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MAY 24-30, 2012 VOL. 29, NO. 14

OPINION Tom Danehy 4 Renée Downing 6 Jim Hightower 6 It’d be hard to find a high-schooler with more accomplishments than Desert Christian’s Kristen Cray.

Shameless Self-Promotion 8 Guest Commentary 8

CURRENTS The Skinny 9 By Jim Nintzel

Deadly Practice 9 By Tim Vanderpool

Why was a man with a violent history allowed to work with children and families? Media Watch 10 By John Schuster

The Border Crossed Us 11 By Mari Herreras

Native Americans are working to make it easier for tribal members in Mexico to cross Weekly Wide Web 12 Compiled by Dan Gibson

Police Dispatch 12 By Anna Mirocha

Hoping that Secretary of State Ken Bennett can get to the bottom of the phony moon landing.

The Superstar 13 By Brian J. Pedersen

The high school career of Desert Christian’s Kristen Cray has been an almostunparalleled success The Summer Survival Guide! 14

The Heat, Thoroughly Beat At the moment I am writing this sentence, it’s 103 degrees outside. Yep, summer is here. I don’t care what the calendar says: When it’s 103 out, it’s summer. That means it’s a good time to bring you our Summer Survival Guide, just like we do each year in advance of Memorial Day weekend. This year’s guide contains the kind of good stuff you always expect from the Tucson Weekly—our annual Summer Movie Preview, a look at some of the season’s arts highlights, a survey of other things to do by Jim Nintzel, and a primer on summer golf in that unique Tom Danehy style. Finally, it contains our Summer Survival Calendar— featuring almost four pages of summer goings-on—compiled by the incomparable Linda Ray. It used to be that people considered Tucson summers slow, events-wise. However, that’s no longer the case, as these listings prove. A Tucson summer these days is slower, yes, when compared to the madness of March and October, but it’s not slow. There is plenty to do, from theater to film to music to kids’ activities to sports. Nonetheless, some Tucsonans I know sort of go into a cocoon and hide during the sizzling summer months. Not me; summer is one of my favorite times to get out and enjoy the city. For example, I love good food (a bit too much sometimes), and this is the best time of year, handsdown, to get amazing deals at restaurants that need business. And most of these restaurants have nice, comfortable, air-conditioned environs. So … get out and enjoy the Tucson summer—103-degree temperatures be damned.

By the Usual Gang of Idiots

Our Summer Movie Preview; summer arts; a list of summer highlights; golfing in the afternoon on Aug. 1; and summer events listings!

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CULTURE

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City Week 28 Our picks for the week

Assembly-Line Sushi 48

TQ&A 30 Tig Collins, Artfare/ the Arizona Hotel

PERFORMING ARTS Kids Acting Out 38 By Sherilyn Forrester

Summer programs offer children a chance to get to know the theater

VISUAL ARTS City Week listings 41

COVER DESIGN BY ANDREW ARTHUR

Sushi gets the Subwaysandwich treatment at How Do You Roll? Noshing Around 48 By Adam Borowitz

MUSIC Know How to Rock, Baby 54 By Gene Armstrong

Phoenix’s Dry River Yacht Club is on the verge of becoming a Tucson regular Soundbites 54 By Stephen Seigel

BOOKS

Club Listings 56

Strength and Perseverance 43

Nine Questions 59

By Nick DePascal

Fred Arroyo’s short stories capture the immigrant work experience in America

Live 60

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Film Times 44

Wishing Time 63

Killer Performance 45

Why can’t we all just get along regarding marijuana?

By Bob Grimm

Jack Black is amazing as a murderer in the surprisingly charming Bernie A Lot of Fun 46 By Colin Boyd

Don’t be surprised if Norway’s thriller Headhunters soon gets an American remake Now Showing at Home 47

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By Jimmy Boegle

Rhythm & Views 62

By J.M. Smith

CLASSIFIEDS Comix 64-65 Free Will Astrology 64 ¡Ask a Mexican! 65 Savage Love 66 Personals 68 Employment 69 News of the Weird 70 Real Estate 70 Rentals 70 Mind, Body and Spirit 71 Crossword 71 *Adult Content 66-68

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Mr. Mitch Dorson, 1948-2012

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itch Dorson was my friend. Judging by the amazing turnout at his memorial service the other night, that doesn’t make me all that special, numerically speaking, but I sure felt special when I was around him. He was an incredible person and a Tucson treasure. Mr. Dorson died suddenly a couple of weeks ago, and it left a gaping hole in the community. (As a longtime coach, I never address—or refer to—teachers or parents by their first names. In all the time I knew him, I never once called him “Mitch.”) He was born in New York City, but grew up in Tucson. His family ran Dorson’s Furniture, a local fixture for nearly a half-century before it closed in 2000. He graduated from Tucson High School, where he had been a yell leader, complete with an Archie Andrews-style megaphone. He got a degree in journalism from the University of Arizona, did graduate work at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and then worked for Common Cause in Washington, D.C., before coming back to Tucson to stay. I was an admirer of Mr. Dorson before I ever met him. While he was teaching history at Catalina Foothills High School, he became embroiled in an ugly controversy. A kid was up for a scholarship from the Flinn Foundation. This is a mega-scholarship that pays for everything as long as the recipient attends one of Arizona’s universities; it even pays for the kid to travel abroad during the summer. It’s a feather in the cap of any school or district to have a Flinn scholarship winner. Unfortunately, the kid was in Mr. Dorson’s history class, and Dorson was certain that the kid had cheated. He felt that the Flinn Foundation people should know, but the school district disagreed. Dorson went to the media, and then some bureaucrat in the superintendent’s office reported Dorson to the state Department of Education for “unprofessional conduct.” Dorson resigned, and Catalina Foothills’ enormous loss was Green Fields’ gain. The kids universally raved about him, even though he was hard on them and their respective gradepoint averages. He set extremely high classroom standards, even for Green Fields, which is one of the toughest academic schools in the state. It became common knowledge that a B in Mr. Dorson’s class was like an A-plus anywhere else. His interactive style was perfect for Green Fields, where there are usually only eight or nine kids in each classroom. He would hold passionate debates and have the kids stage mock Senate hearings on various issues. He and I hit it off immediately. We bonded over books, sports and politics. His favorite political leader had been

RANDOM SHOTS By Rand Carlson

Bobby Kennedy, and when I told him that as a teenage “precinct worker,” I had been at the Ambassador Hotel the night Kennedy was shot, he got emotional. Over the years, I gave him lots of books, and he read them all. He even used a part of my favorite book, Richard Rhodes’ Pulitzer Prize-winning The Making of the Atomic Bomb, in his class. I spoke to him just a couple of days before he died. I had just gotten The Passage of Power, the latest in the multivolume biography of LBJ. He said that he was going to get it, and that after we both had read it, we could compare notes. He would always show up at my girls’ team’s basketball games, often with his megaphone. He’d loudly sing the national anthem (way off key) and then root for the kids. He’d even travel to our games in St. David and Benson. He’d also come to practice sometimes and just shoot free throws at a side basket. Whenever I’d buy my kids T-shirts for winning a summer league or, like this past season, going undefeated in regularseason games, I’d always get one for Mr. Dorson. He’d wear them to school and always wore them with pride. I’ve been thinking of having my leading scorer, Olivia (who is an amazing artist), paint a picture of Mr. Dorson on the wall behind the top of the bleachers where he would always sit. That way, he’ll be with us in the gym forever. When I attended the memorial in his honor at the Jewish Community Center, I was stunned. The huge auditorium filled up quickly, and people just kept on coming. They had to open an adjoining room, and there was still an overflow, standing-room-only crowd. Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild told me that when he was in the secondgrade, Mr. Dorson was his religion-class teacher. “Mitch was always so engaged, so enthusiastic. And he always knew his stuff,” the mayor said. Mr. Dorson’s integrity, passion and willingness to go out on a limb for what he knew was right was (and should remain) an inspiration to us all. One of the few things I’ve done consistently right in my life is tell people how important they are to me before they’re gone. I’m pretty sure he knew, but it’s still not enough. I miss him a lot. And for the rest of my life, when I go to buy a book, I’m going to wonder whether Mr. Dorson would have liked it.

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DOWNING OPINION

One kid’s great education— yeah, in Tucson, Arizona HIGHTOWER BY JIM HIGHTOWER

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hen the U.S. News and World Report national high school rankings came out a couple of weeks ago, I got the word that University High had come in at No. 4—in the entire fricking country (!)—in an email from my son. I was a little startled to see something from him in my inbox, especially labeled “Woohoo!” He’s laconic, digitally speaking. He’s a computer-music guy in grad school, on his machine all day long working, and he doesn’t use it for chitchat, at least not with me. But ping me and his dad, he did, out of a bubbling excess of sheer glee, which he (uncharacteristically) copped to, and which I utterly shared. That Tucson also had the No. 6 school, BASIS Tucson, only added to our innocent, chauvinistic delight in seeing a) Dave’s alma mater get the recognition it so richly deserves, and b) Tucson score some good press for a change. My pleasure was increased by several things: The school is four blocks from my house, and its founding principal, the astounding Carolyn Kemmeries, is a beloved friend. Then there’s the fact that back in the spring of 1996, Dave’s letter of acceptance came in the same day’s mail as the hefty first invoice from the private high school that was our (distant) second choice.

I’ve concluded that there are two kinds of people in our world: Those who are willing to believe there are only two kinds of people, and those who think it’s a bit more complex than that. Speaking of questionable enumerations, the list of the 10 Worst Jobs of 2012 is out—and I seem to have two of them! Both newspaper reporter and broadcaster made the list. (OK, I’m not technically a reporter; I’m a columnist, but let’s not be picky.) These used to be considered quasi-glamorous gigs, but CareerCast—the online compiler of the list—says that the decline in job opportunities and pay in the media world, plus the rise in on-the-job stress, have I remember exactly where I was standing in the kitchen pushed these down to the fifth- and 10thwhen I read that message from TUSD—so delightful, so worst career choices out there. It’s true that exactly what I wanted that I could barely believe that it said the pay is lower-middle-class—but there’s no what it did. I remember, too, blissfully tossing the suddenly heavy-lifting and, hey, us commentator types essentially get paid just for running our impotent invoice into the trash. Dave’s dad and I had been mouths. Pretty good work if you can get it. paying tuition for eight years—and would again when he At the top of the “worst” list is lumberwent to a private college—so it is without shame that I say jack. I can see that. Yes, being outdoors is the afternoon we learned that Dave got into UHS was one a plus (if the weather’s good), but screamof the happiest of my entire life. Also, it was where Dave ing chain saws and huge trees crashing wanted to go. And did I mention that it’s just four blocks down would put you on edge every day— from my house? My God! The boy could walk to school! and maybe in your grave. The really interesting thing to me about the excellence of Dairy farmer is ranked No. 2. It’s a noble UHS, though—and this is not taking anything away from profession, in my view, but most people don’t realize that these hard-working and skilled yeomen THIS MODERN WORLD By Tom Tomorrow are married to their cows. The lady bovines have to be milked twice a day, including weekends and holidays, no matter the weather, and no matter whether you’re sick or tired. Other Bottom 10ers include oil-rig workers (can you say BP?); dishwashers (they get no respect and sorry pay); butchers (missing fingers are a routine job hazard here); and waiters (lousy pay and constant abuse from managers and customers alike). However, millions of Americans today can tell you that, by far, the worst job these days is looking for a job.

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it—is that the fourth-best high school in the U.S. is not the best school my son went to in this town. UHS, which was supposed to be demanding, was basically a walk for him after eight years at St. Michael’s, the Episcopal parish school at Fifth Street and Wilmot Road. There, under the calm, kindly tutelage of a series of crackerjack teachers, he got such a solid, old-fashioned grounding in the skills and knowledge he’d need later that nothing that’s come after has really been hard for him. It’s not just me saying this— it’s been him, over the years, reflecting as he’s cruised through high school and college and then grad school. The elementary school staff and, at the end, the mighty team of Mrs. Breault (math), Mr. Smith (science) and Mr. Schultz (English) taught him that well. Once again, though, St. Michael’s—good as it was—still wasn’t the best school he attended. That, actually, would be St. Mark’s, the preschool at the big Presbyterian church on Third Street, where I would have been happy to have him stay through college had that been possible. St. Mark’s in the mid-’80s was an educational paradise for the 3-through-5 set, with cheerful, colorful rooms wrapped around a great playground and a staff of some of the loveliest, smartest women I’ve ever met. The first year, when Dave was 3, is the one that stays in my mind. The Challenger blew up. Dave and his friend Anthony played Luke Skywalker and Han Solo endlessly, except when they were playing Steve Kerr and Sean Elliott. There was a wonderful field trip to, of all places, Red Lobster. At the end of the year, the moms got together to make an elaborate scrapbook for the kids’ teacher, the great Doris Canada. Patient, loving and soft-voiced, with a wonderful sense of humor, she’d kept effortless order as she led that gaggle of funny little 3-year-olds—still so close to babyhood—through her seemingly endless repertoire of fascinating things to see and hear and do and learn. It was a sort of enchantment just to watch her. Doris made school magic for those kids. That’s a magic that lasts.

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Jesse Kelly has yet to answer for the anger and bile of his 2010 congressional campaign BY TOM ZOELLNER

he signs are all around town, in the same innocent baby-blue motif as they were two years ago. Jesse Kelly is again running for Congress to replace Gabrielle Giffords, whom he came close to unseating in 2010 in one of the nastiest races in recent local memory. Kelly went after Giffords with an odd sense of vengeance, and his campaign painted her as a brainless puppet of Nancy Pelosi and the president. Violent images were part of his rhetoric. He helpfully compared Mexican border-crossers to Islamic terrorists and said government employees were “putrid” and had no love of their country. “Send a warrior to Congress” was his tagline. He notoriously encouraged supporters to shoot an M16 with him to raise money for her defeat. He led Republicans in chants of “Gabby’s gotta go!” during a Tea Party rally at Hi Corbett Field. Kelly said this at a candidate forum, in reference to two previous campaigns in which the discussion had been respectful: “Gabrielle Giffords, your time’s coming, because you’ve had patty-cake played with you twice. We play to win. We play to win on this campaign. … We’re coming.” I worked on that campaign for Gabrielle and will never forget the way she was personally vilified in the months leading up to the massacre—the way that it became acceptable to talk about her as though she was a traitor to her country and somebody less than human. Gabrielle had seen her office windows smashed several months before, and wondered out loud during the election if the partisan ugliness might persuade some nut to take a gun to one of her events and shoot her. Whether the angry climate in Tucson pushed Jared Loughner to take a gun to the Safeway to try to kill her may be a question that is never settled to everyone’s satisfaction. But it certainly would have been impossible for anyone in Tucson to have missed how Gabrielle—one of the more gentle and thoughtful people I’ve ever met— was portrayed by the Jesse Kelly campaign as the embodiment of the invasive, brutal federal government. That was all a giant lie, of course, but Kelly has never once had to answer for his role in creating such an illusion in the name of gaining political power for himself. He is now standing again for election to high office, and I believe he has some explaining to do to the people of Southern Arizona. He has since retreated, without a word, from his position that Social Security should be privatized. But he should not be able to evade necessary questions about the events of two years ago in which he played a central role. 8 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

Voters need to ask him: Does he regret anything he said or did? How much control did he have over the tone of his campaign and the words of his supporters? Does he still think Gabrielle Giffords was a corrupt tool of the liberals? Most important, if we put him in Congress, what’s to stop him from making further distortions and character attacks against those who disagree with him? There was a time when the Arizona Republican Party stood for building a better Arizona through creative partnerships with the federal government, such as hosting military bases, building federal dams and landing infrastructure projects that brought far more tax money into the state than we paid out. The postwar booster establishment had its flaws and myopia, to be sure. But it generally put the loudmouths and the grandstanders on the sidelines in favor of building a cooperative political culture in which things got done instead of yelled about endlessly. Character assassination was generally off-limits, if for no other reason than it was simply bad for business. Those genial days are now history, but there is no reason why they cannot serve as a model for how we ought to be talking to one another in the future. Arizona voters of all political persuasions would be paying tribute to that noble aspect of our state’s heritage by asking Jesse Kelly, politely but firmly, for some answers about his behavior of two years ago. The Czech writer Milan Kundera wrote that history is a “struggle of memory against forgetting.” That disgraceful election season of 2010 should not be forgotten so quickly— nor should its chief hot-spur be permitted to act like nothing happened. Conservatives are right to point out that actions have consequences; they do.

SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION ‘Tucson Weekly’ nabs five awards—including the top Arts Criticism honor—at Arizona Press Club awards he Tucson Weekly took home five awards this year in the Arizona Press Club’s annual contest—including a first-place award for Margaret Regan in the Arts Criticism category. The results of the awards, for work done in 2011, were announced Saturday, May 19, at The Duce in Downtown Phoenix. In the contest, the Weekly competes in the Metro category, along with all of the state’s largest newspapers, including The Arizona Republic, the Arizona Daily Star and the Phoenix New Times. Regan—the dean of Tucson arts writers who is widely regarded as the state’s top arts scribe— won two awards, including the aforementioned Arts Criticism first-place, for a selection of her 2011 arts reviews. About Regan’s work, judge Ben Waterhouse of Willamette Week (Portland, Ore.) remarked: “Regan’s admirably jargon-free essays show both an impressive descriptive ability and a strong awareness of the greater cultural context in which the art exists. Not many visual art critics are capable of both.” Regan’s other award came in the Arts Reporting category, in which a selection of her work took home third place. Judge Jori Finkel of the Los Angeles Times said: “Regan writes about artists and arts issues with an appreciation for beauty that makes her writing pleasurable to read, even when at its most informational or educational.” Tom Danehy nabbed second place in the Sports Reporting category (behind only The Arizona Republic’s investigation of the Fiesta Bowl scandal) for “Rez Ball” (March 3, 2011),

his report on the love of high school basketball in Arizona’s Native American communities. Judge Woody Paige of The Denver Post commented: “Loved the creativity, the subject matter, the well-written piece. A story I had not read anywhere before.” Leo W. Banks earned the third-place honor in the Immigration Reporting category for “Digging for Dollars” (April 7, 2011), his story on drug tunnels in Nogales. Judge Paloma Esquivel of the Los Angeles Times wrote: “Banks not only takes us to border tunnels that are increasingly popping up in communities like Nogales to smuggle drugs and sometimes people; he helps us understand how they got there, what it might feel like to crawl through one and why efforts to seize those drugs are often little more than a ‘finger in the dike.’” Finally, Mari Herreras won third place in the Social Issues Reporting category (behind two Phoenix stories) for “Family Portraits” (Pride, June 16, 2011), her report on the struggles that nontraditional families are having in Arizona. Craig Harris, of The Arizona Republic, was named the Virg Hill Journalist of the Year, in part for his aforementioned Fiesta Bowl-scandal coverage. Other big awards went to Nick Oza of The Republic (Arizona Photojournalist of the Year), Mike Rice of the Arizona Daily Star (Arizona Designer of the Year), Beatrice Richardson of the Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review (Arizona Community Photojournalist of the Year) and Marley Shebala of the Navajo Times (Arizona Community Journalist of the Year).

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Why was a man with a violent history allowed to work with children and families?

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Deadly Practice BY TIM VANDERPOOL, tvanderpool@tucsonweekly.com he 911 call came at 9 a.m. on the morning of Feb. 13. A friend might be in danger, said the caller, because an explosive ex-beau had suddenly raged into her home. When the cops arrived, it was too late. Claudia Pascual, 31, didn’t stand a chance. And ultimately, it mattered little that she had obtained a protection order against James Benjamin Leonard. That hardly stopped him from hunting her down and pulling the trigger. Pascual died at the scene. Leonard, who also turned the gun on himself, lingered briefly at the hospital before exiting this life forever. Still, the circumstances of the tragedy linger, as do the questions. Such as: How could a man like Leonard spend a decade working with families and children, first as an employee of the Arizona Department of Economic Security, and then with a foster-care agency licensed by the DES? In both jobs, he apparently had direct contact with children and families—despite the fact that Leonard had an arrest record thick with red flags. In 1995, he was cited for threatening and intimidating someone over the phone. The case was eventually dismissed. In 2007, Leonard was charged with domestic violence and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. After he went through a diversion program, the charges were dismissed. He was charged with domestic violence and criminal damage in 2010. The domestic-violence charge was dismissed. He was charged with domestic violence again in 2011, and that charge was similarly dropped. Yet through much of this time, not only was Leonard employed as a social worker; he also carried a fingerprint clearance card issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Both facts certainly fly in the face of logic. Consider what Arizona law has to say: “A license for a Child Placing Agency will not be issued, or will be revoked, if any staff member having contact with foster children has ever been convicted of a sex offense, has been involved in child abuse, child neglect, selling narcotics, or contributing to the delinquency of a minor, or has a substantial criminal record.” True, James Leonard was never convicted. But his fingerprint clearance card was suspended in May 2007, following his first domestic-violence charge. It was reinstated in November of that year under what’s called a “good cause exemption.” State officials won’t say what the good cause was. Leonard’s clearance was revoked for the last time in November 2010. The Arizona Corporation Commission lists Michael Brewington as the CEO of A Place to Call Home, the foster-care agency where Leonard reportedly worked in 2010.

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How could someone with a violent record, like James Benjamin Leonard, be allowed to work for DES? if you’re looking at what you’re charged with, it’s Neither Brewington nor his staffers returned significantly different” than the final conviction. repeated phone calls from the Tucson Weekly Maybe so. But the DPS and the Arizona seeking comment. Fearing reprisals, Board of Fingerprinting did see fit to pull Brewington’s former employees also declined to speak publicly. However, they described rigorous Leonard’s card not once, but twice. And in 2007, he was reassigned from his “habilitation specialcriminal self-disclosure forms they were ist” post to a less-sensitive DES job after the required to sign to keep their jobs. And they domestic-violence charge. claim that colleagues were fired for the slightest “He continued to conduct training with staff blemish on their records. and providers, but was removed from direct client At the same time, they say that Leonard contact,” says DES spokeswoman Tasya Peterson. received special treatment and was able to keep But should he still have been working at DES at his job through 2010. all? “With all the applicants, if they go through the Then there are the nine years—2001 to fingerprint clearance process, it’s really not our 2010—that Leonard spent working for the DES. determination,” Peterson says. “It’s the Fingerprint But according to David Matthews, program Board’s (task) to determine a good-cause clearadministrator for the DES Office of Licensing, ance. And that is an indicator that he would be Certification and Regulation, not all criminal reinstated. So it’s not really our call.” charges are equal. That may not be exactly true. According to Perhaps you got popped 20 years ago for Peterson, the DES has instituted its own backsmoking pot in college. In that case, your situaground reviews, and presumably can take tion could be reviewed by the Arizona Board of actions based on what it finds. “In 2009,” she Fingerprinting, which would then consider five says, “we started checking the Arizona Superior extenuating circumstances for “good cause” Court website for new hires and promotions. If exemptions, Matthews says. “On those offenses a card was expired or denied, we also look on that are eligible for that, the board looks at your that database to see why.” criminal history, how long ago it was, your Of course, it all came a bit late for the volatile efforts to rehabilitate such as paying your fines James Leonard, who continued working with and doing what the court asks you to do—those children and families despite a frightening pattypes of things.” tern of abuse. At the same time, an individual can’t be His former co-workers at A Place to Call denied fingerprint clearance simply because he or she was charged with a crime, he says. “I don’t Home remember a man with a dismissive attitude toward women, a person who sparked want to play word games, but when you’re complaints from the families he worked with. charged with something, it’s (just) a charge. For But at least one person will make no more example, you might be charged with criminal complaints. That would be Claudia Pascual, a domestic violence. But by the time you do a young woman whom neither the system nor the diversion program, you do this and that, the cops could ultimately protect. court comes out and calls it a misdemeanor. So

Citizens United is the latest super-PAC to wade into the June 12 special election between Democrat Ron Barber and Republican Jesse Kelly to complete Gabrielle Giffords’ term. Citizens United is spending $100,000 to run TV ads targeting Barber over cuts to Medicare Advantage in the Affordable Care Act, aka ObamaCare. The ad, which features an image of a sad elderly patient in a hospital bed, focuses on the same claims that we’ve already discussed in recent weeks about the “$500 billion in cuts” to Medicare under the Affordable Care Act. Those claims have been repeatedly rated as “false” by PolitiFact and “misleading” by FactCheck.org, but they’ve been recycled repeatedly by GOP political operatives since the 2010 midterm elections. The Citizens United ad focuses attention on $130 billion in planned reductions in future expenses for the Medicare Advantage program, which uses private insurers to provide coverage to seniors, rather than the traditional Medicare program. “ObamaCare will gut the Medicare Advantage program,” the narrator says. “Jesse Kelly will save Medicare Advantage.” A little bit of background on Medicare Advantage: About a quarter of seniors across the country are now enrolled in Medicare Advantage, which was an experiment in seeing how the private sector could help hold Medicare costs down while providing better service for seniors. While it has succeeded in providing, in some cases, better health-care benefits (such as gym memberships and plans for vision and dental care), it has failed in keeping costs down. On average, Medicare Advantage costs about 14 percent more than traditional Medicare on a per-capita basis, according to Kaiser Health News. The Affordable Care Act, as part of its effort to slow the growth of Medicare costs, introduces a variety of reforms for insurance companies that offer Medicare Advantage plans to bring costs in line with traditional Medicare. Republicans and their allies have hammered Democrats on those cuts, as in the Citizens United ad that accuses Barber of supporting a law that “guts” Medicare Advantage. Whether the Affordable Care Act guts Medicare Advantage is a matter of opinion, but an April Associated Press article noted that this year, premiums are down about 7 percent, while enrollment has climbed nearly 10 percent. And FactCheck.org notes that Medicare Advantage patients “will likely see some of their extra benefits cut and may drop out of the program entirely. But they would still retain the basic benefits to which all current Medicare recipients are entitled.” FactCheck.org also reports that the

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After about five years in print, the Marana Weekly News is changing its approach to place more of an emphasis on online content. A print edition will be available on a monthly basis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re surrounded by a 24-hour news cycle. Our weekly publication right now might not get to a story until itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10 days old. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same with sporting events,â&#x20AC;? said editor Tonja Greenfield. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With competing media outlets and 24/7 news outlets, we need to be more current. And there are a lot of people who just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t read printed publications anymore. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather get their news online. They log on, take a quick break from work, check the headlines, check the news, have their fill, and do that a couple of times a day. By doing the online and monthly print publication, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping to bridge the demographics in Marana to better hit everybody. Everybody will get their news however they want it, whether digitally or printed.â&#x20AC;? Marana Weekly News parent company News Media Corporation owns and operates a number of other smaller community and specialty newspapers throughout the country. However, most of those papers still have a stranglehold on the areas they represent, because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the only news sources in their small towns. In contrast, news coverage available to Marana residents is a great deal more varied. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Marana Weekly News is the first paper our company started. All of our others have been established, and we bought them,â&#x20AC;? Greenfield said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so much different than anywhere else we have newspapers in the country because of the 24/7 news cycle. The TV stations, the daily newspaper and even tucsoncitizen.com all cover stuff going on in Marana, whereas most of our other media outlets might have a newspaper nearby or TV station nearby, but they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily cover stuff in the town unless something major happens.â&#x20AC;? Then there is direct-competitor the Explorer, which has reported news in the Marana and Oro Valley area as part of its weekly publication for years. Since the announcement of the transition, Web traffic has increased noticeably, Greenfield saidâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even though â&#x20AC;&#x153;weeklyâ&#x20AC;? is still part of the website address, at least for the time being. The plan for the monthly print edition is to dramatically increase the circulation and the size of each edition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three sections. That will probably be five or six,â&#x20AC;? Greenfield said. The change does not affect any of the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other publications in the region, such as the Foothills News, which hits newsstands and doorsteps monthly. The company also publishes a series of specialty papers, most notably Equine Enthusiast, which focuses on horse-related features in a four-state radius, and Pet Enthusiast. Those publications can be read at maranaweeklynews.com. During its time as a weekly, the Marana Weekly News had a circulation of 3,400. Tucson West Publishing, the local arm of News Media Corp., is also eliminating its publisherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s positionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;filled for more than

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KNAPP CONCLUDES KGUN RUN Jake Knappâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last day at the KGUN Channel 9 sports desk is scheduled for Sunday, May 27. Knapp has landed a position in Phoenix with KPNX TV. He starts there June 11. The Phoenix opportunity presented itself shortly after Knapp and KGUN could not reach an agreement on a deal to replace Dave Silver, who left the station after a 28-year run to join the University of Arizona in a fundraising capacity. KGUN hired Jason Barr to fill Silverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position, and now faces the task of searching for another sportscaster. Because the summer is the downtime for sports in Tucson, KGUN has a relatively comfortable window of time before UA football kicks off with preseason practice in August. Knapp was with KGUN for more than six years.

SIMPSON ACCEPTS CBS ENGINEERING POST Cumulus Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief engineer, Mark Simpson, has accepted a position with CBS Radio as its marketing engineering manager in Washington, D.C. As chief engineer at Cumulus (and before that Citadel) for 10 years, Simpson was the guy who kept the radio stationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; equipment operational. Simpson hails from Philadelphia and said he looks forward to being closer to home.

KXCI CD-RELEASE PARTY SLATED FOR THIS WEEKEND AT PLUSH KXCI FM 91.3 is hosting its Locals Only Volume Six CD-release party at 8 p.m., Saturday, May 26, at Plush. The confirmed bill for the community-radio event includes Ashbury, Key Ingredients of African Soul, The Modeens and The Tryst, with more performers likely to sign up. Dr. Dan Twelker, who hosted Locals Only from 2008 to 2011, put together the 16-track compilation CD. Matt Milner now hosts the Monday-night show. The CD will be available for $10 at the Plush event; admission is $5.

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Native Americans are working to make it easier for tribal members in Mexico to cross the border

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The Border Crossed Us BY MARI HERRERAS, mherreras@tucsonweekly.com ose Matus worries about the future of the Pascua Yaqui people—not just those in Arizona, but also the members of the tribe who live in Mexico. Matus, program director for Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras, or the Indigenous Alliance Without Borders, said most of the young people in his tribe who live in the Tucson area speak only English. His generation grew up trilingual—first speaking Spanish and the Yaqui language, and then learning English in school. “Ceremony is very important. In my community, the Yaqui put a lot of our faith in the deer dancer and the importance of the pascolas dance,” he said, pointing to a painting of a pascola dancer hanging in the Yoemen Tekia Cultural Center and Museum on the Yaqui reservation, not far from Valencia Road and Camino de Oeste. “These are blessings we offer to people and community. We have all-night ceremonies that help our mind and body, nourished with prayer and dancing. It’s important. Otherwise, we would just be lost. But what needs to be maintained isn’t just language; it’s the connection we have to our people on the other side of the border. It’s always more meaningful when those prayers and dances go into the night with family who live on the other side.” However, border-crossing restrictions have increased over the past decades, and especially since Sept. 11, 2001. Matus said connecting with Yaquis who live in villages between Guaymas and Cuidad Obregon can be difficult, despite agreements between border tribes and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Stronger agreements need to be in place, he said, because the restrictions ultimately conflict with what he considers to be tribal members’ indigenous rights. On Saturday, May 26, a benefit for Alianza will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4831 E. 22nd St. The benefit will include Native American writers Simon Ortiz, Leslie Marmon Silko and Ofelia Zepeda. Matus said Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras was formed in 1997 to create a voice for native people along the border whose tribal ceremonial lands and/or tribal members’ homes extend into Mexico. Those tribes include the Pascua Yaqui as well as the Tohono O’odham, Kickapoo, Gila River, Kumeyaay, Lipan Apache, JumanoApache, Quechan, Tigua, Mescalero Apache, Hualapai, Paipai, Pima and others. One of the challenges the Yaqui and other tribes face is bringing elders north for ceremonies. Extended visits are often impossible. “One of the things the tribe has done is continue to negotiate with Homeland Security,

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Jose Matus, Rosemary Tona-Aguirre and Josefina Cardenas at the Yoemen Tekia Cultural Center and Museum on the Pascua Yaqui Reservation. and they do have an original agreement for ceremonial purposes,” Matus said. Ultimately, what Matus and others want is an agreement similar to the one the Mohawk tribe has negotiated. Mohawks who live in Canada are allowed to cross the U.S. border for ceremonies with Mohawks on the American side, as well as look for work, without the need to apply for a visa. If Matus wanted to bring in Yaquis from a pueblo in Mexico to do work on or off the reservation, each person coming over would need to apply for a visa. That would require the applicants to show they are financially solvent by proving they have the equivalent of at least $200 in a bank. They also must prove they are fit to work, that they have had a job in Mexico, and that they have a skill that’s needed in the U.S. “But most of our indigenous people work in the field, and work their own land, herd goats, cattle,” Matus said. “Most are self-employed. It would be hard to get a letter from their own self, let alone someone else. Looking at brothers along the northern border, they have a different system. The Mohawk can come and go, but if you are coming from Mexico, you have to apply for a work visa.” Rosemary Tona-Aguirre, of the Yoeman Tekia Cultural Center, said she remembers a different border while growing up in Tucson. She crossed over easily to visit her great-grandmother in Nogales, Sonora, bringing her medicine, cheese and meats. She could also easily visit her grandmother—a curandera, or folk healer—who rarely left her home. “We went over every week. I remember those visits being very important for my family,” she said. Now, because most Yaquis in Mexico can’t cross over for extended visits into the U.S., TonaAguirre said she continues the tradition of going into Mexico, and brings her granddaughters. Tona-Aguirre said she “grew up in Barrio Libre, where we didn’t get indoor plumbing until 1964. We had an outhouse and grew up differently than

Benefit for the Indigenous Alliance Without Borders 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday, May 26 Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson 4831 E. 22nd St. $10 suggested donation; includes a chili or bean-burrito dinner Search Facebook for “Indigenous Alliance Without Borders Benefit” for more info

the way kids grow up now. But that’s still how they live in some of the pueblos in Mexico. “Maintaining a connection from the southern border in Mexico has become very important,” she said. “Our family connections are still there. A way of life is still there, and our traditions are still there.” Besides the human connection, she thinks of a musical one. Songs are passed down through oral tradition, as well as flute- and drum-making skills and traditions. She said only a few people know when and how to harvest the bamboo used to make flutes. It has to be done at night during a full moon. If not, the flute won’t sound right to Yaquis. Matus said the benefit on May 26 is also meant to educate Tucsonans on border-crossing challenges and indigenous rights. “They should tell their elected officials to allow a type of mechanism that allows members of different tribes from across the border to come in,” Matus said. “We are not saying without documents, but have some type of mechanism that allows us to bring in our elders more easily and allows others to cross more easily.” Matus again emphasized that tribes along the U.S.-Mexico border should have the same rights as those along the U.S.-Canada border. “After all, we are recognized tribes. We didn’t cross the border; the border crossed us. We’re not immigrants, not aliens. We are indigenous to this land from here down to Mexico.”

