-$$ GRUMPY’S GRILL NW 2960 W. Ina Road. 297-5452. Open Monday-

Saturday 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. “Burgers, baskets and beer,” the catchphrase for this bar and grill, says it all. Add a friendly atmosphere and big-screen TVs, and you’ve got a great neighborhood eatery. The baskets are big, and dinners range from steak to spaghetti and meatballs. Happy-hour prices attract a nice crowd. (9-27-07) $-$$ MIDTOWN BAR AND GRILL E 4915 E. Speedway Blvd. 327-2011. Bar is open daily

10 a.m.-2 a.m.; Food is served daily 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Visit this place for the abundant TV screens on game days, and very good burgers; the rest of the menu is not bad, but rather undistinguished. (2-12-09) $-$$ RUSTY’S FAMILY RESTAURANT AND SPORTS GRILLE W 2075 W. Grant Road. 623-3363. Open daily 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, MC, V. Atmospherewise, this is actually two restaurants in one--a sports bar and a trendy family restaurant. With decent prices, a hip decor and tasty sandwiches, burgers and dinner entrées, Rusty’s is one of the cooler places to eat or drink on the westside. (6-26-03) $$-$$$ TRIDENT GRILL C 2033 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-5755. Open daily 11

a.m.-2 a.m. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. While Trident Grill is a popular UA-area sports bar, its menu takes diners above and beyond the usual sports-bar fare. All the requisite appetizers, sandwiches and burgers are joined by an impressive menu of seafood offerings. The comfortable décor shows management’s love of the Navy SEALS and the Washington Redskins, and the service is friendly and efficient. A place to kick back, watch the game and eat some shellfish. (9-28-06) $$-$$$ WORLD SPORTS GRILLE NW 2290 W. Ina Road. 229-0011. Open daily 11 a.m.-

2 a.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Consider this

the Super Bowl of sports bars, with big TVs everywhere, a large menu, cold beer and enough video games to keep the kiddies busy for hours. The food includes the usual sports-bar fare—like burgers, sandwiches and salads—but then goes beyond with pizza, tagine noodle bowls and more. Prices are reasonable. (1-15-09) $$

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COLT’S TASTE OF TEXAS STEAKHOUSE NW 8310 N. Thornydale Road. 572-5968. Open Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Right out of a Larry McMurtry novel, the hoe-down atmosphere at Colt’s is a perfect backdrop for some of the tastiest steak dinners in town. Although chicken and fish are also offered, stick with the restaurant’s namesake, and you’ll never be disappointed. $$-$$$ DAISY MAE’S STEAK HOUSE W 2735 W. Anklam Road. 792-8888. Open daily 3-10

p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Calling all you cowboys and cowgals: Gather around the table for some mighty fine vittles, including steaks, ribs, chicken and chops, all cooked to order on an outdoor mesquite grill! Smiling servers will bring you all the beans you care to eat. This is a little piece of Old Pueblo dining history and a great place to bring out-of-towners. (10-26-06) $$-$$$ EL CORRAL NE 2201 E. River Road. 299-6092. Open Monday-

Thursday 5-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 4:30-10 p.m.; Sunday 4:30-9 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V, Checks. For a serious no-frills steak dinner, you can’t beat the ambiance of this older ranch houseturned-steakhouse. Featuring the house specialty of prime rib, this is a Tucson favorite for all sorts of family affairs. Large servings, low prices, big fun. (2-28-02) $-$$ FLEMING’S PRIME STEAKHOUSE AND WINE BAR NE 6360 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 180. 529-5017. Open Sunday-Thursday 5-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 5-10:30 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Featuring more than 100 wines by the glass and some of the best cuts of meat you’ll find anywhere, the Tucson location of the Fleming’s chain is a great place for an upscale dinner—if money is no object. The steaks are prepared exactly how you order them, and the atmosphere is elegant, if a bit noisy. Just make sure you bring a lot of cash (or credit)—Fleming’s à la carte-style menu is far from cheap. (12-16-04) $$$$

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Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 7 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V and checks. Little Mexico Steakhouse is great for steaks and shrimp entrées. The steaks have an interesting, smoky flavor, and portions are huge. The Mexican fare tends to be unimaginative, though. (9-1709) $$-$$$ $$-$$$ PINNACLE PEAK E 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 296-0911. Open Monday-Friday 5-10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 4:3010 p.m. Diner/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Located in Trail Dust Town, Pinnacle Peak serves up some of the biggest, most flavorful steaks in Southern Arizona. The Old West atmosphere provides a fun time for all. Just don’t go there if you’re a vegetarian or if you’re wearing a tie. (7-3-03) $-$$ SILVER SADDLE STEAK HOUSE S 310 E. Benson Highway. 622-6253. Open MondayThursday 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday 2-10 p.m.; Sunday 1-9 p.m. Café/Diner/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V, Checks. Good value on steaks, burgers and grilled chicken—it’s often worth the trip. $$-$$$ THE STEAKHOUSE AT THE DESERT DIAMOND CASINO S 7350 S. Old Nogales Highway. 342-1328. Open daily 4-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V, Checks. So you just won a big payout at the poker table, or the slots have been extremely generous. Where are you going to go? The answer is right there inside the hotel-casino. Big portions—from the salad through dessert—are the norm. Steaks are the draw, of course, but seafood options are also quite worthy. The service is friendly, and the prices at the bar are most reasonable. (5-8-08) $$$ THE STEAKOUT RESTAURANT AND SALOON NW 3620 W. Tangerine Road. 572-1300. Open Monday-Thursday 4-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. The prices are edging toward the top of “midrange,” but the result is good-quality

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SUSHI AND JAPANESE AN DEL SOL S 5655 W. Valencia Road, inside Casino del Sol. 8387177. Open Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Mr. Anâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dining ventures seem to get better and better. The menu is gigantic, so it can be hard to choose. We were knocked out by the tuna tartare and completely surprised by the sweet-and-sour fish. The sushi rolls have clever names; the Big Birtha comes to mind. While the prices are a little high, the portion sizes more than make up for it. (5-5-11) $$-$$$$

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Open Monday-Wednesday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; ThursdaySaturday 11 a.m.-midnight; Sunday noon-11 p.m. CafĂŠ/ Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. The second Hana Tokyoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; the first one is in Sierra Vistaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;offers a huge selection of Japanese offerings, including teppan yaki. However, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the sushi artistry that makes Hana Tokyo stand out; the enormous scorpion roll is actually shaped like a scorpion, for example. Not only do the sushi rolls look cool; they taste great, too. (7-21-11) $$-$$$$ IKKYU NW 2040 W. Orange Grove Road. No. 180. 297-9011. Open Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m.8 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. MC, V. Ikkyu offers down-

home Japanese food in a fast-casual style. Rice bowls, noodles, ramen and sushi are at the ready, making for a perfect quick dinner or some fine takeout. Prices fit any budget. Word is the ramen shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be missed. $-$$ (11-19-09) $-$$ KAMPAI NW 6486 N. Oracle Road. 219-6550. Open TuesdayThursday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 4:30-9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 4:30-10 p.m.; Sunday noon-2:30 p.m. and 4:30-9:30 p.m. Bistro/Beer and Wine. AMEX, MC, V. The food, both from the sushi bar and regular menu, is delicious. The spicy garlic shrimp is worth a try. And the gingerintensive dressing on the house saladâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good enough to bottle. (2-12-04) $$-$$$ KAZOKU SUSHI AND JAPANESE CUISINE E 4210 E. Speedway Blvd. 777-6249. Open Monday-

Thursday 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday noon-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. The sushi and other offerings at Kazoku will delight your taste buds, and the dĂŠcor is beautiful. The lack of an all-you-can-eat option means you should bring a loaded wallet. (1-14-10) $-$$$ MR. ANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TEPPAN STEAK AND SUSHI NW 6091 N. Oracle Road. 797-0888. Open daily 11

a.m.-2 p.m. and 5 p.m.-midnight. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, VISA. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fire! Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fish! Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun! All brought to you by Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hospitality icon, Mr. An. The teppan side of the menu offers all the usual goodies prepared by some of the friendliest teppan chefs in town. You can get regular sushi items as well. But then there are the house specialties like the Mango Crunch or the Summerhaven or even the improbable Bleu Panda. Any way you choose, this is a great choice for a fun family night out or a special occasion. (8-2610) $$-$$$ OISHI SUSHI AND TERIYAKI E 7002 E. Golf Links Road. 790-9439. Open Monday-

Friday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday 1-10 p.m.; Sunday 4-9 p.m. CafĂŠ. Beer, Wine and Sake. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This is one of the top places to go in Tucson for inexpensive, tasty, all-you-can-eat sushi. Korean dishes, teriyaki offerings, noodle dishes and some nice bento-box lunch specials are also available, but the sushi deal is what makes this place truly special. (7-12-07) $$-$$$ ON A ROLL C 63 E. Congress St. 622-7655. Open Monday-

