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OPINION OPINI J Janos Wild Wilder, R Ryan Cl Clark k and much more in our Fall Food Issue.
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CURRENTS Endorsement Recap 10 By Tucson Weekly
Media Watch 12 By John Schuster
The Skinny 13 By Jim Nintzel
Refuse Wrangling 13 By Tim Vanderpool
The state takes the feds to task over toxic sewage Weekly Wide Web 14 Compiled by David Mendez
Police Dispatch 14 By Mariana Dale
Dark Money Trail 15 By Jim Nintzel
Wondering how we’ll live without all those campaign commercials.
Pima County Supervisor Sharon Bronson files a complaint to untangle a complex campaign-finance web Sneak Attack 17 By Zach Hagadone
How big business wants to shrink the electorate using voter-ID laws
Elections and Eats Before we get to the delicious stuff, I need to fill you in on our plans for Election Day. If you’re interested in election results, reactions and news, be sure to make TucsonWeekly.com your Tuesday-night destination. We’ll have Mari Herreras and Brian J. Pedersen (plus two interns!) following the Republicans, and Jim Nintzel (plus two more interns!) following the Democrats. They’ll all be posting from the scene(s) and calling in quotes and news to Weekly World Central, where David Mendez and I will be managing things and following the national news. We’re also going to press late with two pages, so next week’s dead-tree edition will include timely Election Day news. As the cliché goes: You don’t want to miss it! Now, on to delicious stuff: This week’s Fall Food Issue. Twice a year, we dedicate an expanded cover-story package to local food and dining features, and this is one of the best such issues the Tucson Weekly has ever produced. It starts off with stories on arguably the top Tucson chefs in two generations: Jacqueline Kuder turns in a compelling Q&A with Janos Wilder, and Rita Connelly follows with a feature on Ryan Clark, who at the age of 27 has won every local chefs’ competition imaginable. Next, our two talented intern scribes offer compelling pieces on two local culinary figures with undeniably unique stories: Mariana Dale spotlights Don Guerra and his homespun (literally) Barrio Bread, and Inés Taracena tells the story of Guatemalan refugee-turned-Maya Quetzal restaurateur Sandra Sanchez. Finally, Mariana shares the story of a unique program by the International Rescue Committee and the Community Gardens of Tucson that helps refugees grow Tucson roots through gardening. Enjoy. And I’ll see you at TucsonWeekly.com Tuesday night.
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tuff that stands out from this nasty-ass campaign: • The Carmona Woman: Jeff Flake’s campaign dug up some woman who was Richard Carmona’s superior while Carmona was surgeon general. That’s weird, because I would think that being surgeon general would put you at the top of that particular food chain. But the political appointee, Dr. Cristina Beato (who never did get confirmed by the Senate), was indeed Carmona’s boss, which, to me, makes him more like the surgeon second lieutenant. Anyway, she claims that he once knocked on her door late at night, and from that, she concludes that he has issues with anger and with women. I’m not usually that big on gossip, but I’d love to know what really happened. Mostly, I’d like to know how she does that freakin’ zombie thing into the camera. Watch the commercial, and you’ll see that she blinks exactly 1 1/2 times in 30 seconds. That’s not human. I didn’t have time to decorate the house for Halloween this year, so I just put a laptop out in the front yard and played the Cristina Beato commercial over and over. Scared the crap out of the neighborhood kids. •The Re-taking of America: Over the past few weeks, I have asked 37 Republicans, many (but not all) of whom have uttered the phrase “take back America,” exactly from whom they want to take back the country. A solid plurality (16 of them) answered with, “Well, you know.” Yeah, I do know. The Darkie. •The Difference Between Republicans and Democrats, Part 1: When Mitt Romney clearly out-dueled President Obama in the first debate, the Democrats were the first to admit it. The folks on MSNBC were devastated, and Chris Matthews was livid with the president’s lackluster performance. While the people over at Fox were partying like it was 1959, the Dems were saying, “Our guy had better pull his head out and win the final two debates.” So, when the president came back and won the final two debates (the second one by a relatively close margin, and the third one in a blowout), Democrats said, “It’s about damn time,” while Republicans incredibly claimed that Romney had prevailed. For example, columnist Charles Krauthammer ruined what little credibility he had left when he claimed that Romney won the final debate. I hate that. It’s like playing tennis with a guy who cheats when he calls lines. The people who occupy that insular world of Fox News and Sean Hannity need to poke their head out into the real world every now and then. They may not like what they see, but it will be good for them in the long run.
RANDOM SHOTS By Rand Carlson
There was a great political cartoon in The Salt Lake Tribune. In one panel, under the words, “When Democrats Lose a Debate,” is a woman saying, “Obama blew it!” In the next panel, under, “When Republicans Lose a Debate,” is a guy doing his best impression of John Belushi in The Blues Brothers: “The questions weren’t fair! It’s the moderator’s fault! It’s the pollsters’ fault! Obama cast a Muslim curse! We won the debate!” •Time Waster: One of the worst political ads is one that said, “Ron Barber was supposed to fix Washington …” Really?! In the week-and-a-half that he was actually there? He got elected in mid-June, and Congress has been in recess just about ever since. He didn’t have time to fix anything. Heck, he didn’t even have time to break anything. •The Looming Electoral College Mess: There is a very real chance that for the second time in 12 years, we might have one presidential candidate win the popular vote, while the other guy becomes president. The Electoral College is beyond a joke. There is also the possibility that the Electoral College vote will end in a 269-269 tie. In that case, the House of Representatives would vote to make Mitt Romney president, making come true the wish of the guy I saw at a Romney rally wearing a shirt that read, “Put the white back in the White House.” What a lot of Americans don’t know is that, in such a case, the Senate picks the vice president. Since the Dems will likely control the Senate, that would make for a Romney-Biden team. One talking head on Fox said that, in such a case, he would expect Biden to step aside for Paul Ryan. Oh, hell no! •The Difference Between Republicans and Democrats, Part 2: I was tutoring a kid the other day, and he asked, with all sincerity, what the difference was between Republicans and Democrats. I responded that while everybody will pay lip service to the welfare of the country as a whole, generally, a Republican will look at a presidential candidate and ask, “What can this guy do for me?” while a Democrat will look at the same person and say, “What can this guy do for other people?” That pretty much sums up the stark difference between the two guys who are looking to get elected come Tuesday.
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The presidential election is ruining numerous family phone calls HIGHTOWER BY JIM HIGHTOWER
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he upcoming presidential election is one of the most-annoying yet—not only because both candidates pretty much stink, but because it’s also ruining my weekly family phone call. Every Sunday, like clockwork, I give my parents a jingle for a dandy chat. But our compelling topics like the weather, recent deaths and my dogs’ latest antics have given way, like clockwork, to a plea from my mother. “Promise me you won’t vote for Obama.” I once made the mistake of asking why not. He’d rather be on The Late Show With David Letterman and fundraising in Las Vegas than deal with real issues, she says.
According to the self-aggrandizing mythology of America’s right-wing rich, Sheldon Adelson is one of society’s “producers,” not one of those morally inferior “moochers” who are always looking for government handouts. For a reality check on the moral superiority of the rich, however, take a peek at who’s now trying to do some of the most-egregious The real issues in question that matched the timing of mooching ever—from the economically devObama’s Las Vegas fundraising and Big Apple TV time were astated people of Spain. Why, it’s Adelson, kind of important: Protests that began at the U.S. Embassy the multibillionaire casino tycoon from Las in Cairo grew into a movement that trashed and burned the Vegas! In addition to trying to buy favors U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Oh, yeah, four Americans from our own government by throwing as were killed in the latter. much as $100 million into this year’s presiMom says Obama should have at least pretended to care dential and congressional elections, the farby high-tailing it back to the White House rather than right Republican extremist is making a huge keeping his fundraising and TV appointments. financial play in Madrid, Spain. Another slam Obama critics are hurling at the prez is that Posing as a magnanimous “producer,” he failed to arrange a face-to-face meeting with Israel Prime Adelson claims he’ll create 250,000 jobs Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was in New York a there by erecting a dazzling, neon-bright, week after Obama’s Letterman stint. Obama’s camp claimed $35 billion gambling mecca to be called a travel conflict and argued that the president could chat EuroVegas. Casinos, hotels, golf courses, with Netanyahu any time he wished. He didn’t need any of four-star restaurants, you name it—Sheldon’s this face-to-face stuff when the guy was in town. corporate development shimmers like a freeAnd the Las Vegas fundraiser? Well, who could blame enterprise mirage for Spaniards suffering him for making that a top priority? After all, the gig was from a housing and banking collapse, as well hosted by Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Word has it Beyoncé has a as 30 percent unemployment. But wait: A mirage is nothing but an illusion. And so is Adelson’s free-enterprise “miraTHIS MODERN WORLD By Tom Tomorrow cle.” In fact, Sheldon the Moocher is demanding that twothirds of the funding come from the cash-strapped government, which would need to take out bank loans to finance Adelson’s profiteering scheme. He’s also got his hand out for special tax breaks, and—get this—he’s even demanding labor-law changes so he can bring in cheap foreign labor to build and staff his Spanish casino-opolis. What we have here is another example of the ultra-rich’s extraordinary sense of entitlement. The dark secret of so many self-proclaimed “producers” is that, in fact, they’re world-class moochers.
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crush on the president, and based on the presidential trend upheld by Clinton and JFK, it is only right to cater to women who swoon for our president. But that’s to be expected, perhaps, as the last 18 months of Obama’s time in office have been spent not tending to issues of national importance at all, says mom. He’s been much too busy on the campaign trail. Here’s where dad breaks into the conversation, saying presidents should only be allowed to serve one, six-year term. That’s it. End of story. While this would potentially burden school children with extra names to memorize on their presidential pop quiz, it would deter re-election campaign matters from ousting matters of national importance. Then we get to the movie. 2016: Obama’s America has been deemed a powerful documentary or an extended attack full of hogwash, depending upon whom you ask. Ask mom, and she’ll tell you it’s a scary profile of the man who has helped our country plunge deeper into debt over the past four years. It also touches on the alleged turmoil that may come if he happens to get another term. The flick highlights Obama’s “anti-colonial” ideals, which he picked up from his dear old dad. A New York Times review says film creator Dinesh D’Souza “argues that the president has emasculated NASA, refused to take a ‘meaningful step’ against Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and is willing to let Argentina reclaim the Falkland Islands from the British. He paints in ominous terms the president’s conciliatory 2009 speech in Cairo and envisions a foreboding future in which the Middle East becomes a ‘United States of Islam.’” Although many reviewers slam the movie as pure propaganda, a few say it actually uses an even hand through most of the flick as it delves into Obama’s background. The heavy hand kicks in at the end, which may explain why the box-office sensation has at times resulted in audience cheers for Romney. But not everyone is cheering for Mitt. In fact, an 81-yearold school-bus driver in Wisconsin peppered a 12-year-old student with harassment after the driver spotted a RomneyRyan sign in the boy’s yard. The kid came back with Romney chants and the fact that Obama was pro-abortion. At this time, the sweet, 81-year-old lady bus driver said: “Well, then maybe your mother should have chosen abortion for you.” The anti-Romney utterance got the driver fired, and it also serves as a prime example of how hateful elections have become—and for what? It’s not like either candidate really seems like he’s ideal for running the country, unless it’s to run it into the ground. I’ll just be glad when the election’s over, and the family phone calls get back to our usual chat on the weather, the latest dead people and the dogs.
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Anyone who claims that Pima Community College is rejecting students is being dishonest
A Conspiracy Theory Involving SunZia, Mexico
BY JONATHAN HOFFMAN
I read with interest the article on the SunZia power line (“Volts and Revolts,� Currents, Oct. 18). While the article was well-written and informative, a key issue was missing. One of the real reasons for the power line is to ship in electricity from Mexico. The current administration is very anti-coal (and by the way, the fix is in; Obama will be re-elected). As our sister city San Diego has discovered, building a coal-burning power plant in a country with no environmental laws reduces one’s costs a great deal. The good people of Mexico will gladly run and maintain the plants for far less. Those who work in the Northern Arizona power plants can all go on the dole when our plants are shut down. Follow the money.
ima Community College operates under the direction of a five-member board of governors; the members are elected from each of five county districts. The board is elected by voters to six-year terms, and the positions are non-paid. This year, voters will choose representatives from districts 3 and 5. District 3 is currently represented by Sherryn “Vikki� Marshall, who is running for a third term. Marshall is a retiree who is currently working for Pima County, helping homeless families find employment. Her campaign literature states that she is endorsed by the Pima Area Labor Federation and the Arizona AFL-CIO. Marshall’s opponent is Sylvia Lee, a former PCC campus president with a doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies. She also has an interesting personal story that is a testament to the value of PCC’s role in education.