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Affordable Care Act provides improved benefits for Medicare recipients: “For instance, beneficiaries will be able to get free preventative care, and the new law will close the ‘doughnut hole,’ a gap in Medicare’s prescription-drug coverage that currently affects some seniors. Hardly a ‘gutting’ of the Medicare program.” Barber says he supports reducing the “overpayment” that has been going to insurance companies through Medicare Advantage. “That’s not a cut in service,” Barber says. “That’s an overpayment that’s going to be corrected over time.” The Skinny has not been able to figure out what the GOP’s alternative to reducing the cost of Medicare Advantage is. Kelly, who refuses to do one-on-one interviews with the Tucson Weekly or the Arizona Daily Star, appears to be out of his depth when discussing policy matters. National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Daniel Scarpinato, who is helping Kelly’s campaign, has been critical of the Medicare Advantage cuts, but said via email that he was not the right guy to discuss GOP policy issues. But the House Republicans have offered a glimpse into the long-term future of Medicare via a budget proposal by Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan: Give seniors vouchers so they can purchase private insurance. Given that the Medicare Advantage experiment into privatizing Medicare has resulted a higher cost per patient, you might be skeptical about how well that would work. By the way, here’s an insight into how serious the GOP is about restoring that $500 billion in future reductions in Medicare: On Thursday, May 10—just two weeks ago—the House took a vote to alter a budget deal that was crafted as part of the big debtceiling debacle. Republicans passed on the opportunity to restore the Medicare funding cuts, just as they did when they voted on the Ryan budget in March 2012.

HOT AIR The Citizens United Medicare ad was yet another moment in a GOP campaign that has been basically a paintby-the-numbers negative campaign against Democrat Ron Barber. Republican Jesse Kelly’s campaign—helped by the NRCC— remained on script last week by unveiling a new ad attacking Barber for supporting cap-and-trade legislation. Cap-and-trade hasn’t been in the news, mostly because at the moment, there is no cap-and-trade legislation pending the U.S. House of Representatives. The idea of finding a market-based method of lowering greenhouse-gas emissions in order to slow climate change is a dead issue.

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CRAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! WEST PALM VISTA STREET MAY 6, 10:24 P.M.

A discussion about premarital sex led to a bloody fight between a drunken mom and her adult daughter, who had just been released from jail, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. Deputies were dispatched to the mother’s home at a northwest-side trailer park, where the daughter told them her mother and her mother’s boyfriend had been discussing sex before marriage. When the mother said she was opposed to it for religious reasons, the daughter said she told her, “Test the goods before you buy them, Mom.” The mother—who had been drinking hard alcohol, according to the daughter—became infuriated, and shoved and hit her. The daughter said she fought back, but was evasive about how much. The mother, who appeared to be extremely intoxicated, was covered in blood, and she had scratches “as if she’d been clawed.” The mother, meanwhile, was clutching clumps of hair that matched her daughter’s hair, and the daughter’s back was covered with dirt, possibly from being knocked to the ground. When deputies asked the mother what had happened, she replied, “Nothing. … I’m gonna tell you the God’s honest truth. … I did not get in a fight with my daughter.” The report said she repeated the phrase “God’s honest truth” over and over. The mother then said she had picked up her daughter from jail that day, and they’d gotten into an argument. The mother said the blood that covered her came from her punching a window. (The report noted a broken window at the home.) The mother explained her daughter’s dirty back by saying she had fallen. Both women were taken to jail, but the mother was first taken to a hospital for stitches.

‘CASE’ DISMISSED WEST CURTIS ROAD MAY 6, 12:29 A.M.

A man called authorities about a thief who was using a baby carriage to haul stolen goods, but the caller clammed up after deputies responded, a PCSD report stated. Deputies responded to a tip from a caller at a trailer park who said he’d seen a man walking around for hours while pushing a baby carriage. According to the caller, the man was stealing items— including a propane tank—and stashing them in the stroller. But when deputies arrived, they couldn’t locate the alleged thief. When a deputy called the man who phoned in the tip, the man refused to name himself. He said everything was “OK,” and that the stroller-pushing thief had left the park five minutes earlier. Deputies concluded their involvement with the report.

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The Politics of a Redesign couldn’t possibly pretend to understand what goes on behind the scenes at the Arizona Daily Star—I don’t know that many people who work there, and I imagine the machinations at a paper that size are wildly different than the general simplicity of things around here—but someone should get a scolding over there for the recent redesign of their homepage. I guess the new bluer color scheme is something, but they’ve somehow managed to make an already unfriendly website even worse. The issue I’ve always had with the Star’s site is that it can be difficult to actually find news stories you might be looking for. I generally read the Political Notebook on Sundays, but most weeks, I have to engage the site’s search function to actually find it. With the new setup, the Star has managed to remove any context of what’s filler and what’s actually original content. Instead, there’s a bar down the center with stories jammed together, and a carousel of highlighted articles with photos alongside, but it’s just a mess of stuff that probably appears on every Lee Enterprises page: slideshows (few of which are related to Arizona), videos (Oprah’s graduation advice!) and a bunch of ads. If the Star is really going to go to a pay wall, the people in charge there should stop making it as difficult as possible to find news worth paying for.

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THE WEEK ON THE RANGE We tried to figure out whether we should read less, but better; patted ourselves on the back for winning Arizona Press Club awards; shared the Sierra Club’s frustration with the Arizona Legislature; wondered if Ken Bennett might have something better to do than chase birther rumors; followed the back and forth between Luis Alberto Urrea and the Tucson Unified School District; watched the battle over voter databases within the Arizona Democratic Party; and discussed the highlights of the week’s political events with Carolyn Cox and Jeff Rogers on Arizona Illustrated’s Political Roundtable, with your host, Jim Nintzel. We shrugged our shoulders as the La Salsa in Main Gate Square closed; enjoyed Mexico City Kitchen’s food while puzzling over their use of the English language; drank beer and ate crepes at Dragoon Brewing; felt existential foodie angst over the local-food movement; and rallied behind one man and his quest to really have all he could eat. We watched a video of one circle going in front of a glowing circle that was apparently an eclipse or something; watched James Bond do some Bond-like stuff in a trailer for Skyfall; tried to get you to DTMFA; talked to Ann Curless of legendary freestyle group Exposé; welcomed the Shondies back to town; made plans to catch the Tucson Padres while they’re at home, and suggested you catch a FC Tucson game; let a reader have his/her moment in the sun with a recaptioned version of Random Shots; shared the story of medical-marijuanauser and New York Supreme Court Justice Gustin Reichbach; wished Taj Mahal a happy birthday and said goodbye to Chuck Brown; made our own scratch-off tickets; talked about Fifty Shades of Grey on KFMA; cursed our television as Dane Cook plans to assault our eyes on NBC; and tried to figure out why we enjoyed an article about Justin Bieber.

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The high school career of Desert Christian’s Kristen Cray has been an almost-unparalleled success

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The Superstar

But that hasn’t stopped Kelly from announcing that Barber supports the nonexistent legislation. The ad claims Barber’s support of cap-and-trade would “increase energy costs by almost $1,000 per Arizona family and cost up to 40,000 jobs here.” Rodd McLeod, a spokesman for the Barber campaign, points out that capand-trade failed to pass Congress years ago, “so it’s not affecting energy costs.” And, he adds, “Ron Barber wasn’t in Congress three years ago,” McLeod says. “Ron Barber never supported cap-and-trade.”

BY BRIAN J. PEDERSEN, bpedersen@tucsonweekly.com

ward position because I was on that committee,” Riley said. “These weren’t just school people; they were people (from) all over the community doing all kinds of things, from lobbyists to attorneys, and they were all just blown away, I think, by her commitment.” That commitment, Cray says, comes from a drive that is fueled in equal parts by the influence of family and friends, and her devout faith in God. “That is, without a doubt, a huge part of my life,” Cray said of her faith. “I’m convinced that I’m nothing if it weren’t for my Lord. From beginning to end, God just had this whole transformation plan for me.” That plan, as she put it, included getting Cray to overcome what she describes as a crippling fear of singing in front of a crowd—at her first auditions, she struggled to breathe—and to gain the lead in school plays such as The Mousetrap, The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Importance of Being Earnest. “All you could do was look at her to know how incredibly frightened she was,” recalled Cathy Simon, head of Desert Christian’s finearts department. “Her face was white. We’re talking about a disabling kind of fear. … But she still went out and did it. That’s the thing that makes her so remarkable.” Although Cray’s path has put her in numerous positions to be the superstar, she takes every opportunity to share the credit. Witness her actions on Desert Christian’s girls’ soccer team, which reached the Class 1A-3A state finals her freshman year, and the semifinals every year since. Soccer coach Mark Harting remembers a game in which Cray had what was almost a wide-open goal to shoot at, yet she passed to a teammate so someone else could score. “Kristen was more excited for Nicole (Ayers) than Nicole was for herself,” Harting said. “It’s an amazing thing that she has in what she gives to others.” Cray also may have unknowingly made an accurate prediction about a major event in Harting’s life. Last summer, she wrote him a letter of support for his work as a water-tanker pilot on a wildfire crew in Arkansas. The letter, which Harting didn’t get to read until after returning home, alluded to the idea that whatever “unpleasant, uncomfortable” situations he faced, God was watching over him. There were also references to branches that would hold him back from danger. Harting was involved in an air-tanker crash early on in Arkansas, but came away with hardly a scratch. Harting said he later learned that

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f you don’t find yourself in awe of Kristen Cray’s accomplishments by the time you’re done reading this, you don’t have a soul. Many a skeptic has crossed the Desert Christian High School senior’s path over the years, each initially unconvinced that one person could possibly accomplish so much during four of the most angst- and hormone-filled years of one’s life. Yet those who’ve witnessed her exploits on the basketball and tennis courts, or on the soccer field, are quickly converted. So, too, are those who’ve attended any of her lead-role performances in school-theater productions. The wow factor goes up exponentially when you learn she’s still deathly afraid of singing before an audience. “I never felt like I was something that special,” said Cray, 18, via cell phone last week. (From the background noise, it sounded like she was triple-tasking.) “I know that I do a lot, but my friends do a lot, and my family does even more than me.” There’s plenty of truth to Cray’s statement. Her school, Desert Christian, is well-known locally for producing well-rounded young men and women, including her two older brothers and an older sister. Another sister, Jenna, is a sophomore at the eastside faith-based institution. Cray is one of five seniors in the 53-person graduating class to finish with a 4.0 grade-point average. And her athletic and extracurricular exploits are just par for the course at a school that during the 2011-2012 school year had almost all team sports reach at least the second round of their respective state tournaments. But the school’s annual awards ceremony earlier this month might as well have been called The Kristen Cray Show, said longtime Desert Christian athletic director Cindy Riley. “It was awesome; she was very deserving,” Riley said. The same could be said for the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s annual awards banquet, held earlier this month in Glendale. Cray was the Class 1A-3A Girls’ Scholar-Activity scholarship winner and was named the Girls’ Student of the Year for all of Arizona. Cray, a four-year starter for Desert Christian’s basketball, soccer and tennis teams, could have also won the 1A-3A Girls’ Scholar-Athlete scholarship, but the selection committee chose to spread the wealth. That wasn’t an easy decision, said Riley, who serves on the committee but recused herself each time Cray’s name came up for consideration. “I felt so great for her, but I felt in an awk-

Kristen Cray the area he descended into had recently been cleared of two large trees. Had they been there, Harting said, he likely wouldn’t have survived. “She has just touched me in so many ways,” Harting said. “She is a servant in everything she does. There’s nothing that puts her where she’s going to pop up and say, ‘Hey, look at me. It’s all about me.’” Added Simon: “This is a girl that isn’t really interested in getting all the attention for herself. She’s doing it because it’s what she’s supposed to do.” Cray doesn’t know if she’ll be able to continue the breakneck pace of her activities when she heads to Colorado Christian University this fall in the Denver suburb of Lakewood. Actually, she’s hoping she can find a way to be even more valuable to those around her. “I don’t want to be so overcommitted that I can’t be where I need to be for others,” she said. Brian Pedersen is a member of the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s scholar-athlete committee and was one of the people who pushed to spread the wealth around.

Democrat Ron Barber unveiled a new attack ad of his own last week, going after Republican Jesse Kelly for his previous support of the so-called FairTax, which would institute a new federal sales tax of 23 percent on all goods and services to replace the income-tax system. (As we’ve explained in the past, the FairTax rate would actually be 30 percent if you use the traditional method of figuring the rate of a sales tax; see “Fair or Unfair?” The Skinny, May 3.) We mentioned Kelly’s support of the Fair Tax during his 2010 campaign in our recent cover story on the CD 8 race. (See “Barber vs. Kelly,” April 26.) John Ellinwood, a spokesman for the Kelly campaign, then took issue with the claim that Kelly had supported the FairTax. While Kelly has frequently stated that he prefers a 10 percent national flat income tax, he expressed his support for the FairTax as an alternative on multiple occasions during the 2010 campaign. Kelly has been all over the map when talking tax policy and has declined offers from the Tucson Weekly to explain his contradictory positions. But one of his primary calls has been for a 10 percent flat tax, because “if 10 percent is good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for the federal government.” Kelly hasn’t explained any details about this flat tax, such as whether homeowners would still be able to deduct mortgage interest. But he has said that under his plan, many deductions would go away, because they would no longer be necessary. (That appears to be in conflict with Kelly’s promise to provide new tax deductions for the purchase of health-care insurance.) Kelly has also declined to clarify whether the flat tax would include Social Security and Medicare taxes. Asked about that at a press conference, Kelly said simply: “A simple 10 percent flat tax will take care of that.” By Jim Nintzel Find early and late-breaking Skinny at The Range, our daily dispatch, at daily. tucsonweekly.com. Follow the Skinny scribe on Twitter: @nintzel. MAY 24 – 30, 2012

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The Avengers came out of the gate and immediately set the standard of “Total Kick-Ass!” for this summer. Even if the rest of the summer blows, we already have a movie better than any of last year’s summer-blockbuster offerings. (OK, my favorite film of last year, The Tree of Life, came out in May … but that wasn’t your traditional summer film, now, was it?) This is a sampling of what’s coming your way in the next few months. A lot of these films will be released in 3-D, so start securing your bank loans now. Interest rates are currently low, so you should jump on it. The films here are presented in their currently scheduled release order. Some of the release dates are “limited,” so they may take a little longer to reach Tucson.

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THE REMAINS OF THE MAY Men in Black III: This one had a slew of production problems, but the previews look promising. Will Smith must travel back in time to save Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones). The great twist here is that somebody must play a younger Tommy Lee Jones, and who better to do that than Josh Brolin? Nobody, dammit! Moonrise Kingdom: Writer-director Wes Anderson returns to the land of live actors after his magnificent Fantastic Mr. Fox with an all-star cast, including Anderson regulars Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman, along with newcomers Bruce Willis, Edward Norton and Frances McDormand. The film focuses on a couple of adolescents, which brings to mind Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing Rushmore. It could be one of the summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highlights for those who like a movie with a bit of brains. I know this is off the subject, but have you read Kevin Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new book, during which he talks about working with Willis on Cop Out? The man is apparently a super-alpha-mega-dick on a movie set. Chernobyl Diaries: Yeah, there will be cheap horror this summer. This one has Americans going to Chernobyl and finding â&#x20AC;Ś something. And that something will be found amid poor production values.

JUNE IS BUSTINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; OUT ALL MOVIE-LIKE! Snow White and the Huntsman: On the heels of the disappointing Mirror Mirror comes another Snow White movie, this one with

Charlize Theron replacing Julia Roberts as the evil queen, and Kristen â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bellaâ&#x20AC;? Stewart replacing whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-her-face as Snow White. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just come out and say it: Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way Stewart will ever be â&#x20AC;&#x153;fairerâ&#x20AC;? than Theron. Chris Hemsworth (Thor) also stars. Piranha 3DD: Gary Busey and friends come along to, I fear, ruin a bloody good thing. Ving Rhames is back, although I swear he got eaten in the first one. Prometheus: And here we go! For many (OK, for me!), the most-exciting development of this summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movie season lies in Ridley Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return to science fiction and the Alien franchise. In fact, the fate of Western civilization seems to rely upon whether this movie is good or not. No, the movie doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have Alien in its title. And it might not even have the acid-spraying aliens weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come to know over the last 30-plus years. But it does have the Space Jockey, and it does have that strange-looking ship from the Scott original. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enough for me to think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an Alien film. Judging by the footage in the previews, it stands a chance of being something extraordinary. If it should stink, and let me down like Avatar did, I will cry. I will cry like a baby who has had his Legos, bottle, pacifier and sports car taken away. I will cry with an energy and sound so fierce that my downstairs neighbor will start banging on my ceiling, starting a whole chain of events that includes me reporting him or her to my apartment office, awkward non-stares in the hallways, and general home discomfort. I will

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MOVIES continued from Page 15 cry … oh yes … I will cry. Oh … it’s official: The film is rated R. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted: The animals go to Europe and do stupid stuff. In 3-D this time. Ooooh! Prometheus will be on 3-D screens at the same time, so the competition for theaters should be a bloodbath. Rock of Ages: I hated—HATED—most hair rock from the ’80s. When Bon Jovi, Poison, Cinderella and Motley Crüe ruled MTV, I felt like an alien visiting Earth, mortified by its sights and sounds. Although Def Leppard wasn’t so bad. Nonetheless, this big-screen adaptation of the Broadway hit, starring Alec Baldwin, Julianne Hough and Tom Cruise, looks like fun. Cruise is already receiving Oscar buzz for his role as a bare-chested rocker, a role for which he learned to play the guitar and sing. The man scales skyscrapers and learns guitar roles. A dedicated mofo! That’s My Boy: Adam Sandler, after the atrocity that was Jack and Jill, returns with a comedy about a kid who sleeps with his teacher, impregnates her and grows up to be Adam Sandler. Sandler plays the now-loser dad who attempts to bond with his grown son (Andy Samberg). Raise your hand if you’ve lost faith in Adam Sandler. I am typing this sentence with one hand. Brave: This is Pixar’s follow-up to its worst film, the surprisingly weak cash-in Cars 2. While it was indeed possible for the animation giants to make a bad film, as they have now

done, the chances of them stinking up cinemas with two films in a row are slim, especially considering how cool the previews look. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter: Has there ever been a weirder-looking movie? Just the title alone says that this film will rule all things with blood and bones in them. It looks like truly warped fun. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World: Steve Carell is in mope mode (not a condemnation; he mopes well) in a comedy about the end of the world. Hopefully, audiences will dig this apocalyptic scenario over the Evan Almighty flood over which Carell presided. Keira Knightley co-stars, and I’m kind of loving her these days. To Rome With Love: Woody Allen goes to Italy this time, with Penélope Cruz, Ellen Page, Alec Baldwin and Jesse Eisenberg in tow. Oh please, please don’t let Eisenberg be the latest young actor, after Jason Biggs in Anything Else, to do a piss-poor Woody Allen-in-his-past-days impression. Allen, for the first time in six years, acts in one of his films. G.I. Joe: Retaliation: The Rock and Bruce Willis join the franchise, and let us all hope that this results in something better than the first G.I. Joe movie. Willis is a busy bastard this summer. I know this is off the subject, but did you know that Bruce Willis made $100 million from The Sixth Sense? This further empowered him to be a super-alpha-mega-dick on movie sets. Madea’s Witness Protection: Tyler Perry puts on the dress again, and this is supposed to cue uncontrollable laughter. Tyler Perry in continued on Page 18

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(ALPHABETIZED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE!) 12 Angry X-Men A Beautiful Mind 2: An Intelligent Butt A Few Good Meh Alvin and the Chippendales Dancers American Beauty and the Beast Around the World in 80 Dogs Avengers 2: Avengerers Battleship vs. the Battleship Potemkin Big Momma and Madea’s Lesbian/Gay/Transgender Free-for-All Bonnie and Clyde and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Bridesmaids 2: Divorcemaids Brokeback Mountain 2: Humpback Hotel Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Film Festival Dandruff: Based on the Shampoo “Selsun Blue” Dude, Where’s My Medicare? Dustbuster: The Motion Picture DVR: Recording of Terror! Elephant Man 2: Rhino Boy Extremely Loud and Incredibly Unsuccessful Finding Nimoy Font: The Motion Picture Experience Four Weddings and a Funeral and a Bar Mitzvah Friends With Benadryl Franco! Franco! Starring James Franco as Francisco Franco G.I. Janik: A Real Armenian Hero Gangs of New York 2: Sheriffs of Phoenix Glee’s Anatomy Gone With the Wind 2: I DO Give a Damn! Hannah and Her Sitcoms Harry Potter and Some Stuff That We Googled How the Grinch Stole Kwanzaa Kramer vs. Godzilla Letters From Iwo Jima 2: Package From Guam Life Is Beautiful 2: Death Is Not So Good LOL: The Motion Picture LOL 2: ROFLMAO LOL 3: Based on the Novel “WTF” by Sapphire M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Genius of M. Night Shyamalan” Starring M. Night Shyamalan Mel Gibson Presents: Jewmanji Meme vs LOL Million Dollar Baby 2: Trillion Dollar Deficit Ottawa! The Musical Monopoly: Episode I: The Wheelbarrow Moon Base Alpha: The Gingriching Motion Picture: The Motion Picture Munich 2: Düsseldorf My Big Fat General Election National Lampoon’s To Kill a Mockingbird No Country for Old Men in Black 3

Oh No! My President Is Gay! Pilates of the Caribbean Pride and Our Hatred of Gays Which Is Not Prejudice but a Constitutionally Protected Right Raiders of the Lost Urkel Rick Perry and the Hard-to-Remember Facts Rick Santorum’s Very Scary Erection of Heterosexuality Rush Limbaugh and the Nation of Sluts Ryan Gosling’s Shirtless Day Santorum vs. the Vagina of Socialism Saving Representative Ryan Saw 37: A Walk to Dismember Scent of a Woman 2: Stink of a Dude Screenplay: The Movie Sense and Sensibility and Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice Snow White and the Seven Wharves Spider-Man vs. Bridesmaids Star Wars Episode VII: A New Licensing Deal Television Show: The Motion Picture The Amazing Fact That We’re Making Another Spider-Man Movie The Bourne Masturbation The Breakfast Club 2: The Breaksorcist The Charmin Squeezers: A Tale of Madness The Curious Case of Benjamin Hard-On The Day the Earth Stood In Line The Expendables 2: The Returnables The Girl With the Movie Franchise The Good, the Bad and the Romney The Grapes of the Wrath of Khan The Hunger Hunger Hippos Games The Iron Man in the Iron Mask The King’s Peach The Notebook II: The iPad The Passion of the Chrysler The Pimp Who Stole Christmas The Sound of Mucus The Sound of Mustache The Spider-Man Who Would Be King The Ten Commandments vs. the Seven Dwarves The Texas Chainsaw Massengill The Twilight Saga: Breaking Bad There Will Be Blood 2: This Will Need Stitches Thor 2: More Thor Titanic 2: The Titanicizing Too Cute! Starring Puppies, Kittens and Zooey Deschanel Tyler Perry: Vampire Hunter Unforgiven 2: Forgiven War Horse 2: Nuclear War Horse Who’s Afraid of Virginia Whoomp! There It Is! X-Men: Remedial Mutancy 2012 2: 4024

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MOVIES continued from Page 16 a dress actually inspires gout attacks for me … and I don’t even have the gout. Magic Mike: The ever-busy-yet-apparentlysoon-retiring Steven Soderbergh directs Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey in a male-stripper comedy. I guess he wanted to conquer that imposing male-stripper genre before hanging up his hat. He must make his The Full Monty! Take This Waltz: Sarah Polley, who directed the amazing Away From Her, directs Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen and Sarah Silverman in a romantic comedy that will surely be more cerebral than screwball.

JU-LYKE SUMMER MOVIES? (OK, THAT WAS LAME) The Amazing Spider-Man: And with this, another superhero franchise is rebooted. Andrew Garfield replaces Tobey Maguire as Spidey. I think the eyes on the new suit look wacky, but I’ll take anything after Spider-Man 3. Spider-Man could spend this movie skipping rocks and chewing tumbleweed, and it would be better than that atrocity. Savages: Looks like Oliver Stone is getting Natural Born Killers-nasty again. This film poses the summer’s most-interesting question: Will Blake Lively take her clothes off? If so, box-office receipts will be huge. Ice Age: Continental Drift: I used to think Scrat, the little dude chasing an acorn for eternity, was funny. Now I want Scrat to be eaten by Denis Leary’s saber-toothed tiger.

Ted: Mark Wahlberg does comedy again. Seth MacFarlane writes and directs this story of a man who really, really likes his teddy bear. The Dark Knight Rises: Yes, I am excited about this. But we all know what happened when Superman, Spider-Man and pre-Christopher Nolan Batman got to their third films: Each of them took a colossal fall in quality, especially Spidey. Nolan is far too reliable to screw this one up … right? The Watch: This one stars Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill and Vince Vaughn, and it looks FREAKING FUNNY. They play a neighborhood-watch team that goes up against an alien invasion. It has a sort of Ghostbusters vibe to it. Written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, so it has to be good, right?

AUGUST MEANS IT’S ALMOST OVER The Bourne Legacy: Jeremy Renner replaces Matt Damon in this reboot, with the likes of Joan Allen returning, and Edward Norton stepping in. How many rewrites do you think Norton requested during this production? Do you think he Hulk-ed out or broke somebody’s teeth on a curb when his lines became too pedestrian? Total Recall: Colin Farrell replaces Arnie in this remake of one of the big man’s greatest films. Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel get in a big fight in this one (re-creating the classic Sharon Stone-Rachel Ticotin moment from the original). I’m there! Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days: The first one was OK; the second one was stupid. I’m

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thinking the third one will be stupider. The Campaign: Will Ferrell + Zach Galifianakis = me very excited! I just watched the trailer for this one, during which Ferrell’s slimy politician punches a baby. This looks nasty-funny. Hope Springs: Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones play an older married couple seeking counseling, with Steve Carell as their doctor. The Expendables 2: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis amp up their roles in the franchise as the likes of Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris join Sylvester Stallone for some wholesome butt-kicking. Buzz had it that Norris forced a PG-13 rating on the production, but it looks like things have switched back to R territory. I know this is off the subject, but were you aware that Bruce Willis is some sort of superalpha-mega-dick on movie sets? I’m just sayin’. Sparkle: Whitney Houston’s last film. It’s weird writing that. ParaNorman: This looks like a comedic, stop-motion-animation The Sixth Sense, and it could be one of the summer’s sleeper hits. I love the chubby friend in the hockey mask. Premium Rush: Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as a bicycle messenger trying to run away from bad-guy Michael Shannon. Hopefully, it’s better than Quicksilver, the bicycle-messenger adventure made in the ’80s starring Kevin Bacon. That thing was a joke. Hit and Run: Real-life boyfriend and girlfriend Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell star in a movie together. Isn’t that sweet? No? Yeah … you’re right. It’s annoying. Lawless: John Hillcoat, the visionary director

of The Road and The Proposition, directs Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Jessica Chastain and Shia LaBeouf in a bootlegging drama written by Nick Cave. Yeah, I’m going.

SEPTEMBER MEANS IT IS OVER … DANG! The Cold Light of Day: Bruce Willis in ANOTHER MOVIE! It should be noted that Nicolas Cage, who is usually in every single movie ever made, has not a single picture being released this summer. Mr. Willis has five. He must be saving up for that shiny new bike he always wanted. Resident Evil: Retribution: Milla Jovovich returns for more zombie action in one of the more useless franchises currently active in Hollywood. Finding Nemo 3-D: I’m actually looking forward to seeing what they have done with the 3-D imaging on this one. I still think Ellen DeGeneres did one of the all-time-best cartoon voices here. Killing Them Softly: Brad Pitt runs around with a gun. That pretty much guarantees butts in seats. Dredd: Karl Urban, the new Bones of Star Trek, tries to do what Sly Stallone could not do: He will try to be part of a good Judge Dredd film. House at the End of the Street: Jennifer Lawrence, aka Katniss, moves into a house near where bad things happened. It will only be cool if she starts shooting people with arrows after they talk smack to her.

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“St. Anak,” painted wood, by Alfred Quiroz, at Davis Dominguez Gallery

Visual art is always cool, but it’s literally cool in the summer— when it’s exhibited in the frosty blast of a museum’s AC. And the way-coolest art that you’ll be seeing this summer in two local museums is not even made yet: The University of Arizona Museum of Art and MOCA Tucson will both have artists actually making art in their galleries. UAMA, 1031 N. Olive Road, is staging Sol LeWitt Days. The late LeWitt, a pioneering conceptual artist, left behind instructions for making his drawings. For “Wall Drawing #797,” for example, he specified, in part, “The first drafter has a black marker and makes an irregular horizontal line. … Then the second drafter tries to copy it (without touching it) using a red marker.” For a summer project, curator Lauren Rabb

lined up six teams of local artists to follow LeWitt’s directions and make their own wallsize versions of his art. Two crews will report for drawing duty today, Thursday, May 24, with subsequent squads arriving on June 2, 8 and 15, and July 2. Viewers can jump in and make their own miniature LeWitts. Call 621-7567 to make sure the artists are in. Opening reception is 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday; artmuseum.arizona.edu. (For hours and entrance fees for this and all events here, see the complete summer listings compiled by the amazing Linda Ray, on Page 23.) Likewise, MOCA Tucson, 265 S. Church Ave., has invited two multimedia Minneapolis artists to make art inside the Great Hall, the huge room that once housed fire engines. Hunter Jonakin and Jordan Vinyard haven’t yet revealed which genre they’ll investigate, but a peek at Jonakin’s website shows the pair all strapped up in a performance piece called “Utility Harness.” A text explains that when they smile, a sensor sets off motorized barbed wire that whips them on the back. Art—or whip—lovers can watch the pair make something new in Tucson during regular museum hours from June 9 to 24. Call first to make sure they’re on duty. The pair will give a

talk about the project at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 20, and the exhibition of their work will go up June 30; 624-5019; www.moca-tucson.org. For art that’s already hanging on the walls, try the Tucson Museum of Art’s Arizona Centennial show, opening to the public on June 16. 100 Years 100 Ranchers: Photographs by Scott T. Baxter is a compendium of black-and-white photos of families who have ranched in Arizona since statehood or before. Baxter, who is from Phoenix, spent 10 years on the project. He discusses the work at 1 p.m., Saturday, June 16. The museum is planning a heapin’ helpin’ of related cowboy activities, including a screening of the cowboy movie Once Upon a Time in the West, at 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 9; 140 N. Main Ave.; 6242333; www.tucsonmuseumofart.org. Etherton Gallery, 135 S. Sixth Ave., also sticks with photography this summer, filling its gleaming white walls with A Classic Collection: Photographs From the Estate of Julian T. Baker, Jr. (1939-2011). A Southern gentleman from North Carolina, the late Baker was an indefatigable collector. This sampling of his holdings ranges from such 20th-century eminences as Harry Callahan and Frederick Sommer to biggies still at work today, including Richard Misrach and Linda Connor; free; opening 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday, June 16; 624-7370; www.ethertongallery.com. There’s still time to catch the current show at the Center for Creative Photography, 1030 N. Olive Road (the most-frigid, temperature-wise, of all Tucson art venues—those photos in the archives need to be kept chilled). Speaking in Tongues: Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken, cken, 1961-1976, pairs the work of two Los Angeles les artists who pushed photography into the avant-garde. The center owns the Heinecken en archive, and this counts as its first major Heinecken show. A companion exhibition, LA Photographies, drawn from the permanent collection, traces 100 years of photography in the City of Angels; free, through June 17; 6217968; www.creativephotography.org. For art in the great outdoors, visit the Kore ore Press art auction at 6 p.m., this Sunday, May ay 27, on the cool lawn at the Franklin House,, 402 N. Main Ave.; 327-2127; www.korepress. ss. org. The benefit garden party showcases works by more than 50 artists, live music byy Emilie Marchand and Chris Black, and buffet ffet by Gallery of Food. To see a flotilla of art another evening, sail ail the galleries in the Central Tucson Gallery Association on the Summer Art Cruise on

Saturday, June 2; free. (See the Tucson Weekly next week for a complete itinerary.) PERFORMING ARTS Most of the theater companies shut down for the summer—or devote the hot months to teaching the dramatic arts to the next generation. (Read more about that on Page 38.) But the thespians in several troupes strut upon the stage yearround. The indefatigable Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 E. Speedway Blvd., opens Mary Chase’s classic play Harvey on June 7. You’ll remember this one from the movie with Jimmy Stewart. The 1945 Pulitzer Prize winner is about a lovable oddball whose best friend just happens to be a 6-foot-tall rabbit; through July 14; 3274242; www.livetheatreworkshop.org. Theresa Rebeck created this spring’s TV showbiz soap-opera Smash, and she’s also written for NYPD Blue and Law and Order: Criminal Intent. She’s a playwright too, and on July 19, LTW opens her thriller Mauritius. Set in the presumably tame world of stamp-collecting, the play is stylish entertainment. It runs through Aug. 18. And what says summer in the Old Pueblo more than a goofball production at Gaslight Theatre? You can sip iced drinks (and eat) while you watch a melodrama about heroes and knaves. Opening June 7, Back to the Past is a riff on the Michael J. Fox movie Back to the Future, continued on next page “Sun Smooth,” from the Precarious Rocks series, by Tom Philabaum, at Philabaum Glass Studio and Gallery.