Wednesday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Thursday and Friday 11 a.m.-2 a.m.; Saturday 4 p.m.-2 a.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Asian food has arrived in downtown with On a Roll. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re likely to find a young, hip crowd here, along with a bright, urban dĂŠcor and lots of tasty, fresh sushi offerings. The rest of the menu has some gems, too, like the kobe beef burger. However, bring a fat wallet; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll pay more here than you will at other sushi joints around Tucson. (1-8-09) $$-$$$ RA SUSHI BAR RESTAURANT NW 2905 E. Skyline Drive. 615-3970. Open daily 11

a.m.-11 p.m.; bar open until midnight. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Ra Sushi, a Benihana-owned chain that got its start in the Phoenix area, is a little pricier than other area sushi joints. For those extra few bucks, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get a hip, trendy atmosphere and quick service. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also find tasty food, some occasional nifty specials and a wide variety of appetizers. Think what it would be like if P.F. Changâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s did a sushi place. (3-1804) $$-$$$ SACHIKO SUSHI E 1101 N. Wilmot Road. 886-7000. Open Monday-

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AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Also at 3200 E. Valencia Road (741-1000). Sushi is prepared here with innovative skill. A bowl of udon arrives with attentive art and detail. Good Korean grill as well. $$-$$$ SAGA C 2955 E. Speedway Blvd. 320-0535. Open MondayFriday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday noon10 p.m.; Sunday 4-9 p.m. Café. Beer, Wine and Sake. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Chiles, shrimp cocktails and unfamiliar names for sushi rolls like San Carlos, Yaqui and jalapeño make Saga a standout among local sushi venues. Where else can you indulge a craving for don buri and shrimp tostadas at the same time? Consummately fresh seafood is the key to Saga’s phenomenal success. Serves great fish and shrimp tacos. (6-22-00) $$ SAKURA E 6534 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-7777. Open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-11 p.m.; Saturday 5-11 p.m.; Sunday noon-10 p.m. Bistro/Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. This venue is devoted to the open flame and teppan. For some of the best sushi in town and an entertaining evening at the teppan table, Sakura is a solid win. (3-14-02) $$-$$$

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inexpensive and tasty. Try the Japanese pizzas; they’re amazing. You can get takeout, but we recommend dining in. It’s such a cool place. (2-27-03) $-$$

SUSHI TEN E 4500 E. Speedway Blvd., Suite 1. 324-0010. Open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Sunday 5-9 p.m. Café/Sushi Bar. Beer, Wine and Sake. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. After several years of turbulent ownership changes, it appears this onetime Tucson favorite has made a nice comeback. The sushi and nigiri is fresh and tasty; the all-you-can-eat ($19.95) and happy-hour/ lunch deals (with much of the menu offered for halfprice) are amazing. (8-5-10) $-$$$

YUKI’S SUSHI C 2962 N. Campbell Ave. 326-7727. Open MondayFriday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday 3-10 p.m. Sushi Bar/ Full Bar. MC, V. For an excellent indulgence in properly prepared and inventive sushi, Yuki’s serves up some of the freshest and most inviting sushi around, with an extensive selection of sakes. Service can be harried, though. $$-$$$

SUSHI TRAN NW 9725 N. Thornydale Road, No. 49. 579-6604. Open Sunday-Thursday 5 to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 5 to 9:30 p.m. Bistro/Beer and Wine. MC, V. Sushi Tran, tucked away in a northwest-side strip mall, boasts friendly service and good sushi rolls and nigiri, with a wide range of non-sushi Asian and Pacific Rim dishes, too. Skip the sashimi, but don’t miss out on the greenmussel appetizer. Expect to spend at least $25 per person in a family-friendly environment that is quiet and clean. (1-28-10) $$-$$$

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Friday 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday noon-9 p.m. Café/Sushi Bar. Beer, Wine and Sake. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Traditional Japanese cuisine is served up by kimono-clad waitresses in an atmosphere right out of the miniseries by the same name. You get decent sushi and fine renditions of other Japanese specialties $-$$

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Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday noon-10 p.m. Café/Sushi Bar/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Also at 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd., Suite 312 (877-8744). An unpretentious neighborhood sushi restaurant satisfying beginner and honed sushi appetites. All-you-can-eat sushi for $19.95. Ample portions of combination plates and rice bowls. (12-5-02) $-$$

Monday 5-9:30 p.m.; Tuesday-Thursday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Sunday 5-9 p.m. Café/Beer and Sake. MC, V. Divine sushi and sashimi star at this strip-mall restaurant. Service is top-notch, and the prices are among the most reasonable in town. Try a combo plate for one or two, and you’ll walk away full, but craving more. Karaoke fills the place on Saturday nights—so reservations are a must! (5-24-07) $$$-$$$$ SUSHI-CHO C 1830 E. Broadway Blvd., Suite 148. 628-8800. Open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday 5-10 p.m. Café/Sushi Bar/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Small, tasty and enormously popular, Sushi-Cho wows with its complete attention to all the fine details, especially at the sushi bar, where the large portions exceed finger-food expectations. $-$$

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Monday 5-10 p.m.; Tuesday-Friday 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday noon-10 p.m.; Sunday 4-10 p.m. Café/Beer and Wine. MC, V. Located in a midtown strip mall, this small joint could become a neighborhood favorite—even if you’re not a sushi fan. There are plenty of options, good-sized portions and reasonable prices. The roll assortment is interesting and covers the full gamut. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, and you’ll be one of the gang after only a few visits. (3-2207) $-$$ SUSHI ON ORACLE NW 6449 N. Oracle Road. 297-3615. Open Tuesday-

Thursday 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.; Friday 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday noon-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Sunday 5-9 p.m. Café/ Sushi Bar. Beer, Wine and Sake. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. The folks here don’t mess around. They offer large portions of food, delicious sushi and a gracious staff. The

YAMATO JAPANESE RESTAURANT C 857 E. Grant Road. 624-3377. Open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-2:15 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.; Saturday 5-9:30 p.m. Café. Beer, Wine and Sake. AMEX, MC, V. The fresh fish makes the sushi at this tiny midtown spot a real treat. The rest of the menu offers up all sorts of traditional Japanese goodies that prove to be tasty as well. The low-key atmosphere is another plus. And while Yamato may not be easy to find the first time, you’ll probably find yourself returning again and again. (1117-05) $-$$ YOSHIMATSU HEALTHY JAPANESE FOOD AND CAFÉ C 2660 N. Campbell Ave. 320-1574. Open MondayThursday 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.; Friday 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday 11:30 a.m.2:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. Diner/Beer and Wine. MC, V. One of the more unique restaurants you’ll ever find, Yoshimatsu features a decor combining weird Japanese TV, action figures and eclectic music. The food is fast,

THAI BAI THONG E 4853 E. Speedway Blvd. 881-5068. Open SundayThursday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m. Café/Beer and Wine. MC, V. Bai Thong is a modest, quiet, affordable family Thai joint with some standouts, including papaya salad and fiery fried rice. Wash it down with icy Singha beer, and be happy. Note: They’re willing to make any dish vegetarian. (7-19-07) $-$$ BANGKOK CAFÉ C 2511 E. Speedway Blvd. 323-6555. Open MondayThursday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday noon-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m. Café/Full Bar. DIS, MC, V. Featuring fine service and a calming atmosphere, Bangkok Café features delicious soups, appetizers and salads, as well as a number of curry, rice, noodle and other dishes. While some of the entrées tend to be a bit bland, the ingredients are always fresh. (10-14-04) $-$$ CHAR’S THAI E 5039 E. Fifth St. 795-1715. Open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.; Saturday 5-10 p.m. Café/ Beer and Wine. AMEX, MC, V. Lunch and dinner plates come mild to palate-searing hot in true Thai style. Try the soups. $-$$ KARUNA’S THAI PLATE C 1917 E. Grant Road. 325-4129. Open TuesdayThursday noon-3 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday noon-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Sunday 5-9 p.m.

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Counter/Diner/No Alcohol. MC, V. Karuna’s offers all the traditional dishes you’ve come to expect on Tucson’s small Thai scene, as well as an awesome and affordable daily lunch buffet. Some of the fire of Thai cooking may be absent, but all the other ingredients are flavorfully present. $ MINA’S THAI NE 5575 E. River Road, No. 141. 299-0453. Open Monday-Saturday 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 4:30-9 p.m. Café/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. After bouncing around town, Mina’s Thai is now entrenched in a cozy little space at River and Craycroft roads. Here, you’ll find all of your Thai favorites, served to you graciously by Mina and her family. While some of the dishes aren’t as nuanced as they could be, offerings such as the yum neau (Thai beef salad) are sure to please. If you’re looking for a quick, inexpensive lunch, check out Mina’s weekday lunch specials. (9-7-06) $-$$ V FINE THAI C 9 E. Congress St. 882-8143. Open Tuesday-Friday

11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday 5-10 p.m. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. V Fine Thai Dining is adding a little spice to downtown Tucson, with traditional Thai dishes and some less-traditional twists, too. The patio offers a nice break from the growing bustle of downtown, and it’s a great place for appetizers and house-infused drink creations with friends. (8-18-11) $$-$$$

UPPER CRUST ANTHONY’S IN THE CATALINAS NW 6440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-1771. Open daily 5:30-9 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. DC, DIS, MC, V. The gracious service of Anthony’s signature lamb Wellington is a match for this venue’s view of the city lights at night. Excellent wine selection. $$-$$$ ARIZONA INN C 2200 E. Elm St. 325-1541. Open daily for breakfast