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Why the AIDS Memorial Quilt Was Not at Tucson Meet Yourself For the past 12 years, we have coordinated the AIDS Memorial Quilt display at AIDSWALK Tucson. We have done everything we could to ensure a respectful, meaningful and safe area, creating fitted tarps, a PVC pipe and fabric Red Ribbon boundary; a 12-by-12 foot information booth; a musical presentation; and the traditional lotus opening with the reading of the names. This year, AIDSWALK partnered with Tucson Meet Yourself. We were very specific about what we needed (stage, square footage and blue staking). However, when we arrived, nothing was as we agreed upon. All they provided were four brass stanchions to rope off an area. The “stage� was not set up in the appropriate area and would not support a choir of children, much less the Reveille Men’s Chorus. The area was surrounded by food trucks, trash receptacles and volunteer check-in. We could not ensure the safety of the quilts, so we made the uncomfortable decision not to do the display and returned the quilts to the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation. Shame on the staff at TMY for not taking the time to understand the importance of the Names Project and the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Deborah Van Sant and Gregory Rogan
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District 5 is currently represented by Marty Cortez, who is running for a fourth term. She holds a master’s degree in counseling and guidance from the University of Arizona. She has worked as a principal in both the Nogales and Amphitheater school districts. She is also active in a number of Hispanic organizations. Cortez has two opponents, Richard Fridena and Francis Saitta. While their platforms are quite similar, Fridena is by far the stronger candidate. While Saitta asserts a number of specific objections to current PCC policies, and offers some specific actions he will try to take if elected, there does not appear to be much to his campaign beyond that. He does not even have a website. Fridena, on the other hand, is running a strong campaign complete with a comprehensive website, signs and even door-hangers. His long list of endorsements looks like a “who’s whoâ€? of Pima County machine politics, including RaĂşl Grijalva, Richard ElĂas and Regina Romero. All three challengers have similar platforms and complaints, though Lee is less specific and pointed than Fridena. The one issue that appears to be the primary motivation of all three challengers, though, is the alleged institution of admissions standards. It is the first in a list of complaints on Fridena’s website: “The PCC governing board has abolished the college as an open enrollment and an affordable institution of higher education as originally created by the residents of Pima County. Late last year, the board adopted a very controversial change in the admissions policy, closing off open admissions. From now on, approximately 5,000 people—our kids and neighbors—will be kept out each year. The governing board has made Pima College a selective institution, out
of touch with the needs of Pima County residents.â€? This accusation is false. Admissions are still open. No one is turned away. Scott Stewart, chairman of the governing board, explained to me what actually happened. “The college studied student outcomes and determined that those new students who could demonstrate at least seventhgrade capability would have a decent shot at earning some form of certification or an associate’s degree. ‌ If the student assessed below seventh-grade, the student was far more likely to suffer frustration and failure, and run through the available grants and loans before achieving his goal,â€? Stewart said. “So we modified the criteria for getting financial aid and taking college-credit classes. Those scoring seventh-grade or above could start taking college-level courses and getting financial aid. Those students scoring below seventh-grade were generally sent to the PCC Prep Academy, where the students are given free tutoring and online modules to work on their specific weaknesses until they reached a level where they have a shot. No one was turned away. Everyone was admitted. But these latter, severely under-prepared students would not, with some exceptions, be eligible for financial aid or to take college-level classes until they demonstrated they could do the work.â€? One can have an honest debate on the merit of these changes, but what we have instead is a blatantly false accusation that is unworthy of governing-board candidates. In a perfect world, those who oppose organizational changes would honestly state their objections and have an open and honest discussion regarding them. But this is not a perfect world. This is Pima County.
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THE ‘TUCSON WEEKLY’ ENDORSEMENTS RECAP A few weeks back, the Tucson Weekly editorial board shared our recommendations for some of the competitive races in this year’s election. Here’s a recap. If you want to read more, visit tucsonweekly. com for the full treatment. President: Barack Obama He’s done a fine job given what he was facing when he came into office, and he’s way better than the alternative. Vote Obama. U.S. Senate: Richard Carmona Richard Carmona is independent, smart and hard-working. His background growing up poor in New York City gives him insight into the struggles of everyday Arizonans, and his résumé shows that he’s faced plenty of adversity with courage and backbone.
Pima County Treasurer: Beth Ford Republican Beth Ford has done a good job of managing the accounts of the many jurisdictions in Pima County over her 12 years as Pima County treasurer, so we don’t see any reason to fire her. Pima County Recorder: F. Ann Rodriguez Democrat F. Ann Rodriguez has done an outstanding job of modernizing the Recorder’s Office for the 21st century and is responsive to taxpayers. Arizona House of Representatives, District 9: Mohur Sarah Sidhwa and Victoria Steele Mohur Sarah Sidhwa and Victoria Steele are pro-choice women who support abortion rights, public schools and the extension of the sales tax to boost education spending, which has been chopped far too much by Republicans in recent years.
U.S. Congress, District 1: No Recommendation We’re disappointed with both choices. Republican Jonathan Paton has done some good work in his political career, but these days, he too often panders to the right-wing and the Tea Party. Meanwhile, Ann Kirkpatrick has been distant and angry throughout her campaign, leaving us worried about how much she’d do for Southern Arizona. We appreciate that she supported the Affordable Care Act, but we were disappointed by a campaign ad that was extraordinarily dishonest. Make your own pick.
Pima County Board of Supervisors, District 3: Sharon Bronson During her 16 years on the Pima County Board of Supervisors, Democrat Sharon Bronson has worked to create the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, protecting sensitive areas and giving developers certainty about where they can build; stabilized a troubled Kino Hospital and passed along management to University Physicians; expanded park space, including the interconnected river parks; and, in recent years, kept property taxes stable. Pima County Board of Supervisors, District 5: Richard Elías Pima County Supervisor Richard Elías has a much better grasp of the county’s business than opponent Fernando Gonzales. Pima County Sheriff: Clarence Dupnik Clarence Dupnik has served our community as a cop for more than a half-century and as the county sheriff for more than three decades. Unlike some Arizona sheriffs, he has never abused and humiliated prisoners for political gain; he hasn’t used his job to build a reputation to run for higher office; and he hasn’t rounded up people because their skin happened to be brown.
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Proposition 114 (Crime-Victim Liability): No This question is a solution searching for a problem that doesn’t really exist and could have unintended consequences. Proposition 115 (Judiciary Appointments): No Arizona’s judiciary is one the few parts of our government that we can be proud of. This would further politicize it by giving the governor more power to appoint judges.
Proposition 117 (Property Tax Assessment Caps): No Proposition 117 is another effort to mess with the property-tax system that would lead, over time, to inequitable taxation on similar types of property. Proposition 118 (Permanent Funding): Yes This would essentially temporarily increase the amount of funding that goes to schools and other beneficiaries via the trusts that are invested in on their behalf. Proposition 119 (State Trust Lands): Yes A land-swap proposition that has the support of lawmakers, developers, environmentalists and other stakeholders, including the local Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, so we’re OK with it—especially since any future swap would also have to be approved by voters.
U.S. Congress, District 3: Raúl Grijalva Congressman Raul Grijalva leans pretty far to the left, but he stands head and shoulders above Republican challenger Gabriela Saucedo Mercer.
Pima County Board of Supervisors, District 2: Ramón Valadez Democrat Ramón Valadez is a sharp technocrat with a keen understanding of the county’s business.
Tucson Unified School District Board: Ralph Ellinwood and Cam Juarez Our editorial board was solidly behind Ralph Ellinwood and Cam Juarez, but was split on the third spot, with some of us supporting Betts Putnam-Hidalgo, and others preferring Kristel Foster. Any of the four would be better than the incumbents.
Proposition 116 (Property Tax Assessments): Yes It’s a property-tax break for businesses that’s more generous than we would like, but we can live with it.
U.S. Congress, District 2: Ron Barber We like Congressman Ron Barber’s deep Tucson roots and his dedication to public service. He’s spent his career helping kids with developmental disabilities at the state level, and aiding people throughout Southern Arizona as the district director for Gabrielle Giffords. He’s only had a few months on the job as a congressman, but he’s been continuing her legacy of constituent service and moderate politics.
Pima County Board of Supervisors, District 1: Nancy Young Wright Nancy Young Wright uncovered and cleaned up corruption in the Amphitheater School District before going on to support teachers, kids, university students and the downtrodden while in the Arizona Legislature. She knows the challenges that Pima County faces in balancing environmental and development concerns. Her opponent, Ally Miller, is a Tea Party organizer who will only work for narrow right-wing interests and whose antagonistic approach to politics will hurt her ability to deliver constituent service.
power in Arizona, while the GOP candidates would likely undermine those efforts. Vote Newman, Kennedy and Busching.
Proposition 120 (State Sovereignty): Hell No Proposition 120 promotes the nutty notion, thanks to conservative Republicans, that the state should declare it has sovereignty over all federal lands within the state. It’s a goofy idea, and it’s bad from a practical standpoint, given that our current Legislature has already shown that it has little interest in caring for state parks and other lands. Reject this nonsense. Arizona Senate, District 9: Steve Farley Democrat Steve Farley has a solid record of leadership. He’s a wonk who knows how to get into the details of policy. Arizona House of Representatives, District 10: Bruce Wheeler and Stefanie Mach Democrat Bruce Wheeler has fought the good fight at the Arizona Legislature, and we’re confident that political rookie Stefanie Mach will do the same. Arizona Senate, District 10: David Bradley When he served in the Legislature, Democrat David Bradley demonstrated a keen grasp of policy and an understanding that state government needs to support public schools, health care for Arizonans below the poverty level, state parks, tourism and economic development. Arizona House of Representatives, District 11: Dave Joseph Democrat Dave Joseph has a solid background in the business of running television stations and is familiar with transportation issues thanks to his work with the Regional Transportation Authority. Arizona Senate: Legislative District 11: Jo Holt We’d take a radioactive packrat over state Sen. Al Melvin—and we think Democrat Jo Holt is better than a radioactive packrat. Arizona Corporation Commission: Paul Newman, Sandra Kennedy and Marcia Busching These three Democrats are solidly behind the expansion of solar
Proposition 121 (Open Primaries): No We agree that the state has significant problems with its political system. The Republican primary process has been hijacked by hardright conservatives who have been both an embarrassment and a disaster. But we don’t believe this will make it any better—and it will largely shut out third parties from the general election. Vote no. Proposition 204 (“Quality Education and Jobs Act”): Yes We’re not crazy about this one-cent sales tax, but we’re supporting it anyway—because 80 percent of the money is dedicated to K-12 and higher education, which will protect our public schools and reduce the pressure to increase tuition at our universities. Another chunk of the tax will go toward transportation, which will both create jobs for construction workers and improve our roads and highways. We think that’s a worthwhile investment. The rest will go toward social programs such as health care for poor kids and will help the state bring matching federal dollars to the state. We wish we lived in a world where the tax burden was more fairly distributed, but we’re willing to continue to pay at the current sales-tax level, because we believe it’s going to the right parts of the budget. On top of that, all of the claims about the economic disaster that would come from this additional sales tax—lost jobs and all that malarkey—have been proven false over the last two years. Proposition 409 (Tucson Transportation): Yes Prop 409 would let the city borrow $100 million to get started on an aggressive street-repair program that’s desperately needed. What’s it gonna cost you? Well, if your house is worth $100,000, it’s going to cost you $1.50 a month. That seems affordable—and like an investment worth making.