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While winter golfers pay hundreds of dollars to play one round of golf in January at one of the snazzier courses in the area, Tucsonans can play unlimited golf at one of five city-owned courses for about what you would pay for a large popcorn and two sodas at the local cineplex. Of course, the popcorn comes with air conditioning, and the sodas with ice, but, hey, you have to give something to get something. The knock on golf courses has always been that they take up a lot of space, use up a lot of water, and really aren’t taken advantage of by a whole lot of people. (Except for the water part, the same thing could be said about ethics courses in business schools.) Another, morerecent concern is that after a building boom in the 1980s, the ’90s and the early part of this century, there are simply too many golf courses, considering the dwindling demand. The thought was that, as baby boomers aged, they would take up the game in droves, but that simply hasn’t happened. The bad economy nudged the casual golfer off the course and back in front of the TV. And golf has never been particularly cool for younger people, so there is now a glut of courses, not just in Tucson, but across the country. The city of Tucson operates five muni courses—Silverbell and El Rio on the westside; Randolph North and Dell Urich (formerly Randolph South) in midtown; and Fred Enke on the eastside. They all do good-to-brisk business when the snowbirds are in town. However, the courses begin thinning out when the temperature creeps above 80 degrees, and by the time it’s above 90 on a regular basis, they all begin to resemble the Lost Colony of Roanoke. In other parts of the country, golf courses go unused during the winter; here, they go largely unused during the summer. In strict terms, Tucson has been losing money on its golf operation since 2003. However, there is more to the story. Part of the problem stems from the fact that Tucson city golf inherited a debt of nearly $3 million when it took over the courses and pro shops at the turn of the century. It then spent $4 million to fix up the El Rio and

Silverbell courses. And, because of the economy and societal trends, the number of rounds played at the five courses dropped by a third, from around 300,000 per year to just less than 200,000. Nevertheless, Silverbell, Randolph North and Dell Urich (which is the most heavily played municipal course in all of Southern Arizona) make money; Fred Enke and El Rio do not. But just about everybody agrees that the city should not be losing money on something like golf. Suggestions on how to deal with the situation range from closing a couple of courses permanently and selling the land, to leasing the courses to a private party. So far, the City Council has been unwilling to take either drastic measure. Instead, it is going to raise greens fees a modest $3 per round on average and is asking the city manager to develop a five-year plan to pay off the debt and balance the books. But all that’s just business; we’re talking golf. Even during the summer, there can be a steady stream of golfers in the early-morning hours. Some will tee off just after sunrise and will get in 18 holes before the temperature hits triple-digits. By midmorning, the courses are mostly empty. And after noon, they look like a convention of ninjas who all showed up disguised as desert vegetation. While the final prices for this summer haven’t been set yet, last year, you could show up at Silverbell after 2 p.m. on weekdays, get a cart and play an unlimited number of holes for about $20. That’s almost scandalous. And remember, as Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy said (I’m paraphrasing), “Golf is like sex. You don’t have to be good at it to enjoy it.” Indeed, you can shoot an abysmal 140 over 18 holes, but all you need is that one good shot. When asked how your day went, you simply reply, “It was all right, but, man, you should have seen that shot I had on 13!” And, since you were playing in Tucson on a summer afternoon, it doesn’t matter if it was a good shot or not. Nobody else was on the course. The only other witness was the coyote, and he’s not talking.

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AGUA CALIENTE RANCH HOUSE GALLERY Agua Caliente Park Ranch House Gallery. 12325 E. Roger Road. 749-3718. Color Power, an exhibit of Southwest landscapes and courtyard paintings by Carol Lucas, opens Friday, May 25, and continues through Wednesday, June 20. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday; free. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

MADARAS GALLERY Madaras Gallery. 3001 E. Skyline Road, Suite 101. 615-3001. Margarita Sunsets, a collection of Diana Madaras’ work inspired by summer, opens Friday, June 1, and continues through Saturday, June 30. A reception with margaritas takes place from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, June 21; free. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Wednesday, and Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday; free. Visit madaras.com for more information.

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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 Tuesday, July 31. The exhibit also features pinhole images by Swiss photographer Francois Robert made with the Giant Holga. 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. CONTRERAS GALLERY Contreras Gallery. 110 E. Sixth St. 398-6557. Radiance, an exhibit of Carmen R. Sonnes’ mixed-media paintings including a series depicting the suffering of undocumented families, opens Saturday, June 2, and continues through Saturday, June 30. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. Visit contrerashousefineart.com for more information. 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, continues through Saturday, June 30. A reception takes place from 6 to 8 p.m., Saturday, June 2, as part of the Summer Art Cruise sponsored by the Central Tucson Gallery Association. The Works—Painting and Sculpture by All Davis Dominguez Artists and Small Things Reconsidered—Selections From the 20th Small Works Invitational open Thursday, July 5, and run through Saturday, Sept. 15. Summer hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday and Friday; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday; free. Call or visit davisdominguez.com.

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. PORTER HALL GALLERY Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Susanna Castro’s Desert Visions, a collection of desert impressions in photography, continues through Thursday, June 28. An artist’s recepton takes place from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, June 21, as part of the gardens’ Twilight Third Thursday event. 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, includes admission to the gardens. Call or visit tucsonbotanical.org. RAICES TALLER 222 ART GALLERY AND WORKSHOP Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop. 218 E. Sixth St. 881-5335. ¡Chubasco!, an exhibit of works featuring monsoon and water themes, opens Saturday, June 9, and continues through Saturday, July 21. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday, and by appointment; free. Call or visit raicestaller222.webs.com for more information. SHOT IN THE DARK CAFÉ 121 E. Broadway Blvd. 882-5544. An exhibit of mixed-media work on car hoods, trunks and fenders, all products of a collaboration between P.J. McArdle and To-Ree-Nee Wolf, continues 24 hours daily through Saturday, June 9; free.

ETHERTON GALLERY Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. A Classic Collection: Photographs From the Estate of Julian T. Baker Jr. (1939-2011), a selection of works by 20th-century masters, continues through Friday, Aug. 31. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and by appointment; free. Visit ethertongallery.com for more information.

TOHONO CHUL PARK GALLERY 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 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., daily; $8, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with valid ID, $2 ages 5 through 12, free member or child younger than 5, includes admission to the park. Visit tohonochulpark.org for info.

JCC FINE ART GALLERY Jewish Community Center. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000. Abstract Architectural and Geometric Explorations, an exhibit of paintings by Judith A. Kramer, continues through Wednesday, June 27. Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday and Friday.

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.

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

TUCSON BOTANICAL GARDENS Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Flights of Fancy, a garden-wide display of decorated bird houses of all shapes and sizes, opens Friday, June 1, and continues through Sunday, Sept. 30. Many of the bird houses are for sale and may be picked up at the end of the exhibit. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., daily; $8, $4 child age 4 to 12, free

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UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 7481551. The Members and Friends Photography Show opens Sunday, June 10, and continues through Sunday, Sept. 2. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and Sunday. 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 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.

BULLETIN BOARD CAT INDEPENDENCE DAY WINE-TASTING CataVinos. 3063 N. Alvernon Way. 323-3063. A silent auction, snacks, a raffle and cat-themed gifts are featured, and donations of canned cat food and cat litter are welcome, from 4 to 6 p.m., Sunday, July 15; $20 to sample six wines. Call 870-1904, or email sjmillerAZ@ gmail.com for more information. DIVORCE RECOVERY 1 Trained volunteers lead a nonsectarian support group from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday or Thursday; $60 requested donation, but no one is turned away. Each course is eight weeks and closes after the second week. Tuesday, June 5 through Aug. 7, at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 2450 N. Fort Lowell Road. Tuesday, July 3 through Sept. 4, St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, 4440 N. Campbell Ave. Thursday, Aug. 2 through Oct. 4, St Mark’s United Methodist Church, 1431 W. Magee Road. Call 495-0704, or visit divorcerecovery.net for more information. I DO IN TUCSON BRIDAL SHOW Heritage Highlands Clubhouse. 4949 W. Heritage Club Blvd. Marana. 579-9574. Gowns, cakes, flowers, DJ services, invitations, photographers, videographers, reception sites, wedding planners and more are represented from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, July 15; free. Visit idointucson.com for more information. ROCKET LAUNCH Tucson International Modelplex Association Complex. 3250 N. Reservation Road. Spectators watch and learn about model rocketry from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, June 23; and Sunday, July 22. $5 launch, free spectator and younger than 18. Rental rockets with motors are available for $2 per launch. The club has a waiver for rockets to fly up to 4,500 feet. Visit sararocketry.org. SUPPORT GROUP: CHILDREN OF DIVORCE AND CHANGING FAMILIES St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Two concurrent eight-week support groups meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., every Thursday, from June 14 through July 19; freewill donation. The groups close June 21. Age-appropriate activities are provided in a group for children ages 3 to 18. Family members, including never-married parents, get support for forming a step-family in the concurrent adult group. Call 495-0704, or visit divorcerecovery.net for reservations and more information. TOY-TRAIN SHOW Tucson Expo Center. 3750 E. Irvington Road. 7508000. The Gadsden-Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum hosts opportunities to see several operating toy-train layouts and related memorabilia from 2 to 7 p.m., Friday, June 1; and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 2; $6, free younger than 13 accompanied by an

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TUCSON REPUBLICAN WOMEN’S BREAKFAST WITH THE CANDIDATES Skyline Country Club. 5200 E. St. Andrews Drive. 2990464. GOP candidates Martha McSally, Bill Beard, Beth Ford, Vinson Hoick and Mike Hellon attend a breakfast and meet-and-greet that starts at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, June 2; $40 includes $7 PAC donation, candidates $30. Emcees are John Justice and JT Harris. Call 2705989, or email txdeebrady@gmail.com for reservations. WOMEN IMPACTING TUCSON Manning House. 450 W. Paseo Redondo. 770-0714. A program that includes a speaker and a status update from the mayor’s office is featured at a luncheon from 11:20 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday, June 4, July 9 and Aug. 6; $25. Reservations are requested by the Thursday before the luncheon. Call 770-0714, or email wit@ manninghouse.com for reservations or more information.

BUSINESS & FINANCE INDIVIDUAL JOB COUNSELING Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. A job counselor from Career Services Unlimited provides free, one-on-one career counseling about resume-writing, choosing a career, updating interviewing skills, networking and job-search skills from 9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, May 31; and noon to 3 p.m., Monday, June 18; free. SCORE BUSINESS COUNSELING Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 229-5300. Experienced executives give individualized advice about starting or building a business, from 9 a.m. to noon, every other Saturday, from June 2 through Aug. 25; and 3 to 5 p.m., every other Tuesday, June 5 through Aug. 28; free. Call for an appointment. 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.

DANCE BREAKOUT STUDIOS’ ANNUAL DANCE SHOWCASE Flowing Wells High School. 3725 N. Flowing Wells Road. 696-8000. Junior and senior members of BreakOut Studios’ Tucson Dance Company perform with several special-guest artists at 7 p.m., Saturday, June 2; $6. Email cwilson902@aol.com for more information. CREATIVE DANCE ARTS AND ARIZONA DANCE THEATRE PCC Proscenium Theatre. Pima Community College West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6986. Contemporary, jazz, tap, hip-hop, classical ballet and other styles of dance are performed at noon and 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, June 9 and 10; $12. Tucson Elite Dance Company also performs. RINCON ACADEMY OF DANCE Vail Theatre of the Arts. 10701 E. Mary Ann Cleveland Way. 879-3925. The ballet Don Quixote is staged at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2; and a student showcase featuring tap, jazz and ballet takes place at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 2; $8 to $14. Call 574-2804. SUMMER DANCE EXPO Loews Ventana Canyon Resort. 7000 N. Resort Drive. 299-2020. Ballroom-dance professionals and students dance Latin, swing, country and ballroom styles from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 11; $5. Call 747-9464.

FILM CHELY WRIGHT: WISH ME AWAY Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. The documentary about the first country music hit-maker to come out as gay screens at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 13; $5 to $9. Visit loftcinema.com for tickets and more information.

CINEMA LA PLACITA La Placita Village, Broadway Boulevard and Church Avenue. 326-5282. Classic movies are shown outdoors at 7:30 p.m., every Thursday, through Oct. 25; $3 includes popcorn. Visit cinemalaplacita.com for a schedule and parking 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. Wednesday, June 6, at 7:30 p.m.: Indie Game: The Movie; $5 to $9. Sunday, June 17, at noon: a special Father’s Day screening of Dr. No, with a pre-show James Bond Theme Song Sing-Along; $8, $6 member. Tuesday, June 19, at 7 p.m.: pre-show music by soundtrack-artist Dominique Fraissard followed by the cycling documentary Reveal the Path and a postfilm Q&A with producer and director Mike Dion; $10, $9 member. Thursday, June 28, at 7:30 p.m.: Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview; $5 to $9. Wednesday, July 11, at 7:30 p.m.: Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?, a documentary suggesting that government regulation of business is essential to democracy. Sunday, July 15, at 7 p.m.: Duck Soup, Essential Cinema; $5 suggested donation. NOW SHOWING AT YOUR LIBRARY: POV DOCUMENTARIES Himmel Branch, Pima County Public Library. 1035 N. Treat Ave. 594-5305. Films are shown from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday; free. June 11: Better This World surveys the war on terrorism and its impact on civil liberties and political dissent. July 9: In the Light of Reverence depicts the struggles of the Black Hills Lakota, the Arizona Hopi and the California Wintu to protect their sacred sites. July 30: Soldiers of Conscience explores tensions between spiritual values and military orders. Aug. 13: The Betrayal is a story of survival and family unity among Laotians abandoned by American forces. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. In conjunction with the centennial exhibit 100 Years 100 Ranchers, the museum screens Once Upon a Time in the West at 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 9; $8, $6 senior and veteran, $3 student with ID, free younger than 13, includes free admission to the exhibition. Visit tucsonmuseumofart.org for more information. STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Star Trek: The Motion Picture screens Friday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, June 10, at 2 p.m.; $5 to $7. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for more information. 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. June 1: Strictly Ballroom (1992). June 8: The Wizard of Oz (1939). Call the concierge for more information.

GARDENING GARDENS OPEN FOR DOGS, COOL NIGHTS Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Dogs are admitted from 7 to 8:30 a.m., every Tuesday, from June 5 through Aug. 28; $7 adults; $3 ages 4 to 12 and dogs; $2 members’ dogs; free member or child 3 and younger. Bring a leash, water and waste-disposal bags. The gardens are open in the evening, from 5 to 8 p.m., Friday, June 22, July 27 and Aug. 24; $8, free member. Call or visit tucsonbotanical. org for more information. WATERSMART LANDSCAPES FOR HOMEOWNERS Pima County Cooperative Extension. 4210 N. Campbell Ave. 626-5161. Classes are free; call 626-5161 to register. Saturday, June 16, from 9 to 10:30 a.m., “Desert Rain Gardens”; and from 10 a.m. to noon, “Greywater Rebate Seminar.” Saturday, June 23, from 9 to 11 a.m., “Rainwater Harvesting”; and from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., “Residential Drip Irrigation.” Saturday, July 14, from 9 to 11 a.m., “Rainwater Harvesting”; and from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., “Residential Drip Irrigation.” Saturday, Aug. 18, from 9 a.m. to noon: “Hands-On Water-Wise Garden Design”; and from 10 a.m. to noon, “Greywater Rebate Seminar.” Visit ag.arizona.edu/pima/ smartscape for more information about all classes in the series.

KIDS & FAMILIES ALL TOGETHER THEATRE Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 327-4242. An original adaptation of Thumbelina continues through Sunday, June 10. Alice’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. ARIZONA HISTORY MUSEUM Arizona History Museum. 949 E. Second St. 6285774. Inspired by the centennial exhibit 100 Years, 100 Quilts, kids make quilting projects at 11 a.m. on the first Saturday of every month, through Nov. 3; $5, $4 senior or ages 12 through 18, free younger child, includes all supplies and admission to the museum. June 2: summer-reading bookmark. July 7: picture frame. Aug. 4: phone/iPod case. Sept. 1: pincushion. Oct. 6: coaster/mug rug. Nov. 3: crazy-patch ornament. BIG DRUM CULTURE Golder Ranch Fire District. 3885 E. Golder Ranch Drive. Catalina. 825-9001. Odaiko Sonora presents a 40-minute lecture and demonstration of Japanese drumming at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 26; free. CRAFTERNOONS Dusenberry River Branch, Pima County Public Library. 5605 E. River Road. 594-5345. From noon to 2 p.m., Friday, July 13, teens braid friendship bracelets; and from 1 to 3 p.m., Thursday, July 19, they recycle comic books, manga and graphic novel pages into wallets; free. CREATEIT: TEEN CLASSES IN NEW TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Teens write and produce an advocate video for the library. The class runs every weekday from 9 a.m. to noon, Monday, June 4, through Friday, June 15; free. Participants also must be available for two Sundays of filming, June 17 and 24. Call 594-5420 to register. DIG IT! PREHISTORIC PEOPLE ARCHAEOLOGY DAY CAMP Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road. 877-6000. Children ages 8 through 12 learn and experience the ways prehistoric people used natural resources to make a living in the desert, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, June 12 through 15; $60. Participants create tools from natural materials and build a model Hohokam village. Registration is required. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov to register or for more information. FRIDAY FUN CLUB Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Branch, Pima County Public Library. 7800 N. Schisler Drive. 594-5200. Kids watch a puppet show, make crafts, learn art, act in a readers’ theater, build with Legos or practice ninja skills from 2 to 3:30 p.m., every Friday; free. GASLIGHT THEATRE FAMILY CONCERT The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. John Shryock and Mari Lynn perform high-energy magic and illusion at 7 p.m., Monday, June 11; $17, $12 child. HARRY AND THE POTTERS Hotel Congress. 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848. Wizardrock band Harry and the Potters perform hard-rock music about magic and books at 6 p.m., Thursday, July 19. A side show starts at 5 p.m. Fans also enjoy butterbeer, wizard chess, tea-leaf reading, electronic gaming, a souvenir photo booth and more. Costumes are encouraged. Free admission. IRONWOOD RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER THEATER PROGRAM Ironwood Ridge High School. 2475 W. Naranja Drive. 696-3900. Actors and technicians ages 11 through 18 produce Tolkien’s The Hobbit in a program that runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., every Monday through Thursday, from Monday, June 11, through Thursday, June 28; $255. Call 888-2727, ext. 107, or email jdikman@ amphi.com to register and for more information. LION CUB BIRTHDAY PARTY Reid Park Zoo. 1030 S. Randolph Way. 881-4753. Lion cubs Ayotunde, Azizi and Abuto celebrate with habitat decorations and a party for their young fans from 9 to 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 28; $7, $5 senior, $3 age 2 through 14, free member and child younger than 2, includes admission to the zoo. Visit tucsonzoo.org. MAGIC WORKSHOP Dusenberry River Branch, Pima County Public Library. 5605 E. River Road. 594-5345. Teens learn tricks to take home, from 1 to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 2; free. MATH MUNCHERS CLUB Quincie Douglas Branch, Pima Public Library. 1585 E. 36th St. 594-5335. Students in grades 4, 5 and 6 boost math skills with help from teachers and tutors, from 3 to 5 p.m., every Monday and Wednesday, from Monday, June 11, through Wednesday, July 11, except Wednesday, July 4; free. Registration is required; call or visit the library to register. OUTDOOR FAMILY DAY: WHERE IS YOUR WATER? Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road. 877-6000. Kids ages 5 through 12 and their families

learn about where our water comes from, how we must care for its sources, and how our drinking water compares to pond water, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, June 23; free. Reservations are required. Call 6157855, or email eeducation@pima.gov to RSVP or for more information. PIMP YOUR RIDE Kirk-Bear Canyon Branch, Pima County Library. 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road. 594-5275. Teens learn how to make wise car-buying decisions using easy-to-learn financial skills to establish a strong financial footing for the future at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, June 14; free. 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. RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM AND BAILEY CIRCUS Tucson Convention Center. 260 S. Church Ave. 791-4101. Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey: The Greatest Show on Earth presents Dragons from Thursday, June 21, through Sunday, June 24; $20 to $70. Showtimes are 7 p.m., Thursday and Friday, June 21 and 22; 11 a.m., and 3 and 7 p.m., Saturday, June 23; and 1 and 5 p.m., Sunday, June 24. Call (800) 745-3000, or visit the box office for tickets and more information. SABINO CANYON STORYTIME Sabino Canyon Visitors’ Center. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 749-8700. Ages 3 through 7 enjoy stories about a different desert theme each week, then play a game or make a craft from 9 to 10:30 a.m., every Wednesday, June 6 through July 25, except July 4; free program, $5 daily parking or $20 annual parking pass. THE SKY PLANETARIUM SHOW Mission Branch, Tucson-Pima Public Library. 3770 S. Mission Road. 594-5325. Starlight Planetarium presents an indoor planetarium show from 2 to 3 p.m., Friday, June 15; free. SONORAN DESERT KIDS CLUB: FIELD TRIP TO REID PARK ZOO Reid Park Zoo. 1030 S. Randolph Way. 881-4753. Zoo education staff tell children ages 8 through 12 how African animals survive as part of a zoo tour from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, June 9; free. Reservations are required. Email eeducation@pima.gov, or call 615-7855 for reservations and more information. SONORAN SUPERMARKET Food, medicine, tools and fibers that native peoples of the Sonoran Desert traditionally derived from local resources are displayed by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum at 2 p.m., Friday, June 22, at Woods Memorial Branch Library, 3455 N. First Ave.; and at noon, Tuesday, June 26, at Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave; free. Visitors experiment with using native plant materials to make cordage. SUMMER DAY CAMP: AQUATIC ADVENTURES Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road. 877-6000. Children ages 8 through 12 explore a desert oasis, from the source of the water to its properties, its quality and the plants and animals that depend on it, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, June 12 through 15; $60. A field trip to Mount Lemmon is included; the group will study life in a mountain stream. Registration is required. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov to register or for more information. SUMMER SAFARI NIGHTS Reid Park Zoo. 1030 S. Randolph Way. 881-4753. The zoo stays open from 5 to 10 p.m., every Friday, through July 6; $7.50, $5 child, free younger than 2. Games, crafts and face-painting are included. Visit tucsonzoo. org for more information. TUCSON INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. A Yellow Submarine Sing-Along at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 21, launches a festival of vintage animated classic films and cartoons, and new animated features, screened daily through Sunday, July 29. Visit loftcinema.com for more information and a schedule. TUCSON’S RIVER OF WORDS DAY CAMP Brandi Fenton Memorial Park. 3482 E. River Road. 877-6154. Children ages 8 through 12 explore the butterfly garden and river-park trails in creative activities incorporating both science study and mixed-media art projects, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, June 12 through 15; $40. Registration is required. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov to register.

TUCSON’S RIVER OF WORDS YOUTH POETRY AND ART TRAVELING EXHIBIT An exhibit of children’s poetry and art expressing their understanding of watersheds continues through Tuesday, June 19, at the Martha Cooper Branch Library, 1377 N. Catalina Ave.; free. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday; free. The exhibit reopens Friday, June 22, and runs through Wednesday, July 18, at Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road; free. Hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Call 615-7855, or e-mail eeducation@pima.gov for more information. WHAT IS AN ARCHAEOLOGIST? Dusenberry River Branch, Pima County Public Library. 5605 E. River Road. 594-5345. An archaeologist talks about what archaeologists do, how they do it and how they learn about people through their work, from 11 a.m. to noon, Saturday, June 23; free. Participants handle artifacts, artifact replicas and tools archeologists work with. Space is limited, and reservations are required. WRITE TO READ Woods Memorial Branch, Pima County Public Library. 3455 N. First Ave. 594-5445. Ages 14 through 21 learn to improve writing skills from 4 to 6 p.m., every Thursday, May 31 through July 26; free. Participants also learn illustration and publish their writing in the library’s magazine. Call 750-9667, ext 231 for more information. YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERTS Oro Valley Town Hall Council Chambers. 11000 N. La Cañada Drive. Selections from Leonard Bernstein’s televised Young People’s Concerts, first broadcast on CBS in 1957, are screened at 10 a.m., the first Saturday of every month, through Aug. 4. A panel of high school and middle school students chose their favorites from the 25 episodes available. June 2: “What Makes Music Symphonic?” (Dec. 13, 1958). July 7: “What Is Sonata Form?” (Nov. 6, 1964). Aug. 4: “Quiz-Concert: How Musical Are You?” (May 26, 1968). Call 797-3959, or visit saaca.org for more information. YOUTH@PERFORMING ARTS Flowing Wells High School. 3725 N. Flowing Wells Road. 696-8000. Disney’s Aladdin Jr. opens Friday, June 8, and continues on Friday and Saturday, through Saturday, June 16; $10, $7 ages 3 through 17, $12 to $15 limited reserved seating. Showtime is 6:30 p.m. Visit ypdrama.com for reservations and more info. YOUTH JOB DEVELOPMENT AND READINESS WORKSHOP Woods Memorial Branch, Pima County Public Library. 3455 N. First Ave. 594-5445. Activities for learning job skills and presentations about a wide range of career options are offered for youth ages 10 through 13 in a series of workshops from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, June 2 through July 28; free. Call 750-9667, ext. 231, for more information.

LECTURES THE KINO HERITAGE FRUIT TREES PROJECT Valencia Branch, Pima County Public Library. 202 W. Valencia Road. 594-5390. Connections between our food, our history, our environment and our culture are explored in a discussion of heirloom fruit trees being reintroduced to heritage parks, from 2 to 3 p.m., Friday, June 22; 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. 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. 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. Professor Emeritus Norman Austin explores Homer’s Odyssey from 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, June 6 through 27. Regents professor and former vaudevillian David Soren teaches the evolution of American vaudeville, from 9 to 11 a.m., Monday, July 9 through 30. Fabian Alfie discusses Dante’s ideas about transcending human nature, from 9 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, July 10 through 31. Call 626-7845, or visit hsp.arizona.edu to register and for more information.

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LITERATURE NONFICTION BOOK GROUP Mostly Books. 6208 E. Speedway Blvd. 571-0110. Allison Hoover Bartlett’s The Man Who Loved Books Too Much is discussed at 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 6; free. READINGS AT ANTIGONE BOOKS Antigone Books. 411 N. Fourth Ave. 792-3715. Readings are at 7 p.m., Friday; free. A Q&A follows, and refreshments are served. June 1: Tucson’s Dry River Poets read from their new book, Spilled. June 15: Greg Starr discusses his Agaves: Living Sculptures for Landscapes and Containers. June 22: Deborah Knox discusses her Put Your Spirit to Work: Making a Living Being Yourself. ROMANCE BOOK GROUP Mostly Books. 6208 E. Speedway Blvd. 571-0110. A paranormal romance, Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris, is the topic at 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 13; free.

MUSEUMS 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. 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 continues through Monday, Aug. 20. Many Mexicos: Vistas de la Frontera continues through Friday, Nov. 30. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; $5, free youth younger than 18, active-duty military and their families, people with business in the building and everyone for public events. Visit statemuseum.arizona. edu for more information. CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY Center for Creative Photography. 1030 N. Olive Road. 621-7968. 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. 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. 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; $4, $2 youth ages 7 through 13, free younger child, includes admission to the park. Visit tubacpresidiopark. com 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.,

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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.

Wind and Fire; $24 to $75. Friday, Aug. 3: Seal; $24 to $85. Saturday, Aug. 4: Los Tigres Del Norte and Banda Recodo; TBA. Sunday, Aug. 5: Pitbull; TBA. Sunday, Aug 12: Duran Duran; $32 to $150.

MOCA MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. Artists-inresidence Hunter Jonakin and Jordan Vinyard set up their collaborative art studio and workshop in MOCA’s Great Hall from noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday, from Saturday, June 9, through Sunday, June 24. Visitors are invited to participate in the creative practice. The artists discuss their residency work, at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 20; $5, free member. Works by previous participants in the MOCA artistresidency 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 everyone the first Sunday of each month. Call or visit moca-tucson.org.

A CAPPELLA BARBERSHOP HARMONY DEMONSTRATION Murphy-Wilmot Branch, Pima County Public Library. 530 N. Wilmot Road. 594-5420. A quartet demonstrates and performs the barbershop style of harmony, at 1 p.m., Saturday, June 9; free.

SUMMER SATURDAY EVENINGS AT THE ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. The museum features its nocturnal plants and wildlife after sundown on Saturdays from June 2 through Aug. 25, with special programming beginning at 6 p.m., and special rates after 4 p.m.; $7, $3 ages 6 through 12, free younger child. A different program is presented each Saturday. Visit desertmuseum.org for more information. TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Arizona Doodle 4 Google, an exhibit of Arizona students’ entries in a Google doodle competition, opens in the lobby Friday, June 1, and continues through Friday, Aug. 31. Tucson Collects: Spirit of the West, an exhibit of Western art from private collections, and 100 Years: 100 Ranchers, a collection of photographs by Scott T. Baxter for the Arizona centennial, open Saturday, June 16, and run through Sunday, Sept. 23. Baxter presents an artist talk at 1 p.m., Saturday, June 16; free with admission. (con)text, an exhibit of works from the permanent collection that examine the impact of text in contemporary art, runs 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. Beginning Sunday, July 1, hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday; noon to 5 p.m., Sunday; and closed Monday and Tuesday. Visit tucsonmuseumofart.org for more information. UA MUSEUM OF ART UA Museum of Art. 1031 N. Olive Road. 621-7567. Exhibitions featuring Sol LeWitt, who is among the founders of both Minimal and Conceptual art, and David Headly, who specializes in large-scale triptychs, open with an artists’ reception from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, May 24, and continue through Sunday, Oct. 21. As part of the exhibition, six teams construct works according to LeWitt’s specifications; call 621-7567 for a work schedule. Joshua Olivera’s Palimpsest: An Image of What Once Was 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. Visit artmuseum. arizona.edu for more information.

MUSIC 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, unless otherwise indicated; $15, $6 younger than 17. Saturday only, June 2, at 2 and 6 p.m.: RW Hampton; $20. June 9 and 10: Ted Ramirez. June 16 and 17: Hans Olson. June 23 and 24: Tony Norris. June 30 and July 1: Dolan Ellis. ARIZONA YOUTH CHAMBER ENSEMBLE Foothills Mall. 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd. 742-7191. Broadway-musical favorites from 1948 to the present are performed at 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 10; free. AVA: ANSELMO VALENCIA TORI AMPHITHEATER AVA: Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater. Casino del Sol, 5655 W. Valencia Road. 344-9435. Performances are at 8 p.m. Visit casinodelsol.com for tickets and more information. Thursday, May 31: Chickenfoot; $20 to $45. Sunday, June 17: Scorpions with Tesla; $32 to $70. Wednesday, July 11: Chicago, Doobie Brothers; $32 to $150. Sunday, July 15: Joe Cocker, Huey Lewis and the News; $40 to $125. Tuesday, July 31: Earth,

CLAIRE MANN AND AARON JONES Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theater. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Aaron Jones sings lead and plays cittern/bouzouki; and Claire Mann sings harmony and plays Irish flute, fiddle and tin whistle, for an evening of traditional Scottish music at 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 8; $20, $17 advance, $15 senior advance. Visit inconcerttucson.com for tickets and more information. FOX TUCSON THEATRE Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Friday, June 1, at 8 p.m.: Gillian Welch; $25 and $32. Friday, June 15, at 8 p.m.: Riders in the Sky; TBD. Saturday, June 16, at 7:30 p.m.: Roger McGuinn; $20 to $45. Sunday, July 1, at 7:30 p.m.: Lyle Lovett; TBD. Wednesday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m.: Pat Benatar and Neil Geraldo; TBD. Tuesday, Aug. 7, at 7:30 p.m.: Weird Al Yankovic; $44 and $56. Wednesday, Aug. 15, at 7:30 p.m.: Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra; $28 and $32. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for more information. LET FREEDOM SING UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. A large-scale patriotic variety show includes inspirational music by the Arts Express choir and orchestra at 3 p.m., Wednesday, July 4; $10 suggested donation. Historic flags are displayed, and the audience sings along to well-known patriotic songs. Proceeds go to the Arts Express scholarship fund. MAIN GATE SQUARE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES Geronimo Plaza. 820 E. University Blvd. Free jazz concerts take place at 7 p.m., the first and third Friday, monthly, through August. June 1: Sylvan Street, jazz. June 15: Diane Van Deurzen and Lisa Otey, piano and vocals. July 6: Cool Breeze, jazz. July 20: Kelland Thomas, saxophone. Aug. 3: Crystal Stark, vocals. Aug. 17: Sonoran Soul, fusion. Visit saaca.org for more info. 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. June 9: Greg Morton Band. July 14: The Sonoran Dogs. Aug. 11: Providence. Sept. 8: Superstition Ridge. Visit saaca.org. ROYAL NORDIC OPERA SINGERS St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church. 3809 E. Third St. 3251001. Professional opera singers perform traditional Nordic songs, familiar arias and songs from Broadway shows at 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 19; $18, free child younger than 10. A reception and meet-and-greet follows. Call 318-0746 for reservations. SIZZLING SUMMER SOUNDS Arizona Inn. 2200 E. Elm St. 325-1541. Showtime is 8 p.m.; $35 benefits Invisible Theatre. Call 882-9721, or visit invisibletheatre.com for tickets and more information. Wednesday and Thursday, June 13 and 14: Crazy About Patsy Cline with Liz McMahon, Khris Dodge and Heather Hardy. Friday and Saturday, June 15 and 16: From Ragtime to Romance with Richard Glazier. Wednesday, June 20: My Romance with Rob Boone, Christine Vivona and Betsy Kruse Craig. Thursday and Friday, June 21 and 22: Great Ladies of the Blues with Triple Threat. Wednesday and Thursday, June 27 and 28: Boys Night Out—A Rat Pack Tribute with Walter Belcher, Jack Neubeck and Mike Padilla. Friday and Saturday, June 29 and 30: Soup to Nuts with Sharon McNight. Thursday, July 5, and Saturday, July 7: Songs of the Silver Screen with Amanda McBroom. Friday, July 6, and Sunday, July 8: Puttin’ on the Ritz with Steve Ross. SOUTHERN ARIZONA WOMEN’S CHORUS SUMMER CHORUS Ascension Lutheran Church. 1220 W. Magee Road. 297-3095. The Southern Arizona Women’s Chorus mixed-youth and adult choirs perform a concert to benefit the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona at 7 p.m., Friday, July 27; freewill donation. Visit southernarizonawomenschorus.org for more information. ST. PHILIP’S IN THE HILLS FRIENDS OF MUSIC SUMMER SERIES St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Concerts take place at 2 p.m., Sunday; freewill donation. June 17: Chamber Music Mirage. July 8: Desert Mountain Brass. July 15: Mary Paul and Larry Alexander, Singing the Joys of Summer. July 22: Ben Nisbet, violin. Aug. 12: Danny Katzen, horn. Sept. 2: Romantic Bassoon Trio. Sept. 9:

Titan Valley Warheads, bluegrass. Call or visit stphilipstucson.org for more information. TUCSON JAZZ SOCIETY Loews Ventana Canyon Resort. 7000 N. Resort Drive. 299-2020. Brass and Ivory, featuring Jeff Lorber on keyboard and Gabriel Mark Hasselbach on trumpet, performs at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, July 7; $35, $25 member, $20 military and student with ID, $140 VIP table seats for two with two-drink minimum, $100 VIP table member. Call (800) 234-5117 for VIP reservations; visit tucsonjazz.org for more information. TWILIGHT THIRD THURSDAYS CONCERT AND CATERING Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, ext. 10. Concerts take place from 5 to 8 p.m., and no-host beverages and food by Acacia are for sale; $9, $5 member, $4 child age 4 through 12, $3 member child, free child younger than 4. June 21: R&P Music Factory and Susannah Castro, eclectic mix of smooth cover songs. July 19: Tesoro and Valeri Galloway, Latin-influenced smooth jazz. Aug. 16: El Camino Royales and Patricia Katchur, surf and rockabilly. Visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information.

