Tucson Weekly 9/6/12

SEPTEMBER 6-12, 2012 VOL. 29, NO. 29

OPINION Tom Danehy 4 A striking photo exhibit at Ryn Gargulinski 6 Pima Community College shows the various stages of Jim Hightower 6 the border-crosser journey. Guest Commentary 8

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Mailbag 8

CURRENTS The Skinny 9

By Jim Nintzel and Mari Herreras

Doping Dilemma 9

By Tim Vanderpool

The city of Tucson may put the squeeze on greyhound antics Media Watch 10

By John Schuster

Six Races to Watch 11

By Jim Nintzel

The primary is over, so let the general-election games begin!

Police Dispatch 12

By Anna Mirocha

Social Media for Justice 13

By Brian J. Pedersen

The preferred newsweekly of empty chairs across Southern Arizona.

A friend of a slain woman takes to Facebook in an attempt to get charges re-filed What Lies Beneath 14

By Nathan Dinsdale

GOP ambitions beneath the Mitt Romney façade: A report from the Republican National Convention Buddha in the Desert 15

Making a Difference One of the reasons I (usually) love my job is that I know what we do makes a difference in the community.

This was on my mind as I proofed this week’s issue.

First, check out Tim Vanderpool’s Currents story. It’s his latest bit of reporting on Tucson Greyhound Park and its efforts to skirt the Tucson Dog Protection Act, passed by South Tucson voters in 2008. The law makes life a little less cruel for the dogs at the track—or it would, if track management didn’t ignore and work around the law. Because of Vanderpool’s dogged (no pun intended) reporting, and the resulting attention paid to the track’s shenanigans, it’s getting harder and harder for the track to ignore the law. Read more on Page 9.

Another example: In this week’s Noshing Around column, on Page 39, Adam Borowitz mentions a newish food truck, Serial Grillers. Online on The Range, our daily dispatch (daily.tucsonweekly.com), Adam expands on the mention with his latest entry in the Food Truck Diaries, his ongoing series of reports on Tucson’s food-truck scene.

Adam’s Food Truck Diaries series has been a big part of the burgeoning food-truck world here in Tucson; he was reporting on food trucks before they were cool, and deserves a lot of credit for making them cool in Tucson.

I could cite numerous other examples of differencemaking reporting—from the effects of Jim Nintzel and Mari Herreras’ political coverage, to Margaret Regan’s arts reporting, to the music reporting of Stephen Seigel and his various music-writers—but instead, I’ll shut up so you can get to enjoying that difference-making reporting.

As always, thank you for reading.

By Mari Herreras

The death of an ousted Diamond Mountain resident raises questions about cults— and the future of American Buddhism

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City Week 20 Our picks for the week

Infused With Flavor 39

TQ&A 22 Antonio Villagómez, Wizard Hunters, Web series

PERFORMING ARTS Operatic Goofiness 28

By Sherilyn Forrester

The Gaslight Theatre again turns in hilarious familyfriendly fun, this time with The Phantom

VISUAL ARTS The Border Journey 30

By Margaret Regan

By Jimmy Boegle

Elliott’s features simple entrées—often with delicious twists—at fair prices Noshing Around 39

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MUSIC Off to See the Wizard 45

By Gene Armstrong

The Wiyos bring their traditional yet cutting-edge sound to Tucson for the first time Soundbites 45

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A compelling photo show at Pima Community College depicts migrants’ treks

Club Listings 48

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Rhythm & Views 54

Janet McAdams’ debut novel offers poetic flourishes, but it still reads like a debut novel

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Lawless fails by focusing on an actor who can’t rise to the level of those around him Film Times 35 French Desperation 36

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Farewell, My Queen depicts the gritty end of Marie Antoinette Now Showing at Home 37

Who Gets the Vote? 55

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Let’s look at where the presidential candidates stand on medical marijuana

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DANEHY OPINION

After a four-year battle with the city, Guadalajara Grill will finally get its patio

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O

ver the years, I’ve heard horror stories from small-business owners about their dealings with the city of Tucson in general, and the city inspection process in particular.

This isn’t one of those stories.

Emma Vera owns the ridiculously popular Guadalajara Original Grill on Prince Road, near Mountain Avenue. Just last week, the restaurant celebrated its 10th anniversary. After humble beginnings at a hole in the wall a few blocks east on Prince, she moved to the current location and quickly built her dream project into one of the most successful restaurants in all of Southern Arizona.

(It must be mentioned that I coached her daughter, Maya, in high school basketball and track.

Maya is an A student and an all-around great kid who was all-state in basketball, and won the state high jump championship her sophomore and senior seasons in track.)

While Vera was certainly pleased with the popularity of her establishment, she wanted to do more for her patrons. She wanted to put a patio out front for open-air dining during the nice times of the year (and during the evenings of the not-sonice times of the year). She already owned the property, and the only disruption would be that the patio would take the place of a few parking spaces adjacent to Prince Road.

This is where Lloyd Christmas, Inspector Clouseau and Mr. Bean begin to make their appearances.

According to the city code, there is an established ratio of parking spaces to square footage of the restaurant. (I’m certainly not hating on the existence of city code. I’ve been to places where the rules are lax or even nonexistent. Houston, for example, has no zoning whatsoever. I’ve been to a Popeye’s Chicken that’s right next to a church, which I guess makes for competing houses of worship.) However, it doesn’t seem like it’s asking too much to have a municipal code tempered with a little common sense.

Finding enough parking has always been a concern at Vera’s restaurant; all things considered, it’s actually a nice problem to have. She hires extra people on the weekends just to help facilitate parking. She has an agreement with the businesses adjacent to her restaurant (that close down at the end of the business day and/or are closed on the weekends). She rents parking space from the Casa de los Niños Thrift Shop on the other side of Mountain, paying a weekly fee and feeding the Casa workers on Wednesday. She even went door to door in the adjoining neighborhood, asking whether spillover parking would be a concern to anybody.

Kinda sounds like the type of business person that the

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city would go to great lengths to support in any way possible. You might think.

At first, the inspectors weren’t even sure how many parking spaces were required, because it wasn’t clear whether a storage facility out back should be counted as part of the square footage. Her initial plans were rejected, because she was told that there was no way that she could eliminate the parking spaces in front. She countered with a plan to reconfigure the parking area in the back of the restaurant, adding spaces to make up for those that would be lost to the patio construction. This is where it gets fun.

She was told that she couldn’t add two parking spaces, in particular, because they would interfere with another form of commerce: It was determined the garbage trucks that pick up the restaurant’s trash have a certain turning radius that would force the trucks to cross over at least one of the proposed parking spaces in order to get to the bins. Vera explained that the trucks make their pickups at or before 9 a.m., and the restaurant doesn’t open until 10, so there’s no way those spaces would ever be occupied at that time. (The restaurant is popular, but it’s not that popular.)

This went on for four maddening years. Vera went through a string of expensive architects, each of whom quit in frustration after running headlong into the city’s Wall of NO! She even hired a lawyer to try to walk the paperwork through the city labyrinth. He gave up, too, and then sent her a bill for a few thousand dollars for his “troubles.”

Finally, as a long shot, she had a third party mention her situation to new Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild. The mayor placed a call to Ernie Duarte, who is the city’s director of planning and development services, and Duarte met with Vera.

The patio should be open by the first week of October, just in time for the nice weather.

“Mr. Duarte and his staff have been wonderful,” Vera says. “It has been a pleasure working with them.”

For his part, Rothschild would like to view this as a small signal of the beginning of what could be a new era in the city of Tucson’s approach to constituent services.

While I couldn’t get him on the phone by press time, I assume that he would also prefer that people with concerns not call him first and then hope that the (stuff) would flow downhill. However, that is the way it happened in this case.

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In the battle of man vs. animal, perhaps we should all just stay home HIGHTOWER

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A MORE-GENTEEL POLITICAL CORRUPTION

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hen it comes to wildlife in Arizona, man teeters on a fine line between living in harmony and living like an idiot. The harmony part comes from respecting or even nurturing the bountiful bevy of beautiful beasties, which range from the delicate hummingbird to the not-so-delicate javelina.

Mix in the raucous rattlesnake, precocious pack rats, perky prairie dogs, captivating coyotes and lovable lizards, and we’ve got ourselves an amazing array of animal wonders.

That should not mean, however, we should let them kill us.

Here is where idiotic thought often comes in. One example of idiocy comes from the camp that screams about people who dare to defend themselves while out in the wild.

Not only does corporate political money shout, scream, bellow and bay in our elections, but afterward, it quietly slips into the back rooms of power to talk softly about payback.

Meet Exelon Corporation, one of America’s largest electric utilities, owner of our country’s largest array of nuclear power plants, and among the largest donors to “If you can’t handle the wildlife, just stay home,” is the Barack Obama’s political career. One Exelon typical mantra. Since those exclaiming the mantra typically board member alone has raised more than do so via typing, we can assume they are home themselves, $500,000 for Obama and is tight enough perhaps in a cozy armchair, hemming and hawing about with him to get into the occasional presithe proper way to handle wildlife from the comfort of their dential basketball game. Also, Obama’s top very own living rooms. political operative, David Axelrod, has been A local example of this group’s outcry came in response an Exelon consultant. Overall, Chicagoto a camping incident in which the campers threw rocks at based Exelon is so connected that it boasts a stubborn rattlesnake, poised to attack, in the middle of the of being “the president’s utility.” only path leading up a steep hill.

This is a story of how corporate cash buys While the armchair crowd quickly started chanting, “Stay long-term relationships that then produce home!” nobody suggested other methods of dealing with quiet access to the inner chambers of govthe snake, which was blocking the two campers and their ernment, resulting in corporate favors. Last two dogs from returning to their campsite. Perhaps caressyear, for example, the Environmental ing the snake, nudging it gently to the side with a forefinger Protection Agency was developing a new or inviting it back to the tent may have been more-acceptrule affecting how nuclear plants use water. able options.

Exelon executives and lobbyists got extraorThen came the beaver incident. Although the beaver dinary access to top White House officials— incident was not in Arizona, it appears the armchair camp far more meetings and at a higher level than other utilities got, and certainly more attention than environmental groups received. Then in THIS MODERN WORLD By Tom Tomorrow March 2011, just days after Exelon lobbyists met with their Oval Office buddies, the EPA official in charge of drafting the rule was called to the White House and instructed to rewrite major sections to fit Exelon’s needs.

Since then, Obama’s regulatory review office has held eight meetings on the proposal, and Exelon was at four of them—again, more than any other interest.

This is not the slam-bam, Jack Abramoff style of crass money corruption, but a sort of soft political pornography—a subtler, even genteel ethical degeneration. But soft is not better: Whether corporate political money shouts or whispers, it still corrupts.

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extends its tentacles to all parts of the nation, even the world. A rabid beaver in a Pennsylvania river repeatedly attacked a 51-year-old Boy Scout leader while he was taking a dip. He was able to grab the frenzied critter and hurl it to shore, where it promptly attacked a pool noodle.

The pool noodle may have been the tipping point.

Members of the Scout troop began pelting the beaver with rocks until it lay dead on the shore. As evidenced by its assault on the pool noodle, the beaver was apparently eager to chomp down on anything nearby.

The Scouts may have very well saved their own lives, as well as the life of the troop leader, especially if the beaver had chosen to chomp on an aorta. But that didn’t matter to the slew of armchair online commenters, who began to bellow with rage: “If you can’t handle the wildlife, just stay home!”

Once again, the stay-home group did not offer feasible options for dealing with the beaver that fell short of killing it. Perhaps the Boy Scouts could have left all their gear behind and booked a room at the nearest motel. Or maybe they could have attempted to befriend the beaver and use it as a weapon against other wayward wildlife.

In any event, the stay-homers were horrified by the stoning. They seemed to prefer that the animal not enjoy a rapid death, but rather suffer through the long, painful and always-fatal process of rabies deterioration.

Even good ol’ Cujo was better off being fatally stabbed in the eye with a broken baseball bat.

All this violence against wildlife in no way means that hurting or killing any animal that irks you is the way to go, although some situations are not as clear-cut as others. A particularly perplexing example comes from Flagstaff, where prairie dogs have apparently gone too far, and a pool noodle isn’t even involved.

The cute critters are wrecking the lush lawns of Foxglenn Park, so the city is planning to annihilate the dapper dogs with poison. The example is particularly perplexing because, although we know it may be cool for man to employ deadly tactics to defend his very life, we’re not sure if death is the only answer when it comes to defending his soccer fields.

Yes, the city has already tried trapping, moving and blockading the prairie dogs, and even feeding the prairie dogs to ferrets. And it is open to brainstorming for other methods that fall short of murder. Maybe there isn’t one.

This leads us right back to where we started, teetering on the fine line between harmony and idiocy when it comes to living with our feral friends. Perhaps we can avoid the dilemma altogether—although we cannot always avoid scorpions in our bedsheets or bats in our attic—if we take the armchair camp’s obnoxious cue.

Maybe we should all just stay home.

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OPINION

Thank You for Reporting on Susan Moreno, Her Battle for Mental-Health Awareness Thank you for the good article on Susan Moreno and her work with Mentally Ill Kids in Distress (Messina, Aug. 23). She has turned her personal tragedy into a community service, and in doing so has saved many lives and comforted others. Increased awareness about mental illness and recovery is essential. I have heard her speak and am inspired by her gift.

Susan will be presenting a class on mental illness in youth from 10:45 a.m. to noon on Sunday, Oct. 21, at St. Francis in the Foothills Church, 4625 E. River Road. Her talk is included in the four-part series on mental illness and recovery, from Oct. 14 to Nov. 4, at St. Francis. The public is invited to join with us in this important series.

Diane Wilson Member, Adult Education Committee, St. Francis in the Foothills Church

Looking Forward to the Day When the Tea Party Has Returned to the Fringes Regarding Danehy, Aug. 23: It will be a great day for America when the Tea Party is relegated to its proper place in American political discourse: standing on a street corner, sun-burnt, wild-eyed, holding a crudely lettered sign, and totally ignored by those passing by.

Larry Waters

Clarification In the Aug. 30 Media Watch, we reported that while some websites focusing on UA Athletics have press credentials, reporters at other websites do not, and don’t necessarily want or need the credentials. While what we reported was accurate, it lacked some context.

Specifically: It’s unclear whether Ace Thakore, of pointguardu.com, would be awarded a press credential by the UA, due to prior run-ins with the university. In fact, Richard Paige, of the UA Athletics Department, says that Thakore applied for credentials at one point, and was denied. However, Thakore adamantly denies that he applied for credentials, and challenged the UA to show proof.

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The conservative view: Why independents, Dems should not be afraid of ‘2016: Obama’s America’

BY JONATHAN HOFFMAN

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he most-important thing one needs to know about 2016: Obama’s America is that it is not a rightwing version of a Michael Moore movie.

It is true that one can draw some parallels between, say, Fahrenheit 9/11 and 2016: Obama’s America. Both films are documentaries about sitting presidents, released during their respective re-election campaigns, written and narrated by men with opposing political views. Both are considered “independent� films, and 2016: Obama’s America actually copied Moore’s marketing approach of opening in a small number of markets, and slowly expanding as interest increases.

There, however, the similarities end. In Fahrenheit 9/11, Moore took the gloves off before the opening credits finished. He used a combination of half-truths (most effective), falsehoods and facts to paint former President George W. Bush as an evil idiot.

He was particularly good at making assertions that were carefully crafted to lead the audience to specific inferences, though those assertions would not stand had all the facts been known.

Dinesh D’Souza, on the other hand, opens his movie with an autobiography. Though this may sound odd, it is significant, because it explains D’Souza’s particular interest in President Barack Obama. Both men were born in 1961.

They were married in the same year. Both attended Ivy League schools—Dartmouth in the case of D’Souza, and Columbia and Harvard in the case of Obama. And both have family in non-Western developing countries—India in the case of D’Souza, and Kenya in the case of Obama. Both men are brown in complexion. In fact, at one point, when D’Souza is recalling a debate he had with Jesse Jackson, he mentioned that were one to look at a hand from each man, they would be indistinguishable.

This striking set of similarities between the two men establishes a couple of important things about D’Souza.

First, his interest in Obama has a personal aspect to it; second, his perspective is that of a fellow traveler rather than a distant observer.

The movie then proceeds with a biography of Obama, from his birth in Hawaii to his childhood in Indonesia, his academic life and meteoric political career. The story is told

by D’Souza through his narration, interviews and Obama’s readings from Dreams From My Father.

While it might be an overstatement to describe the film as visually stunning, there are some compelling video sequences of conditions in the poorer parts of Indonesia and Kenya.

Extreme close-ups of a number of the interviewees add some intensity to the conversations. No doubt, the high quality of

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In the end, D’Souza constructs his understanding of Obama’s worldview from the beliefs of those who most influenced the president. D’Souza’s theory explains not only Obama’s policies—from restricting offshore drilling in the United States while subsidizing it in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, to siding with the Argentine government instead of the British regarding the Falkland Islands, and abandoning long-standing allies like Hosni Mubarak of Egypt—but also some of his quirky behaviors.

Unlike Moore’s treatment of Bush, D’Souza at no time attempts to insult or demean Obama. While the president’s supporters may disagree with D’Souza’s theory, or deny his observations, they will not be subjected to mean-spirited attacks on our president.

This presidential election has had even less discussion of issues, or of the candidates and their policies, than the last one. This film has the potential to open serious discussions of the candidates, starting, in this case, with the mostunknown candidate ever elected to the presidency.

Conservative political junkies may learn a few new facts from the film, but the framework D’Souza provides will tie them together and make sense of them. Everyone else will probably receive a much-greater benefit from the film by virtue of its new information and new perspective.

For those reasons, everyone who votes should see it, particularly those who have been exposed to little in the way of legitimate criticism of the president. And believe it or not, there are legitimate criticisms of the president. There really is nothing to fear.

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The city of Tucson may put the squeeze on a doc’s greyhound antics

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Kozachik continues: “I can’t do any of that, because it’s in South Tucson. What I can do, though, is when I find guys like Joe Robinson running dogs into the city of Tucson and administering steroids here, I can get an ordinance that blocks him at the city limits, saying, ‘You can’t come here.’ ” If Pima County were to do likewise, Taylor claims he’d shut the track down, Kozachik says.

“And at that point, I will have achieved the primary goal, anyway. My only concern is what he would do with the dogs. And I hope he would have enough humanity to adopt them out.”

A phone call to Robinson at the Nogales Veterinary Clinic, where he works as a veterinarian, was not returned.

But Taylor says that moves to ban steroids are misguided. He calls the South Tucson ordinance “an unjust law,” arguing that steroids are the most-effective method of birth control for dogs.

“It’s the safest method used out there, because it will allow the female to go back into heat when they’re off it, and have healthy puppies afterward.”

But scores of veterinarians who signed a petition supporting the 2008 law disagree. As does Dr. Karter Neal, medical director for the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. In a recent television interview, Neal noted that the steroids can result in liver-swelling, hepatitis and immune-system compromises.

How is Kozachik’s effort likely to fare? A poll of City Council members shows some support for the amendment, which is expected to come up for discussion as soon as Tuesday, Sept. 11.

Ward 2 Councilman Paul Cunningham says he opposes greyhound-doping, as does Ward 3 Councilwoman Karin Uhlich. “I think it’s incumbent upon us to do everything we can to protect those animals,” Uhlich says.

Mayor Jonathan Rothschild sees the need to bring the city’s laws into “compatibility” with those of South Tucson.

Council members Richard Fimbres, Shirley Scott and Regina Romero didn’t respond to calls. A call seeking comment from Ramón Valadez, chairman of the Pima County Board of Supervisors, was not returned.

If Kozachik’s amendment were to become law, the Pima Animal Care Center would be charged with enforcing it. But according to the councilman, a chat with Kim Janes, director of PACC, left him doubtful that infractions would be aggressively monitored.

“I called Kim Janes about a year ago, and he was very dismissive of my wanting to look into it,” Kozachik says. “His comment to me was that issues with Tucson Greyhound Park were hyped up by a small group of activists who didn’t

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reyhound racing inhabits a hermitic little world on South Fourth Avenue— one of chain link, barbed wire and sulking security guards. Now that domain could get even smaller, as the Tucson City Council mulls a ban on the doping of racing dogs within our city limits.

Oddly enough, there is no greyhound racing in the city of Tucson—but there doesn’t need to be for a problem to exist. Here’s why: In 2008, the citizens of South Tucson—a square-mile jurisdiction that’s home to Tucson Greyhound Park—passed a ballot initiative that outlawed keeping racing dogs in small cages nearly around the clock, and feeding them raw “4-D” meat ground from dead, diseased, disabled or dying livestock.

That measure also prohibited the doping of female racing greyhounds with anabolic steroids to keep them from going into heat. The drugs are believed to cause genital deformities and severe urinary-tract problems in dogs.

To dodge this doping ban, the track began hauling its dogs outside of the South Tucson city limits, shooting them up with steroids and hauling them back. In April, a source tipped me off about these early-morning escapades by Dr. Joe Robinson, a track veterinarian. After I caught Robinson injecting the dogs in a parking lot near the track, he was forced to move his clandestine operation farther south. (See “Shooting Gallery,” April 12.)

However, if an amendment proposed by Ward 6 Councilman Steve Kozachik becomes law, Doc Robinson’s mobile-injection squad would be illegal within the city of Tucson as well.

At that point, says Kozachik, he’d lobby the Pima County Board of Supervisors to enact a similar ban countywide, thus forcing Robinson to convene his shooting galleries somewhere down by Nogales.

It’s admittedly a cat-and-mouse game. “If this were my perfect world, first of all, I’d shut the track down,” Kozachik says. “Secondly, in a lessthan-perfect world, I’d expand on what the South Tucson people did in 2008. Those dogs are muzzled, and they’re kept in kennels they can barely stand up in for something like 18 hours a day. Then you’ve got some moron like (track manager) Tom Taylor saying the dogs like it this way, and that people like me just don’t understand how to train a dog to be an athlete.

“There are still allegations from some of the track workers that the dogs are being fed 4-D meat,” says Kozachik, “and then there’s the issue of anabolic steroids. If the track has to operate, I would certainly want to see the dogs exercised more and treated in a more-humane manner.

Dr. Joe Robinson injecting dogs. understand athletic animals.”

Kozachik says he also reviewed a report from PACC’s inspection of the greyhound kennels, which found no violations. “My response to that is, if, in fact, (kennels) were given passing marks, it speaks to how lame the standards are.”

But Janes says he doesn’t recall making those comments to Kozachik. Asked how he feels about criticism of the track, Janes says, “We’re here to enforce (South Tucson’s) ordinances and codes as it’s asked us to do. That’s my feeling.”

Of course, none of this enforcement comes without a price tag. Officials have apparently been mulling the idea of raising revenue by requiring the track’s several hundred dogs to be licensed, just as every other dog in Pima County is supposed to be. While this might sound like a no-brainer, Tom Taylor argues that “it has been decided” that his dogs don’t need licenses, because they’ve already been vaccinated.

Apparently, that was “decided” by Tom Taylor alone; Janes says he’s just awaiting word from South Tucson to proceed with licensing enforcement at the track. That move could raise several thousand dollars, and offset the cost to South Tucson taxpayers for PACC’s services, which topped $57,000 in fiscal year 2011.

But this extra revenue is apparently not a priority for South Tucson leaders—despite the fact that they perennially cry poverty when asked about lax enforcement at the track. Neither Mayor Jennifer Eckstrom nor City Manager Enrique Serna returned repeated phone calls and emails.

On Wednesday, Aug. 22, Tucson City Court Judge Wendy Million found former state Rep. Daniel Patterson not guilty of misdemeanor domestic-violence charges.

Patterson told The Skinny on Friday, Aug. 31, that he feels vindicated and is examining whether legal action against the state House Ethics Committee and its chairman, Rep. Ted Vogt, is possible. Patterson claims Vogt denied him due process—a hearing that entitles him to question his accusers—during the process that ultimately led to Patterson’s resignation from the House.

In February, Georgette Escobar, Patterson’s ex-girlfriend and former campaign manager, filed for a restraining order against the politician, after an earlier incident in which Escobar claimed that Patterson grabbed her roughly and shoved her to the ground.

Escobar was unable to get Patterson to accept service, in part because he claimed legislative immunity.

Tucson city prosecutor Baird Greene said this kind of verdict isn’t unusual in domestic-violence cases when the victim is unwilling to testify. Patterson said the prosecutor’s office should have known Escobar wouldn’t testify, because it received a sworn affidavit from Escobar in which she recanted her claims about what took place between her and Patterson outside of his Tucson home in February. Escobar also reportedly recanted with a post on her Facebook page.

The charges that propelled Patterson’s private life into public view resulted in a House investigation and a recommendation that the politician be expelled for ethical lapses. He ended up resigning because, according to Patterson, he could no longer function in a “hostile work environment.”

Earlier in August, Million also found Patterson not guilty of harassment charges based on a protection order filed by his ex-wife, Jeneiene Schaffer, in reaction to the Escobar case.

Schaffer claimed Patterson violated that order by calling and leaving voicemail messages in an attempt to talk to his daughter. Patterson’s attorney, Joe St. Louis, argued that legislative immunity protected Patterson from the order. The voice-mail messages were played in court, and St. Louis claimed they were not harassing or threatening.

Although a Tucson Parks and Recreation employee testified that he saw Patterson grab and shove Escobar, Patterson said the testimony was not credible, because statements to a Tucson Police Department officer and a detective differed.

“If the judge would have believed that witness, I would not have been found not guilty,” Patterson said.

“Obviously, the witness was not believed by the judge—end of story.

The verdict is what it is.”

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JON JUSTICE TV SHOW IN THE WORKS It looks like popular radio talk-show host Jon Justice will soon bring his brand of conservatism to the television airwaves.

Sources say the Journal Broadcast Group is working through the technical requirements for simulcasting Justice’s radio show—which airs mornings on KQTH FM 104.1—on KWBA Channel 58.

Along with Belo-owned KTTU Channel 18, KWBA brings up the market rear in terms of ratings and locally produced programming. Therefore, it makes sense for Journal to give its underused TV signal a bit of a boost by simulcasting a product it already has.

Allaccess.com reported in late July that Journal was looking to hire a producer/technical director to aid in the process. Journal has yet to officially confirm the move, and an exact launch date is unknown.

RICHARDSON TEMPS AT KGUN When Belo jettisoned its news staff earlier this year as part of its shared-services agreement with Raycom—in other words, paying Raycom, which operates KOLD Channel 13, to produce a local news product for KMSB Channel 11—it left about three dozen people out of work. Among them was longtime KMSB news director and market news veteran Bob Richardson.

Richardson used the opportunity to start his own production company. Now, under the auspices of that company, Richardson is handling technical producer duties for Journal’s KGUN Channel 9 news.

Richardson is stepping in on a temporary basis while another producer takes leave.

The producer’s role includes assisting with listing stories, deciding in what order they will run, and picking the visual elements to go with them. In his temporary capacity, Richardson also acts as copy editor and approves reporter copy.

FROM SNOW TO SUNSTROKE KGUN has nabbed a reporter familiar with snow to handle general-assignment duties in a market more accustomed to sunstroke.

Alexis Fernandez started this week at the ABC affiliate. Her background includes a bachelor’s in broadcast journalism from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, reporting/anchor stints in Fairbanks and Anchorage, and an internship at a Fox News affiliate in New York. Fernandez started at KGUN on Tuesday, Sept. 4.

MACKEY LEAVES LOTUS Adrienne Mackey has wrapped up a nearly six-year stint with radio cluster Lotus Communications. Mackey started at classic rocker KLPX FM 96.1 in 2006 and was promoted to its morning show alongside Scott Barnett in December 2008.

When KLPX opted to move The Frank Show from alternative station KFMA FM 92.1 to KLPX, Mackey stayed on with the cluster in a number of capacities.

“I met and talked with some great people over there,” Mackey said.

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Democrat but changed his registration to independent before resigning from the House, said he is looking into legal action against Vogt.

“Ted Vogt refused to allow me a hearing, even though the written rules of the House Ethics Committee … say if you are accused, you are entitled to a real hearing where you can question your accusers,” Patterson said. “…

(Vogt) has some real questions to answer. Why can’t he even follow the rules of his own committee?”

BY JIM NINTZEL, jnintzel@tucsonweekly.com fter last week’s primary election, voters have the final lineup of candidates they’ll choose between in the Nov. 6 general election. Here’s a quick look at a halfdozen of the most-interesting races in Southern Arizona.

1. U.S. Senate: Jeff Flake convincingly trounced multimillionaire Wil Cardon, who spent about $9 million of his family fortune on a campaign based mostly on trashing Flake.

Flake, who won 69 percent of the vote in last week’s primary, is now is the favorite to win retiring Sen. Jon Kyl’s seat, but Democrat Richard Carmona has a spectacular political biography (former Green Beret, SWAT-team doc, surgeon general in the George W. Bush administration) and enough money to make it a real race. On the morning after the election, Flake sought to link Carmona to the Obama administration; Carmona has likewise been working to link Flake to extremists in Congress, including Rep. Todd Akin, who landed in the national spotlight after saying that was unlikely that women would become pregnant as a result of “legitimate rape.”

2. U.S. Congress, District 1: Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick, a former congresswoman and state lawmaker, won 64 percent of the vote against Wenona Benally Baldenegro, while Republican Jonathan Paton won 61 percent of the vote against his three opponents. The two experienced lawmakers will now go head to head in a sprawling district that stretches from Marana and Oro Valley to Flagstaff, the Grand Canyon and the northern tribal reservations. The district leans in Kirkpatrick’s direction—nearly 40 percent of the voters are Democrats, while 30 percent are Republicans—but the National Republican Congressional Committee has promised to spend $900,000 in air time to boost Paton’s chances.

NRCC Executive Director Guy Harrison said on the morning after the primary that Kirkpatrick’s vote in favor of the stimulus plan and the Affordable Care Act would be “wrapped around her neck” between now and November.

“We feel good about where the Romney-Ryan ticket is in Arizona (CD) 1, and we feel we have a great chance of victory there,” Harrison said.

But Kirkpatrick and her allies with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee are prepared to spend as well. She had far more money in the bank as of early August—$826,000 to Paton’s $127,000—and has deep roots in the northern portion of the district.

3. U.S. Congress, District 2: Congressman Ron Barber is the favorite to win Southern Arizona’s CD 2 after he demonstrated that he

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NRCC officials spoke highly of McSally last week, but said that the national campaign operation had not yet decided whether to spend on her behalf, and would be polling in the next few weeks to determine McSally’s viability.

4. Pima County Board of Supervisors, District 1: Republican Ally Miller’s win in a four-way Republican primary pits her against former state lawmaker Nancy Young Wright in the race to replace retiring Republican Ann Day. While Miller has a voter-registration advantage—41 percent of the voters are Republicans, while 30 percent are Democrats, with the remainder independents or third-party members—Team Wright sees an opportunity, because Miller, who founded a local Tea Party organization, leans far to the right and has shown both a weak grasp of county spending issues and a willingness to make accusations that GOP primary opponent Mike Hellon dismissed as “preposterous.” Hellon and another primary opponent, Stuart McDaniel, have both filed campaign-finance complaints alleging coordination between Miller’s campaign and an independentexpenditure campaign that aided her in the primary. The Pima County Attorney’s Office forwarded the complaints to the Arizona secretary of state last week.

5. Pima County Board of Supervisors, District 3: Democrat Sharon Bronson has the advantage as she runs for a fifth term on the Board of Supervisors against Republican Tanner Bell, a political novice. Democrats represent 40 percent of district voters, while 32 percent are independents, and 28 percent are Republicans.

Bronson has the name recognition and political connections that come with 16 years in public office. And she has more money than Bell; the most-recent campaign-finance reports, covering activity through Aug. 16, show that she had more than $64,500 on hand, while Bell had only $2,216 in the bank and $5,228 in debts. But the most-vocal county critics see Bell as the way to swing the board majority in the GOP’s direction, so their efforts will be focused on District 3.

6. Legislative District 10: Sen. Frank Antenori has made a career of driving hard to the right at nearly every opportunity. He’s boasted about slashing budgets, undermining unions,

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But now redistricting has put Antenori in a district that leans about 4 percentage points Democratic and includes midtown Tucson. Will his new audience be as supportive of his agenda—and his outspoken persona—as his old one was?

Antenori faces an experienced campaigner in Democrat Dave Bradley, who represented midtown Tucson for four terms in the Arizona House of Representatives before hitting his term limit in 2010.

In the same district, Democrats Bruce Wheeler and Stefanie Mach face Republicans Ted Vogt, who already holds a seat in the House of Representatives, and Todd Clodfelter, a local printer who is making his first run for office since he sought a seat on the Tucson City Council in 1995.

Other Southern Arizona races worth keeping an eye on: the House of Representatives race in Legislative District 9, where Republican Ethan Orr is facing two Democrats, Mohur Sidhwa and Victoria Steele, in the race for two House seats in a competitive northside district; Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik’s race against Republican Mark Napier, who landed 43 percent of the vote in a five-way GOP primary; the 12-way race for three seats on the Tucson Unified School District board; and Democrat Elaine Richardson’s push to unseat Republican Pima County Treasurer Beth Ford.

Congressman Raúl Grijalva proved to be surprisingly vulnerable two years ago, but he isn’t likely to be in any danger in heavily Democratic District 3 in 2012.

With the exception of the mostdelusional critics of Grijalva, local Republicans aren’t giving GOP candidate Gabriela Saucedo Mercer much of a chance. And National Republican Congressional Committee Executive Director Guy Harrison said last week that the race “is not on our targeting map.”

Nonetheless, Grijalva is more than ready to trip up Mercer. Last week, his campaign dropped a highlights reel onto YouTube that featured Mercer, a legal immigrant from Mexico, holding forth with a conservative interviewer on the subject of illegal immigration.