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been ignored by the IBWC,” ADEQ director Henry Darwin said in a press release last spring. “ADEQ has worked with our counterparts in Mexico to significantly reduce cadmium in the past, but IBWC has not continued our work and the problem has returned.” In the same release, Nogales Mayor Arturo Garino expressed ongoing frustration. “The city of Nogales has attempted for years,” he said, “to have the International Boundary and Water Commission take responsibility for the floodwaters and the raw sewage from Mexico that flow through the middle of Nogales.” According to the ADEQ, cadmium is a carcinogenic metal often carried by wastewater, particularly from the metal-plating industry. Exposure can lead to bone, lung and kidney problems. In an interview with the Tucson Weekly, ADEQ spokesman Mark Shaffer said it was “the IBWC’s job” to better monitor the waste coming across from Mexico. He notes that in 2010, the state even issued a compliance order against the IBWC for allowing a farmer to dump cadmiumlaced sludge in his pastureland near Nogales. Today, however, the lawsuit mostly resembles a pingpong match, with taxpayers left footing the growing legal bills. After the ADEQ filed an enforcement action against the IBWC under the federal Clean Water Act, federal officials responded with a third-party complaint against the city of Nogales, alleging that because it shares the permit for the plant, it also shares liability. On Aug. 29, the case was moved from Phoenix to a federal court in Tucson. A trial date has not yet been set. A call to IBWC Commissioner Edward Drusina was not returned. However, about a week later I did get a call from Sally Spener, a foreign affairs officer with the agency. She referred me to the U.S. Department of Justice, which then declined to comment, citing the pending litigation. Still, many see the IBWC’s move to shift part of the blame on cash-strapped Nogales as merely strategic, aimed at blunting the ADEQ’s aggressive action and punishing the city for publicly supporting the state’s enforcement action. uch strong-arm strategizing would not be new to the agency. An organ of the U.S. State Department, it was established near the end of World War II to implement the 1944 U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty and other waterrelated agreements between the two countries. Comprised of technocrats largely isolated from public pressure, the IBWC is led by a presidentially appointed commissioner whose rank is
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ith the Santa Rita Mountains as their backdrop, a series of pools on the outskirts of Nogales shimmer invitingly. But you wouldn’t want to take a dip in them. Tranquil though they may seem, these processing reservoirs for the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant treat up to 15 million gallons of sewage each day. Roughly threequarters of that daily output flows downhill across the border from Mexico. Once it’s processed, the effluent is dumped into the Santa Cruz River. An agreement dating from the 1980s authorizes the Arizona plant to treat up to 9.9 million gallons of Mexican sewage each day. But Mexico regularly exceeds that allotment by several million gallons, costing American taxpayers more to treat the excess. Not far from the busy plant, a wide, concretelined drainage ditch courses through the middle of Nogales. There are times, even during long dry spells, when the wash suddenly gathers water along its sun-baked stretches. You probably wouldn’t want to dip a toe in there, either. During certain periods, raw sewage has been known to flow into the wash from Mexico. A low-profile but quite powerful agency called the International Boundary and Water Commission regularly doses that flow with chlorine south of the Mexican line, to prevent outbreaks of fecal coliform bacteria. The agency also operates the wastewater treatment plant. All of which means that little Nogales often finds itself under the thumb of this sometimes heavy-handed agency. For instance, the city’s complaints about sewage in the wash or problems with the treatment plant are routinely dismissed. “They are tough negotiators and they don’t always play nice with us,” says Deputy City Attorney Michael Massee. “They’re like this great big lumbering ox, and if they don’t want to go in a direction, they don’t go. I think they see us as kind of a fly.” State officials, however, are not so easily brushed aside. That became apparent in May, when the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality announced that it was filing suit against the IBWC over what it calls a failure of the federal agency to adequately remove illegally high levels of cadmium, ammonia nitrogen and cyanide before the effluent is discharged into the Santa Cruz. During the last four years, the IBWC has amassed more than 100 violations for exceeding state toxin-release standards. The chemicals are believed to emanate from chrome plating and other industrial operations south of the border. “These are serious violations that have largely
Raw sewage from Mexico has flowed through this Nogales wash. equivalent to an ambassador. The agency has a counterpart in Mexico, the Comision Internacional de Limites y Aguas, which is overseen by that country’s Foreign Ministry. Over time, the IBWC’s mission has expanded to include oversight of dams, and wastewater plants like the one in Nogales. Always able to play the diplomatic card, it has become a potent, behind-the-scenes power broker along the border, remaining unaccountable to nearly everyone except State Department higher-ups and the president. All of which means it can ignore the complaints of Nogales with relative ease. But whether the agency can so deftly avoid enforcement by the ADEQ remains to be seen. Either way, many consider the IBWC’s attempt to use Nogales as a bargaining chip as blatantly unfair. “We’ve denied liability for the wastewater that comes from Nogales, Son.,” says Massee, the deputy city attorney. Because both the city and the IBWC are named on the state wastewater permit for the treatment plant, “both of us are responsible in that sense for the quality of what comes out of the wastewater treatment plant,” he says. “But when the quality of the discharge is affected by the quality of the inflows from Mexico … it’s really hard to hold the city responsible for that.”
A bunch of Democratic candidates for state and federal office turned up at Hotel Congress on Sunday, Oct. 28, for an afternoon of politics, live music and barbecue. The final speakers were U.S. Rep. Ron Barber and U.S. Senate candidate Richard Carmona, who made their closing arguments to the crowd and urged them to volunteer to get out the vote. But the real star of the day was guest DJ Gabby Giffords, who spun 20 minutes of tunes that included Bruce Springsteen’s “Born To Run,” the Police’s “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” and (of course!) Calexico’s “Crystal Frontier.” The crowd went wild for Giffords, pushing forward to snap photos of her as she danced behind the DJ table with her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly. Earlier in the week, Giffords found herself in the center of a minor controversy in Barber’s race for re-election against GOP challenger Martha McSally. McSally told The Washington Post last week that she thought she had a shot at unseating Barber because Southern Arizona voters “elect unique people to represent us in this district— Mo Udall, Jim Kolbe, Gabby Giffords. I resemble Gabby Giffords more than the man who worked for her.” That brought a retort from Kelly on behalf of Barber’s campaign: “Martha McSally is no Gabby Giffords. Time and time again, she has refused to give a straight answer when asked directly about the most important issues facing Southern Arizona. When someone points out how she changed her position on an issue from August to October, McSally complains that politics isn’t fair. But when she talks to the Tea Party, she toes their line, spouting their policies on everything from health care to women’s rights and Social Security. … Martha McSally may share Gabby’s gender, but Ron Barber shares Gabby’s values.”
NOT INTENDED TO BE A FACTUAL STATEMENT? In the U.S. Senate race, Republican Jeff Flake and his allies have doubled down on their efforts to destroy Democrat Richard Carmona’s character—which tells us that they’re worried that Carmona’s reputation as a maverick is capturing the support of voters. Carmona capitalized on the support he used to enjoy from Republicans by releasing a TV ad that repeated the praise that Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl heaped upon him during his confirmation hearing for the job of U.S. surgeon general. McCain called Carmona’s life story “the living embodiment of the American Dream,” while Kyl said Carmona could be described as “a man for all seasons” whose “unique background will serve him well and serve us well.” Even though the 30-second spot includes a note that the comments
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POLICE DISPATCH BY MARIANA DALE mailbag@tucsonweekly.com
VERY HUNGRY ROBBERS WEST RUTHRAUFF ROAD OCT. 17, 2 P.M.
Two men stole more than $350 in beer, chocolate and beef jerky from three Circle K stores, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. An officer responded to the first call, at a Ruthrauff Road store. The employee reported that a Caucasian male with a shaved head and a brown muscle shirt ran out of the store with 10 one-pound candy bars, valued at $200. The employee saw the man come in with a Hispanic male wearing a blue football jersey bearing the number 10. As the deputy searched for the getaway car, he received another call, from a Circle K on North Romero Road. A suspect took two 30 packs of beer and two sticks of beef jerky valued at about $100. A third call came in from a store on West Orange Grove Road. A Hispanic man in a blue football jersey with the number 10 on it took two candy bars and two 30 packs of beer valued at $55. In all three occurrences, the suspects left in a red sport-utility vehicle.
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A man wrestled his grandson to the ground after he tried to run away, according to a PCSD report. The teenager’s mother called to report that her son was yelling and attempting to run away. Earlier, she said, she’d spent two hours searching for him. When she found him, she began loading his bike in the car, and he told her to “shut the fuck up.” He refused to get in the car, but walked home. Once there, he started yelling, packed a bag and tried to leave again, the report said. The mother said that her son had been kicked out of several schools, and she was trying to enroll him in a charter school. The teenager said that after he returned home, his grandfather scolded him for yelling at his mother and then pushed him to the floor. The teen later went outside to talk to his mom. When his grandfather came out of the house, he reportedly said, “I’m going to fucking take him out,” and grabbed the teen. The teen had trouble breathing, so the grandfather released him to get his inhaler. An officer retrieved the teen’s backpack. The mother found $30 and a small plastic baggie that the officer determined contained oregano. The teen was lectured about the consequences of selling an imitation illegal substance, and was cited for domestic violence and disorderly conduct.
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‘Frankenstorm’ y the time this issue hits stands, the East Coast will be recovering from one of the craziest storms in recent history—one that might have been played up by media outlets centered out that way, sure, but still huge. After all, New York City by itself has a population of more than 8 million in an area of fewer than 470 square miles. For reference, that’s the entire population of Arizona, plus the population of San Diego, all in a place that’s smaller in size than Phoenix. And, as of this writing, all those folks (and millions of others along the East Coast) are facing what’s been dubbed “Frankenstorm.” The lone good thing about this is the fact that we’re technologically able to respond to these crises nearly instantaneously. As posted on Monday, Google has maps set up to track the storm, with informational overlays to give people as much information as they need, in real time. Twitter, which has increasingly become the pulse of the Western World, is constantly updating with people’s information and experiences from the storm. And thanks to the democratization of technology, we’re seeing photos of flooded areas pour in already—including one I’m staring at as I write this of rivers of water flowing through the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn. It’s scary out there, and we have no idea how much property will be damaged and how many lives may be lost by the time it’s all said and done. Hopefully, this will be yet another over-hyped weather crisis, played up by a media that’s worn out from covering an election season nearing its end. More than that, however, the losses will hopefully be trivial and few and far between. But if that’s not the case, at least we’re able to watch over each other, even from thousands of miles away.
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COMMENT OF THE WEEK “Everyone already knew how to eat a ‘tri-tip.’ Jeez. The hard part is getting the triceratops to hold still. And seasoning it? Don’t get me started.” —TucsonWeekly.com user Erin Rose O’Haver, on the difficulties in preparing to properly cook a creature that went extinct somewhere around 65 million years ago (‘Nature’ Shows Us How To Eat a Triceratops, The Range, Oct. 25).
BEST OF WWW This week, we had a number of terrific responses to “Pit Bulls Are In Focus Tomorrow In Two Tucson Events,” (The Range, Oct. 26) which focused on two dog-centric events on Oct. 27, which was National Pit Bull Awareness Day. One was a documentary, Guilty ‘Til Proven Innocent, examining breed-specific legislation in Ohio, screened at The Loft Cinema; the other was a walk dedicated to raising awareness for the victims of violent dog attacks. Both sides came out with some hard facts (and the occasional unattributed, somewhat dubious bit of information) and prompted a quality discussion. Take a look and, if you feel so inclined, drop in your own two cents’ worth.