OUTDOORS BEGINNER BIRD WALK Mason Audubon Center. 8751 N. Thornydale Road. 744-0004. The Tucson Audubon Society hosts an introduction to birdwatching for all ages with a casual, guided stroll through the saguaro-ironwood desert at 8 a.m., every Saturday; free. Call 629-0510, ext. 7011, for more information. EVENING BAT WATCH Arizona Game and Fish Department bat biologist Tim snow discusses local bats, and participants observe bats flying from under the bridge near Campbell Avenue and River Road, from 7 to 9 p.m., Friday, June 8. Reservations are required. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov to RSVP or for more information. FEE-FREE DAYS AT SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK EAST AND WEST Admission to all national parks is free Saturday, June 9; Saturday, Sept. 29; and Saturday through Monday, Nov. 10 through 12. Included are Saguaro National Park East, 3693 S. Old Spanish Trail; and Saguaro National Park West, 2700 N. Kinney Road. Call 733-5153, or visit nps.gov for more information. HONEY BEE CANYON PARK BIRDING WALK Honey Bee Canyon Park. 13880 N. Rancho Vistoso Blvd. Oro Valley. 877-6000. Birding expert Marjorie Flory guides walkers age 12 and older to look for Gambel’s quail, verdins, gnatcatchers and other birds of the Southwest desert from 8 to 10 a.m., Saturday, June 9; free. Call 615-7855, or e-mail eeducation@pima.gov. 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 “Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter” for daily photo updates about current events in the universe. PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS FRUIT CLASSES Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Highway 60. Superior. (520) 689-2811. Author Jean Groen teaches how to harvest and cook with prickly pear fruit in season, at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 28; $9, $4.50 ages 5 through 12, free younger child, includes admission. Visit azstateparks.com for a video tour and more information. RAMSEY CANYON PRESERVE WALKS Ramsey Canyon Preserve. 27 Ramsey Canyon Road. Miracle Valley. (520) 378-2785. Nature Conservancy docents give guided walks through the habitats of more than 170 bird species and a wide range of wildlife at 9 a.m., every Monday, Thursday and Saturday; $5, $3 member or Cochise County resident, free younger than 16, admission is good for a week. Pets are not allowed. SABINO CANYON STAR PARTY Sabino Canyon. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 7498700. The UA Astronomy Club operates several telescopes at the Sabino Canyon Visitor Center from 5:30 to about 9:30 p.m., the first Saturday of every month, weather permitting; free. The organization also typically has scale models to illustrate relative sizes in the universe. Email kevinkhu@email.arizona.edu to confirm. WAKE UP WITH THE BIRDS Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road. 877-6000. Spot wetland birds, hummingbirds, song-

birds and raptors on a walk from 7:30 to 9 a.m., every Thursday; free. Binoculars are available. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

SPECIAL EVENTS 2ND SATURDAYS DOWNTOWN Free events take place throughout downtown from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m., the second Saturday of every month. The Southwest Soul Circuit features jazz fusion, African, hiphop 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 kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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 family-favorite 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. ARTIST SOAP BOX DERBY Colorful handmade art-cars race down Brewery Avenue at 3 p.m., Saturday, June 16, as part of the Annual Bisbee Pride weekend; free. The art-cars are on display starting at 11 a.m. A preview party and fundraiser takes place at 6 p.m., Friday, June 15, at the Jonquil Motel, 317 Tombstone Canyon; free. Brats and beer are for sale to benefit the Community Montessori School of Bisbee. Call (520)432-4866, or email melissa@ centralschoolproject.org for more information. DRAGONBOAT FESTIVAL Chinese Cultural Center. 1288 W. River Road. 2926900. Decorated model dragon boats, 7 to 9 inches long, are balloon-propelled across an 8-foot pond in this competition modeled on a colorful traditional Chinese spectacle, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Saturday, June 23; $15, $10 member, additional $5 to compete. Chinese tamales are sold for lunch; boat kits are $20, $15 member. Proceeds benefit the seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; program at the center. FUN FOR FELINES FUNDRAISER Tucson Racquet and Fitness Club. 4001 N. Country Club Road. 795-6960. Games, comedy, desserts, raffle prizes and a silent auction are featured from 6 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, June 13; free admission. Food, cocktails and other beverages are available for purchase. Donations of canned cat food and cat litter are welcome. Call 870-1904, or email sjmillerAZ@gmail.com. INDOOR SUMMER ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL Hilton El Conquistador Resort. 10000 N. Oracle Road. Oro Valley. 544-5000. Artisans exhibit works in a wide range of media and genres from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, June 23 and 24; free admission. Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activities, artist demonstrations, acoustic-music performances, and food and beverage sampling take place throughout the day. Visit saaca.org. PARANORMAL AND GHOST-HUNTING WEEKEND Copper Queen Hotel. 11 Howell Ave. Bisbee. (520) 432-2216. Lectures on paranormal investigations and procedures, a ghost-hunt of the hotel and a spiritcommunication session highlight a weekend exploring the Victorian Era and its spiritualist movement, Friday through Sunday, July 13 through 15; $584 to $629 includes lodging for two. Participants must be at least age 18. Call (520) 432-2216 for reservations; visit oldbisbeeghosttour.com for more information. SPLASH! SAACA FUNDRAISER La Encantada. 2905 E. Skyline Drive. 299-3566. Fashion, hors dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oeuvres, dinner samplings, a silent auction, music, libations and wearable art are featured at a benefit for the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance, from 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday, June 2; $70 includes a goodie bag. Visit saaca.org for more information and reservations. TRI-COMMUNITY PALOOZA Mammoth-San Manuel Jr.-Sr. High School. 711 S. McNab Parkway. San Manuel. (520) 385-2336. Eight bands perform a rock concert in the auditorium while games, activities and vendors are featured outside starting at noon, Saturday, June 2; $8, free age 10 and younger with an adult, only 2 free children per adult. Call 429-3965 for more information. TUCSON REFUGEEFEST Maracana Indoor Sports Arena. 555 E. 18th St. 2357094. A festival for refugees from around the world includes a 9 a.m. soccer tournament, a 5 p.m. citizenship oath ceremony and a 6 to 9 p.m. global talent show, with entertainment, games and dancing, Saturday, June 23; freewill donation. Call 881-4272 or visit tucsonrefugeefest.com for more information.

TYP FIRST FRIDAYS Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Tucson Young Professionals host a party at 7:30 p.m., the first Friday of every month, at a different location, and with a different theme; $20, $15 advance. Visit tucsonyoungprofessionals.com for reservations and event details.

SPORTS AZ BLISTER WAKA KICKBALL Joaquin Murrieta Park. 1400 N. Silverbell Road. 7914752. 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. BREEZE IN THE TREES 5K Green Valley Pecan Farm. 1625 E. Sahuarita Road. Sahuarita. (800) 327-3226. A 5k race through the shade of a pecan orchard starts at 6:30 a.m., Saturday, July 21; $30 after Saturday, June 30; $25 advance, $20 advance age 17 and younger. Registrants enjoy a post-race pancake breakfast and farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; market. Proceeds benefit the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance. Call 429-1394, or visit taggrun.com to register and for more information. COLOSSAL CAVE 5K ROAD RACE La Posta Quemada Ranch. Colossal Cave Mountain Park. A race to benefit Shyann Kindness Project and the CCC Museum at Colossal Cave Mountain Park gets under way at 6:30 a.m., Saturday, June 16; $35, $30 advance. On-site registration and bib-number pickup are from 5:30 to 6:15 a.m. Registration includes free admission to the park and a tour of Colossal Cave. Visit taggrun. com to register or for more information. HOLUALOA FIRECRACKER TRIATHLON University of Arizona. A triathlon including a 750-meter pool swim, a 12-mile bike ride around the UA area, and a 3-mile run through campus begins at 5:45 a.m., Sunday, July 1; $99 to $153 per relay team. A youth triathlon takes place simultaniously, with a 4-mile bike ride, and a 1-mile run; $30 or $40. Add $10 to all fees after Monday, June 18. Visit tritucson.com for more information and to register. JULY 4 5K FREEDOM RUN AND WALK Golf Links Sports Complex. 2400 S. Craycroft Road. This annual event benefits the Kick Cancer for Stephen Foundation, which supports research for a cure for childhood cancers. Onsite registration starts at 5:30 a.m., and the race starts at 6:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 4; $25, $15 age 17 and younger. Visit taggrun.com to register and for more information. NPC TERMINATOR 2012 Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. A bodybuilding, fitness, figure, bikini and menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-physique competition takes place at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Saturday, July 14; $18 at 10 a.m., $36 at 6 p.m. Visit foxtheatretucson.org for tickets and more information. TMC MEET ME DOWNTOWN NIGHT RUN AND WALK La Placita Village. Broadway Boulevard and Church Avenue. The first race in the 2012 Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown steps off on a downtown circuit at 7 p.m., Saturday, June 2; $30, includes a tech shirt from Leslie Jordan Designs. Runnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World executive editor Amby Burfoot, author of The Runnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide to the Meaning of Life, will be on hand, and entertainment is provided by Elemental Artistry, musician LeeAnne Savage, raffles and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities. Visit azroadrunners.org to register and for more information. TUCSON PADRES Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium. 2500 E. Ajo Way. 434-1021. Thursday, May 24: Memphis. Tuesday through Friday, May 29 through June 1: Las Vegas. Thursday through Sunday, June 7 through 10: Reno. Tuesday through Friday, June 19 through 22: Las Vegas. Wednesday through Friday, June 27 through 29: Colorado Springs. Saturday, June 30, through Tuesday, July 3: Salt Lake City. Thursday through Sunday, July 12 through 15: Fresno. Monday through Thursday, July 16 through 19: Reno. Saturday through Tuesday, July 28 through 31: Tacoma. Friday through Monday, Aug. 10 through 13: Omaha. Tuesday through Friday, Aug. 14 through 17: Iowa. Wednesday, through Sunday, Aug. 22 through 26: Colorado Springs. Games start at 7:05 p.m., except Sunday at 2:05 p.m.; $7, $10 box seats, $15 premiere seats. Call 434-1367, or visit tucsonpadres.com for tickets or more information

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THEATER ARTS EXPRESS Sahuaro High School Little Theater. 545 N. Camino Seco. Elton John and Tim Riceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aida is staged at 7 p.m., Thursday and Friday, June 28 and 29; $10, $8 senior and student, free child younger than 6. The production features dancing and a pop-rock score. BEOWULF ALLEYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S OLD TIME RADIO THEATRE Beowulf Alley Theatre Company. 11 S. Sixth Ave. 8820555. A reading of radio scripts from the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;30s, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;40s and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50s takes place at 3 p.m., the first Saturday of every month; $9. Call or visit beowulfalley.org for script titles and more information. CALL FOR ACTORS Randolph Arts Center Auditorium. 200 S. Alvernon Way. 791-4873. El Rio Theatre Project holds auditions for The Taming of the Shrew at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday, July 10 and 11; free. The play is being staged as part of the annual Shakespeare in the Park series. Visit tucsontopia.com for more information. COMEDY PLAYHOUSE Comedy Playhouse. 3620 N. First Ave. 260-6442. Herbert Swearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Her Husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wife opens Saturday, June 9, and continues through Sunday, July 15; $18. The Fireside Chats with F.D.R. is staged Friday through Sunday, June 29 through July 1, and Wednesday, July 4. The Comedy Genius of Montague Glass opens Friday, July 20, and runs through Sunday, July 29. The Mystery Genius of Sax Rohmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dr. Fu Manchu opens Friday, Aug. 3, and runs through Saturday, Aug. 11. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $12, $10 senior and student, unless otherwise noted. Call or visit thecomedyplayhouse.com. ETCETERA Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Charles Buschâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Psycho Beach Party opens with a preview Thursday, June 14, and continues through Saturday, June 30. Showtimes are 10:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 7:30 p.m., Thursday preview; $10. Call 327-4242, or visit livetheatreworkshop.org. THE GASLIGHT THEATRE The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. The French farce The Three Musketeers runs through Sunday, June 3. Back to the Past, a timetraveling musical-comedy, previews Thursday, June 7, and continues through Sunday, Aug. 26. 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.

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LAFFS COMEDY SURVIVOR Laffs Comedy CaffĂŠ. 2900 E. Broadway Blvd. 3238669. Tucson comedians compete to avoid elimination another week at 8 p.m., every Thursday, through June 21. 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 Tucson comedians takes place at 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 19. Visit livingliberally.com, or email petgordon@comcast.net for more information and to sign up to perform. LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. The classic comedy Harvey opens with a preview on Thursday, June 7, and continues through Saturday, July 14. The modern thriller Mauritius opens with a preview on Thursday, July 19, and runs through Saturday, Aug. 18. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Thursday preview, Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $18, $16 student, senior or military. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for tickets and more info. ODYSSEY STORYTELLING Fluxx Studio and Gallery. 414 E. Ninth St. 882-0242. Six storytellers share tales from their lives based on a monthly theme at 7 p.m., the first Thursday of every month except June; $7. July 5: The Customer Is Always Right. Aug. 2: Happy Campers: The Great Outdoors. Sept. 6: At the Movies. ALS interpretation is provided. Beverages are available for sale. Anyone can ask to tell their story; the six are chosen in advance. Call 7304112, or visit storyartsgroup.org to sign up.

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RED BARN THEATRE Red Barn Theatre. 948 N. Main Ave. 622-6973. I Hate Hamlet! opens Friday, July 6, and runs through Sunday, July 22. 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.

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Walt Cunningham, a pilot aboard the first Earth-orbit Apollo Poor said astronauts with Tucson ties who will attend the conferflight, will attend, as will Al Worden, the command-module pilot for ence include space-shuttle astronaut Don McMonagle, now an execuApollo 15. Several other space-shuttle astronauts and test pilots will tive at Raytheon; and Charlie Walker of Oro Valley, who has been on also join in the festivities. four shuttle flights. Andrew Chaikin, Other astronauts at author of A Man on the the event with Arizona Moon, which was develties will include oped into the Emmy Richard Gordon of award-winning HBO Prescott, who flew on miniseries From the Earth Apollo 12. to the Moon, will deliver Actors who have the keynote speech durappeared in films ing the banquet on June about space also will 2. He will also moderate be on hand, including the Apollo astronaut Richard Hatch of panel on June 3. Battlestar Galactica. The convention also The event includes includes an art show fealuncheons, a dinner turing works by banquet and a breakrenowned space artists. fast at which guests Original paintings, can break bread with giclées, prints and posters astronauts and other will be offered for sale. speakers. Also on tap Spacefest IV will be are a golf tournament, held Wednesday, May 30, an auction of space through Sunday, June 3, memorabilia and at the JW Marriott Starr book-signings. Topics Pass Resort and Spa, at the seminars and 3800 W. Starr Pass Blvd. panel discussions will Admission is $35 per range from astronomy day; children younger to the future of space Front row: Kim Poor and Buzz Aldrin. Back row: Alina Amador, Sally Poor, Lisa White, Randy Clamons and Rob Gallagher. than 12 are admitted for exploration. free with an adult. For more information, including a schedule of Scott Carpenter will be on hand to celebrate the 50th anniversary of events, visit www.spacefest.info/IV. his Mercury 7 flight in 1962. You can also meet Gene Cernan, who has Matthew A. Lewis the distinction of being the last person to have walked on the moon. It mailbag@tucsonweekly.com was 40 years ago, as part of the Apollo 17 flight. KIM POOR

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What do Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Gene Cernan, Charlie Duke, Edgar Mitchell and Dave Scott have in common? If you said they’re all astronauts, you’re right. They’re also six of the nine living members of one of the most exclusive clubs ever: men who have walked on the moon. And they all will be in Tucson for Spacefest IV, an annual gathering of space enthusiasts with an interest in manned exploration, commercial space travel and the history of space travel. The event will be held at the J.W. Marriot Star Pass Resort, with most convention events set for June 1-3. Why is Tucson hosting the event? “Tucson has a number of advantages,” Kim Poor, one of the event’s organizers, said in an email. “Tucson and the University (of Arizona) are on the cutting-edge of astronomy and space science.” And “our venue, the Starr Pass Resort, is superior in location, amenities, facilities and raw desert beauty.” The convention includes dozens of speakers, including astronomers, planetary scientists and project managers for various interplanetary spacecraft. Pioneer Apollo and Mercury astronauts will participate in panel discussions, will sign autographs and will have their photos taken with fans for a fee. “The astronauts are happy to chat with collectors and pose for photos with fans from around the world,” Poor said. Astronaut biographies and autograph fees are listed on the Spacefest website.

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SPECIAL EVENTS/ART Blackout Tucson 7:30 to 10 p.m., Saturday, May 26 Pop-up gallery at 4648 E. Speedway Blvd. 342-8272; facebook.com/groups/blackout.tucson

The typical gallery show is given a twist at the Blackout Tucson charity event. People of all ages are invited to a night of food, music, live performances and, of course, art. The twist: Everyone and everything will glow in the dark. This gallery show will include black lights set up to make both visitors and art by local artists glow like neon, bringing a new perspective to a common event. All proceeds will go to Arts for All, a nonprofit group that provides art education to local children with disabilities. Nina Corella, an event coordinator of Blackout Tucson, looks forward to the unique take on experiencing art in a gallery setting. “It’s for charity and for local students to help create a better art community and bring a different art to Tucson,” Corella said. “(It’s) something Tucson hasn’t really seen before.” Corella and her three co-coordinators are students at the Art Institute of Tucson. The food and drink at Blackout Tucson will include cupcakes, appetizers, snacks and punch. Music will be provided by a DJ, but it will be on the mellow side so as not to create a danceclub atmosphere at an art show, Corella said. Local artists participating in Blackout Tucson include Dock Reese, whose art ranges from cubism to surrealism; and Alejandra Niebla, who integrates plenty of color into her pieces. Another attraction at the event will be a room in which visitors can paint whatever they want on the walls as a way to mark their attendance. Tickets are $5, or $3 for students with ID. —S.V.

“South of Ballycastle” by Joe Forkan.

Erin Meyer, Cord Skvarek and Caitlin Herst

Far left: This Land, This Sea: Joe Forkan, Nancy Tokar Miller, Lisa M. Robinson closes Saturday, May 26, at Etherton Gallery, 135 S. Sixth Ave. Visit ethertongallery.com or call 624-7370 for more information.

BOOKS

THEATER

Forbidden Volumes

Broadway Like You’ve Never Seen

Murder for Dinner

Musical Mayhem Tucson Debut Show

Mexican-American Studies Book-Discussion Club

The Dillinger Diamonds

6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 30

7 to 9:30 p.m., Sunday, May 27

6:30 p.m., Friday, May 25, and Saturday, May 26

Joel D. Valdez Main Library 101 N. Stone Ave.

Colors Food and Spirits 5305 E. Speedway Blvd.

Hotel Congress 311 E. Congress St.

594-5500; askalibrarian@pima.gov

(480) 242-0827 musicalmayhemtucson.weebly.com

622-8848; www.hotelcongress.com

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about the heated debate over the Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican-American studies program. However, you may not be so familiar with the books that were used in the program. Here’s an opportunity to get beyond the headlines and see for yourself what the fuss is all about. A new Mexican-American Studies Book-Discussion Club had its first meeting on May 16 and will continue to meet every other Wednesday through Aug. 8 at the Joel D. Valdez Main Library. The discussions are intended as a venue for community members to talk about the books that were part of the school district’s now-shuttered MexicanAmerican studies program, and to do so without fear of censorship. “It’s a place where we come together, and we share ideas; we share insights; we share perspectives; and we learn together,” said Marissa M. Juarez, a doctoral candidate at the University of Arizona. She said that people are free to “disagree respectfully,” but that “we’re trying to come to an understanding.” On May 30, members of the book club will discuss Chicano! The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement by Francisco Rosales. The book centers on the Chicano movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and examines defining issues of Mexican-American history, as well as famous Mexican Americans. Juarez, who facilitated the first discussion on May 16, said a diverse group of about 20 people attended. She set parameters to ensure the discussions remained respectful. “We decided that people wouldn’t speak over each other; people would have to have read the books and would be respectful of others when they speak,” Juarez said. “It was really awesome to hear people’s different opinions.” Participation is free. —H.M.

Whether you’re a Broadway fanatic, or the mere thought of show tunes makes you want to hurl, you should find something to like at Musical Mayhem Tucson’s take on the Great White Way. The Tucson branch of Musical Mayhem Cabaret, which was founded in Phoenix, is a musical-comedy troupe ready to dazzle the Tucson community with its twist on Broadway shows including Avenue Q, The Music Man and Chicago. Dana Cianciotto, creator of MMT and the Tucson group Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed, looks forward to the debut, especially after the Phoenix branch’s success. “I feel like I can definitely fill a void that Tucson theater (has) right now,” Cianciotto said. “This is a completely brand-new animal.” The Tucson cast features different actors from the Phoenix group, although Cianciotto plans guest appearances by the Phoenix group in the future. A Musical Mayhem show has a cabaret atmosphere. The audience is encouraged to drink up while cast members are busy cracking jokes and bantering with audience members during the two-act show. Act 1 features classic Broadway tunes, such as numbers from The Music Man, which should appeal to older audience members. The younger set will be served with tunes from modern musicals such as Rent. Spontaneity is at the heart of Musical Mayhem’s humor, Cianciotto said. “We want the audience to feel like they are seeing a joke for the first time, as opposed to a show that’s been rehearsed and beaten into the ground. (Cast members) have free will and come up with stuff on their own. And it will be absolutely hilarious. If an audience is seeing a joke for the first time, we are, too.” Tickets are $5. The show is aimed at people 15 and older. —S.V.

If you have an appetite for solving crimes and enjoying gourmet food, a show at the historic Hotel Congress may satisfy both of these desires. Local acting troupe Murder Mayhem will perform The Dillinger Diamonds, an interactive murder-mystery set in modern times, with Hotel Congress as the setting. The show begins with a dead guest on the floor, a $500,000 diamond necklace missing, and suspects everywhere. As the mystery unfolds, a three-course meal, prizes and party favors will be offered. Guests will have a chance to select who they think is guilty of murder, and prizes include dinner for two at the Cup Café. The show also includes a BestDressed Contest, and guests are encouraged to wear their most-stylish 1930s attire as a tribute to the capture of gangster John Dillinger in Tucson in 1934. “It’s just pure escapism,” said the Sheldon Metz, co-writer and a cast member. “And a lot of fun. This one has a little bit of a twist at the end.” The 21-and-older show starts at 6:30 p.m. with a cocktail reception in the hotel lobby. Cast members will mingle with the guests. Dinner begins at 7:30 in the hotel’s Copper Hall, and the play will last about two hours. This will be the first murder-mystery dinner at Hotel Congress, and Metz said he hopes many more are to come. “I thought that Congress would be a great location for a murder-mystery,” Metz said. “I can’t imagine a better place.” Tickets are $40 per person, or $350 for a table of 10. —H.M.

Art and services are silently auctioned at the Kore Press Benefit Garden Party, 6 p.m., Sunday, May 27, at the Franklin House, 402 N. Main Ave. $25, $20 in advance. Food, beverages and live music are included. Call 327-2127, or go to korepress.org for tickets and info.

“I Have Captured a Cloud and Am Keeping It in a Tank,” by Chika Matsuda, is one of more than 70 auction items.

Submissions CityWeek includes events selected by Matthew A. Lewis, Hope Miller and Serena Valdez and is accurate as of press time. Tucson Weekly recommends calling event organizers to check for last-minute changes in location, time, price, etc. To have material considered, please send complete information by Monday at noon 11 days prior to publication. Send to: Tucson Weekly, P.O. Box 27087, Tucson, AZ 85726, or fax information to 792-2096, or e-mail us at listings@tucsonweekly.com. MAY 24 – 30, 2012

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BLACKOUT TUCSON An exhibit of glow-in-the-dark work and neon art by more than 20 local artists takes place from 7:30 to 10 p.m., Saturday, May 26, in a pop-up gallery at 4648 E. Speedway Blvd.; $5, $3 student with ID. Proceeds benefit Arts for All. A DJ plays music for dancing. Call 342-8272, or email blackout.tucson@yahoo.com for more information.

MARI HERRERAS

After losing a lease and getting evicted in 2010, ArtFare re-emerged last year along with its director, Tig Collins, at its previous home—the 1916 Arizona Hotel (not to be confused with Bert Lopez’s closed Hotel Arizona), on Sixth Avenue across the street from the Ronstadt Transit Center. After working out a deal to partner with the building’s current owner, Collins says she’s again providing incubator space to local artists and businesses, and has a plan to eventually buy the building. For more information, take a look at ArtFare.org, or search for it on Facebook. Mari Herreras, mherreras@tucsonweekly.com

You have a unique view of downtown, living and working at the hotel. Do you think businesses downtown and on Fourth Avenue will survive this (streetcar) construction? Well, I think (of those areas) as apples and oranges. Fourth Avenue is not downtown. … Those of us who have been downtown for a long period of time can look at what is happening today and call it a boom, with the exception of Hydra and Shot in the Dark (Café). Shot in the Dark just five years ago expanded. It is a cooperative-owned business, and they were able to expand. But, look, other businesses are doing well. Ike’s isn’t suffering. Baggin’s isn’t suffering. I’d guess it’s because those businesses are supported by workers in the surrounding buildings, right? Well, if you speak to some of the other business owners and ask, “When did you experience a negative impact on your business?” they’d probably answer, “When they started emptying out the Bank of America building.” We do not have a party problem downtown. We have a daytime lack of consumers. But to you, right now, are things going along as they are supposed to? There’s nothing wrong with the city. It is organically growing as our resources grow. The road is torn up, so, great; let’s have photo shoots; let’s have fashion shows. People come to your place of 30 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

business for two reasons: They like your product, and they like you. I go to (Café) à la C’Art every Sunday. Why? Because it is open on Sundays, and I want them to stay open on Sundays, and I want them to remain downtown. That’s how we need to support our businesses downtown. How have you been documenting the changes taking place? Since December 2011, I’ve been taking pictures all over downtown and through the windows of the hotel. On Dec. 12, 2012, I want to show those photos at the businesses along Sixth Avenue. Some people think it is being gentrified. I wanted to document that as well, and see what the culture was and is. How does ArtFare fit into that picture after all these years? I think of us as a nice bridge between downtown and, ultimately, the warehouse district. A community like Tucson needs something like ArtFare. We’ve been there for art groups when they’ve lost their space or when they were first starting out and couldn’t find a space they could afford. We have a lot of babies out there that have grown. … We’re still doing that work, and we’re doing it downtown. But you are also dealing with a perception that this is a block that is seedy. But we don’t have any crime. Tucsonans by and large don’t

think we’re seedy. It’s the affluent … who see this as seedy—those who’d like to tear the building down and go 22 stories in the air and have more corporate commerce. But that doesn’t help us as merchants unless they bring in more employees. I’d rather see a corporate call center in the Bank of America building. Then you’d have people stuck here eight hours a day. We’re not naive in that respect. So you recognize that there are people out there who want this property? The idea that they have other plans for this block, yes, and when you have someone say, “Your block will not survive five years,” it’s obvious. But, still, our strength is in allowing people, like (coffee shop) Brewd, a place to start. What do you need to buy this building? I need $500,000. I was hoping to get one loan for the entire amount, but that doesn’t seem realistic. I thought perhaps I’d get a loop investor and right off the bat make them an owner of 49 percent of the building. Eventually, I understand what has to happen. … I’d love to keep the facade. This is all the original building. We understand that this is on a high-rise footprint and can go up 22 stories in the air. I’m not against progress, but I’d sure like to be part of seeing her 100th birthday, which is just around the corner.

KORE PRESS BENEFIT AUCTION AND GARDEN PARTY The Franklin House. 402 N. Main Ave. 622-6533. Art and services are auctioned at a garden party at 6 p.m., Sunday, May 27; $25, $20 advance, free child age 12 or younger. Food, beverages and live music are included. Proceeds benefit Kore Press, which publishes books by women and organizes writing programs for youth. Call 327-2127, or email kore@korepress.org for tickets or more information. PAWSITIVELY CATS NO-KILL CAT SHELTER BENEFIT La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar. 201 N. Court Ave. 622-0351. La Cocina donates a portion of all sales from 5 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, May 29. The event also features a silent auction, raffle prizes and live jazz and oldies by the Decades. Donations of canned cat food and cat litter are welcome. Call 870-1904, or email sjmillerAZ@gmail.com for more information. SPACEFEST IV JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa. 3800 W. Starr Pass Blvd. 792-3500. A gathering of famous astronauts, astronomers, space scientists, space art and artists, space-book authors, NASA contractors, dealers and fans of space lore gather for a conference and expo from Wednesday, May 30, through Monday, June 4. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily; $35 per day admission, extra charge for offsite tours and special events, $750 inclusive package. Visit spacefest.info to register and for more information.

OUT OF TOWN WYATT EARP DAYS Tombstone (520) 457-3291. Gunfights and skits in the streets celebrate the life and times of Wyatt Earp from Saturday through Monday, May 26 through 28; free admission. A chili cook-off, street entertainment, look-alike contests and an 1880s fashion show also are featured. Visit tombstonechamber.com for more info.

UPCOMING HIMELIC MEMORIAL DINNER AND GOLF CLASSIC Westin La Paloma. 3800 E. Sunrise Drive. 742-6000. A gala and golf tournament to benefit ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) research take place Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2. A silent auction, dinner and dancing to live music by The Roadhouse take place from 6 to 11 p.m., Friday; $75. Following registration at 7 a.m., golf begins at 8, and an awards luncheon takes place from 1 to 2 p.m., Saturday; $175, $700 foursome, includes all Friday and Saturday events. Call 907-5235, or email dianahimelic@yahoo.com for reservations and more information.

SONORAN SUPERMARKET Martha Cooper Branch, Pima County Public Library. 1377 N. Catalina Ave. 594-5315. Food, medicine, tools and fibers that native people of the Sonoran Desert traditionally made from local resources are displayed from 6 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 29; free. Visitors experiment with making cordage from native plant materials. SOUTHERN ARIZONA AGAINST SLAVERY MONTHLY MEETING Northminster Presbyterian Church. 2450 E. Fort Lowell Road. 327-7121. An organization dedicated to combatting all forms of human trafficking meets at 6 p.m., the last Monday of every month. Visit saastucson.com, or email southernazagainstslavery@gmail.com. ST. PHILIP’S PHIXERS HOME-MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP SERIES St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Home-maintenance presentations take place at 12:30 p.m., the fourth Sunday of every month; free. Participants should dress comfortably. Email greg.foraker@stphilipstucson.org, or call 299-6421, ext. 44, for information. TUCSON CLIMATE LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP Dunbar Cultural Center. 325 W. Second St. 791-7795. A workshop focuses on campaign planning and storytelling, including practical information about using traditional and social media, engaging allies and using other critical organizing tools, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily, from Friday through Sunday, May 25 through 27; free, including materials and low-carbon catering by the Green Gourmet. RSVP is requested. Call 887-4101, or visit workshops.350.org for more information. Organizers ask that prospective participants complete the online questionnaire.

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. FIBER ART FRIDAY Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. Knitters, crocheters, spinners and quilters gather to work on their projects in community from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the last Friday of the month, through June 29; $4, $2 youth ages 7 through 13, free younger child, includes admission to the park. Visit tubacpresidiopark.com 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 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, May 26; $4, $2 age 7 to 13, free younger child, includes admission. SUMMER WINE RELEASE Canelo Hills Vineyard and Winery. 342 Elgin Road. Elgin. (520) 455-5499. Two new white wines and a new rosé are introduced, and tours of the winery are offered, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday through Monday, May 25 through 28; free admission, $8 wine-tasting, $5 wine-tasting with a glass from another local winery. Visit canelohillswinery.com for more information.

UPCOMING

BULLETIN BOARD EVENTS THIS WEEK DINNER SEMINAR ON LONG-TERM CARE Hilton East Hotel. 7600 E. Broadway Blvd. 721-5600. Tim Ripp and Joy Golliver discuss long-term care, caregiving and related insurance at a dinner from 6 to 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 29; free. Call 797-9410, or email joy@joygolliver.com for more information. Visit joygolliver.com for more information. PRIDE: WHAT ARE YOU DOING FROM JUNE 14 THROUGH OCT. 11? We’d love to help you reach the LGBTQ community by listing your event in our June 14 Pride issue. Fill out the listings-submission form at TucsonWeekly.com or email your info by noon, Monday, May 28, to listings@ tucsonweekly.com. RETRO VIDEO-GAME PARTY Bookmans. 3733 W. Ina Road. 579-0303. Snacks, music, a costume contest, a video-game photo op, open gaming and more are featured from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, May 26; free.

DIVORCE RECOVERY 1 Trained volunteers lead a nonsectarian support group from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday or Thursday; $60 requested donation, but no one is turned away. Each course is eight weeks and closes after the second week. Tuesday, June 5 through Aug. 7, at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 2450 N. Fort Lowell Road. Tuesday, July 3 through Sept. 4, St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, 4440 N. Campbell Ave. Thursday, Aug. 2 through Oct. 4, St Mark’s United Methodist Church, 1431 W. Magee Road. Call 495-0704, or visit divorcerecovery.net for more information. NORTHWEST BLOCK PARTY Live music, food trucks, an art sale and more are featured at the northwest corner of Ina and Oracle roads from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, May 31; free. PEACE CORPS GO GLOBAL INFORMATION SESSION Martha Cooper Branch, Pima County Public Library. 1377 N. Catalina Ave. 594-5315. Learn how Peace Corps volunteers build skills, learn new languages, become immersed in different cultures and work with others in education, health, agriculture, environment, business and technology programs, while living abroad in one of 75 countries, at a presentation from 6 to 7 p.m., Thursday, May 31; free. Call 621-7188, or email pcorps@ag.arizona.edu 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. 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. 622-6481. An open support group for anyone ending a relationship takes place from 1 to 2 p.m., every Tuesday; free. 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’ and Artisans’ 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 (520-221-1074). 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 (603-8116). 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 (520-212-2337). 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 (520678-2638). Sunsites Farmers’ Market: Shadow Mountain Golf Course, 1105 Irene St., Sunsites, 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (520-826-1250). 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 (5450577). Tucson’s Green Art and Farmers’ Market: 8995 E. Tanque Verde Road, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (9822645). 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.

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ITALIAN CONVERSATION Beyond Bread. 3026 N. Campbell Ave. 322-9965. All skill levels practice from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., every Tuesday; free. Call 624-9145 for more information. JIGSAW PUZZLE EXCHANGE Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Exchange your jigsaw puzzle for a different one at the Jigsaw Puzzle Exchange display. Parking is free

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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. LETâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. 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. THE ROADRUNNERS TOASTMASTERS Atria Bell Court Garden. 6653 E. Carondelet Drive. 8863600. The Roadrunners Toastmasters meet weekly from 6:30 to 8 a.m., Wednesday, to mutually support public speaking and leadership skills. Call 261-4560, or visit roadrunnerstoastmasters.com for more information. SCRABBLE CLUB Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Play Scrabble from 1 to 5 p.m., each Monday. Call for more information. SINGLES 50+ LUNCH GROUP Thunder Canyon Brewery. 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd. 7972652. A group meets for conversation and no-host lunch at noon, Sunday. Call 797-9873 for more information. TOASTMASTERS Unity of Tucson. 3617 N. Camino Blanco. 577-3300. Participants learn to overcome their fear of public speaking and learn skills for self-confidence, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., every Saturday; free. 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 clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fiber-themed books and find inspiration for new projects; free. No instruction is provided. Call 791-4010 for more information. XEROCRAFT: A PLACE TO CREATE Xerocraft. 1301 S. Sixth Ave. 906-0352. Tools and space for creative individuals to materialize their visions are available from 7 to 10 p.m., every Thursday; and from noon to 4 p.m., every Saturday; free. Visit xerocraft.org for more information. 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.