Mercer got onto the topic of so-called OTMs, or “Other Than Mexicans” who sneak across the U.S. border.

“That includes Chinese, Middle Easterners,” she said. “If you know Middle Easterners, a lot of them, they look Mexican, or they look, you know, like a lot of people in South America: dark skin, dark hair, brown eyes. And they mix. They mix in. And those people, their only goal in life is to, to cause harm to the United States. So why do we want them here, either legally or illegally?”

As Mercer’s words hit the national radar at the Talking Points Memo website, Grijalva pounced on her in a statement to the press, calling her comments “reckless hate speech” and asking Mercer’s supporters to disavow her.

“This is not a he-said, she-said question of interpretation,” Grijalva said. “Her comments are reprehensible and deserve condemnation from every quarter. Anyone who continues to support her campaign should be asked whether they want someone with her views in Congress.”

As a result, Mercer spent a chunk of Election Day telling reporters that the tape was sliced and diced to take her words out of context.

“I am not a racist like they are trying to portray me,” Mercer said. “I have nothing against anybody.”

But the staff of the American-Arab

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Anti-Discrimination Committee isn’t buying that explanation. In a statement condemning Mercer, the organization noted that the staff “has tried to decipher and understand the logic behind such comments; however, a conclusion was made that Mercer does not use any logic when she moves her lips to speak. … The illogical comments and statements are rooted in xenophobia and have no place in politics or our national discourse.”

BY BRIAN J. PEDERSEN, bpedersen@tucsonweekly.com he news-feed scroll of the average Facebook user is cluttered with the flotsam and jetsam of everyday life—a random assortment of activities, interests and pictures from friends, acquaintances and, sometimes, complete strangers.

All of this Facebook activity is meant to capture even the most innocuous of daily minutiae, much of which is truly unimportant in the grand scheme of things.

Rachel Smith sees it a bit differently. For her, Facebook may be the avenue to get the justice she believes her best friend greatly deserves.

“This is to get the message out there, and keep the love and support for Genna out there,” Smith said of her “Justice for Genna” page, which went live on Facebook about two weeks after the shooting death of Smith’s best friend, Genna Ayup.

Ayup, 27, was shot in the head in her eastside home on the evening of June 26. The shooter was Ronald Corbin Jr., her boyfriend and the father of their 2-year-old son, Casen, who witnessed the shooting.

Corbin told Tucson police the shooting was an accident—that his handgun went off while he was putting a rubber grip on it. He admitted having several large beers at a bar just before coming home.

Corbin was eventually arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. But on Aug. 22, the Pima County Attorney’s Office announced it would not file charges, citing a lack of evidence indicating Ayup’s death was anything other than an accident.

Smith, who grew up in Tucson but now lives in Clovis, N.M., with her Air Force husband and their 16-month-old son, spent 10 days in Tucson immediately after her childhood friend’s death.

It was on the long drive home that she decided that just wishing for justice wasn’t enough.

“Driving home, I was just outraged that (Corbin) hadn’t been arrested,” Smith said. “I said to myself, ‘Where is justice for Genna?’ It was when I got home that I decided to make the Facebook page.”

Using the Internet to connect with an audience wasn’t something new for Smith, who sells health-and-wellness products online. But she wasn’t sure what would come from the Justice for Genna page.

“I just wanted to show the love and support for Genna, because she didn’t have a voice anymore,” Smith said. “I was just doing it for some family and friends … I made it at 11 o’clock before going to bed, and the next day, I had over 100 supporters.”

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2,200 by last weekend, the vast majority of them from Facebook users who never crossed paths with either Smith or Ayup.

“I have people from Sweden, people from Australia, people from Mexico (liking the page),” Smith said. “It makes me want to cry, how she touched so many lives. The fact that there are complete strangers … it just completely blows my mind.”

The use of Facebook to advocate for a cause is one of the many ways in which social media continue to grow beyond just a place to keep in touch with old friends, said Catherine Brooks, an assistant professor of communication and information at the University of Arizona.

“So much of what we know is from other people,” Brooks said. “Certainly, we like to hear what people are eating and wearing, and that their kids are riding the bus. But we’re also opening (Facebook) up and seeing what people say we should be reading or learning about. Using it as a place for advocacy certainly makes sense.”

Smith started the page on July 7. Five days later, Corbin was arrested. She believes the attention brought by the page contributed to the arrest, though police say otherwise.

“The investigation did what it was supposed to do: It found probable cause for an arrest, and an arrest was made,” said Tucson police spokeswoman Sgt. Maria Hawke. She noted that it was a prosecutorial decision to drop the case, and that it was not because of an incomplete investigation.

“We understand that, especially for victims’ family and friends, (a Facebook page is) a way

For More Information • “Justice for Genna” Facebook page: www. facebook.com/pages/Justice-for-Genna#!/pages/ Justice-for-Genna/463128250375181 • Change.org petition: www.change.org/petitions/ justice-for-genna-ayup-charge-convict-ronald-jamescorbin-jr-for-the-death-of-genna-ayup • Nancy Grace coverage: www.hlntv.com/ article/2012/08/29/seeking-justice-slain-mothergenna-ayup

to voice frustration,” Hawke said. “We understand that. But, also, we can’t let it affect the investigation.”

Smith believes more could have been done regarding Genna’s case, and her hope now is that the Facebook page—along with an all-out media barrage that includes local TV and radio interviews, and a petition on the advocacy website Change.org—will eventually lead to the case being reopened or examined by another agency.

The Change.org petition, which Smith says she started after researching the impact of a petition drive on the Trayvon Martin shooting case in Florida, has more than 3,400 signatures.

Additionally, a story posted on the website of celebrity crime-analyst Nancy Grace could lead to coverage on Grace’s cable show, depending on the traffic it draws, Smith said.

“I just feel like, whether it was an accident or not, I think there should be some accountability, some sort of consequences,” Smith said.

Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll will have four more years representing District 4 after he handily defeated Republican challenger Sean Collins in last week’s GOP primary.

Carroll faces no Democratic opponent in the heavily Republican district.

“I’m thankful to all the people who volunteered to help me, not only with their hard-earned money, but also with their blood, sweat and tears,” Carroll said.

Carroll captured 57 percent of the vote in his trouncing of Collins, a Rosemont mine supporter who built his campaign on the theme that Carroll hadn’t lived up to conservative principles.

Turnout in the District 4 GOP race was nearly 59 percent, which was considerably higher than the statewide average.

The race degenerated into general attacks on Carroll’s character, with conservative blog ArizonaDailyIndependent.com and a handful of morning radio hosts trotting out a slew of unsubstantiated and increasingly bizarre allegations, ranging from vague accusations of extortion to the suggestion that Congressman Raúl Grijalva was driving into the parking lot of a local radio station in an attempt to intimidate some of Carroll’s more-fanciful critics.

“I wasn’t willing to be smeared out of office, especially by a bunch of carpetbagger thugs,” Carroll told the Tucson Weekly on Election Night. “I worked to the best of my ability. I trusted the people, and they trusted me.”

SO LONG, RUSSELL PEARCE Last week’s primary election saw the purging of some of the loonier toons in the Arizona Legislature’s GOP caucus.

Key among them was SB 1070 author and all-around embarrassment Russell Pearce, who became the first state Senate president in U.S. history to get booted out of office in a recall election last year.

Pearce’s allies argued that he’d only lost because of the unique nature of the recall election, which pitted him against another Republican in a general-election scenario. They said he’d

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never lose a GOP primary.

Well, he did—and he lost it soundly.

SkyMall founder Bob Worsley landed 56 percent of the vote and sent Russell packing.

Pearce wasn’t the only conservative to fall. State Sen. Lori Klein, who became famous for pointing a loaded pistol at a reporter’s chest during an interview (among other boneheaded moves), got knocked out while trying for a House seat. And Rich Crandall RUSSELL knocked out John Fillmore, another Tea Party traveler.

Does this portend a chance in tone at the Arizona Legislature?

Wait and see.

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE The so-called “jungle primary” initiative has been knocked off the ballot by Maricopa County Superior Court for being unconstitutional; put back on the ballot by the Arizona Supreme Court because the justices determined it was constitutional; kicked off the ballot by election officials for insufficient signatures; and now put back on the ballot by Maricopa County Superior Court because it turned out the signatures were OK. At this point, we hesitate to make any predictions about what’s going to happen next—but if we had to guess, we’d say it’s probably going to remain on the ballot for voters to decide in November.

The initiative is trying to upend the current primary system, in which Republicans nominate Republican candidates, Democrats nominate Democratic candidates, Greens nominate Green candidates, and so on.

Instead, all of the candidates would run in one big primary, and the two top vote-getters would go on to the general election.

Supporters of the initiative say that the party primaries have created a situation where extremists win and then go on to win general elections, because so many legislative districts favor one party or another.

But critics of the initiative—which include the leaders in both the Democratic and Republican parties— warn that the proposed new system opens the door to a lot of mischief and unintended consequences. For example: In a heavily Democratic district, you could have five Democrats run, and just two Republicans. Should the Democrats split the left-leaning vote five ways, the two Republicans could be the top two vote-getters—and then voters in a Democratic district will have to choose between two Republicans.

But voter disgust with the two major parties is high enough these days that if voters have a chance to approve the proposition, we wouldn’t be surprised to see it pass.

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BY NATHAN DINSDALE, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com had a decision to make: I’d been in Tampa for just 15 minutes, and I was already late for something, anything, everything—a white rabbit with OCD searching for Mad Hatters.

Of course, I knew that the real Republican National Convention would occur far from the klieg lights and sound bites of prime time. It’d be found in closed-door meetings, invitation-only events and the visceral experience of witnessing the awkward, painful birth of history in the making.

That manifested itself in the creation of the GOP platform the week before the convention.

According to The Washington Post, proposed initiatives included returning to the gold standard, safeguarding against Sharia law, loosening gun regulations, building a new border fence and excluding female soldiers from combat.

My choices were less reasonable. At that very moment, Lynyrd Skynyrd was playing an exclusive gig downtown, and Log Cabin Republicans were gathering at a bar called the Rusty Pelican. Throngs of delegates, dignitaries and media were gaping at bright, shiny things dangled by the welcoming committee at Tropicana Field.

Instead, I opted to drive my Democrat-blue rental car to the gritty outskirts of eastern Tampa for a Tea Party gathering dubbed “Unity Rally 2012.”

As Hurricane Isaac veered left, I was about to turn hard right.

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lot has changed since Nov. 4, 2008.

That night, millions cheered; doves sang; and unicorns galloped through the streets of Chicago as Oprah and I sniveled like 6-year-olds.

Four years later, we’re in the middle of a Cormac McCarthy novel. Beyond global recession and worldwide political upheaval, the tenor of U.S. politics is wedged in the grease trap of Sylvia Plath’s oven. The partisan divide has reached Grand Canyon proportions while the national discourse has sunk deep into a swampland of Fox News, death panels, MSNBC, bailouts, Twitter, birthers, Facebook and Occupy Wall Street.

“Too often in today’s poisonous atmosphere, those of us who reach across the aisle to work with colleagues of a different party end up vilified by both the far left and the far right,” Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a member of the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership, told me in an email. “As one constituent said to me, ‘Why can’t you all be Americans first?’”

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It’s an election year, for starters. Republicans cite socialist agendas and Obama’s utter lack of leadership as their excuse for being obstructionists. Democrats point to cynical right-wing sabotage and the mess Obama inherited for their apparent impotence. It’s the worst game of “But they did it first!” ever.

“For both sides, it isn’t about what’s best for the country anymore; it’s about what’s best for the party, every time,” said Christine Todd Whitman, the former New Jersey governor and Environmental Protection Agency administrator under George W. Bush. “That’s extremely disheartening for people who truly care about public service. Our Founding Fathers worried about a time when political party would supersede policy, and I think we’re there.”

That brings us to the Tea Party. Whether you view it as a beacon of light or the heart of darkness, there’s no denying the consortium of pissed-off conservatives represents both a desire for a better future and the philosophical abyss that divides the country’s partisans.

Virtually every Republican I spoke to during the convention believes the Tea Party is unfairly maligned, and its key issues (fiscal conservatism, small government, taxes) are often misrepresented. Liberals see the Tea Party as the result of conservatives going off their meds en masse. Republicans see a grassroots return to conservative principles.

There was supporting evidence for both arguments at the Unity Rally. Dustin Stockton, chief strategist for TheTeaParty.net, told several hundred attendees: “What we’re proposing isn’t radical; it isn’t extreme.”

He then implied that the U.S. Postal Service should be abolished.

he lack of dissent at the convention by virtually anyone not affiliated with Ron Paul wasn’t exactly a ringing endorsement for Mitt Romney. It quickly became clear—in the way people chose their words like it was their last meal—that few were completely enamored with the nominee.

“It’s hard to find the perfect candidate,” said Jerry T. Miller, a Kentucky delegate. “If I could, I’d probably take a quarter of Romney, a quarter of Ron Paul, a quarter of Rick Santorum and maybe a quarter of Newt Gingrich.”

That sound you hear is liberals shuddering.

Then again, in an era of super-PACs gone wild following the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, anything is possible in an election where the campaigns will collectively spend more than $2 billion. The role of money became

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A scene from the 2012 GOP Convention. uncomfortably obvious at an event with an open bar where I was introduced to a third-party congressional candidate from a Midwest swing state.

“I’m a journalist,” I blurted, recognizing that the candidate was about two drinks past three sheets to the wind.

“Here’s what I need from you,” she slurred, undeterred. “I need you to get together with your friends and raise $250 to $500 for me, because I need at least $100,000 to even run a shoestring campaign.”

If I needed that kind of scratch, I’d be liverdeep in free drinks, too. Luckily for the fledgling politicians in attendance, there was plenty to go around. National conventions represent a golden opportunity for lobbyists, super-PACs and partisan organizations to ply people of influence with everything from gratis Grey Goose to a complimentary Kid Rock concert.

n many ways, the eerie calm that follows a storm is worse than being trapped in the clenched teeth of its wrath. All that’s left is to survey the damage.

Room 423 at the Wyndham Tampa Westshore had been hit hard. Debris was strewn across the desk, the side table, the top of the coffeemaker and TV stand, and was slowly creeping across the floor toward the bathroom.

There were piles of crumpled parking permits and press badges. A mountain of creased business cards, road maps and newspapers with headlines like “Isaac intrudes,” “On the attack” and “Mitt’s promise.” Two tape recorders containing hours of rants and laments, pleas and pontification. Two notebooks filled with delirious scrawls. A pile of clothes best suited for an incinerator.

The speeches had been given, messages delivered, facts massaged. The confetti and balloons had fallen. Now, another crossroads.

“So here we stand,” Romney had said.

“Americans have a choice. A decision.”

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this rural dirt road near the town of Bowie, not far from the foothills of the Chiricahua Mountains, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hardly any noise during the day. At night, the quiet is disturbed only by chirping crickets and the yips of coyotes in the nearby hills.

But on April 22, the sounds of a helicopter disturbed this idyllic desert setting in southeastern Arizona, disrupting the intentional quiet of more than 34 people who are in the midst of a three-plus-year-long silent Buddhist retreat at a community and school called Diamond Mountain.

An Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter based in Tucson was responding to an emergency call, headed to a cave-like dwelling not far from the Diamond Mountain property. No one is sure how long 38-year-old Ian Thorson and his 39-year-old wife, Christie McNally, had been living in the cave, but when responders got there, they discovered Thorsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lifeless body, and a delirious McNally.

The helicopter transported Thorsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body to the Cochise County Medical Examinerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office. According to reports in the Arizona Range News, McNally was treated for dehydration at Northern Cochise Community Hospital in Willcox and released. No wrongdoing was suspected, and Thorsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death was attributed to exposure and dehydration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but still think Ian would be alive today if the whole thing had been done differently,â&#x20AC;? said Jerry Kelly, looking out at the Diamond Mountain campus from the screened porch of his home. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s convinced that if responders had taken a different routeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;across the Diamond Mountain property, rather than across Bureau of Land Management propertyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; or if someone from the retreat had broken retreat rules and left to get help, the outcome would have been different.

For the past few years, Kelly said, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s found himself in an unusual situation: Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a complete outsider who has befriended many Diamond Mountain students. Judging from what he knows about the retreat firsthand, and from rumors heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heard over the years, Kelly said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surprised that trouble didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come sooner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These people are in complete isolation, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if they are all really equipped to deal with that,â&#x20AC;? Kelly said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a few older people, and a younger person that I think about and worry about. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worried that they could even be targets of drug-smugglers or the elements.â&#x20AC;?

Kelly said he was told McNally used a satellite emergency phone to tell a volunteer at Diamond Mountain that she needed assistance.

That call went out at 9 a.m.

Kelly heard the helicopter arrive around 3 p.m.

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Geshe Michael Roach desert, most of us in Southern Arizona would probably shake our heads at yet another tragic death-in-the-desert story.

However, this is hardly about a backpacking trip gone wrong.

The Tucson Weekly first wrote about Diamond Mountain in 2003, two years after a Buddhist group led by Michael Roach, who describes himself as the first American to earn the title of geshe, purchased 1,000 acres of desert just south of the small town of Bowie.

Roach says he studied in southern India at the Sera Monastery. In his book, The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life, Roach wrote about how his teacher told him to go back to America and start a business to bring Buddhism into the American office. After working 16 years in New York City as the director of a jewelry manufacturer, and founding the Asian Classics Input Project and the Asian Classics Institute, Roach came to Arizona to start Diamond Mountain with his students.

Roach, called Geshe Michael or Geshela Michael by his students, a title used by Gelugpa Buddhist scholars, was involved in controversies long before Thorson, his former student, died in April. Roach drew criticism from American and Tibetan Buddhists alike for wearing his hair long, rather than shaving his head, and for wearing regular clothingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;atypical for someone who claims to be an ordained monk.

He sparked more controversy when he showed up at teachings with McNally, whom he introduced as his spiritual partner following an earlier three-year retreat in the Dragoon Mountains. Another area of controversy followed when Roach gave McNally the title of â&#x20AC;&#x153;lama,â&#x20AC;? and her students at Diamond Mountain called her Lama Christie. Roach also wrote to his teachers that he considered McNally a goddess.

Calls for Roach to renounce his vows, from prominent Buddhists such as Robert Thurman, were ignored by Roach.

Roach and McNally went so far as to wear matching rings and were known to never be more than 15 feet apart from each other, even reading the same book together and eating off the same plate. All along, Roach said, he remained true to his vows as a Buddhist monk and was celibate, because he and McNally practiced a different form of intimacy.

Attempts to contact Roach for this story were

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unsuccessful. But I did receive a response to an email sent to The Knowledge Base, a website described as “an ongoing project to preserve and publish the life work of Geshe Michael Roach, one of the modern world’s most prolific teachers of Buddhism, yoga and meditation.”

Ora Maimes, the project’s executive director, wrote, “I will forward your request to Geshe Michael’s assistants who help manage his schedule and correspondence. … Please know, however, that after numerous interviews in which he was misquoted and misrepresented (by) the press on this matter, he has been declining further interviews, and is focusing his limited time on teaching and his numerous humanitarian projects.”

The Weekly discussed Roach and McNally’s relationship in a 2005 story about a relationship workshop the couple held in Tucson.

Roach is quoted as saying, “Many people ask us about our relationship, because I’m a monk. … We have a tradition that, after you’ve been trained for enough years, a monk should have a relationship with a special lady. … You work together, not like a normal couple, not like most couples. You work for spiritual things. … You dedicate your relationship. … And then when you look at the other person, you should see a special person—not a human being, but an angel.”

It wasn’t until after Thorson’s death that Roach’s students discovered that Roach and McNally had been legally married and divorced, according to Michael Brannan, a former Roach student who lives in Bowie and still volunteers at Diamond Mountain.

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Brannan said that when he learned that McNally and Roach had been married, he realized that Roach’s story that he and McNally were spiritual partners was a farce.

“He broke his vows as a monk,” Brannan said, adding that he wrote to the Diamond Mountain board of directors and asked that it cut ties with Roach to help Diamond Mountain regain credibility. “The critical eye of American Buddhism is looking at Diamond Mountain. A young man died.”

Brannan claims that in response, Roach told the board that Brannan was no longer welcome to attend teaching events, but Brannan continues to volunteer by relieving caretakers assigned to provide food and other needs for each of the people in silent retreat.

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2005, the school began preparations for a three-plus-year silent retreat—a process that started with the development of infrastructure for retreat buildings and the introduction of students to more Buddhist studies, silent meditation and yoga, to prepare them for the challenges of the retreat.

Those interested in helping the school, like Brannan, dug trenches for plumbing and other chores. Those who wanted to be part of the three-plus-year retreat, also called the Great

Retreat, or the Retreat for Peace, took it upon themselves to build their own cabins at their own expense in a remote area chosen for the retreat. They would live in the cabins during the retreat, but it was understood that the cabins were Diamond Mountain property.

On the Diamond Mountain website is a blog with posts from various participants—board members, caretakers and those going into retreat—documenting the construction of the cabins and the mental preparations involved.

The project also included cabins for Roach and McNally, who planned to follow their students into the retreat.

That plan changed when McNally left Roach for Thorson in 2010. The new plan had McNally going into retreat with Thorson, and signing on as the retreat director. Meanwhile, Roach would be at Diamond Mountain a few times a year to do teachings.

In February, things got more complicated when McNally said during a retreat teaching session that Thorson had acted aggressively toward her, and that she tried to help him by practicing a form of martial arts with a samurai sword she had in her possession. She said she ended up stabbing him several times.

According to a letter dated April 26, written by Roach and posted on the Diamond Mountain website following Thorson’s death, Roach said that after an investigation by the Diamond Mountain board and Roach, McNally and Thorson were asked to leave the retreat and the Diamond Mountain property.

“I write this letter at the request of many friends of the University around the world. It

has been a very sad and difficult week for all of us, mourning and trying to understand the loss of one of our oldest friends; a dear, courageous and dedicated spiritual seeker. I know the parents and other relatives of the affected families well, and I know that this has been a heart-wrenching time for them, too. We are deeply sorry for the loss that they and Ian’s wife, Lama Christie McNally, are surely feeling,” Roach wrote.

He wrote that McNally had recounted what Roach described as “serious incidents of mutual spousal abuse” between herself and Thorson.

“Lama Christie described what sounded like repeated physical abuse of herself by her husband, and also an incident in which she had stabbed Ian with a knife, under what she described as a spiritual influence.

“These statements of course caused great concern to the board of directors, and we also received many expressions of concern and confusion from retreatants’ parents, families, students and friends of DMU. The board immediately initiated an inquiry, and in my own public talk on the following day, I stated that we had a moral and legal responsibility to conduct such an investigation. Our entire lineage is of course founded upon the principle of nonviolence, and the sacredness of all life. I made it clear that such violence would not be tolerated in a place of spiritual light and happiness.”

Roach wrote that there had been past complaints about Thorson’s behavior, which resulted in Thorson being asked to leave the campus at another time.

“Some of us felt that Lama Christie, by men-

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The condolences offered in Roach’s letter have meant little to Thorson’s mother.

According to television news interviews and a story in The New York Times, Kay Thorson told reporters that she thinks Diamond Mountain is a cult and that Roach is a dangerous leader. She said that she once hired cult deprogrammers to work with her son and help him leave Roach.

He left for a short time, she said, but returned.

However, McNally herself posted an account of the events that led to her and Thorson’s dismissal from Diamond Mountain. It was posted on scribd.com on April 19, three days before the death of Thorson. (There is also a statement that is written by two people identified as McNally’s caretakers, which was posted April 22, which discusses events surrounding Thorson’s death.)

The April 19 post, titled “A Shift in the Matrix Dispelling Darkness by Shining Light to the World,” gives a detailed account of what happened between her and Thorson, and how they were exiled by the board.

“Dearest friends,” she wrote, “I am writing now from deep retreat because I feel there is great need. … My last retreat teaching seemed to create quite a commotion! So many crazy rumors! It is quite hard for me to believe that anyone would actually have some of the misconceptions I have heard about, especially those who have been close students of mine for so

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McNally said she had written to the board explaining why her expulsion was wrong. She said she was disappointed that she and Thorson were not given enough time to prepare to leave, and that she wasn’t allowed to help the remaining students prepare for her absence.

“Just before we left to our retreat place in the sky, my Love and I sat on the side of a craggy hill, tucked away in our sleeping bag, gazing out over the retreat valley and wondering what will happen,” McNally wrote. “This land is so beautiful. It Co-founder of is so strange that there Diamond Mountain is so much strife. I do University, Lama believe the retreatants Christie McNally. and I have healed much, but there is still much to go.”

I tried to contact McNally through an email address on a website publicizing a book she wrote, and I also sent a message to what is identified as Lama Christie McNally’s Facebook page. No one has responded; there is a blog post that claims McNally left the country for India after Thorson’s death to meet with a former teacher.

Brannan said he believes Roach didn’t know the couple had taken to the hills to continue their retreat. “This put some people in a difficult position, being equally loyal to both Michael and Christie,” Brannan said. “They didn’t tell Michael what was really going on, and (they) tried to get supplies to Christie. They knew where they were, but never told anyone.”

Those people are suspected of leaving food that emergency responders found at the base of the hill where McNally and Thorson were living. McNally reportedly told responders that she and Thorson had grown too weak to climb up and down the hill to retrieve the supplies.

Brannan said it’s his understanding that the followers who left the food are no longer in Arizona.

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where the retreat cabins are located on the Diamond Mountain campus, there’s a camp area with several trailers, yurts, other structures and the community’s temple, built entirely from adobe bricks.

Diamond Mountain caretaker Chuck Vedova met me outside of the temple. I told him I wanted to find out how to reach Roach, and that I had been told to ask for the resident nun.

Vedova said he could talk to me, and invited me to sit in the community’s kitchen, which is housed in a yurt outfitted with refrigeration and plumbing.

Vedova, who said he is originally from New Jersey, talked about the work he and other vol-

unteers did to prepare Diamond Mountain for the retreat, which started on Dec. 30, 2010.

“It’s a retreat that goes for three years, three months and three days,” he said.

During our discussion—which included an explanation of the different branches of Buddhism, including that Roach is part of the Gelugpa branch—Vedova said, “Diamond Mountain is not a commune; it’s not a residential community. That’s not its purpose. It’s a school, but right now, its purpose is the retreat.”

Vedova communicates in writing with several of the retreatants, and delivers their food and mail at locations near the retreat cabins. If there are problems, retreatants leave notes for the caretakers.

“You can’t have a retreat without caretakers. I came here to serve,” he said.

Vedova said retreatants know about Thorson’s death, and that Roach visited them to explain what happened. When I asked about the controversies surrounding Roach, and now possibly Diamond Mountain, Vedova said they weren’t issues to him. When I asked specifically about Roach being married to McNally, he explained that such relationships are not uncommon for Tibetan monks, who have had female spiritual partnerships going back 600 years.

“But it was never discussed. It was secret, but was going on all along,” Vedova said.

Speaking of Thorson’s death, Vedova brought his hands together and noted that I wasn’t the first reporter to come to Diamond Mountain.

Although the story gets told over and over again, Vedova said he wonders if anyone cares about the people still at Diamond Mountain who considered McNally an important teacher, and Thorson a friend.

“We lost a lama and a friend,” he said.

“Someone honored as a lama is gone and was asked to leave. Our friend is gone. The caretakers knew him, and no one is asking us how we feel that our friend is dead.”

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SEPTEMBER 6-12, 2012 OUR TOP PICKS OF WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO DO IT

BY INÉS TARACENA AND MARIANA DALE

Taking a Comedic Stand

PICK OF THE WEEK

It has been many years since the local comedy duo Bob and Bob performed onstage. However, they’re returning from their hiatus to perform at the second annual Stand Up to Stop Violence fundraiser.

The show benefits the Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse, an organization that works to prevent domestic abuse, and the Blair Charity Group, which funds basketball scholarships to at-risk youth and assists other local nonprofit organizations.

“Elliot (Glicksman) called me and asked me if I wanted to come see the show, because he was going to do standup,” said Nick Seivert, one half of Bob and Bob. “Then he said, ‘Wait a minute. Why don’t we write new material, and do Bob and Bob?’ And I said, ‘Sure!’”

Seivert and Glicksman met in the early ’80s through a mutual friend. When the two realized they shared an admiration for classic comedy acts, such as Bob and Ray, they decided to give it a try.

“When I met Elliot, he made me laugh until I cried,” Seivert said. “He was, really, a funny guy. And I came from a theater background, so I said, ‘Yeah, sure. Let’s try it.’” They formed Bob and Bob, and went around town doing Saturday Night Live-style sketches.

After a few years as Bob and Bob, the duo went their separate ways. Seivert started working for a local theater, and Glicksman began doing solo standup shows, even opening for Jerry Seinfeld back in the ’90s. Glicksman also is a lawyer, “so he has been lawyering,” Seivert said. But the thought of doing comedy together again has re-energized them, and they are ready to make people laugh at Stand Up to Stop Violence.

Susan Agrillo, aka comedian abuse, and provides legal and Suzie Sexton, came up with the financial help to victims. idea for the event. She began “We help people create a new planning last year’s Stand Up life free from violence,” said to Stop Violence after the Jan. Kimberly Thompson, vice 8, 2011, shootings in which six president of philanthropy at people were killed, and thenEmerge! “We help them U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords rediscover their own strength was among the 13 wounded. and support them as they start “I remember Gabby a new journey free from abuse.”

Giffords’ husband, Mark Kelly, Agrillo started preparing for said he wanted something this year’s event about six positive to come out from such months ago. She contacted a tragedy,” said Agrillo, who some of the comedians who has been doing standup for participated in last year’s about three years. “So that fundraiser, including made me want to pursue the Glicksman, David Fitzsimmons comedy show and have and Gary Hood. Eric O’Shea, something positive come out Eric O’Shea headlines Stand Up to Stop Violence. known for his award-wining from such a horrible tragedy.” college standup shows, will be the headliner.

Agrillo gathered some of the best local comedians for a sold-out Last week, Agrillo held an audition for University of Arizona show at Laffs Comedy Caffé. All money raised went to fund local students who wanted the opportunity to do standup at the event. The organizations that help prevent violence. winner was Harrison Lehrman, a junior majoring in psychology.

Agrillo, who also is a city prosecutor, said she became an advocate Seivert said he and Glicksman have been rehearsing their new Bob for violence prevention after her sister was murdered 30 years ago. and Bob material for the past few weeks. “I’m really looking forward “Laughter is really important, even after a tragedy,” Agrillo said. to the event, working with Elliot again, and spotlighting a great cause.”

“People need to have hope. And with laughter, there is hope.”

Stand Up to Stop Violence starts at 7 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 9, at the When Agrillo is not onstage spilling her thoughts on Internet Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. Doors open at 6 p.m. dating, sex or religion, she handles domestic-abuse cases that often Tickets are $15 to $25, and $10 for students; VIP tickets are $50. involve people taking refuge at Emerge! The organization has For more information, visit standuptostopviolence.com. emergency shelters for women and children who are trying to escape Inés Taracena a violent environment. It also offers classes in preventing domestic mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

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FILM If You Give an Activist a Camera …

Maquilapolis: City of Factories 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8 Sam Lena-South Tucson Branch Library 1607 S. Sixth Ave. 626-0189

Maquilapolis, a documentary about a group of female factory workers who become activists, filmmakers and ultimately victors, kicks off the fall semester for the Borderlands Community Film Series.

Maquilapolis was first shown in 2006 and details the lives of promotoras (community activists) working in a Tijuana factory.

As the workers began to address the environmental issues in their community, the filmmakers decided to take a new approach to record their story: The factory workers “are not only the subject of the film; they helped make the film,” said producer and director Vicky Funari.

The film crew trained the workers to wield their own cameras in a six-week workshop before filming began. Though many environmental stories have a bleak outlook, the ultimate message of Maquilapolis is one of optimism, Funari said.

“If everyday people get together and work for change, they actually can make it happen,” Funari said.

The screening will also feature a presentation by Community Assist of Southern Arizona, a group that focuses on helping communities address local environmental dangers.

“For this fall, we were really deliberate in finding a local connection for each film so people can learn about a service in Tucson,” said Michelle Kuhns, outreach director for the University of Arizona’s Center for Latin American Studies.

The center started the screenings almost a year ago, after receiving a grant from the Arizona Humanities Council.

“We’re really hoping for all the films, this one included, to open up dialogue in a safe and interesting way,” Kuhns said.

Admission is free. The film is in Spanish with English subtitles. The presentation will also be bilingual. —M.D.

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Left: Participants at the 2009 International Day of Literacy.

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No previous knowledge of William Shakespeare—or any of his plays—is necessary to enjoy the live stage reading of Kill Shakespeare. But fans of the Bard will definitely get a bigger kick out of this twist on Shakespeare and his most-famous characters.

Kill Shakespeare: The Live Stage Reading kicks off Arizona Theatre Company’s second season of Café Bohemia. Kill Shakespeare started out as a comic book—now in its 12th issue—and the creators, Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery, adapted it into a script that would fit the world of theater.

The comic book and play alike illustrate the lives and adventures of characters such as Juliet, Puck, Hamlet and Othello, and their quest to find Shakespeare, a wizard who may be able to help them fight against Richard III, Lady Macbeth and Iago. The stage reading is developed from the first issue of the comic book.

The reading will be “presented in partnership with slides from the actual comic book,” said Stephen Wrentmore, associate artistic director at Arizona Theatre Company. “You will get these visual journeys. The audience will see images at the same time the story is told.”

Tucson is the first city in the United States to host Kill Shakespeare. It debuted in Toronto last November.

“It is great to see the words that Conor and I have written brought to life by professional actors,” Del Col said. “It is very rewarding for us to see these characters jump off the pages and come to life.”