6:30-10:30 a.m.; lunch 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; dinner 5:30-10 p.m. p.m.; Sunday brunch 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, MC, V, Checks. For an elegant transport back to the 1930s, the Arizona Inn provides world-class dining in an intimate and charming resort. Centrally located, the Arizona Inn offers just the right touch of class, coupled with a sophisticated and well-executed menu. (3-8-02) $$$-$$$$ BOB’S STEAK AND CHOP HOUSE NW 2727 W. Club Drive, at the Omni Tucson National Resort. 877-2377. Open Tuesday-Thursday 5:30-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 5:30-10 p.m. Full Cover/ Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Bob’s is the epitome of resort dining, with quality ingredients—including prime beef and good drinks—a clubby décor and great service. You’ll pay a lot, but for that special occasion, it might be worth it. The veal chop is simply seasoned yet amazingly flavorful. Every entrée comes with a choice of hearty potatoes (smashed, baked or pan-fried) and a glazed carrot that Bugs Bunny would envy. (4-29-10) $$$$ CANYON CAFÉ NE Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort

Drive. 299-2020. Open daily 6 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Café/ Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V, Checks. Located in a world-class resort, the Canyon Café puts a solid accent on casual, featuring a menu that doesn’t quite rise

up to the culinary mark of the other ventures housed at Loews. Sunday brunch is a real crowd-pleaser with an endless buffet that is prepared to feed the masses. (4-12-01) $$ CAYTON’S AT THE RITZ-CARLTON NW 6501 Boulder Bridge Pass. 572-3530. Open daily 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Upscale but not pretentious, Cayton’s at the Ritz-Carlton serves up a delectable and delicious assortment of salads, sandwiches, burgers and wraps. Portions are generous, and service is friendly, although occasionally slow. Don’t miss Sunday brunch, and don’t expect to escape without spending a little money. Perfect for a date or an elegant lunch; reservations are strongly recommended. (10-8-09) $$$-$$$$ CORE KITCHEN AND WINE BAR NW Inside the Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain, 15000 N.

Secret Springs Drive. 572-3000. Open daily 7-11 a.m. and 5:30-9 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, DC, MC, V. CORE provides food-lovers with a great reason to make the long trek northwest. The accommodating, knowledgeable chefs and staff at this swanky hotel are geniuses at work, but never fear: You don’t have to break out the suit and tie for this trip. The comfortable atmosphere adds to the playful and delicious breakfast, appetizer, entrée and dessert offerings. Don’t miss the chile pop rocks served with the bigeye tuna sashimi for an experience that delights all the senses. (11-11-10) $$-$$$$ THE DISH BISTRO AND WINE BAR C 3131 E. First St. 326-1714. Open Tuesday-Thursday 5-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 5-10 p.m. Bistro/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. One of Tucson’s most intimate and beloved restaurants offers one of the area’s most legendary dishes (the steamed mussels in a saffron broth) and one of the best wine selections around (in addition to what’s on the wine list, diners can enjoy anything in the attached RumRunner for cost plus a modest corkage fee), The Dish is a perfect special-event occasion—or a fine place to enjoy a glass of wine and a bite to eat with a buddy after work. The place is tiny, so reservations are advised. (1-10-08) $$$-$$$$ GOLD NW Westward Look Resort, 245 E. Ina Road. 9172930, ext. 474. Open Tuesday-Saturday 7 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5:30-10 p.m.; Sunday and Monday 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Gold serves up intriguing dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The short stack—with a seared yellow fin tuna, a small filet mignon and a grilled day boat scallop—is the star of the dinner menu. Sit outside or near the window, and enjoy a fantastic view of the city. (9-3-09) $$-$$$$ GRILL AT HACIENDA DEL SOL NE 5601 N. Hacienda del Sol Road. 529-3500. Open daily 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. For pure restoration and sheer indulgence, the Grill at Hacienda del Sol leads the pack. One of Tucson’s best-restored historic properties, the Grill delivers a deeply satisfying menu; impeccable, gracious service; and a priceless sense of sanctuary. It’s worth every penny and the lovely drive. (12-7-00) $$$ HARVEST RESTAURANT NW 10355 N. La Cañada Drive, No. 141. 731-1100. Open Sunday-Thursday 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. and 4-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. and 4-10 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Inventive but not pretentious upscale preparations emphasize locally harvested and organic ingredients served in peak season. It isn’t just trendy; it’s tremendously tasty, too. (3-5-09) $$$

JONATHAN’S TUCSON CORK E 6320 E. Tanque Verde Road. 296-1631. Open daily 5-9 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, MC, V. Serving the best of a surf-and-turf menu, Jonathan’s Tucson Cork offers outstanding cuts of beef, expertly aged and cooked, as well as a daily assortment of fresh-fish specials prepared in new and creative ways. (11-4-99) $$$-$$$$

a.m.-3 p.m. Counter. Beer, Wine and Specialty Drinks. DIS, MC, V. Those who eschew animal products in their diets should be grateful for this charming, fast-casual, all-vegan eatery. Scrambles, sandwiches and burgers for lunch and homestyle entrées for dinner dominate the menu. While some of the choices with faux meat are pretty good, the best options are the ones that skip the fake stuff. (2-2-06) $-$$

PRIMO W 3800 W. Starr Pass Blvd., inside the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa. 792-3500. Open TuesdaySunday 6-9 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Tucsonans should thank our lucky stars that Melissa Kelly decided to open one of her wonderful restaurants in the Old Pueblo. With a clever menu that makes the most of artisanal foods, Primo offers delicious, creative choices from soup to nuts. Desserts are especially delightful. This would be the perfect place for that special occasion. (2-9-06) $$$$

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PY STEAKHOUSE S 5655 W. Valencia Road, inside Casino del Sol. (800)

344-9435. Open Tuesday-Thursday 4 to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 4-11 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC and V. True fine dining has come to Casino del Sol with PY Steakhouse. Offering impeccable service, amazing cocktails and some fine steak and seafood offerings, PY is a great place for a special occasion. Don’t miss the corn and lobster chowder. (2-23-11) $$$-$$$$

VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY CHOICE GREENS C 2829 E. Speedway Blvd. 319-2467. Open daily 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Counter/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Also at 4205 N. Campbell Ave. (319-2467). While Choice Greens offers a handful of soups, sandwiches and paninis, salads are undeniably the main attraction at this fast-casual joint. The concept is simple: You pick a lettuce; you choose which of the almost four-dozen ingredients you want in your salad; you choose a protein (meat, tuna or tofu), if you want one; and then you pick your dressing. You pay; you sit down; your salad is delivered shortly. Simple, uncomplicated and delicious. (9-29-05) $ THE GARLAND BISTRO C 119 E. Speedway Blvd. 882-3999. Open WednesdayMonday 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Café/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V, Checks. This midtown spot specializes in vegetarian and ethnic cuisine, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with equal verve. Breakfast is especially satisfying, with thick-sliced homemade bread and the best home fries in town. The Garland is truly an oasis in this desert, with a menu that vegetarians and meat-eaters will find mutually satisfying. $$ GOVINDA’S NATURAL FOODS BUFFET AND BOUTIQUE C 711 E. Blacklidge Drive. 792-0630. Open Tuesday 5-9 p.m.; Wednesday-Saturday 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Counter/ No Alcohol. MC, V, Checks. Govinda’s blends great Bengali vegetarian food and spiritual philosophy in a relaxing environment. The buffet menu changes daily and includes salad, breads, rice, soups, pasta, veggies and entrées. Tuesday is “India Night” and Thursday is “Vegan Day.” The courtyard has waterfalls, peacocks and parrots. A koi pond adds to the ambiance. $

HA LONG BAY E 6304 E. Broadway Blvd. 571-1338. Open MondayThursday 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday noon-9 p.m. Café/Beer and Wine. MC, V. Tasty Vietnamese cuisine in an unpretentious, comfortable atmosphere pretty much sums up this eastside restaurant. All the ingredients that give Vietnamese food its unique, wonderful flavors (lemongrass, fish sauce, lime, mint, etc.) are used expertly. If you’ve never tried diamond shrimp paste, it’s a must-have. (6-8-06) $-$$ MISS SAIGON C 1072 N. Campbell Ave. 320-9511. Open Monday-

Saturday 10:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Sunday 11:30 a.m.9:30 p.m. Café/Beer and Wine. AMEX, MC, V. Friendly, inexpensive Miss Saigon serves up the fresh, authentic, complex flavors of Vietnam, including some of the best pho in town. (2-1-07) $ PHO 88 C 2746 N. Campbell Ave. 881-8883. Open Thursday-

Tuesday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Café/Beer and Wine. MC, V. The food at Pho 88 is consistently good, if not mindblowing, and the service is always friendly and efficient. The large menu features all the Vietnamese favorites you’d expect, plus a few pan-Asian entrées, too—but, as you’d expect based on the name, the pho is the star here. (7-23-09) $-$$ PHO 1 C 2226 N. Stone Ave. 670-1705. Open Monday-

Saturday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Café/No Alcohol. MC and V. With a long list of pho variations, other soups, enticing appetizers and rice dishes featuring a full array of proteins, this little Vietnamese joint offers great food across the board. Pho is the draw, of course, but we would have been happy with a couple of appetizers and the house fried chicken. The address says Stone Avenue, but the restaurant is really located on the south side of Sahuaro Street. (2-9-12) $-$$ SAIGON PHO C 943 E. University Blvd., Suite 107. 624-0999. Open