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OUT OF TOWN â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THE DEANZA EXPEDITIONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; AND â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY ALONG THE LITTLE BIGHORNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Western National Parks Association Bookstore. 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014. A 24-minute documentary about the 1775 expedition that led 240 settlers and 1,200 head of livestock from Tubac to San Francisco, and a 25-minute film about the history of both sides of the Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25 and 26, 1876, are shown together at noon and 2 p.m., Saturday, May 26; free. 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.

GARDENING EVENTS THIS WEEK GREEN BAG LUNCH Native Seeds/SEARCH Retail Store. 3061 N. Campbell Ave. 622-5561. A dutch-treat lunch-and-learn gathering takes place from noon to 1 p.m., the last Tuesday of every month; free. A different speaker is featured each month.

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JOB-SEEKERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; GATHERING Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Former executive recruiter Beth Cole facilitates a gathering for adult job-seekers from 3 to 4 p.m., every Friday; free.

FILM EVENTS THIS WEEK CINEMA LA PLACITA La Placita Village, Broadway Boulevard and Church Avenue. 326-5282. Classic movies are shown outdoors at 7:30 p.m., every Thursday, through Oct. 25; $3 includes popcorn. Visit cinemalaplacita.com for a schedule and parking information. FOX TUCSON THEATRE Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Saturday, May 26, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, May 27, at 2 p.m.: Bridge on the River Kwai; $5 to $7. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.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 24, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., What Happens in a Cardiac Cath Lab. Wednesday, May 30, from 10 a.m. to noon, Fit at 50 and Beyond.

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FOSTER-CARE APPRECIATION MONTH Underwear and socks for children living with foster families are collected at all Tucson Walgreens stores through Thursday, May 31. Donations are distributed by Aviva Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s services. Call 327-6779 for more information. GHOSTBUSTERS Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. The kiddie cult classic Ghostbusters screens at 10 a.m., daily, from Saturday through Monday, May 26 through 28; $6, $5 Loft member. Visit loftcinema.com for tickets and more information. MAD SCIENCE: IMAGINATIVE LEARNING FOR KIDS Bookmans. 3733 W. Ina Road. 579-0303. A sciencethemed show designed to entertain young audiences takes place from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 29; free. Children create dry-ice storms, float on a Mad Science hovercraft, observe a foam factory, make magic mud, alter sound-waves and more. MODEL-BUILDING FOR KIDS Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Local model-builders give children ages 6 and older their choice of a model airplane or a model car to build with expert help, from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, May 26. Registration is required. OUTDOOR FAMILY DAY: ALL ABOUT PALMS Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road. 877-6000. Children ages 5 through 12 and their

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families learn the natural history of the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s palm trees and how animals use them, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, May 26; free. A craft activity using palm parts is included. Reservations are required. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov to RSVP or for more information.

FREE MAGIC SHOW Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Cody Landstrom performs magic, juggling and comedy that encourages reading and use of the library, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 31; free, but tickets are required. Tickets are available at 6 p.m.

PIZZAMAN DAVE Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Teens learn the history of pizza, then make their own to eat, from 2 to 4 p.m., Wednesday, May 30; free.

LIZARD WALK Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road. 877-6000. A search for whiptail, spiny, ornate-tree and other lizards takes place from 8 to 9 a.m., Saturday, June 2; free. Binoculars are available. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

REPTILE RAMBLE Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Docents present characteristics of snakes and lizards, the differences 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. SUMMER GRRRLS PARENT MEETING Child and Family Resources. 2800 E. Broadway Blvd. Parents learn about an eight-week empowerment workshop for girls ages 12 through 14, from 5 to 6 p.m., Monday, May 28; free. The girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; empowerment workshop is from 5 to 7 p.m., every Monday, from June 11 through Aug. 6; free for parents who register their girls at the meeting. Call 881-8940 for more information. SUMMER READING PROGRAM KICKOFF Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Crafts, prize-drawings, snacks and other activities are featured from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, May 24, at the kickoff to the libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drop-in summer-reading program; free SUMMER SAFARI NIGHTS Reid Park Zoo. 1030 S. Randolph Way. 881-4753. The zoo stays open from 5 to 10 p.m., every Friday, through July 6; $7.50, $5 child, free younger than 2. Games, crafts and face-painting are included. Visit tucsonzoo. org for more information. TUCSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RIVER OF WORDS YOUTH POETRY AND ART TRAVELING EXHIBIT An exhibit of childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poetry and art expressing their understanding of watersheds continues through Tuesday, June 19, at the Martha Cooper Branch Library, 1377 N. Catalina Ave.; free. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday; free. Hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Call 615-7855, or e-mail eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

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OUTDOORS ANNOUNCEMENTS ART IN THE PARK Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. A guided tour of the 1937 adobe home on the grounds examines the changing art and cultural exhibits that feature work by local and Southwest artists. The tour takes place at 11 a.m., every Tuesday and Thursday. 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.

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BEGINNER BIRD WALK Mason Audubon Center. 8751 N. Thornydale Road. 744-0004. The Tucson Audubon Society hosts an introduction to birdwatching for all ages with a casual, guided stroll through the saguaro-ironwood desert at 8 a.m., every Saturday; free. Call 629-0510, ext. 7011, for more information. 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 for details. 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

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trails and gardens of 49-acre Tohono Chul Park and learn to identify some of the 27 resident bird species at 8:30 a.m., every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A one-hour walking tour of the nature trails takes place at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., Monday through Saturday; $8, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with valid ID, $2 ages 5 through 12, free member or child younger than 5, includes admission to the park. Visit tohonochulpark. org for more information. WAKE UP WITH THE BIRDS Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road. 877-6000. Spot wetland birds, hummingbirds, songbirds and raptors on a walk from 8 to 9:30 a.m., every Thursday; free. Binoculars are available. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

SPIRITUALITY ANNOUNCEMENTS BHAGAVAD GITA STUDY Govinda’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 PRACTICAL TEACHINGS Kadampa Meditation Center, Arizona. 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 also is given at 7 p.m., Tuesday, at A Rich Experience, 7435 N. Oracle Road, No. 101; and 7 p.m., Friday, at Sunrise Chapel, 8421 E. Wrightstown Road; freewill donation. Call 4411617, 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 Govinda’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 FIREPOWER II LIVE BOXING AVA: Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater. Casino del Sol, 5655 W. Valencia Road. (800) 344-9435. Fighters include Jesus Soto Karass, Hanzel “El Tornadito” Martinez, Jose Benavidez Jr. and others starting at 6 p.m., Saturday, May 26; $15 to $95. Visit tickets. solcasinos.com for tickets and more information. SOUTHWESTERN INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Southwestern International Raceway. 11300 S. Houghton Road. 762-9700. Friday, May 25 at 7 p.m., is a street night, ISCS Series #1, an open test and tune and a gambler race. Saturday, May 26, at 5 p.m., Super Quick Series No. 1 and Hawk’s Auto Series No. 2 take place. Both events are $5 spectator; free age 10 and younger. Tucson Corvette Club Day, Monday, May 28, starts at 8 a.m., and includes four-person-team scramble golf tournament, a car show, ET drag racing, a gimmick rally, a pool party and an awards dinner-dance. $20 to $75 a person per day; $15 to $80 car or driver per event. Visit sidragway.com for reservations. TUCSON PADRES Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium. 2500 E. Ajo Way. 434-1021. Thursday, May 24: Memphis. Tuesday through Friday, May 29 through June 1: Las Vegas. Games start at 7:05 p.m.; $7, $10 box seats, $15 premiere seats. Call 434-1367, or visit tucsonpadres.com for tickets or more information UA BASEBALL Hi Corbett Field. 3400 E. Camino Campestre. 3279467. Tickets are $8, $5 youth or senior. Friday and Saturday, May 25 and 26, at 6 p.m.; and Sunday, May 27 at noon: Arizona State. Visit azwildcats.com for info.

UPCOMING TMC MEET ME DOWNTOWN NIGHT RUN AND WALK La Placita Village. Broadway Boulevard and Church Avenue. The first race in the 2012 Gabe Zimmerman Triple Crown steps off on a downtown circuit at 7 p.m., Saturday, June 2; $30, includes a tech shirt from Leslie

Jordan Designs. Runner’s World executive editor Amby Burfoot, author of The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of Life, will be on hand, and entertainment is provided by Elemental Artistry, musician LeeAnne Savage, raffles and children’s activities. Visit azroadrunners.org to register and for more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS 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. 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 WOMEN’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

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BY SHERILYN FORRESTER, sforrester@tucsonweekly.com hat now? The kids have been sprung from the hallowed halls of their institutions of learning, released into the wide-open spaces of summer vacation. Sure, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to take advantage of some of those lazy summer days. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a time to explore some fun things that the jam-packed days of the school year just wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow. Numerous groups promise adventures that help develop important skills while having that summer fun. Several theaters in town offer programs that give kids great opportunities to play while becoming genuine players in the world of making plays. This is focused fun. Various organizations citywide offer summer theater camps; this is by no means a comprehensive discussion about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s available out there. Rather, we have chosen to focus on the programs offered by three well-established theaters that sponsor summer programs for kids. Some include all ages; some direct sessions to specific ages; and one in particularâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Arizona Theatre Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Summer on Stageâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;gives older kids and teens an intensive five-week exposure to a variety of theater professionals, and together, they produce two complete productions onstage at the Temple of Music and Art. While the specifics (including costs and scholarship possibilities) of each program vary, they all offer classes that expose kids to what it takes to create a piece of theater. And they all offer an experience that benefits kids in ways that go far beyond dressing up in costumes and performing for Mom and Dad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really teach creative thinking,â&#x20AC;? says Michael Martinez of Live Theatre Workshopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer-camp series. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Creative thinking is not just essential to developing the next generation of artists, but also great innovators in every

field. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a skill, and like all skills, you have to learn it and practice it, and participating in drama and theater is a great avenue for that.â&#x20AC;? LTWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s camps consist of eight one-week sessions. Some weeks are crafted to kids of a specific age; others offer the chance for kids ranging in age from 8 to 18 to work together. All sessions end with a 45-minute production that the kids develop during the week, supported by classes designed to help build skills through play. A play in a week? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a lot of work, but the shows are really amazing,â&#x20AC;? Martinez says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Besides, the process establishes the idea of goal-setting. They have a specific task to accomplish. They are totally committed to the project and to each other, and they work like crazy. They grow as individuals. They bond and become a team. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really sort of a side benefit that they create this really awesome show.â&#x20AC;? Professional actor and educator Robert Encila has been working with kids for 23 years in various settings. A decade ago, Encila founded Studio Connections, which offers arts classes year-round. Over the years, as his students grew in skills and enthusiasm, it seemed like a natural step to establish an actual performing group, which he called the da Vinci Players. That group evolved into a theater that produces plays for and with adults. But it got to be too much, Encila says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It distracted me from my work with young people. The theater took all my energy.â&#x20AC;? So last year, Studio Connections put all productions on hold for a whileâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and Encila is focusing on working with kids again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our summer musical theater camp has been around for a while. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a three-week, intensive program where 7-to-18-year-olds get training in singing, auditioning and improvisa-

Ally Tanzillo, Diego Huerta, Alison Bauer and Leah Ellis at a previous LTW summer camp. tion, all the while preparing for the big production. This year, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Wizard of Oz. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But really, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the joy of the process,â&#x20AC;? Encila says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sure, we want them to have a quality experience and to prepare for future opportunities, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a place to discover the humanity made manifest in the theater process. As they work on their characters, they start understanding and empathizing with them. They learn about relationships and what makes people tick. They participate in a process that lends itself to developing so many different kinds of skills. And it really helps kids who maybe have trouble fitting into some settings. This offers a different channel for their energy. â&#x20AC;? For students who are perhaps more than merely stage-struck, ATC provides a fiveweek-long immersion into â&#x20AC;&#x153;a journey of discovery,â&#x20AC;? says ATC associate artistic director Stephen Wrentmore, who is also the artistic director for Summer on Stage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really make them work hard. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a serious commitment. The mornings involve classes where they study music, voice, acting and other associated theater skills, and the afternoons are spent in rehearsals for the two shows. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a fabulously fun, social and trainingbased experience that culminates in the production of two extraordinary pieces of theater. They walk out feeling they have a better hold on who they are as young people.â&#x20AC;? Summer on Stage instructors come from within ATC or â&#x20AC;&#x153;within our orbit,â&#x20AC;? Wrentmore says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;so throughout, (students) have the relationship, support and friendshipâ&#x20AC;? of professional theater artists as they develop the shows, which always include a musical and a

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Live Theater Workshopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Musical Theatre Summer Camp 2012 Eight weeklong sessions, beginning June 11 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. $130 to $250 327-0160; www.livetheatreworkshop.org

Arizona Theatre Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Summer on Stage 2012 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, June 25 through July 27 University of Arizona and the Temple of Music and Art 330 S. Scott Ave. $850 through May 31; $900 late registration 884-8210, ext. 8506; www.arizonatheatre.org

more-serious play. This year, the shows are Legally Blonde and Machinal, the latter an expressionistic, heavyweight piece. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We should raise the bar. We should challenge them, and it should be an experience of growth and discovery,â&#x20AC;? Wrentmore says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This should be a journey which changes them in some way, which teaches them how to navigate choices â&#x20AC;Ś all while having extraordinary fun. As one student said last year, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is the only time of year I hate weekends.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? For parents who need direction in how to choose a program for their kids, Martinez recommends taking a good look at the teachers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How invested are they? And ask friends about experiences theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had.â&#x20AC;? Wrentmore suggests looking at the quality of the experience offered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The students should feel refreshed and energized and wanting more.â&#x20AC;?

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DANCE EVENTS THIS WEEK CONTRA DANCING First United Methodist Church. 915 E. Fourth St. 6226481. Live music, callers and an alcohol- and smokefree environment are provided for contra-dancing at 7 p.m., the first, third and fourth Saturday each month; $8. An introductory lesson takes place at 6:30 p.m.; dancing begins at 7 p.m. Call 325-1902, or visit tftm. org for more information. FREE ZUMBA CLASS Bookmans. 3733 W. Ina Road. 579-0303. Instructor Leslie Lundquist leads a workout for all skill levels, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., every Thursday; free. TUCSON LINDY HOP Armory Park Center. 220 S. Fifth Ave. 791-4865. Lindy-hop lessons take place at 7 p.m., and dancing to a live band follows at 8 p.m., the fourth Saturday of every month; $10 to $15. No partner required. Call 990-0834, or visit tucsonlindyhop.org for information.

MUSIC EVENTS THIS WEEK 17TH STREET MUSIC 17th Street Music. 810 E. 17th St. 624-8821, ext. 7147. All programs are free. Saturday, May 26, noon to 2 p.m.: Smallvox, five-piece electric folk-rock. Visit seventeenthstreetmarket.com for more information. ARTS EXPRESS CHOIR AND BRASS QUINTET UA Crowder Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 621-1162. A Hero’s Salute, a program recognizing the U.S. military, first responders, public servants and others who place the public’s safety above their own, takes place at 3 p.m., Monday, May 28; $5 requested donation. Proceeds provide music scholarships. Call 319-0400, or visit arts-express.org for tickets and more information. FOX TUCSON THEATRE Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Thursday, May 24, at 7:30 p.m.: Taj Mahal; $28 to $86. Tuesday, May 29, at 7:30 p.m.: Marshall Tucker Band; $18 to $42. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org 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 28: Legends of Country Music. Visit thegaslighttheatre.com for tickets and more information. SONS OF ORPHEUS The chorus presents several selections during a Memorial Day Veterans’ Service at 9 a.m., Monday, May 28, at East Lawn Palms Mortuary and Cemetery, 5801 E. Grant Road; free. Visit sonsoforpheus.org for more information.

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TUCSON JAZZ SOCIETY Loews Ventana Canyon Resort. 7000 N. Resort Drive. 299-2020. Guitarist and vocalist Nick Colionne presents Desert Heat With a Jazz Beat at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, May 27; $35, $25 member, $20 military and student with ID, $140 VIP table seats for two with two-drink minimum, $100 VIP table member. Call (800) 2345117 for VIP reservations; visit tucsonjazz.org for more information.

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 26 and 27: Dolan Ellis. Visit arizonafolklore.com for reservations, information about the folklore preserve and a schedule of upcoming performances. KEVIN PAKULIS RANCH PARTY Triangle L Ranch. 2805 Triangle L Ranch Road. Oracle. 623-6732. The Outlaw Rebels and Buffelgrass open for a set by Kevin Pakulis featuring Amy Langley at 6 p.m., Sunday, May 27; $10; plus $10 overnight camping, or $20 for camping and breakfast. Gates open at 5 p.m. Casa Rivera Restaurant provides food for sale. The Big Desert Sculpture Show also is featured. Call 623-6732, or email info@triangleLranch.com for reservations and more information.

UPCOMING JANE’S ADDICTION TCC Music Hall. 260 S. Church Ave. 791-4101. Jane’s Addiction with special guests The Duke Spirit perform at 8:30 p.m., Thursday, May 31; $40 to $75. Call (800) 745-3000, or visit any Fry’s store for tickets. MÚSICA SONORA Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. 2331 E. Adams St. 327-6857. Southern Arizona’s professional early music ensemble performs The Pinnacle of High Baroque at 3 p.m., Sunday, June 3; $15, $12 senior, $5 student. Call 628-8119, or visit musicasonora.org for more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS BLUEGRASS MUSIC JAM SESSIONS The Desert Bluegrass Association hosts free public jam sessions monthly. The first Sunday, 3 to 5 p.m.: Udall Recreation Center, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Road, 2961231. The first Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m.: Rincon Market, 2315 E. Sixth St., 296-1231. The third Sunday, 3 to 5 p.m.: Music and Arts Center, 8320 N. Thornydale Road, No. 150-170, 579-2299. The third Thursday, 6 to 8 p.m.: Pinnacle Peak Restaurant, 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road, 296-0911. The fourth Sunday, 4 to 6 p.m.: Thirsty’s Neighborhood Grill, 2422 N. Pantano Road, 885-6585. Call the phone number provided for each venue for more information. CALL FOR ADULT AND YOUTH SINGERS Ascension Lutheran Church. 1220 W. Magee Road. 297-3095. Singers are sought for youth and adult mixed choruses to perform Wednesday, June 27; $50 participation fee. Rehearsals are every Monday, June 4 through 25. Youth rehearse from 5 to 6:30 p.m.; adults rehearse from 7 to 9 p.m. Call 404-3148 by Sunday, May 27, so music may be ordered.

THEATER OPENING THIS WEEK COMEDY PLAYHOUSE Comedy Playhouse. 3620 N. First Ave. 260-6442. The Mystery Genius of E.W. Hornung’s ‘Raffles the Amateur Cracksman’ opens Friday, May 25, and continues through Saturday, June 2. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $12, $10 senior and student, unless otherwise noted. Call or visit thecomedyplayhouse.com for tickets or more info. MUSICAL MAYHEM TUCSON Colors Food and Spirits. 5305 E. Speedway Blvd. 323-1840. A comedy revue billed as “under-rehearsed and over-dramatic” puts a new spin on show tunes at 7 p.m., Sunday, May 27; $5. The kitchen and bar are open. Visit musicalmayhemtucson.weebly.com for more information.

LAST CHANCE BEOWULF ALLEY THEATRE COMPANY Beowulf Alley Theatre Company. 11 S. Sixth Ave. 8820555. Sins of the Mother closes 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.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL FOR EQUITY AND NONEQUITY ACTORS Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Auditions for the 2012-13 season of Arizona Theatre Company take place in the rehearsal hall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and 3 to 6 p.m., Friday, May 25. Musical accompaniment is provided if sheet music is presented; accommodations are made for pre-recorded accompaniment. The total length of the audition must not exceed four minutes. Actors who auditioned during the 201112 season need not audition. Nonequity actors must be age 16 or older. Call 884-8210, ext. 8508, to schedule an audition and for more information. MAGICAL MYSTERY DINNER THEATER Magical Mystery Dinner Theater. 2744 E. Broadway Blvd. 624-0172. Murder at the Vampire’s Wedding, a 2 1/2-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 AGUA CALIENTE RANCH HOUSE GALLERY Agua Caliente Park Ranch House Gallery. 12325 E. Roger Road. 749-3718. Color Power, an exhibit of Southwest landscapes and courtyard paintings by Carol Lucas, opens Friday, May 25, and continues through Wednesday, June 20. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday; free. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

CONTINUING 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. BRIDGE GALLERY 5425 N. Kolb Road, No. 113. 577-4537. Southwest contemporary art is featured. Summer hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 5 to 9 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and by appointment; free. 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. Visit wiltaylor.com for more information. DESERT ARTISANS’ 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. JOEL D. VALDEZ MAIN LIBRARY 101 N. Stone Ave. 594-5500. Artwork of Karen Bellamy, an exhibit of desert-landscape 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 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. 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, $9 ages 7 to 12, free younger child, $12.75 senior, military, Pima County resident and AAA member. Visit pimaair.org for more information. 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. 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.,

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LAST CHANCE 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 Children’s Hospital, close Friday, May 25. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, and by appointment; free. ETHERTON GALLERY Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. This Land, This Sea: Joe Forkan, Nancy Tokar Miller, Lisa M. Robinson closes Saturday, May 26. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and by appointment; free. Visit ethertongallery.com. 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, closes Wednesday, May 30. Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; free. Visit fluxartists.com for more information. PORTER HALL GALLERY Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. An exhibit of astrophotography by Adam Block closes 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. 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 Anikó Sáfrán, closes 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 info. 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., closes 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 for more information.

OUT OF TOWN BIOSPHERE 2 CENTER Biosphere 2 Center. 32540 S. Biosphere 2 Road. Oracle. 838-6200. Find a Falling Star, a collection of photographs of meteorites by writer and photographer Regine Petersen, continues through Thursday, May 31; free with admission. Based in London and Hamburg, Petersen was the 2011 Biosphere 2 artist-in-residence. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily; $10 to $20. Visit b2science.org 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

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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.

TUBAC CENTER OF THE ARTS Tubac Center of the Arts. 9 Plaza Road. Tubac. (520) 398-2371. Trudi Fletcher, 100 Years: A Centennial Celebration closes Monday, May 28. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday. Call or visit tubacarts.org for more info.

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.

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 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.

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.

ANNOUNCEMENTS 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 your own. Call 201-5011, or search for “BICAS Underground Art” on Facebook for information about each week’s project. CALL FOR ARTISTS Howard Salmon seeks contributors for a kids’ coloring book that emphasizes the roles of influence and collaboration in the creative process. Interested artists must submit proposals by Thursday, May 31. Call 203-6803 for more information. CALL FOR ARTISTS Natural Way Wellness Spa. 329 E. Seventh St. 8828828. A new spa seeks art on consignment. Themes are mind, body and spirit. Call for more information. GALLERY ROW ARTWALK Fine art, live music and wine-tastings take place at several art galleries at the corner of Skyline Drive and Campbell Avenue, from 5 to 7 p.m., every Thursday. Call 615-3001, or visit tucsongalleryrow.com for more information. 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.

MUSEUMS EVENTS THIS WEEK 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 continues through Monday, Aug. 20. Many Mexicos: Vistas de la Frontera continues through Friday, Nov. 30. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; $5, free youth younger than 18, active-duty military and their families, people with business in the building and everyone for public events. Visit statemuseum.arizona. edu for more information. CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY Center for Creative Photography. 1030 N. Olive Road. 621-7968. Speaking in Tongues: Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken, 1961-1976, an exhibit examining how two Los Angeles artists used photography to bridge

MOCA MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. Flinching Eye Collective presents “Atemporal Radio Tour” from 7 to 10 p.m., Thursday, May 24; $8, $5 member. The collaboration investigates the relationship between sound, music and noise. Visit flinchingeyecollective.tumblr. com for more information. Artists-in-residence Hunter Jonakin and Jordan Vinyard set up their collaborative art studio and workshop in MOCA’s Great Hall from noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday, from Saturday, June 9, through Sunday, June 24. Visitors are invited to participate in the creative practice. The artists discuss their residency work, at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 20; $5, free member. Works by previous 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 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. Exhibitions featuring Sol LeWitt, who is among the founders of both Minimal and Conceptual art, and David Headly, who specializes in large-scale triptychs, open with an artists’ reception from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, May 24, and continue through Sunday, Oct. 21. As part of the exhibition, six teams construct works according to LeWitt’s specifications; call 621-7567 for a work schedule. Joshua Olivera’s Palimpsest: An Image of What Once Was 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. 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.

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LITERATURE

BOOKS

EVENTS THIS WEEK

Fred Arroyo’s short stories capture the immigrant work experience in America

TOP TEN

Strength and Perseverance

Mostly Books’ top sales for the week ending May 18, 2012

BY NICK DEPASCAL, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

1. Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy E.L. James, Vintage ($15.95)

estern Avenue, Fred Arroyo’s new collection of short fiction, is a quick, quiet and affecting work that painfully and beautifully captures the immigrant work experience in America. It especially pays attention to the conflicts that arise between immigrant workers and those who depend on and exploit their labor, and among immigrants themselves. Far from heavy-handed, Western Avenue offers complex characters and detailed relationships without comment, polemic or blame, instead allowing the people who move through these stories the opportunity to speak for themselves. Throughout Western Avenue, the same characters reappear at different times and stages in their lives. Arroyo—an assistant professor of English at Drake University in Iowa—could have created a novel given the overlap, but couching these vignettes as stories rather than chapters in a novel allows him some freedom with chronology and development. Indeed, each of the recurring characters gets developed, some more than others. Since the stories are linked mostly by character and not causality, the reader is generally willing to give the author more leeway in the associative leaps between stories. Arroyo also gains the reader’s good graces with his ability to swiftly develop characters in great and meaningful detail. Of Boogaloo, the character in the collection who recurs most often, we learn most of what we need to know in the first couple of pages of the second story. On his bookshelf are “a copy of M.F.K. Fisher’s Letters, the well-traveled Comida Criollas, a cracked, leather-bound volume from the late eighteenth century on new Hispanio vegetation and foodstuffs, Fruiticas Paradisio, Nietzsche’s Human, All Too Human, and the three volumes that make up Seneca’s Moral Essays.” In a matter of pages, we also learn that Boogaloo is quite the cook, that he works at a restaurant, and that “he had not taken a drink in 10 years and had not seen his daughter in over 15.” Like any good writer of short fiction, Arroyo allows his characters’ possessions and surroundings to describe them rather than his own pen. As Boogaloo appears in later stories

Western Avenue and Other Fictions

2. Catching Fire

MERYL BECK: STOP EATING YOUR HEART OUT Antigone Books. 411 N. Fourth Ave. 792-3715. Meryl Beck discusses her book Stop Eating Your Heart Out: The 21-Day Program to Free Yourself From Emotional Eating at 7 p.m., Friday, May 25; free. A Q&A follows, and refreshments are served. MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES BOOK-DISCUSSION CLUB Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. A book club discusses Francisco Rosales’ Chicano! The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement, which was used in the recently terminated TUSD Mexican-American studies program, and explores its value to youth, from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 30. Free.

University of Arizona

3. Deadlocked

128 pages, $15.95

Charlaine Harris, Ace ($27.95)

PIMA WRITERS’ WORKSHOP PCC West Campus. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6042. Literary agents and 14 authors talk about writing and publishing fiction, nonfiction and poetry, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday through Sunday, May 25 through 27; $130. Call 206-6084, or visit pima.edu for more info.

4. Mockingjay

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Suzanne Collins, Scholastic ($17.99)

By Fred Arroyo

(as a younger man), little more is done to develop him visually. Yet knowing that he will later be sober makes his drinking, and the results of his drinking in the past, seem all the more poignant. Indeed, rarely do we get more than a cursory physical description of Arroyo’s characters. Instead, their actions and words make them seem real. Besides his knack for character development, Arroyo’s lyrical, poetic sensibilities make the stories feel transcendent. One way that he does this is through the use of a repeating image. There are a number of images that create a feeling of familiarity throughout the collection— how one character lights a cigarette, the wide variety of foods, the act of eating—but perhaps the most affecting image is that of the ox. About a third of the way through the book, we get the image of “a dark green broken by egglike hills of red clay dirt, a team of white oxen lumbering across a field, their silver haunches powdered with dust.” Just a few pages later, one of the recurring characters, Ernest, recalls an evening out with his father as a young boy: He put his arm around my shoulder, his face serious, and then once again he began to tell me about the white ox chained to the mill on the outskirts of the cane field. Sometimes red dust rose from the deep path the ox had worked into the ground. Sometimes the path was filled with rainwater, the ox’s belly wet and gray with rain. Changó never spoke of the tiredness in its eyes, the sweaty, rippling skin of the ox. The laboring ox—perhaps a metaphor for the strength and perseverance of the immigrant laborers, as well as the exploitation they face for their trouble—appears multiple times throughout the collection, each time seeming more agonized as the stories deepen and weave together the struggles of their protagonists. But, again, Arroyo’s skill and discipline with the image makes it all the more powerful. The characters never tell us the importance of the image, or what it is supposed to mean. Instead, the reader is invited to ponder its possible meanings and place in the characters’ lives. In his accomplished blending of narrative and lyric impulses, Fred Arroyo has crafted a collection of stories that deserves careful reading to tease out all of the nuances and techniques that make the package so engaging.

Suzanne Collins, Scholastic ($17.99)

5. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin Erik Larson, Broadway ($16)

6. Insurgent

I LOVE BOOKS GROUP TMC Senior Services. 1400 N. Wilmot Road. 3241960. Books with aging as a central theme are discussed from 2 to 4 p.m., the fourth Thursday of every month; free. Irene Pepperberg’s Alex and Me is the topic for Thursday, May 24.

Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen ($17.99)

LECTURES

7. Fifty Shades Darker: Book Two of the Fifty Shades Trilogy

EVENTS THIS WEEK

E.L. James, Vintage ($15.95)

ARIZONA RANCH GIRL: THE STORY OF DUSTY VAIL Nanini Branch, Tucson-Pima Public Library. 7300 N. Shannon Road. 594-5365. Glenda Bonin presents a living history of a young Dusty Vail, who grew up on the Empire Ranch in Sonoita, from 3 to 5 p.m., Thursday, May 24; free.

8. Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 Madeleine Albright, Harper ($23.99, sale)

9. Total Memory Makeover: Uncover Your Past, Take Charge of Your Future Marilu Henner, Gallery ($26)

10. Bringing Up the Bodies: A Novel Hilary Mantel, Henry Holt ($28)

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. Professor Emeritus Norman Austin explores Homer’s Odyssey from 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, June 6 through 27. Regents professor and former vaudevillian David Soren teaches the evolution of American vaudeville, from 9 to 11 a.m., Monday, July 9 through 30. Fabian Alfie discusses Dante’s ideas about transcending human nature, from 9 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, July 10 through 31. 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 lecture from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, through May 31; $15. Visit arizonamuseum.arizona.edu to register.

OUT OF TOWN VAN FOWERS: THE SAGA OF PETE KITCHEN Western National Parks Association Bookstore. 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014. “If it ain’t wearin’ a hat, shoot it!” Pete Kitchen used to say. History comes alive as Pete Kitchen (Van Fowers) tells colorful tales of his decades defending his home and family against Apache raids, at noon and 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 30; free. 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

Fred Arroyo

RESTORING THE SOIL FOOD WEB St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church. 3809 E. Third St. 3251001. Paveo Zuckerman of Biosphere 2 discusses the soil food web and its importance for food production, plant growth and soil water storage; suggests techniques to enhance soil ecology; and helps participants develop plans to boost the soil web in their own landscape, from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, May 31; free. Bring a dish for potluck. Reservations are required. Visit watershedmg. org/co-op/tucson to register and for more information.