Also: Del Col will do a signing from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7, at Heroes and Villains, 4533 E. Broadway Blvd.

Tickets to the live reading are $5. —I.T.

Do you want to take your family on a worldwide tour, but hate packing? Not enough time in your weekend for a global getaway?

No problem. The Sunnyside Literacy Council is bringing the world to Tucson for the International Day of Literacy.

UNESCO first celebrated the day in 1966, and the Sunnyside Literacy Council has hosted Tucson festivities since 2009. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Peace and Understanding Through Literacy,” with an emphasis on literature from around the world.

“When you are exposed to different types of literature, you are exposed to different types of cultures,” said Ada Adams, the Sunnyside Literacy Council chair. “When you understand different people, you are not afraid of them. You are more open to who they are.”

The Tucson International Alliance of Refugee Communities will have booths representing the Middle East, Russia, Latin America and other regions to showcase the literature and spirit of the area.

“A lot of times, we don’t think there is illiteracy,” Adams said. But one in five adults in Arizona does not possess the reading or writing skills to fill out a job application, according to a study by National Assessment of Adult Literacy in 2003.

“Everyone in the community has a responsibility to make sure we achieve 100 percent literacy,” Adams said.

The Pima County Public Library’s Bookbike will be at the event, and foods and crafts representing various cultures will be for sale. Students from Toltecalli Academy and other schools will perform dance routines. And kids who are feeling inspired can visit the poetry booth to compose their own masterpiece and perform at an open mic.

The event is free. —M.D.

Far left: A benefit for PAWSitively Cats no-kill cat shelter includes a wine-tasting, snacks and an auction of cat-themed art, household goods and jewelry, from 4 to 6 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 9, at CataVinos, 3063 N. Alvernon Way; $20. Reservations are requested. Call 323-3063, or visit pawsitivelycats.org for info.

“Watergardening Possibilities”: self-guided tour 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 8 and 9 “Tour Central”: Tucson Koi and Water Gardens 3372 N. Dodge Blvd.

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When JoAn Stolley retired to Tucson, her backyard was barren. Now it’s a thriving water garden with five ponds, two bogs and a red-eared slider turtle named Torgs.

Stolley’s garden is one stop on the Tucson Watergardeners’ annual public tour, “Watergardening Possibilities.” The circuit features eight unique gardens scattered throughout the Old Pueblo.

The tours are self-guided, and a brochure with a description and the location of each garden can be picked up at Tucson Koi and Water Gardens or downloaded online.

The gardens’ stewards will be available to answer questions about the flora and fauna.

“One of our goals is to introduce people to ponding in the desert and to show them responsible water-gardening practices,” said Stolley, the club president.

Tucson Watergardeners was founded in 1999 and now has 120 members, Stolley said. The tours have attracted more than 600 people in past years.

“Each pond is its own ecosystem. It attracts insects, dragonflies, birds and animals,” Stolley said.

The gardens are named to reflect the main features. The In Town Oasis is a modest backyard creation, while the Drama of Water and Vistas is an 8,000-gallon installment with a waterfall and separate koi pond.

Stolley’s garden, dubbed the Fun of Re-Purposing, demonstrates a creative approach to using salvage in a garden design. She and her husband used old sliding glass doors, picture windows and other abandoned items.

“We’ve made junk into art, if you will,” Stolley said.

The tour is free, but donations will be accepted. —M.D.

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TQ&A Antonio Villagómez

Mari Herreras, mherreras@tucsonweekly.com

Are the actors in the series from Tucson?

Yes, we worked with a crew that’s 100 percent from Tucson, and 99 percent of our actors are from Tucson.

One actor was from Phoenix. We really wanted to pay everybody—all the actors. It wasn’t a lot of money, but something to show that we are serious. I think it is really rare; it turns out that it is very hard to get paid. We’re in debt now, but that was one of our goals. It was a way to tell them we respect them and are serious enough about this project to get in a little debt and pay them for their time and hard work.

Do you think that (paying actors) leads to a betterquality project?

I don’t know. Personally, I know that people are often

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willing to do something just to get credit or experience. I think it’s important to approach people professionally in this industry. People do take you more seriously, and we got a lot more responses to our casting calls.

What was the feedback from the cast and friends?

Everyone was curious if we were able to pull this off based on what is written on the pages. It’s crazy stuff that you don’t find in Arizona, and only in big pictures.

How many people worked on the series?

We have a little more than 10 involved and a very little crew. We have maybe five or six people on set and postproduction, and three people doing sound design, special effects and editing, because we can’t afford 20 people working on special effects.

How did you pull off the special effects?

A lot of green-screen stuff, and then we did more when we got to postproduction.

There were challenges on processes and how to create special effects and animated stuff.

How did you come up with the idea of the series?

I had always been a big fan of big, epic fantasy films. I wanted to come up with something fun to work with that was also challenging. I thought about wizards and vampires. So in one week, I came up with the idea, and we threw ideas back and forth, and then started writing some drafts. We decided to just write and not think about how it would be filmed. I talked to a friend who agreed to work with me, and (we) got together a couple of other friends and put together a tiny budget.

The whole process took a few months—a couple of months to write it, and then people lined up.

EVENTS THIS WEEK

BLOCK PARTY Sunrise at River Road. 4975 N. First Ave. 888-8400.

Free lunch, music, food and activities for all ages are featured from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12; free. Tucson Trivia is at 10 a.m.; a Zumba fitness class is at 11 a.m.; and a pet-therapy presentation takes place at 1 p.m. Pets are welcome.

2ND SATURDAYS DOWNTOWN Free events take place throughout downtown from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8. The main stage on Scott Street just south of Congress Street features live music by Combo Westside from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m.; The Tryst from 7:45 to 9 p.m.; and The Dunwells from 9:15 to 10:30 p.m. Sticks and Fingers performs Caribbean percussion from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. in Ronstadt Plaza, corner of Sixth Avenue and Congress Street, and LeeAnne Savage gives a free concert at 7 p.m. at the Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. A kids’ area in the south parking lot of the Chase Bank building at 2 E. Congress St. features a jumping castle and a screening of a 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.

Antonio Villagómez came to Tucson 10 years ago to study film at the UA, where he met his wife, Cori DiSimone. Villagómez said he got into film to do creative work—but to pay the bills, the couple did work on corporate videos. Last year, VillagÓmez came up with a way to get creative again: He developed a Web series, Wizard Hunters, a Harry Potterand Lord of the Rings-inspired fantasy series about wizards and vampires. The series is slated to kick off in late October and coincides with the release of an iPhone and iPad game app. For more information, go to www.wizardhunters.com.

Filmmakers are using Web series as a way to get their work out there.

Is that your goal?

Yeah, absolutely: That is exactly why we are doing this. My wife and I have been doing corporate videos for local businesses and other companies to pay our bills, but what we really want to do is make films.

Nowadays, with technology being cheaper, you can buy a camera and a computer, and you can make a movie. …

We wanted to create our own opportunity and get back to doing more creative work.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Donations may be dropped off any weekday through Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Arts for All from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Call 622-4100, ext. 209, for more information.

How many episodes are done?

We have five episodes ready to launch at the end of October or beginning of November. They are each three to five minutes long.

What if people want more?

Hopefully, people will like it and help us raise the money to finish the first season, which would be five more episodes, and hopefully help us continue to create it. The idea with a Web series is that people enjoy it for a few minutes while they are waiting for the bus or sitting at the airport. Also, we’re developing, at the same time, a little video game for iPhone and iPad based on the series. We’ll try to launch it at the same time. It costs 99 cents at the app store and helps us create some revenue to continue producing the series.

DANIEL MORENO AWARD DINNER AND SILENT AUCTION Skyline Country Club. 5200 E. St. Andrews Drive.

299-0464. Local individuals who have helped promote mental-health recovery are honored, and Dr. José Apud of the National Institute of Mental Health is the keynote speaker, at a dinner meeting that also features a silent auction, from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7; $65.

Call 250-7525 for reservations and more information.

FASHION’S NIGHT OUT La Encantada. 2905 E. Skyline Drive. 299-3566.

In-store parties, free gifts, music by DJ PCparty, entertainment by BreakOut Studios and four interactive, live fashion exhibits are featured from 6 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 6; free. The event celebrates Tucson fashionista Paula Taylor’s new book, How to Produce a Fashion Show.

NO WAVE PUNK NIGHT IN THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT Booze, dancing, food, DJs, a photo booth, male and female go-go dancers, live graffiti art, new-wave films, and film-inspired art by local artists including Joe Pagac, Anna Bronwyn Murphy and others are featured starting at 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8, and continuing after midnight, around 19 E. Toole Ave. Costumes representing the 1980s are encouraged. The event is organized by MEOWmeow Productions, Kitty Kat McKinley and the Arizona Underground Film Festival.

SANTA MUERTE MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL Sacred Machine. 245 E. Congress St., Suite 123. 7777403. A festival featuring 27 international artists and 18 musical performances opens with a reception and concert from 7 p.m. to midnight, Friday, Sept. 7, and continues through Wednesday, Nov. 7. Hours are 5 to 8 p.m., Wednesday through Friday; and 4 to 9 p.m., Saturday; free. Visit sacredmachine.com for a complete schedule.

TEAL TEA Sheraton Hotel and Suites. 5151 E. Grant Road. 3236262. The National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Tucson Chapter, hosts its annual fundraising tea honoring survivors of ovarian cancer and their caregivers, from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8; $40. Call 342-4599 for reservations.

WINE-TASTING AND CAT-ART AUCTION CataVinos. 3063 N. Alvernon Way. 323-3063. A benefit for PAWSitively Cats no-kill cat shelter includes a wine-tasting, snacks and an auction of cat-themed art, household goods and jewelry, from 4 to 6 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 9; $20. Reservations are requested by Saturday, Sept. 8. Call or visit pawsitivelycats.org for reservations and more information.

BULLETIN BOARD EVENTS THIS WEEK ARIZONA AIRCRAFT EXPO Million Air. 1840 E. Valencia Road, No. 8. 445-6300.

The latest models of general aviation aircraft are displayed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Sept. 7 and 8; free. Visit azaircraftexpo.com to preregister. E-mail brian@pacificaircenter.com for more information.

ARTS FOR ALL AMERICORPS NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE Arts for All Inc. 2520 N. Oracle Road. 622-4100. Arts for All’s AmeriCorps members collect food, books, toys, office supplies, clothes and blankets for the Gospel Rescue Mission’s Women and Children’s Shelter as part of the National Day of Service on Tuesday, Sept. 11.

CAFÉ INQUIRY DuVal Auditorium, UA Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. 694-0111. The intersection of religion and culture is discussed from 8 to 9:15 a.m., the second Sunday of every month; free. Call 297-9919 for more information.

CANDIDATE FORUM FOR PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE GOVERNING BOARD Pima Community College, Amethyst Room. 1255 N. Stone Ave. Freda Johnson moderates a forum of five candidates for two open positions on the Pima Community College Governing Board, from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11; free. The forum is co-hosted by the League of Women Voters, Las Adelitas Arizona and the Pima County Tucson Women’s Commission. Call 6220905 for more information.

DIVORCE RECOVERY 1 Trained facilitators lead nonsectarian support groups from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday or Thursday; $60 requested donation, but no one is turned away. Each course is eight weeks and closes after the second week.

A new class started Tuesday, Sept. 4, at Catalina United Methodist Church, 2700 E. Speedway Blvd., Room H30. Call 495-0704, or visit divorcerecovery.net for more information.

DIVORCE RECOVERY GROUP-LEADER TRAINING Divorce Recovery Inc. 1051 N. Columbus Blvd., No. 103. 495-0704. Training for prospective leaders of divorce-recovery groups takes place from 6:30 to 9 p.m., every Thursday, through Oct. 11; $60.

Participants receive the Divorce Recovery Manual and other materials. Call or visit divorcerecovery.net for an application and more information.

JOGS INTERNATIONAL GEM AND JEWELRY SHOW Tucson Expo Center. 3750 E. Irvington Road. 7508000. Jewelry, gems, gifts, cut stones, Swarovski crystals, pearls, amber, minerals, stone decor and more are featured from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 6 through 9; $8. Jewelry-making classes take place daily. Call (213) 629-3030 for more info.

MEET-THE-ARTISTS NIGHTS Old Town Artisans. 201 N. Court Ave. 623-6024.

Guests tour the eclectic shops and galleries, meet local artists and enjoy live music in the historic courtyard from 6 to 8 p.m., the second Saturday of every month through December; free.

MINI-TIME MACHINE MUSEUM OF MINIATURES Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures. 4455 E. Camp Lowell Drive. 881-0606. Wednesday, Sept. 12, from 4 to 6 p.m., is Teacher Appreciation Night, with refreshments from Lerua’s and a lesson plan to be used in the classroom; free. The event is only for educators, and registration is required via theminitimemachine.org NON-CHEMICAL CONTROL OF INSECTS IN YOUR HOME AND GARDEN Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Learn to identify and control common insect pests, from 3 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8; free.

OCCUPY TUCSON TEACH-IN ON ANDRE GORZ Historic YWCA. 738 N. Fifth Ave. 622-4700. A discussion about the French social philosopher who predicted the rise of a “non-class of the non-proletariat” takes place from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11; free. Call 399-6324 for more information.

PHILOSOPHY GROUP DISCUSSION Old Pueblo Grille. 60 N. Alvernon Way. 326-6000. A group meets for an open discussion of philosophical issues on the second Monday of every month; free.

SMOKE AND IRONS FOR THE TUCSON FIRE FOUNDATION Borderlands Brewing Company. 119 E. Toole Ave. 2618773. Borderlands introduces its new “Smoke and Irons” brew at a benefit for the Tucson Fire Foundation from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7; freewill donation.

Beer sales and donations at the event benefit the foundation. Search “Tucson Fire Foundation” on Facebook for more information.

VETERANS FOR PEACE Ward 3 Council Office. 1510 E. Grant Road. 791-4711.

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Peace, gives highlights of the 27th Annual Veterans for Peace Convention, at a meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 10. Discussion follows. Call 747-3138 or 298-7498 for more information.

WOMEN IMPACTING TUCSON Arizona Inn. 2200 E. Elm St. 325-1541. Johanna Duffek, of Communities in Schools Arizona, and mayoral aide Andrew Greenhill speak at a luncheon from 11:20 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 10; $30, $20 with a reservation made by Thursday, Sept. 6. Call 323-3100, or visit arizonainn.com/wit for reservations.

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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.

FALL ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW Tanque Verde Ranch. 14301 E. Speedway Blvd. 2966275. More than three-dozen members of the Tucson Arts and Crafts Association exhibit and sell their work from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15; free. A raffle benefits the Humane Society of Southern Arizona; bring any pet food for a free raffle ticket. Call 797-1751, or visit tucsonartsandcrafts.org for more information.

HOME INSTEAD SENIOR-CARE OFFERS FREE SHREDDING, SCAM PREVENTION TIPS Northminster Presbyterian Church. 2450 E. Fort Lowell Road. 327-7121. Documents of all kinds, in unlimited quantity and with or without paper clips or staples, are shredded from 8 to 11 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 13; free.

Five boxes per person are allowed. Everyone receives a free Senior Fraud Protection Kit. Call 694-0464.

TIHAN VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s United Methodist Church. 8051 E. Broadway Blvd. 296-6149. The Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network holds an orientation for prospective volunteers from 1 to 5 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15; $17 covers materials. Volunteers are needed to provide advocacy and emotional support, front-desk receptionist duties, officecleaning help, HIV education and outreach, fundraising support and moving assistance. Advance registration is required; call 299-6647, or email volunteercoordinator@ tihan.org to register and for more information.

TUCSON PIMA COLLABORATION TO END HOMELESSNESS Holiday Inn. 4550 S. Palo Verde Road. 746-1161. A day-long series of workshops provide information on ending homelessness and helping individuals and families who are at risk of homelessness, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14; $60 to $80. Reservations are requested. Call 990-8740 to register; visit tpch.info for more information.

YWCA WORKSHOPS Barnes and Noble. 5130 E. Broadway Blvd. 5121166. The YWCA presents three free workshops for women from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15: from 2 to 2:45 p.m., â&#x20AC;&#x153;Personal Finance Fundamentals,â&#x20AC;? Tiana Ronstadt; 2:45 to 3:30 p.m., â&#x20AC;&#x153;Understanding Your Strengths to Achieve Your Potential,â&#x20AC;? Janina Latack; and 3:30 to 4 p.m., â&#x20AC;&#x153;Finding the Passion Within You,â&#x20AC;?

Michelle Pitot. Curious George reads to attendeesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; children, and a drawing is held at 4 p.m. for three complimentary registrations to the YWCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2012 Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leadership Conference.

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QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE CHOOSING A FINANCIAL ADVISOR Raskob/Kambourian Financial Advisors. 4100 N. First Ave. 690-1999. How to work with a financial planner to realize your objectives is the topic from 1 to 2 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7; free. Attendees receive a free copy of How to Choose a Financial Planner: Tough Questions to Ask. Call for reservations and more information.

WORLD HARMONY: CAN IT HAPPEN? Access Tucson. 124 E. Broadway Blvd. 624-9833.

The public is invited to a live taping of World Harmony: Can It Happen? from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, Sept.

7; free. Guest panelists attorney Bill Risner, Black Box Voting board member Jim March, and co-founder of Audit-AZ John Brakey, discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Will Your Vote Count in the Upcoming Election?â&#x20AC;? Audience members arrive by 6:15 p.m. to guarantee seating. Call 722-2837, or e-mail humanharmony2005@aol.com for more info.

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11; $45, $40 member; $15 less with reservations by Thursday, Sept. 6. Call 326-2926 for reservations and more information.

PIMA COUNTY WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD PCC Community Campus. 401 N. Bonita Ave. 2064528. A representative of the Department of Laborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Employee Benefits Security Administration talks about workplace benefits and how the administration oversees them at a meeting from 7:30 to 9 a.m., Friday, Sept.

14; free. Call 243-6766 for more information.

EVENTS THIS WEEK BORDERLANDS COMMUNITY FILM SERIES Sam Lena-South Tucson Branch Library. 1607 S. Sixth Ave. 594-5265. Maquilapolis: City of Factories, a documentary about workers fighting environmental hazards, is screened from 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8; free.

Call 626-0189, or email michellek@email.arizona.edu.

CINEMA LA PLACITA 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 info.

FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Max Cannon hosts a contest among filmmakers to win prizes or be gonged at the discretion of the audience, starting at 9 p.m., the first Friday of every month; $6, $5 Loft member. The maximum film length is 15 minutes; aspiring auteurs sign in with a DVD or Blu-ray that can be played on a regular player.

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. Saturday, Sept. 8, at 10 a.m.: Bag It, a comic documentary about the life of plastic bags; free. Saturday, Sept. 8, at 7 p.m.: Grease SingAlong; $5 to $9 includes a Grease goodie bag. Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m.: General Education, followed by a Q&A with director and co-writer Tom Morris and producer and co-writer Elliot Feld; $5 to $9.

THE STRUGGLE FOR THE PRESIDENCY Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Kate Kenski of the UA Department of Communication provides context in introductions and closing discussions for a series of popular films about the American presidency and presidential elections, at 3:30 p.m., every Wednesday, from through Oct. 24; $5 each film. Sept.

12: The Candidate. Sept. 19: All the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Men. Sept. 26: Bob Roberts. Oct. 3: Primary Colors. Oct. 10: W. Oct. 17: The Ides of March. Oct. 24: The American President. Visit loftcinema.com for details and a complete calendar of screenings.

SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES St. Francis in the Foothills. 4625 E. River Road. 2999063. Bliss screens following a 5:30 p.m. potluck supper on Sunday, Sept. 9; free.

WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SHOWING AT YOUR LIBRARY Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, a documentary about how oppressed people around the world create solutions to problems in health care, education and economic empowerment, screens at 2:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7, at Joyner Green Valley Branch Library, 601 N. La CaĂąada Drive, Green Valley; 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8, at Woods Memorial Branch Library, 3455 N. First Ave.; and 6 p.m., Monday, Sept. 10, at Himmel Park Branch Library, 1035 N. Treat Ave.; free.

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FOX TUCSON THEATRE Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. To Sir With Love screens at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15;

and at 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 16; $5 to $7. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for tickets and more information.

LOFT CINEMA SPECIAL EVENTS Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Visit loftcinema.com for a complete list of forthcoming films and to reserve tickets. Saturday, Sept. 15, at 10 a.m.: May I Be Frank, including a 9 a.m. mini-expo of raw and organic foods, and nutrition and holistic health consultants, and a post-film Q&A with the film’s star, Frank Ferrante; $10. Sunday, Sept. 16, at 11 a.m., and Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m.: Carl Theodore Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), commemorating the saint’s 600th birthday; $5 suggested donation.

Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m.: Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West; free. Sunday, Sept.

23, at noon: Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo; $8, $6 member.

THE SCREENING ROOM The Screening Room. 127 E. Congress St. 882-0204.

A screening of the documentary The Avenue, about Tucson’s own Fourth Avenue, takes place at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15; $4. A Q&A with the director follows.

Search “Mind Our Own Business” on Facebook for more information.

GARDENING EVENTS THIS WEEK BISBEE AND SIERRA VISTA GARDEN TOURS A self-guided tour of established gardens in Bisbee’s historic district and a variety of gardens in the Warren district begins at 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 8; $15.

Tickets and maps are available where the tour originates, in front of the Mining and Historical Museum at 5 Copper Queen Plaza. Highlights include water-saving techniques, rain-harvesting and straw-bale gardening. Musicians perform at several garden stops. Call 432-3554 for more information. A tour of low-water landscapes and xeriscape gardens takes place at 9 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 9 in Sierra Vista; free. Call 458-8278, ext. 2141, or visit waterwise.arizona.edu for reservations and more information.

MESQUITE BAKING CLASS Brandi Fenton Memorial Park. 3482 E. River Road.

877-6154. Deb Hilbert helps ages 12 and older learn how to use mesquite flour in baked products and provides information about its nutritional value, from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 8; $15. Reservations are required. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for reservations and more information.

TUCSON AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY The East Side Night Meeting of the Tucson African Violet Society gathers from 7 to 9 p.m., the first Wednesday of every month, at The Cascades, 201 N. Jessica Ave. The East Side Day Meeting takes place from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., the second Wednesday of every month, at The Cascades. The Northwest Day Meeting takes place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., the second Thursday of every month, at The Inn at the Fountains at La Cholla, 2001 W. Rudasill Road.

WATER-GARDENING POSSIBILITIES Tucson Koi and Water Gardens. 3372 N. Dodge Blvd.

323-5462. The nonprofit Tucson Water Gardeners hosts a self-guided tour of eight water gardens in and around Tucson from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 8 and 9; free. Gardens range from professionally designed vistas to smaller residential ponds, and include a wide selection of aquatic plants. Call 760-5565 for more information.

WATERSMART LANDSCAPES FOR HOMEOWNERS Pima County Cooperative Extension. 4210 N. Campbell Ave. 626-5161. Classes are free; call to register.

Saturday, Sept. 8, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., “Residential Drip Irrigation”; and from 9 to 11 a.m., “Rainwater Harvesting.” Visit ag.arizona.edu/pima/ smartscape for more information about all classes in the series.

WHO OWNS OUR FOOD? Ward 6 City Council Office. 3202 E. First St. 7914601. Bill McDorman, executive director of Native Seeds/SEARCH, discusses the availability of food and who owns it, at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11; free. Call 405-0802 for more information.

UPCOMING SEED LIBRARY AT SANTA CRUZ FARMERS’ MARKET Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market. 100 S. Avenida del Convento. 882-3304. The Pima County Library’s Seed Library is available at the Santa Cruz Farmers’ Market from 4 to 6 p.m., the second Thursday of every month, beginning Sept. 13; free. Call 791-4010 for more info.

HEALTH EVENTS THIS WEEK ADULT LOSS OF HEARING ASSOCIATION (ALOHA) Santa Catalina Roman Catholic Church. 14380 N. Oracle Road. 825-9611. Dr. John Cobb presents “Wear Your Hearing Aids or Your Brain Will Rust” at a meeting of ALOHA from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 6; free. ALOHA meets the first Thursday of every month through May 2, 2013. Call 795-9887 for more info.

FREE ACUPUNCTURE AND GRAND OPENING The Fix Community Acupuncture. 7804 E. Wrightstown Road. 333-5593. The Fix Community Acupuncture opens with free acupuncture treatments from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8. No appointment is necessary.

The celebration continues from 4 to 6 p.m. with music, refreshments, special discounts, and a raffle for free treatments and other prizes. Visit thefixacupuncture.com for more information.

FREE CONFERENCE FOR LIVER EDUCATION Arizona Cancer Center, Kiewit Auditorium. 1515 N. Campbell Ave. 694-7236. An educational conference to help patients, their families and others to learn more about liver disease, the latest advances in treatment, and practical ways to cope with the disease and its symptoms takes place from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12; free. Check-in is at 5:30 p.m. Call (866) 9531800, or email sordog@liverfoundation.org to register or for more information.

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THE RIPPLE EFFECT: QUEER HEALTH AND WELLNESS WORKSHOP SERIES UA Student Union. 1303 E. University Blvd. 621-7755.

Educators from the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation lead a sex-positive workshop for UA students from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12, in the Tucson Room; free.

STROKE SUPPORT-GROUP MEETINGS University of Arizona Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. 694-0111. Stroke survivors and caregivers learn more about strokes, share positive solutions and support each other from 10 to 11 a.m., the second Monday of every month, in the cafeteria, dining room C; free.

SUICIDE-PREVENTION GATEKEEPER TRAINING Parkwise Conference Room. 110 E. Pennington St. 791-5071. A training session provides a positive way to provide support, a framework for working with LGBTQ and other youth in a culturally aware manner, and training in how to question, persuade and refer someone who may be contemplating suicide, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11; free. Call 624-1779, ext. 117, or email jsmith@saaf.org for more information.

TMC SENIOR SERVICES TMC Senior Services. 1400 N. Wilmot Road. 3241960. Classes and events are free, but advance registration is required; call 324-4345 to register. Thursday, Sept. 6, from 9 to 10 a.m.: Straight Talk With Dr. Maximov: “Vaccinations Are Not Just for Kids”; and from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.: Alzheimer’s Education Series: “Caring for a Spouse.” Wednesday, Sept. 12, from 1 to 3 p.m.: “Journey for Control: Diabetes Education.”

UPCOMING TMC SENIOR SERVICES TMC Senior Services. 1400 N. Wilmot Road. 324-1960.

Classes and events are free, but advance registration is required; call 324-4345 to register. Monday, Sept. 17, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.: “Necessary Conversations: How to Ensure Your Wishes Are Followed at the Time of Death.”

Wednesday, Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. to noon: “Elder Law: Advance Directives”; and from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.: Dementia With Dignity, an Alzheimer’s film.

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PROPPR Pragmatic, Randomized, Optimal Platelet & Plasma Ratios The University of Arizona Medical Center Study on Blood Transfusions The University of Arizona Medical Center along with 11 other U.S and Canadian medical centers are researching how two of the different combinations of red blood cells, plasma, and platelet transfusions used today affect survival. With traumatic injuries, you may not be able to give consent, but could still be enrolled in the study.

EVENTS THIS WEEK ALL TOGETHER THEATRE Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Mother Goose Unplucked!, a musical play exploring what might happen if Mother Goose went missing, continues through Sunday, Nov. 4. Showtime is 1 p.m., every Sunday; $5 to $8. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for reservations and more info.

CRAFTY READERS Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Children ages 6 to 8 listen to and discuss a

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picture book and then create a related craft from 4 to 5 p.m., the first Thursday of every month; free.

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF LITERACY Rudy Garcia Park. 5001 S. Nogales Highway. Games, food, music and dance performances by school and community groups, free books to take home and a tour of the Pima County Public Library Bookmobile celebrate and encourage literacy, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8; free. Email mulrich@pima.edu for more information.

KIDS CREATE Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures. 4455 E. Camp Lowell Drive. 881-0606. Kids Create, an ongoing series of workshops for children, takes place from 1 to 4 p.m., the second Saturday of every month. Each workshop produces a different project. On Sept. 8, children make mini cotton candy. Children must be accompanied by an adult. 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.

TITAN PLAYERS OF PALO VERDE HIGH SCHOOL Palo Verde High School. 1302 S. Avenida Vega. 5847400. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged is staged at 7 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 12 and 13; $5. Proceeds help underwrite a spring trip to New York for the drama students. Call 584-7596, or email Nikisha.McFall@TUCS1.org for more info.

TUCSON GIRLS CHORUS OPEN HOUSE AND ENROLLMENT Tucson Girls Chorus Music Center. 4020 E. River Road.

577-6064. Girls of any age who like to sing can learn about opportunities with any of five choral groups in the Tucson Girls Chorus at an open house from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 8 and 15; free. Families also can call to arrange an appointment. Visit tucsongirlschorus. org for more information.

TUCSON’S RIVER OF WORDS YOUTH POETRY AND ART TRAVELING EXHIBIT Dusenberry River Branch Library. 5605 E. River Road.

594-5345. An exhibit of children’s poetry and art expressing their understanding of watersheds opens

Thursday, Sept. 6, and continues through Sunday, Sept.

30. 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.

OUT OF TOWN TITAN MOONLIGHT MADNESS Titan Missile Museum. 1580 W. Duval Mine Road.

Sahuarita. 625-7736. Seltzer-rocket launchings, visits to the rocket-launch control room, space-food samples, astronaut tests, children’s activities and more take place from 5 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8; $5 to $8.50, free child younger than 6. The last tour is at 8 p.m.

Reservations are required. Call for reservations; visit titanmissilemuseum.org for more information.

UPCOMING APPLE HARVEST CELEBRATION Apple Annie’s Produce and Pumpkins. 2081 W. Hardy Road. Willcox. (520) 384-2084. Families enjoy hayrides to pick apples from the orchard from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15 and 16; free admission, apples are $1.09 per pound. Apple-smoked burgers, homemade ice cream and pies are also available for sale. Visit appleannies.com.

ARIZONA INSECT FESTIVAL UA Student Union Grand Ballroom. 1303 E. University Blvd. Learn about the importance of insects in our daily lives through theme-based activities and interactive exhibits from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15; free. Visit cals.arizona.edu/ento/festival for more info.

CELEBRATION OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE ARTS Avalon Organic Gardens. 2074 Pendleton Drive.

Tumacacori. 603-9932. Awakening Planetary Divine Pattern is the theme of a performance of music, poetry, skits and songs by students from primary grades through high school at 3 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 16; freewill donation. The event opens with refreshments and a viewing of educational displays. Visit globalchangemultimedia. org/events for directions and more information.

SONORAN DESERT KIDS CLUB Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road.

877-6000. Kids ages 8 through 12 learn about prickly pear cactus, harvest the fruit and make prickly pear

juice from 9:30 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 15.

Reservations are required. Call 615-7855, or e-mail eeducation@pima.gov for reservations and more info.

‘WE MAKE IT BETTER’: A YOUTH CELEBRATION Fluxx Studio and Gallery. 414 E. Ninth St. 882-0242.

Food and fun, including tie-dye tees, a photo booth, a poetry-slam workshop, dancing and an open mic are part of a celebration from 5 to 9:30 p.m., Friday, Sept.

14; free. The event commemorates National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Week. Visit facebook.com/ Ally.GetLinkedAZ for more information.

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OUTDOORS EVENTS THIS WEEK BIRDING AT TANQUE VERDE RANCH Tanque Verde Ranch. 14301 E. Speedway Blvd. 2966275. A guide from the Tucson Audubon Society leads a birding walk among the two ponds, mesquites and cottonwoods along Tanque Verde Wash; free. Meet at 7 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11, at McDonald’s on the northeast corner of the Catalina Highway and Tanque Verde Road.

The walk will finish by noon. Call 629-0510, ext. 7011.

CELEBRATE BATS Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road.

877-6000. Celebrate the International Year of the Bat and learn about Mexican free-tailed, Western mastiff, hoary and other bats that live in the park, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8; free. Reservations are required. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

SONORAN DESERT WEEDWACKERS Tucson Mountain Park. 2020 N. Kinney Road. 8776000. Volunteers age 12 and older help remove buffelgrass and fountain grass from 6 to 9 a.m., every second and fourth Wednesday; and every third Saturday; free.

Work may require hiking and working on steep slopes.

Meeting locations are in Tucson Mountain Park. Details are given with RSVP, which is required. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov to RSVP or for more information.

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ORACLE STATE PARK REOPENS Oracle State Park. 3820 Wildlife Drive. Oracle. 8962425. Oracle State Park offers an array of programs, lectures, workshops and special events on Saturdays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Nov. 24; $7 per vehicle.

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HONEY BEE CANYON PARK BIRDING WALK Honey Bee Canyon Park. 13880 N. Rancho Vistoso Blvd. Oro Valley. 877-6000. Birding expert Marjorie Flory guides a walk for ages 12 and older to spot Gambel’s quail, verdins, gnatcatchers and other birds common to the Southwest desert, from 7 to 9 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 8; free. Reservations are required. Call 615-7855, or e-mail eeducation@pima.gov for reservations and more information.

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CHILDREN’S DHARMA CLASS Zen Desert Sangha. 3226 N. Martin Ave. 319-6260.

Mindfulness and dharma teachings are explored with fun activities for kids, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., the second Sunday of every month; freewill donation. Art projects, mindful snacking, brief guided meditation, jataka tales and charitable projects are among activities. A concurrent meditation takes place for adults.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL BEINGS Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777.

A screening of For the Benefit of All Beings: The Extraordinary Life of His Eminence Garchen Triptrul Rinpoche takes place at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12, to benefit the Southwest Buddhafield Endowment Fund; $10. Visit forthebenefitofallbeings.com.

IONS MONTHLY PRESENTATION Unity of Tucson. 3617 N. Camino Blanco. 577-3300.