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Dark Money Trail BY JIM NINTZEL, jnintzel@tucsonweekly.com ima County Supervisor Sharon Bronson hit her Republican challenger, Tanner Bell, with an 11-page complaint last week alleging a number of campaignfinance allegations, including coordination with an independent-campaign committee. Bronson, who is seeking a fifth term on the Board of Supervisors, said that she filed the complaint with the Arizona secretary of state because she was concerned about the way that the independent committee has been raising money from unknown backers and running negative ads against her. “I’m fed up with this kind of politics,” Bronson said. “We don’t have real debates. We have mudslinging. And we don’t know who’s behind anything. … There’s no transparency and there’s no informed debate. And at some point, the voters have a right to know.” Bell, a former UA football player who is making his first run for public office on the GOP ticket in the Democrat-leaning District 3, called the allegations a “politically motivated” effort to avoid discussion of issues facing Pima County. “Unless and until I have a request from the requisite governmental agency requiring a response I have no response today except that the claims are baseless,” Bell said last week via email. The campaign-finance complaint builds on stories first reported in the Tucson Weekly in July and August. (See “Whose Bright Idea,” July 19, and “The Bright Stuff,” Aug. 2.) The complaint, filed by attorney Vince Rabago on behalf of Bronson, primarily focuses on the activities of Restoring Pride in Pima County, a political committee that has received the bulk of its funding from Arizonans for a Brighter Future, according to campaignfinance reports. Arizonans for a Brighter Future is a nonprofit “business league” established in Delaware that does not have to reveal its contributors. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, such nonprofit organizations—similar to Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS—have become conduits of so-called “dark money” that is raised anonymously and used to influence elections via advertising. Restoring Pride in Pima County had spent $8,299 through Sept. 17, according to campaign-finance reports filed with Pima County. New reports are due this week. The Bronson complaint alleges that Restoring Pride in Pima County is not independent of Bell’s campaign because it is using a political consulting firm, TagLine Media, which had been working directly for Bell until earlier
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this summer. Deb Weisel, who owns TagLine Media, told the Weekly that she severed her ties with Bell’s campaign (as well as with the campaigns of District 1 candidate Ally Miller and District 5 candidate Fernando Gonzales) when she began working for Restoring Pride to Pima County and Arizonans for a Brighter Future. Rabago said that the law does not allow TagLine to simply stop working for candidates and then begin working for independent campaign committees. “You can’t basically be someone’s campaign consultant and then turn off the switch and say, ‘Now I’m working for these guys.’ That’s just not how it works,” Rabago said. Before severing ties with Bell’s campaign, TagLine provided him with more than $10,000 in services, according to campaign-finance reports. As of his most recent report, covering activity through Sept. 17, Bell still owed TagLine $3,705. Bronson’s complaint alleges that the outstanding loan is “in effect an extension of credit to the candidate to help influence the election, which makes those amounts immediately reportable as contributions. A corporate contribution is both illegal and also violates the contribution limits, and Vote Tanner Bell has also unlawfully failed to disclose such contributions.” But Weisel said that she frequently extends credit to candidates during campaigns. “That’s how businesses work,” Weisel said. “It’s with everyone. I start off with a campaign, we’ll do a design for you, we’ll build a basic website, we’ll do a logo. And then when all’s said and done, pay us two grand. Or whatever it is we do for the candidates. … They have a certain amount of time before their bill is past due.” The complaint also alleges that Arizonans for a Brighter Future has violated Arizona’s campaign and nonprofit statutes, as well as federal campaign law. Federal law allows 501(c)(6) nonprofits to engage in political activity, but that cannot be the sole purpose of the business league. The Bronson complaint alleges that Arizonans for a Brighter Future has no purpose other than engaging in political activity. The complaint also alleges that Arizona law requires charitable, nonprofit organizations to register with the Arizona secretary of state before raising funds in the state. But Michael Farley, the local business investor who is behind Arizonans for a Brighter Future and chairman of Restoring Pride in Pima County, dismissed the complaints as a “smoke screen” that had no validity.
Sharon Bronson: “I’m fed up with this kind of politics.” “They don’t want to talk about real issues,” said Farley, who is in a dispute with Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry over the future of the intersection of Kolb and Valencia roads, where Farley would like to build a shopping center. Farley added that he had spent more than $30,000 on legal fees to ensure that he had followed federal and Arizona law to the letter. Farley said that he had no plans to reveal the identities of his contributors. “I’m the first guy that’s ever challenged Pima County and the people who run the place,” he said. “I was able to form this organization legally and people can contribute to it legally. And I got a lot of contributions because they all want to keep their names quiet. And the reason is, they have businesses here and they know what Democrats do: (They) retaliate and ruin their businesses and make it difficult for them to move.” Rabago calls the influence of this kind of “dark money” a growing problem in American politics. “This is a sham corporation,” Rabago said. “The fact that they’ve filed paperwork, paid for it, claim to be a tax-exempt corporation doesn’t make it so. We know that it was just an effort to evade disclosing who was funding this election effort. That’s the sort of dark, dirty money that we don’t need in politics.”
were made in 2002, McCain and Kyl were hopping mad about the Carmona campaign’s decision to remind voters of their words of praise, especially since they’d like to see Flake win. They released a joint statement calling the ad “deeply dishonest. “It is shameful for Richard Carmona to try to deceive the voters in this way,” the senators said. “It shows that he has no credibility, and it says everything the voters of Arizona need to know about Richard Carmona’s fitness for office.” Kyl went so far as to tell the Weekly Standard that when he was recruiting Carmona to run for Congress in Southern Arizona when Republican Jim Kolbe retired (back when Kyl didn’t have such big doubts about Carmona’s “fitness for office”), Carmona was only interested in whether he’d get a car and housing if he were in Congress. “I thought his response was odd and a little off-putting,” Kyl told the Standard. Carmona responded earlier this week by releasing a handwritten letter he received from Kyl after a meeting in Phoenix. “For someone who’s ‘not so political,’ you leave an audience in awe!” Kyl gushed. “Thanks for all you did for me in Phoenix last week. I look forward to continuing our discussion at your convenience.” Carmona tapped former U.S. senator Dennis DeConcini to back him up in the dispute—and DeConcini reminded voters of a Kyl spokesman’s explanation that a bogus statement by Kyl about Planned Parenthood on the Senate floor “was not intended to be a factual statement.” “While I’m sure that Senator Kyl RICHARD would like a Republican to replace him in the Senate, playing down his previous recruitment of Dr. Carmona in the Weekly Standard to that of an isolated phone call, is not only understated, it’s not a factual statement,” DeConcini said in a press release. “Dr. Carmona’s ad helps illustrate how false and disingenuous these character attacks have become. I’ve known Dr. Carmona for nearly 30 years. He’s fielded calls from both parties to serve. For decades, both Democrats and Republicans have sung his praises as a fair-minded leader in our community. Trying to brand him as one thing or the other ignores his decisively independent history. “My friends, Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl, do not believe their laudatory statements given during Dr. Richard Carmona’s confirmation hearing to become surgeon general have any bearing in the race for U.S. Senate: I wholly disagree,” DeConcini concluded. “Dr. Carmona was the same person then as he is now. What has changed is party politics.”
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BY ZACH HAGADONE, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com stonishing. Remarkable. Sinister. Those are words that come up again and again when confronting the wave of voter-identification laws that has swept through more than 30 Republican-dominated state Legislatures in recent years. The measures sound innocuous enough: When a voter shows up to the polls on Election Day, he or she must present valid photo ID in order to cast a ballot. The goal, proponents say, is to combat in-person voter fraud. But study after study, including an exhaustive investigation by the Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has found almost no evidence that in-person voter fraud occurs. Culling through 5,000 documents over 10 weeks, the News21 project found only 10 cases of inperson voter fraud since 2000: about one case for every 15 million eligible voters. “We’ve heard it time and time again: It really is a solution in search of a problem,” said Stephen Spaulding, Washington D.C.-based staff counsel for the nonprofit citizens’ lobby group Common Cause. If there’s anyone approximating a symbol of what’s wrong with what are referred to as “restrictive” or “strict” photo ID laws, it’s Viviette Applewhite. At 93 years old, Applewhite is an African-American Pennsylvanian who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and has cast her ballot in almost every election since the 1960s. Her purse was stolen years ago, and with it, her Social Security card. Since she was adopted as a child, the name on her birth certificate differed from that used on other official documents. Her adoption itself lacked any kind of record. Under Pennsylvania’s voter ID law, which was passed in March 2012, Applewhite could not obtain the required identification to participate at the polls. Her case, and the case of others similarly affected by the law, was taken up by the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, the Advancement Project, the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia and the D.C.-based law firm Arnold and Porter. The lawsuit, which alleged the state’s voter ID law violated Pennsylvania’s Constitution by denying citizens the right to vote, was denied a preliminary injunction and bounced on appeal from district court to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which sent the challenge back to the lower court for reconsideration. On Oct. 2, Judge Robert Simpson, a judge for the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, granted the preliminary injunction, allowing
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people like Applewhite to vote in the 2012 election without photo ID. According to figures from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, as many as 11 percent of adult U.S. citizens do not have any form of government-issued photo identification, accounting for more than 21 million people. Among that group, 18 percent of citizens 65 years of age or older don’t have government-issued photo ID (more than 6 million seniors), and, based on 2000 U.S. Census figures, more than 5.5 million African-American adults lack photo ID—a full 25 percent of eligible black voters. Meanwhile, U.S. citizens, regardless of ethnicity, age or gender, who make less than $35,000 “are more than twice as likely to lack current government-issued photo identification as those earning more than $35,000 a year,” the Brennan Center reported. Indiana’s restrictive voter ID law, which is seen as the test case for similar laws nationwide, was upheld by the United States Supreme Court in 2008 because it was not found to be burdensome to voters. “Clearly that’s not the case,” Spaulding said. It doesn’t take much analysis to figure out the upshot of proliferating voter ID requirements: fewer seniors, students, people of color and lowwage earners at the polls. “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the legislators carrying these bills are not Democrats,” said Lisa Graves, executive director of the nonprofit watchdog group Center for Media and Democracy. When Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, it was in large part due to huge voter turnout in cities and among students and African-Americans. Republicans, having lost the White House, also found their party losing ground in state legislatures. “Suddenly the Indiana law was dusted off the shelf and put out there as a national model that every state should be pushing,” she said, “and ALEC is behind it.” ALEC stands for the American Legislative Exchange Council. A call to ALEC’s media relations representative for this story went unanswered, but the organization’s ideological bent is clear enough on its website: a “nonpartisan individual membership organization of state legislators which favors federalism and conservative public policy solutions.” Registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)3 nonprofit, ALEC boasts around 2,000 member legislators—the vast majority being Republicans—who pay a nominal fee for membership, and upwards of 300 corporate and other private-sector members who pony up
Viviette Applewhite between $7,000 and $25,000 for the privilege of getting together with sympathetic lawmakers at lavish retreats. Even though the organization has been active for nearly 40 years, ALEC has remained largely under the radar. Nonetheless, its impact reads like a greatest hits compilation of the most controversial bills in recent history: from changes to U.S. gun laws like the Florida “stand your ground” legislation made infamous by the Trayvon Martin shooting, to Arizona’s hotly contested immigration law, SB1070. According to figures from ALEC’s own IRS filings from 2007 to 2009, made public by CMD, the organization raked in more than $21.6 million from corporations (with members including Exxon Mobil, Altria, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer), foundations like none other than the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, and nonprofits including the NRA, Goldwater Institute and Family Research Council. Analysis by News21 found that more than half of the 62 strict ID bills introduced in legislatures since 2009 were based on (or copied from) ALEC’s sample voter ID bill, which was ratified by the group’s membership that same year. However, increasing media scrutiny and public outrage, ALEC’s operations—and specifically its voter ID push—may well hurt both its bottom line. In the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida, nonprofit civil rights group Color of Change called on its members to urge corporations to drop their support for ALEC. To date, 41 corporate ALEC members have stopped funding the group, including big names like Walmart, Coca Cola, Kraft, Amazon, Johnson and Johnson and General Motors. Losing corporate members and disbanding task forces is one thing, but ALEC may have an even bigger problem on its hands. Common Cause in April filed a whistleblower complaint with the IRS alleging that ALEC’s lobbying activities make it ineligible for 501(c)3 status.