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Century El Con 20 3601 E. Broadway Blvd. 800-326-3264, ext. 902. Call for Fri-Wed film times Battleship (PG-13) Thu 11:10, 12:10, 1:10, 2:15, 3:15, 4:15, 5:20, 6:20, 7:20, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 Bernie (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG-13) Thu 11:10, 12:20, 2, 3:25, 4:55, 6:30, 7:50, 9:25, 10:40 Chernobyl Diaries (R) Fri 12:01 a.m. Chimpanzee (G) ends Thu 11:15, 12:15 Dark Shadows (PG-13) Thu 11:20, 1:20, 2:15, 2:55, 3:35, 4:10, 5, 7, 7:45, 8:35, 9:45, 10:30 The Dictator (R) Thu 11:40, 1, 2, 3:20, 4:20, 5:40, 6:40, 8, 9, 10:20, 11:15 The Five-Year Engagement (R) ends Thu 2:20, 5:05, 7:55, 10:45 Girl in Progress (PG-13) ends Thu 12, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10 The Hunger Games (PG13) Thu 1:05, 4:20, 7:30, 10:40 The Lucky One (PG-13) ends Thu 11:50 Marvel’s the Avengers (PG-13) Thu 11:30, 1, 2:45, 4:15, 6, 7:30, 9:15, 10:45 Marvel’s the Avengers 3D (PG-13) Thu 12:30, 1:30, 3:45, 4:45, 7, 8, 10:15 Men in Black 3 (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m. Men in Black 3 3D (PG13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; FriWed 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Think Like a Man (PG-13) ends Thu 11:15, 5:40 What to Expect When You’re Expecting (PG-13) Thu 11:30, 12:40, 2:10, 3:30, 4:50, 6:15, 7:30, 8:55, 10:10

Century Gateway 12 770 N. Kolb Road. 800-326-3264, ext. 962. Call for Fri-Wed film times 21 Jump Street (R) opens Fri Act of Valor (R) ends Thu 12:10 American Reunion (R) Thu 12:55, 4, 7:45 The Artist (PG-13) opens Fri Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax (PG) Thu 12:40, 2:50, 5, 7:10 Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax 3D (PG) Thu 12:05, 2:15, 4:25 The Five-Year Engagement (R) opens Fri John Carter (PG-13) Thu 12:45, 3:55, 7 John Carter 3D (PG-13) Thu 6:35 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) Thu 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:15 Lockout (PG-13) ends

Thu 3, 5:20, 7:50 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30 Safe House (R) Thu 12:50, 3:45, 7:05 This Means War (PG-13) Thu 12:30, 2:55, 5:15, 7:35 The Three Stooges (PG) Thu 12:25, 2:45, 5:05, 7:25 Titanic (PG-13) opens Fri Wrath of the Titans (PG13) Thu 12:20, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40 Wrath of the Titans 3D (PG-13) Thu 1, 3:40, 6:30

Century Park Place 20 5870 E. Broadway Blvd. 800-326-3264, ext. 903. Call for Sat-Wed film times Battleship (PG-13) Thu 10:05, 11:10, 12:05, 1:15, 2:20, 3:20, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:35, 8:40, 9:40, 10:45; Fri 9, 10:05, 11:10, 12:15, 1:20, 2:20, 3:30, 4:35, 5:40, 6:45, 7:50, 8:55, 10 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG-13) Fri 9:55, 1, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 Chernobyl Diaries (R) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri 10, 12:30, 2:55, 5:30, 8, 10:35 Dark Shadows (PG-13) Thu 10:10, 10:45, 12:10, 12:55, 1:35, 2:55, 3:40, 4:25, 5:40, 6:20, 7:15, 7:40, 8:30, 9:10, 10:05, 10:35; Fri 9:50, 11:15, 12:40, 2:05, 3:35, 4:55, 6:20, 7:40, 9:05, 10:30 The Dictator (R) Thu 10:20, 11:30, 12:40, 1:50, 3, 4:10, 5:20, 6:35, 7:40, 8:50, 10; Fri 9:20, 10:30, 11:40, 12:45, 2, 3:10, 4:20, 5:35, 6:35, 7:55, 9, 10:10 The Five-Year Engagement (R) ends Thu 9:45 Girl in Progress (PG-13) Thu 10, 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:30, 9:55; Fri 9:25, 11:55, 2:15, 4:45 The Hunger Games (PG13) Thu 12:45, 4:05, 7:20, 10:35; Fri 3:40, 7, 10:20 The Lucky One (PG-13) Thu 11:50, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30; Fri 10:10, 12:55 Marvel’s the Avengers (PG-13) Thu 10:25, 12:25, 1:05, 2:25, 3:05, 3:45, 4:20, 5:05, 7:05, 7:45, 9:05, 10:25, 11:35; Fri 9:30, 11:10, 12:50, 1:40, 2:30, 4:10, 5:50, 7:30, 8:20, 9:10, 10:40 Marvel’s the Avengers 3D (PG-13) Thu 11:05, 11:45, 1:45, 5:45, 6:25, 8:25; Fri 10:20, 12, 3:20, 5, 6:40, 10:05 Men in Black 3 (PG-13) Fri 9:45, 10:25, 1:05, 3:05, 3:45, 6:25, 8:25, 9:05 Men in Black 3 3D (PG13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri 9:05, 11:05, 11:45, 12:25, 1:45, 2:25, 4:25, 5:05, 5:45, 7:05, 7:45, 9:45, 10:25; Sat-Sun 9:05, 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25; Mon 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25; Tue 2:25, 5:05, 7:45,

10:25; Wed 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 The Pirates! Band of Misfits (PG) Thu 11:25, 1:55, 4:15; Fri 9:10; Tue 10:20 Think Like a Man (PG-13) ends Thu 10:15, 1:10, 4, 7, 10:10 What to Expect When You’re Expecting (PG-13) Thu 10:55, 12:20, 1:40, 3:10, 4:35, 6, 7:25, 8:55, 10:15; Fri 9:15, 12:05, 2:50, 5:40, 7:15, 8:30, 9:55

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Century Theatres at the Oro Valley Marketplace 12155 N. Oracle Road. 800-326-3264, ext. 899. Battleship (PG-13) ThuWed 11:30, 1, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7, 8:30, 10 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Chernobyl Diaries (R) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 12:25, 2:45, 5:05, 7:25, 9:45 Dark Shadows (PG-13) Thu 10:45, 12:10, 1:35, 3, 4:25, 5:50, 7:15, 8:40, 10:05; Fri-Wed 10:45, 1:35, 4:25, 7:05, 10:05 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) Wed 10 a.m. The Dictator (R) Thu 12:35, 2:55, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55; Fri-Tue 12:30, 2:55, 5:15, 7:35, 9:50; Wed 10:05, 12:30, 2:55, 5:15, 7:35, 9:50 The Hunger Games (PG13) ends Thu 12:20, 3:45, 7:05, 10:20 The Lucky One (PG-13) ends Thu 11:20, 2:05, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Marvel’s the Avengers (PG-13) Thu 11:35, 1:15, 3:15, 7:10, 9:15, 10:30; Fri-Tue 11:35, 1:45, 2:50, 5, 6:05, 8:15, 9:20; Wed 10:15, 11:35, 1:45, 2:50, 5, 6:05, 8:15, 9:20 Marvel’s the Avengers 3D (PG-13) Thu 10:30, 12:15, 2:15, 3:55, 5, 6:30, 8:15, 9:50; Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:55, 7:10, 10:25 Men in Black 3 (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 12:50, 6:10 Men in Black 3 3D (PG13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; FriWed 11:15, 1:55, 3:30, 4:35, 7:15, 8:50, 9:55 What to Expect When You’re Expecting (PG-13) Thu 11:05, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:10; Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10

Cinema La Placita La Placita Village, Broadway Boulevard and Church Avenue. 326-5282. A Streetcar Named Desire (PG) Thu 7:30

Crossroads 6 Grand Cinemas 4811 E. Grant Road. 327-7067. Call for Fri-Wed film times The Artist (PG-13) Thu 12:55, 5:15, 7:35

Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax (PG) Thu 11:10, 1:15, 3:20, 5:25, 7:30 Jeff, Who Lives at Home (R) Thu 9:35 Jiro Dreams of Sushi (PG) Thu 11 John Carter (PG-13) Thu 10:45, 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:50 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) Thu 11:50 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu 12, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:40 Safe House (R) Thu 9:25 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (PG-13) Thu 2:10, 4:35, 6:55 The Three Stooges (PG) Thu 10:50, 3:10, 9:55 Wrath of the Titans (PG13) Thu 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10

Fox Tucson Theatre 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. The Bridge on the River Kwai (PG) Sat 7:30; Sun 2

Gallagher Theater UA Student Union, 1303 E. University Blvd. 626-0370. Call for films and times

Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18 5455 S. Calle Santa Cruz. 806-4275. Battleship (PG-13) Thu 9:50, 12, 1, 3:10, 4:10, 6:20, 7:20, 9:30, 10:30; Fri-Wed 9:30, 12, 12:50, 3:10, 3:50, 6:30, 7:20, 10, 10:40 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG-13) Fri-Wed 10, 1, 4:15, 7:10, 10:10 Chernobyl Diaries (R) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 9:55, 12:20, 3, 5:40, 8, 10:45 Dark Shadows (PG-13) Thu 10, 10:50, 11:45, 12:40, 1:40, 2:40, 3:30,

4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:45; Fri-Wed 10:50, 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 10:05 The Dictator (R) Thu 9:40, 11, 11:50, 1:20, 2:20, 3:40, 4:40, 6:05, 7, 8:20, 9:20; Fri-Wed 11:45, 12:45, 2:10, 3:15, 4:20, 5:25, 6:40, 7:50, 9, 10:15 Girl in Progress (PG-13) Thu 9:45, 12:20, 3, 5:25, 8; Fri-Wed 10:40 The Hunger Games (PG13) ends Thu 1:10, 7:15 The Lucky One (PG-13) ends Thu 6:15, 9:15 Marvel’s the Avengers (PG-13) Thu 9:30, 10:40, 11:40, 12:50, 2, 2:50, 3:20, 4:20, 5:20, 6:40, 7:40, 8:40, 9:40, 10, 11; Fri-Sun 10:20, 11, 12:30, 1:50, 2:30, 4, 5:20, 6:10, 7:30, 8:50, 9:40, 10:50; Mon-Wed 11, 12:30, 1:50, 2:30, 4, 5:20, 6:10, 7:30, 8:50, 9:40, 10:50 Marvel’s the Avengers 3D (PG-13) Thu 10:10, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 3:50, 4:50, 6:10, 7:10, 8:10, 10:45; Fri-Wed 11:40, 1:10, 3:20, 4:40, 6:50, 8:10, 10:20 Men in Black 3 (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 10:30, 11:50, 1:20, 2:40, 4:10, 5:30, 7, 8:20, 9:50, 11 Men in Black 3 3D (PG13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; FriWed 9:50, 11:10, 12:40, 2, 3:30, 4:50, 6:20, 7:40, 9:10, 10:30 More Than Frybread (PG) Fri-Wed 9:40, 3:40, 6:45 The Pirates! Band of Misfits (PG) Thu 10:05, 12:35, 3:15; Fri-Wed 10:10 Safe (R) ends Thu 10:20, 4:45, 10:55 Think Like a Man (PG13) Thu 9:35, 12:45, 3:45, 6:50; Fri-Sun 9:35, 12:35, 9:30; Mon-Wed 12:35, 9:30 What to Expect When You’re Expecting (PG13) Thu 11:20, 2:10,

5, 7:50, 10:50; Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:20, 5, 7:45, 10:35

The Loft Cinema 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Call 795-0844 to check handicap accessibility Boy (Not Rated) Fri-Mon 5:15; Tue-Wed 5:15, 9:45 The Deep Blue Sea (R) Thu 12:30, 2:45, 7:30 Gerhard Richter Painting (Not Rated) Wed 7:30 Ghostbusters (PG) Fri 10; Sat-Mon 10 a.m., 10 Headhunters (R) Fri-Tue 12:30, 3, 7:30; Wed 12:30, 3 Juan of the Dead (Not Rated) Thu-Wed 10 Margaret (R) Thu 7 Marley (PG-13) Thu 10; Fri-Sun 1:45, 7; Mon 1:45; Tue-Wed 1:45, 7 Monsieur Lazhar (PG-13) Thu 2:30, 4:45; Fri-Wed 11:30, 4:45 We Have a Pope (Not Rated) Thu 12, 5 Zombie Nightmare (R) Mon 8

Oracle View 4690 N. Oracle Road. 292-2430. Call for Fri-Wed film times Casa de Mi Padre (R) Thu 7:20, 9:20 Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax (PG) Thu 11, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9:10 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) Thu 5:30 The Iron Lady (PG-13) Thu 11:50, 2:10 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) Thu 11:05, 1:10, 3:20, 7:40 Lockout (PG-13) Thu 11:15, 3:30, 5:40, 7:50, 10 Safe House (R) Thu 11:30, 2, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 This Means War (PG-13) Thu 9:45 A Thousand Words (PG13) Thu 1:20 The Three Stooges (PG)

Thu 11, 1:05, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30 We Bought a Zoo (PG) Thu 4:30 The Woman in Black (PG13) Thu 9:50

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Tower Theatres at Arizona Pavilions 8031 N. Business Park Drive. 579-0500. Call for Fri-Wed film times Battleship (PG-13) Thu 10:40, 12, 1:30, 2:50, 4:30, 5:45, 7:20, 8:40, 10:10 Chernobyl Diaries (R) Fri 12:01 a.m. Dark Shadows (PG-13) Thu 10:30, 11:50, 1:10, 2:25, 3:40, 5, 6:10, 7:30, 8:45, 10:05 The Dictator (R) Thu 10:15, 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15, 10:15 The Five-Year Engagement (R) Thu 2, 4:50 The Hunger Games (PG13) Thu 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 The Lucky One (PG-13) Thu 11:45, 7:35, 9:55 Marvel’s the Avengers (PG-13) Thu 10, 10:45, 11:30, 1, 1:45, 2:30, 4, 4:45, 5:30, 7, 7:45, 8:30, 10 Marvel’s the Avengers 3D (PG-13) Thu 12:15, 3:15, 8:15, 10:15 Men in Black 3 (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (PG) Thu 11:10, 1:20 What to Expect When You’re Expecting (PG-13) Thu 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40

CINEMA Jack Black is amazing as a murderer in the surprisingly charming ‘Bernie’

Killer Performance

TOP TEN Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending May 20, 2012

BY BOB GRIMM, bgrimm@tucsonweekly.com ack Black hasn’t been in many good films lately. His last good movie was Tropic Thunder four years ago, and he’s been stinking up the joint with middling efforts like Gulliver’s Travels and The Big Year ever since. The best thing he has done since Tropic Thunder is his uncredited role in last year’s The Muppets. Well, he now has another good film under his belt. Black got back together with an old friend, his School of Rock director Richard Linklater, for Bernie—and Linklater’s casting of Black was a masterstroke. As Bernie Tiede, the real convicted killer of Marjorie Nugent in the Texas town of Carthage, Black delivers a performance to be remembered. He’s an actor who has a tendency to overdo it sometimes, and it’s good to see him rein it in and do something with depth and nuance. Linklater comes at the story from a risky angle. It’s no secret that much of the town loved Bernie Tiede, and some people believed that he didn’t commit the murder, even though he confessed. The movie almost comes off as an argument that he wasn’t such a bad guy after all, even if he did shoot an old woman (played awesomely by Shirley MacLaine) in the back four times and then stuff her in a garage freezer. Bernie was a mortician, and we first see him meticulously prepping a corpse for burial in front of a group of students. There’s something mildly disturbing about how much he seems to be enjoying himself as he glues shut a dead man’s eyelids and picks stray hairs from the man’s face. The scene makes Bernie seem almost joyfully callous as he clips the dead guy’s nails. (We actually see him clipping the still-alive Marjorie’s nails later, and his demeanor is the same.) Bernie starts courting the affluent Marjorie, bringing her snacks and bubblebath soap after her husband’s funeral. They become friends, start going to local events together, and eventually start traveling. The film hints that there may have been a romantic relationship, even though many believed Bernie was gay. There’s sweetness to their friendship at first, but it quickly turns ugly once Marjorie starts badgering Bernie with jealousy-tinged rage. This leads to the murder scene—one of the more brilliantly depicted murders I’ve seen in a film. Only Bernie Tiede knows what was going through his mind at the moment he killed Marjorie, but Linklater’s version of the event is stunning and tragic.

1. The Grey Universal

2. Chronicle 20th Century Fox

3. Contraband Universal

4. Underworld: Awakening Screen Gems

5. Albert Nobbs Lionsgate

6. Rampart Millennium

7. The Vow Screen Gems

8. One for the Money Lionsgate

9. The Devil Inside Paramount

10. New Year’s Eve Warner Bros. Shirley MacLaine and Jack Black in Bernie. That tragic moment is followed by a raucous rendition of “Seventy-six Trombones,” with Black doing a jaunty song and dance in full Music Man regalia. Yep, Bernie killed his lady friend and then went straight to a play rehearsal. Linklater directs this moment as joyously detached; Bernie doesn’t fudge the lyrics or miss any steps. He has just committed murder, and he’s totally in control of his faculties. And let it be said that Black needs to star in The Music Man on Broadway one of these days. The dude nails it! Is Bernie’s behavior monstrous? Of course it is; the man is a confessed murderer. Yet many of the townspeople loved him and still couldn’t believe he did it. Linklater actually uses some of Bernie’s friends in staged interviews, and some of them defend him while condemning Marjorie. (“There are people in this town who would’ve shot her for five dollars!”) Black captures the twisted nature of Bernie eloquently, especially in the immediate aftermath of the murder and the confession scene. Black somehow makes Bernie grotesque, creepy, genuine and funny, all at the same time. I can’t imagine another actor playing this part better. Matthew McConaughey, another Linklater veteran, gets some good laughs as Danny Buck, the district attorney who had the frustrating

Bernie Rated PG-13 Starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey

Liam Neeson in The Grey.

Directed by Richard Linklater Millennium, 104 minutes Opens Friday, May 25, at Century El Con 20 (800326-3264, ext. 902) and Century Theatres at the Oro Valley Marketplace (800-326-3264, ext. 899).

task of prosecuting a cold-hearted killer who is loved by everyone. Like Black, McConaughey does a nice job of maintaining a level of sensibility while injecting effortless humor. I gave Black’s new Tenacious D album, Rize of the Fenix, a listen before watching the film. I admit that I cracked up a few times while watching Black sing gospel tunes in the car or in front of a church congregation in Bernie, just after hearing him rapturously sing every obscenity in the book on Fenix. I can’t help but hear a little bit of the D’s JB coming through during Bernie’s rendition of “Love Lifted Me.” I half expected him to punctuate the hymn with a “fuck yeah!” Bernie is a triumph for Black and Linklater. Both men have done their best work while together, and I certainly hope this isn’t the last time they share a set. MAY 24 – 30, 2012

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FILM CLIPS Reviews by Jacquie Allen, Colin Boyd and Bob Grimm.

NEWLY REVIEWED: BATTLESHIP

When I heard they were making a movie based on the Battleship board game, two fat guys drinking milkshakes and crying, “You sunk my battleship!” was all I figured they might come up with; it’s not a board game that screams “narrative.” Instead, Peter Berg directs the likes of Taylor Kitsch (in his second domestic dud following John Carter), Liam Neeson and Alexander Skarsgård in this Transformers wannabe that doesn’t go anywhere. Subpar special effects and stupid-looking humanoid aliens don’t help matters. Grimm BOY

Despite the talents of Flight of the Conchords’ Jemaine Clement, Eagle vs. Shark wasn’t that good. That film’s writer and director, Taika Waititi, returns with the more-assured but still off-kilter Boy. We hearken back to 1982, when a young New Zealander (James Rolleston) idolizes Michael Jackson and his father, who in his daydreams is some kind of action hero. But that’s why it’s a daydream: In reality, the guy’s a deadbeat. When his dad (Waititi) finally shows up in the boy’s life, he’s only searching for a bag of money he buried long ago. There is something about this film and Eagle vs. Shark—as well as American movies like Napoleon Dynamite—that are searching for some post-ironic irony. It can hit, or it can miss. Boy nearly finds the right notes, but a better option is the English flick Son of Rambow. Boyd WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING

What to Expect When You’re Expecting is probably the first interconnected romcom in the vein of Love Actually to actually get it somewhat right since the previously mentioned title did almost 10 years ago. That might be because there are actually some respectable actors here. The only real issue with the film is that the plot features all of these women, who all somehow know each other, who all got pregnant and/or started adopting at the same time. Maybe the apocalypse really is coming, and these children were all brought into Atlanta in order to facilitate it? I’m probably reading too much into things, but whatever. Anyway, aside from this seemingly menacing little fact, the film is decent. It has fine performances, a few good jokes and enough “Aww!” moments to make it decent matinee fodder. Allen

CONTINUING: THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL

It would be difficult for a movie with the cast of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel to suck, and while it’s a good film, director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) doesn’t lead his renowned ensemble to the heights they’re capable of reaching. Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson and Bill Nighy are the principal players, a group of disparate retirees recharging their lives at the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which is run by Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel. (He has, um, oversold the

charm of his hotel.) It’s a dramedy that never really goes anywhere unexpected. That isn’t to say there aren’t some nice things about it; obviously, you’re going to get good performances, but it’s one of those Brit slice-of-lifers they should have hired Richard Curtis (Love, Actually; Four Weddings and a Funeral) to write. This is a movie about finding life that could use a little more life itself. Boyd DARK SHADOWS

After the boring tragedy that was Alice in Wonderland, the normally reliable Tim Burton and Johnny Depp team up once again to induce nap time with this plodding adaptation of the cult-fave vampire soap opera. Depp plays Barnabas Collins, who was cursed by an evil witch (Eva Green) two centuries ago and buried. Somebody digs up his coffin to make way for a McDonald’s, and boom, Barnabas is strutting around in the ’70s. Or at least he should be. Instead, he spends most of his time moping around his mansion while droning his lines. This could have been something funny and weird, but Burton actually goes for a soap-opera feel, and it does not work. I would like to see Depp do a real drama or a smart comedy without burying himself under makeup and wigs. Having seen what he looks like in The Lone Ranger, I know I won’t be getting my wish anytime soon. Grimm THE DEEP BLUE SEA

Writer-director Terence Davies has made a good but sad film based on the play by Terence Rattigan. Rachel Weisz lets it all out as Hester, the wife of a prominent British judge (Simon Russell Beale), who is older. She falls for Freddie (Tom Hiddleston), a former Air Force pilot. The film opens on a very somber note, and then tells the back story. It’s an uncompromising look at bad decisions, and how selfish behavior can ruin lives. While it’s no party to watch, it’s undoubtedly a fine film, with Weisz and Hiddleston creating what will surely be one of the year’s most-memorable screen couples. Beale is also very good as the jilted man who is trying to handle a humiliating situation with grace. Grimm THE DICTATOR

It’s a shame Sacha Baron Cohen can’t stop telling the same kind of infantile jokes over and over and over in his films. Clearly, the guy has a wild imagination and plenty of talent. But The Dictator is a large-scale rehash of Borat and Bruno, and it’s not even as good as Bruno, which should say all you need to know. The stranger-in-a-strange-land motif seems to be Baron Cohen’s only storytelling device. Instead of a naive Kazakh reporter or an oblivious gay reporter, the character thrust upon the world is Admiral General Aladeen (Baron Cohen), who rules the African country of Wadiya with an iron fist. He’s the victim of a coup on a trip to address the United Nations in New York; this leads to an endless stream of sexist and racist jokes. It’s time for Baron Cohen to find a new gimmick. Boyd JUAN OF THE DEAD

Writer-director Alejandro Brugués does what amounts to a Cuban version of Shaun of the Dead with this semi-funny, adequately grisly zombie film. When people start biting each other in Cuba, some

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CINEMA Don’t be surprised if Norway’s thriller ‘Headhunters’ soon gets an American remake

A Lot of Fun BY COLIN BOYD, cboyd@tucsonweekly.com ver the past few years, several Swedish films have been exported to the United States, only to find themselves remade by American studios. Let the Right One In became Let Me In, which had a couple of minor changes that fit well, while The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo became a mostly uninspired, if polished, knockoff. It’s not just a sudden IKEA-based euphoria that has caused these Swedish films to be remade, and it isn’t even because they’re good stories. They were remade because they’re good stories and nobody saw the originals. Combined, those two Swedish movies made $12 million in the U.S., which equals about 1.5 million tickets sold. Fans of the originals did everything short of a Westboro Baptist Church-style protest to show their disgust when word spread about the almost-immediate American updates. But the studios didn’t remake those movies for the people who saw the originals; they made them for the whopping majority of people who did not. Should Hollywood cast an eye to neighboring Norway, Headhunters would be a pretty solid American remake. It has a universal premise, with classic American crime-movie double-crossing, and the protagonist is named Roger Brown, which doesn’t sound particularly Norwegian. Roger (Aksel Hennie) tells us right up front how it works: 1.) Know the room. 2.) Don’t drag it out. 3.) Don’t leave DNA. 4.) Don’t stress over the replacement. 5.) You’ll probably get caught one day. That’s his how-to guide for stealing priceless works of art from private collections, and so far, so good. Roger is very cautious, never overstays his welcome, and always finds a cheap copy instead of an expensive reproduction, because it’ll be weeks before anyone notices the swap. He’s in the heist business because, otherwise, he couldn’t afford the baubles he thinks he needs to keep his wife (Synnøve Macody Lund). As luck would have it, she runs an art gallery catering to exactly the kind of clientele Roger targets, including Clas Greve (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). He has a masterpiece long thought to have gone missing during World War II; for Roger, this is the “one last job” carrot dangled on the end of a very short stick. In a movie where everyone’s keeping a secret from somebody else, Clas may have the best secret. In short, he’s not the kind of guy from whom you want to steal art. He’s kind of the Predator. Roger can’t figure out how to get away, no matter what death-defying feats he accomplishes; Clas always man-

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Headhunters.

Headhunters Rated R Starring Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Directed by Morten Tyldum Magnolia, 100 minutes Opens Friday, May 25, at the Loft Cinema (795-7777).

ages to pop back up, be it with a pit bull or a runaway 18-wheeler. Roger is not the strong, adventurous type. He’s a pasty, 5-foot-6 corporate headhunter by day. Despite that, he shows an almost Bruce Willis-like imperviousness when he becomes the hunted. And since at one point, Rogers shaves his head to help avoid capture, who better for our hypothetical American remake than Willis? Headhunters is a hell of a lot of fun. That’s what heist movies should be. Their nature is preposterous, but as long as they look cool and sound cool, it’s hard to go royally wrong. Headhunters gets a little dark, a little sinister, and a little violent, but that’s OK. If there’s too much blood, that’s because its veins course with American blood. This is a film crying out to be seen by an appreciative American audience. And short of that, maybe one day, this can be remade as an American popcorn movie for the moviegoer who hates to read subtitles.

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Underworld: Awakening (Blu-ray)

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I had never before seen this 1972 film in its entirety. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sort of a hybrid of Grizzly Adams and The Outlaw Josey Wales, with Robert Redford as a mountain man who heads into the Rockies to become a hermit. He drops out of society to be alone, but things donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stay that way for long. He winds up taking in an Indian wife and her mute child, and grows close to them. Tragedy leads to him going on a killing spree and becoming an enemy of the Native Americans. The film, directed by Sydney Pollack, is based on the story of John Johnson, a real-life trapper who lost his family to Crow Indians. He was nicknamed Liver-Eating Johnson, because he would eat the livers of those he killed. There are no scenes of Redford eating livers, but there are plenty of him slaying Indians. The movie is actually quite funny in places. Will Geer (Grandpa Walton!) is a hoot as Bear Claw, a mountain man who collects grizzly-bear claws. He has a few great laughs involving encounters with Indians and bears. Redford delivers an alternately warm and vicious performance. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sweet gentleman in one scene, and then tearing people apart in the next. Pollack gives the film a nice, poetic feel before the blood starts spraying. This was originally supposed to star Clint Eastwood and be directed by Sam Peckinpah. There wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been a whole lot more blood in that version. SPECIAL FEATURES: A commentary with Redford and Pollack (mostly Pollack) recorded separately. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a vintage featurette on the making of the film.

Kate Beckinsale needed a hit, so she returned to the Underworld franchise for this so-so offeringâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get a hit. These movies have never made much money, and the domestic box office here fell a few bucks short of its budget. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like the first three Underworld films (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, which didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feature Beckinsale, was also a dud), and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really like this one, either. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some nonsense about a plague of vampirism and werewolves breaking out, with Selene being kept in cold storage after being captured. She breaks out and searches for her vampire-werewolf hybrid boyfriend, Michael. Scott Speedman, who played Michael before, wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t available for this film. In an unwise move, directors MĂĽns MĂĽrlind and BjĂśrn Stein keep the character in the film anyway via computer trickery and body doubles. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty obvious that Speedman isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t around, and the filmmakers wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been wise to write him out. Really, this is supposed to be about Selene and that black corset outfit sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always wearing. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three physically excruciating films in that tight outfit, and I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seen one break for a shower. Ew. Stephen Rea plays an evil scientist doing experiments on Selene and her daughter. (Yes, Selene apparently had a daughter while frozen â&#x20AC;Ś just how is never explained.) Charles Dance shows up as a senior vampire, because he looks a little like former vampire-king Bill Nighy, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t he? Hopefully, this will be the end of the Underworld saga. The Blade movies were better, and they stopped making those a long time ago, even before Wesley Snipes went to prison. BY BOB GRIMM, bgrimm@tucsonweekly.com

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torâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commentary; some picture-in-picture clips and factoids; and decent featurettes make this OK as far as features go. But donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t waste your time with the lame blooper reel.

people at first think America is doing some sort of strange political invasion. Soon, it becomes clear that it is just your average zombie plagueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and heads must be smashed! Juan (Alexis DĂaz de Villegas) sets about killing zombies for money, which is probably the least successful aspect of the film. The movie goes for equal parts laughs and scares, and it scores a moderate amount of both. As far as zombie films go, this one falls somewhere in the middle of the pack. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better than a lot of the straight-to-video flicks, but not as good as Romeroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bestâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or Shaun of the Dead, for that matter. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s respectable, but not very memorable. Grimm

We Need to Talk About Kevin (Blu-ray)

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I have now watched this film four times, and it gets to me in a different way each time. Lynne Ramsay has made a movie about every motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst nightmare. Tilda Swinton is heartbreaking as Eva, the mother of Kevin, the creepiest kid to ever walk planet Earth. Played by Jasper Newell as a youngster, and Ezra Miller as a teenager, this kid is the epitome of haunting. Eva never takes to motherhood after a bad pregnancy and a painful delivery. Kevin seems to detect the disconnect, and he makes herâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;pay. John C. Reilly is great as the father who thinks everything will be OK, but this is Swinton and Millerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movie; their standoffs are chilling. When Kevin commits an unspeakable act at school, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a gut-punch. Seeing Eva deal with the torment, guilt and loss in the aftermath is even harder. This film is a harrowing experience, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brilliantly made. This one comes from Oscilloscope Laboratories, the film company co-founded by the late Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. Thanks to Yauch for what this company brings to cinema. SPECIAL FEATURES: A very good behind-the-scenes doc features interviews with the main actors and Ramsey. You also get a sit down interview with Swinton, and a red-carpet interview with author Lionel Shriver, who penned the book on which the movie is based.

This documentary from director Kevin Macdonald does an excellent job of chronicling the life of Bob Marley, from his young-boy days through his untimely death from cancer at the age of 36. The nearly 2 1/2-hour documentary is a must-see for lovers of the man. If you dig films about musical history, but arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily a Marley fan, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a good watch. Macdonald gets some great interviews, including Jimmy Cliff; Marley children Ziggy and Cedella; Marleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife, Rita; and his mom, Cedella Marley-Booker. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surprising to hear Ziggy speak of his dad as a rough, uncompromising guy who wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give in just a little during foot races on the beach; I pictured Marley as an absolute sweetheart. I went into this film knowing plenty about Marleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music. After seeing Macdonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heartfelt effort, I know a lot more about Bob Marley, the man, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m grateful for that. Grimm

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CHOW Sushi gets the Subway-sandwich treatment at How Do You Roll?

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Arizona Hops and Vines Heard of new-winery Arizona Hops and Vines? The family-owned operation currently makes a half-dozen varietals at its farm and winery at 3450 Highway 82 in Sonoita. It also has a line of nonalcoholic beverages called the Sober Shack Soda Company. Of all food-anddrink-related things I’ve come across over the years, this operation stands out for its ample use of kitschy humor and its penchant for blending good times with good wine. It also stands out because we’ve heard it’s one of the only producers of hops in the Tucson area; it could be the only one. With its assortment of farm animals—including a fish named “Bad Fish”—and a steady schedule of tastings and other events, this place is primed to gain a hefty following. There’s more at azhopsandvines.com.

BY JIMMY BOEGLE, jboegle@tucsonweekly.com magine, if you will, a Subway sandwich shop—but instead of making sandwiches, the folks behind the counter make sushi rolls. Welcome to How Do You Roll?, a restaurant chain that arrived in Tucson a few months back. I find myself annoyed in many ways about How Do You Roll?, but I can’t deny the fact that the place offers moderately priced sushi rolls that taste just fine—which is what really matters, I guess. So, make that the main takeaway from this review: How Do You Roll’s fare tastes just fine. Now, I shall go off on a rant about what I find annoying about How Do You Roll? First: I loathe the décor. The main color scheme is bright orange and green. It’s hideous, something that all of the flashy electronic menu boards can’t hide. Plus, it’s lame when a main element of the décor at a restaurant is a franchising-opportunities poster. Second: The first HDYR in Tucson— others are reportedly planned—is called the “Speedway Park Place” location on the website. While the university-adjacent spot is indeed on Speedway, it is nowhere near Park Place. WTF? Third: At HDYR, things like cream cheese and eggs are classified as “veggies.” Um, no. So here’s how it works: You walk in, and either order one (or more) of the “featured rolls,” or you design your own—just like at a Subway sandwich shop. First, you pick the wrap (the usual seaweed, $3.95, or a soy skin, $4.95), rice (white or brown) and method of rolling (normal or inside out). Second, you pick up to three “veggies” (50 cents each for more than three), including asparagus, avocado, spinach, cream cheese (ahem), cucumber, green onions, jalapeños, sprouts, egg omelet (aka tamago, and not a vegetable), tofu skin and “seasonal” options. Third, you choose the protein: beef ($1.95), chicken ($1.95), crabsticks ($1.95), regular or spicy smoked cooked salmon ($2.50), regular or spicy raw salmon ($2.50), regular or spicy raw tuna ($2.50), shrimp ($2.95), unagi (freshwater eel, $2.95) or “seasonal” fish ($2.95). Finally, you pick among toppings and varied sauces. The sauces and basic toppings (chili powder or sesame seeds) are free; if you want something more elaborate, like, say, crab mix, there is a charge (in the case of crab mix, $2.50). Various salads ($1.50 to $2.50), edamame (99 cents) and miso soup (99 cents) are also available. We tried the miso soup, and it was too watery to recommend. Putting these rolls together is not necessar48 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

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The “Director’s Cut Roll” from How Do You Roll? ily a speedy process, especially if the restaurant How Do You Roll? is short-staffed (which was the case on one of 914 E. Speedway Blvd., No. 110 our visits; one poor guy was working solo) or 624-0401; busy, but we were happy with the counter serwww.howdoyouroll.com vice on both of our visits. Open Monday through Saturday, On our dinner visit, we decided to try two of 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. the “featured” rolls: the unagi roll ($7.95), and Pluses: Decent sushi rolls; late-night hours the “3 Alarm Roll” ($8.95). Garrett and I each Minuses: Retch-inducing décor; decided to also build one of our own. Garrett cream cheese is not a vegetable, dammit got a seaweed/white rice roll with crawfish tails (one of the seasonal meats, apparently), jalapeños, cream cheese, avocado and sweet Less successful were our make-your-own chili sauce; I ordered a soy/brown rice roll with selections, in part because I decided to be shrimp, spicy tuna, tamago, green onions, avoadventurous. Beef is not usually found in cado, smelt eggs and teriyaki sauce. We liked sushi-roll preparations, outside of some them both, except for one thing: I recommend Wagyu, perhaps, and now I know why. Well, the soy skin over the seaweed, because the nori at least I know why the shredded, cooked we had was very tough; it made every piece stuff that HDYR offers is not sushi-worthy: It gummy and difficult to chew. You’ll sacrifice doesn’t taste all that great, and the mouth feel a bit of flavor by skipping the nori, but you’ll is awful. My roll—with soy skin, white rice, wind up with a better mouth feel. jalapeños, cucumber, tamago, chili powder, The featured rolls were also good, if impercreamy miso sauce and teriyaki sauce—was fect. The unagi roll—with eel, cucumber, avoalmost saved, but not quite, by the other ingrecado, unagi sauce and tempura crunch—was dients. a hit, even if the eel was a bit chewy. We also Garrett’s roll fared much better. With soy enjoyed the “3 Alarm Roll,” with tuna, avocado, skin and white rice as the base, the roll includjalapeños, cucumbers, tempura crunch, spicy ed spicy tuna, baby spinach, sprouts, tofu skin mayo, sweet chili sauce, sesame chili oil and and wasabi mayo. (He tried to add the crab chili powder; however, it was not the least bit mix as a topping, but HDYR was out of it.) spicy-hot, despite the presence of all of those While the texture was odd, thanks to the spinpepper ingredients. ach and the sprouts, the roll had a nice flavor. On our second visit, for a weekend lunch, we So, there you go: The sushi rolls at HDYR had the restaurant to ourselves. We decided to are fine, but the décor and the concept bug me. try the “Director’s Cut Roll” ($9.95) with crab, In the future, I’ll be getting my sushi rolls at eel, avocado, tofu skin, tempura crunch, wasabi places that do not remind me of a Subway resmayo and unagi sauce. Other than the chewy taurant—but I won’t object if others take a liknori, the roll hit the spot. ing to How Do You Roll? Really, I won’t.