Monday-Saturday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday noon-7 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. MC, V. Comforting, generous, healthful Vietnamese food, quite distinct from Chinese and Thai flavors, should please the palate as long as you keep in mind that individual ingredients need spicing up with the provided sauces. (10-9-08) $

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With Lotus Plaza, Deerhunter’s Lockett Pundt steps into the spotlight

By Stephen Seigel, musiced@tucsonweekly.com

Faster Than Light

Musical Introspection

Lotus Plaza

BY GENE ARMSTRONG, garmstrong@tucsonweekly.com trong though they may be, family ties often confine us to certain roles and rules, and it’s natural to seek fresh stimuli elsewhere, but without abandoning connections to the social unit in which you developed. That’s kind of how Lockett Pundt, guitarist for the indie-rock band Deerhunter, distinguishes that group from his side project, Lotus Plaza. “Deerhunter is basically family. We have a great musical bond that has been honed over the years, and it is always fun and effortless to play shows with those guys. With Lotus Plaza, it has been really fun to … experience things in a new light,” Pundt said in a recent email interview. Lotus Plaza “has rekindled some enthusiasm for touring that can get lost after doing it over and over. I also feel like doing Lotus Plaza is pushing personal barriers for me, and I think it’s good to do that. It has been daunting to me, and it has been nice to step outside of my comfort zone and do something I wasn’t sure I could do.” Pundt will bring Lotus Plaza to Tucson for a gig this Saturday night, May 12, at Plush. Also on the bill will be opening acts George Sarah, an electronic musician and composer from Los Angeles, and Frankie Broyles. Broyles doubles as the drummer for Lotus Plaza, which also includes guitarist Dan Wakefield, keyboards player Allen Taylor and bassist T.J. Blake. Formed in 2001 and fronted by theatrical lead singer Bradford Cox, the Atlanta-based Deerhunter plays an experimental mixture of noise pop, art rock and post-punk. With Lotus Plaza, Pundt builds a sound distinct from but complementary to his work in Deerhunter, indulging in a form of musical introspection that might be called a combination of chillwave and shoegaze. It’s both blissfully hypnotic and viscerally engaging, with an attractive undercurrent of melancholy. Pundt has made two Lotus Plaza albums: The Floodlight Collective, a lo-fi, bedroom recording released in 2009, and the more-lushsounding Spooky Action at a Distance, released about a month ago by the indie label Kranky Records. Growing up in Marietta, Ga., Pundt viewed music as a hobby, and did not then consider it a viable means for making a living. “I started playing when I was 11, when I got my first guitar. I’d get tabs, or play (along) to Nirvana songs to learn stuff before I eventually got a few guitar lessons.” Pundt also has cited musical influences such as Stereolab, My Bloody Valentine, Roxy Music

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and Sonic Youth. It wasn’t until high school that he found similar-minded musicians to play with. That circle included Deerhunter singer Cox—they became fast friends. “I eventually met Brad. He turned me on to a lot of music I’d never heard of, and we started to play together. I think it was then that I realized I really had more of a passion for music other than just playing guitar.” Pundt joined Deerhunter in 2005, and his first album with the group was its sophomore release, Cryptograms. After playing nonstop with the band for a few years, Pundt discovered songs percolating inside of him that weren’t necessarily right for Deerhunter. He began to capture them on four-track tape, singing and playing all of the instruments. “I never really had any ambitions to make a solo album initially, until the opportunity came up from Kranky. I had some songs that I had been working on, which would eventually become my first record, and began to flesh them out for an official release. I would have never had an opportunity to do this on my own without Deerhunter.” He still creates the music on Lotus Plaza albums himself, although he conscripts musician pals to help bring it alive during concert tours. “It was just an outlet to write songs, I suppose. I’m not sure if it would ever turn into a full band where we all write the songs or not,” he said. “It’s nice to have something of a musical identity that is all your own. … It’s fun to record and conceptualize the music all by yourself. You have total freedom, and you can go wherever you want to with the music.” But he also finds being the onstage focal point to be disconcerting. “In the live setting, it rattles me a good bit and is definitely the biggest point of departure from Deerhunter for me. It’s somewhat stressful

Lotus Plaza with Frankie Broyles and George Sarah 9:30 p.m., Saturday, May 12 Plush 340 E. Sixth St. $8 798-1298; plushtucson.com

since it is new to me, being the ‘frontman,’ but I have been getting into it a lot more. I can open up in areas I don’t as much with Deerhunter, but at the same time, I get really nervous when I’m up there.” Pundt modestly admits he is still evolving as a musician and composer, with and without Deerhunter. And Lotus Plaza, especially, offers much room for growth. In fact, he’s moved forward since recording his most recent album. “I’m already slightly detached from the new album since it’s nearly a year since I recorded it, and some of those songs are two years old or so. I was in different places during the making of each album, and so they sound very different from each other. Even now, I’m in a different place than when I made Spooky Action.” There’s a sound, a vibe, he’s looking to capture, but he’s not quite there. Yet. “I feel like I’m still growing as a songwriter, and I have a way to go until I find what I’m looking for. I get closer and further simultaneously all the time, and to figure out my path would be one of the greatest things for me.” Even as he pursues personal growth and expression, Pundt is earnest about wanting to please the audience. “But even if I never do find what I’m meant to do, and I’ve inspired others and made people happy along the way, that would be the greatest thing that I could accomplish,” he said.

For the second consecutive year, Sacred Machine, the art gallery owned and operated by visual artist Daniel Martin Diaz and his wife, Paula Catherine Valencia (both of whom perform in the band Blind Divine), will hold a two-day festival called Beyond the Sacred Music and Arts Festival, celebrating the gallery’s anniversary. The event kicks off at 7 p.m., Friday, May 11, at Sacred Machine, 245 E. Congress St., with an opening reception for the art-show component. In addition to numerous pieces by Diaz, the show features about 20 local, national and international artists showing works that celebrate “all things Sacred,” including Chris Mars, Craig LaRotonda, Valerie Galloway, Robert Palacios and Elizabeth Frank. Then, on Saturday, May 12, the music element takes over both Sacred Machine and the Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St. Sacred Machine’s lineup runs from 7 to 11 p.m., and will feature performances by Race You There, Chris Black and Six Fingered Chylld. Admission is free. Down the street at the Rialto, the schedule looks like this: Ensphere (9:30 p.m.), Flamingo (featuring Elmo Kirkwood, son of the Meat Puppets’ Curt Kirkwood; 10:30 p.m.), Chicha Dust (featuring Brian Lopez and Gabriel Sullivan; 11:15 p.m.) and Blind Divine (midnight). Admission is $7. All events are all-ages. For more information, head to sacredmachine.com, or call 777-7403.

BIG APPLE-BOUND Zach Toporek and Nate Jasensky, the primary singers, songwriters and musicians behind local bands Young Mothers and Faster Than Light, respectively, won’t be locals much longer. The two are pulling up stakes in Tucson for the big city—New York, to be precise—and on their way there, they’ll be touring through the Southern states and documenting it by making an album and a Web-video series. They’re hoping to fund the whole thing via a Kickstarter campaign that ends Monday, May 21; you can access their Kickstarter page via either band’s Facebook page. As of this writing, they haven’t yet reached their goal, so you know what to do. So far, no farewell shows have been announced in Tucson, but if that happens, we’ll be sure to tell you about it. In the meantime, Young Mothers recently released a new three-song EP, I Want to Be a Beautiful Star Warrior, which is available on

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THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT Club Congress will host a show this weekend featuring new acts with familiar faces. Headlining the concert will be Ryan David Green, who is the “Ryan” in Ryanhood. He’ll be performing all-new solo material with a seven-piece band in preparation for an upcoming solo EP he’ll be releasing later this year. We last saw Katherine Byrnes onstage singing with Calexico at the Festival en el Barrio a month or so ago. Her new band, Sweet Ghosts, will take the middle slot at this show. And opening will be a new solo project being unveiled by Carlos Arzate, the frontman for American Android. It all begins at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 12, at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St. Admission is $5, and all ages are welcome. Head to hotelcongress.com/club, or call 622-8848 for more details.