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As we reported in “Dark Money Trail” (Page 15), businessman Mike Farley has a beef with Pima County over the future of the intersection of Kolb and Valencia roads. The short version of the story is something like this: Farley would like to build a shopping center at the intersection. But the county’s latest plans for improving the flow of traffic there disrupt Farley’s ability to build the shopping center he envisions. Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry says the county’s plans are less expensive than Farley’s preferred option and move traffic more efficiently. Farley says that his proposal is cheaper and more efficient. We’re not traffic engineers, so we can’t say who’s right and who’s wrong. But Farley has been so frustrated by his dealings with the county that he has created Arizonans for a Brighter Future to collect anonymous political contributions in order to run negative ads against Pima County Supervisor Sharon Bronson in hopes of electing Republican challenger Tanner Bell and changing the balance of power in the county. Farley says that he’s not trying to change the balance of power to help his own development; instead, he’s standing up for his friends in the business community who have told him how difficult it is to get something done here. You can believe whatever you want to believe when it comes to all of that, but Farley’s entrance into politics has meant that improvements to the Valencia-Kolb intersection will be delayed. That’s because Huckelberry recently decided to kick the decision on the future of the intersection to the Regional Transportation Authority. Last month, he sent the RTA all the planning documents that the county had assembled and let the RTA know it could make the decision about how to proceed. Huckelberry says that Farley’s creation of an independent campaign to unseat Bronson “has put us in a position where we can’t continue with the project. No matter what we do or what we would select as an alternative, we would be viewed as biased.” But it also makes it harder for Farley to round up enough votes to get his way, if the county’s assessments of the cost and traffic volumes are correct. Farley says Huckelberry’s decision to hand the project to the RTA means work at the busy intersection will take longer to get done. “My reaction is one of sadness, because I believe the taxpayers are getting hurt here,” Farley said. “What in this world isn’t politicized? … There’s an election coming. Hold off until after the election.” By Jim Nintzel Find early and late-breaking Skinny at The Range, our daily dispatch at daily. tucsonweekly.com NOVEMBER 1 - 7, 2012 TuCsON WEEKLY 17
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Janos Wilder, chef and owner of Downtown Kitchen and Cocktails. BY JACQUELINE KUDER, jkuder@tucsonweekly.com
Janos Wilder discusses three decades of food—and hints at what the future may bring I recently sat down with Janos Wilder, owner and chef of Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails, to talk about the May closing of his longtime restaurants Janos and J Bar. We also discussed what the future might hold. Wilder originally opened Janos restaurant downtown in the Stevens House at the Tucson Museum of Art in 1983, before moving the restaurant to the grounds of the Westin La Paloma resort in 1998; he added J Bar to the same building in 1999. Janos came back downtown, opening Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails, in October 2010. Wilder was the recipient of the James Beard Award for the Southwest region in 2000. Full disclosure: I worked as a chef at Janos from 2002 to 2005.
It’s been 29 years since you opened at the Tucson Museum of Art. What have you learned? How did it change you? I’m not sure how it fundamentally changed me. It probably physically aged me in different ways—so many years on your feet. I’m not sure that it fundamentally changed me in many ways. I’m still very curious; I’m still really passionate about what I do. I haven’t lost my love for food one bit; if anything, it’s broadened. Clearly, I’ve learned a lot about being a business person and running restaurants that I didn’t know. I was 28 when I started; I had never been in business at all, and so I’ve
learned an awful lot about that. It’s been good lessons, well learned. I’ve learned a lot about (customer service), and that perspective might have changed a little bit, because I come from a chef ’s perspective, and while that is still very much my focus in many ways, customer service is as important or more important than the chef ’s perspective, purely about food. That was something I learned as I came out of the kitchen more and interacted more with my guests—I began to embrace it and love it. It’s really a lot of fun; it’s the backbone of what you do. I’ve learned a lot about running a business and working with a staff, and a lot about what
works and what doesn’t, and how important the input from your staff is—bringing things from the bottom and how important the inclusion of your staff is in important decisions in the restaurant, particularly in the front of the house, when we talk about staffing issues. (And) really bringing the kitchen along to understand the food that we’re doing to the point where they can not only embrace it, but contribute to it. Those pieces were learned. You start; you have all the answers; and then you realize you don’t have all the answers, but the answers are right in front of you.
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How about one that didn’t work? I don’t remember those. Well, I remember back in the day, maybe in ’85, I put skate wings on the menu, and I didn’t do it again. I’m sure there were others, but that one really stands out.
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Any regrets? Not in a big way. When we left downtown originally, I wasn’t looking to move; it was a move that we were forced into by our landlord, but it’s one that I came to fully embrace. Also, it’s one that, when we left the Stevens House, we had drunk from that cup fully. (We had) fully realized everything we possibly could there, and I didn’t have any regrets in that I wish I would have done this, or missed out on that opportunity, or didn’t explore this fully. We really did that very, very thoroughly, so I felt totally comfortable and at home with that. Really, similarly, at the Westin, it was our decision. It was time, and I felt that we had expressed what we wanted to express, particularly in the fine-dining end, really fully and really completely, and had a tremendous ride for almost 30 years. It was time. Letting go wasn’t difficult to do. There were no regrets in that regard. I feel really thankful and appreciative that we were able to make our own decisions there. Closing was our decision; it wasn’t forced upon us, and it was something we really considered and took our time considering and felt was the best for us—best for the business, best for the staff—and would allow us to create new opportunities.
What was the last staff meal at Janos? That’s a great question. I don’t have the answer. I don’t even remember eating that day. I didn’t eat at my wedding, either, though. We all got together, and we toasted with champagne before service. It was an emotional time for all of us, and I remember that, but I don’t remember. It was probably really good, I’m sure. Certainly there wasn’t anything to hold back. 20 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM
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The closing of Janos has impacted fine dining in Tucson. What do you think the future of it is? I think that really, Tucson impacted fine dining; the economy impacted fine dining; and fine dining is by no means dead or over—it’s just changed. When you say we impacted fine dining, well, yes, I suppose we did, because I hope that we were at the pinnacle of that. You would hate to close and have your customers and guests not miss you. That would be horrible. So, I very much appreciate and am grateful for that, but fine dining is changing. I don’t think quality dining is changing, I don’t think people’s desire for wonderful, creative food is changing—that may even be expanding—but it’s taking place in a less-rarified, less-quiet, less-closeted environment. Not that there aren’t people who still want that (rarified, quiet experience), and not that it was ever a bad thing—I loved it; it’s really special to be taken care of and pampered in that way—but modern sensibility appreciates more the excellence of cuisine without the pomp and circumstance, without the ceremony. It’s not even a price thing necessarily. The long, 2 1/2-to-3-hour meals, while not dead, are just not popular. There’s not the demand for it, at least not here in Tucson—and I think everywhere, really. That’s changed a lot; I don’t think we changed it. I think that changed, and we reacted.
Speaking as a chef with more than 30 years of experience, what is something you think everybody should know how to make? A mess! And know how to clean it up. (Laughs.) No … what should they know how to make? They should know how to cook with fresh ingredients. That’s what they should know how to do—how to stay out of the way when it’s important, and know how to elevate the ingredients when that’s important. That’s our job, to know how to coax all of the potential out of an ingredient. Sometimes that means stay out of its way; sometimes that means to do something like this (he gestures to a fried calamari appetizer that I bought), which is so much more than the individual parts of it. So, that’s what you want to know how to do.
What were you drinking afterward? Nothing. It’s not the way I relax. The champagne toast was important; to me, the words were much more important, the thoughts and memories. One of the things that became really important to me and that I really wanted to emphasize with the staff—it was a crazy night, as you can imagine—at our pre-meal, was for them to take a moment to appreciate where they were and what was going on around them, and what they were a part of, because they’d never get it again. I didn’t want that to be lost in the noise of the evening—for me, either. You’d look at people during the night and catch their eye. It was a profound time. Your favorite menu item from 30 years of food? I guess several—well, you said favorite. The lamb four ways from the heart of Mexico. That one, it really in a broad way, expressed a complete articulation of culinary ideas from Mexico and from our use of native products, and the marriage of those sorts of ingredients and those flavor profiles with French technique. That could have been a sort of a paragraph that described what we do really well, and it tasted so good. Every flavor in there was great. The lamb-tongue taco was always one of my favorites. In itself, that’s the bomb. We serve that one here. It’s on the bar menu.
Talking about fresh ingredients: Janos was a big driver in pushing local foods and the locavore movement. Are you planning to continue those efforts with Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails? I sure do. I just was out this afternoon, picking up golden watermelons from the San Xavier Co-op. We just pulled out all of our summer gardens and are replanting our fall and winter gardens. That’s just part of ethos; it’s so cool to see that it has gained traction and has become part of the overall ethos of restaurants and home cooking. It’s so different than it was when we started. I was talking to (a colleague) about this when I took him out to the farm this afternoon, about how much things have changed. When we first opened, our gardeners had no other outlets for the food. They could sell a little bit at the Food Conspiracy, but no other restaurants had any idea what to do with it. They could give it to their friends, which they always had done. … And so, having Francine Pierce at Harlekin Gardens (in Arivaca) very, very early on, and trying to work with her to find other outlets for the produce, it was hard. It was long before (community-supported agriculture efforts) made their entrance into the market here in Southern Arizona, which I believe is the single biggest driver behind local farms. The CSA movement is huge. Without that, I don’t think any of these guys could exist. Back then, it wasn’t part of the vernacular. Do you feel like you’ve come full circle? Yes and no. We started and quickly became a fine-dining restaurant. That had a certain sensibility to it, and allowed me to do the best food that I knew how to do. Then we did Wild Johnny’s Wagon (a lunch wagon), but that wasn’t until ’95 or ’96—so, full circle, in that we’ve come back downtown again. That feels like a real sense of completion and is poetic in a way. I think what we’re doing here is more of a departure, in terms of the food that we’re doing here. Certainly not in the sourcing of ingredients, but we had focused so tightly on the foods and flavors of this region, and that
was such a complete exploration, and really purposefully, when we opened Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails, well, first, we were still open at Janos and J Bar, so we didn’t want to compete with ourselves, but also, I wanted it to be an opportunity to branch out and explore other foods, cuisines and styles of cooking. So it’s really a departure in that way. While a lot of the philosophy behind it is similar, it’s really an expansion of what we did. My favorite memories of working at Janos were always the reunion dinners, because they were so crazy, with all of the alumni chefs, who were nuts. Do you have some particular favorite memories of your own? Oh god. Those chef dinners were a blast. They were so fun, getting and having everyone— whether they were my buddies, or were alumni of ours—coming in from out of town and out of state. That’s macro fun. The micro fun is every night—the relationship: going to the table and connecting with somebody on a food level, on a personal level, on an emotional level, whatever it is; really connecting and feeling that you’ve made a difference in more than just in the moment for them, and knowing that they did for you as well. You don’t remember all of the incidents, but the feeling of that connection is what I know I’ll miss when I end up retiring from this whole deal. There are several moments in an evening— first of all, being on the line when I started cooking, and just knowing that you nailed it, just that feeling of nailing it and knowing that the food you put out was as good as you could make it, and the best possible use of those ingredients, and that it looked great. Just that mental picture of it is a fulfilling moment. Then, another one, as time goes on, and I’m not working on the line, and I’m overseeing it—the moments in the kitchen where you walk in, and it’s just humming, and the food is coming up; you’re looking at the plates, and oh my God, they’re beautiful, and you look at everybody back there, and they’ve achieved that synchronicity. That dance is in full force, and everybody knows their parts. They’re just beautifully synchronized and choreographed. That feeling is unbeatable. Any future endeavors in the wings? Probably. That’s the best I can tell you. I’m eternally interested, but not overanxious. I just want to see how things play out. So retirement isn’t in the cards anytime soon? Well, that’s always something I like to think about. (Laughs.) No, not anytime soon. I’m not ready to be done. I like what I do, and I can see doing more of it. No complaints from the family about that? Not unless I did retire. No, I mean, probably some. There are a lot of trade-offs, and the older you get, the more you realize, and the more precious that the time away becomes, and the more important it becomes. So I’m certainly very conscious of that, and respect that. … When I started, I was in at 5 a.m., and out at midnight. I don’t know if I could do that for more than one day at a time anymore.