Summer Specials Tucson Originals, the local alliance of independently owned and operated restaurants, is about to kick off an annual summer program that offers special meals for a set price of $20. Participating restaurants include Acacia Real Food and Cocktails, Cushing Street Bar and Restaurant, Feast, Jonathan’s Cork and many others. Everything from lunches for two to lavish steak dinners are available, and some include a drink or dessert. The specials run from Monday, May 28, through Monday, Sept. 3. Visit www.tucsonoriginals.com for more information.

Successful Suds The folks at Borderlands Brewing Co., 119 E. Toole Ave., have seen a huge response from the community and are planning to increase production. Co-owner Myles Stone said customers who come to the tasting room have been drinking the tanks nearly dry, leaving little to supply the numerous restaurants that want to serve the brewery’s artisan suds. The plan is to add new equipment in the coming months.

New Eats at Playground The bar and lounge Playground, at 278 E. Congress St., has revamped its menu. Small plates of creative snacks are still available, but items such as lobster BLTs; asparagus and prosciutto; and sausage-and-white-bean ragout, plus numerous others, have been added. This place has been keeping things interesting with various events and good drinks at cheap prices since opening in January. The most recent addition is Bad Movie Nights every Monday in the Bar Cinema, the outdoor area with swanky furniture and giant video screens. Visit playgroundtucson.com for more info.

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delivers a true taste of the Windy City. Delicious deepdish and thin-crust pizza is just the beginning. A large menu is sure to please even the pickiest eater … and don’t miss out on dessert. (11-26-09) $$

Chow Scan is the Weekly’s selective guide to Tucson restaurants. Only restaurants that our reviewers recommend are included. Complete reviews are online at www.tucsonweekly.com. Dates of reviews from August 1999 to the present are included in Chow Scan. Send comments and updates to: Chow, P.O. Box 27087, Tucson, AZ 85726. These listings have no connection with Weekly advertising.

MAYNARDS MARKET AND KITCHEN C 400 N. Toole Ave. 545-0577. Open Sunday-Thursday 7 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Fresh, flavorful dishes in a kitsch-free train atmosphere make this a leading downtown dining destination. There’s also seating for deli food in the adjacent convenience market, but the main dining room and dignified bar are the real draws. (7-16-09) $$-$$$$

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

Granada Avenue downtown, and south to 22nd Street.

MAYS COUNTER CHICKEN AND WAFFLES C 2945 E. Speedway Blvd. 327-2421. Open MondayFriday 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Mays Counter offers Southern-style eats in a spot that could be described as collegiate sports-bar chic. The fried chicken is juicy, fresh and about 1,000 times better than the stuff you’ll get at a chain joint. The service is friendly; the prices are reasonable; and the waffle skins starter is one of the tastiest appetizers around. (12-23-10) $-$$$ THE MELTING POT NW 7395 N. La Cholla Blvd., No. 109 (Foothills Mall). 575-6358. Open Sunday-Thursday 4:30-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 4:30-11 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Fondue is in style again at The Melting Pot, a national chain. An upscale atmosphere and an expansive wine list combine with the cheese fondues, salads and cook-it-yourself meats and seafoods for a delicious, if high-priced, dinner. Save room for the delightful chocolate fondue for dessert. (1-29-04) $$$-$$$$ MONKEY BURGER E 5350 E. Broadway Blvd., Suite 128. 514-9797.

Open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Counter/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Also at 47 N. Sixth Ave. (624-4416). This joint nicely fills the burger niche between low (fast food) and high (ZinBurger), offering up delicious, cooked-to-order burgers with a variety of tasty toppings. The employees are friendly, and the whimsical mural is worth checking out at the Broadway Boulevard location. Don’t miss wafflecut sweet-potato fries, either. (3-11-10) $-$$ MOTHER HUBBARD’S CAFE C 14 W. Grant Road. 623-7976. Open daily 6 a.m.-2 p.m. Summer hours: Open Monday and WednesdaySaturday 6 a.m.-1 p.m.; Sunday 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Diner/ No Alcohol. DIS, MC, V. This old-school Tucson greasy spoon is still serving inexpensive and tasty breakfasts and lunches—now with a few new twists, including a series of dishes centered on chiles. The tasty corned beef on the reuben is brined in-house, and the corn bread waffle is a treat you should not miss. (6-30-11) $

NW Northwest North of River Road, west of Campbell

Avenue. NE Northeast North of River Road, east of Campbell

Avenue. E East East of Alvernon Way, south of River Road. S South South of 22nd Street. W West West of Granada Avenue, south of River Road.

AMERICANA LINDY’S ON FOURTH C 431 N. Fourth Ave. 207-2384. Open Monday 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Thursday-Saturday 11 a.m.-2 a.m.; Sunday noon-5 p.m. Diner/Full Bar. DIS, MC, V. Jonesing for a burger? Want it hot and juicy—and maybe a little kinky? Then hop on down to Lindy’s, where you’ll find the most creative burger menu in the city. There are house-specialty burgers like the AZ Hooligan, with six half-pound patties topped with lots of cheese and Lindy’s sauce. Those with normal appetites can enjoy juicy burgers with toppings ranging from the traditional to the offbeat (peanut butter, anyone?). Vegetarians can choose from two veggie patties that can be topped in any way. (4-17-08) $-$$ LITTLE ANTHONY’S DINER E 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 296-0456. Open Monday 11

a.m.-9 p.m.; Tuesday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Saturday 7:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Diner/Beer and Wine. MC, V. Good, clean fun for the kids, with classic burgers and fries along with golden oldie tunes from the ‘50s and ‘60s. $

MULLIGAN’S SPORTS GRILL E 9403 E. Golf Links Road. 733-5661. Open MondaySaturday 11 a.m.-2 a.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Café/ Full Cover. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This eastside sports bar is doing some pretty good stuff in its kitchen. The steak sandwich is delicious, and the burgers feature big slabs o’ Angus beef. The patio is lovely (if you don’t mind the view of Golf Links Road), and the Irish/golf-themed décor is very, very green. (11-10-11) $$ NATIVE NEW YORKER NW 8225 N. Courtney Page Way, No. 115. 744-7200. Open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-midnight; Friday 11 a.m.-2 a.m.; Saturday 11 a.m.-2 a.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.midnight. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. With wings, pizza, hoagies, spaghetti, calzones, stromboli, hot dogs and burgers, Native New Yorker seemingly has it all. This chain sits right in the heart of all that’s happening in Marana, yet it stands out from the other chain joints nearby. It’s a great place to meet friends, watch a game or bring the family. The wings come in flavors from the traditional buffalo-style to strawberry to asiagoparmesan. (10-2-08) $-$$ NOBLE HOPS GASTROPUB NW 1335 W. Lambert Lane. 797-4677. Open Sunday-

Thursday 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-midnight. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Noble Hops Gastropub is bringing beer to Oro Valley with class. A plethora of gourmet entrées, presented without pretention, will entice your palate, and the selection of more than 100 beers will keep you coming back to try something new. The view from the patio is spectacular, and the chic, modern décor makes Noble Hops a perfect place for a cozy romantic evening, or a fun spot to meet up with friends. (9-1-11) $$-$$$

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PASTICHE MODERN EATERY C 3025 N. Campbell Ave. 325-3333. Open TuesdayFriday 11:30 a.m.-midnight; Saturday and Sunday 4:30 p.m.-midnight. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. If you are looking for a lovely, spacious dining room, quirky art and an experimental and adventuresome menu, try Pastiche. (10-5-00) $-$$ PATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DRIVE-IN C 1202 W. Niagra St. 624-0891. Open SundayThursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.10 p.m. Drive-in/No Alcohol. Cash only. A Tucson tradition for more than 40 years, Patâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has won a devoted following with its tasty chili dogs (served in both mild and extra-spicy variations) and hand-diced, french-fried potatoes. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget the pink lemonade to wash it all down. $ RISKY BUSINESS NE 6866 E. Sunrise Drive. 577-0021. Open daily 11 a.m.-2 a.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Also at 8848 E. Tanque Verde Road (749-8555) and 250 S. Craycroft Road (584-1610). (Hours vary per location.) Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough to devise a restaurant scheme that will keep everyone in the family happy, but somehow, Risky Business has managed to pull this feat off admirably. Lots of goodies for the kids are in this spacious, colorful spot, and parents will enjoy a menu that caters to their palates with food that has real taste and character. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt that numerous premium beers are on tap, either. $$-$$$ ROBERTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RESTAURANT

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UNION PUBLIC HOUSE C 4340 N. Campbell Ave., No. 103. 329-8575. Open daily 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Union Public House offers a fun, hip atmosphere, with lots of TVs turned to sports and patio views of lovely St. Philipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plaza. Some of the food is brilliant, particularly the pub chips (with pork belly!) and the oh-so-good pot pie. (4-12-12) $$-$$$$ WILBURâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GRILL E 4855 E. Broadway Blvd. 745-6500 ext. 5043. Open

daily 10:30 a.m.-11 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Some of the best restaurants are located in hotelsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and ignored by locals. Wilburâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fits this description perfectly, and locals are missing out. Fantastic service, great happy-hour deals and delicious food make this a great place to grab a beer after work and watch whatever game happens to be on. (10-2-03) $$-$$$ WILDFLOWER NW 7037 N. Oracle Road. 219-4230. Open Sunday-

Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Inventive and bright contemporary cuisine served in an elegant and stylish setting. Wildflower showcases excellent service, state-of-the-art martinis and outrageous desserts. An extremely popular dining spot that deserves its reputation. (7-27-00) $$-$$$ ZINBURGER NW 1865 E. River Road. 299-7799. Open Sunday-

Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Also at 6390 E. Grant Road (298-2020). Is Tucson ready for an upscale burger joint? The existence of Zinburger provides the answer to that question: a resounding yes! The burgers are perfectly prepared, and the sides are satisfying, provided you like stuff thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been fried. After you enjoy the Kobe burger, the truffle fries and the date-and-honey shake, you wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to look at burgers, fries and shakes in the same way ever again. (5-15-08) $$-$$$

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Saturday 6 a.m.-2 p.m. Closed mid-July to mid-August. Diner/No Alcohol. DIS, MC, V, checks. A friendly, neighborhood diner with outstanding homemade breads and pies. The staff is genuinely glad you came. The prices canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be beat, especially if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re watching the old budget. (6-24-04) $ SOUTHWEST DESERT DOGS E 5214 E. Pima St. 982-3504. Open Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. DIS, MC, V. This tiny place is one of Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better hot dog joints, offering wieners with fixings in the styles of Chicago, Coney Island, New York, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Texas BBQâ&#x20AC;? and, of course, Sonora. The bratwurst is delicious, and the odd charm of the placeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with three indoor tables and a patio just off of busy Pima Streetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is undeniable. (5-19-11) $ T.G.I. FRIDAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S E 4901 E. Broadway Blvd. 745-3743. Open SundayThursday 10 a.m.-1 a.m.; Friday and Saturday 10 a.m.2 a.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Some chains do it right. An appealing menu and buoyant, speedy service make TGIFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good choice when a quick family lunch or dinnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the plan. $-$$ TANQUE VERDE RANCH E 14301 E. Speedway Blvd. 296-6275. Open daily 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m., noon-1:30 p.m. and 6:30-8 p.m. CafĂŠ/Diner/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V, Checks. Breakfast and lunch are a combination of a full buffet and table service for the main course. The dinner menu changes throughout the week and features four rotating entrĂŠes. The signature prime rib is available every evening. $$-$$$

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THREE AND A HALF BROTHERS CAFE C 2350 N. First Ave. 2530 N. First Ave.. Open MondaySaturday 6 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday 7 a.m.-2 p.m. CafĂŠ/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. The sign in front of Three and a Half Brothers promises â&#x20AC;&#x153;cookinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; like Dad used to.â&#x20AC;? If your dad used to make hearty, workmanlike plates of food, then that promise is kept. Inexpensive breakfasts, burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, wraps and a few specials here and there are served up with a smile. The Southern bell skilletâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;featuring chicken-fried steak, biscuits and gravy, hash browns and two eggs, all covered with gravyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;will fill your belly and raise your cholesterol a couple of points. (10-13-11) $-$$ TUCSON MCGRAWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ORIGINAL CANTINA E 4110 S. Houghton Road. 885-3088. Open TuesdaySaturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday and Monday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not fancy or the least bit nouvelle, but if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a hankering for red meat and ice-cold beer, you could do worse than this nifty cantina set on a hill overlooking the Santa Rita Mountains. The Tuesday-night steak special

BARBECUE BRUSHFIRE BBQ CO. C 2745 N. Campbell Ave. 624-3223. Open daily 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Also at 7080 E. 22nd St. (867-6050). Walking into this little midtown joint, the smoky, sweet smell of barbecued meat will hit you, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll think: Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way BrushFireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meats can taste as good as they smell. Well, they can, and do. The brisket is a revelation, and the rib meat is literally falling off of the bones. Finish off the meal with the baked beans and some corn on the cob, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be fat and happy. (11-29-07) $-$$ CATALINA BARBEQUE CO. AND SPORTS BAR W 3645 W. Starr Pass Blvd. 670-0444. Open Monday-

Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. CafĂŠ/ Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. This is dressed-up, competition-style barbecue, with plenty of tender pork, ribs and beef, prepared in a number of ways. The pulled-pork sandwich is fabulous, and the brisket burnt ends will please. The Catalina wings are smoked before being fried, and the sides are terrific. This restaurant isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t located in the main JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at the clubhouse at the Starr Pass Golf Club. (4-15-10) $$$ FAMOUS DAVEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LEGENDARY PIT BAR-B-QUE NW 4565 N. Oracle Road. 888-1512. Open daily 11

a.m.-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Better than most chain restaurants, Famous Daveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s years of research really have paid off. A family-friendly place offering authentic barbecue, no matter how you like it. The St. Louis-style ribs mean more meat and bigger bones. The Wilbur beans are good enough to write home about. And the desserts could make Mom jealous. (4-01-04) $$-$$$ JACKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ORIGINAL BARBEQUE E 5250 E. 22nd St. 750-1280. Open Monday-Saturday

11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday noon-9 p.m. Counter/Diner/ Beer Only. AMEX, DIS, MC, V, Checks. For more than 50 years, Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BBQ has been conquering the carnivores with mighty portions of meat and comforting sides. Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s caters and offers a 10 percent military discount. (1-16-03) $ MR. Kâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BARBEQUE C 4911 N. Stone Ave. 408-7427. Open daily 11 a.m.-9

p.m. Counter/Beer Only. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. The man behind this longtime southside institution has moved to bigger digsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but the food hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t changed. The heavenly aroma hits you as soon as you walk through the door. Grab a tray and utensils, and get in line. Order your meat and two sides. Hankering for some brisket? You

have a choice of chopped or sliced. Are ribs more to your liking? Mr. K’s will satisfy and then some. The fried okra has a nice little kick to it, and the “county fair” corn on the cob is both smoky and sweet. (12-8-11) $$ THE ORIGINAL MR. K’S BBQ S 1830 S. Park Ave. 792-9484. Open Tuesday-Saturday 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Mr. K’s décor isn’t much to look at—OK, it’s downright ugly—but the sweet, juicy meats and the peppery barbecue sauce, along with tasty sides and desserts, makes this one of Tucson’s best barbecue joints. And you can get a bottle of sauce to go if you’d like. (11-13-03) $

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Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Also at 8270 S. Houghton Road, No. 140. (574-9166). R&R Bar-B-Que Company brings a little bit of the South to Tucson with an array of barbecue flavors, featuring meats from pulled pork to smoked sausage to beef brisket. The sweet signature sauce isn’t one for lovers of spicy or vinegary barbecue, but the smoked sausage steals the show. The sides are so-so, and the burgers need work—but stick with the traditional dishes, and you’ll be in hog heaven. (11-25-10) $$

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BREW PUBS BARRIO BREWING COMPANY C 800 E. 16th St. 791-2739. Open Sunday-Tuesday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Wednesday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; ThursdaySaturday 11 a.m.-midnight. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This brewery, operated by the same folks who own Gentle Ben’s, is a down-home kind of joint. There are usually about 10 beers on tap, all of which are brewed right in the building. The food is pub fare done well, often using one of the house-made ales in the preparation. While burgers are the highlights, the other sandwiches are tasty and complement the beers. The service is friendly, as to be expected. (3-6-08) $-$$

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FROG AND FIRKIN C 874 E. University Blvd. 623-7507. Open Sunday-

Thursday 11 a.m.- 1 a.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.2 a.m. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. A Britishstyle pub with the heart of an outré bohemian, Frog and Firkin is not only a great place to grab a tasty brew, but a fine place to sate your appetite as well. $$-$$$ GENTLE BEN’S BREWING COMPANY C 865 E. University Blvd. 624-4177. Open Monday-

Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday noon-9 p.m. Café/ Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Better-than-decent food and a heavenly selection of 10 brews just ripe for the sampling make Gentle Ben’s a welcome respite from your wearying day. $$

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11 a.m.-midnight. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This friendly, neighborhood pub is just what the doctor ordered for a bit o’ fun and food. Daily specials range from an all-you-can-eat Friday-night fish fry to steak dinners on Saturday night. Burgers come with all the usual sides, but you can also find interesting toppings—olive mayo, anyone? Dining on the patio is a pure pleasure. You may even make a new friend or two. (7-10-08) $-$$ NIMBUS BISTRO AND BREWERY E 6464 E. Tanque Verde Road. 733-1111. Open Sunday-Wednesday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Thursday 11 a.m.11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. With a large selection of bottled and draught beers, Nimbus Bistro and Brewery is a great addition to the original. An upscale bar-food menu offers lots of delicious options, and don’t miss out on their signature dish, the “world famous” fried bologna sandwich. (1-7-10) $-$$

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11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-1 a.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Counter/Beer Only. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. The microbrewed beer is tasty, cheap and plentiful; the food is quite satisfactory and likewise inexpensive; and the close-up look at a microbrew operation is as entertaining as the live music that can frequently be heard there. What’s not to like? (2-17-00) $ THUNDER CANYON BREWERY NW 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd. 797-2652. Open SundayThursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Bistro/Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Spacious, gracious and blessed with a seemingly endless supply of bona fide brew wonders, Thunder Canyon is the perfect antidote to a trip to the mall. The food can’t quite match the excellence of the beer, but the fish and chips with the shoestring fries make a valiant attempt at equity. $$ CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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THE B LINE C 621 N. Fourth Ave. 882-7575. Open MondaySaturday 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Diner/Beer and Wine. DIS, MC, V. A retro approach to urban food. The menu focuses on breakfast and lunch burritos, salads, pastas, soups, baked desserts and breakfast pastries. The affordable fare includes good salads, vegetarian soups, fresh burritos and pies like old family favorites. (12-19-02) $

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DAKOTA CAFE AND CATERING CO. E 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-7188. Open Monday 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-3 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, MC, V. Fresh salads, hot grills and taste-pleasing combinations make this casual setting a continuing favorite. $$-$$$

CAFĂ&#x2030; PASSĂ&#x2030; C 415 N. Fourth Ave. 624-4411. Open Sunday-Tuesday 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Wednesday-Saturday 8 a.m.-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. DIS, MC, V. CafĂŠ Passe is a quirky coffee house, sandwich shop and neighborhood hangout in the heart of Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quirkiest area. Offering sandwiches, panini, salads, baked goods, coffees, teas, smoothies and other refreshments in a relaxed atmosphere, this is a go-to place for a break while shopping on Fourth Avenue. (10-1-09) $-$$ THE CEREAL BOXX C 943 E. University Blvd., Suite 101. 622-2699. Open Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This Main Gate Square cafĂŠ offers a plethora of cereals and toppings that diners can combine to their heartsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; content. Also on the menu: oatmeal, low-fat yogurt parfaits, granola, bagels, wraps, smoothies, coffees and sugary treats. (9-13-07) $

DELECTABLES RESTAURANT AND CATERING C 533 N. Fourth Ave. 884-9289. Open Sunday 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, MC, V. The bohemian atmosphere of Fourth Avenue is enhanced by the lasting presence of one of the most consistently delicious eateries in town. Delectables specializes in simple dishes elegantly prepared and is perfect for either fine dining or after-game snacks. Desserts are extraordinary, and the people-watching along the avenue canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be beat. (1-20-00) $$

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Open Saturday-Monday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday 7 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thursday 7 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Good coffee, tasty sandwiches, sumptuous desserts and a comfortable atmosphere constitute this charming little Beatles-themed cafĂŠ. The service is warm and friendly, and Friday nights bring live music. The addition of green chiles makes the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lonely Hearts Clubâ&#x20AC;? tastier than a run-of-the-mill club sandwich. (1127-08) $-$$ NW 5845 N. Oracle Road. 408-9000. Open Tuesday-

Sunday 7 a.m.-3 p.m. CafĂŠ/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This tiny bakery and bistro is a godsend for folks with gluten issues. In the bakery, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find muffins, cupcakes, breads, pizza shells, bread crumbs, crostini, cakes, piesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;you name it. The bistro menu includes fresh salads, homemade soups, sandwiches and breakfast items. Breakfast and lunch are served all day. (5-10-12) $$ JASPER NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT AND BAR NE 6370 N. Campbell Ave., No. 160. 577-0326. Open

THE ECLECTIC CAFĂ&#x2030; E 7053 E. Tanque Verde Road. 885-2842. Open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.-8 p.m. CafĂŠ/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V, Checks. A longstanding local cafĂŠ, the Eclectic excels at serving legendary breakfasts that feature fresh ingredients in robust portions. While service can be harried during peak hours, breakfast is worth the wait. Lunch and dinner are available, and while the menu dedicates itself to fresh ingredients, some of the other offerings arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as consistently solid as breakfast. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss the habit-forming chilaquiles, worth getting up and waiting in line for. (8-30-01) $ EPIC CAFĂ&#x2030; C 745 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6844. Open daily 6 a.m.midnight. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, MC, V. This is as close as you can get to Berkeley without leaving Tucson. The inexpensive, healthy food with fresh vegetables. The diverse crowd. The casual, occasionally cranky counter service. The art on the walls. The straws in the Viagralabeled container. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all there. (5-15-03) $

Tuesday-Thursday 7 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 7 a.m.-10 p.m.; and Sunday and Monday 7 a.m.-2 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Jasper, now in its third iteration, is a chic hangout spot for cocktails and tapas with a Peruvian twist. With delicious and shareable dishes like the piquillo rellenos or the escabeche de pescado, be sure to bring a few friends along. The breakfast and lunch offerings are nice, too. (7-14-11) $$-$$$ JOELâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BISTRO C 806 E. University Blvd. 529-7277. Open daily 8

a.m.-3 p.m.; Tuesday-Saturday 5-8 p.m. Summer hours: open daily 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; Thursday-Saturday 5-8 p.m. Bistro/BYO. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Quiches, hot sandwiches, salads and a handful of regular entrĂŠes are all worth eating at Joelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bistro, but the star of the show is the crepes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a beautiful thing to dine on sweet, succulent fruit crepes on a gorgeous day in the university area. (3-31-05) $-$$ SEVEN CUPS C 2516 E. Sixth St. 881-4072. Open Monday-Saturday

LA COCINA RESTAURANT, CANTINA AND COFFEE BAR C 201 N. Court Ave. 622-0351. Open Monday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m.10 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. With creative fare thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually good for you, a little history and some unique, nifty shopping, La Cocina offers a most wonderful experience. Vegans, vegetarians and those with gluten issues have a full array of goodies. The world is the inspiration here: Corn cakes with maple syrup, sweet potato and corn enchiladas, edamame hummus and pad Thai are just a few of the choices. The courtyard is lovely; the cantina is funky and fun. And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brunch on weekends. (2-10-11) $-$$

FEAST C 3719 E. Speedway Blvd. 326-9363. Open TuesdaySunday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Chef Doug Levy takes usual ingredients and creates unusual, innovative and delectable fare. He changes the menu every month, which means two things: The menu is seasonally driven, and you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get too attached to any one itemâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but whatever the month may be, everyone will find something to enjoy. Many of the items can be prepared gluten-free. The wine book is one of the best in town, and service seldom falters. (2-24-11) $$-$$$

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10:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. CafĂŠ/ No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Tucson is lucky to have Seven Cups, a traditional Chinese teahouse that serves a variety of some of the best teas youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find anywhere. Order a pot of tea and a Japanese pastry, take in the calm elegance and forget that the outside world exists for an hour or two. (9-2-04) $-$$ SOMETHING SWEET DESSERT LOUNGE E 5319 E. Speedway Blvd. 881-7735. Open Monday

and Tuesday 5 p.m.-midnight; Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 11 a.m.-midnight; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-2 a.m. CafĂŠ/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Featuring dozens of desserts, late-night hours for the allages crowd, free wireless Internet and a book-exchange program, Something Sweet is carving out a new niche in Tucson. The colossal carrot cake is a wonder to behold. (1-22-04) $ SONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BAKERY CAFĂ&#x2030; E 5683 E. Speedway Blvd. 885-0806. Open Monday

and Tuesday 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Wednesday-Saturday 7 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. MC, V. Sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is an absolute gem, featuring amazing sandwiches and salads, and wonderful homemade desserts and pastries. Son, the proprietor, makes all the breads and baked goods himself, and he is a master. With the prices low and the service so welcoming and enthusiastic, Sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is a delight in almost every way. (4-8-04) $ SUNNY DAZE CAFĂ&#x2030; S 4980 S. Campbell Ave. 295-0300. Open Sunday-

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Thursday 7 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 7 a.m.midnight. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Variety offered in an energetic environment. The Cup makes for one of the best reasons to eat downtown. (1-23-03) $-$$

GOURMET GIRLS GLUTEN-FREE BAKERY/BISTRO CAFĂ&#x2030; Ă&#x20AC; LA Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ART C 150 N. Main Ave. 628-8533. Open daily 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This lunch venue located in the historic Stevens House adjacent to the Tucson Museum of Art is a small culinary masterpiece. With a limited menu, the focus is on quality and taste, both of which are outstanding. Ordering from the counter gives patrons ample time to ogle the mouthwatering desserts, which are best selected with the rest of your lunch; with patrons lining up outside, the case might be empty by the time you make it through the line a second time. The patio and French garden chic add extra appeal. (4-20-00) $

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FROGS ORGANIC BAKERY NW 7109 N. Oracle Road. 229-2124. Open TuesdayFriday 7 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Counter/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Owned by French bakers, Frogs prepares food with no chemicals, preservatives, artificial colors or trans fats. Ingredients are fresh, organic and from area farms. Menu offerings include moderately priced soup, sandwiches, salads, quiche and breakfast items. But you must visit to sample the terrific pastries. Choose from delectable fruit tarts, macarons, sticky buns, muffins and more. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss the almond croissants and the dessert of the day. (1-5-12) $-$$

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47 SCOTT C 47 N. Scott Ave. 624-4747. Open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-10 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-11 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Offering a variety of comfort food with a bistro twistâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;think macaroni and cheese, grilled-cheese sandwiches, burgers and moreâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and an affordable, diverse wine list, 47 Scott is a great place for a casual dinner before a show. The ingredients are fresh, and the food is expertly prepared. However, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going for lunch, be sure you have a little extra time. (10-14-10) $-$$

CRYING ONION CAFĂ&#x2030; NW 3684 W. Orange Grove Road, Suite 156. 5311330. Open Saturday-Thursday 6:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Friday 6:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-8 p.m. CafĂŠ/No Alcohol. MC, V, Cash and checks. Big breakfast portions and friendly service are two reasons why this northwest-side eatery draws such big crowds. The baked goods from scratch are another reason. Try a scrambler or the cinnamon roll French toast for a real treat. You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t walk away hungry, and your wallet wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be depleted. (128-05) $

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Phoenix’s Dry River Yacht Club is on the verge of becoming a Tucson regular

By S Stephen teph te p en Sei ph S Seigel, eige ei g l, m ge mus musiced@tucsonweekly.com usic us iced

Jane’s Addiction

Know How to Rock, Baby

Dry River Yacht Club

BY GENE ARMSTRONG, garmstrong@tucsonweekly.com usic fans who attended last month’s third annual Festival en el Barrio started off the day with a bracing blast from the Phoenix-area band Dry River Yacht Club, a striking nine-piece rock ensemble notable for its high energy, creative songwriting and unconventional instrumentation—violin, viola, cello, bassoon, tuba, accordion and bass clarinet, as well as acoustic guitar and drums. Dry River Yacht Club plays a combination of rock, blues, folk and chamber pop, seasoned with pinches of Middle Eastern and Eastern European styles, pumped up with a vigorous gypsy stomp and showcasing the jazz-inflected vocals and fablelike songs of one-name singer and accordionist Garnet. The band’s website calls its music “acoustic symphony indie rock on a dancin’ pirate’s rusty yacht,” which seems as good of a description as any, although the pirate aspect isn’t immediately apparent. The music does project a rambunctious character, and onstage, Garnet radiates the air of an outlaw queen at a rollicking party that could be taking place on the high seas. “We know how to rock, baby,” Garnet says on the phone a few minutes before a recent rehearsal. “I think we probably think of ourselves as pirates because of our attitude, and our filthy mouths. We’re hardcore, and we go big.” DRYC will play this Saturday night, May 26, at Club Congress. They’ll play in between two bands: Phoenix’s A Life of Science will open the show, and Tucson’s The Tryst is the closer. (The group also was recently added to a June 12 date at Congress that will include the bands River City Extension and the Drowning Men.) Formulaic isn’t even a word in DRYC’s musical vocabulary. As documented so far on two EPs and one album—a 2008 self-titled EP, The Ugliest Princess (the full-length) in 2009, and last year’s Family Portraits/Calm Mutiny—each of its compositions sounds nothing like the others, which isn’t surprising, considering how many styles and interests the band’s players bring to the table. “When someone says all our of songs sound different from one another, that’s the highest compliment someone can give us, in my opinion,” says drummer and percussionist Henri Benard. “But it’s all part of a cohesive style that’s easily identified as us.” All of the band members contribute to the songwriting process, Benard says. “I feel like that versatility has been such a big positive force and way to focus in our band. In our songwriting process, we bring ideas to the others, and we bang them around. Anyone can veto them. It feels like our band, uniquely. There’s no real forced formula or a prearranged

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way we want this to work out.” To which Garnet responds, “Amen.” (This is her response to Benard’s statements several times during the interview—almost like a bluesy Greek chorus.) The band formed about five years ago and has undergone transformations in personnel before arriving at the current lineup. In addition to Garnet and Benard, it includes bassoonist Kristilyn Woods, violist Ben Allred, cellist Steve Bohn, bass clarinetist and saxophonist Fred Reyes, tuba-player Andrew Masiello, violinist Megyn Neff and guitarist Corey Gloden. “We all came together very organically, very naturally,” Garnet says. “It wasn’t like we had a game plan on what instruments we wanted to include. We knew we didn’t want the traditional rock lineup of bass, drums and guitar. We had all been there and done that in other bands. We just wanted to follow our instincts, and when we found people who were interested and seemed like they wanted to bring something to the group, they were in.” When Garnet writes lyrics, she likes to weave stories, whether drawing from mythology or creating new fables of her own, equally enamored of classical music and rock ’n’ roll. “All of my writing is very therapeutic,” she explains. “I write a lot about violence and murder, and people being resilient and surviving that—about people taking care of themselves and getting away and getting better. If it’s not about something like that, it’s usually about sex.” She especially respects the songwriting talents of Billy Joel and Paul Simon. “They are patient enough to see the story play out. A lot of songwriters today in pop music don’t do that. But I personally don’t want to hear ‘yeah, baby, baby, I love you’ anymore, and I don’t want to write it. That’s so fucking boring.” Benard says DRYC likes to live on the edge, musically. “We have no problem with trying out new stuff, not limiting ourselves, and trying to take the good habits with the bad habits.” When Benard and Garnet talk, it becomes

Dry River Yacht Club with The Tryst and A Life of Science 8 p.m., Saturday, May 26 Club Congress 311 E. Congress St. Free 622-8848; hotelcongress.com/club

apparent that in addition to music, their band is concerned with building and maintaining relationships—among the band members, with the audience and between DRYC and other bands. “I think we’re a very harmonious group of people,” Garnet says, “and not lurching from one style to another when we play. It’s not like we are going to go from a punk song right into a jazz song.” Although that sounds pretty good, and you’d imagine DRYC would do it well. She continues: “We try to balance the darkness with the light, the cold and warm, and a sense of Eastern philosophy and Western.” It’s about being part of a community, whether that community is a band, a fellowship of bands, or the overall music scene in the Phoenix area. And even Tucson, for that matter. “We have been trying to work our way into Tucson, but it’s taken a while,” Benard says. “You know, playing Tuesday nights at Plush or whatever—for which we are totally grateful, by the way. But it was really great to be asked to play the Festival en el Barrio. And the whole day was amazing.” DRYC got to see old friends (Megafaun, Betsy Scarinzi from Silverbell, Sergio Mendoza) and make new ones (Joey Burns and John Convertino from Calexico). “What an honor it was to play with all those bands,” Benard says. Neither Benard nor Garnet believes in the fallacy of a rivalry between bands from Tucson and the Valley of the Sun. Garnet, by the way, professes to be a fan of everything Tucson, from the music scene to the gem-and-mineral shows. “And I love eegee’s,” she says.