SHORT TAKES Local instrumental rockers Sleep Driver will perform their last show when they open for noiseniks Black Dice at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St., on Wednesday, May 16. Doors open at 8 p.m., and tickets are $12. More info at hotelcongress.com/club or 622-8848. Two local bands (well, one local band and one formerly local band) are releasing CDs this week, and with them come the requisite release shows, each on the same night: Friday, May 11. Steff Koeppen and the Articles will be releasing Stories You Can’t Tell at a performance at Solar Culture Gallery, 31 E. Toole Ave., on Friday. Kaia Chesney opens the allages show at 8 p.m. Cover is $5, and CDs will be half-price for one night only. For further details, go to solarculture.org, or call 8840874. Meanwhile, over at The District Tavern, 260 E. Congress St., also on Friday, former Tucsonans White Chocolate and the Cigarettes (they now live in Portland, Ore.) will return to release their debut album, Apocalypse Already. Some of Them Are Old and Hibris open the show around 9 p.m. Admission is free. They’ll be able to answer your questions at 791-0082. Taylor Hardy, who has performed in local bands since 1985, including Corpse Grinder, Bloodspasm, American Deathtrip, Scar Strangled Banger, Bubba Grubbz, and Clovenhoof, is relocating to Colorado soon. This means he’ll bang the skins for his current band, The Distortionists, which he’s performed with for the last seven years, for the last time at a gig on Friday, May 11, at The Runway Bar and Grill, 2101 S. Alvernon Way. Drizzle and Yeti Ender will open the show at 9 p.m., and

admission is free. For more info, dial 7906788. Local electro-pop/R&B trio … music video? are heading out on a tour of the West Coast that will take them to San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and several other stops—but before they do, you can catch them at a tour kickoff show at Plush, 340 E. Sixth St, on Wednesday, May 16. They’ll be the first band on a bill that starts at 9 p.m. and will include headliners Vanity Theft and middleslotters Enemies! Admission is $7, and more info is available at plushtucson.com or by calling 798-1298. On Friday, May 11, Club Congress will be the site of the Free Femme Fatale Show, whose name pretty much says it all: a free show featuring Arizona acts—two from Phoenix, two from Tucson—populated almost exclusively by women. Gimmickry aside, it’s a killer lineup: Make My Baby, the girl-group led by Lonna Kelley; sister duo Acorn Bcorn; AK Kitten, a relatively new band fronted by Brittany Katter (Kiss and the Tells, Fell City Shouts); and Ruth Wilson from Phoenix rootsband Flathead. Doors open at 8 p.m., and more info is available at hotelcongress.com/ club or by calling 622-8848. The Lisa Otey and Friends Concert Series wraps up this week with a very special show. Otey and her partner Diane Van Deurzen were born five days apart, so they’ll join forces on Monday, May 14, for Diane Van Deurzen and Lisa Otey’s Birthday Concert at Z Mansion, 288 N. Church Ave. The show begins at 7 p.m., and tickets are $15, available at lisaotey. com or by calling 370-5912.

ON THE BANDWAGON Todd Barry at Club Congress on Tuesday, May 15; Silver Thread Trio and Beth Bombara and the Ebanjolist at Plush on Friday, May 11; The Supervillains at The Hut tonight, Thursday, May 10; Gabriel Iglesias and Ozomatli at AVA at Casino del Sol on Saturday, May 12; Ferrodyne, LeeAnne Savage and Her Rockstar Band and Hank Topless at The Hut on Saturday, May 12; The Sadie Hawks (featuring Locals Only host Matt Milner), Main Squeeze and Logan Greene Electric at RR Nites at La Cocina tonight, Thursday, May 10.

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R.I.P. I’m beyond sad to mention that Ernie Gardner passed away on Saturday, May 5, at the age of 35. Ernie drummed for numerous bands over the years including Red Switch and La Cerca, and most recently, HAIRSPRAYFIREANDGIRLS. Ernie was a quick-witted comedian, one hell of a drummer and the only person I’ve ever known who loved AC/DC and Morrissey in equal measure. Our sincere condolences go out to his family and friends. You’re already missed, Ernie. MAY 10 – 16, 2012

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CLUB LIST Here is a list of venues that offer live music, dancing, DJ music, karaoke or comedy in the Tucson area. We recommend that you call and confirm all events. AMADO TERRITORY STEAKHOUSE 3001 E. Frontage Road. Amado. 398-2651. ARIZONA INN 2200 E. Elm St. 325-1541. ARMITAGE WINE LOUNGE AND CAFÉ 2905 E. Skyline Drive, No. 168. 682-9740. THE AULD DUBLINER 800 E. University Blvd. 206-0323. AZUL RESTAURANT LOUNGE Westin La Paloma, 3800 E. Sunrise Drive. 742-6000. THE BAMBOO CLUB 5870 E. Broadway Blvd., No. 524. 514-9665. THE BASHFUL BANDIT 3686 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-8996. BEAU BRUMMEL CLUB 1148 N. Main Ave. 622-9673. BEDROXX 4385 W. Ina Road. 744-7655. BEST WESTERN ROYAL SUN INN AND SUITES 1015 N. Stone Ave. 622-8871. BLUEFIN SEAFOOD BISTRO 7053 N. Oracle Road. 531-8500. BOJANGLES SALOON 5244 S. Nogales Highway. 889-6161. BOONDOCKS LOUNGE 3306 N. First Ave. 690-0991. BORDERLANDS BREWING COMPANY 119 E. Toole Ave. 261-8773. THE BRANDING IRON RUTHRAUFF 2660 W. Ruthrauff Road. 888-9452. BRATS 5975 W. Western Way Circle. 578-0341. BRODIE’S TAVERN 2449 N. Stone Ave. 622-0447. BUFFALO WILD WINGS 68 N. Harrison Road. 296-8409. CACTUS MOON 5470 E. Broadway Blvd. 748-0049. CAFÉ PASSÉ 415 N. Fourth Ave. 624-4411. THE CANYON’S CROWN RESTAURANT AND PUB 6958 E. Tanque Verde Road. 885-8277. CASA VICENTE RESTAURANTE ESPAÑOL 375 S. Stone Ave. 884-5253. CASCADE LOUNGE Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive. 615-5495. CHICAGO BAR 5954 E. Speedway Blvd. 748-8169. CIRCLE S SALOON 16001 W. El Tiro Road. Marana. 682-5377. CLUB CONGRESS 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848. LA COCINA RESTAURANT, CANTINA AND COFFEE BAR 201 N. Court Ave. 622-0351. COLORS FOOD AND SPIRITS 5305 E. Speedway Blvd. 323-1840. COLT’S TASTE OF TEXAS STEAKHOUSE 8310 N. Thornydale Road. 572-5968. COMFORT SUITES 7007 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-2300. COPPER QUEEN HOTEL 11 Howell Ave. Bisbee. (520) 432-2216. COW PALACE 28802 S. Nogales Highway. Amado. (520) 398-1999. COW PONY BAR AND GRILL 6510 E. Tanque Verde Road. 721-2781. CUSHING STREET RESTAURANT AND BAR 198 W. Cushing St. 622-7984. DELECTABLES RESTAURANT AND CATERING 533 N. Fourth Ave. 884-9289. THE DEPOT SPORTS BAR 3501 E. Fort Lowell Road. 795-8110. DESERT DIAMOND CASINO MONSOON NIGHTCLUB 7350 S. Nogales Highway. 294-7777. DIABLOS SPORTS BAR AND GRILL 2545 S. Craycroft Road. 514-9202.

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THE DISTRICT 260 E. Congress St. 792-0081. DON’S BAYOU CAJUN COOKIN’ 8991 E. Tanque Verde Road. 749-4410. DRIFTWOOD RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE 2001 S. Craycroft Road. 790-4317. DRY RIVER COMPANY 800 N. Kolb Road. 298-5555. DV8 5851 E. Speedway Blvd. 885-3030. ECLIPSE AT COLLEGE PLACE 1601 N. Oracle Road. 209-2121. EDDIES COCKTAILS 8510 E. Broadway Blvd. 290-8750. EL CHARRO CAFÉ SAHUARITA 15920 S. Rancho Sahuarita. Sahuarita. 325-1922. EL CHARRO CAFÉ ON BROADWAY 6310 E. Broadway Blvd. 745-1922. EL MEZÓN DEL COBRE 2960 N. First Ave. 791-0977. EL PARADOR 2744 E. Broadway Blvd. 881-2744. ELBOW ROOM 1145 W. Prince Road. 690-1011. FAMOUS SAM’S BROADWAY 1830 E. Broadway Blvd. 884-0119. FAMOUS SAM’S E. GOLF LINKS 7129 E. Golf Links Road. 296-1245. FAMOUS SAM’S SILVERBELL 2320 N. Silverbell Road. 884-7267. FAMOUS SAM’S VALENCIA 3010 W. Valencia Road. 883-8888. FAMOUS SAM’S W. RUTHRAUFF 2480 W. Ruthrauff Road. 292-0492. FAMOUS SAM’S IRVINGTON 2048 E. Irvington Road. 889-6007. FAMOUS SAM’S ORACLE 8058 N. Oracle Road. 531-9464. FAMOUS SAM’S PIMA 3933 E. Pima St. 323-1880. FIRE + SPICE Sheraton Hotel and Suites, 5151 E. Grant Road. 323-6262. FLYING V BAR AND GRILL Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive. 299-2020. FOX AND HOUND SMOKEHOUSE AND TAVERN Foothills Mall, 7625 N. La Cholla Blvd. 575-1980. FROG AND FIRKIN 874 E. University Blvd. 623-7507. LA FUENTE 1749 N. Oracle Road. 623-8659. FUKU SUSHI 940 E. University Blvd. 798-3858. GENTLE BEN’S BREWING COMPANY 865 E. University Blvd. 624-4177. GLASS ONION CAFE 1990 W. River Road, Suite 100. 293-6050. GOLD Westward Look Resort, 245 E. Ina Road. 917-2930, ext. 474. GOLDEN PIN LANES 1010 W. Miracle Mile. 888-4272. THE GRILL AT QUAIL CREEK 1490 Quail Range Loop. Green Valley. 393-5806. GUADALAJARA GRILL EAST 750 N. Kolb Road. 296-1122. GUADALAJARA GRILL WEST 1220 E. Prince Road. 323-1022. HACIENDA DEL SOL 5601 N. Hacienda del Sol Road. 299-1501. HIDEOUT BAR AND GRILL 1110 S. Sherwood Village Drive. 751-2222. THE HIDEOUT 3000 S. Mission Road. 791-0515. HILDA’S SPORTS BAR 1120 Circulo Mercado. Rio Rico. (520) 281-9440. THE HOG PIT SMOKEHOUSE BAR AND GRILL 6910 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4302. THE HUT 305 N. Fourth Ave. 623-3200. IBT’S 616 N. Fourth Ave. 882-3053. IGUANA CAFE 210 E. Congress St. 882-5140. JACKSON’S GASTROPUB 8235 N. Silverbell Road, No. 105. 638-7334. JAVELINA CANTINA 445 S. Alvernon Way. 881-4200, ext. 5373.