The Young Hotshot Lodge on the Desert’s Ryan Clark is Tucson’s food-competition king— and he’s only 27 years old
Ryan Clark, executive chef at Lodge on the Desert, pours cheesecake batter into a cake pan. A GOOD EXECUTIVE CHEF is part creative genius, part stern task master, part school counselor and part savvy business person. While most executive chefs are not the Gordon Ramsay type, the job does require a certain attitude as well. With his boyish looks and clean-cut appeal, Ryan Clark hardly fits that image. Yet Clark has been at the helm of the kitchen at the historic Lodge on the Desert for three years, overseeing a staff of about 25 people and serving up breakfast, lunch and dinner each day. He also plays a role in the front of the house and at the bar, and creates daily menus using local ingredients. What’s most remarkable: Clark is only 27 years old. Clark got his first taste of culinary life in the kitchens of Alan Zeman. Many people remember Zeman from his popular restaurant, Fuego, although he was executive chef at such places as the Tucson Country Club and the White Dove at the El Conquistador before that. Clark worked for Zeman while a student at Sabino High School, and into college. In Zeman’s kitchen, he did a little bit of everything as he worked his way up the kitchen ladder. Zeman describes what he sees in a prospective young chef. “They’re into it. They take their time, and research it. They come in with a plan.” Of Clark, he says, “You always try to get people who have a passion for it, that you can develop. He was really good. He has a great talent.” Zeman notes with a laugh: “As a kid, he was kind of cocky.” In a good way, he adds. Clark was attending Pima Community College, where he played soccer, when he real-
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ized that what he really wanted to do was be a chef. For that, he needed more than the typical kitchen experience. It was Zeman who encouraged Clark to attend the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. Clark headed out to New York and graduated with honors, earning an associate’s degree in the culinary arts. Unlike many of his classmates, who decided to work under big-name chefs in nearby New York City, Clark returned to Arizona, spending 18 weeks in a program headed by Beau MacMillan at Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain in Scottsdale. He then returned home to Tucson, working at Canyon Ranch, and then as the sous chef at The Dish. He even ran his own private company. It was then that Zeman again helped move Clark’s career forward. The Coastal Hotel Group, the company that manages the Lodge on the Desert, was looking for an executive chef. Yogi Hutsen, the company’s president and CEO, had worked with Alan Zeman back at the El Conquistador, and he asked Zeman for some suggestions. Zeman knew Clark would be the perfect fit. “I think he has a real talent for cooking,” Zeman says about Clark. “He learns well. As a chef, he takes great pride in what he does.” The rest, as they say, is history. In his short time at the Lodge, Clark has made a name for himself in numerous ways—including by becoming the local food-competition king. He won the 2009 and 2010 Tucson Meet Yourself Festival Professional Iron Chef contests, the 2011 Copper Chef competition, and both the 2011 and 2012 Tucson Iron Chef contests. At
the first Tucson Taco Festival, he and his team won Best Beef Taco honors, as well as third place for seafood taco; finally, they were the reserve grand champions. Clark also won the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance’s Salsa Challenge with his chilled-and-grilled salsa. His most recent win was at the Tucson Culinary Festival World Margarita Championship, where he took home the Judges’ Choice with his pomegranate-infused margarita served in a jelly jar. Clark starts his days around 10 a.m. “I come in, check with the chefs and see what they need. We like to make sure that everyone is comfortable when they get here. After that, we go into lunch service.” After a little bit of down time, the pace picks up again with meetings, shopping and paperwork. “We’ll see what fish items we ordered for that day. We start to conceptualize an idea. I’ll put together specials and daily soups—things we do daily—and that’s when the rest of my kitchen crew comes in for the night. And then we’ll go through dinner service.” Throw in the occasional wedding, banquet or meeting, and Clark manages to stay pretty busy.
But the devil is in the details—and this is where Clark shines. “The cool thing about my career, the way I look at it, is that I’ve been self-taught, for the most part. I haven’t worked under any really big chefs. A lot of the culinary students who I was in school with worked under Alfred Portale or Mario Batali, and (the celebrity chefs) kind of formed (the students’) style of cuisine. I kind of formed my own, in a sense, using the local ingredients here. Vibing off of different ingredients that are available has helped me create what we do here. I find inspiration in the local ingredients, for the most part.” Clark’s dishes include a generous use of peppers. Clark works with local purveyors and farmers, so local proteins like pork, ostrich and game are often found on the menu. “Double Check Ranch, they come down weekly, straight from the ranch (in Winkelman). It’s a great process. We use their ground beef for our hamburgers.” Clark is a big proponent of community supported agriculture programs (CSA), which support local farmers in a more direct and immediate way. Fish, which is always on the menu, does travel CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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a little farther to get to Lodge on the Desert, but arrives practically straight off the boat. With the salmon, for instance, the order goes into Skuna Bay Salmon, which then contacts the fish monger, who pulls the fish from the water; boxes it; signs his or her name; and ships it to Tucson. Two days later, it’s on a plate. All fish is approved by Cleanfish.com and the Seafood Watch Program, the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s sustainable-fish effort. If all that isn’t enough, Clark plays a major role with Lodge on the Desert’s bar, too. “I create drinks. But we have Steve Berger; he’s a lifesaver—you can quote me on that. He came over from Janos. I have support in the front of the house. It’s really nice to have somebody who knows what he’s doing.” When Clark eats out, tacos are often what he craves. His casual faves include Boca Tacos and Tequila, and Chaco’s Cafe, on the southeast side. For upscale dining, you can find him at The Abbey or Pasco Kitchen and Lounge. Interestingly enough, most of those places are also known for their use of local ingredients and creative takes on dining. Clark adds, “I think one of the coolest things about our food at the Lodge is that we’re very small, so we don’t have mass production; we don’t pump out 200 to 300 covers a night. So every single item that goes on your plate is made from scratch. It’s very ‘à la minute,’ as they say. Made to the minute, or made to order.” Keep your eye on Ryan Clark, folks. He’s going to help put Tucson on America’s culinary map.
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Homemade— Literally A new Arizona law allows Barrio Bread’s Don Guerra to bake for the public without high commercial overhead costs BY MARIANA DALE, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com
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allows bakers to sell homemade baked items commercially. Cream pies, cheesecakes or other items that contain “potentially hazardous” ingredients like animal products are not covered under the law, but bread is a-OK. Close to 1,000 people registered within the first few months, and the number has almost doubled since then, says Diane Eckles, the chief of the Office of Environmental Health at the Arizona Department of Health Services. About 130 home bakers are registered in Tucson. “I think it’s a very good program to get people back to work and get people into small business without the overhead,” Guerra says. “People know I’m a skilled baker, but I pride myself on being an entrepreneur just as much.” Guerra’s career as a baker started when he moved to Flagstaff after dropping out of college when his financial aid ran out. He landed a job at a bakery on his first day in town. Homemade bread had been a staple of his childhood, but never a future aspiration. “I don’t know what it was, but I knew I was going to do it for the rest of my life,” Guerra says. “It just gave me this intense drive to learn, learn, learn.” Guerra read books on bread, took numerous bakery jobs, and eventually went back to school, at Paradise Valley Community College. He participated in a small-business development pro-
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DON GUERRA says he’s not just a baker. He is also an entrepreneur, an educator, a dad and an artist. “On my palette, I have flour, water, salt and yeast,” says Guerra as he rolls snakes of dough on wooden boards before moving them to a flour-covered table. He uses scissors to snip away at each loaf and create the wheat-flower shape that characterizes epi bread. After he transfers the dough to the oven, Guerra hangs up the damp rolling cloths on a metal railing to dry at Barrio Bread’s headquarters, kitchen and delivery center: Guerra’s midtown home. He was able to forgo the brick-and-mortar route because of a change to Arizona law in 2011. The Home Baked and Confectionary Goods Program (www.azdhs.gov/phs/oeh/fses/goods/index.htm)
gram that taught him the accounting, planning and marketing skills to open his first bakery, the Village Baker, in Flagstaff. “I was really young, and learned a ton, mostly by mistakes and stress levels,” says Guerra, who was 26 when the bakery opened. He met the woman who would eventually become his wife while working. She would frequent the bakery every Thursday until they started dating. The business grew, and Guerra took on a partnership. Soon, he was planning a new bakery in Ashland, Ore. Despite success on paper, the climate was too cold for him, and the larger the business got, the more Guerra focused on his employees and the administrative side. “I was trying to manage everything, and I just got further away from the bread,” Guerra says. So he and his wife moved back to Tucson to be closer to family and to escape the stress of the big-bakery business. His return to the Southwest marked a seven-year hiatus from baking. Guerra graduated from the University of Arizona with an education degree in 2001 and started teaching health, physical education and math at Miles Exploratory Learning Center. When Guerra got the itch to start baking again, he knew he would need to get back to the basics. The first piece of equipment he bought for the garage was a towering oven from Italy. With a little help from his engineeringinclined father-in-law, he established separate heating and cooling units and ensured there would be enough power to run the appliances. “It’s bare bones—just make really good bread,” Guerra says about his operation. “It’s not about equipment. … It’s all technique.” Now, almost three years later, Guerra puts a half-ton of flour into the 600 to 800 loaves he bakes per week. He uses everything from heirloom grains specific to the area, like Sonoran wheat, to rustic spelt, which gives bread a nuttier flavor. Guerra’s secret weapon is burbling white goo—the mother culture. Guerra relies on this th wild yeast and only uses store-bought yeast sparsp ingly, like when he wants to lighten the signat signature tangy sourdough flavor. But the unique taste comes at a cost. In ord order to make the live yeast needed for each day’s batch of bread, he pours a bit of the mother in into a giant plastic bin, and feeds the yeast water and flour in the evening. At 2 a.m., he rolls ou out of bed to check the progress, and to feed it one on more time before morning. “It’s totally different from any baking product, produ because it’s alive,” Guerra says. One mistake, and Guerra has a lot of apologies to make, because he sells almost every loaf of bread ahead of time throu through online orders. order His custom customers meet him outside of schools scho and at the Plaza Palomino farmers’ market, wallets in hand. Guerra cycles through nearly 40 varieties, including his signature pain au levain loaf and the more-adventurous spicy jalapeño and sharp sha Don Guerra dusts dough with flour.
cheddar. His prices range from $4 to $6 per loaf, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yet to have a customer complain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I need the money to survive, because that turns my business, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not my motive for my business,â&#x20AC;? Guerra says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m never going to get rich doing what I do.â&#x20AC;? He prides himself on being a communitysupported baker, who relies on his carefully built customer base and social outreach. He only has one other employee, who helps with packaging and distribution, and a few volunteer delivery drivers. Guerra intends to stay small until he gets the green light from his family to expand in the future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of the way I do business now is about setting my priorities for family,â&#x20AC;? Guerra says. Despite an estimated 80-hour work week, he still finds time to play in the cul-de-sac with his 7-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be more of an innovation center,â&#x20AC;? Guerra says about potential future plans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to find a way to tie in an educational setting with bread-making.â&#x20AC;? When the oven chimes, he carefully slides the epi bread out; the steaming brown crust crackles when it meets the cool air in the kitchen. He transfers the loaves to shelves where they cool. When the rest of the batch is done, he slides epis, baguettes and round loaves into brown paper bags with the Barrio Bread stamp. The next stop: the customer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My signature is on every loaf of bread, because my hands are on it, start to finish,â&#x20AC;? Guerra says. For more information, visit www.barriobread.com.