In 1988, I was a freshman at the UA and served as a volunteer for both Associated Students of the University of Arizona (ASUA) Concerts and the Student Union Activities Board (SUAB), the organizations charged with bringing concerts to campus. ASUA covered the big-budget shows at venues like McKale Center, while SUAB brought in smaller shows and was responsible for the notable Eat to the Beat music series, during which a different band would play at lunchtime in The Cellar, in the basement of the Student Union. Being a volunteer had its perks. When my roommate and I, a fellow volunteer, showed up to work the homecoming dance completely stoned out of our heads, our superior, um, noticed. “Are you guys stoned?” she asked. Since we’d both likely only been asked that question by our parents in the past, we both said “no” just a little too enthusiastically. We weren’t fooling anyone. The band they’d hired for the dance was the Dream Syndicate (I’m guessing it was the only dance the band played in its existence), and knowing that there would be no real trouble, they put us on security detail, which basically meant my friend and I sat on either side of the stage while the Dream Syndicate blew our minds. Ah, college. Perhaps the most-notable band the SUAB brought to The Cellar that year was one that most of us hadn’t heard of before. The posters they distributed for it read: “Next Big Thing Out of Los Angeles, Just Signed to Warner Bros. Records.” The band was Jane’s Addiction. (The only thing the band had released at that point was their selftitled live album, on Triple X, in 1987.) Thanks in part to those ubiquitous posters, the show sold out, as I remember. My duties for the night were to go up to the band’s dressing room, tell them it was time to go on, walk them down to the stage—and not much else. For the first several songs, I was mesmerized. These guys were total freaks, the real deal, playing Zeppelin-influenced metal riffs behind a dreadlocked singer with an unusual, high-pitched voice that shouldn’t have worked, but did. Perry Farrell was a whirling dervish, tossing his sizable dreadlocks in every direction, and he remained in motion throughout the entire show. It was really something, and I began to believe the posters. But about five or six songs in, the magic seemed to dissipate. The songs all started sounding alike, and they each used the same gimmicks: pseudo-metal riffs and high-pitched echo-laden vocals. Keep in mind I hadn’t heard a lick of the band’s music before. Fast-forward a few years. Jane’s Addiction had become huge, and they were booked to return to Tucson, to perform at that weird all-concrete room at the Tucson Convention Center that never seems to get used for concerts anymore (and for good reason—the sound is awful). By now, I

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was a fan, and owned all three of the band’s albums, including their then-latest, Ritual de lo Habitual (Warner Bros., 1990). Dinosaur Jr. turned in a great opening set, and now familiar with the band’s catalog, I was prepared to be blown away by Jane’s Addiction. But I wasn’t. For whatever reason (and with Jane’s Addiction, one could come up with a potential laundry list), the show fell flat. They simply didn’t have the same hunger or energy they displayed at the show at The Cellar. It wasn’t awful, but they seemed to simply be going through the motions. Late last year, the band quietly released its fifth album, The Great Escape Artist (Capitol, 2011), its first in eight years. (There have been breakups, reformations, hiatuses, etc.) Along with the band’s three original members still with the group—singer Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro and drummer Stephen Perkins—TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek handles bass duties, and Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan co-wrote several songs. (Chris Chaney is the band’s new permanent bassist.) And you know what? It’s pretty decent. Gone is the element of danger, but as a collection of songs, it sounds like what you’d expect from a new Jane’s Addiction album, in the best way. Almost a quarter-century after their first Tucson appearance, Jane’s Addiction returns to town for a performance at the TCC Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave., next Thursday, May 31. The show begins at 8:30 p.m., and tickets, available via Ticketmaster and the venue box office, run $38 and $73, plus sizable service charges. For more information, call 791-4101.

FROM STUDIO 2A TO PLUSH Originally available only to members during the recent pledge drive, 91.3 FM KXCI Presents Locals Only Volume 6: Live From Studio 2A, the latest compilation in the series documenting performances recorded during the live segment of the long-running Monday-night localmusic show, becomes available to the general public this week with a CD-release show. This installment covers the years in which Dan Twelker (aka Dr. Dan) hosted the program, from 2008 to early 2011. As usual, it represents a grab bag of genres, the unifying element being that all of the tracks were cherry-picked from a couple of years’ worth of performances—which means that, no matter your taste, you’ll find plenty to love here. Personal favorites include Brian Lopez’s gorgeously haunting “Leda Atomica,” which features Salvador Duran; Young Mothers’ longing “I Just Wanna Know,” which could pass as an M. Ward cover; a nifty, slightly slower-paced version of Dead Western Plains’ “Alta”; the ’60s garage-rock-leaning “Get With the Times” by The Modeens; Logan Greene and the Bricks’ jaunty “Why Am I Lonely?”—and those are all just on the first half of the album. Other highlights include tracks by Key Ingredients of African Soul, Jazz Telephone, Nowhere

Man and a Whiskey Girl, Seashell Radio and HAIRSPRAYFIREANDGIRLS. I’m not blowing smoke when I say that there isn’t a single dud. The release party for Locals Only Volume 6 begins at 8:30 p.m., Saturday, May 26, at Plush, 340 E. Sixth St., and will include performances by The Modeens, The Tryst, Key Ingredients of African Soul and Ashbury, along with some potential special guests. Admission is $5, but bring an extra $10 along to pick up the CD. For more info, call 798-1298, or head to plushtucson.com.

PLEASANT. SERIOUSLY. Also being released this week is >IV (Greater Than Four), the fourth release by Tucson’s Triple Double Band. (They’re calling it an album, but it’s only got six songs and clocks in at 21 minutes, which constitutes an EP in my book.) I’m skeptical of any band that lists the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sublime and Jack Johnson as influences, but with an exception here and there, Triple Double doesn’t really sound much like any of them. The band has a light, feel-good style, a sort of update on the Yacht Rock sound with three-part harmonies, piano and sax added to the usual bass/drums/ guitar lineup. The lyrics may be a little hippiedippy, but it’s clear these guys know who their audience is—jam-band fans who love to dance. The EP is, in a word, pleasant, and that’s not meant to be a backhanded compliment. Triple Double Band celebrates the release of >IV with a show at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St., on Friday, May 25. Doors open at 7 p.m., and opening will be Vine St., Faster Than Light and DJ Cody Clutch. Admission is $5, but if you buy a ticket in advance, you get a free copy of the CD. For further details, head to hotelcongress.com/club, or call 622-8848.

ON THE BANDWAGON Fourth Annual Kevin Pakulis Ranch Party featuring The Outlaw Rebels and Buffelgrass at the Triangle L Ranch in Oracle on Sunday, May 27; Yacht and Onuinu at Plush on Friday, May 25; Marshall Tucker Band at the Fox Tucson Theatre on Tuesday, May 29; Pop. 1280, Ultramaroon and the Be Helds at The District Tavern next Thursday, May 31; Euforquestra at Solar Culture Gallery on Tuesday, May 29; Andre Nickatina and Mumbls at the Rialto Theatre on Friday, May 25; Chickenfoot and Black Stone Cherry at AVA at Casino del Sol next Thursday, May 31; Sorne at Solar Culture Gallery on Monday, May 28; Armory Park Swing Dance featuring the Kings of Pleasure at the Armory Park Community Center on Saturday, May 26; Igor and Red Elvises at The Hut on Monday, May 28; Sink the Titanic CD-release show at The Rock on Friday, May 25; Across Tundras, Psygoat and Methra at RR Nites at La Cocina tonight, Thursday, May 24. There’s lots more great stuff happening, so be sure to check out our listings section.

1. Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, a Chicana Punk Story (book) Alice Bag (Feral House)

2. The Bags All Bagged Up: The Collected Works 1977-1980 (Artifix)

THURSDAY MAY 24 - TRACEY SHEDD, ADAM NIXON SATURDAY MAY 26 - LA CERCA, SHAUN HARRIS TUESDAY MAY 29 - LIVE JAZZ WITH JAZZ TELEPHONE THURSDAY MAY 31 - AK KITTEN, REBEL SET

3. Blood Spasm Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (self-released)

4. Kill All Redneck Pricks: A Documentary Film About a Band Called KARP (DVD) Molasses Manifesto

5. Psychic Forever Demo 2012 (self-released)

6. Last Call Brawlers The Pressures of Living, the Darkness of Dying (Los Muertos)

7. Besmirchers If Loving You Is Wrong … (Puke in the Sink)

8. Boogie Nazis Boogie Nazis (self-released)

9. DBFOS/Flying Donkey Punch

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$2 FULL SAIL IPA’S

7” split (self-released) (self-published)

MON: TEAM TRIVIA @ 7pm: Compete for Gift Cards to Brooklyn Pizza Co! Game Night, Free Pool Open - Close Happy Hour

Kevin Palukis

TUES: Family evening w/$8.88 Cheese Pizzas Free Pool from 8pm - Close Live Jazz, Drink Specials!

10. Fluke No. 10 (magazine)

WED: Open Mic 6pm - Close THURS: $2 Full Sail Drafts. $3 Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey Live Music - No Cover! FRI:

Fire Dancers 7:30pm & 8:30pm O/W/L/S presents HOT ERA. DANCE. DRINK. FUN. $2 Well Vodka from 11pm-1am

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Live Music - No Cover!

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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. BUMSTED’S 500 N. Fourth Ave. 622-1413. 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.

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DESERT DIAMOND CASINO MONSOON NIGHTCLUB 7350 S. Nogales Highway. 294-7777. DIABLOS SPORTS BAR AND GRILL 2545 S. Craycroft Road. 514-9202. 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. 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.

JANOS J-BAR Westin La Paloma, 3770 E. Sunrise Drive. 615-6100. JASPER NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT AND BAR 6370 N. Campbell Ave., No. 160. 577-0326. 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. 615-3835. 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. 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. 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. PIAZZA GAVI 5415 N. Kolb Road. 577-1099. PLAYGROUND BAR AND LOUNGE 278 E. Congress St. 396-3691. PLUSH 340 E. Sixth St. 798-1298. 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.

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THU MAY 24 LIVE MUSIC Arizona Inn Bob Linesch The Auld Dubliner Live local music Boondocks Lounge Ed DeLucia Café Passé Jeff Grubic and Naim Amor Casa Vicente Restaurante Español Live classical guitar Cascade Lounge Doug Martin Chicago Bar Neon Prophet Club Congress Opti Club Presents: Brainfeeder Showcase w/ Mono/Poly, Ryat, Mast and live visuals by Annapurna Kumar La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar Stefan George, Across Tundras, Psygoat, Methra Colors Food and Spirits Melody Louise Cushing Street Restaurant and Bar GSol Eddies Cocktails Cass Preston and His Band La Fuente Mariachi Estrellas de la Fuente Guadalajara Grill East Live mariachi music Guadalajara Grill West Live mariachi music Hacienda del Sol Aaron Gilmartin Janos J-BAR Diane Van Deurzen and Lisa Otey Las Cazuelitas Live music McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse Susan Artemis Monterey Court Studio Galleries TK Karaway and friends O’Malley’s Live music On a Roll Live music O’Shaughnessy’s Live pianist and singer Paradiso Bar and Lounge The Ryche (Queensryche tribute) Plush RAW: natural born artists of Tucson RPM Nightclub 80’s and Gentlemen Rialto Theatre Twiztid, Kottonmouth Kings, Blaze, Big B Sheraton Hotel and Suites Prime Example Sky Bar Tracy Shedd, Adam Nixon Sullivan’s Steak House Live music Union Public House George Howard and Larry Loud Wild Bill’s Steakhouse and Saloon Wild Oats

KARAOKE/OPEN MIC The Bamboo Club Karaoke with DJ Tony G Bedroxx Karaoke with DJ Chubbz Bojangles Saloon The Branding Iron Ruthrauff Chubbrock Entertainment Buffalo Wild Wings Tucson’s Most Wanted Entertainment with KJ Sean The Depot Sports Bar Karaoke with DJ Brandon El Charro Café Sahuarita Famous Sam’s Silverbell Amazing Star karaoke Famous Sam’s Valencia Gilligan’s Pub Glass Onion Cafe Open mic Golden Pin Lanes Karaoke and music videos with DJ Adonis Hilda’s Sports Bar The Hog Pit Smokehouse Bar and Grill Steve Morningwood acoustic open-mic night Know Where 2 New Star Karaoke Margarita Bay Mr. Head’s Art Gallery and Bar Cutthroat Karaoke Music Box Karaoke with AJ Outlaw Saloon Chubbrock Entertainment River’s Edge Lounge Karaoke with KJ David Royal Sun Inn and Suites Y Not Karaoke Stadium Grill Chubbrock Entertainment Whiskey Tango

DANCE/DJ Azul Restaurant Lounge DJ spins music Diablos Sports Bar and Grill Bikini bash with DJ Han Solo Eclipse at College Place DJ spins music Gentle Ben’s Brewing Company DJ spins music The Hideout Fiesta DJs IBT’s DJ spins music If you would like your band, club or solo act to be listed, send all pertinent times, dates, prices and places to: Club Listings, Tucson Weekly, P.O. Box 27087, Tucson, AZ 85726. Fax listings to 792-2096. Or e-mail us at clubs@tucsonweekly.com. Deadline to receive listings information is noon on Friday, seven days before the Thursday publication date. For display advertising information, call 294-1200.

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SAT MAY 26 LIVE MUSIC Arizona Inn Dennis Reed The Bashful Bandit Live music Bojangles Saloon Live music Boondocks Lounge Chuck Wagon and the Wheelchairs, Pinche Blues Band Café Passé Elephant Head Trio Cascade Lounge George Howard Chicago Bar Neon Prophet Club Congress The Tryst, Dry River Yacht Club, A Life of Science La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar The Pueblo Boyz, DJ Herm Colt’s Taste of Texas Steakhouse Live music Cow Pony Bar and Grill DJ spins music Cushing Street Restaurant and Bar Live jazz Delectables Restaurant and Catering Live music Desert Diamond Casino Monsoon Nightclub Noches Caliente Don’s Bayou Cajun Cookin’ Melody Louise Driftwood Restaurant and Lounge Live music Dry River Company The Jonestown Band Eclipse at College Place Live music Eddies Cocktails Classic rock ’n’ roll El Charro Café Sahuarita Live salsa band El Mezón del Cobre Mariachi Azteca El Parador Descarga, Salsarengue, Tito y Su Nuevo Son Famous Sam’s E. Golf Links Live music Flying V Bar and Grill Domingo DeGrazia La Fuente Mariachi Estrellas de la Fuente Gold Live music Guadalajara Grill East Live mariachi music Guadalajara Grill West Live Latin music Hacienda del Sol The Drift Hacienda del Sol Freddy Vesely The Hideout Los Bandidos The Hut Lovers Drugs Janos J-BAR The Wayback Machine Kingfisher Bar and Grill Roscoe’s Art of Swing Las Cazuelitas Mariachis Li’l Abner’s Steakhouse Arizona Dance Hands Lookout Bar and Grille at Westward Look Resort Live acoustic Maverick The Jack Bishop Band McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky Monterey Court Studio Galleries Corey Spector Mr. An’s Teppan Steak and Sushi The Bishop/Nelly Duo Mr. Head’s Art Gallery and Bar Collin Shook Trio O’Malley’s Live music Old Pueblo Grille Live music Old Tubac Inn Restaurant and Saloon Grams and Krieger O’Shaughnessy’s Live pianist and singer Paradiso Bar and Lounge December’s Children La Parrilla Suiza Mariachi music Plush KXCI Community Radio Presents: KXCI Locals Only CD-Release Party Ric’s Cafe/Restaurant Live music

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What was the first concert you ever saw? Weezer, when the blue album came out, at the Rose Garden (in Portland). What are you listening to these days? Red Fang, Frank Turner, Heartless Bastards, The Grouch, Macklemore. What was the first album you owned? Ram Jam, self-titled (the one with “Black Betty”), on vinyl; Onyx, Bacdafucup (the one with “Slam”), on cassette; Bad Religion, The Gray Race, on CD.

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River’s Edge Lounge Armed at Night Sheraton Hotel and Suites Tucson Jazz Institute Sky Bar La Cerca, Shaun Harris Stadium Grill Live music Sullivan’s Steak House Live music Tanque Verde Ranch Live music Tanque Verde Swap Meet Live music Whiskey Tango Smallvox, LeeAnne Savage, The Wyatts

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San Diego singer-songwriter Greg Laswell left for rural Maine to record his latest album, and he found some moody depths that make Landline an edgier work. Oddly, though, in the songs that come from the isolation of recording in an old church turned house, it’s Laswell’s collaborations with other singers that stand out. Ingrid Michaelson, Sia, Sara Bareilles and Elizabeth Ziman join Laswell, and though it’s not an album built specifically for the duets, those songs are by and large the strongest. The album starts on a high note with “Come Back Down,” with a persistent piano melody that yields to a stomping beat and then bursts into a swelling arena-rock chorus. It’s the type of ready-made hit that would make Coldplay sound interesting again. Bareilles’ airy, angelic vocals perfectly balance Laswell’s rough-edged voice. “Back to You” is a slowly simmering strings-and-piano ballad with Ziman’s yearning vocals, while Sia delivers bright, poppy hooks on “Dragging You Around.” “Landline”—the albumclosing duet written with his wife, Michaelson, during a power outage—is a gentle ballad that uses the metaphor of a storm’s destruction to discuss needs and longing: “All I ever needed was a landline / Just in case the power lines go down / All I needed would never be enough for me.” Laswell’s piano-based pop rock goes down easy (and onto shows like Grey’s Anatomy and One Tree Hill), but with Landline, he brings along a few more flavors. Eric Swedlund

As she proves on her first fulllength album, Eliza Rickman can apply her rich, classically trained voice and her vaudeville-style piano to just about any musical form—from pretty lullabies and neo-Americana to confessional, quasigoth exercises and WeillBrecht cabaret tunes. Young, talented and beautiful, this singer-songwriter and pianist from the San Francisco Bay area could rival the likes of Kate Bush, Tori Amos and Regina Spektor— and she may have more artistic range than any of them. Three of the songs here appeared on her 2009 EP Gild the Lily. They include this album’s opening track, “Black Rose,” which finds Rickman singing in a bluesy/operatic soprano over female harmonies, a toy piano and a chaingang stomp. On some songs, Rickman performs nearly unaccompanied at the keyboard; elsewhere, she is joined by producer Mark Greenberg, who plays reed organ and wine glasses on the haunting, gorgeous “Coming Up Roses,” which is the sort of deceptively luminous tune that could be in a David Lynch movie. Rickman also wrestles with the specters of the sacred and profane. A woozy string section backs her up on such tunes as “Devil’s Flesh and Bones” and “Through an Aquarium.” Plucked strings bring a playful, light touch to “Pretty Little Head,” but the sweet lyrics seem to hide a secret. Rickman augments her exploration of darkness and salvation with a closing cover of Nick Cave’s “Into My Arms.” Gene Armstrong

Crazy for You was an interesting case study: It was thrilling because it was a “new” reinvention of an old sound, and it was part of a minor wave of surf-adjacent indie pop (along with Wavves, the Drums, et al.). It made a nostalgic sound appear fresh. It was also such a constructed artifact—with Bethany Cosentino affecting a very specific kind of persona— that one was compelled to either admire the craftsmanship (fans) or decry the artifice (detractors). It’s weird, then, that The Only Place is getting a lukewarm reception (a 6.2 on Pitchfork, a B- on the A.V. Club, three out of five stars from the U.K.’s The Observer), because it’s got the same sparkling song craft, but less of the put-on masochism. Even on “Why I Cry,” the refrain is, “You seem to think you know everything / But you don’t know why I cry,” which is a shift from the passive yearning on Crazy for You’s “Boyfriend.” Critics are undervaluing The Only Place because that sheen of newness has worn from Best Coast a bit. I’m still in love. I haven’t fallen this hard for a bone-dry sing-song alto since Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville, and The Only Place is a stronger effort than Phair’s Whip-Smart. (There’s no double-Dutch twee shenanigans to be found here.) Perhaps The Only Coast is simply too much of a logical extension of Crazy for You’s beach-pop flavor. Sean Bottai

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But I have met quite a few MMJ patients in the past six months or so, and all but a few were doing just fine getting their meds before the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act passed. Even with dispensaries, things likely wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be much better than they were before the AMMA. In some ways, it will be worse, even where convenience is concerned. By law, dispensaries will close at 5 p.m. Pot-dealers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t close until more like midnight. I guess that, ultimately, my point is that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re making altogether too much of a King-Hell Bullshit Political Circus out of something that only affects 0.4 percent of the population. I am not suggesting that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a waste of time. I am not suggesting that anyone give up the good fight for MMJ. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not suggesting the MMJ system is wrong. I guess Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just wishing. Wishing for a day when we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need a medical-marijuana columnist to sneak into dispensaries under the cloak of a pseudonym to tell you what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like, because anyone could go there. Wishing for a day when no one cares where or how you got your weed any more than they care where you got the six-pack of beer in your fridge. Wishing for a day when we worry about more important things than whether the guy next to you at the office smokes marijuana. Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we all just get along? Sigh.

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self about its nature, but don’t get stuck there or become entranced by its supposedly hypnotic power. I think you’ll be amazed at how much safety and security you can generate for yourself simply by being an objective, poised observer free of melodramatic reactions. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s OK with me if you want to keep the lion as your symbolic animal, Leo. But I’d like to tell you why I’m proposing that you switch over to the tiger, at least for now. People who work with big cats say that lions tend to be obnoxious and grouchy, whereas tigers are more affable and easy to get along with. And I think that in the coming weeks, it’ll be important for you to be like the tiger. During this time, you will have an enhanced power to cultivate friendships and influence people. Networking opportunities will be excellent. Your web of connections should expand. By the way, even though lions are called kings of the jungle, tigers are generally bigger, more muscular and better fighters. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 1977, the first Apple computers were built in a garage that Steve Jobs’ father provided for his son and Steve Wozniak to work in. (You can see a photo of the holy shrine here: tinyurl. com/AppleGarage.) I suggest you think about setting up your own version of that magic place sometime soon: a basement, kitchen, garage, warehouse or corner of your bedroom that will be the spot where you fine-tune your master plan for the coming years—and maybe even where you begin working in earnest on a labor of love that will change everything for the better. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I have a head’sup for you, Libra. Do your best to avoid getting enmeshed in any sort of “he said/she said” controversy. (Of course, it could be a “he said/he said” or “she said/she said” or “trans said/intersex said” brouhaha, too— you get the idea.) Gossip is not your friend in the week ahead. Trying to serve as a mediator is not your strong suit. Becoming embroiled in personal disputes is not your destiny. In my opinion, you should soar free of all the chatter and clatter. It’s time for you to seek out big pictures and vast perspectives. Where you belong is meditating on a mountaintop, flying in your dreams, and charging up your psychic batteries in a sanctuary that’s both soothing and thrilling.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In some Australian aborigine cultures, a newborn infant gets two names from the tribal elders. The first is the name everybody knows. The second is sacred, and is kept secret. Even the child isn’t told. Only when he or she comes of age and is initiated into adulthood is it revealed. I wish we had a tradition similar to this. It might be quite meaningful for you, because you’re currently navigating your way through a rite of passage that would make you eligible to receive your sacred, secret name. I suggest we begin a new custom: When you’ve completed your transformation, pick a new name for yourself, and use it only when you’re conversing with your ancestors, your teachers or yourself. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Please raise your hand if you have ever sought out a romantic connection with someone mostly because of the way he or she looked. You shouldn’t feel bad if you have; it’s pretty common. But I hope you won’t indulge in this behavior any time soon. In the coming weeks, it’s crucial for you to base your decisions on deeper understandings—not just in regards to potential part-

ners and lovers, but for everything. As you evaluate your options, don’t allow physical appearance and superficial attractiveness to be the dominant factors. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The 21st flight of the 4.5 billion-pound Space Shuttle Discovery was supposed to happen on June 8, 1995. But about a week before its scheduled departure, workers discovered an unforeseen problem. Northern flicker woodpeckers had made a mess of the insulation on the outer fuel tank; they’d pecked a couple of hundred holes, some quite deep. To allow for necessary repairs, launch was postponed for more than a month. I’m choosing this scenario to serve as a useful metaphor for you, Capricorn. Regard it as your notice not to ignore a seemingly tiny adversary or trivial obstacle. Take that almost-insignificant pest seriously. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s official: Dancing increases your intelligence. So says a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Unfortunately, research found that swimming, bicycling and playing golf are not at all effective in rewiring the

brain’s neural pathways. Doing crossword puzzles is somewhat helpful, though, and so is reading books. But one of the single best things you can do to enhance your cognitive functioning is to move your body around in creative and coordinated rhythm with music. Lucky you: This is a phase of your astrological cycle when you’re likely to have more impulses and opportunities to dance. Take advantage! Get smarter. (More info: tinyurl.com/DanceSmart.) PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your animal totem for the next phase of your astrological cycle is a creature called a hero shrew. Of all the mammals in the world, it has the strongest and heaviest spine proportionate to its size. This exceptional attribute makes the tiny animal so robust that a person could stand on it without causing serious harm. You will need to have a backbone like that in the coming weeks, Pisces. Luckily, the universe will be conspiring to help you. I expect to see you stand up to the full weight of the pressures coming to bear on you—and do it with exceptional charisma.

¡ASK A MEXICAN! BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO, themexican@askamexican.nett Dear Mexican: I was wondering why Mexicans in Chicago are meaner than Mexicans in California. I love my Mexican brothers and sisters in California (I’m from Cali), but they are the biggest pendejos in Chicago! Does cold weather make Mexicans pissed off? And why do Mexican women like to ram white girls with their shopping carts? Pinche Caliente Gabacha pals had bad experiences with Mexis doesn’t mean you should dismiss all hombres. As I’ve written in this columna before, the stereotype of Mexican men as lotharios is true only to a certain point and diminishes with assimilation. Besides, your situation seems fine. I can’t remark on him not introducing you as your girlfriend—but you just whined that he’s becoming too possessive of you, so maybe he doesn’t want to push it. Buying expensive things for you obviously works, as you’re still with him. Seems to me you’re just spoiled—but I’m I’m a 25-year-old Asian girl who started seeing not going to attribute it to you being chinita, a 29-year-old Mexican guy about five months because stereotypes are silly; I’m going to attriago. This is my first relationship with a Mexican. bute it to your apapachada ass. I was told by my white girlfriends that Mexican men are possessive and overbearing, and that I feel crushed by a comment that was made to me they cheat on their women. Since I have met as a form of a compliment by a tejana caliente him, he has slowly become more possessive of me who I was recently dating. I met this hot blonde and demands more and more of my time. My at an AA meeting to which I had been sentenced Mexican boyfriend also buys me a lot of expen- to attend after a driving-while-intoxicated arrest. sive things to make me happy when I am mad Recently, we were chingando duro estilo perat him. My usual white boyfriends rarely did rito, when she turned around in passion and told this. I actually met my Mexican boyfriend while me in her Texas twang, “You shoooore do have a he was dating his “ex-girlfriend” of two years. biiiig dick—for a Mexican.” Well, at first, I felt like He cheated on her once before, and broke up a real Mexican stud, but when I thought about with her to be with me. (His ex is Mexican, too.) what she said, I lost my erection and have not However, when he introduces me to his friends, been able to get it back. I felt insulted and conhe never introduces me as his girlfriend. fused by her racist comment. I now have to resort What gives? Is he already cheating on me? to Viagra whenever I have sex with my gabacha. Should I end the relationship now before it gets Should I let this bother me? How can I confront too loco? her politely about her racist remark?

Dear Fucking Hot-Ass Gabacha: Mexicans in Chicago are mean? In my many visits to the Windy Ciudad (which has had the secondlargest population of Mexicans of any city in the United States since at least the 1970s), I’ve found them to be a wonderful, hospitable raza, with their only real vice being they’re far too nice to that authenticista pendejo, Rick Bayless. As for the cart ramming: Be glad it’s not your car.

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Dear Hot Chinita: My dating-an-Asian story: cute Vietnamese chick. My parents loved her; her parents hated me because I was Mexican. She left me for another Mexican after rejecting her offer of an open relationship. But that sordid experience doesn’t make me write off chinitas for good, so just because your gabacha

Dear Softened Burrito: Want to teach her a lesson? Get her pregnant. 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’m a 17-year-old girl, and in most aspects, I’m confident with myself, my identity and my body. Earlier this year, I met a girl. She had some serious drama at home and needed to get out of her house, so I let her stay at mine. Things went a LOT further than I was ready for. I had just had my first kiss the month before, and I didn’t feel like our relationship was ready for sex, but I went along with it because she never gave me a chance to slow things down or say no. My feelings for her are gone; she is attractive, but we don’t connect. But she has feelings for me. How can I get her to understand, or at least respect, how I feel if she doesn’t understand why this was a big deal for me?

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don’t think I’m ready. As such, this afternoon, I told Dave that I felt we were moving too fast. He agreed. I suppose I have two questions: 1. I am worried about the outcome should I tell Selena about my “crush.” I feel inhibited. How do I bring it up? 2. How can I have a good relationship with Dave in a nonsexual way? I like him a lot, but is friendship too much to ask since he is sexually active, and I am not? My apologies if this problem is a bit juvenile. Not Agreeable Intervals 1. Openly, honestly, directly and without hesitation. It might help if you remind yourself—again and again—that while the stakes may feel high right now, NAI, they’re actually quite low. It sounds like your relationship with Selena has allowed you to explore the emotional and social aspects of dating without any sexual pressures or expectations. And that’s been good for you, NAI, and you’ll be bummed when your relationship with Selena ends. But you shouldn’t be too bummed: There just aren’t a lot of adults out there who are still dating—or who are married to—the folks they were dating in high school. (There are some, of course, just as there are some 90-year-old pack-a-day smokers.) So your relationship with Selena is most likely destined to end at some point. And if a conversation about Dave prompts Selena to end things, well, your relationship with Selena was destined to end at some point, right? Tell her this: “I met this boy, and he’s been texting me. I don’t want to date him—I’m only somewhat attracted to him—but I’m enjoying the attention. But we should talk about that same-gender-partners-on-the-side arrangement. Not because I’m going to jump into bed with this guy. I’m not ready for sex. But we should talk about this stuff before I meet a boy I do want to have sex with.” If Selena flips and dumps you, then she wasn’t open to you exploring your same-sex attractions. Which means your relationship with her wasn’t just destined to end, NAI; it needed to end. 2. Don’t assume that Dave couldn’t possibly be interested in a friendship because he’s sexually active. Lots of sexually active people have friends, and most of us are capable of forming new friendships. If a friendship is “too much to ask” of Dave—if he’s only interested in your dick—he’ll let you know by disappearing on you or by accepting your friendship under false pretenses. If he disappears on you, well, he wasn’t a very nice guy, and you didn’t lose much. If he accepts your friendship only so he can continue pressuring you for sex, well, then he’s not a very nice guy, and you won’t lose much when you disappear on him. But he might be up for a friendship. Lots of sexually active people are. So ask. CONFIDENTIAL TO CANADIAN HERITAGE MINISTER JAMES MOORE AND CONSERVATIVE MP DEAN DEL MASTRO Please shut down that sex-ed exhibit (Sex: A TellAll Exhibition) at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa! I don’t want Canadian kids to get “reliable answers to their (sex) questions” from museums. I want Canadian kids to get drunkenly dashed-off answers to their sex questions from gay sexadvice columnists. And so, it seems, do you two. I sure do appreciate your support, guys. Now go shut that fucker down. Thanks! Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage, and follow me @fakedansavage on Twitter.

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Jesus Java Britain’s ITV1 television network announced plans in April to accept “prop placements” to blend in to production of its new reality talent show in which actors compete for the lead role in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. The network said, for example, that it was seeking coffee machines, which piqued the interest of the De’Longhi brand manager, who offered its top-of-the-line Magnifica ESAM4200 and, according to its public-relations firm, suggested perhaps interrupting the play’s climactic song “The Crucifixion” while Jesus savors a cup brewed from the Magnifica. An April report in London’s The Independent noted that the opera’s composer, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, was on board with the idea, but that the original lyricist, Sir Tim Rice, called it “tasteless” and “tacky.” What Goes Around From time to time, News of the Weird reminds readers that bizarre human adventures repeat themselves again and again. Here are some choice selections of previous themes recently coming around again (plus a couple of updates on earlier stories): • Each spring in Dongyang, China, the aroma of urine is in the air—specifically, the town’s specialty of eggs boiled in the discharge of young boys (under age 10, typically gathered “fresh” from toilets at local schools). Townspeople have believed for centuries that the eggs, properly cooked, bring health and prosperity. “By eating these eggs,” one shopper told a Reuters reporter in March, “we will not have any pain in our waists, legs and joints. Also, you will have more energy when you work.” In fact, Dongyang officials have proudly proclaimed “virgin boy eggs” as an “intangible cultural heritage.” • Once again this spring, the Chinese marked the Qingming holiday with celebrations honoring the dead by making offerings to their deceased relatives. At the “tombsweeping” festival, people present paper replicas of items their ancestors are believed to need in the afterlife. Uncreative relatives give play money, but the offerings can be elaborate, such as shoes, cars and TV sets, or this year’s hot item, paper iPads, which were selling in Hong Kong for the equivalent of about $3. • Sound familiar? McDonald’s still proudly serves its coffee hot, notwithstanding the notorious 1992 lawsuit for burns suffered by Stella Liebeck. In March 2012, Mona Abdelal filed a lawsuit in Cook County, Ill., over severe burns that her granddaughter, 4, suffered when fetching Abdelal’s coffee order from a McDonald’s server. According to the lawsuit, the server violated company policy that requires tightly closed lids on coffee cups and prohibits handing the cups to young children, even if the cups are tightly sealed. • With Afghanistan’s moralistic Taliban in retreat, one social scourge grows stronger than ever (according to an April Washington Post 70 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

dispatch from Dehrazi): “bacha bazi,” which are Afghan men’s “dancing boys.” Underage, often poor or fatherless kids become willing “companions” of wealthy men, often for sex. Since young girls are sheltered and chaperoned, only boys are available. Said one man, “You cannot (even) take a wife with you to a party, but a boy, you can take anywhere.” The usefulness of a bacha bazi typically ends when he starts growing facial hair, and the boys often drift into becoming pimps or prostitutes. • More and more newspapers are assigning reporters to go through local birth records to sample the diversity of names parents are giving their kids these days. An Edmonton Journal reporter noted in March that the nearly 51,000 babies born in the province of Alberta in 2011 included a boy named Moo, two girls named Unique, an Einstein, a Messiah, a J-Cub, a Smiley, a Tuff, a Tuba, a Jazz, a Camry, an Andromeda and an Xxavier (sic), as well as a boy named R and a girl named J. • An increasingly mainstream treatment for the gastrointestinal bacterial infection C. difficile involves transplanting the contents of a healthy colon into the unhealthy one, based on the belief that the best way to kill the destructive germs and flora is to attack them with the beneficial bacteria and flora that already reside in a healthy colon. In March, an unidentified man in Sydney, New Brunswick, who had been turned down for a transplant by doctors at Cape Breton Regional Hospital, performed a risky transplant of an unreported substance, by himself, in his own bathroom. He apparently suffered no ill effects, but doctors told The Chronicle Herald of Halifax, Nova Scotia, that since the “product” must get into the large bowel, merely giving yourself an enema does not assure success. • Through the years, unusual highway tractor-trailer spills have fascinated News of the Weird readers—such as the time a truck carrying pork collided with a truck carrying eggs, creating a highway dish of ham and eggs. In March on Highway 11 in northeastern Ontario, a Brinks tractor-trailer carrying nothing but $1 and $2 Canadian coins hit a boulder in the roadway, scattering a “debris field” of millions of dollars, and forcing the closing of the road. Among the cleanup equipment required: a “magnetic” crane and a front-end loader that scooped up most of the soil in the field so that the coins could later be sifted out. • Least-competent criminals: (1) In Twin Falls, Idaho, in April, Dylan Contreras, 19, became the most recent person arrested while trying to avoid police by giving a fake name (“Velesco”), even though his real name (the one on outstanding warrants) was tattooed in plain sight on his forearm. (2) In April, a teller at Chicago’s Northwest Side bank became the most recent to thwart a robbery simply by telling the perp (who had presented a holdup note) that the bank was closed, and suggesting that the robber come back the next day. (The perp walked out and did not return.)

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