JEFF’S PUB 112 S. Camino Seco Road. 886-1001. KINGFISHER BAR AND GRILL 2564 E. Grant Road. 323-7739. KNOW WHERE 2 1308 W. Glenn St. 623-3999. KON TIKI 4625 E. Broadway Blvd. 323-7193. LAFFS COMEDY CAFFÉ 2900 E. Broadway Blvd. 323-8669. LAS CAZUELITAS 1365 W. Grant Road. 206-0405. LEVEL BAR LOUNGE 4280 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 37. 6153835. LI’L ABNER’S STEAKHOUSE 8500 N. Silverbell Road. 744-2800. LOOKOUT BAR AND GRILLE AT WESTWARD LOOK RESORT 245 E. Ina Road. 297-1151. THE LOOP TASTE OF CHICAGO 10180 N. Oracle Road. 878-0222. LOTUS GARDEN RESTAURANT 5975 E. Speedway Blvd. 298-3351. LUNA BELLA ITALIAN CUISINE AND CATERING 2990 N. Swan Road, No. 145. 325-3895. MALIBU YOGURT AND ICE CREAM 825 E. University Blvd. 903-2340. MARGARITA BAY 7415 E. 22nd St. 290-8977. MAVERICK 6622 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-0430. MAYNARDS MARKET AND KITCHEN 400 N. Toole Ave. 545-0577. MCMAHON’S PRIME STEAKHOUSE 2959 N. Swan Road. 327-7463. MIDTOWN BAR AND GRILL 4915 E. Speedway Blvd. 327-2011. MINT COCKTAILS 3540 E. Grant Road. 881-9169. MONTEREY COURT STUDIO GALLERIES 505 W. Miracle Mile. 582-0514. MR. AN’S TEPPAN STEAK AND SUSHI 6091 N. Oracle Road. 797-0888. MR. HEAD’S ART GALLERY AND BAR 513 N. Fourth Ave. 792-2710. MUSIC BOX 6951 E. 22nd St. 747-1421. NEVADA SMITH’S 1175 W. Miracle Mile. 622-9064. NORTH 2995 E. Skyline Drive. 299-1600. O’MALLEY’S 247 N. Fourth Ave. 623-8600. OLD FATHER INN 4080 W. Ina Road. Marana. 744-1200. OLD PUEBLO GRILLE 60 N. Alvernon Way. 326-6000. OLD TUBAC INN RESTAURANT AND SALOON 7 Plaza Road. Tubac. (520) 398-3161. ON A ROLL 63 E. Congress St. 622-7655. ORACLE INN 305 E. American Ave. Oracle. 896-3333. O’SHAUGHNESSY’S 2200 N. Camino Principal. 296-7464. OUTLAW SALOON 1302 W. Roger Road. 888-3910. PAPPY’S DINER 1300 W. Prince Road. 408-5262. PARADISO BAR AND LOUNGE Casino Del Sol, 5655 W. Valencia Road. (800) 344-9435. THE PARISH 6453 N. Oracle Road. 797-1233. LA PARRILLA SUIZA 2720 N. Oracle Road. 624-4300. PEARSON’S PUB 1120 S. Wilmot Road. 747-2181. PLUSH 340 E. Sixth St. 798-1298. PUTNEY’S 6090 N. Oracle Road. 575-1767. RPM NIGHTCLUB 445 W. Wetmore Road. 869-6098. R PLACE BAR AND GRILL 3412 N. Dodge Blvd. 881-9048. RA SUSHI BAR RESTAURANT 2905 E. Skyline Drive. 615-3970. RAGING SAGE COFFEE ROASTERS 2458 N. Campbell Ave. 320-5203. REDLINE SPORTS GRILL 445 W. Wetmore Road. 888-8084.

LE RENDEZ-VOUS 3844 E. Fort Lowell Road. 323-7373. RIALTO THEATRE 318 E. Congress St. 740-1000. RIC’S CAFE/RESTAURANT 5605 E. River Road. 577-7272. RILEY’S IRISH TAVERN 5140 N. La Cholla Blvd. 408-0507. 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. ROYAL SUN INN AND SUITES 1015 N. Stone Ave. 622-8871. RUNWAY BAR AND GRILL 2101 S. Alvernon Way. 790-6788. RUSTY’S FAMILY RESTAURANT AND SPORTS GRILLE 2075 W. Grant Road. 623-3363. SALTY DAWG II 6121 E. Broadway Blvd., No. 106. 790-3294. SAM HUGHES PLACE CHAMPIONSHIP DINING 446 N. Campbell Ave. 747-5223. SAPPHIRE LOUNGE 61 E. Congress St. 624-9100. SHARKS 256 E. Congress St. 791-9869. SHERATON HOTEL AND SUITES 5151 E. Grant Road. 323-6262. SHOOTERS STEAKHOUSE AND SALOON 3115 E. Prince Road. 322-0779. SHOT IN THE DARK CAFÉ 121 E. Broadway Blvd. 882-5544. SINBAD’S FINE MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE 810 E. University Ave. 623-4010. SKY BAR 536 N. Fourth Ave. 622-4300. THE SKYBOX RESTAURANT AND SPORTS BAR 5605 E. River Road. 529-7180. THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE 1102 W. Grant Road. 889-0441. SOLAR CULTURE 31 E. Toole Ave. 884-0874. STADIUM GRILL 3682 W. Orange Grove Road. Marana. 877-8100. STOCKMEN’S LOUNGE 1368 W. Roger Road. 887-2529. SULLIVAN’S STEAK HOUSE 1785 E. River Road. 299-4275. SURLY WENCH PUB 424 N. Fourth Ave. 882-0009. TANQUE VERDE RANCH 14301 E. Speedway Blvd. 296-6275. TANQUE VERDE SWAP MEET 4100 S. Palo Verde Road. 294-4252. TERRY AND ZEKE’S 4603 E. Speedway Blvd. 325-3555. TOPAZ 657 W. St. Mary’s Road, No. C1A. UNICORN SPORTS LOUNGE 8060 E. 22nd St., No. 118. 722-6900. UNION PUBLIC HOUSE 4340 N. Campbell Ave., No. 103. 329-8575. V FINE THAI 9 E. Congress St. 882-8143. VAUDEVILLE 110 E. Congress St. 622-3535. WHISKEY TANGO 140 S. Kolb Road. 344-8843. WILD BILL’S STEAKHOUSE AND SALOON 5910 N. Oracle Road. 887-6161. WILDCAT HOUSE 1801 N. Stone Ave. 622-1302. WINGS-PIZZA-N-THINGS 8838 E. Broadway Blvd. 722-9663. WOODEN NICKEL 1908 S. Country Club Road. 323-8830. WOODY’S 3710 N. Oracle Road. 292-6702. WORLD FAMOUS GOLDEN NUGGET 2617 N. First Ave. 622-9202. ZEN ROCK 121 E. Congress St. 624-9100.

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What are you listening to these days? Blackalicious, Fats Waller, and Aphex Twin. I took the Aphex Twin CD Drukqs and slowed it down to 50 percent. I like that one a lot. I love some of Howe Gelbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s songs. Lately, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been craving music that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not finding. I guess thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I write it. What was the first album you owned? A Louis Armstrong CD from the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;30s. Also, when I was really young, I remember repeatedly playing a Black Beauty theme-song record until everyone made me stop.

What musical act, current or defunct, would you most like to see perform live? Captain Beefheart. Musically speaking, what is your favorite guilty pleasure? Norah Jones. I learned her whole first album on piano just to see what the big deal was. I still donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, but I like her piano-playing. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sweet and to the point. What song would you like to have played at your funeral? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Green Grassâ&#x20AC;? by Tom Waits, although I would prefer David Bryan to sing it. What band or artist changed your life, and how? Elizabeth Cotton. I learned a whole album of hers. Also, Chris Blackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest release, Drunk at the Funeral, got me thinking and laughing. Figurative gun to your head, what is your favorite album of all time? If I could only pick one thing to listen to, it would be all the Bach fugues. They do something to me.