Carla Wood presents “The Questions We Live By” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7; free. The talk covers a model of spiritual evolution. Call 399-8285, or visit ionstucson.org for more information.

SERVICE COMMEMORATING SEPT. 11, 2001 Catalina United Methodist Church. 2700 E. Speedway Blvd. 327-4296. The Tucson Chaplains Association hosts a service of peace, grace, healing and forgiveness in remembrance of the victims, the survivors and the related tragic events, from noon to 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11; free.

TEACHINGS OF BRUNO GROENING University of Arizona Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. 694-0111. Help and Healing on the Spiritual Path Through the Teachings of Bruno Groening is screened in Room C of the cafeteria from noon to 5 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 9, Oct. 21 and Dec. 2; freewill donation. Call 904-4801, or visit www.bruno-groening.org/english.

UPCOMING BETH MOORE SIMULCAST El Camino Baptist Church. 7777 E. Speedway Blvd.

886-7770. Bible teacher Beth Moore is featured in a simulcast from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15; $20 includes lunch and a beverage. RSVP for attendance and child care is requested by Friday, Sept. 7.

Call or visit elcaminochurch.org to register.

EDWENE GAINES: SPIRITUAL LAWS OF PROSPERITY Donald R. Nickerson Performing Arts Center. 3231 N. Craycroft Road. 327-6395. Motivational speaker and author Edwene Gaines presents a workshop based on her book The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity: A Simple Guide to Unlimited Abundance, from 2 to 4:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 16; freewill donation. Call 3191042 for more info.

INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM Quaker Meeting House. 931 N. Fifth Ave. A reading and discussion group for anyone interested in Buddhism meets from 6 to 7:30 p.m., every other Tuesday, from Sept. 18 through Nov. 13; $45 includes five sessions and the accompanying text. Scholarships are available.

Call 696-9273, or email nbtucson@gmail.com.

TAIZE St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. 545 S. Fifth Ave. 622-8318. An interdenominational service of meditation, music and silence takes place at 6 p.m., every Thursday, beginning Sept. 13; free. There is no sermon, and no collection is taken.

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SPORTS EVENTS THIS WEEK UA FOOTBALL UA Stadium. University of Arizona. Home games are at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, unless otherwise noted. Sept. 8: Oklahoma State. Sept. 15: South Carolina State. Sept.

29, time TBA: Oregon State. Oct. 20, Family Weekend,

time TBA: Washington. Oct. 27, time TBA: USC. Nov. 10, Homecoming, time TBA: Colorado. Friday, Nov. 23, 8 p.m.: Arizona State. Visit primesport.com/d/ arizonafootball for tickets; $15 to $60.50. Visit arizonawildcats.com for more information.

UA CROSS-COUNTRY, TRACK AND FIELD Drachman Stadium. Plumer Avenue and 15th Street.

The UA hosts the Dave Murray Invitational cross-country event at 5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14; free spectator. Visit arizonawildcats.com for more information.

UA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL UA McKale Memorial Center. 1721 E. Enke Drive.

Tickets are $7 to $12. Visit arizonawildcats.com for more information. Saturday, Sept. 8, at 10:30 a.m., and 12:30, 4:30 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Sept. 9, at 10:30 a.m. and noon: Wildcat Classic with Evansville, Cal State Northridge and Utah Valley.

UA WOMEN’S SOCCER UA Murphey Stadium. 15th Street and Plumer Avenue.

Tickets are $5 to $8. Visit arizonawildcats.com for tickets and more information. Friday, Sept. 14, at 7:30 p.m.: Florida International. Sunday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m.: Loyola Marymount.

UA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL UA McKale Memorial Center. 1721 E. Enke Drive.

Tickets are $7 to $12. Visit arizonawildcats.com for more information. Friday, Sept. 14, at 10:30 a.m., and 12:30, 4:30 and 7 p.m.; and Saturday, Sept. 15, at 10 a.m. and noon: Arizona Desert Classic, with UC Irvine, Boise State and American. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m.: Arizona State.

OUT OF TOWN 9/11 RUN, WALK AND REMEMBER 5K Crossroads at Silverbell Park. 7548 N. Silverbell Road.

Marana. 382-1999. A 5k fun run and walk honors first responders and the military response to the Sept. 11 tragedy, at 6:45 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8; $30, $25 if registered before Friday, Sept. 7. Awards are given for male and female winners, and the top three firefighter, law-enforcement and military runners. Visit active.com/ running to register and for more information.

BEADS OF COURAGE 5K AND 1-MILE FAMILY FUN RUN/WALK Agua Linda Farm. Interstate 19 to Agua Linda Farm, Exit 42. Amado. 398-3218. Entry fees from 5k and 1-mile family fun runs and walks on Saturday, Sept. 15, benefit Beads of Courage Inc., a Tucson-based charity that provides arts programs for children coping with cancer. The event starts at 7:30 a.m.; $35 for 5k age 18 and older, $20 5k age 17 and younger, $10 1-mile family fun run/walk. Visit taggrun.com to register and for more information.

HORSE SHOW Pima County Fairgrounds. 11500 S. Houghton Road.

762-3247. The Southern Arizona Arabian Horse Association presents the Silver Buckle Duel, which includes competitive and working events, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday through Sunday, Sept. 14 through 16; free spectator. Call 762-0554, or visit sahha.org.

SOUTHERN ARIZONA HORSE EXPO Tucson Equestrian Center. 8405 N. Via Socorro. 3493455. Horse enthusiasts observe and are entertained by expert clinicians from 9 a.m to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15 and 16; $15, $10 advance from local feed stores. Event highlights are seven-time worldchampion mounted shooter Gary Bennett, the Arizona Mini Mystics Horse Drill Team, Jamie Drizin, Trey Young and Van Hargis.

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

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

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

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

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

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PERFORMING ARTS David Fanning in the Gaslight Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Phantom of the Opera.

The Gaslight Theatre again turns in hilarious family-friendly fun, this time with â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Phantomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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BY SHERILYN FORRESTER, sforrester@tucsonweekly.com hose Gaslight folks have done it again. With their characteristic combination of creative camp, irreverence and just-plain goofinessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as well as the talent and skill to pull it offâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they have come up with another show that makes us grin, groan and maybe even guffaw.

This time, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Phantom of the Opera. No, not the wildly successful Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that continues to find an audience on Broadway 24 years after it opened there. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s writer Peter Van Slykeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take on Gaston Lerouxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novel, written in 1909-1910, in which a lonely, disfigured composer who dwells in the bowels of a Paris opera house casts a spell on a vulnerable young woman, promising to develop her vocal skills so brilliantly that she will become a starâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;if she will be true to him. Her â&#x20AC;&#x153;angel of musicâ&#x20AC;? performs some mysterious and unpleasant hocus-pocus to orchestrate an opportunity for her to step into the spotlight and secure the adoration of Parisian opera-goersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but her loyalty is challenged by a suitor who tries to win her heart, displeasing the Phantom mightily, who then makes life rather unpleasant for all who dwell in the world of the opera house.

Van Slykeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story is much simpler, because this is, after all, the Gaslight, where simple and straightforward plots serve merely as a platform for the shenanigans of the acting troupe as they play out the good-versus-evil tale with plenty of jokes, curious characters and ad-libs.

Always integral to the eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun are the familiar songs whose original lyrics are replaced with rhymes that give the predictable proceedings a goofy charm, providing us with the aforementioned grins and groans.

Familiar faces always abound on the Gaslightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stage, and the capable cast of

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Phantom is populated with folks we have seen strut their Gaslight stuff for years. They lend their talents with great enthusiasm and energy.

David Orley is a vision in lavender satin and white ruffles as the opera houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resident basso profundo, and Sarah Vanek brings an effective light touch as Madame Carlotta, the resident diva whose job is threatened by the Phantomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protĂŠgĂŠe, Christine, played with sweetly sympathetic naivetĂŠ by Heather Stricker-Dispensa.

Company members Jake Chapman, Mike Yarema and Tarreyn Van Slyke contribute competently to the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winning ways, and Todd Thompson delivers a delightfully over-the-top Raoul, Christineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suitor. Longtime Gaslighter Joe Cooper outdoes himself as Madame Giry, providing lots of smiles as he transforms himself into the aging (and dowdy) grand dame of the opera house, capitalizing on Van Slykeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mining of little-old-lady jokes and contributing a few of his own.

David Fanning presents a strong and powerful Phantom, whom the audience is more than willing to boo as the bad guy. However, he inexplicably wears a wedding ring. And although he really knows how to work a cape, that cape would be much more impressive if it were nicely lined.

This showâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and all Gaslight shows, actuallyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;would be much less entertaining without the contributions of musical director Linda Ackermann, who ensures the cast does a morethan-respectable job with the numerous songs that are so much a part of the Gaslight fun. In addition, she underscores all of the dialogue on her keyboards, which not only subtly gives us clues about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on plotwise, but also lends a richness of texture that the simple and predictable story would have a difficult time providing if required to stand on its own. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an

invaluable part of the equation of the Gaslight experience, and Ackermannâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;along with her sidemen, Blake Matthies and Jon Westfallâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; excels, unobtrusively but substantially contributing to the success of a Gaslight performance.

Also contributing in a big way is Tom Bensonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scenic design, which results in impressively clever magic on the Gaslightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s small stage. Phantom is a technically challenging show, including entrances from trap doors and the calamitous (well, modestly calamitous) crash of the majestic chandelier. Benson and his crew execute it all effectively, and also have a lot of fun with very low-tech special effects.

Lighting designer David Darland complements Bensonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design and creates some great effects of his own, and Renee Cloutierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s costumes are also impressive.

As always, your price of admission to a Gaslight show includes some post-play fun in a musical variety-show format. This time, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nod to old-school Las Vegas-style entertainment, which, besides ensuring there will be a lot of colorful vinyl boots, gold lamĂŠ, and sequins and feathers, features hilarious imper-

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sonations of the likes of Sonny and Cher, the Four Seasons, Neil Diamond and three stages of Elvis. Ackermann and company provide the accompaniment here as well.

Sure, the Gaslight is not highbrow entertainment, but it is surely highfalutin funâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for all ages, to boot. The Gaslightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Phantom of the Opera will never surpass the multi-billion-dollar box-office take of Lloyd Webberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a well-done example of Gaslightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature style.

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DANCE EVENTS THIS WEEK TWILIGHT TANGO MILONGA A free Argentine tango class from 7 to 8 p.m. is followed by a milonga, or tango dance party, the second Saturday of every month, at Café a la C’Art, 150 N. Main Ave.; and selected Sundays at the Viscount Suite Hotel, 4855 E. Broadway Blvd.; $10 requested donation. Dates at the Viscount Suite are Sept. 9, Oct. 7, Oct. 21, Oct. 28, Nov. 18, Nov. 25 and Dec. 30. Food and beverages are available for purchase, and visual artists showcase their work. Call 290-5699 for more information.

ZUZI! DANCE COMPANY FREE CLASSES Valencia Branch Library. 202 W. Valencia Road. 5945390. Yoga, hip hop and belly-dancing are taught in a three-part series of dance classes, from 2 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8 through 22; free.

UPCOMING MEDITERRANEAN NIGHTS WITH AMAYA Belly-dancers, Gypsies, Gitanos, musicians and singers interested in the dance traditions of the Romani people in India, Egypt and Spain attend a workshop with Amaya from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept 15, at Dunbar School, 325 W. Second St.; $60 to $75. Amaya is featured in a public dance concert at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15, at Leo Rich Theater, 260 S. Church Ave.; $16. Call 881-0883, or email Kathryn.ferguson1@ gmail.com for reservations or more information. For information about Amaya, visit wisewomandancer.com.

MUSIC EVENTS THIS WEEK 17TH STREET MUSIC 17th Street Music. 810 E. 17th St. 624-8821, ext.

7147. Free concerts take place from noon to 2 p.m., Saturday. Sept. 8: guitarist Mitzi Cowell. Sept. 22: Acero, tropical tunes. Visit seventeenthstreetmarket.com for more information.

AVA: ANSELMO VALENCIA TORI AMPHITHEATER AVA: Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater. Casino del Sol, 5655 W. Valencia Road. (800) 344-9435.

Performances are at 8 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

Visit casinodelsol.com for tickets and more information.

Friday, Sept. 7: Neal McCoy; $25 to $65. Saturday, Sept. 8: Ramon Ayala; $40. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m.: Def Leppard, Poison with Lita Ford; $48 to $150.

Friday, Sept. 14: Alejandro Fernandez; $50 to $150.

Friday, Sept. 21: Marco Antonio Solis; $50 to $150.

Saturday, Sept. 22: Tejano Showcase; $15. Wednesday, Sept. 26: Brit Floyd, a Pink Floyd tribute; $50 to $150.

Friday, Sept. 28: War, Average White Band; $25 to $40.

DESERT VOICES OPEN HOUSE AND REHEARSALS Water of Life MCC. 3269 N. Mountain Ave. 292-9151.

New, inquiring and returning singers gather for socializing, a presentation about Desert Voices, and an opportunity to sing at 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 10 and 17; free.

Call 791-9662, or visit desertvoices.org.

GASLIGHT THEATRE FAMILY CONCERTS The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. Unless otherwise indicated, all shows take place at 7 p.m., Monday; $12 to $22. Sept. 10: Homeward Bound: The Best of Simon and Garfunkel with Mike Yarema and Walker Foard. Sept. 24: The Original Wildcat Jass Band. Call or visit thegaslighttheatre.com for tickets and more information.

LAVA MUSIC Abounding Grace Church. 2450 S. Kolb Road.

747-3745. Shows are from 7 to 9 p.m. on selected Saturdays; $20, $15 advance. Visit lavamusic.org for tickets and more information. Sept. 8: X-Train Bluegrass Band. Sept. 15: Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements.

Sept. 22: Wyatt Easterling. Sept. 29: Chuck Pyle.

LISA OTEY AND FRIENDS Z Mansion. 288 N. Church Ave. 623-4889. Concerts are at 7 p.m., Monday; $15. Call 370-5912, or visit lisaotey.com for reservations. Sept. 10: Naim Amor, French pop and jazz. Sept. 24: Diane Van Deurzen, jazz and blues vocalist. Oct. 1: Liz McMahon, jazz and pop vocalist.

RHYTHM AND ROOTS CONCERT SERIES Plaza Palomino. 2960 N. Swan Road. 320-6344.

All shows are at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7: The Wiyos, Americana from Brooklyn; $20, $18 advance. Friday, Sept. 14: Diunna Greenleaf, blues vocalist from

Houston; $20, $18 advance. Friday, Sept. 28: Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, blues harmonica; $23, $20 advance. Saturday, Sept. 29: John Gorka, singersongwriter; $25, $22 advance. Call (800) 594-8499, or visit rhythmandroots.org for tickets. Call 319-9966.

ST. PHILIP’S FRIENDS OF MUSIC CONCERTS St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Concerts are held at 2 p.m., Sunday, in the sanctuary unless otherwise noted; freewill donation. Visit stphilipstucson.org for more information.

Sept. 9: Titan Valley Warheads, bluegrass.

UA MUSIC Holsclaw Hall. UA School of Music, 1017 N. Olive Road. 621-1162. William Dietz celebrates 30 years at the UA with a faculty recital, Bassoon and Friends, at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12. Visit music.arizona.edu, or call for reservations or more information.

OUT OF TOWN DESERTVIEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER DesertView Performing Arts Center. 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. SaddleBrooke. 825-5318. Wednesday, Sept.

12, at 7:30 p.m.: Try a Little Tenderness: A Salute to Otis Redding and STAX Records; $30, $25 advance.

Saturday, Sept. 22: The Three International Tenors (and a Guy From Detroit!); $24, $22 advance. Visit tickets. saddlebrooketwo.com for tickets and more information.

MARANA BLUEGRASS CONCERT SERIES Crossroads at Silverbell Park. 7548 N. Silverbell Road.

Marana. 382-1999. Superstition Ridge performs bluegrass music at 7 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8; free. Visit saaca.org for more information.

PATRIOT’S DAY CONCERT Green Valley Village. 101 S. La Cañada Drive. Green Valley. 625-6551. Joe Bourne headlines a concert from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11; freewill donation for the Wounded Warriors Project. The Sahuarita High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps presents the colors, and the chaplain of the American Legion Madera Post 131 offers an invocation.

UPCOMING BLUEGRASS GUITAR WORKSHOP 17th Street Music. 810 E. 17th St. 624-8821, ext.

7147. Jeff Sanders of the Desert Bluegrass Association leads a guitar workshop for beginner and intermediate guitarists, from noon to 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15; free.

ORO VALLEY CONCERT SERIES Oro Valley Marketplace. Oracle and Tangerine roads. Oro Valley. Concerts take place at 6 p.m., Thursday; free.

Visit saaca.org for more information. Sept. 13: Gabriel Ayala, classical and smooth jazz guitar.

TUCSON MUSIC THEATRE Casas Adobes Congregational Church. 6801 N. Oracle Road. 297-1181. A Broadway Revue featuring highlights from West Side Story, Cabaret and Gypsy opens Friday, Sept. 14, and continues through Sunday, Oct. 7. Showtimes are at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $8. Call 461-6520, or visit tucsonmusictheatre.com for more information.

UA MUSIC UA Crowder Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 621-1162.

The Arizona Symphony Orchestra presents a program including works by Walton, Fauré and Beethoven, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15; $5. Visit music.arizona. edu, or call for reservations or more info.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL FOR MALE SINGERS Tucson Boys Chorus Center. 5770 E. Pima St. The Sons of Orpheus men’s choir welcomes prospective members to rehearsals from 7 to 9 p.m., every Wednesday; free.

The choir sings a broad range of classical and popular works for men’s voices. Call 621-1649, or email contact1@sonsoforpheus.org for more information.

CALL FOR VOCALISTS UA School of Music. 1017 N. Olive Road. 621-1655.

The University Community Chorus is open to new adult and high school singers for the fall season. No audition is required, but music-reading experience is helpful.

Rehearsals are from 7 to 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, through Nov. 27. Please arrive early. Registration and music are $75 for the season. Contact conductor Elizabeth Schauer at 626-8936, or email erschaue@email. arizona.edu.

CALL FOR WOMEN SINGERS Ascension Lutheran Church. 1220 W. Magee Road.

297-3095. The Southern Arizona Women’s Chorus seeks

singers to perform a variety of music for civic, religious and private organizations and senior communities; $100 each semester. Rehearsals are from 6:45 to 9 p.m., every Monday; the fall semester is Sept. 10 through Dec. 31. Call 888-3319, or email blhansen@ centurylink.net for more information.

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

REVEILLE MEN’S CHORUS Rincon Congregational Church. 122 N. Craycroft Road.

745-6237. The chorus rehearses from 7 to 10 p.m., every Monday, and performs at community events throughout the year in addition to its own major concerts in May and December. Auditions take place year-round during rehearsals or by appointment. Call 304-1758, or email director@reveillechorus.org for an appointment.

Visit reveillemenschorus.org for more information.

THEATER OPENING THIS WEEK ARIZONA REPERTORY THEATRE UA Tornabene Theatre. 1303 E. University Blvd. 6211162. How I Learned to Drive opens Sunday, Sept. 9, and continues through Sunday, Sept. 30. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., weeknights and Saturday; and 1:30 p.m., Sunday; dates vary; $20 to $31. Call 621-1162, or visit arizona.tix.com for tickets; see cfa.arizona.edu for more information.

BEOWULF ALLEY THEATRE COMPANY Beowulf Alley Theatre Company. 11 S. Sixth Ave. 8820555. Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler and Jeff Whitty’s The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler are staged from Friday, Sept. 7, through Sunday, Sept. 16. Further Adventures opens Friday, Sept. 7; repeats on Sunday, Sept. 9, and Thursday, Sept. 13; and closes Saturday, Sept. 15. Hedda Gabler opens Saturday, Sept. 8; repeats Friday, Sept. 14; and closes Sunday, Sept. 16.

Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2:30 p.m., Sunday; $8 to $20. Call or visit beowulfalley.org for tickets and more information.

CAFÉ BOHEMIA Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875.

Under the auspices of Arizona Theatre Company, playwrights workshop new works in readings in the lounge; $5. Saturday, Sept. 8, at 8 p.m.: Kill Shakespeare by Anthony Del Col, based on the comic-book series, Kill Shakespeare: The Live Stage Reading.

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 October; $7. Sept. 6: At the Movies. Nov. 1: Religion: God, Allah, Yahweh, No Way. Dec. 6: The End of the World As We Know It. ALS interpretation is provided. Beverages are available for sale. Anyone can ask to tell their story; the six are chosen in advance. Call 730-4112, or visit storyartsgroup.org to sign up or get more information.

PUPPETS AMONGUS The Movement Shala. 435 E. Ninth St. 490-7875. El Sueño de Frida, an exploration into the colorful subconscious of Frida Kahlo enacted by puppets, headlines a bill with bands Silver Thread Trio and the Awkward moments at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8; $10. The performance introduces the show Puppets Amongus will take to a puppetry festival in Tucson’s sister city, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

THE ROGUE THEATRE The Rogue Theatre. 300 E. University Blvd. 5512053. Journey to the West opens with a preview on Thursday, Sept. 6, and continues through Sunday, Sept. 23. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m., Sunday; and 2 and 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 22. Tickets are $20 to $30. Visit theroguetheatre.org for tickets and more information.

STAND UP TO STOP VIOLENCE Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Eric O’Shea heads a lineup including Tucson comics Elliot Glicksman, Nick Seivert, Gary Hood, Nancy Stanley, Tom Potter, Suzie Sexton, Joey G and a UA student selected in a competition, at a benefit for Emerge Center to Prevent Domestic Abuse and the Blair Charity Group, at 7 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 9; $15 and $25.

VIP tickets include a reception, a meet-and-greet and refreshments; $50. David Fitzsimmons emcees. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for more information.

SUMMER COMEDY SHOWCASE Laffs Comedy Caffé. 2900 E. Broadway Blvd. 3238669. Opening for professional comedian Gary Hood, four Tucson amateurs compete for audience ratings that may earn them a guest spot in a future Laffs professional show, at 8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 6; free. Email mark@ttowntv.com for more information.

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

A.A. Milne’s The Truth About Blayds continues through Sunday, Sept. 16. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $18, discounts available.

Call or visit thecomedyplayhouse.com for tickets.

GASLIGHT THEATRE The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. The ensemble’s goofy take on The Phantom of the Opera continues through Sunday, Nov. 11.

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. Showtimes are subject to change. Visit thegaslighttheatre.com for reservations or more information.

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

Motherhood Out Loud, a portrayal written by a collaboration of several American writers, continues through Sunday, Sept. 23. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday; 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $28. Call or visit invisibletheatre.com for tickets and more information. Rush tickets are available at half-price, one half-hour before each performance.

LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd.

327-4242. Collected Stories, which chronicles the relationship between two female writers, continues through Saturday, Sept. 22. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $18, $16 in advance. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for tickets.

UPCOMING ADAM CAROLLA LIVE Rialto Theatre. 318 E. Congress St. 740-1000. The former host of Loveline and The Man Show performs at 8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14; $39.50. Visit rialtotheatre.com for tickets and more information.

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

A Southwest premiere of the musical Next to Normal, about a suburban family in crisis, opens Saturday, Sept.

15, and continues through Saturday, Oct. 6; $36.50 through $78.50, including fees. Showtimes vary. Call or visit arizonatheatre.org for tickets or more information.

GASLIGHT THEATRE FAMILY CONCERTS The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. Showtime is at 7 p.m., Monday; $12 to $22.

Sept. 17: It’s Magic featuring Craig Davis and Myryka with Norm Marini. Call or visit thegaslighttheatre.com for tickets and more information.

JEFF DUNHAM AVA: Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater. Casino del Sol, 5655 W. Valencia Road. (800) 344-9435. Comedy Central star Jeff Dunham performs at 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15; $40 to $85. Call or visit solcasinos.com for tickets and more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL FOR MUSICAL THEATER ACTORS Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Actors ages 10 and older audition for future musical productions by giving cold readings, singing and dancing to choreography from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 9. No monologues are required. Those selected are given stipends for performances. Call or email amanda.g@livetheatreworkshop.org for more info.

NOT BURNT OUT JUST UNSCREWED A comedy troupe performs family-friendly improv for freewill donations at 7:30 p.m., the first Friday of every month, at Revolutionary Grounds Coffee House, 616 N. Fourth Ave.; and the third Friday of every month, at Rock N Java, 7555 W. Twin Peaks Road, Marana. Call 861-2986, or visit unscrewedcomedy.com for info.

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VISUAL ARTS A compelling photo show at Pima Community College depicts migrants’ treks

The Border Journey

BY MARGARET REGAN, mregan@tucsonweekly.com n Mexico, determined migrants will use almost any means to get to the U.S. border.

A few weeks ago in Tucson, I met a young Guatemalan mother who had hoisted herself and her 2-year-old daughter to the top of a moving train. Perched precariously on a rattling boxcar, they rode as far as la frontera, only to be arrested by the Border Patrol in the Arizona desert—on a 105-degree day.

By contrast, the migrant men traveling in the backs of pickup trucks—pictured in Alejandro Cartagena’s photos in a three-person show at Pima Community College—have it relatively easy, with the emphasis on “relatively.”

In the 12 crayon-bright photos in his series Car Poolers—Poolers del Coche, migrants are jammed every which way into truck beds crowded variously with ladders and electrical equipment, lawnmowers and grass-blowers.

One lean and lanky fellow is too long to fit in lengthwise, so he’s squashed in side to side, with his legs bent like a frog’s. Most of the men in the other pictures lie lengthwise, side by side, squeezed as efficiently as logs into the small space.

In one, four men in the back of a white truck are crammed in shoulder to shoulder, their heads resting on their telltale migrant backpacks. They’re cold, too, riding in the open air with their arms crossed tightly over their chests. Dressed in the migrant uniform of sweatshirt, blue jeans and sneakers, the men are all in red, white and blue—the colors of the U.S.A. One even sports a New York Yankees cap, a good-luck charm, maybe, to get him deep into America.

Cartagena, a Dominican who lives in Monterrey, Mexico, must have positioned himself on a bridge over a road to get his bird’s-eye view of the trucks’ human cargo. A few of the travelers return his gaze. A couple of young guys, cheerful in the early days of what still seems an adventure, grin up at the photographer. Most, though, look at him dully, or they doze, eyes closed, perhaps worrying about what will come next.

The shape of the tall, narrow pictures—just 18 inches high by 12 inches wide—mimics a long stretch of highway, and conjures up the journey’s forward motion. Lined up in rows, each pictures a different vehicle, a different load of human cargo, and truck after truck, they suggest the relentless drive to stay alive, to go north.

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tions that will open in waves at local institutions through the spring. Each of the three accomplished border photographers in Looking focuses on a different point in the migrant journey. Cartagena charts the beginnings of the trip in Mexico; David Taylor photographs the end—for some—in Border Patrol captivity in the United States. Paul Turounet investigates the middle, when the dusty travelers must confront the border wall that separates them from the land of their dreams.

Turounet, who has a master’s degree from Yale and won a Fulbright to photograph along the Mexican side of the line, works in multiple genres, including video and installation. He was easily the star of the UA Museum of Art’s Border Project show last winter. There, his metallic plates, printed with portraits of migrants, were hammered to a fragment of border wall. Glowing in the light, they looked like religious retablos.

Turounet’s works in the Pima show are from the same series, Estamos Buscando A/We’re Looking For, but this time, he gives us a glimpse of how the photos look in situ—nailed to the real wall.

An accompanying video and text recount that the artist traveled by motorcycle to the notorious Smuggler’s Gulch outside of Tijuana, a no-man’s land of crumbling canyons and treeless hills sliced clean through by the border wall. (This was before the U.S. obliterated the gulch with a gigantic—and expensive—dirt berm.)

He brought with him portraits he had already made of migrant faces, printed on large aluminum squares. When he came upon a migrant camp, where men were sheltering underneath blankets strung to the wall, he knew he had found the right spot. With the help of a camper, he drilled holes into the wall’s south side and hung the luminous artworks there for future migrants to see.

The artist returned later to see how the photos fared; he found, not surprisingly, that the desert is as dangerous for photos as it is for humans. Left out in the sun, battered by heat and sand, the migrant faces eroded into rust.

The artist exhibits before-and-after plates in the gallery, pairing pristine versions never exposed to the desert with the degraded versions worn down by the weather. In “Retablo No. 9,” José, a travel-weary native of Michoacán, stands before his latest obstacle— the border wall. He’s dispirited and suffering, but with the help of the gleaming aluminum, he glows like a saint.

Not so much in the “after” picture. After a

From the series Car Poolers—Poolers del Coche, by Alejandro Cartagena. long period in the desert’s killing fields, José’s face has disappeared. Turounet’s metaphor is apt: José’s image is gone, vanished into the desert, just as thousands of flesh-and-blood migrants have died out there, never to be found.

Taylor, a visiting artist this year at the UA, also has a master’s degree in fine arts (from the University of Oregon), and is another roving photographer. His border travel was funded by a Guggenheim grant. (For a full review of a Taylor solo show at the Joseph Gross Gallery, see “The Whole Picture,” Feb. 4, 2010.)

His 13 large-scale color photos in this show include a long view of the modern border wall snaking into infinity in the Yuma desert, and several looks at the simple, tiny border markers of old. These mini-Washington Monuments are still strewn here and there along the international line, reminders of the days when citizens north and south could easily travel from one nation to the other.

Not now. In “Drop-off Spot and Border Fence, Sonora,” a new mesh wall looms large in the landscape, teasing migrants with glimpses of Arizona through the webbing. Dozens of tire tracks in the dirt testify to the numbers of travelers who try to climb it.

Some get over the wall and still lose. The startling “Backpack Scars/Cicatrices de la Mochila, Arizona” pictures a just-captured, railthin, naked migrant standing outside of the Border Patrol vehicle that will take him to a jail

Desert Initiative: Looking Across the Border/Iniciativa del Desierto: Mirando a través de la frontera Works by Alejandro Cartagena, Paul Turounet and David Taylor 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday and Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, through Friday Oct. 5 Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery Pima Community College, West Campus 2202 W. Anklam Road Free 206-6942; www.pima.edu/community/the-arts/center-arts Also: Thursday, Sept. 13: gallery talk, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.; reception, 5 to 7 p.m. An evening of video and performance art, Arizona Between Nosotros: Throwing Up Clouds, begins at 6 p.m. in the Recital Hall

cell. He’s twisted and suffering, a Christ-like figure whose raised scars run like tracks across his back.

Two prisoners sit disconsolately outside migra headquarters in “Awaiting Processing, Arizona.” Clad in red, white and blue, they could be the guys Cartagena photographed at the start of their trip, back in Mexico. One wears a stars-and-stripes T-shirt, and the other even has a New York cap, the near-twin of the one Cartagena shot on a truck speeding toward the border. Now, though, the journey is done—the payment lost, and the dream deferred.

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OPENING THIS WEEK AMITY FOUNDATION’S DRAGONFLY GALLERY Amity Foundation’s Dragonfly Gallery. 146 E. Broadway Blvd. 628-3164. A Retrospective of the Art of Pedro Restrepo-Palez, featuring the historian and diplomat’s paintings, opens with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8, and continues through Thursday, Nov. 8. The reception includes children’s art activities and music by Heather “Li’l Mama” Hardy and band. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. Call 628-3164, ext. 210, for more info.

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

722-4412. Desert Hues of Autumn, an exhibit of work by local artists, opens Tuesday, Sept. 11, and continues through Sunday, Nov. 25. An artists’ reception takes place from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Sunday. Visit desertartisansgallery.com for more information.

ETHERTON GALLERY Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders, a collection of documentary photography, opens with a reception from 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8, and continues through Saturday, Oct. 27. Danny Lyon gives a talk, and a screening of The Murderers takes place at 6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 5, at the Center for Creative Photography, 1030 N. Olive Road, following a book-signing from 1 to 5 p.m. at Etherton Gallery. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and by appointment; free. Visit ethertongallery.com for more information.

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

626-4215. Cheryl Molnar’s Subdivision #3, an installation exploring the paradox of suburban living, opens Thursday, Sept. 6, and continues through Wednesday, Jan. 9. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. Visit cfa.arizona.edu/galleries for more information.

MESCH, CLARK AND ROTHSCHILD Mesch, Clark and Rothschild. 259 N. Meyer Ave. 6248886. Periods and Pieces, an exhibit of work by Arthur Diehl, Paul Mohr and Eugenia Pell, opens with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12, and continues through Friday, Dec. 28. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, by appointment; free.

Call 624-8886, or email ccanton@mcrazlaw.com for an appointment and more information.

TOHONO CHUL PARK Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455.

The Children’s Artwork Exhibition, featuring works by students from elementary through high school, opens Thursday, Sept. 6, and continues through Saturday, Nov. 3. An exhibit of contemporary ceramics runs through Sunday, Oct. 21. Water: An Exploration in Prints, an exhibition of works by members of the Arizona Print Group, runs through Sunday, Nov. 11. An artists’ reception takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 25. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily; $8, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with valid ID, $2 ages 5 through 12, free member or child younger than 5, includes admission to the park. Visit tohonochulpark. org for more information.

TUCSON BOTANICAL GARDENS Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, ext. 10. Gardener by Day; Artist by Night, an exhibit of art works by staff, board members and family, opens Thursday, Sept. 6, and continues through Monday, Oct. 1, in the Porter Hall Gallery. 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 for more information.

UA POETRY CENTER UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. From Here and Far Away: Artist’s Books, Pages and Paintings, a one-woman show featuring the work of Beata Wehr, opens Monday, Sept. 10, and continues through Friday, Dec. 7. An artist’s reception takes place from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 24. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday and Thursday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday; free. Call or visit poetrycenter.arizona. edu for more information.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 7481551. An exhibit of landscapes by Don Weber opens with a reception from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 9, and continues through Sunday, Oct. 7. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday through Friday; and Tuesday by appointment.