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Pure Guatemala The dishes at Maya Quetzal reflect Sandra Sanchezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s devotion to her family, her native country BY INĂ&#x2030;S TARACENA, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com WHEN PEOPLE are forced to leave their native countries, they always keep a piece of their culture. Whatever the reasons are for their departureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;from political persecution to the ache to escape povertyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;immigrants constantly look for ways to keep their traditions alive. But as hard as they try, nothing can truly replace the warmth of loved ones, the comfort of hearing their native language on the streets, and that sense of belonging. Sandra Sanchez, owner of Maya Quetzal, at 429 N. Fourth Ave., fled Guatemala in the mid1980s, during the peak years of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s violent civil war. Her journey was filled with obstacles, and it has taken Sanchez years to adapt to these foreign grounds. However, the food she serves at Maya Quetzal is a reflection of the Guatemalan traditions she remembers and misses the most. Sanchez was born in Chiquimula, about two hours away from Guatemala City. Despite
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Guatemalan recipes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mom has magical hands in the kitchen,â&#x20AC;? Sanchez says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As much as I love to cook, I probably will never be able to give my momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s angelic touch to the food.â&#x20AC;? All the dishes Sanchez serves at Maya Quetzal derive from her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teachings and have roots in Sanchezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite Guatemalan and family traditions. As Sanchez points at the pepiĂĄn (a red-chiliand tomato-based sauce) and jocĂłn (a sauce with green tomato, coriander and green bell pepper) dishes on the menu, she remembers her mother would make chicken with jocĂłn, and pork with pepiĂĄn for the whole family at celebrations. These two sauces are distinct to Guatemalan cuisine, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re two of Sanchezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorites to make for her customers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes, I put pumpkin seeds in them, because that is how my mom used to do it,â&#x20AC;? Sanchez says. When she talks about the tamales and pachesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;tamales made from potatoesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;she begins to talk about Christmastime in Guatemala, which is when families often eat the dishes, paired with homemade ponche, which is warm fruit punch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I miss Christmases there,â&#x20AC;? Sanchez says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I miss staying up until late on Christmas Eve, praying with my family at midnight, watching the fireworks and then eating my momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tamales.â&#x20AC;? When it comes to Guatemalan festivities, December is definitely Sanchezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite month. One of her most-loved traditions is called la quema del diablo, or the burning of the devil. The tradition is unique to Guatemala, and it takes place every year on Dec. 7. La quema del diablo is a ritual for spiritual cleansing. It is a custom for people to gather trash from their homes and set it on fire, symbolizing the ridding of bad energy that had been trapped inside their homes.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;I still have a similar ceremony here for la quema del diablo,â&#x20AC;? Sanchez says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of course, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to the streets and burn trash. I burn incense around the house instead.â&#x20AC;? As she looks back at this tradition, thoughts of her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cooking emerge again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After we burnt the trash, my mom would feed us jocotes soaked in honey, and torrejas,â&#x20AC;? Sanchez says. She has made these two desserts at Maya Quetzal, but only during certain times of the year. Torrejas are a Latin American version of French toast, and jocote is a fruit similar to plums. Sanchez speaks of these traditions with great joy. The tears in her eyes start to dry, and a smile takes over her face, as she remembers her life prior to fleeing Guatemala. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was accustomed to feeling like I belonged. I was accustomed to being surrounded by my family and my culture,â&#x20AC;? Sanchez says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I came to a foreign country, where everything was so different. It was a big shock.â&#x20AC;? Guatemala had a civil war that lasted 36 years. The war began after the CIA ignited a coup dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ĂŠtat against the Guatemalan government because of its alleged communist ideals. Shortly after that, guerillas started an uprising that would last for more than three decades. They fought for economic equality, as well as civil rights for farmers, and equal rights for the indigenous population. Sanchez and her then-husband worked with an organization that aided various indigenous villages and farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; syndicates. At the time, the government led a huge witch hunt, searching for anyone who was involved with guerrilla groups or any leftist organizations. It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take long for the militia to come banging on Sanchezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s door. However, the couple managed to escape with their children. After a few months living near the Guatemala-Mexico border, Sanchez and the rest of her family moved back to Guatemala City after hearing news that the government would grant them amnesty. This promise turned out to be a trap. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My husband was kidnapped by the army two weeks after we moved back to Guatemala City,â&#x20AC;? Sanchez says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Six months later, he came home with cigarette burns and knife cuts all over his body. We knew they would come for us again, so that night, my father drove us to a border town in Southern Mexico, and we escaped.â&#x20AC;? Sanchez refers to that day as a turning point in her life. Her time in Mexico was filled with uncertainty. She had countless sleepless nights. When the U.S. finally granted them political asylum, it took the family a few years to settle and start a new life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through my journey, I always stumbled upon angels who helped me overcome so many obstacles,â&#x20AC;? Sanchez says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This restaurant is how I keep my traditions alive and close to my heart.â&#x20AC;? Through the years, Maya Quetzal has attracted a big following. But lately, business is slow because of the streetcar construction on Fourth Avenue. Sanchez hopes everything will pick up again, so she can keep her Guatemalan food and traditions alive in Tucson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are so many people who love us and have given us their support,â&#x20AC;? Sanchez says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to bring more Guatemalan dishes and crafts to share with everyone here. I became a U.S. citizen, but my heart is still 100 percent Guatemalan.â&#x20AC;?
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IN 2009, more than 900 Bhutanese refugees arrived in Arizona, including Ghimire. It is the largest number in one year since 1984. The same year, the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) awarded a $330,000 grant to provide intensive case management for local survivors of torture. The grant ensured the refugeesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; medical needs were addressed and that they had access to therapy, said Aaron Grigg, the manager of the IRC Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center for Well-Being. Locally, a group of eight Bhutanese men, including Ghimire, began meeting for weekly group-therapy sessions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He (Grigg) listened to our feelings, our CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I woke up, there was no voice in my throat. I could feel the blood coming from two sides of my ears,â&#x20AC;? Ghimire said, touching the hearing aids he now wears to compensate for the damage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was innocent,â&#x20AC;? he said. In that year, the Bhutanese government expelled thousands of Bhutanese with Nepali heritage. Ghimire and his father were both born in Bhutan. He believes his grandfather was the first to move from Nepal to Bhutan. The government promised Ghimire money for his land, but he never saw a single ngultrum, the Bhutanese form of currency. Two months after the incident, Ghimire and his family packed up their two-story house, taking only a few pieces of jewelry and minimal luggage to avoid attracting too much attention. They traveled by rented truck to a refugee camp in Goldhap, Jhapa, Nepal. Six months later, overcrowding forced them to another camp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I left Bhutan, I cried from my heart, because this is the motherland, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to leave the motherland,â&#x20AC;? Ghimire said. In Bhutan, Ghimireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family shared a twostory house, and he had plans to begin building a second home. At the refugee camp, bamboo poles made up walls and the roof of the cramped house his family shared. The food that government-aid organizations offered was meager and not enough to feed his four brothers, parents, wife, daughters and son. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I used to go sometimes east, sometimes west, sometimes north, sometimes south to work to sustain my familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dinners,â&#x20AC;? said Ghimire. â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;Ś As a refugee, I was homeless, jobless, property-less, everything. Nobody was going to respect me.â&#x20AC;? Bhutanese refugees often faced discrimination from the local Nepali people when they went to buy goods. Ghimire said people would brandish axes and call out rude names. Ghimire had been living in the camps for more than 15 years when rumors of resettlement swept through. At first, he was skeptical about moving. He wondered how he would work and
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THE SLIDING GLASS DOOR of Ghimireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s apartment leads to a fenced dirt tract. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not large enough to qualify as a yard. The plant nearest to the door grows from a faux terra-cotta pot. Its green leaves and delicate light purple flowers emit a basil-like scent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has great value and great importance,â&#x20AC;? said Ghimire in his native Nepali, through a translator. Each morning, Ghimire plucks a few leaves from the tulsi plant, utters words of prayer and casts the offering toward several black river stones nestled in a cabinet shrine inside the apartment. Around the world, devout Hindus will do the same. They believe both the plant and the river stones embody one of their gods, Lord Vishnu. The stones are from the River Gandaki, in Nepal, and Ghimire locks the cabinet during the
day for safekeeping. In addition to the tulsi, a collection of marigolds and vegetable plants sprout from cardboard boxes lined with plastic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like to sit idly,â&#x20AC;? Ghimire said. However, the motley collection of plants doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t begin to compare to the four acres of land he farmed in Bhutan. He learned to farm from his parents and diligently sowed his fields with a variety of cash crops, fruits and vegetables. Ghimire was also a shop owner with two stores in Galephu, a small town on the Bhutanese-India border. In the summer of 1992, Ghimire was closing up his shop. As he walked home, Bhutanese government police assaulted him. They wielded the butts of their rifles, striking him until he fell to the ground, unconscious.
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KIRTI GHIMIRE is planting for winter. On a bright autumn Saturday, he tugs on the pull cord of a gas-powered tiller. When it finally rattles to life, he forces the blades into the hard earth. Clods of dirt churn into coarse soil, and he leaves a small cloud of dust in his wake as he propels the tiller down his 20-foot garden plot in midtown Tucson. In his native Bhutan, the 55-year-old would be tilling the farm for winter with an ox and a plow, not sputtering machinery. But when you live in an apartment on 29th Street and Columbus Boulevard, owning livestock is out of the question. Through a community-gardening initiative by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), he can plant and harvest once again. The IRC is an international resettlement agency founded in 1933. Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Roots program links refugee gardeners with nearby garden plots associated with the Community Gardens of Tucson. Nationally, there are 22 New Roots programs. The first one sprung up in San Diego in 2007, and it has since become a national IRC program to promote better nutrition and encourage wider communities to interact with refugees.
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intention and our views,â&#x20AC;? Ghimire said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel upset to express my feelings.â&#x20AC;? After a year of processing their experiences, agriculture emerged as a common theme. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For generations, they had the same land,â&#x20AC;? Grigg said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When somebody has been in one place for such a long time, that place is a part of them.â&#x20AC;? Grigg reached out to the Community Gardens of Tucson executive director Gene Zonge, who had been trying to facilitate a refugee-based community-gardening program for more than a year. Together, they established four plots in a garden behind a residential home in El Presidio. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just something universal about guys and power tools,â&#x20AC;? Grigg said of their first outings to the gardens. The gas-powered tiller never failed to bring an eager grin to the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faces. The group supplemented their weekly meetings with bi-monthly trips to the garden. For the first six months, they would process their thoughts and feelings after each session. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at the point where we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily process; we just go and have a good time,â&#x20AC;? Grigg said. Their spring and summer harvests have yielded everything from cantaloupe to squash, tomatoes, corn, potatoes and beans. January 2013 will mark the two-year anniversary of their first planting. The connection with the IRC opened the door for other Bhutanese families. Now, they claim almost 50 garden plots in three locations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The gardeners only have to supply their own plants and seeds, and their labor and enthusiasm,â&#x20AC;? said Zonge. The funding for the core group of Bhutanese men came from the initial grant, and the Community Gardens have subsidized the cost for the rest of the refugee gardeners out of their general budget. However, the money they have set aside will run out in January, and many of the refugees do not have the means to foot the bill, Zonge said. Grigg estimates the IRC could sustain the gardens of 60 families, including purchasing seeds and fertilizer, for $8,400. They are applying for grants and would like to receive funding from the ORR. Grigg also hopes that individuals will invest in the project so they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to rely on temporary grants. The gardens can build a sense of community,
not only within the refugee groups, but also with the larger Tucson community, Grigg said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you go to do something like gardening together, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working on a common goal together,â&#x20AC;? Grigg said. The IRC is conducting focus groups with all of the current farmers to see what tools, supplies and seeds they would like to see in the future. Eventually, Grigg believes that the gardens could become self-sustaining, and refugees would be able to grow enough to take their excess to a farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; market or sell it to a food bank. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an area with a lot of potential. Grigg said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With refugees, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nowhere to go but up.â&#x20AC;?
ON ANOTHER SUNNY FALL MORNING, the air is beginning to warm. Ghimire bends to check the progress of his plot at the Nottinghill Apartments. The prickly fuzz on the broad green leaves of the pumpkin plants catches the sun. Elsewhere, oval-shaped leaves, smaller than a pinky nail, are just emerging from the soil. In a few months, the leaves will be dark-green spinach and ready to harvest. Ghimire prefers his own produce to that of any grocery store. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really like to work in the garden. When I plant by myself, it is fresh,â&#x20AC;? Ghimire said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I get the taste that I got in Bhutan, the same taste when I pluck from my garden.â&#x20AC;? At home, he shows off a handful of seeds: lima beans, cilantro, spinach and dill. He hopes that his family will join him in the community garden plot so they can work together. He already has one follower. When Ghimire tends to his makeshift apartment garden, he is often shadowed by Sugan, his 1-year-old grandson, who was born in the U.S. Ghimire knows that he can preserve their cultural traditions by teaching through example. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I plot, he plots. When I plant, he plants,â&#x20AC;? Ghimire said. When his grandson asks where the chilies come from, Ghimire will tell him how he would pluck them from the same type of plant in Bhutan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I neglect my son, if I neglect my daughters, they will soon forget,â&#x20AC;? Ghimire said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I help them to remember our country is Bhutan, and I had four acres of land â&#x20AC;Ś if I explain â&#x20AC;Ś and guide them in a good manner, they can remember.â&#x20AC;? For more information or to donate, visit www.rescue.org/us-program/us-tucson-az.
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Keeping the Faith
The Chicano civil rights movement, or El Movimiento, emerged in the 1960s. Chicanos fought for equal social and political opportunities, for the introduction of Mexican-American history in schools, and for farmworkers’ rights. Thousands of Mexican-American artists took notice of the social issues affecting their people, and picked up their palettes and brushes to decorate walls around the Southwest with cries for change, giving rise to the Chicano muralist movement. These artists adorned the barrios of their cities with colorful murals that highlighted the history of MexicanAmericans in this country as well as their demands for social justice. Tucson artist and muralist David Tineo was a proud member of this movement. For decades, his murals were admired throughout the city. And Tineo, an awardwinning painter, still has a lot to say about the issues faced by Latinos in the U.S. His upcoming exhibition, The End of Days?, echoes his stance on social issues, the ancient history behind Mexican-American murals, and the hope of muralists to bring about positive changes in their communities.