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LAMBCHOP, HOWE GELB CLUB CONGRESS Sunday, May 6 Lambchop’s first Tucson performance was a hushed and delicate affair—no surprise, considering the mellow frequency on which Kurt Wagner’s gorgeous and off-kilter songs live. Even for a band that tours infrequently, it’s a surprise that two decades and 11 albums hadn’t previously brought the Nashville band to Tucson, especially considering Wagner has collaborated with opener Howe Gelb. But credit the rarity of the show for the crowd’s near total silence, full attention and warm appreciation. Impressively quiet yet full and intricately textured, the sound of Lambchop is unmatched anywhere—alt-country intertwined with lounge-jazz that lets Wagner’s restrained warble flitter about. Arranged in a semicircle, Wagner, pianist Tony Crow, keyboardist/guitarist Ryan Norris, bassist Matt Swanson and drummer Scott Martin packed the first part of the show with nearly the entirety of Mr. M, the band’s new, excellent album. Dedicated to the late Vic Chesnutt, Wagner’s friend and fellow songwriter, Mr. M is perhaps definitive in showcasing how Wagner can sustain a quiet melancholy that grows more rewarding the closer you listen. Songs like “If Not I’ll Just Die,” “2B2,” “Gone Tomorrow” and “The Good Life (Is Wasted)” are filled with memorable lines and careful details—impressionistic and inscrutable at the same time. After reaching into the back catalog for a couple songs—“Interrupted” (1998) and “My Blue Wave” (2002)—Wagner jokingly asked the crowd if they were depressed yet, then introduced the next tune, “N.O.” as a “big fucking bummer.” Then came the bathroom-suicide song “Soaky in the Pooper” and the encore of “Magnificent Obsession,” both even darker. Ahead of Lambchop was Gelb, first solo on the piano, and then backed by some of the newest members of his expanded Giant Giant Sand, including Brian Lopez and Gabriel Sullivan, both on guitar. Previewing songs from his forthcoming album, a “country rock opera,” the band took a ramshackle approach to new tunes like “Forever and a Day.” Howe turned the mic over to Lopez and Sullivan for a song apiece before announcing surprise guest vocalist KT Tunstall (the Scottish singer is in town to record her latest album) for a charmingly unrehearsed but passionate cover of The Band’s “Out of the Blue,” dedicated to the late Levon Helm. Eric Swedlund mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

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Blunderbuss debuted at No. 1, a first for Jack White. Albums released by his other projects (White Stripes, Raconteurs, Dead Weather) have cracked the Top 10, but havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t taken the top spot. This makes it an interesting moment to consider Jack White as a pop star, which he is and always has been. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as masterful of an architect of his own self-presentation as BeyoncĂŠ or Gaga, but unlike them, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really committed to a singular image: the skuzzy, sort-of steampunk troubadour. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incredibly affected, and infinitely fascinating. So one thing thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so striking about Blunderbuss is how naked and confessional it is. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I look at myself and just cover my eyes and want to give myself a new name,â&#x20AC;? White sings on â&#x20AC;&#x153;On and On and On,â&#x20AC;? before going on to envy the clouds in the sky for not having to make decisions about â&#x20AC;&#x153;what to do / how to act / what to say.â&#x20AC;? On â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love Interruption,â&#x20AC;? he seems to comment on his own fame, observing how love can â&#x20AC;&#x153;change (his) friends to enemiesâ&#x20AC;? and reveal to him â&#x20AC;&#x153;how itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all (his) fault.â&#x20AC;? He knows the perils of superstardom, of being an icon to legions of fans. Whiteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great pop star because he knows how to reduce this experience into something deeply personalâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to be both revealing and elusive. All of the sounds and styles these songs explore fit the Jack White persona: a touch anachronistic, raw but filigreed. Sean Bottai

To call High on Fireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sound â&#x20AC;&#x153;punishingâ&#x20AC;? would not be hyperbole. While it may seem unrelenting and repetitive at first, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pain that becomes addictive after multiple rotations. For fans of the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early work (see 2002â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Surrounded by Thieves), their latest is a welcome return to form. This band is not your average power trio. Matt Pikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approach to rhythm guitar is to create riffs with rhythmic textures that are driving but not without a Sabbath-like groove. He plays chords so full, and often so fast and precise, that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the equivalent of what many guitarists are only able to pull off with single notes. His work has earned him cult status in the metal underground. (He was a member of â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s drone-metal gods Sleep, who have seen a recent resurgence.) Pikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vocals, however, are so gravelly and abrasive, and his lyrics so out there, that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best to view them as a rhythmic appendage rather than a melodic one. Drummer Des Kensel and bassist Jeff Matz have more than enough chops to keep up. Opener â&#x20AC;&#x153;Serums of Liaoâ&#x20AC;? leaves no time for introductions by jumping right into classic High on Fire attack mode. Aside from the brief halftime psychedelic jam of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Samsara,â&#x20AC;? the band hardly lets up for the next 52 minutes. High on Fire have succeeded in carving out a distinct sound. As with their previous releases, De Vermis may start out as a slab of granite, but when the smoke clears, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a diamondâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a loud and heavy one. Brian Mock

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peppered all over the state like ﬁelds of desert poppies. Ken Sobel, vice president of the Arizona Cannabis Chamber of Commerce and operator of Green Halo Caregiver Collective on the westside, is ready. Last year, shortly after the 2010 passage of the Medical Marijuana Act, the University of Arizona graduate and longtime Arizona and California attorney gathered like-minded friends around him and started gearing up. Sobel hopes to open dispensaries in ﬁve of the 10 Community Health Analysis Areas that are in or touch Tucson. It’s no small undertaking. Sobel owns one of the spots he plans to use—

an RV storage lot near Prince Road and Interstate 10—and has already built it out to state speciﬁcations as a dispensary. The others were not so easy. There are square-footage and distance requirements—even the size of the reception area is speciﬁed. WTF? Why does The Man have to give a shit how big the lobby is? Dispensaries have to be at least 1,000 feet from schools or parks, and there are considerations for security and cultivation. Finally, the propertyowners have to be willing to lease to dispensaries.

Despite the threat of federal seizure (mostly a vague, nagging threat, given the feds’ actions in other states), ﬁnding landlords willing to lease has not been hard. “I’ve had a really good experience with landlords,” Sobel said. Cultivation was another issue. The law says each dispensary can have two grow operations—one within 1,000 feet of the dispensary, and one anywhere. All cultivation sites have to meet the same state and local requirements as dispensaries, so the search for available properties is similarly limited. Sobel worked it out.

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of them hire a person, right before my very eyes. He gave her a job, Gov. Jan. A real job, and she was smiling. Sobel got passionate about MMJ in 2003, when his mother-in-law died from cancer. A hospice worker suggested MMJ as a way to build appetite and ease pain. It worked. Then, in 2009, Sobel had a similar experience with his father here. When his dad died—two months after voters passed the AMMA— Sobel realized the property near I-10 could be a dispensary. And he took action. Sobel is laying a lot on the line. He is openly advocating something a lot of people despise. He is risking his reputation as an attorney, though I suspect he cares little about the people who would cast aspersions. He is risking money. Let’s hope it all pays oﬀ in big ways for him and others like him—whether it’s in karma, cash, soothed patients or smiles on faces of people with jobs.

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for the evening repast. If it’s not on the basement stairs, she won’t touch it. I’m bringing your attention to this, Cancerian, because I think you could draw inspiration from it. It’s in your interests, at least temporarily, to keep your loved ones and allies happy with a coordinated exactitude that rivals that of Irene. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The moon’s pale glow shimmers on your face as you run your fingers through your hair. In your imagination, 90 violins play with sublime fury, rising toward a climax, while the bittersweet yearning in your heart sends warm chills down your spine. You part your lips and open your eyes wide, searching for the words that could change everything. And then suddenly you remember you have to contact the plumber tomorrow, and find the right little white lie to appease you-know-who, and run out to the store to get that gadget you saw advertised. Cut! Cut! Let’s do this scene again. Take five. It’s possible, my dear, that your tendency to overdramatize is causing you to lose focus. Let’s trim the 90 violins down to 10 and see if maybe that helps.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): What are the most beautiful and evocative songs you know? What are the songs that activate your dormant wisdom and unleash waves of insight about your purpose here on Earth and awaken surges of gratitude for the labyrinthine path you have traveled to become the person you are today? Whatever those tunes are, I urge you to gather them all into one playlist, and listen to them with full attention while at rest in a comfortable place where you feel perfectly safe. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you need a concentrated dose of the deepest, richest, most-healing emotions you can tap into. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Tourists rarely go to the South American nation of Guyana. That’s mostly because much of it is virgin rain forest, and there are few amenities for travelers. In part it’s also due to the reputation-scarring event that occurred there in 1978, when cultleader Jim Jones led a mass suicide of his devotees. Last year, after travel writer Jeff Greenwald announced his trip to Guyana, his friends responded with a predictable joke: “Don’t drink the Kool-Aid!”—a

reference to the beverage Jones spiked with cyanide before telling his followers to drink up. But Greenwald was glad he went. The lush, tangled magnificence of Guyana was tough to navigate but a blessing to the senses and a first-class adventure. Be like him, Sagittarius. Consider engaging with a situation that offers challenging gifts. Overcome your biases about a potentially rewarding experience. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “You have more freedom than you are using,” says artist Dan Attoe. Allow that taunt to get under your skin and rile you up in the coming days, Capricorn. Let it motivate you to lay claim to all the potential spaciousness, independence and leeway that are just lying around going to waste. According to my understanding of the astrological omens, you have a sacred duty to cultivate more slack as if your dreams depended on it. (They do!) AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you’ve been tuning in to my horoscopes during the past months, you’re aware that I have been encouraging you to refine and deepen the meaning of home. You know that I