CONTINUING ART INSTITUTE OF TUCSON Art Institute of Tucson. 5099 E. Grant Road. 3182700. Eight X Ten, an exhibit of student photography, digital images, animation stills, fashion- and interiordesign illustrations, and other original art, all created to fit in an 8-by-10-inch frame, continues through Friday, Sept. 28. Hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday; free.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PAVILION GALLERY UA Medical Center South Campus. 2800 E. Ajo Way. 874-2000. Meditations, a series of large-scale photographic abstract works by Tucsonan Pete Trexler, continues through Monday, Nov. 26. An artist’s reception takes place from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 6. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 1:30 to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; free.

BICAS ART ANNEX AND GALLERY BICAS Art Annex. 44 W. Sixth St., No. 1D. (503) 2015011. Foundlings, a selection of art, jewelry and functional objects referencing bicycles or cycling culture, or created from re-purposed bicycle parts and materials, continues through Saturday, Oct. 27. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; 6 to 9 p.m., the first Saturday of every month; and by appointment; free. For more information, email art@bicas.org.

CONTRERAS GALLERY Contreras Gallery. 110 E. Sixth St. 398-6557. Deities, an exhibit of contemporary paintings and mixed-media works by Wallace Begay, continues through Saturday, Sept. 29. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. Visit contrerashouseoffineart.com for more information.

THE DRAWING STUDIO The Drawing Studio. 33 S. Sixth Ave. 620-0947.

Capturing Nature’s Light, a juried exhibit of works by the studio’s associates, continues through Saturday, Sept. 29. An artists’ reception takes place from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8; free. Hours are noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.

JOEL D. VALDEZ MAIN LIBRARY Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. An exhibit of works by Tucson chapter members of the American Sewing Guild; mixed-media work by Jon Howe; and Cuadro Arte Latino Internacional, an exhibit celebrating Mexican Independence Day and Hispanic Heritage Month, continue through Sunday, Sept. 30.

Models That Tell a Story: The Art of Dioramas and Vignettes, an exhibit of various types of models, runs through Thursday, May 31, 2013. 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.

KIRK-BEAR CANYON BRANCH LIBRARY Kirk-Bear Canyon Branch Library. 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road. 594-5275. Abstract Mania: The Art of Mickey Eigen continues through Sunday, Sept. 30. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday; free.

LOUIS CARLOS BERNAL GALLERY Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery. PCC West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6942. Desert Initiative: Looking Across the Border/Iniciativa del Desierto: Mirando a Través de la Frontera continues through Friday, Oct. 5.

On Thursday, Sept. 13, a gallery talk takes place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.; a reception is held from 5 to 7 p.m.; and a related program of videos and performance, Arizona Between Nosotros: Throwing Up Clouds, is staged in the Recital Hall at 6 p.m. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday and Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday; and before most evening performances in the Center for

the Arts, where the gallery is housed; free. Visit pima. edu/cfa for more information.

MURPHEY GALLERY Murphey Gallery. St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. An exhibit of work by artists who are parishioners of the church continues through Thursday, Oct. 4. Hours are 2 to 4 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday; and noon to 5 p.m., Sunday; free.

QUANTUM ART GALLERY Quantum Art Gallery. 505 W. Miracle Mile, No. 2. 9077644. In Finem in Principio, an exhibit of works exploring the past and future by Nicole Carter and Clayton Schwarder, continues through Thursday, Nov. 29. Hours are 3 to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; free.

RAICES TALLER 222 ART GALLERY AND WORKSHOP Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop. 218 E. Sixth St. 881-5335. Raices and Friends, an exhibit of work by members and friends of the gallery, continues through Saturday, Oct. 6. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday; or by appointment; free. Call or visit raicestaller222.webs.com for more information.

free. Hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday; 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday; and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday. Visit montereycourtaz.com for more information.

TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Tucson International Airport. 7250 S. Tucson Blvd.

573-8100. Flight, Sight and Watermelons, an exhibit of watercolor paintings on paper by Catharine Kim Woodin, closes Saturday, Sept. 8, in the Main Gallery. TIA galleries are open 24 hours, daily; free. Visit flytucsonairport. com for more information.

OUT OF TOWN HOPS AND VINES WINERY Hops and Vines Winery. 3450 Highway 82. Sonoita.

(888) 569-1642. An exhibit of photography by Cheryl Rogos and oil paintings of the Southwest by Bernita Barfield opens with a reception and wine event from 1 to 5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7, and continues through Sunday, Sept. 30; free. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday and bank holidays.

RITA WATTERS ART GALLERY AND CRAFTERS GIFT SHOP Rita Watters Art Gallery and Crafters Gift Shop. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road, No. 27. 777-7034. An exhibit of Rita Watters’ art and photography depicting stormy Arizona skies continues through Saturday, Sept. 15.

Hours are 3:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and 12:30 to 8:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; free.

SUBWAY GALLERY Subway Gallery. 30 Main St. Bisbee. (520) 432-9143.

Southwest Scenes, featuring paintings by Lil Leclerk and photography by Radi Ann Porter, closes Friday, Sept. 7. Paintings and Drawings by Gene Elliston and Mike Jay opens with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8, and continues through Friday, Oct. 12. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday through Sunday. Visit subwaygallerybisbee.com for more info.

TEMPLE GALLERY Temple Gallery. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 624-7370. Ann Simmons-Myers: Bikers continues through Tuesday, Oct. 16. A reception takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 21. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. Call 622-2823, or e-mail info@ethertongallery.com for more information.

TRIANGLE L RANCH Triangle L Ranch. 2805 Triangle L Ranch Road. Oracle.

623-6732. Big Desert Sculpture Show continues through Sunday, Sept. 16. 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.

TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Tucson International Airport. 7250 S. Tucson Blvd. 5738100. Arizona Summer Skies, an exhibit of laser prints on aluminum by Lynn Rae Lowe, continues through Saturday, Sept. 15, in the Upper Link Gallery. Blooms and Bugs, an exhibit of works by Tucson photographers, runs through Saturday, Sept. 22, in the Lower Link Gallery. TIA galleries are open 24 hours, daily; free. Visit flytucsonairport.com for more information.

TUBAC CENTER OF THE ARTS WORKSHOP Tubac Center of the Arts. 9 Plaza Road. Tubac. (520) 398-2371. Chuck Myers leads a workshop, “How to Submit Artwork Digitally,” from 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, Sept. 12, and Oct. 17; free.

TUCSON PIMA ARTS COUNCIL Tucson Pima Arts Council. 100 N. Stone Ave., No. 303. 624-0595. An exhibit of “broadsides,” writings published on a single sheet, continues through Friday, Sept. 28. The works are drawn from the archives of Tucson’s Chax Press and Kore Press, and from the UA Poetry Center. They include works by Allen Ginsberg, Gwendolyn Brooks and other well-known national and local authors. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. Visit tucsonpimaartscouncil.org for more information.

WOMANKRAFT WomanKraft. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. Mosaics and Collage continues through Saturday, Oct. 27. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free.

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

722-4412. Summer Shades, representing several local artists, closes Sunday, Sept. 9. 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.

GEORGE STRASBURGER GALLERY AND STUDIO George Strasburger Gallery and Studio. 172 E. Toole Ave. 882-2160. An exhibit of new paintings by George Strasburger and photographs by Alfonso Elia closes with a reception from 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8.

Regular hours are from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday through Saturday. Visit georgestrasburger.com and alfonsoelia.com for more information.

LIONEL ROMBACH GALLERY Lionel Rombach Gallery. 1031 N. Olive Road. 6264215. The sum of the sequence from then until now is not equal to here multiplied by there, a group exhibit representing a multidisciplinary approach to the concepts of place, closes Wednesday, Sept. 12; free. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; and noon to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. Visit web.cfa.arizona. edu for more information.

MONTEREY COURT STUDIO GALLERIES AND CAFÉ Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café. 505 W. Miracle Mile. 207-2429. An exhibit of Karen Bellamy’s mixed-media works on paper closes Thursday, Sept. 6;

WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION KIVA GALLERY Western National Parks Association Kiva Gallery.

12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014.

Celebration of Ironwood Forest, featuring 15 photographs by Murray Bolesta, continues through Saturday, Sept. 29. An artist’s reception takes place from 3:30 to 5 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; free. Visit wnpa.org.

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.

BRIDGE GALLERY Bridge Gallery. 5425 N. Kolb Road, No. 113. 5774537. Southwest contemporary art is featured. Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and noon to 5 p.m., Sunday. Visit bridgegallery.net.

CALL FOR ARTISTS Submissions are due by Saturday, Sept. 8, for an exhibit taking place from Sunday, Sept. 23, through Monday, April 1, at the Sheraton Hotel and Suites, 5151 E. Grant Road. Visit southernazartsguild.org for the criteria for submissions. Participating artists must be members of SAAG or willing to join SAAG; $30 new member.

CALL FOR ARTISTS BICAS. 44 W. Sixth St. 628-7950. Submissions of art, jewelry or functional objects referencing bicycle-related topics or created from recycled bicycle parts and cycling gear are sought for ongoing commission-sales in the BICAS gallery. Submissions received by Monday, Oct. 29, are showcased during the Tucson Fall Open Studio Tour, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 10 and 11. Work received by Monday, Nov. 26, is included in a benefit art auction Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 1 and 2. Art should be ready to install, and may be dropped off at BICAS during business hours, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday.

CALL FOR ARTISTS Tucson Arts Brigade seeks artists to produce work on 22-by-30-inch high-quality paper that will be provided.

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The finished works will be included in a traveling art show, and auctioned sometime in 2013. Artists receive 30 percent of the auction amount for their work. The submission deadline is Friday, Nov. 30. Email curator@ tucsonartsbrigade.org, or visit tucsonartsbrigade.org for more information.

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

Applications to sell art and craft items in WomanKraft’s annual holiday bazaar are due Saturday, Oct. 20. The bazaar runs from Saturday, Nov. 3, through Saturday, Dec. 22. Items must sell for $1 to $100. Call 3433107 to apply and for more information.

CALL TO ARTISTS The Tucson Pima Arts Council seeks grant requests for projects that engage people in creating, interacting and collaborating to achieve a healthy, just and vibrant civil society. Applications are due Friday, Sept. 21. See information and download an application for the Place IV Grant Opportunity at tucsonpimaartscouncil.org.

CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA St. Francis in the Foothills. 4625 E. River Road.

299-9063. A group of 130 artists who work in mixed media meet for a program from 9:30 a.m. to noon, the first Friday of every month; free. Sept. 7: John Salgado discusses assemblage constructions. Email carolchambers@q.com for more information.

GALLERY ROW ARTWALK Fine art, live music and wine-tastings are featured 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.

ORIENTATION FOR PROSPECTIVE TMA DOCENTS An informational meeting for anyone interested art, and in learning about how docents support the Tucson Museum of Art, takes place at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave.; free. Call 625-0271 or 625-1217 for more info.

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 age 12 through 18, free younger child.

ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM Arizona State Museum. 1013 E. University Blvd. 6216302. The museum hosts an open house for students from the UA and Pima Community College from 3 to 5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7; free. Students meet curators, visit laboratories and learn about internship opportuni-

ties. Food and giveaways also are featured. Hopi Quilts: Unique Yet Universal, an exhibit of 20 Hopi Quilts, continues through Monday, Sept. 24. Many Mexicos: Vistas de la Frontera continues through Friday, Nov. 30. Basketry Treasured, an exhibit of 500 pieces from the museum’s collection of Southwest American Indian basketry, which is the world’s largest, continues through Saturday, June 1, 2013. 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. An exhibit for the Arizona Centennial, Made in Arizona: Photographs From the Collection, which showcases 20th-century photographs, continues through Sunday, Nov. 25. 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.

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.

MOCA MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. Subcontracted Installation, work that artists-in-residence Hunter Jonakin and Jordan Vinyard created collaboratively with museum visitors throughout the month of June, continues through Sunday, Sept. 16. Works by previous participants in the MOCA artist-residency program are featured in Air Show, which also runs through Sunday, Sept. 16. 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.

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, run through Sunday, Sept. 23. A closing party featuring a silent auction, barbecue supper and music by the Bill Ganz Western Band takes place from 5 to 8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 21; $35, $30 Western Art Patrons member. Reservations are requested via payment by Thursday, Sept. 13.

Call 577-5176 for reservations and more information.

Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday; noon to 5 p.m., Sunday; closed Monday and Tuesday; $10, $8 senior, $5 college student with ID, free age 18 or younger, active military or veteran with ID, and TMA members; free the first Sunday of every month. Visit tucsonmuseumofart.org for more information.

OUT OF TOWN AMERIND MUSEUM Amerind Museum. 2100 N. Amerind Road, Exit 318 off Interstate 10. Dragoon. (520) 586-3666. A Journey: The Art of Glory Tacheenie-Campoy, an exhibit of paintings, sculpture, mixed-media works and prints, continues through Wednesday, Oct. 31. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday; $8, $7 senior, $5 age 12 through 18, free younger child. Visit amerind.org for more information.

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

398-2252. Sonoran Stories in Plants, an exhibit offering a Native American perspective on botanic art, continues through Friday, Nov. 30. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily; $5, $2 age 7 to 13, free younger child. Call or visit tubacpresidiopark.com for more information.

UPCOMING MINI-TIME MACHINE MUSEUM OF MINIATURES Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures. 4455 E. Camp Lowell Drive. 881-0606. The exhibit No Small Parts: The Role of Scale Models in Theater Set Design opens Tuesday, Sept. 18, and continues through Sunday, Nov. 11. A reception is held from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 20; included with admission. 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 Thursday through Dec. 27, free younger child. Visit theminitimemachine.org for more information.

UA MUSEUM OF ART UA Museum of Art. 1031 N. Olive Road. 621-7567.

An exhibit of drawings and prints from the UA Museum of Art’s permanent collection opens with a reception featuring a talk by guest-curator Michael Stack from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14, and continues through Sunday, Jan. 6. Exhibitions featuring Sol LeWitt, who is among the founders of both Minimal and Conceptual art, and David Headly, who specializes in large-scale triptychs, run through Sunday, Oct. 21. 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.

ANNOUNCEMENTS ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY DOWNTOWN MUSEUM Arizona Historical Society Downtown Museum. 140 N. Stone Ave. 770-1473. Exhibits depict early Tucson businesses and homes. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; $3, $2 senior or age 12 to 18; free younger child, 2-for-1 admission the first Tuesday of every month. Visit arizonahistoricalsociety.org for more information.

FORT LOWELL MUSEUM Fort Lowell Museum. 2900 N. Craycroft Road. 8853832. The museum features exhibits about military life on the Arizona frontier. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday; $3, $2 senior or age 12 to 18, free younger child or member, 2-for-1 admission the first Saturday every month. Visit arizonahistoricalsociety. org for more information.

THE JEWISH HISTORY MUSEUM The Jewish History Museum. 564 S. Stone Ave. 6709073. The museum is housed in the oldest Jewish house of worship in Arizona and features the history of Jewish pioneers in exhibits, artifacts, research, genealogy and story-telling. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday; and noon to 3 p.m., Friday; $5, free age 17 and younger. Visit jewishhistorymuseum.org for more information.

LA PILITA MUSEUM La Pilita Museum. 420 S. Main Ave. 882-7454. The museum exhibits the written and photographed history of Barrio Viejo and El Hoyo. The permanent exhibit is Who Walked Here Before You, a collection of photos of Carrillo Gardens and Elysian Grove of the 1890s to 1920s. Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free, $2 requested donation. Call or visit lapilita.com for more information.

PRESIDIO SAN AGUSTÍN DEL TUCSON Presidio San Agustín del Tucsón. 133 W. Washington St. 837-8119. Take a trip into Tucson’s past with living history demonstrations, re-enactments and special events.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday; free. Visit tucsonpresidiotrust.org.

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

UA MINERAL MUSEUM UA Mineral Museum. 1601 E. University Blvd. 6214524. The museum is the longest continuously curated mineral museum west of the Mississippi and is recognized as one of the top collections in the country. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday; $7.50, $5 age 4 to 15, free younger child. Visit uamineralmuseum.org for more information.

LITERATURE EVENTS THIS WEEK ARIZONA 100: ESSENTIAL BOOKS FOR THE CENTENNIAL UA Library Special Collections. 1510 E. University Blvd. 621-6423. Inspired by the state’s centennial, a showcase of 100 books that define the cultural, historical, environmental and political landscape of Arizona, from the Spanish Colonial era to the present, continues through Friday, Dec. 14. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; free.

CLUES UNLIMITED BOOK CLUB Clues Unlimited. 3146 E. Fort Lowell Road. 3268533. Rebecca Cantrell’s A Trace of Smoke, the first in a series set in Nazi Germany, is the topic at 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 9; free.

DONALD A. LOOSE: ARIZONA LAWS 101 Barnes and Noble. 7325 N. La Cholla Blvd. 742-6402.

Donald A. Loose signs his book Arizona Laws 101: A Handbook for Nonlawyers from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 9; free.

MOCA BOOK CLUB: FEAR AND LOATHING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. The intersection of art and politics is the topic of the club’s 2012 book selections. Meetings are from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., selected Thursdays; $10, $5 member, includes wine.

Tucson Weekly’s Jim Nintzel moderates. Sept. 6: What’s the Matter With Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America, Thomas Frank.

SHERRY POPE: EASY SEE, EASY COOK: RECIPE FAVORITES IN LARGE PRINT DIRECT Center for Independence. 1023 N. Tyndall Ave. 296-5975. Sherry Pope tells how she meets vision and personal challenges with a practical and upbeat attitude, and signs copies of her cookbook Easy See, Easy Cook, from 3 to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11; free.

Refreshments feature a dessert recipe from the book.

UPCOMING UA POETRY CENTER READING UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. C.D. Wright reads poetry selections at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 13; free. Visit poetry.arizona.edu for more info.

ANNOUNCEMENTS BOOKWORMS Bookmans. 1930 E. Grant Road. 325-5767. This book club meets from 7 to 8 p.m., on the second Wednesday of every month; free. The selection for Wednesday, Sept.

12, is Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE BOOK CLUB Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Current literary fiction is the topic from 10 a.m. to noon, on the second Thursday of every month; free.

Call or visit orovalleyaz.gov for more information.

ON-A-MISSION BOOK CLUB Mission Branch Library. 3770 S. Mission Road. 5945325. Discover new authors and enjoy conversation at 1 p.m., the second Wednesday of every month; free.

LECTURES EVENTS THIS WEEK AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN Mountain Oyster Club. 6400 N. El Dorado Circle.

623-3417. Laura Penny, executive director of the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona, presents the results of a recent study, “Self Sufficiency Standard for Arizona 2012,” at a luncheon meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8; $28. Reservations are requested. Call 795-3952 for reservations and more information.

ANNETTE KOLODNY: IN SEARCH OF FIRST CONTACT UA Library Special Collections. 1510 E. University Blvd.

621-6423. Annette Kolodny, former dean of the UA College of Humanities, presents the results of her 12 years of research, In Search of First Contact: Pursuing the Vikings of Vinland From the Sagas to the Kensington Stone, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12; free.

A reception, book sale and book-signing follow. Call 307-0877 for more information.

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LECTURES

Janet McAdams’ debut novel offers poetic flourishes, but it still reads like a debut novel

ART LECTURES AT DUSENBERRY LIBRARY Dusenberry River Branch Library. 5605 E. River Road.

594-5345. Docents from the UA Museum of Art and the Tucson Museum of Art give talks from 2 to 3 p.m., the second and fourth Tuesday of every month; free.

Sept. 11: “Flowering Art: A Look at Flowers, Real and Painted,” Johanna Stein, UAMA. Sept: 25: “Grant Wood: American Gothic,” Vida Thomas, TMA.

Imagery and Color

BY NICK DEPASCAL, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com anet McAdams, the author of two poetry collections and winner of an American Book Award, tries her hand at fiction with her debut novel, Red Weather.

It has a number of things working in its favor, including some sharp imagery, good use of metaphor and a firm grasp of time—skills that all good poets need. Yet the novel never really succeeds in making the reader truly care about the protagonist or the bevy of characters that appear (or, in some cases, don’t appear). As a first novel, it certainly shows its seams, but it has promise that McAdams could carry on into further fiction efforts.

The novel follows its protagonist, Neva Greene, as she leaves an abusive spouse and an unhappy life in Atlanta and makes her way by bus to the invented Central American country of Coatepeque. Neva hopes to find out what has become of her parents, American Indian activists who left her with her grandmother after being involved in a vague crime. While her older brother, Harker, always assumed they were dead, Neva finds a clue that prompts her to head south in hopes of answers.

Throughout the novel, McAdams shifts between several periods in Neva’s life: the present day-today life in Coatepeque; her life in Atlanta with her husband, Will; her adolescence spent with her grandmother on a farm in Alabama; and times spent with her parents. This is a lot to juggle, especially considering McAdams often shifts between multiple periods in the space of a short chapter. Yet this is one of the author’s strengths: Even with all of these shifts in time, the reader never feels confused, as McAdams is adept at giving subtle markers of time and place. Each of the shifts makes sense thematically with what is occurring in the present.

Another strength of McAdams’ prose is the poetic sensibility she brings. The novel at times creates a feeling of synesthesia, as McAdams ties together vivid imagery and color with emotions and thoughts, doing so with rhythmic and musical sentences. A scene in which

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Neva remembers visiting the beach with her parents and brother as a child is brought to life through color imagery and rhythm that lends happiness to the scene as it is read: The Gulf Coast that started in Mississippi, stretched across Alabama and into the Florida panhandle, as the water grew bluer and the sand whiter. The rental houses wooden on pilings, stocked with scratched Teflon and a huge battered aluminum pot for boiling shrimp.

There are a number of such passages that sound musical and match the mood of the scene at hand. Here, the music of the prose gives readers a sense of almost skipping as they read. These sorts of small details are the hallmarks of a poetic mind and give her prose a depth not always available in fiction.

Yet a piece of prose, especially one the length of a novel, cannot be carried by poetic sensibilities alone. At some point, there needs to be strict attention paid to character and plot, and these are the biggest deficiencies of McAdams’ novel. Nearly all of the characters, with the exception of Neva, are given short shrift in development. Neva’s husband comes off as one-dimensional, a cardboard caricature of the jerky, abusive husband. There’s no sense of history or motive. And while believable in a way, there’s nothing particularly fresh or interesting in the relationship. McAdams gives some nice windows into Neva’s parents’ personalities, but the crime they were supposedly involved with and their motives for leaving are left vague. It could be argued that the intent here was to have the reader discover what Neva discovers as she discovers it, which would have been great had Neva actually discovered anything. Yet by the end of the novel— though the reader has a good idea of what happened to Neva’s parents—we still haven’t found out what she discovered about them on a trek up to a mysterious, mountainous Quaker village. The ending, during which facts about other characters are “revealed,” seems rushed and confused.

This debut novel ends up reading like a debut novel, with parts that shine, and others that don’t. However, Janet McAdams has skills that stand out in prose. With honing and deepening in certain areas, she could become a skillful novelist.

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10. State of Wonder: A Novel Ann Patchett, Harper ($15.99)

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BOB SCHALLER: HOW TO REDUCE DRIVING DISTRACTIONS UA Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. 694-0111.

Bob Schaller of the Arizona Chapter of the National Safety Council gives a seminar about new Arizona driving laws and ways to reduce driving distractions, from 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 12; free. The seminar is hosted by a support group for adults over age 18 with ADD/ADHD. Call 327-7002 for more information.

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. Sept. 8: Joyce Harrison and Diane Osborne. Visit arizonahistoricalsociety.org for more information.

TEA TALES Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures. 4455 E. Camp Lowell Drive. 881-0606. The museum’s founders, Pat and Walter Arnell, present “The Japanese Farmhouse,” at 2 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7; $10, free member, includes tea and refreshments. Call for a reservation and more information. Visit theminitimemachine.org for more information.

UA POETRY CENTER SHOP TALK UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. Sam Ace presents “The Poetry of C.D. Wright,” on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m.; free. Visit poetry.arizona.edu.

OUT OF TOWN RAMONA BUTTON AND LESLIE XAVIER: RAMONA FARMS Western National Parks Association. 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014. Ramona Button and Leslie Xavier of Ramona Farms, a Pima indianowned and -operated farm on the Gila River Reservation, present “Ramona Farms: Bringing Back a Heritage Bean” at noon and 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8; free. The presentation includes a tasting of tepary beans, once a staple crop of the O’odham tribes of the Sonoran Desert.

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ALLEN DART: SOUTHERN ARIZONA ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH North County Facility. 50 Bridge Road. Tubac. (520) 398-1800. Allen Dart discusses research by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation service in a presentation to the Santa Cruz Valley Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society from 7 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 13; free. Call 604-2667, or email marydahl@msn. com for more information.

ALLEN DART: PREHISTORY OF THE SOUTHWEST Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. 2201 W. 44th St. 7981201. Archaeologist Allen Dart provides an introductory course covering the region’s archaeology and cultures, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., every Friday, from Sept. 14 through Nov. 16; $50, $40 members of the Old Pueblo Archaeology Center and the Arizona Archaeological Society. The cost of the text is additional. Call 7981201, or email info@oldpueblo.org to register.

LECTURES AT THE WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION Western National Parks Association. 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014. Author and historian Jan Cleer presents “Desperado Trails: Outlaws on the Arizona Frontier” at noon and 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15. Former interpretive park ranger Richard Boyer presents “A Glimpse Into the National Parks” at noon and 2 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 19. Lectures are free.

Reservations are required, but must be made no earlier than one week in advance; 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.

SHOREBIRDS Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, ext. 10. Jeff Babson of Sky Island Tours discusses the diversity of shorebirds, highlighting their classification and identification, from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 13; $23, $20 member. Call 326-9686, ext. 10, or visit tucsonbotanical.org to register.

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CINEMA ‘Lawless’ fails by focusing on an actor who can’t rise to the level of those around him

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BY BOB GRIMM, bgrimm@tucsonweekly.com ith Lawless, I was hoping for a latesummer powerhouse that would top off a mediocre season. I figured a film with John Hillcoat at the helm and featuring Tom Hardy, Jessica Chastain, Guy Pearce and Shia LaBeouf couldn’t fail.

While Lawless isn’t a complete failure, it is a bit of a letdown. I was expecting much more than a typical backwoods moonshine thriller.

Hillcoat is responsible for two movies I like very much. The Proposition (starring Pearce) and The Road (Pearce has a couple of minutes in that one, too) featured dark, stylized filmmaking. Now, with this, Hillcoat is telling the “true story” of the Bondurant brothers, Depression-era bootleggers who stood up to the law. That sounded appealing.

It makes the mistake of positioning the youngest brother, Jack (LaBeouf), as the primary character, while his older brothers, Forrest (Hardy) and Howard (Jason Clarke), are far more compelling. LaBeouf isn’t necessarily bad in the role; it’s just that Hardy and Clarke are way better and far more interesting to watch.

Whenever the screenplay (written by Nick Cave) turns to Jack, it dulls out. When Forrest takes center stage, things light up.

As Charlie Rakes, a lawman sent from Chicago to Virginia to mess with the bootleggers, Pearce goes the cartoon-villain route. He is fun to watch at times, but much like Michael Shannon’s performance in the recent Premium Rush, his nutty, overblown acting seems out of place. (Trivia note: Shannon was originally cast in the production, but left after financial problems caused it to stall.)

Pearce is appropriately nasty at times, but clownish in others. There were moments when I was reminded of Joe Piscopo’s Danny Vermin from Johnny Dangerously. Yeah, that’s an obscure reference, but an accurate one.

The Pearce performance also reminded me of Gary Oldman’s villainous, outlandish and far-superior scene-chewing in Léon: The Professional, and, wouldn’t you know it, Oldman shows up here as the gun-toting Floyd Banner. I liked Oldman’s villain more than Pearce’s, but, like Hardy taking a back seat to LaBeouf, Oldman’s baddie gets less attention.

Hardy is perhaps the film’s best ingredient as the big brother who refuses to play ball with dirty lawmen—and won’t die, no matter what they throw at him. Hardy’s performance in The Dark Knight Rises as Bane left me underwhelmed, but that wasn’t really his fault.

(I blame the sound man!) Here, without a mask, he is allowed to act his ass off. He does

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9. Dexter: Season 6 Showtime/Paramount Shia LaBeouf and Mia Wasikowska in Lawless. so quite nicely.

Lawless The movie also features a couple of high-pro- Rated R file actresses, but their roles don’t contribute Starring Tom Hardy, Shia much to the story. Jessica Chastain plays Maggie, LaBeouf and Guy Pearce the girl with the mysterious background who Directed by John Hillcoat takes a job waiting tables and fancies Forrest. I Weinstein, 115 minutes love Chastain in almost anything she does, but Now playing at AMC Loews Foothills 15 (888she is given nothing memorable to do here, 262-4386), Century El Con 20 (800-326-3264, unless you count a more-than-surprising nude ext. 902), Century Park Place 20 (800-326-3264, scene. I repeat … Jessica Chastain is partially ext. 903), Century Theatres at the Oro Valley Marketplace (800-326-3264, ext. 899), Harkins nude in this movie!

Tucson Spectrum 18 (806-4275) and Tower Mia Wasikowska fares a little better as Jack’s Theaters at Arizona Pavilions (579-0500). love interest, a religious man’s daughter who likes the bad boys. There’s a lift to her perforwooden town created here is often fun to look mance that has been missing from some of her other recent roles, most notably her droll turn in at, and well-shot by cinematographer Benoît Delhomme (who also shot Hillcoat’s The Alice in Wonderland.

Proposition). The period cars, signs and backMeanwhile, LaBeouf just doesn’t fit in. He’s drops all contribute to a world that seems got a drawl that sounds like he watched too authentic. many Larry the Cable Guy movies before the Too bad that authentic world isn’t filled with cameras started rolling, and his big dramatic more-consistent characters. Cave’s screenplay, moments feel far from effortless. He has enough based on the novel The Wettest County in the decent minutes to warrant a supporting perforWorld by Matt Bondurant (which is based on mance, but not enough to make him the movie’s the life of his grandfather and great-uncles), focus. He doesn’t have the chops of a Hardy or offers nothing new. Anybody who has seen Oldman, who easily overpower him in their HBO’s Boardwalk Empire has seen a better moments together. staging of Prohibition-era crime wars.

Much credit goes to the art department on Lawless is nowhere close to making my Lawless for doing a nice job of re-creating a year’s-worst list. But it will rank high on my list Depression-era city. Of course, I wasn’t alive of greatest disappointments. during these times, but I can tell you that the

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888-262-4386.

2016: Obama’s America (PG) Thu 11:45, 2:20, 5, 7:35, 10; Fri-Sun 10:10, 12:30, 2:55, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10; Mon-Wed 12:30, 2:55, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 The Bourne Legacy (PG13) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 6:30, 7:15, 10:20; FriSat 10:15, 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25; Sun 10:15, 11:45, 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25; Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 Brave (PG) Thu-Mon 11:50, 2:25, 4:50; Tue 11:50; Wed 11:50, 2:25 The Campaign (R) Thu 11:10, 1:20, 3:35, 5:45, 7:55, 10:10; Fri-Sun 10, 12:25, 2:45, 5:25, 7:50; Mon-Wed 12:25, 2:45, 5:25, 7:50 The Cold Light of Day (PG-13) Fri-Sun 10:25, 12:45, 3:10, 5:30, 7:55, 10:15; Mon-Wed 12:45, 3:10, 5:30, 7:55, 10:15 The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu 1:50, 5:20, 8:50; Fri-Sun 10, 1:30, 5, 8:30; Mon-Wed 1:30, 5, 8:30 The Dark Knight Rises: The IMAX Experience (PG-13) Thu 11:25, 3, 7; Fri-Wed 10:30 The Expendables 2 (R) Thu 11:55, 2:30, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15; Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:05, 4:45, 7:35, 10:05 Hit and Run (R) Thu 11:40, 2:05, 4:40, 7:25, 9:50; Fri-Wed 10 Hope Springs (PG-13) Thu-Wed 11, 1:35, 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark: The IMAX Experience (PG) Fri 12:01 a.m.; FriWed 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:45 Last Ounce of Courage (PG) Tue 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30 Lawless (R) Thu 11:05, 1:45, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55; Fri-Wed 11:15, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 Marvel’s the Avengers (PG-13) Thu-Mon 7:15, 10:25; Tue 7:15; Wed 10:25 The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG) Thu 11:30, 2:15, 4:45, 7:20; FriWed 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:25, 10 The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (G) ends Thu 11:15, 1:30, 3:45, 6 ParaNorman (PG) Thu 11:15, 4, 9:45; Fri-Mon 11:05, 4:05, 9:15; Tue 11:05, 4:05; Wed 11:05, 4:05, 9:15 ParaNorman 3D (PG) Thu 1:35; Fri-Mon 1:30, 6:45; Tue 1:30, 10:30; Wed

1:30, 6:45 The Possession (PG-13) Thu 12:55, 3:15, 5:35, 8, 10:30; Fri-Sun 10:35, 12:55, 3:15, 5:40, 8, 10:20; Mon-Wed 12:55, 3:15, 5:40, 8, 10:20 Premium Rush (PG-13) Thu 12:40, 2:55, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45; Fri-Sat 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30; Sun 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:30; Mon 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30; Tue 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30; Wed 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 Total Recall (PG-13) ends Thu 8:15 The Words (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 11:55, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 9:50

Century El Con 20 3601 E. Broadway Blvd.

800-326-3264, ext. 902.