have been urging you to get really serious about identifying what kind of environment you need in order to thrive; I’ve been asking you to integrate yourself into a community that brings out the best in you; I’ve been nudging you to create a foundation that will make you strong and sturdy for a long time. Now it’s time to finish up your intensive work on these projects. You’ve got about four more weeks before a new phase of your life’s work will begin. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Is your BS detector in good condition? I hope so, because it’s about to get a workout. Rumors will be swirling, and gossip will be flourishing, and you will need to be on high alert in order to distinguish the laughable delusions that have no redeeming value from the entertaining stories that have more than a few grains of truth. If you pass those tests, Pisces, your reward will be handsome: You’ll become a magnet for inside information, valuable secrets and unusual but useful clues that come from unexpected sources.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “We all need a little more courage now and then,” said poet Marvin Bell. “That’s what I need. If you have some to share, I want to know you.” I advise you to adopt his approach in the coming days, Virgo. Proceed on the assumption that what you need most right now is to be braver and bolder. And consider the possibility that a good way to accomplish this goal is by hanging around people who are so intrepid and adventurous that their spirit will rub off on you. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the Byrds’ 1968 song “Fifth Dimension,” the singer makes a curious statement. He says that during a particularly lucid state, when he was simply relaxed and paying attention, he saw the great blunder his teachers had made. I encourage you to follow that lead, Libra. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, now would be an excellent time for you to thoroughly question the lessons you’ve absorbed from your important teachers—even the ones who taught you the best and helped you the most. You will earn a healthy jolt as you decide what to keep and what to discard from the gifts that beloved authorities have given you.

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¡ASK A MEXICAN! BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO, themexican@askamexican.net Dear Mexican: I’m getting sick and tired of all of these dirty, stupid Mexicans running around. The first part is easy: As Mr. Dix says in David Copperfield, when asked what to do with David, “Why, bathe him.” The second part could be just as easy: Pay them to learn English. There is no damn crime in knowing two languages. If they are kids brought here illegally by their parents, pay the parents to learn English, too. And don’t ever, ever tell me that there’s no money. I HATE MEXICANS EXCEPT FOR THE GIRLS! Wrote My Question Via Snail Mail Dear Gabacho: And as Dickens wrote in Martin Chuzzlewit, “What is exaggeration to one class of minds and perceptions, is plain truth to another.” I agree it’s no damn crime to know two languages, so please tell your gaba raza it’s OK to learn Spanish—shit, Mexicans learned English long ago! Why are Mexican men so attached to their mommies? My boyfriend is an only child, and his mom is loca for him. When he goes out to dinner with his parents, she never has anything to say. But if I am around, she will talk to him forever. I tried to be friends with her, but she looks like she just wants to have a civil relationship with me, not a “mother-daughter” relationship. He isn’t crazy in love with his mom because he has stopped speaking to her for 10 days because of su novia and has had arguments with her because of things she did against me in the past, but he is still kind of … blind. How can I take him away from her? Somebody said that food would work. I already know how to make three Mexican dishes, and he loves it! What else can I do besides cook and have sex (which he enjoys a lot)? Confused Nuera Dear Daughter-in-Law Confundida: It’s not so much a Mexican thing as it is a Catholic culture cosa. One of my favorite cross-cultural moments happened in The Godfather 2, where the young Vito Corleone (as played by Robert De Niro) saw an opera in Little Italy in which the protagonist, upon learning about the death

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of his saintly mother, proceeded to sing that he was going to kill his … was it a wife? Lover? Don’t have my Netflix right now. Anyhoo, Catholic culture teaches the male worship of moms and the dismissal of all other women as inadequate—it’s the whole Madonna/ whore complex, and it’s a cycle that not even the best panocha on Earth can break. And as the eldest son of a wonderful mami, I say let this benevolent tyranny reign FOREVER. BUY ‘TACO USA’! Gentle cabrones, my much-promised Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America has finally hit bookstores! Place your order with your favorite local bookstore, your finer online retailers, or your craftier piratas, but place it: My libro editor has already promised to deport me from the publishing industry if we don’t sell enough copies! 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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I am a 26-year-old straight guy. My straightness and guyness are recent revelations, and it feels amazing to be able to confidently state this. Here is my trouble: I’ve had gender issues for the past five years. My now-ex-girlfriend of three years said she couldn’t be with me anymore due to these issues. Our breakup was a result of my apathy in the bedroom, which was tied to my gender issues, and her fears of me transitioning into a woman. I can see now that my insecurities about myself caused me to be a selfish partner in many ways—mainly in the bedroom. I now realize I was allowing my sexual kinks to get the best of me. I get very turned on by the idea of giving head to a guy, but in reality, it is not something that I enjoy. I also find lingerie to be very arousing. I allowed myself to focus so heavily on those aspects of my sexuality that I became insecure in my masculinity inside and outside of the bedroom. I also ended up ignoring the majority of my sexual desires as a result of my insecurity in my gender identity. I have now stopped repressing my lust toward women in general, something I had been doing that negatively affected my ex. I am asking you, I suppose, for some advice. I am still in love with my ex. I am prepared now to be the boyfriend that she wanted me to be. But how do I prove to her that I am no longer the apathetic, distant and repressed lover that she was with for three years? I find myself overwhelmed with regret. She saw me as someone who couldn’t do the things she needed, when in reality, I was just paralyzed by my insecurities.

pass. Life is basically one big issue after another, and she may have concluded that you’re incapable of having an issue and being a decent boyfriend simultaneously. If she doesn’t take you back—if that pooch can’t be unscrewed—resolve to learn from your mistakes, FML, and refrain from screwing the next pooch that comes your way.

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Established couples who want safety, respect and a measure of accountability from their very special guest sex stars, ABW, should look first to flirty friends and friendly exes. But you two, like so many threesome-seeking couples, want the perfect person to materialize immediately before sex, and disappear immediately after. That means finding and vetting a stranger. And online personal ads are the best way to accomplish that. State in your profile that you’re looking for someone who (1) is queer-friendly, (2) respects your relationship and (3) doesn’t think the “right” penis will turn you both straight. Some guys will tell you whatever you want to hear, of course, which means you could wind up in bed with a man who doesn’t believe any of those things. But he’ll know to keep his mouth shut, ABW, and since you’re not going to see him ever again, does it really matter what he thinks? As for your fear that your girlfriend won’t speak up in the moment: Address that with her—address it at length—and consider taking penis-in-either-of-your-vaginas sex off the menu for your first threesome.

You’re not asking me for some advice, FML. What you’re doing is handing me a dog with a bloody, torn-up ass and saying, “Hey, Dan, I totally screwed the pooch. Unscrew it for me, wouldya?” Some days, half the mail is from remorseful pooch-screwers, and I do what I can to unscrew their pooches. That’s part of my job. But not every pooch can be unscrewed, FML, and your pooch looks eternally screwed to me. It wasn’t your gender issues or kinks or anxieties that screwed that pooch. You don’t have to apologize for your gender issues. You were working through some serious shit. What you can be faulted for, FML, is your thoughtlessness, your inconsideration and your neglect. You were so wrapped up in your own drama that you could barely perceive, to say nothing of meet, your girlfriend’s reasonable sexual and emotional needs. We don’t have to be perfectly healthy or issuefree before entering into a relationship, of course. If that were the standard, no one would ever be in a relationship. However, we do have to be in relatively good working order, and you were not. Your girlfriend wasn’t looking for an issue-free guy; no such animal exists. But she wanted a guy who could have his issues and still make an effort to meet her needs. And your poor, neglected, taken-for-granted girlfriend stuck it out for three long years, hoping you might turn into that kind of guy-with-issues, before finally calling it quits. And damn her timing, right? Because everything magically fell into place the moment she walked out. So what can you do now? You can tell your ex that you’ve come to a couple of big realizations: You know yourself to be a straight man now, and you can see that you were a terrible boyfriend then. You were so wrapped up in your own anxieties and kinks and insecurities that you couldn’t meet her needs then, but you can now. The only way you prove this to her, of course, is if she takes you back. Considering the price she paid when you were struggling—inconsiderate, selfish, thoughtless, neglectful boyfriends are no fun, gender issues or no gender issues—she’s likely to

I am a lesbian-identified bi woman who has been with my ladyfriend (also a LIBW) for seven years. She recently brought up her desire to have a threesome. I’ve had a handful of group-sex experiences, and I know that they can be fun—but they can also go very wrong. I am worried that she isn’t prepared to see me have sex with a man, and I fear that once we are in the moment, she won’t be assertive enough to stop something that she may have agreed to beforehand but suddenly isn’t comfortable with. What is the best way to test the waters? Our next concern is who to invite into our bed. We would prefer it to be someone we wouldn’t have to see again, so friends are out. However, I am concerned about just finding a random person on CL or Adult Friend Finder, because being in a lesbian relationship, we definitely have run across men who think we “just need the right penis.” Basically, I want a man who I know is friendly with the queer community and will respect our relationship and our boundaries. Where do we look for this? Another Bi Woman

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