Call for Fri-Wed film times 2016: Obama’s America (PG) Thu 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 The Apparition (PG-13) Thu 11:20, 1:30, 3:40, 5:55, 8:05, 10:20 Beasts of the Southern Wild (PG-13) Thu 12:15, 2:35, 5, 7:25, 9:50 The Bourne Legacy (PG13) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 The Campaign (R) Thu 11:35, 2, 4:30, 7:05, 9:30 Celeste and Jesse Forever (R) Thu 12:25, 2:45, 5:10, 7:45, 10:05 The Cold Light of Day (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m.

The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu 11:25, 3, 6:30, 10 Doctor Zhivago (PG-13) Thu 2, 7 The Expendables 2 (R) Thu 12:15, 2:50, 5:25, 8, 10:30 Hit and Run (R) Thu 12:20, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:25 Hope Springs (PG-13) Thu 11:25, 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 Lawless (R) Thu 11:40, 1, 2:20, 3:40, 5, 6:20, 7:40, 9, 10:20 The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG) Thu 11:20, 1:50, 4:25, 7, 9:35 The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (G) Thu 12:10, 2:30 ParaNorman (PG) Thu 11:45, 4:35, 9:45 ParaNorman 3D (PG) Thu 2:10, 7:20 The Possession (PG-13) Thu 12, 1, 2:25, 3:25, 4:50, 5:50, 7:10, 8:10, 9:40, 10:30 Premium Rush (PG-13) Thu 12:05, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55 Robot and Frank (PG-13) Thu 11:50, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 The Words (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m.

Century Gateway 12 770 N. Kolb Road.

800-326-3264, ext. 962.

The Amazing Spider-Man (PG-13) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 7; Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:50, 7, 10; Sun-Mon 12:50, 3:50, 7; Tue 12:50, 3:50, 7, 10; Wed 12:50, 3:50, 7

The Amazing Spider-Man 3D (PG-13) Thu 12:10, 3:10, 6:10; Fri-Sat 12:10, 3:10, 6:10, 9:10; Sun-Mon 12:10, 3:10, 6:10; Tue 12:10, 3:10, 6:10, 9:10; Wed 12:10, 3:10, 6:10 The Hunger Games (PG13) ends Thu 12:20, 3:25 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (PG) Thu 12:15, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10; Fri-Sat 12:15, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:35; SunMon 12:15, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10; Tue 12:15, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:35; Wed 12:15, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10 Magic Mike (R) Thu 3:45, 6:30, 7:20; Fri-Sat 12:55, 3:45, 7:20, 9:50; Sun-Mon 12:55, 3:45, 7:20; Tue 12:55, 3:45, 7:20, 9:50; Wed 12:55, 3:45, 7:20 Men in Black 3 (PG-13) Thu 11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:30; Fri-Sat 11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:30, 10:10; Sun-Mon 11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:30; Tue 11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:30, 10:10; Wed 11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:30 Men in Black 3 3D (PG13) ends Thu 1 Moonrise Kingdom (PG13) Fri-Sat 12:20, 2:50, 5:05, 7:25, 9:55; SunMon 12:20, 2:50, 5:05, 7:25; Tue 12:20, 2:50, 5:05, 7:25, 9:55; Wed 12:20, 2:50, 5:05, 7:25 Safety Not Guaranteed (R) Thu 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15; Fri-Sat 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:40; Sun-Mon 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15; Tue 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:40; Wed 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15 Savages (R) Thu 12:45, 3:55, 7:05; Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:55, 7:05, 10:05; Sun-Mon 12:45, 3:55, 7:05; Tue 12:45, 3:55, 7:05, 10:05; Wed 12:45, 3:55, 7:05 Snow White and the Huntsman (PG-13) Thu 12:35, 3:40, 6:55; FriSat 12:35, 3:40, 6:55, 9:45; Sun-Mon 12:35, 3:40, 6:55; Tue 12:35, 3:40, 6:55, 9:45; Wed 12:35, 3:40, 6:55 Ted (R) Thu 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35; Fri-Sat 12:05, 2:35, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20; Sun-Mon 12:05, 2:35, 5:10, 7:40; Tue 12:05, 2:35, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20; Wed 12:05, 2:35, 5:10, 7:40 Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection (PG13) Thu 12, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50; Fri-Sat 12, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25; SunMon 12, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50; Tue 12, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25; Wed 12, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50 The Watch (R) Thu 12:25, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45; Fri-Sat 12:25, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:15; SunMon 12:25, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45; Tue 12:25, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:15; Wed 12:25, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45

Century Park Place 20 5870 E. Broadway Blvd.

800-326-3264, ext. 903.

2016: Obama’s America (PG) Thu-Wed 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:35

The Apparition (PG-13) ends Thu 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:25, 9:50 The Bourne Legacy (PG13) Thu 12:50, 3:55, 7, 10:10; Fri-Wed 12:55, 4, 7:10, 10:15 Brave (PG) ends Thu 11:20 The Campaign (R) Thu 11:30, 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55; Fri-Wed 11:50, 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 Celeste and Jesse Forever (R) ends Thu 11:35, 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 The Cold Light of Day (PG-13) Fri-Wed 11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu 12:25, 4, 7:40; Fri-Wed 12:05, 3:50, 7:30 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (PG) Thu 11:40, 2:05, 4:35, 7:05; Fri-Wed 11:30, 1:55, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 Doctor Zhivago (PG-13) Thu 2, 7 The Expendables 2 (R) Thu 11, 12:20, 1:40, 2:55, 4:20, 5:40, 7, 8:20, 9:40; Fri-Wed 11, 12:20, 1:35, 3:05, 4:20, 5:40, 7, 8:20, 9:40 Hit and Run (R) Thu 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10; Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:20, 5, 7:35, 10:10 Hope Springs (PG-13) Thu 11:50, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20; Fri-Wed 11:10, 1:50, 4:25, 7:05, 9:30 Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG) Thu 11:55, 2:30; Fri-Wed 11:25, 2, 4:30, 6:55, 9:25 Lawless (R) Thu 11:05, 1:20, 2, 4:15, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25; Fri-Wed 11:20, 2:15, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Marvel’s the Avengers (PG-13) Fri-Wed 12:10, 3:25, 6:40, 10 The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG) Thu-Wed 11, 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20 The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (G) ends Thu 11:05 ParaNorman (PG) Thu 11:25, 4:25, 9:25; FriWed 11:05, 1:30, 4:05, 6:35, 9:05 ParaNorman 3D (PG) Thu 1:50, 6:55; Fri-Wed 12:15, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 The Possession (PG-13) Thu 11:15, 12:30, 1:45, 3, 4:15, 5:30, 6:45, 8, 9:15, 10:30; Fri-Wed 11:15, 12:30, 1:40, 3, 4:15, 5:30, 6:45, 8, 9:10, 10:30 Premium Rush (PG-13) Thu 11:10, 1:35, 4:05, 5, 6:35, 7:30, 9:10, 10:05; Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50 Sparkle (PG-13) ends Thu 9:30 Total Recall (PG-13) ends Thu 8:15 The Words (PG-13) FriWed 11:35, 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:45

The Bourne Legacy (PG13) Thu-Wed 1, 4:10, 7:15, 10:20 The Campaign (R) Thu 12:15, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:35, 11:45; Fri-Wed 4, 10:10 Celeste and Jesse Forever (R) ends Thu 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 The Dark Knight Rises (PG13) Fri-Wed 12:15, 6:30 Doctor Zhivago (PG-13) Thu 2, 7 The Expendables 2 (R) Thu-Wed 11, 1:35, 4:15, 7, 9:40 Hit and Run (R) ends Thu 11:15, 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 Hope Springs (PG-13) Thu 11:10, 1:45, 4:20, 6:55, 9:30; Fri-Wed 11:10, 1:45, 4:20, 6:55, 9:25 Lawless (R) Thu-Wed 11:05, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG) Thu 11:45, 2:20, 5, 7:45, 10:15; Fri-Wed 11:40, 2:15, 5, 7:40, 10:15 ParaNorman (PG) Fri-Wed 11:20, 1:40, 4:05, 6:50, 9:15 The Possession (PG-13) Thu-Wed 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10 Premium Rush (PG-13) Thu-Wed 12, 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Robot and Frank (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 11:55, 2:20, 4:45, 7:05, 9:30 The Words (PG-13) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:45

Cinema La Placita La Placita Village, Broadway Boulevard and Church Avenue.

326-5282.

Night at the Museum (PG) Sat 7 No Time for Sergeants (Not Rated) Thu 7:30

Crossroads 6 Grand Cinemas 4811 E. Grant Road.

327-7067.

Call for Fri-Wed film times The Amazing Spider-Man (PG-13) Thu 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:40 Bernie (PG-13) Thu 11:40 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG-13) Thu 2:30 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (PG) Thu 11:15, 1:20, 3:25, 5:30 Magic Mike (R) Thu 3, 7:20, 9:50 Men in Black 3 (PG-13) Thu 11 Moonrise Kingdom (PG13) Thu 11, 1:05, 3:15, 5:25, 7:30, 9:45 Safety Not Guaranteed (R) Thu 11:05, 1, 5:20 Savages (R) Thu 9:30 Ted (R) Thu 12:10, 5:10, 7:35, 10 To Rome With Love (R) Thu 2, 4:30, 7 The Watch (R) Thu 7:40, 9:55

Century Theatres at the Oro Valley Marketplace Fox Tucson 12155 N. Oracle Road.

Theatre 800-326-3264, ext. 899.

2016: Obama’s America (PG) Thu-Wed 12:10, 2:35, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55

17 W. Congress St. 624-1515.

No films this week

Gallagher Theater UA Student Union, 1303 E. University Blvd.

626-0370.

Men in Black 3 (PG-13) Thu 6, 9; Sun 2,5

Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18 5455 S. Calle Santa Cruz.

806-4275.

The Apparition (PG-13) Thu 11:10, 1:30, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30; Fri-Sat 8:10, 10:35; Sun-Wed 8:10, 10:25 The Bourne Legacy (PG-13) Thu 12:50, 4:10, 7:20, 10:20; FriSat 12:30, 3:40, 7:10, 10:30; Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 7:10, 10:20 Brave (PG) ends Thu 1, 3:40 The Campaign (R) Thu 1:20, 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30; Fri-Sun 10:30, 1, 3:20, 5:40, 8, 10:15; Mon-Wed 1, 3:20, 5:40, 8, 10:15 The Cold Light of Day (PG-13) Fri-Wed 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30 The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu 2:20, 6:05, 9:35; Fri-Sun 10:40, 2:30, 6:10, 9:45; MonTue 11, 2:30, 6:10, 9:45; Wed 11, 2:30, 9:45 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (PG) Thu 1:25, 6:20, 8:50; Fri-Wed 12:45, 6:05, 8:50 The Expendables 2 (R) Thu 11:20, 1:10, 2:10, 5, 6:50, 7:50, 9:30; FriSat 10:20, 11:20, 1:10, 2:10, 4, 5, 6:50, 7:50, 9:40, 10:40; Sun 10:20, 11:20, 1:10, 2:10, 4, 5, 6:50, 7:50, 9:40; MonWed 11:20, 1:10, 2:10, 4, 5, 6:50, 7:50, 9:40 Hit and Run (R) Thu 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10; Fri-Wed 3:30, 6:20, 9:15 Hope Springs (PG-13) Thu 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 9:10; Fri-Sun 10:10, 12:50, 3:45, 6:45, 9:20; Mon-Wed 12:50, 3:45, 6:45, 9:20 Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG) Thu 11, 3:55; FriSun 10:25, 3:15; MonWed 3:15 Lawless (R) Thu 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15; Fri-Sun 10:15, 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10; Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10 Marvel’s the Avengers (PG-13) Thu 6:40, 9:50; Fri-Wed 12, 4:20 The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG) Thu 11:05, 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45; Fri-Sat 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20; Sun 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:05; Mon-Wed 11:10, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:05 The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (G) ends Thu 11:15, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9 ParaNorman (PG) Thu 11:45, 7:15, 9:40; FriSun 10:50, 6:30, 9; MonWed 11:05, 6:30, 9 ParaNorman 3D (PG) Thu 2:15, 4:45; Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:50 The Possession (PG-13) Thu 11:30, 12:30, 2, 3, 4:30, 5:30, 7, 8, 9:20, 10:25; Fri-Sun 11:10,

12:10, 1:40, 2:40, 4:10, 5:10, 6:40, 7:40, 9:10, 10:10; Mon-Wed 11:15, 12:10, 1:40, 2:40, 4:10, 5:10, 6:40, 7:40, 9:10, 10:10 Premium Rush (PG-13) Thu 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10; Fri-Sun 10, 12:20, 3:10, 6:15, 9:05; Mon-Wed 12:20, 3:10, 6:15, 9:05 Screening 2012 (Not Rated) Wed 7 Sparkle (PG-13) Thu 4; Fri-Wed 11:40 Total Recall (PG-13) Thu 12:20, 3:20, 6:30, 9:15; Fri-Sat 10:45, 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45; Sun 10:45, 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:30; Mon-Wed 11, 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:30 The Words (PG-13) FriWed 11:50, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50

The Loft Cinema 3233 E. Speedway Blvd.

795-7777.

Call 795-0844 to check handicap accessibility 2 Days in New York (R) Thu 2:45, 7:30; Fri 1, 5:30; Sat 1; Sun-Tue 1, 5:30; Wed 1 Bag It (Not Rated) Sat 10 a.m.

The Big Sleep (R) Thu 7 The Candidate (PG) Wed 3:30 Cosmopolis (R) Thu 2:15, 9:45 Farewell, My Queen (R) Fri 2, 6:30; Sat 2, 5:30; Sun 2:30, 7; Mon 2:30, 5:30; Tue 2:30, 4:45; Wed 5:30 First Friday Shorts (Not Rated) Fri 9 For the Benefit of All Beings (Not Rated) Wed 7 For Your Height Only (Not Rated) Fri-Sat 10 General Education (PG13) Tue 7 Goats (R) Thu 12, 4:45 Grease Sing-Along (PG13) Sat 7 Gymkata (R) Mon 8 The Imposter (R) Thu 10 The Queen of Versailles (PG) Thu 12, 5; Fri 11:30, 4:15; Sat 4:15; Sun 12:15, 4:45; MonWed 12:15 Rec 3: Genesis (R) SatWed 10 Sleepwalk With Me (Not Rated) Fri-Sat 11, 3:15, 7:45; Sun-Wed 11, 3:15, 7:45, 10

Oracle View 4690 N. Oracle Road.

292-2430.

Call for Fri-Wed film times Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (R) Thu 4:55, 10

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG-13) Thu 11:05 Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax (PG) Thu 11 The Hunger Games (PG13) Thu 1 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (PG) Thu 11, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 Men in Black 3 (PG-13) Thu 11:40, 2:10, 4:35, 7, 9:30 Savages (R) Thu 4, 6:50, 9:40 Snow White and the Huntsman (PG-13) Thu 1:45, 4:25, 7:10 That’s My Boy (R) Thu 9:55 Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection (PG13) Thu 11:50, 2:20, 7:20 The Watch (R) Thu 12:20, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55

The Screening Room 127 E. Congress St. 882-0204.

Call for films and times

Tower Theatres at Arizona Pavilions 8031 N. Business Park Drive. 579-0500.

Call for Fri-Wed film times 2016: Obama’s America (PG) Thu 11:50, 2, 4:10, 6:20, 8:30 The Bourne Legacy (PG13) Thu 10:50, 1:20, 4:30, 7:20 The Campaign (R) Thu 4:35, 6:35, 8:35 The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu 4:25, 7:45 The Expendables 2 (R) Thu 11:15, 1:35, 4, 6:25, 8:55 Hit and Run (R) Thu 11:35, 1:55, 4:15, 6:35, 8:50 Hope Springs (PG-13) Thu 11:40, 2:05 Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG) Thu 11:45, 2:20 Lawless (R) Thu 10:45, 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 8:45 The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG) Thu 10:45, 1:05, 3:25, 5:45, 8:10 The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (G) Thu 11, 1, 3, 5, 7 ParaNorman (PG) Thu 10:55, 1:20, 3:40, 6, 8:20 The Possession (PG-13) Thu 12, 2:15, 4:35, 6:45, 8:55 Premium Rush (PG-13) Thu 11:55, 2:10, 4:20, 6:30, 8:40

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

NEWLY REVIEWED: THE POSSESSION

An Internet legend, the Dybbuk Box is an old wine chest that supposedly holds the spirit of a trapped Jewish demon. Since 2001, several people who have owned the box have been subject to strange phenomena. The piece of lore which inspired The Possession is remarkable; the film based on these odd cases is anything but. The filmmakers decided to make a by-the-numbers film about exorcising a demon from the young woman who owns the box (Natasha Calis). The always-dependable Jeffrey Dean Morgan stars as the girl’s father, and he does what he can with the material; it’s just too much of the same thing. Why filmmakers chose to turn an interesting and original story into something as banal and lifeless as this is as mysterious as the legend that inspired the film. Allen SLEEPWALK WITH ME

Comedian Mike Birbiglia apparently suffers from a major sleepwalking problem, and this semi-autobiographical film takes a funny and sometimes shocking look at it. Birbiglia essentially plays himself, a struggling standup comedian who is trying to sustain a relationship with his girlfriend (Lauren Ambrose).

He seems rather mellow during the day, but is prone to nasty and violent sleep episodes, during which he acts out what’s happening in his dreams, and he nearly kills himself numerous times. Birbiglia directed along with Seth Barrish, and the film is one of the year’s more-pleasant surprises. David Wain makes a brief cameo, as does comedian Marc Maron as a thinly veiled version of his marvelously sarcastic self. Grimm

couple’s lives upside down and test their loving bond. Rock has never been better in a movie, and he’s the best thing here. Delpy is charming, and her approach to filmmaking is enjoyably quirky. The movie amounts to something on the level of mediocre Woody Allen: It’s nothing to get too worked up about, but it has its moments, including a very strange cameo from a rather unpopular film star.

The Delpy/Rock stuff gets high marks, but the crazyfamily parts pull the film down a bit. Grimm THE APPARITION

If you think horror movies are too scary, too smart or too entertaining, then The Apparition may be the film for you. It’s none of those things, all rolled into one big nothing. Ostensibly a combination of the haunted-house genre and America’s cable-TV miniobsession with ghost-hunter shows, The Apparition stars Ashley Greene from Twilight and Sebastian Stan from Gossip Girl as a young couple whose new house is overtaken by a mysterious visitor from beyond. There’s nothing interesting about the way director Todd Lincoln presents the more-turbulent moments. Admittedly, the final confrontation is OK, and the denouement—a surprisingly fertile landscape for horror movies—represents the film at its best, but its best still isn’t very good. Boyd THE CAMPAIGN

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While this is one of Will Ferrell’s weaker comedies, it’s still funnier than most of the stuff being thrown out there. Ferrell stars as a congressman running for re-election who is surprised by the candidacy of an unknown (Zach Galifianakis). Ferrell is basically doing a riff on his Ron Burgundy character, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. He has a few shining moments, including a profane phone message left for the wrong person, and a classic baby-punching incident. Galifianakis is funny, but his characters’ two dogs, heavy-breathing pugs, are funnier. This one is front-loaded, with most of the funny stuff happening in the first half. While it misses out on the opportunity to really skewer the American election process, it does have some good giggles involving refrigerator sex and petting zoos. Grimm

2 DAYS IN NEW YORK

CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER

Julie Delpy writes, directs and stars in this sequel to her 2 Days in Paris, which finds Marion living in New York City with her new boyfriend, Mingus (Chris Rock). Things go crazy when Marion’s wacky family comes to visit from France. The visitors turn the

Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg play the title characters, a married couple going through a divorce while trying to stay friends. They hang out with each other all of the time and still live in the same house,

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CINEMA ‘Farewell, My Queen’ depicts the gritty end of Marie Antoinette

French Desperation

BY COLIN BOYD, cboyd@tucsonweekly.com he citizens made sure Marie Antoinette did not survive the French Revolution. But the stories and the legend of one of the country’s mostfamous guillotined necks have lived on.

She was at first treated, well … like a queen, but as France fell into economic turmoil (a downturn, oddly enough, greatly hastened by French funding of the American Revolution), Marie Antoinette was a symbol of all that was wrong with the absolute monarchy. She was loathed for outlandish spending, mocked for frivolity, and eventually arrested.

After the execution of her husband, Louis XVI, the deposed queen received a spectacularly unjust trial that included trumped-up charges of incest with her son, and she felt the cold blade of French justice. But because she was such an icon—and, if such a thing existed in the 18th century, a trendsetter—Marie Antoinette maintains a larger presence in Western culture than any other French royal who ever lived.

Farewell, My Queen takes place when her kingdom begins to crumble. As she does most mornings, Marie Antoinette (Diane Kruger) summons her reader, Sidonie (Léa Seydoux), to entertain her with novels, plays and the latest fashion magazines. But unlike most mornings, this happens to be July 14, 1789, what the world now calls Bastille Day, the unofficial beginning of the revolution.

The film depicts the dissolving empire from within; during that summer, the revolution picks up strength, and even though she is at her palace in Versailles and not in Paris, where things are truly getting ugly, the queen realizes her future is bleak.

There are several ways to make period pieces. One is to polish all the brass and hire the world’s best costume designers, hoping the look alone will be so overpowering that a mild-mannered story will be good enough.

Another is to try for some greater sense of reality, be it politically or economically.

Farewell, My Queen manages to balance both.

Parts of the film were shot at the legendary Palace of Versailles; more than 100 movies have been, including Sofia Coppola’s confection, Marie Antoinette, and Dangerous Liaisons. But something about this vision is grittier and less perfect.

Director Benoît Jacquot gives Versailles a desperation, and it’s apparent in the matted hair and dirty clothes of most of the characters.

Marie Antoinette, predictably, fares better, but no one in the film shines quite like Gabrielle de Polignac (Virginie Ledoyen). Shimmering

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Diane Kruger in Farewell, My Queen.

Farewell, My Queen Rated R Starring Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux and Virginie Ledoyen Directed by Benoît Jacquot Cohen, 100 minutes Opens Friday, Sept. 7, at the Loft Cinema (795-7777).

in a shade of green so intense it becomes a topic of conversation, Gabrielle enters the queen’s chamber about midway through the film, her majesty’s lone relief from the real world. It has been rumored throughout history that the two were lovers, although the film leaves that open to interpretation. But Gabrielle’s radiance is not; Jacquot is showing that the excesses of France did exist, and that they took their place alongside the rest of the country in conflict.

Farewell, My Queen does almost everything subtly, and that might be its greatest quality. While Kruger has some particularly emotional scenes, it is her quiet strength and the knowledge of her own power that give her Marie Antoinette a distinctive backbone, something rarely seen in depictions of the iconic queen. It’s easily her best performance to date.

Seydoux is by the book, with her character never allowing a moment for herself when she could please the lady she serves. Jacquot juggles their two worlds, both from Sidonie’s viewpoint, and bolsters the impact of his film by not weighing it down in 200-year-old details. At its core, it’s a film about sacrifice, and unlikely friendships and duties. And in that world, it doesn’t matter if you’re watching a poor servant or a queen.

Even if it’s a queen who lives on centuries later.

N O W S H O W I N G AT H O M E Quadrophenia (Blu-ray) CRITERION MOVIE B SPECIAL FEATURES B+ BLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 7.75 (OUT OF 10)

I’m a huge fan of the Who, and the album on which this movie is based is my favorite of their many great pieces of work.

But as much as I love the album, I’ve never really been a fan of the film, mostly because I thought the Who’s music got pushed into the background.

As it turns out, VHS murdered this movie and its soundtrack. The music we were hearing was muddy because filmmakers used third-generation tapes to create the soundtrack. The music was forced into the background because it simply sounded drowned out and terrible.

With this Blu-ray, the viewing and listening experience has completely changed. The Who’s music is now one of the film’s stars, rather than a drowned-out afterthought, thanks to a remastering using composer Pete Townshend’s original tapes. The results are breathtaking.

The story of Jimmy (played

by Phil Daniels) also looks a lot better thanks to a digital restoration that injects life into the visuals. The story of mods and rockers clashing in 1965 London becomes more intriguing simply because the picture doesn’t look all that murky.

I still wish something a little different had been done with the storyline; the music is still merely on the soundtrack rather than being part of the story. I’ve always wanted to see a Quadrophenia musical, but I guess I’ll have to settle for the Who’s ’97 tour, when they played it in its entirety onstage.

Incidentally, the Who are still chugging, and they just happen to have a new tour of Quadrophenia in the works.

It’s scheduled to make a stop at the Jobing.Com Arena in Glendale on Feb. 6, 2013.

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manager Bill Curbishley sits down for a new interview about the history of the film, and audio engineer Bob Pridden hosts a revealing segment about the remastering of the soundtrack, effectively comparing the old soundtrack to the awesome new remix. You also get a director’s commentary, Townshend’s original liner notes for the album, some old interviews, and footage of actual mods and rockers.

Parks and Recreation: Season Four UNIVERSAL SHOW B SPECIAL FEATURES BDVD GEEK FACTOR 6 (OUT OF 10)

NBC is doing a pretty good job with its comedies. 30 Rock is going strong entering its final season, and Community remains one of the better shows on TV. (Chevy Chase has risen again!) The Office, also entering its final season, survived the loss of Steve Carell and can still bring the funny.

Then there’s this one, quietly entering its fifth season.

Amy Poehler found herself a nice gig after her epic Saturday Night Live run, as Leslie Knope, director of the Parks and Recreation Department in a fake town named Pawnee. She’s joined by a killer cast that includes Rashida Jones, Aubrey Plaza, Adam Scott, Nick Offerman, Aziz Ansari and Rob Lowe.

Season 4 offered a funny storyline, with Knope running for office (she runs into controversy regarding her birthplace) and Ansari’s strange attempts to start his own marketing firm.

The show owes a lot to The Office when it comes to format. As things stand, I prefer it to The Office, if only because Ansari makes me laugh every time he speaks.

Season 5 starts Thursday, Sept. 20.

SPECIAL FEATURES: There are a few “extended” episodes and deleted scenes, a gag reel and some webisodes.

BY BOB GRIMM, bgrimm@tucsonweekly.com

The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Blu-ray) SONY MOVIE B+ SPECIAL FEATURES B BLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 7.75 (OUT OF 10)

I have to disagree with fellow Tucson Weekly critic Colin Boyd on this one.

In his review earlier this year, he said this wasn’t up to snuff with other works from Aardman Animations, the folks who brought us Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run. I think it is one of the year’s best animated films. It excels in a brand of weird, random comedy that had me laughing out loud and often.

It’s not so much a pirate movie as it is a fictional goof about what a jerk Charles Darwin could’ve been in his younger days, and it has a lot of laughs that come out of nowhere and make no sense.

That’s something I love very much when done right.

Hugh Grant most entertainingly voices the Pirate Captain, trying his best to win the coveted Pirate of the Year Award, which usually goes to Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven). Determined to score a lot of booty and increase his chances for victory, he sets out to pillage a bunch of ships and gather the gold. He happens upon Darwin, who points out that his trusted parrot is, in fact, an extinct bird.

The film is crazy-funny (Queen Victoria is the villain!) and just the ticket for parents looking to be entertained by a kids’ movie. The stop-motion animation is top-notch; it’s a great time for kids and their adults.

SPECIAL FEATURES: You get a couple of short films, a filmmaker’s commentary and some making-of featurettes.

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much to the chagrin of friends and co-workers.

Jones co-wrote the screenplay with Will McCormack (who also plays a supporting role), and the movie has a fresh feel. Jones goes all-out with her performance. She’s funny, but also awkward and nasty when her script needs her to be. Samberg does his best film work yet as the confused-artist type who likes to dig deep holes for himself and then go surfing. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but it’s different enough to make it a relatively unique romantic-comedy experience. Grimm THE EXPENDABLES 2

Here’s a sequel that learns a lot from the mistakes of the first installment. It gathers up a bunch of old goons, gives them big guns, and tells them to shoot things—and this time, they do it with much aplomb.

It’s obvious before the opening title credit that Sylvester Stallone and friends are going to get things right and deliver the crazy-gory goods. Much of the credit must go to Simon West, who replaces Stallone in the director’s chair. West made the ridiculously enjoyable Con Air, which combined stellar action with funny, dumb dialogue to much success. Unlike the first movie, Expendables 2 gets real laughs from its boneheaded dialogue rather than groans. Grimm HIT AND RUN

Dax Shepard writes, co-directs and stars as Charles Bronson, a former getaway driver in the witness-protection program who risks his life to get his girlfriend (his real-life main squeeze Kristen Bell) to a job interview on time. Along the way, he is chased by a friendly but clumsy U.S. marshal (Tom Arnold) and a former crime partner (Bradley Cooper) who isn’t happy and wants to shoot holes in him. The best thing about the movie is the sarcastic, playful rapport between Bell and Shepard, who make a great screen couple. As for the driving, there are some well-filmed chases, making it OK as far as action flicks go. Arnold and Cooper are both funny in their supporting roles. Cooper’s scene involving his character’s treatment in prison has to qualify as the year’s most-awkward film scene. Grimm PARANORMAN

Here is a stop-animation movie that isn’t afraid to be creepy. Norman (the voice of Kodi Smit-McPhee)

can see dead people and has premonitions; as a result, he gets picked on at school and yelled at by his parents. As it turns out, he’s the only person who can save the town from a curse involving zombies and witches. Directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell have put together a great-looking movie, and Butler’s script actually pushes the PG rating to the point where adults might be surprised by what they have taken their kids to see. As for this being too scary for kids, let me tell you that the kids were screaming—with delight—at my screening. The film also features the voices of John Goodman, Leslie Mann, Casey Affleck and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. One of the year’s best animated films. Grimm PREMIUM RUSH

Not learning anything from Kevin Bacon’s bike-messenger blunder Quicksilver, Joseph Gordon-Levitt wastes his time as Wilee, a failed lawyer turned bike messenger who likes speed so much that he has no brakes. When he gets a mysterious parcel, he must race through the streets of Manhattan while avoiding an overacting villain (Michael Shannon, in a rare less-than-great performance). As cool as some of the sequences are, they service a plot that goes nowhere.

There are many moments of bike-riders recklessly dodging cars, running red lights and generally causing street mayhem. At one point, Shannon’s character tells Wilee’s that everybody in New York hates him and could care less about him. There are no truer words spoken in Premium Rush. Grimm THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES

The Queen of Versailles’ Jackie Siegel is larger than life, or at least parts of her are. She appears to be an aging, enhanced trophy wife—and that’s at least half of her story. The documentary The Queen of Versailles depicts not just a beauty queen and model turned billionaire baby factory, but also a genuine person concerned about her kids’ futures after the economic meltdown of 2008. Siegel’s husband, David, founded a massive timeshare outfit in the 1980s, and in 2004 began construction on Versailles, the couple’s dream home—and the largest single-family property in the country. But when Siegel’s company fell on hard times, construction stopped, and the home sits as an unfinished monument to excess. The Siegels themselves come across as surprisingly well-adjusted realists, which makes their story stranger and more rewarding. Boyd

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CHOW Elliott’s features simple entrées— often with delicious twists—at fair prices

NOSHING AROUND

BY ADAM BOROWITZ noshing@tucsonweekly.com

Infused With Flavor

Another Total Wine and More Tucson’s second Total Wine and More opened last week at Park Place, 5870 E. Broadway Blvd. The store sells a staggering amount of beer, wine and liquor, and features numerous hi-tech details designed to enhance your shopping experience. Check out the in-store iPods available to help you with food-wine pairings, or log on to the storewide Wi-Fi and compare prices with competitors. The store also features a tasting bar, a station where customers can fill growlers with on-tap beer, and an education center that’s available free to local nonprofit groups.

BY JIMMY BOEGLE, jboegle@tucsonweekly.com ast week in this space, Jacqueline Kuder wrote about a place that fell short in living up to the mantra: “Have a plan; be consistent; and cook good food well.”

This week, we’re looking at a restaurant that takes that mantra and excels—Elliott’s on Congress, which has its own mantra: “Creative food combinations and a relaxed atmosphere.”

That’s the plan at Elliott’s, and all seems to be going according to plan.

The simple food—the menu features appetizers, burgers, sandwiches and a few other entrées—is prepared well, and the dishes often feature a welcome twist. The drinks, many of which feature one of Elliott’s signature vodka infusions, are tasty and inexpensive (and downright cheap during the abundant happy hours, when the prices for the specialty drinks go from $4.50 to $3). The service is friendly and efficient, and the vibe is upscale and chic, with a heavy helping of sports, thanks to the TVs on the wall and above the bar; the décor seems largely lifted from the building’s former occupant, A Steak in the Neighborhood.

The one thing Elliott’s was missing on my two visits was customers. Granted, we were there on an August Saturday for lunch, and an August Monday for dinner—not exactly hopping-busy times for any restaurant, especially during the streetcar-construction era, but there were between zero and three other tables occupied while we were there. Perhaps better marketing needs to be added to the aforementioned plan?

For lunch, we started with the street tacos with golden-battered cod ($7). The three tacos featured perfectly fried fish, along with corn, cabbage, tomatoes and a tartar-like sauce; they were excellent.

For main courses, Garrett got the Western burger with the buffalo-chicken pasta salad (other side choices are fries, jicama coleslaw, or a side salad; $9), and I ordered the Elliott’s hot vodka pasta ($10). Garrett downright loved his burger; he considers the Western bacon cheeseburger at that one chain a guilty pleasure, and this version—featuring chipotle citrus barbecue sauce, bacon, cheddar and fried onion crisps—was even better. He was a bit disappointed in the pasta salad; the chicken was bland despite the presence of hot sauce, although the side dish grew on him as he ate it.

I felt similarly about my hot-vodka pasta with bacon and parmesan. The campanelle pasta was joined by a sauce made with Elliott’s house-infused basil vodka, and sadly,

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I didn’t get a whole lot of basil. That would have helped a lot, because the bacon dominated the flavor—not a bad thing, but it made the dish one-note. However, the pasta also grew on me as I ate it. (The leftovers, with the addition of the richness from an over-easy egg that I added, were stellar.) The accompanying side salad and grilled bread were fine.

While we were mildly disappointed in the pasta dishes at lunch, there were no major disappointments at dinner. We were there during happy hour, and we decided to try one of the appetizers off of the “mini-menu,” the duck sliders ($4). We also ordered an appetizer off the regular menu, the mussels marinara ($11). For mains, Garrett picked the “London calling,” aka fish and chips ($12; comes with parmesan-garlic fries), while I went with the jalapeño BLT with regular fries ($9).

The two sliders featured pulled duck with more of that chipotle citrus barbecue sauce, and they were divine. When paired with the duck, the sauce approached, but did not cross, the “too sweet” line.

As for the mussels, they were also excellent.

The menu says the mussels come with “a blend of fresh garlic, white wine and our house vodka sauce.” I am not sure if that’s precisely the same sauce that is in the hot vodka pasta, but the flavors here were more pronounced, and complemented the mussels well. (My only complaint is that some of the mussel shells broke in the cooking process, leading to a few hazards lurking in the sauce; the kitchen would be wise to check the dish a bit closer before delivery to the customer.)

Garrett, when it comes to fish and chips, is something of a Goldilocks: To make him happy, the fish needs to be tender, but not too greasy,

Elliott’s on Congress 135 E. Congress St. 622-5500; www.elliottsoncongress.com Open Sunday through Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m.; bar open until 2 a.m., nightly Pluses: Simple food with a twist; moderate prices

Be on the lookout for a new food trailer called Serial Grillers. The truck specializes in halfpound Angus hamburgers, rib-eye cheesesteaks, fries, onion rings and tater tots. We’re already getting reports that the food is phenomenal. Owner Travis Miller says he and his brother, William Miller, named everything they serve after cinematic serial killers, so expect to come across Leatherface and Hannibal when perusing the menu. Travis Miller says everything is either $6 or $7, except for the enormous Gormogon sandwich ($12), which comes stacked high with just about everything the truck has in stock.

Watch for the truck at weekly Tucson Food Truck Roundup events, or follow it on Facebook for more information.

Minuses: Lack of customers on our visits

and firm enough that it doesn’t fall apart. The breading needs to be flavorful and crispy, but not too crispy. Well, to overextend the allusion, these three large beer-battered cod filets were juuuust right. The accompaniments were OK: The thin parmesan-garlic fries weren’t all that different, flavor-wise, from my normal fries, while the jicama slaw was refreshing, although the red peppers dominated a bit too much for my taste.

My sandwich featured jalapeño bacon, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, red onion and jalapeñoranch sauce on “Texas toast.” It was a typically tasty BLT with a spicy kick—and it was splendid.

For dessert, we decided to try a piece of the chocolate-covered bacon ($2 for just the bacon on the “mini-menu”; $5 on the normal menu, with two pieces of bacon and vanilla ice cream). It’s amazing how much the flavor profiles of bacon and chocolate overlap; the dessert, while presumably appalling in terms of fat content, was a nice treat.

While Elliott’s isn’t completely perfect, and management needs to find a way to get more customers in the doors, the folks at the restaurant seem to have a plan; the food and service are consistent; and they’re cooking good food well. I’ll be back.

Storm the Sazerac Once upon a time in New Orleans, a group of women stormed into a men-only bar and demanded to be served. It worked. And the days surrounding the anniversary of the incident—which became known as “Storm the Sazerac”—have become a time to celebrate the efforts of those brave women. Parish Gastropub, 6453 N. Oracle Road, is commemorating the historic event with special ladies’ nights every Tuesday through the end of September. Each week features a different theme, plus happyhour prices on drinks until 9 p.m. The celebration wraps up with a party on Tuesday, Sept. 25, with music by Tracy Shedd and the Cordials.

Call 797-1233 for more information.

Tucson Culinary Festival Have you picked up tickets for the Tucson Culinary Festival yet? This year, the festival— which takes place in October—features events at Casino del Sol and the courtyard of the Tucson Museum of Art. Expect massive amounts of wine, margaritas and food from Tucson’s favorite independently owned and operated restaurants. Prices range from $45 to $125. Visit www.tucsonculinaryfestival.com.

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ITALIAN ZONA 78 NW 78 W. River Road. 888-7878. Open daily 11 a.m.10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Also at 7301 E. Tanque Verde Road (296-7878). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s casual; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cool; and the food makes the most of many fine Italian items (goodies from Willcox and Australia are also a big part of the scene). The bar is a great place to hang out while you enjoy one of the many wines or house specialty drinks. The pizzas are stone-fired with great combos, or you can build your own. This is definitely a place to be a regular. (7-6-06) $$

JAMAICAN CEEDEE JAMAICAN KITCHEN E 1070 N. Swan Road. 795-3400. Open TuesdaySunday 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Counter/Full Bar. DIS, MC, V. Yes, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find jerk chicken here (and oh, what heavenly jerk it is), but there are plenty of other island specialties to choose from as well: curry chicken, oxtails, plantains and more. The side called festival is like a hush puppy, only bigger and better. Desserts are unusual but tasty; the cold drinks refresh. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bob Marley music, and the staff is friendly. The only thing missing here is the beach. (10-21-10) $-$$

KOREAN SEOUL KITCHEN E 4951 E. Grant Road. 881-7777. Open Monday-

Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Bistro/Beer and Wine. AMEX, MC, V. Seoul Kitchen dishes up quick, affordable and authentic Korean food with a smile. The crab puffs are a canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t-miss item, and be prepared to be overwhelmed with tasty side dishes and banchan plates.

Portions are generous, and the food is delicious; you definitely wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t leave hungry. (2-11-10) $-$$

LATIN AMERICAN CONTIGO COCINA LATINA NW 1745 E. River Road. 299-1730. Open MondaySaturday 5-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Contigo adds a touch of class and chic to Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restaurant scene with delicious Spanish, South and Central American-inspired dishes and inventive cocktails.

Serving up twists on classics from these regions, Contigo puts a focus on sustainably sourced ingredients. With lots of seafood and vegetarian options, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something for every palate. (8-19-10) $$$

INCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PERUVIAN CUISINE NE 6878 E. Sunrise Drive. 299-1405. Open TuesdaySunday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Bistro. Beer, Wine and Specialty Drinks. DIS, MC, V and checks. Incaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is the place to go for a twist on the usual meat and potatoes. Warmly decorated with friendly service and delicately spiced food, Incaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offers dishes that are truly unique. The pollo entero (whole roasted chicken), the ceviche mixto and the pisco sour are canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t-miss hits. Make sure you make a reservation. (4-1-10) $-$$ MAYA QUETZAL C 429 N. Fourth Ave. 622-8207. Open Monday-

Thursday 11:30 a.m.-8:45 p.m.; Friday and Saturday noon-8:45 p.m. Summer hours: Monday-Thursday 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-8:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday noon-8:45 p.m. CafĂŠ. Beer, Wine and Specialty Drinks. MC, V. Nearly magical yet simple taste combinations from the Yucatan and Central America are featured. You can almost taste the green of the tropics in Maya Quetzalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vegetable and nut-meat combinations. $ MIGUELâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NW 5900 N. Oracle Road. 887-3777. Open daily 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Summer hours: Monday-Thursday 3-10 p.m.; Friday-Sunday noon-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Enjoy regional Mexican dishes in a lovely setting. Plenty of seafood and other entrĂŠes are served up in unique and tasty sauces. A tequila loverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heaven with choices aplenty. (10-7-04) $$-$$$

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Saturday 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Bistro. Beer and Specialty Drinks. DIS, MC, V. Don Pedroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, a transplant from Rocky Point, Sonora, is a big part of the growing Peruvian-cuisine scene in Tucson.

With mild flavors and quick, friendly service, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tasty vacation for your palate from the sea of southside Mexican-food restaurants. (3-3-11) $$

Friday 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. The Tucson Tamale Company offers a great origin story: Intuit executive decides to follow a dream by starting a tamale business in the middle of a heinous economy.

The Tucson Tamale Company also offers some delicious food: Try the Santa Fe tamale, with pork loin, green chiles, cheddar, tomatoes and garlic. Vegans and those with gluten allergies have plenty to eat here, as the masa is gluten-free. Get a dozen tamales to go; they reheat easily and quickly in the microwave. (3-12-09) $

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Another addition to the Fox restaurant empireâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and the second Fox restaurant at La Encantadaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is yet another winner. Excellent updated Sonoran food, crackling service, a spectacular view and a hip, young vibe make Blanco worth the foothills prices. (8-30-07) $$$-$$$$

MARKET EUROPEAN MARKET AND DELI E 4500 E. Speedway Blvd., No. 36. 512-0206. Open Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Bistro/Full Bar. DIS, MC, V. A smattering of EasternEuropean beers, wines, sweets, liquors and other groceries makes this market/deli unique. Fast, friendly service and tasty classics round out the menu along with a wide selection of deli meats and cheeses. (1-29-09) $ LEE LEE ORIENTAL SUPERMARKET NW 1990 W. Orange Grove Road. 638-8328. Open daily 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Lee Lee Oriental Supermarket is far more than an average grocery store. With thousands of products that span the globe, along with fresh produce, meats and seafood, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sure to discover some new favorites. Thuan Kieu Vietnamese restaurant (open daily, 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., cafĂŠ) has an extensive selection with really fresh, tasty ingredients, and Nan Tian BBQ (open Wednesday through Monday, 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., counter) serves up all kinds of barbecued delicacies, from chicken and duck feet to whole roasted suckling pigs. (5-6-10) RINCON MARKET C 2513 E. Sixth St. 327-6653. Open Monday-Friday 7

a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday 7 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V, Checks.

Open as a neighborhood market since 1926, Rincon Market today is known for its wide variety of fresh, inexpensive foods. In the dining area, there are options aplenty: deli sandwiches, a large salad bar, a grill, baked goods, coffees, rotisserie chicken and more. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an iconic Tucson place to grab a quick, simple, delicious meal. (7-14-05) $

BOCA C 828 E. Speedway Blvd. 777-8134. Open MondaySaturday 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday noon-8 p.m.

Counter/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Boca offers upscale indoor versions of Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s street food, and is doing tacos the right way, with lots of flavor and highquality ingredients. Generous portions and playfully presented food are just the beginning. With a few dozen tequilas at the bar and reasonable prices, Boca is the perfect addition to the university-area restaurant scene.

(10-7-10) $-$$ LA BOTANA TACO GRILL AND CANTINA C 3200 N. First Ave. 777-8801. Open Monday-

Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

CafĂŠ. Beer and Margaritas. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This little â&#x20AC;&#x153;cantinaâ&#x20AC;? offers big flavors and lots of fun. Build your own burrito or quesadilla by mixing and matching grilled meats, seafood and an assortment of other goodies. Seafood dishes are done well here, and dining on the patio is reminiscent of Mexican beachside spots. On weekends, margaritas are 2-for-1 all day long. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the perfect counter to the heat and smoke from many dishes. (1-21-10) $ LAS BRASAS TAQUERĂ?A C 2928 E. 22nd St. 881-6077. Open Monday-Thursday

10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Counter/Beer Only. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Watch your own steak, chicken or tripas de leche sputter on the brazier grill and be deftly placed in a tortilla, taco or torta roll.

The sides are fresh and zippy, and the mealâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a deal! $ CAFĂ&#x2030; POCA COSA

TIME MARKET C 444 E. University Blvd. 622-0761. Market open daily 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Deli open Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Counter/Beer and Wine. MC, V. Time Market is four things in one. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a top-notch deli; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a popular woodfire pizza joint; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a coffee bar; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a quirky market full of hard-to-find foods. With a friendly staff and reasonable prices, Time Market is a longtime Tucson favorite. We recommend the green gringo sandwich, mixing a green corn tamale with shredded chicken, cheddar, salsa and green olives on sourdough. Yum! (7-14-05) $-$$

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Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. DIS, MC, V. For years, owner Suzana Davila has delighted residents and visitors alike with her Like Water for Chocolate style of Mexican food.

The sauces at CafĂŠ Poca Cosa are extraordinary, reflecting an intricate blend of chiles and spicing as unusual as they are delicious. Pile on the incredible purĂŠed salsa, and try not to miss the mole and pipian. (4-1300) $$-$$$ CASA MOLINA E 6225 E. Speedway Blvd. 886-5468. Open daily 11

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a.m.-10 p.m. Bistro/CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Also at 3001 N. Campbell Ave. (795-7593) and 4240 E. Grant Road (326-6663). A family operation with roots tracing back over the last five decades, Casa Molina is one of the most consistent places in town to sample true Mexican food. With an extensive menu that includes tacos, tostadas, enchiladas and chimichangasâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as well as fried shrimp and hamburgers for more timid palatesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Casa Molina boasts something for every taste. Children are always welcome, and the margaritas are top-flight. (8-12-99) $-$$ CHACOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CAFE S 2027 S. Craycroft Road. 790-1828. Open Monday-

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The Wiyos bring their traditional yet cutting-edge sound to Tucson for the first time

By Stephen Seigel, musiced@tucsonweekly.com

Off to See the Wizard

BY GENE ARMSTRONG, garmstrong@tucsonweekly.com ven as the Wiyos play music born from America’s past, they sound fully of the moment.

Whether taking on blues, swing, Dixieland, country, hillbilly, Cajun, Tin Pan Alley or jugband music, the members of the New Yorkbased band use well-honed chops and dynamic songwriting to craft a sound that is traditional and cutting-edge at the same time.

“We’ve used all the music we like that came before us, and tried to find our own voice in it,” says band-member Michael Farkas, one of the group’s two primary singer-songwriters, during a recent phone interview.

“Whenever you are starting out, you try on the styles of other musicians,” he says. “But I think as you become more confident as a musician, you’re standing on the shoulders of others while becoming yourself.”

The Wiyos will play Friday, Sept. 7, at Plaza Palomino.

The gig is the first of the fall 2012 season by presenting organization Rhythm and Roots.

The series is still in action, even after the unexpected death in January of its founder, Jonathan Holden, a longtime presence in Tucson music. Susan Holden is continuing her late husband’s nearly 20-year legacy of presenting high-quality concerts.

The concert also marks the first visit by the Wiyos to Tucson.

“It’s funny that during all the years we have been touring, we never did anything in the Southwest,” Farkas says. “We’ve spent most of our time in the Southeast and the Northeast, of course, because we’re all from that part of the country. (We’ve played) a little in the Midwest, too.”

A trio when it was formed about a decade ago, the group has featured up to five members for recent recordings and tours. On the current trek, the band is back to a three-piece: Farkas, who plays harmonica, accordion and percussion; singer-songwriter Teddy Weber on guitars and brass instruments; and Sauerkraut Seth Travins on bass and keyboards.

Named for a 19th-century New York street gang (the Whyos), the band has roots in the New York City and New Orleans music scenes in which its members established themselves, and they are steeped in the traditions of street music and vaudeville.

Initially a pretty straightforward Americana band, the Wiyos have branched out creatively over the course of their career, hungrily incorporating new, adventurous sounds, and echoing the depth, complexity and maturity evinced by such acts as Los Lobos, Wilco, Tom Waits and the Jayhawks.

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FALL IS ALMOST HERE You wouldn’t know it by walking outside, but take a gander at a calendar, and it’ll tell you that summer is in its final weeks—which means the start of fall music series and festival season.

Last week featured the HoCo Fest and the TAMMIES, and this week’s feature article is about The Wiyos, who kick off the Rhythm and Roots concert series. But there are several more series and festivals headed our way. Here’s a look at a few of them.

The Wiyos independently released their sixth album, Twist, last year. It’s a creative retelling of the story of The Wizard of Oz over the course of 14 songs. Farkas calls it the band’s “most-ambitious and fully realized album yet.”

Accompanied by ragtimey horns and barrelhouse piano, the album starts out with “Yellow Lines” and the couplet, “Last night my house came down on the witch / Now Munchkinland around here has one less bitch,” and continues through epic, multipart tunes such as “Scarecrow,” “Tinman,” “Poppy Fields,” “The Lion” and “Mother Witch.” The result recalls the best albums of the 1970s in that it uses the wealth and variety of American traditional music to come off as contemporary rock ’n’ roll.

Farkas says the Twist project began soon after the release of the band’s last album, Broken Land Bell, in 2009. Sort of.

Choreographer and mime Nicholas Johnson, director of dance at Wichita State University (and a former faculty member at the University of Arizona), had been working on a moderndance project called The Wiyos of Oz, which incorporated music from Broken Land Bell. He hired the band to play it live.

Thus inspired, the Wiyos headed back to the studio to create an album loosely based on the plot and characters of the classic 1939 movie.

Farkas says that creating an album inspired by Oz was both challenging and richly rewarding.

“This is a movie that most people in this country have seen, some more than others, or at least they are familiar with the aspects of it,” Farkas says. “Everyone knows something about it, so to some degree, they know a little of what to expect, but you can also draw on their familiarity to work with themes and structure. And in terms of allegory and symbolism, it is an endless treasure of material.”

The fact that the Wiyos release their own recordings indicates not only their independence from the major-label music industry, but

The Wiyos 8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7 Suite 147 at Plaza Palomino 2970 N. Swan Road $18 advance; $20 door; $12 students with ID 319-9966; rhythmandroots.org

also recalls homegrown music projects of the past and the DIY music careers of many of today’s more-daring indie artists.

Farkas is well aware that his band would be an acquired taste for mainstream record companies. “If a label heard Twist, they’d say, ‘What the fuck is this shit?’”

Which is not necessarily a bad thing. Record executives have expressed similar sentiments over the years about some of the works of great musical artists such as Brian Wilson and Neil Young.

But the Wiyos never had ambitions to be a flash-in-the-pan pop product, anyway.

Farkas says: “We’re in this for the long haul.

You have to have a longer view. I’ve been playing music professionally for almost 10 years. There’s no reason for me to stop at this point. We’ve figured out a way to keep the juice flowing.”

He says he and the other members of the band have learned how to make music a part of life, rather than losing track of life while making music. In the process, Farkas left Manhattan to live with his fiancée in the Hudson River Valley, a more-peaceful setting, but still a short commute from the Big Apple. “We have definitely burned the candle at both ends in the past. But we decided about a year and half ago to wind down the full-time touring.”

“It takes so much time to set up a tour and be away from home. We lost a little of our private lives in the process. Now, we stay home and go out for short trips, like this one to Tucson. It allows you to have a life, and then you end up finding out how much creative energy you have left if you’re not burned out, too.”

HELLO, LAVA; GOODBYE, FRIENDS OF MUSIC (FOR NOW) In addition to Rhythm and Roots, the Live Acoustic Venue Association (LAVA) starts its fall season this week with a performance by X-Train, a high-energy, blazing-fast bluegrass band featuring Peter McLaughlin on guitar, Ross Nickerson on banjo, Mark Miracle on mandolin and Bob Denoncourt on bass. Among the group’s accolades is a win at the 1988 Telluride Bluegrass Band Competition. Local performances are a rarity, so catch ’em while you can. They’ll perform at LAVA’s fall season headquarters, Abounding Grace Sanctuary, 2450 S. Kolb Road, at 7 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8. Advance tickets are available for $15 at brownpapertickets.com. They’ll be $20 (cash only) at the door.

Other shows in LAVA’s fall season include Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements on Saturday, Sept. 15, Wyatt Easterling on Saturday, Sept. 22, Chuck Pyle on Saturday, Sept. 29, Ronstadt Generations on Saturday, Oct. 6, and Cosy Sheridan on Saturday, Oct. 20. A full schedule and more info are available at lavamusic.org.

It’s also worth noting that for the first time, LAVA is offering season tickets: A $100 season pass will get you into all 10 shows in the fall series.

Meanwhile, another stellar local bluegrass band closes St. Philip’s in the Hills Friends of Music summer series this week. The Titan Valley Warheads—whose current lineup consists of Gary Kuitert (mandolin), Earl Edmonson (guitar), Ed Davenport (bass), Andy McCune (banjo) and Tom Rhodes (fiddle)—will celebrate their 30th anniversary with a performance at 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 9, at St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, 4440 N. Campbell Ave. Admission is a suggested donation of $15. More info is available by calling 299-6421.

DIVINE MELDING OF MUSIC AND ART The Third Annual Santa Muerte Music and Arts Festival gets under way this week, too. The festival is curated by visual artist and musician Daniel Martin Diaz, and his wife and bandmate in Blind

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Divine, Paula Catherine Valencia.

The festival features an art show with works by 27 renowned artists including Joe Sorren, Robert Palacios, Michael Page and Elizabeth Frank, as well as musical events running at a variety of venues (though the majority take place at the festival’s ground zero, Diaz and Valencia’s Sacred Machine gallery) throughout the next two months.

The festival’s opening celebration takes place at Sacred Machine starting at 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 7, with performances by In the Woods (7 to 9 p.m.) and d[foRm] (9 p.m. to midnight) in addition to the art opening.

It continues at the same location at 8 p.m. the following night, Saturday, Sept. 8, with performances by Nathan Carman (8 p.m.), Chris Black (9 p.m.) and Blind Divine (10 p.m.). Admission both nights is free.

Sacred Machine is located at 245 E. Congress St. For more information, including a full schedule of events as well as a sneak peek at some of the artwork, head to sacredmachine.com. Questions will be answered by calling 777-7403.

SHOWS WITH BENEFITS A pair of noteworthy benefit shows is taking place this week.

A whole lot of Tucson music fans who have been around for a while look back fondly upon the era of Stunning Tonto Records, a label spearheaded by the members of the nowdefunct Chango Malo that released albums by a number of local bands, as well as an eradefining compilation, Stunning Tonto Presents Vol. 1, which featured 16 tracks by the likes of mostly bygone bands such as Good Talk Russ, Red Switch, Lloyd Dobbler, Truck, and Manifold. (The only two still-extant bands on the comp are Love Mound and the Last Call Brawlers.)

But Stunning Tonto was more than just a label; it was an extended musical family whose members were incredibly supportive of each other. In those days—we’re talking 10 years ago—if you went to a show by any of the Stunning Tonto bands, you’d notice that frontand-center were members of other Stunning Tonto bands.

While most of the bands on that compilation, and of that era, no longer exist, many of the members have gone on to perform in bands that do still exist—and they’ve hatched a plan to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the comp’s release. Plans are in the works for several bands including members of the Stunning Tonto crew to put out another compilation, this one featuring some of those current bands covering songs originally performed by Stunning Tonto artists. Among the artists set to participate are Anakim, Fort Worth, HAIRSPRAYFIREANDGIRLS, Church Key and Garboski.

In order to fund the project, a Kickstarter campaign has been set up at www.kickstarter. com/projects/714564980/stunning-tontoforever. As of this writing, nearly $2,000 of the $4,000 target has been raised.

In order to bump that tally up, there will also be a fundraising show happening on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Surly Wench Pub, 424 N. Fourth Ave. Headlined by HAIRSPRAYFIREANDGIRLS, the show will also feature Garboski and Church Key. Music begins around 10 p.m., and cover is a suggested donation of $5 (though they certainly won’t turn you down if you’d like to contribute more).

For more information, head to the Kickstarter

TOP TEN Chris Black page, or call the Wench at 882-0009.

Also this week: Eastside Sound and the Tucson Rock Alliance are teaming up to present Rock for a Cure 2012, which will raise money for the PKD Foundation (polycystic kidney disease), as well as Trey Ratzan, an 8-yearold child who needs a double kidney and liver transplant due to PKD. The event runs from 2 to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9, at the children’s outdoor performance area at Lincoln Park, 8155 E Poinciana Drive, where two stages will be set up: a main stage featuring performances by Top Dead Center, Blazing Edisons, Frantic, the Ben Hyatt Band and Armastus; and an acoustic stage, which will include performances by John R. Holmes, Mason Reed, The Living Breathing, Brandon Jim and Mr. Martin Tanner.

In addition to the performances, the familyfriendly event will include outdoor games, raffles, food and drinks for purchase, and a playground for kids. Advance tickets are available for a $15 donation; day-of-show entry will be a $20 donation. For more information, head to the event’s Facebook page at www.facebook. com/events/409157062479480.

Zia Records’ top sales for the week ending Sept. 2, 2012 1. The Walking Dead: Season 2 (DVD) AMC/Anchor Bay

2. Slaughterhouse Welcome to: Our House (Shady)

3. Battleship (DVD) Universal

4. 2 Chainz Based on a T.R.U. Story (Island/Def Jam)

5. Sons of Anarchy: Season 4 20th Century Fox

6. Minus the Bear Infinity Overhead (Dangerbird)

7. The Hunger Games (DVD) Lionsgate

8. Insane Clown Posse Mighty Death Pop (Psychopathic)

9. Katatonia

ON THE BANDWAGON Once again, we’ve barely scratched the surface of all the great musical happenings, so be sure to check our listings for more. In the meantime, here are some notable shows and events: Silver Thread Trio, Melody Walker and Jacob Groopman and Run Boy Run at Plush on Friday, Sept. 7; N9NE Fest and Barstool Blackout Tour present F*ckin Foam at the Tucson Convention Center Arena on Friday, Sept. 7; DâM FunK (live band performance), Zackey Force Funk and Tortilla Factory at Club Congress on Wednesday, Sept. 12; Def Leppard, Poison and Lita Ford at AVA at Casino del Sol on Wednesday, Sept. 12; It’s a Beautiful Day and Stefan George at Club Congress on Friday, Sept. 7; Second Saturdays Downtown featuring The Dunwells, LeeAnne Savage and many others, downtown on Saturday, Sept. 8; I Was Totally Destroying It at The Hut next Thursday, Sept. 13; Neal McCoy at AVA at Casino del Sol on Friday, Sept. 7; Holy Rolling Empire, Of the Painted Choir and La Cerca at Club Congress on Saturday, Sept. 8; In Repair and Those Beatles Guys at The Hut on Friday, Sept. 7; Get Scared, Dead Rabbits and Rob the Cartel at The Rock on Wednesday, Sept. 12; The Jive Bombers at Boondocks Lounge on Saturday, Sept. 8; The Horse Thieves at Sky Bar on Saturday, Sept. 8; Opti Club presents Hume at Club Congress next Thursday, Sept. 13; The Rocketz, Full Story at Midnight, Justin Valdez and The El Camino Royales at The Bashful Bandit on Friday, Sept. 7; Apocalyptic Takeover Tour with The Sammus Theory, Cage9, Take the Hill, Despondency Denied and others at The Hut on Saturday, Sept. 8; Black Cherry Burlesque at Surly Wench Pub on Friday, Sept.

7; No Wave Punk Downtown Block Party on 19 E. Toole Ave. on Saturday, Sept. 8.

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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.

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.

THE BISBEE ROYALE 94 Main St. Bisbee. (520) 432-6750.

BLUEFIN SEAFOOD BISTRO 7053 N. Oracle Road. 531-8500.

THE BONE-IN STEAKHOUSE 5400 S. Old Spanish Trail.

885-4600.

BOONDOCKS LOUNGE 3306 N. First Ave. 690-0991.

BORDERLANDS BREWING COMPANY 119 E. Toole Ave. 261-8773.

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.

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.

CHUY’S MESQUITE BROILER 22ND STREET 7101 E. 22nd St. 722-5117.

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.

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) 398-8000.

COW PONY BAR AND GRILL 6510 E. Tanque Verde Road.

721-2781.

CUSHING STREET RESTAURANT AND BAR 198 W. Cushing St. 622-7984.

DAKOTA CAFE AND CATERING CO. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road.

298-7188.

DELECTABLES RESTAURANT AND CATERING 533 N. Fourth Ave. 884-9289.

THE DEPOT SPORTS BAR 3501 E. Fort Lowell Road. 795-8110.

DESERT DIAMOND CASINO MONSOON NIGHTCLUB 7350 S. Nogales Highway. 294-7777.

DESERT DIAMOND CASINO SPORTS BAR Interstate 19 and Pima Mine Road. 393-2700.

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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.

ELLIOTT’S ON CONGRESS 135 E. Congress St. 622-5500.

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.

GJ’S COFFEEHOUSE 5950 N. La Canada Drive.

GOLD Westward Look Resort, 245 E. Ina Road. 917-2930, ext. 474.

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.

IRISH PUB 9155 E. Tanque Verde Road. 749-2299.

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.

KNOW WHERE II 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.

LI’L ABNER’S STEAKHOUSE 8500 N. Silverbell Road.

744-2800.

LB SALOON 6925 E. Broadway Blvd. 886-8118.

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.

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 AND CAFÉ 505 W. Miracle Mile. 207-2429.

MR. AN’S TEPPAN STEAK AND SUSHI 6091 N. Oracle Road.

797-0888.

MR. HEAD’S ART GALLERY AND BAR 513 N. Fourth Ave. 792-2710.

MUSIC BOX 6951 E. 22nd St. 747-1421.

NEVADA SMITH’S 1175 W. Miracle Mile. 622-9064.

NORTH 2995 E. Skyline Drive.

299-1600.

O’MALLEY’S 247 N. Fourth Ave. 623-8600.

OLD FATHER INN 4080 W. Ina Road. Marana. 744-1200.

OLD PUEBLO GRILLE 60 N. Alvernon Way. 326-6000.

OLD TUBAC INN RESTAURANT AND SALOON 7 Plaza Road.

Tubac. (520) 398-3161.

ON A ROLL 63 E. Congress St. 622-7655.

ORACLE INN 305 E. American Ave. Oracle. 896-3333.

O’SHAUGHNESSY’S 2200 N. Camino Principal. 296-7464.

OUTLAW SALOON 1302 W. Roger Road. 888-3910.

PAPPY’S DINER 1300 W. Prince Road. 408-5262.

PARADISO BAR AND LOUNGE Casino Del Sol, 5655 W. Valencia Road. (800) 344-9435.

THE PARISH 6453 N. Oracle Road. 797-1233.

LA PARRILLA SUIZA 2720 N. Oracle Road. 624-4300.

PEARSON’S PUB 1120 S. Wilmot Road. 747-2181.

PLAYGROUND BAR AND LOUNGE 278 E. Congress St. 396-3691.

PLAZA PALOMINO 2960 N. Swan Road. 320-6344.

PLUSH 340 E. Sixth St. 798-1298.

PURGATORY 1310 S. Alvernon Way. 795-1996.

PUTNEY’S 6090 N. Oracle Road. 575-1767.

PY STEAKHOUSE 5655 W. Valencia Road, inside Casino del Sol. (800) 344-9435.

RPM NIGHTCLUB 445 W. Wetmore Road. 869-6098.

RA SUSHI BAR RESTAURANT 2905 E. Skyline Drive.

615-3970.

RAGING SAGE COFFEE ROASTERS 2458 N. Campbell Ave. 320-5203.

REDLINE SPORTS GRILL 445 W. Wetmore Road. 888-8084.

LE RENDEZ-VOUS 3844 E. Fort Lowell Road. 323-7373.

REVOLUTIONARY GROUNDS 606 N. Fourth Ave. 620-1770.

RIC’S CAFE/RESTAURANT 5605 E. River Road. 577-7272.

RILEY’S IRISH TAVERN 5140 N. La Cholla Blvd. 408-0507.

RIVER’S EDGE LOUNGE 4635 N. Flowing Wells Road.

887-9027.

RJ’S REPLAYS SPORTS PUB AND GRUB 5769 E. Speedway Blvd. 495-5136.

THE ROCK 136 N. Park Ave. 629-9211.

ROYAL SUN INN AND SUITES 1015 N. Stone Ave. 622-8871.

RUNWAY BAR AND GRILL 2101 S. Alvernon Way. 790-6788.

RUSTY’S FAMILY RESTAURANT AND SPORTS GRILLE 2075 W. Grant Road.

623-3363.

SACRED MACHINE 245 E. Congress St., Suite 123.

777-7403.

SALTY DAWG II 6121 E. Broadway Blvd., No. 106.

790-3294.

SAM HUGHES PLACE CHAMPIONSHIP DINING 446 N. Campbell Ave. 747-5223.

SAPPHIRE LOUNGE 61 E. Congress St. 624-9100.

SHERATON HOTEL AND SUITES 5151 E. Grant Road.

323-6262.

SHOOTERS STEAKHOUSE AND SALOON 3115 E. Prince Road.

322-0779.

SHOT IN THE DARK CAFÉ 121 E. Broadway Blvd. 882-5544.

SINBAD’S FINE MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE 810 E. University Ave. 623-4010.

SIR VEZA’S 220 W. Wetmore Road. 888-8226.

SKRAPPY’S 191 E. Toole Ave. 358-4287.

SKY BAR 536 N. Fourth Ave. 622-4300.

THE SKYBOX RESTAURANT AND SPORTS BAR 5605 E. River Road. 529-7180.

STADIUM GRILL 3682 W. Orange Grove Road. Marana.

877-8100.

THE STEAKOUT RESTAURANT AND SALOON 3620 W. Tangerine Road. Marana. 572-1300.

STOCKMEN’S LOUNGE 1368 W. Roger Road. 887-2529.

SUITE 147 AT PLAZA PALOMINO 2970 N. Swan Road, No. 147. 440-4455.

SULLIVAN’S STEAK HOUSE 1785 E. River Road. 299-4275.

SURLY WENCH PUB 424 N. Fourth Ave. 882-0009.

TANQUE VERDE RANCH 14301 E. Speedway Blvd. 296-6275.

TANQUE VERDE SWAP MEET 4100 S. Palo Verde Road.

294-4252.

TERRY AND ZEKE’S 4603 E. Speedway Blvd. 325-3555.

UNICORN SPORTS LOUNGE 8060 E. 22nd St., No. 118.

722-6900.

UNION PUBLIC HOUSE 4340 N. Campbell Ave., No. 103.

329-8575.

V FINE THAI 9 E. Congress St. 882-8143.

WHISKEY TANGO 140 S. Kolb Road. 344-8843.

WILD BILL’S STEAKHOUSE AND SALOON 5910 N. Oracle Road. 887-6161.

WILDCAT HOUSE 1801 N. Stone Ave. 622-1302.

WINGS-PIZZA-N-THINGS 8838 E. Broadway Blvd. 722-9663.

WISDOM’S CAFÉ 1931 E. Frontage Road. Tumacacori.

398-2397.

WOODEN NICKEL 1908 S. Country Club Road. 323-8830.

WOODY’S 3710 N. Oracle Road.

292-6702.

WORLD FAMOUS GOLDEN NUGGET 2617 N. First Ave. 622-9202.

ZEN ROCK 121 E. Congress St. 624-9100.

THU SEP 6 LIVE MUSIC Arizona Inn Bob Linesch Boondocks Lounge Grams and Krieger Borderlands Brewing Company Greyhound Soul Café Passé Jeff Grubic and Naim Amor Casa Vicente Restaurante Español Live classical guitar Chicago Bar Neon Prophet La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar Stefan George Desert Diamond Casino Monsoon Nightclub Thursday Thunder: Jason Michael Carroll Eddies Cocktails Cass Preston and His Band Elliott’s on Congress The Kachina Speakeasy Review La Fuente Mariachi Estrellas de la Fuente Guadalajara Grill East Live mariachi music Guadalajara Grill West Live mariachi music Hacienda del Sol Aaron Gilmartin Irish Pub Gary Alan Durrenberger Jasper Neighborhood Restaurant and Bar Stephen Budd Las Cazuelitas Live music McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse Lounge: Susan Artemis Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café The Moonstruck Coyotes O’Malley’s Live music On a Roll Live music O’Shaughnessy’s Live pianist and singer Paradiso Bar and Lounge Breakdown (Tom Petty tribute) Plush Chris McFarland PY Steakhouse Gabriel Ayala RPM Nightclub 80’s and Gentlemen Sheraton Hotel and Suites Prime Example Sky Bar Tidelands The Steakout Restaurant and Saloon Andrew Cooper Sullivan’s Steak House Live music Union Public House Howard and Loud Whiskey Tango Live music Wild Bill’s Steakhouse and Saloon Wild Oats

KARAOKE/OPEN MIC The Bamboo Club Karaoke with DJ Tony G Best Western Royal Sun Inn and Suites Y-Not Karaoke Buffalo Wild Wings Y-Not Karaoke The Depot Sports Bar Karaoke with DJ Brandon El Charro Café Sahuarita Famous Sam’s Silverbell Amazing Star karaoke Famous Sam’s Valencia Hilda’s Sports Bar The Hog Pit Smokehouse Bar and Grill Steve Morningwood acoustic open-mic night Jasper Neighborhood Restaurant and Bar Open mic with Bob Paluzzi Know Where II New Star Karaoke Margarita Bay Music Box Karaoke with AJ Oracle Inn Karaoke and open mic Outlaw Saloon Chubbrock Entertainment River’s Edge Lounge Karaoke with KJ David Royal Sun Inn and Suites Y Not Karaoke Stadium Grill Chubbrock Entertainment

DANCE/DJ Diablos Sports Bar and Grill Bikini bash with DJ Mike Lopez Eclipse at College Place DJ spins music Gentle Ben’s Brewing Company DJ spins music The Hideout Fiesta DJs IBT’s DJ spins music Javelina Cantina DJ M. Mr. Head’s Art Gallery and Bar DJ Bonus RJ’s Replays Sports Pub and Grub DJ M Sam Hughes Place Championship Dining DJ spins music Sapphire Lounge Salsa night Sir Veza’s DJ Riviera Surly Wench Pub Jump Jive Thursday with DJ Ribz Unicorn Sports Lounge Y Not Entertainment V Fine Thai Foundation Thursdays: DJs spin music, art show, wine tasting Zen Rock DJ Kidd Kutz

COMEDY Laffs Comedy Caffé Gary Hood, Patrick Payton, Jericho Davidson, Jarrod Martin, Aaron Marsh 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.

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FRI SEP 7 LIVE MUSIC Arizona Inn Dennis Reed The Bamboo Club Live music The Bashful Bandit Live Music Bedroxx DJ Du and the Cooper Meza Band The Bisbee Royale Kevin Pakulis Bluefin Seafood Bistro George Howard and Mark Noethen Boondocks Lounge Neon Prophet Café Passé Tom Walbank The Canyon’s Crown Restaurant and Pub Live music Cascade Lounge Doug Martin Chicago Bar The AmoSphere Chuy’s Mesquite Broiler 22nd Street Bobby Wilson Club Congress It’s a Beautiful Day, Stefan George, Warsaw Poland Brothers La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar The Greg Morton Band Cow Palace Live music Dakota Cafe and Catering Co. John Ronstadt and Howard Wooten Delectables Restaurant and Catering Live music Dry River Company The KC Monroe Band Eclipse at College Place Live music Eddies Cocktails Dust Devils 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 Solo guitarist La Fuente Mariachi Estrellas de la Fuente The Grill at Quail Creek Paul McGuffin Guadalajara Grill East Live mariachi music Guadalajara Grill West Live Latin music Hacienda del Sol Freddy Vesely, Amber Norgaard The Hideout Sol Down The Hut Those Beatles Guys Irish Pub Liquid Skye featuring Jeff Carlson Jasper Neighborhood Restaurant and Bar Corey Spector Las Cazuelitas Mariachis

Li’l Abner’s Steakhouse Arizona Dance Hands Maverick Flipside McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse Patio: Still Crusin’; Lounge: Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky Mint Cocktails Live music Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café Neil McCallion and the Might Maxwells Mr. An’s Teppan Steak and Sushi Los Cubanos Mr. Head’s Art Gallery and Bar Mothership Connection and Captain Antenna Old Father Inn Live music Oracle Inn Wild Ride Band O’Shaughnessy’s Live pianist and singer Paradiso Bar and Lounge Boomer The Parish Nancy McCallion and Her Wee Band La Parrilla Suiza Mariachi music Plush Run Boy Run, Melody Walker and Jacob Groopman, Silver Thread Trio Redline Sports Grill East2West Ric’s Cafe/Restaurant Live music RJ’s Replays Sports Pub and Grub The Dig Ups The Rock Trinity, Lethal Dosage, Shattered Systems, Indu, Drowning Arizona, We Are Nemesis, Tribulance Sacred Machine Santa Muerte Festival: In the Woods, d[foRm] Shooters Steakhouse and Saloon Andy Hersey Shot in the Dark Café Mark Bockel The Skybox Restaurant and Sports Bar 80’s and Gentlemen Stadium Grill Live music Suite 147 at Plaza Palomino The Wiyos Sullivan’s Steak House Live music Surly Wench Pub Black Cherry Burlesque Tanque Verde Swap Meet Live music V Fine Thai Phony Bennett Whiskey Tango The Rocketz, Full Story at Midnight, The El Camino Royales Wild Bill’s Steakhouse and Saloon Beau Renfro and Clear Country Wisdom’s Café David Blixt Woody’s Susan Artemis

KARAOKE/OPEN MIC Best Western Royal Sun Inn and Suites Y-Not Karaoke Brats Brodie’s Tavern Famous Sam’s W. Ruthrauff Famous Sam’s Pima Iguana Cafe Jeff’s Pub Kustom Karaoke Know Where II New Star Karaoke LB Saloon CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Eric Swedlund, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

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What are you listening to these days?

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, George “Harmonica” Smith, Satan and Adam, Jason Ricci, Dennis Gruenling’s tribute album to Little Walter, and, as always, Harp Attack!

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What was the first album you owned?

Bell Biv DeVoe’s single “Poison.” I got it so I could secretly learn to dance before the fourthgrade Valentine’s Day dance.

What artist, genre or musical trend does everyone seem to love, but you just don’t get?

“Intellectual hip-hop” and Bob Dylan.

What musical act, current or defunct, would you most like to see perform live?

GG Allin, The Residents and James Brown, under one bill, and in that order.

Musically speaking, what is your favorite guilty pleasure?

Cheesy ’80s dance music like A-ha.

What song would you like to have played at your funeral?

“Against the Wind” by Bob Seger.

What band or artist changed your life, and how?

Misfits as a teenager, because every adolescent needs some punk rock; Little Walter as an adult, to show me the true beauty in musicianship; the Legendary Shack Shakers, for putting all that together.

Figurative gun to your head, what is your favorite album of all time?

Little Walter’s “Roller Coaster” (1955 Checker Records single).

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His name has the ring of myth. So, too, does his music.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enough sound coming from his rhythmically intricate guitar style and the force of his voice to make The Tallest Man on Earth seem like more than just one man on a stage. Swedish folksinger Kristian Matsson writes songs that seem instantly timeless, with a captivating poetic style that relies on imagery of nature.

Matsson opened on electric guitar, playing the lead track to this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excellent Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No Leaving Now. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To Just Grow Awayâ&#x20AC;? is explicitly a rain song, with lyrics that blend in a sense of yearning that goes far beyond just needing rain.

Matsson switched to acoustic guitar for â&#x20AC;&#x153;1904,â&#x20AC;? a furiously strummed song that takes a detached look at death. He turned to the piano for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No Leaving Now,â&#x20AC;? a song that likens death to a danger passing.

Introducing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Criminals,â&#x20AC;? Matsson joked that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a song about the 1990s and him loving a Madonna record. â&#x20AC;&#x153;King of Spain,â&#x20AC;? from 2010â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Wild Hunt, induced the crowd to sing along. His set was a fairly even mix of all his albums, and Matsson closed the night back on the piano for a somber rendition of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dreamer.â&#x20AC;?

On the club stage, Wild Nothing had the crowd bouncing with its dance-ready synth rock, sounding a bit like 1980s Brit-rock, somewhere in between The Smiths and New Order.

Strand of Oaks was impressive with a spare yet bombastic performance. Tim Showalter plays a haunting and dark folk music, but live he and a drummer crank things up with a hard-rock energy.

The early part of the night was filled with those spontaneous moments of collision that are so fun at festivals: David Garzaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impromptu drafting of some Modeens as his band (on Saturday, he brought Camilo Lara, Sergio Mendoza and Marco Rosano onstage); Phoenixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lonna Kelley, a new addition herself to Giant Giant Sand, inviting Golden Bootsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ryen Eggleston, as well as Andrew Collberg and Jon Villa, to join in; and the quietly operatic voice of Wolf Larsen closing her set with a cover of The Tallest Man On Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Like the Wheel.â&#x20AC;?

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Matthew Dear’s dissonant 2010 album, Black City, had both dark ambiance and peppy flourish. On that album, Dear was like Stephin Merritt’s distant cousin, clinically depressed, but much healthier in dealing with it.

Beams feels like Dear switched his medication, and the new stuff has him buzzing all over the place. Mostly, the upshift in tempo makes for a tackier album.

Opening song “Her Fantasy” treats us to a barrage of squeaks, whistles and monkey howls, sounding like some lost track from the B-52s’ (truly terrible) Good Stuff (though that record gets props for having a title song about spooge). “Her Fantasy” isn’t a bad song; it’s just sort of gaudy and boring. More upsetting are the backing vocalizations on “Fighting Is Futile,” which sound like some island cruise a cappella nightmare.

Beams has its moments.

“Earthforms” gets things exactly right—the expressive, gothy bass line, the patina of ambient noise, the catchy vocal hook. “Get the Rhyme Right” is another highlight.

When Dear tells you to “ghost whisper into (his) ear,” it’s electric.

Dear is a compelling musician, a froggy-voiced, Enoinspired experimentalist who, at his best, is seductive and exciting. But Beams proves he’s sexier (and more fun) when he’s moping. The Dear on Black City could get you into bed in a heartbeat; the one on Beams might help you win at a game of charades, but there’s no way in hell he’s getting in your pants.

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Onstage, Mitzi Cowell has no trouble presenting as a fullfledged, blues-drenched guitar hero. Bardos, however, offers a more-complex, nuanced portrait of the artist, shaped by her many influences, yet unique in its own right.

Primarily an acoustic-driven project, this release splits time between personal, local and even global perspectives.

The album opens with a pair of love songs that are neither clichéd nor predictable: “Nice and Slow” has a down-home and playful feel that is marked by a Dixieland riff courtesy of the Rosano triplets, and Jeff Merchant on reeds and horns. “Wings (When I See Her),” which follows and includes Rebecca Horton and Don Simpson on backing vocals, is a groovedriven affair that allows Cowell to show off her seldom-heard acoustic chops.

While this album is often contemplative in nature, including one tune featuring Sabra Faulk helping out on a Sufi chant (“Skipping Through Space and Time”) and another that may be one of the best dog songs ever written (“Doggie Life”), it’s the two upbeat numbers, “Be Love” and “The Everchanging Song,” that make this package sparkle. While the former drew its initial inspiration from a gathering on the University Medical Center lawn soon after the tragedy of Jan. 8, 2011, the latter sports a robust Grateful Dead feel from their Blues for Allah/ Mars Hotel period.

Gary Mackender, Heather Hardy, Cantrell Maryott, Nick Augustine and Duncan Stitt add their talents to the mix.

Jim Lipson

For anyone who’s witnessed one of Cadillac Steakhouse’s manically over-the-top live shows, the question will be: Can they pull it off on a record? The answer, based on this full-length CD: Oh yeah.

Give some credit to Mike Dunn, who recorded it at his Subspace Recording, and Kevin Dowling, who produced it. It may be akin to harnessing and riding a shark, but they managed to pull it off.

Cadillac Steakhouse always had a head start due to the exceptional quality of their players, especially guitarist Miles Bartlett. Miles seems to have a bottomless bag of riffs, tricks and effects, and can play smart, complex and brutal all at the same time. Erik Brown on bass and Aharon Lund on drums (since replaced by John Gimmler) more than hold their own, but, of course, it’s über-vocalist Nikki Rosing who sets the pace with her fabulously inyour-face vocalizing and wild-child stage presence.

Inhabiting a space somewhere between the smart, turbo-charged punk rock of the Dead Kennedys (“Motorbread” even seems to echo “California Über Alles”) and the morecomplex but no-less-intense leanings of a post-post-punk bands (think early Liars), Cadillac Steakhouse can have their punk rock and eat it, too.

So, on 10 originals, Cadillac Steakhouse rage like their hair’s on fire. Miles multitracks stupendous, effectsaddled guitars on “We’re Gonna Die,” “Rapium,” “Shitty Bitch” and “Savages,” and basically rules like a murderous despot. Eric and Aharon match him lick for lick, and Nikki drives the stake (steak?) through your heart every time. Tucson doesn’t get much better than this.

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Ultimately, I will follow the lead of the United States Medical Marijuana Chamber of Commerce, a shadowy and likely insignificant organization that endorsed Obama on Aug. 27: The Choomer in Chief gets my vote. I am putting my money on the donkey. Elephants are too slow for my tastes, and I ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t getting near any Teabilly fucksticks.

want to talk about?â&#x20AC;? said Romney back in May, through a disgustingly fake smile. He then launched into a brief, condescending tirade about the economy and jobs.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Life tests you all the time. Sometimes, its prods and queries are hard and weird; they come at you with nonstop intensity. On other occasions, the riddles and lessons are pretty fun and friendly, and provide you with lots of slack to figure them out. In all cases, life’s tests offer you the chance to grow smarter, both in your head and heart. They challenge you to stretch your capacities and invite you to reduce your suffering. Right now, oddly enough, you have some choice in what kinds of tests you’d prefer. Just keep in mind that the more interesting they are, the bigger the rewards are likely to be.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to the religion of ancient Egypt, Tefnut is the goddess of moisture. In the natural world, she rules rain, dew, mist, humidity and condensation. For humans, she is the source of tears, spit, sweat, phlegm and the wetness produced by sex. In accordance with the astrological omens, I nominate her to be your tutelary spirit in the coming week. I suspect you will thrive by cultivating a fluidic sensibility. You will learn exactly what you need to learn by paying special attention to everything that exudes and spills and flows.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I’m guessing that you don’t know the name of the person who sent the first email. It was Ray Tomlinson, and he did it in 1971. You’re probably also unaware that he originated the use of the @ symbol as a key part of email addresses. Now I’d like to address your own inner Ray Tomlinson, Gemini: the part of you that has done valuable work hardly anyone knows about, the part of you that has created good stuff without getting much credit or appreciation. I celebrate that unsung hero, and I hope you will make a special effort to do the same in the coming week.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Busy editor Katie Hintz-Zambrano was asked in an interview what she does when she’s not working at her demanding job. She said she likes to gets together with her “article club,” which is like a book club, except it’s for people who don’t have time to read anything longer than articles. I would approve of you seeking out short-cut pleasures like that in the next few weeks, Cancerian. It’s one of those phases in your

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astrological cycle when you have a poetic license to skip a few steps, avoid some of the boring details and take leaps of faith that allow you to bypass complicated hassles.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Imagine you’re living in 1880. You’re done with work for the day, and are at home enjoying some alonetime leisure activities. What might those be? By the light of your oil lamp, you could read a book, sing songs, compose a letter with pen and paper, or write in your diary. Now transfer your imaginative attention to your actual living space in 2012. It might have a smart phone, tablet, laptop, TV, DVD player and game console. You’ve got access to thousands of videos, movies, songs, social media, websites and networked games. Aren’t you glad you live today instead of 1880? On the other hand, having so many choices can result in you wasting a lot of time with stimuli that don’t fully engage you. Make this the week when you’ll see what it’s like to use your leisure time for only the highest-quality, most-interesting and worthwhile stuff.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I’ll bet that a-ha! experiences will arrive at a faster rate than you’ve seen in a long time.

Breakthroughs and brainstorms will be your specialty. Surprises and serendipitous adventures should be your delight. The only factor that might possibly obstruct the flow would be if you clung too tightly to your expectations or believed too fiercely in your old theories about how the world works. I’ve got an idea about how to ensure the best-possible outcome. Several times every day, say something like the following: “I love to get my curiosity spiked, my hair mussed, my awe struck, my goose bumps roused, my dogmas exploded and my mind blown.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Disappointments should be cremated, not embalmed,” said the aphorist Henry S. Haskins. That’s good advice for you right now, Libra. It’s an auspicious moment for you to set fire to your defeats, letdowns and discouragements—and let them burn into tiny piles of ashes. I mean all of them, stretching back for years, not simply the recent ones. There’s no need to treat them like precious treasures you have an obligation to lug with you into the

future. The time is right for you to deepen your mastery of the art of liberation.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Columnist Sydney J. Harris told the following story. “I walked with a friend to the newsstand the other night, and he bought a paper, thanking the owner politely. The owner, however, did not even acknowledge it. ‘A sullen fellow, isn’t he?’ I commented as we walked away. ‘Oh, he’s that way every night,’ shrugged my friend. ‘Then why do you continue being so polite to him?’ I asked.

And my friend replied, ‘Why should I let him determine how I’m going to act?’”

I hope you’ll adopt that approach in the coming week, Scorpio. Be your best self even if no one appreciates it or responds.

Astrologically speaking, this is prime time to anchor yourself in your highest integrity.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In the 1960 Olympics at Rome, Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila was barefoot as he won a gold medal in the marathon race. Four years later, at the summer games in Tokyo, he won a gold medal again, this time while wearing shoes. I’m guessing this theme might apply to you and your life in the

coming weeks. You have the potential to score another victory in a situation where you have triumphed in the past. And I think it’s even more likely to happen if you vary some fundamental detail, as Bikila did.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Wikipedia has extensive lists of the biggest unsolved problems in medicine, computer science, philosophy and nine other fields. Each article treats those riddles with utmost respect and interest, regarding them not as subjects to be avoided, but rather embraced. I love this perspective, and urge you to apply it to your own life. This would be an excellent time, astrologically speaking, to draw up a master list of your biggest unsolved problems. Have fun. Activate your wild mind. Make it into a game. I bet that doing so will attract a flood of useful information that’ll help you get closer to solving those problems. (Here’s Wikipedia’s big list: tinyurl.com/ListofProblems.)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There’s a certain lesson in love that you have been studying and studying and studying—and yet have never quite mastered. Several different teachers have tried with only partial

success to provide you with insights that would allow you to graduate to the next level of romantic understanding. That’s the bad news, Aquarius. The good news is that all this could change in the coming months. I foresee a breakthrough in your relationship with intimacy. I predict benevolent jolts and healing shocks that will allow you to learn at least some of the open-hearted truths that have eluded you all this time.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A mother wrote to the Car Talk columnists to ask whether it’s possible to cook food on a car engine. She wanted to be able to bring her teenage son piping-hot burritos when she picked him up from school. The experts replied that yes, this is a fine idea. They said there’s even a book about how to do it, Manifold Destiny: The One! The Only!

Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine! I suggest you engage in this kind of creative thinking during the coming week, Pisces.

Consider innovations that might seem a bit eccentric. Imagine how you might use familiar things in unexpected ways.

Expand your sense of how to coordinate two seemingly unrelated activities.

¡ASK A MEXICAN!

BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO, themexican@askamexican.net .net Dear Mexican: One of your readers wrote a question about “DREAMers,” and I have a thought on the subject. This is not a criticism, although I have criticized your column before.

I know that most Hispanics in the United States are in favor of the DREAM Act, but what if this is a setup by the feds for a sting operation?

It appears that our president will do anything to pander to the Hispanic vote. I’m wondering what could happen if he is re-elected, and after the election, he changes his mind—after all these young people have paid a fee and given the government their names and addresses. What’s to stop ICE from rounding them up and deporting them and their parents, since he won’t need the Hispanic vote any longer? Just something to think about.

Dream a Little Dream Dear Gabacho: The American government doesn’t need the pretense of repealing a law in order to deport Mexican Americans. During the 1930s, both the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations deported tens of thousands of brown American citizens (and forced out hundreds of thousands more) to Mexico, with the excuse being the Great Depression. During the 1950s, “Operation Wetback” deported about a half-million Mexicans, with thousands of them being American citizens of Mexican descent. To this day, you still get migra pulling Mexican Americans to the side—did you hear what happened to former Arizona Gov. Raul Castro?

The common thread in all these cases? The captured looked like “illegal immigrants,” whatever the hell that means. Wait! I know!

They looked Mexican, so therefore, they must be illegals, because all Mexicans are illegals!

As I wrote before, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that Obama administered isn’t perfect by any means—it’s Tabasco for the taco that is illegal immigration, when what we need is a good salsa de chile de árbol—but it’s a start, and better a start than pinche limbo.

I’m a first-generation mexicana, daughter of immigrants who speak decent English, an hija who goes to quinceañeras and gets together to

make pozole on weekends—buenos tiempos. In my case, I married “the man”—a white guy from an affluent family who is climbing the corporate ladder on his way to running a multi-milliondollar company. Mi problema is this: Why do people who have known me for a long time, especially mi gente, feel uncomfortable around my husband and I because we’re wealthy? I’m still the same chica who loves going to Tijuana for tacos, bailando at bodas, and enjoys nothing more than “chismando-ing with my amigas,” as my esposo likes to call it.

A Veronica Castro Novela Come to Life Dear Gabacho: I’m inclined to chalk it up to celos y envidia—jealousy and envy. That happens in every culture, though, so there must be something else for your family to hate. It ain’t the whole gabacho thing—I have many fine gabacho cousins-in-laws, and we only tease them if they can’t eat 12 tacos as an appetizer.

So the only reason I can think of is ustedes. So you go to the quinceañeras and like to gossip with your friends—but is it symbolic ethnicity, or are you fully committed to the pocha life? Do you buy your tortillas from your local tortillería, or buy GRUMA-based bullshit? Is your husband a corporate tool, or does he make sure that the janitors who clean up at his multi-million-dollar company get a living wage and benefits? I don’t know the particulars of ustedes’ life, but it very well could be that your family considers you vendidos because you are. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but at least know that just might be the case. Is there a bull sticker on your Mercedes? Por favor advise!

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 have been in a long-term relationship with a wonderful woman who doesn’t have a lot of people she socializes with in her daily life. She is a Burning Man person and converses online with other “burners.” I confronted her when I realized she was discussing the ups and downs of our relationship in a public online forum. She still hung out on that forum, but her presence diminished. I assumed she was socializing in private e-mails. A few months later, I discovered that she was actually moderating a different forum. I deleted the site from my history and decided to avoid it.

Last week, while she was at Burning Man, I checked out the forum she moderates, even though I knew I shouldn’t have. What I found was that she never mentions having a boyfriend, even when it might be relevant to a discussion. I was never mentioned, not even in passing. I don’t mind that guys compliment her, and I understand the benefits of positive attention from the opposite sex. If she came to me and told me that is what she was seeking and that it was chaste, I would be fine with it as long as she made that clear to other forum members.

We are both attractive, and I get attention at times from other women. I often mention that I have a girlfriend to avoid someone getting the wrong idea. I also feel like she saves the spontaneous, uninhibited and adventurous part of herself for these people at Burning Man. Does it sound like she is cheating emotionally?

How can I bring this subject up in a way that doesn’t make me seem like just more of a depressing part of her life? I don’t want her to lose her outlet, but I feel like she is not showing me the respect one should show a partner of 10-plus years.

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I don’t want to alarm you unnecessarily, HBM, but partnered people who go to Burning Man sans partner are typically planning to cheat cheat, not cheat emote. Casual straight sex, like sandy ass cracks and seeing my friend Eric naked, is a huge part of the Burning Man “experience.”

But the kind of straight guy who goes to Burning Man for casual sex—and the art and the experience and the transcendence—doesn’t give a shit if the girls he fucks have boyfriends back home. Or in the next tent. Your girlfriend could post your picture to Burning Man forums, mention you in every face-to-face conversation she has, and wear a shirt with your picture on it everywhere she goes on the playa, HBM, and she’d still find plenty of guys willing to fuck her brains out.

Mentioning you in online forums, not mentioning you in online forums—neither action is proof that she plans to cheat or not cheat. So I’m sitting here racking my brain trying to come up with some other reason why your girlfriend might not have mentioned you in an online Burning Man forum that she moderates.

Thinking, thinking, thinking.

Hey! Maybe it’s because the last time you caught her talking about you and your relationship in a public online forum, YOU BLEW THE FUCK UP AT HER. Remember? You were angry then because she was talking about you on the interwebs. And you’re angry now that she isn’t talking about you on the interwebs.

If you’re looking for a reason why your girlfriend feels inhibited around you, HBM, maybe it’s the mixed signals. She gets in trouble for talking about you; she gets in trouble for not talking about you. If your girlfriend feels like she’s going to be in trouble with you no matter what she does, HBM, then she’s going to feel inhibited around you. And she’s going to err on the side of sharing less of what she does with you.

When your girlfriend gets back from Burning Man, HBM, here’s what I think you should say:

“I realize this makes me sound crazy, and maybe I am crazy. But remember when I was upset about you talking about me—about us—in that public online forum? Well, I stumbled on another online forum, and you weren’t talking about me. And that upset me, too.”

Acknowledge your insecurities, HBM; take some responsibility for the impact they may have on her behavior, and then have a long talk about how you can both enjoy a little attention from members of the opposite sex without making the other person feel like shit.

I’ve been dating someone for a little more than two months. After the second week, he was saying things like, “We need a word between ‘like’ and ‘love,’ because ‘I like you’ doesn’t seem sufficient.”

After weeks of telling him to slow his roll, I agreed to make it official, and stop dating and sleeping with other guys, because he wanted to “lock it down.”

It’s been a week, and he’s still on Scruff and Growlr. I’m a little put off, because he was the one who pushed for exclusivity and the title of “boyfriend.” Should I be concerned? Can hookup apps be part of a healthy, monogamous relationship?

Obviously, a talk is needed.

Sick of Scruff Obviously.

Maybe your boyfriend wants to cheat but doesn’t want to be cheated on—he wants his boyfriend locked down, but doesn’t want to be locked down himself—or maybe he thinks it’s too soon to delete his online personal profiles.

Or maybe, like a lot of gay men, he treats hookup apps like a virtual gay bar, i.e., a place where he can hang out and socialize with friends and exes, and, perhaps, get his flirt on now and then.

But if lurking on Scruff and Growlr makes his newly locked-down boyfriend feel insecure, he should stay off hookup apps. Or, if he simply can’t give ’em up, your new boyfriend should allow you to look at his chats whenever you care to so you can see for yourself that they’re either wholly innocent (just talking with friends) or wholly innocent flirting (swapping photos and compliments with hot guys, but not making plans to hook up).

I’m a gay man who gained 30 pounds after I met my current boyfriend. I started dieting about a week before you ran a letter from a woman who was wondering about withholding sex until her husband lost some weight. I told my boyfriend not to have sex with me until I lost 15 pounds. It took me 3 1/2 weeks to lose the weight, but it really strengthened our relationship. He was supportive of my weight-loss goals; he had an incentive to help me make healthier choices; and it brought an erotic tension to the process that we both dug.

My only suggestion for the woman who wrote you: Don’t tell people about it! The people we told were angry at my boyfriend for “withholding” sex unless I lost weight. But, hey, it worked!

Lighter In Loafers As I said in my response to Like Boys Slimmer, if a couple can make the withholding of sex into an erotic game that they’re both playing and both enjoying—and not an asshole move one partner is pulling—I could maybe see this sort of arrangement working. And I’m pleased to hear that at least one couple out there was able to successfully eroticize a diet by combining it with chastity play.

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD

BY CHUCK SHEPHERD Send your Weird News to Chuck Shepherd, PO Box 18737, Tampa, Fla., 33679 weirdnews@earthlink.net or go to www.newsoftheweird.com

Overdose of Evidence In August, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration dropped all charges against a doctor who has been at the center of a prescription-drug fraud case, because, said prosecutors, they have too much evidence against him, and not enough space to store it. The U.S. attorney in northern Iowa said her office needs to clear out the 400,000 paper documents and two terabytes of electronic data (the latter of which under current technology takes up little space, but in the DEA’s antiquated computer system, hogs 5 percent of the agency’s worldwide electronic storage). The accused, Dr. Armando Angulo, has lived since 2004 in Panama, which will not extradite him.

(He remains under indictment on state charges in Florida.)

The Litigious Society In July, a California appeals court reinstated police officer Enrique Chavez’s lawsuit against the Austrian gun manufacturer Glock for its “unsafe” design. Chavez is now paralyzed from the waist down, because his 3-year-old son got hold of the gun and accidentally fired it, hitting his dad. Chavez, in violation of police policies, had left the gun loaded underneath the front seat of his car, and his son, whom Chavez had not belted into a child seat, was free to explore while Dad drove. The gun is regarded as of safe design by dozens, if not hundreds, of police departments, and the Los Angeles Police Department disciplined Chavez over the incident.

Democracy in Action • Didier Peleman, 41, is a major-party candidate for the city council in Ghent, Belgium, and, like most, he has champions and detractors. Though he has been active in “community work” for 11 years, Peleman is candid about a mental disability that noticeably slows down his speaking and writing, and which some voters fear impedes his reasoning ability. His Flemish Christian Democrats Party said it is important that people with disabilities challenge constraints.

• A July battle in the House of Representatives pitted austerity-driven members striving to cut $72 million in spending on NASCAR against North Carolina House members determined to keep the money in.

(Most NASCAR teams are headquartered in the state, as is the Charlotte Motor Speedway and the NASCAR Hall of Fame.) More than a third of the money would go to the National Guard for sponsoring driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. The North Carolina legislators believe military recruitment will suffer unless the racecar connection is maintained.

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fence, he impaled his leg and eventually required eight firefighters to rescue him using hydraulic cutting tools. (2) Greyston Garcia, 26, who was cleared of murder charges in January under Florida’s “stand your ground” defense (even though he had chased the victim more than a block to stab him to death after the man took his radio), was inadvertently killed in June by random gang gunfire in Miami.

• Csanad Szegedi, a member of the European Parliament representing the antiSemitic Jobbik Party of Hungary (a party whose presidential candidate described Jews as “lice-infested”), resigned in August after admitting that he had learned two years earlier that his own mother was (and therefore he is) a Jew. Initially, Szegedi tried to quash the revelation via bribery, but eventually resigned, apologized and vowed to pay respects at Auschwitz.

All in the Mind • Mark Worsfold, 54, a former British soldier and martial-arts instructor, was sitting along a road on July 28 watching the Olympic men’s cycling race when he was detained, because police on security alert said his “behavior” had “caused concern.” According to a report in The Guardian, Worsfold, after being handcuffed and taken to a police station, was told he was arousing suspicion because he “had not been seen to be visibly enjoying the event,” to which he replied, truthfully, that he has Parkinson’s disease, which causes facial rigidity. After two hours of detention, he was released without charges.

• Dennis Brown, 55, was arrested in August in Tyler, Texas, after police saw him taking pictures, surreptitiously, of women and high school girls near Robert E. Lee High School. Since people in public spaces generally have no legal expectation of privacy, Brown could not normally be charged with a crime. However, Brown admitted to police that the mundane photos of the clothed women were for his sexual enjoyment.

He was perhaps unaware of a Texas Penal Code provision that requires consent for any type of photo of another person if it is for “sexual gratification” (a motive that, regarding ordinary photographs, is nearly impossible to prove—unless the accused volunteers it).

Perspective Problems of the First World: Third World teenagers often must deal with conscription, sweatshop labor and life as street beggars, but in affluent New York City (according to a June report in The New York Times), a major anxiety of teen and almost-teen girls is having to endure sleepaway summer camp with hairy legs. Said celebrity makeup designer Bobbi Brown, “If she’s going to be in a bunk with all these girls” and “insecure” about lip or leg hair, “You do whatever you can do to make her feel good.” (Seemingly drawing on the Times story, Uni K Wax Center of New York City announced a July-only special—with girls 15 and younger receiving a 50 percent discount on bikini-waxing.)

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