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“David’s work is all about his culture and heritage,” said Eugene Contreras, owner of Contreras Gallery and Jewelry. “I used to see his work all over the walls in different locations downtown and just admire it. He is truly a Tucson icon who blends art with protest.” The implementation of SB 1070, the “Papers, please” law, and the decision to ban Mexican-American studies in the Tucson Unified School David Tineo District was seen as an attack on Latino communities by local and state government. Today, Tineo’s work is influenced by these emerging issues, but the purpose of his art hasn’t changed much. His works are still an avenue for protesting, much like they were more than 20 years ago. “As an artist, I have the freedom and social responsibility to talk about local and global issues,” Tineo said. “The pieces of the exhibit are voices of protest coming through, trying to break down barriers. I want to see change, and The End of Days? refers to an end that will bring change, and will bring a new beginning.” In Tineo’s eyes, Latinos must still deal with the obstacles they thought they had overcome through the civil rights movement. The reality, he said, is that racism is still very much alive in our community. The decision to remove Mexican-American studies from TUSD classrooms ignores the importance diversity has had in this country’s history. Tineo, a former Pima Community College professor, is angered that local government would interfere with students’ education by alleging that Mexican-American studies promoted radicalism and anti-American sentiments. “These courses taught cultural pride, not radicalism,” Tineo said. “We need to learn about our history. What the state has done is pure embarrassment, and was a huge step backwards.” Many of the pieces in The End of Days? highlight the cultural pride Tineo speaks of. His work is an ode to his heritage. Tineo incorporates paintings of Aztec princesses and symbolism from Día de los Muertos celebrations. “There are these vivid images, throughout our history, that have empowered us and that have represented our
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traditions,” Tineo said. “For example, images like the Virgin of Guadalupe and Miguel Hidalgo fuel our heritage.” There are also pieces depicting Tineo’s stand against SB 1070, and the racial profiling it is likely to promote. “The darker a person’s skin is, or the more ‘Latino’ they look, the more likely someone will assume that person is an illegal immigrant,” Tineo said. “And it makes me wonder, ‘What are the perimeters of this law? What is the criterion?’ Hopefully, we can still fight against these types of issues.” The title, The End of Days?, was inspired by Mayan and Aztec prophecies that 2012 marks the end of the world’s calendar. To Tineo, “the end” refers to a shift in global society to a new beginning with no racial, political or economic barriers. He believes all cultures interconnect, whether it’s through art, similar traditions or the ground people step on. “We are a mix of flavorful pieces,” Tineo said. “Diversity is the spice that makes up our community.” The theme of the show is also symbolic of Tineo’s life. About seven years ago, he was diagnosed with macular degeneration, a disease that causes loss of vision. The news was devastating because he depended upon his eyes to fulfill his lifelong passion. The impairment could have ended Tineo’s ability to paint. Instead, he has moved forward and adapted to a new stage in his life. “I am so happy to be painting despite my eyes,” Tineo said. “I’m going to be doing this until the day I die.” Contreras said, “David is connected with the people. His work is always so colorful, provoking and truthful. I’m proud to be able to show his work at my gallery.” The End of Days? opening reception starts at 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, at Contreras Gallery, 110 E. Sixth St. The exhibition continues through Saturday, Nov. 24. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. The event is free. For more information, call the gallery at 398-6557. Inés Taracena mailbag@tucsonweekly.com
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The House of Neighborly Service has provided the South Tucson community with a source for education and recreation since 1946. Kids can attend after-school literacy programs and cooking classes, and seniors can learn about nutrition and health. The organization also works with local organizations like Our Family Services and Humane Borders. “We are a neighborhood center that provides a variety of resources for family and children,” said Josefina Ahumada, president of the board of directors. The Taste of South Tucson is a chance to celebrate the flavors and sounds of the area while helping to raise money for the organization. About three years ago, the HNS board sat down to discuss what puts South Tucson on the map. Everyone agreed that the area’s restaurants were topnotch. HNS showcased a variety of them in the premiere event. This year, Crossroads restaurant, which has a four-star review on Yelp, will provide a multicourse Mexican dinner. The $25 admission buys a meal and entertainment for the afternoon. A mariachi group from Pueblo High School will perform, followed by a folklórico dance group. “People that come certainly will enjoy good Mexican cuisine and have some good dancing and mariachi music,” Ahumada said. The event also gives HNS an opportunity to show off recent renovations to its campus. HNS has planted a slew of new trees, installed a running track for a girls program and developed a new plaza. “It’s not just a time for music and food, but also a time to share good friendship with one another,” Ahumada said. “It’s a community coming together to celebrate.” Admission is $25 for adults and $10 for kids.—M.D.
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Even though parts of the Southwest have been transformed from rough-andtumble landscapes to cookie-cutter suburbs, there are still pockets where the cowboy lifestyle is preserved. The Empire Ranch, on the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, is one such cowboy haven. The ranch, established in the 1860s, is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Just an hour from Tucson, the desert gives way to rolling grasslands where cattle feed. “This isn’t a staged set; this is what cowboys still do,” said Christine Auerbach, the administrator of the Empire Ranch Foundation. “Cowboy life still exists.” Saturday’s annual roundup is an opportunity to see ranch life in action, chow down on barbecue, and don Western duds for a day. The roundup also features an auction and several raffles featuring Western-themed artwork as prizes. More than 100 presenters will be on hand to demonstrate ranching skills. The Tombstone Ghost Riders, for instance, will show how to shoot from horseback and trained border collies will demonstrate their sheepherding skills. Visitors can mosey into the 22-room ranch house to drop in on “cowboy conversations” and learn more about Western life and the history of the Empire Ranch from experts. “They can listen to people who have really honed their lifelong skills in horsehair roping and riata-making,” Auerbach said. To get to the ranch, take Interstate 10 east to state Route 83 and head toward Sonoita. Take a left onto a gravel road between mileposts 40 and 39. Watch for a brown Historic Empire Ranch sign on the right side of the road. The foundation requests a $10 donation per vehicle.—M.D.
Last year’s Biketoberfest is now Bike to Beer! The organizers changed the name when they discovered the former name is trademarked by a Florida motorcycle event. “We could live a long and happy life without messing with bikers and their lawyers,” said one of the event founders, Martha Retallick. The free event invites neighbors and newbies alike to pedal along a predetermined route that ends at Borderlands Brewing Co. “It’s partially about neighbors supporting neighbors’ businesses,” Retallick said. “And going from one place to the other on bicycle and having a good time while doing so.” This year’s four-mile route features a community garden, a pocket park and water-harvesting basins. “Part of the reason for showing these sites is to show people what can be done when we work together,” Retallick said. The reward at the end is cold libations and munchies from local food trucks Red Wagon Steak and Sub, and Asian-fusion favorite MaFooCo. “If you don’t feel like riding your bike, you can just come out and meet us at Borderlands,” Retallick said. “We won’t tell.” The event is also gaining a reputation for attracting Tucson’s eccentric wheeled vehicles, including a submarine-bicycle hybrid. This year, organizers have invited a husband-and-wife-powered rolling couch and a pedicab. Retallick also hopes the submarine will return, or perhaps a full fleet. “We would very much like to encourage that type of bicycling,” Retallick said. “If you have a weird bike, bring it to this ride.” The event is free, but participants should bring money if they want craft beer and food-truck tasties.—M.D.
Old Pueblo Playwrights’ Play-in-a-Day Festival 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2 and 3 Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theatre 330 S. Scott Ave. oldpuebloplaywrights.org; 449-0591
Writing the script for a play can take months, even years. But at the 10th annual Play-in-a-Day Festival, hosted by the local nonprofit group Old Pueblo Playwrights, writers are expected to create a script in less than 24 hours. On Friday night, OPP members will present short plays they have written to the audience, who will decide on three props and one line of dialogue to be given to writers for use in their script. Writers will be paired at random and given one night to create a 10-minute play. The next morning starting at 9 a.m., participating directors will each be assigned one of the scripts. They will be given a few hours to choose the actors and rehearse the plays before presenting them to the audience Saturday evening. “It is amazing to see what writers come up with in such a short amount of time,” said Sydney Flynn, the OPP’s secretary. “It is a very joyful, creative activity to participate in.” Flynn has been with OPP about three years. She and her husband taught theater overseas for more than 45 years before moving back to Tucson. Joining OPP was a way for them to meet people and reconnect with the local theater scene. “We heard about the OPP and the Play-in-a-Day event, and we knew we had to be a part of it,” Flynn said. “It is such a fun, interactive activity.” This year, Flynn is in charge of reaching out to local actors—or anyone who would like to give acting a try—to participate in the plays. “They don’t have to have any theater experience,” Flynn said. “And, who knows, maybe after this one of them will discover that theater is their calling.” Each play will be judged and small cash prizes will be awarded. Tickets are $7 per show or $12 for both nights. Call for reservations.—I.T.
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Janice Nargi
ALL SOULS PROCESSION The All Souls procession begins at 6 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4, at Toole Avenue and Congress Street; free. The route follows Toole Avenue to Alameda Street, back to Congress Street, then continues west on Congress Street under Interstate 10 to El Mercado, 100 S. Avenida del Convento. The finale features Flam Chen, the Community Spirit Group, Magpie Collective, Paul Bagley Soriah, Richard Noel from Sticks and Fingers, David Galleher and Danza Azteca Calpulli Tonantzin. The event concludes with the burning of the urn filled with notes and mementos. A prayer form for the urn is available at allsoulsprocession.org, but any paper or other material may also be used. Downtown has more than 30,000 parking spaces. Visit parkwise.tucsonaz.gov/parkwise for locations.
Janice Nargi is a registered nurse and the mother of two sons. One is a UA student; the other, she hopes, is continuing his recovery from heroin addiction. More than a year ago, she started a private Facebook support group for parents and others dealing with heroin addiction. She also wrote a book, There Is No Hero in Heroin, detailing her family’s experience; she started a foundation with the same name. On Thursday, Nov. 8, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Nargi will participate in a forum regarding the opiate epidemic in Tucson. Mayor Jonathan Rothschild will be there, along with Tucson Police Chief Roberto Villaseñor, at the Patrick K. Hardesty Midtown Multiservice Center, 1100 S. Alvernon Way. For more information, call their helpline at 329-3098, or visit tinhihfoundation-com.webs.com.
ARTS EXPRESSO St. Philip’s Plaza. 4280 N. Campbell Ave. 529-2775. Crystal Stark performs with the Pete Swan Quartet at an event featuring hors d’oeuvres and desserts from Union Public House, and personal coffee concoctions from the Liv Café and Bistro coffee bar, from 3 to 6 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4; $35, $55 VIP. A no-host wine and beer bar also is available. VIPs have reserved seats on the Union Public House Patio and a gift from Arts Express. Visit arts-express.org, or call 319-0400 for tickets and more information.
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How did you start the foundation? The foundation actually started based on a support group I started on Facebook. It’s a private support group of about 300 members. When we reached about 100 people, we had a Black Monday event. … It kinda went viral and went to over 750 places all over the United States, and in South Africa, Italy, England and British Columbia. What’s one of your goals? There’s nothing out there for parents to get the information we need. We can find resources, but it’s really difficult. We want to be that hub where they can get the help they need. Often, doors are closed in the community. What kind of red tape exists out there? Sometimes, our children are not in the system yet, and haven’t been arrested, so they can’t get the treatment they need. Sometimes, it’s a lack of resources and funding, because the parents don’t have the $300 a month or more to send your child (for treatment). What’s your personal connection to heroin addiction? My son. He started with Oxycontin and graduated to heroin, and he’s 22 now. My other son is a junior at the 32 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM
UA. I thought I would know the symptoms, but I didn’t. I was an emergency-room nurse. I was quite embarrassed. My book is about my journey with my son. Is he in complete recovery? He professes to be. … I have limited contact with him. What symptoms do you wish you had paid attention to more? He isolated himself from his brother. He was always asking for $20 for this, and $20 for that. He was always falling asleep when watching TV or nodding off during a conversation. He was always telling me he was sick, which were actually withdrawals. And his pupils would get very dilated. Spoons were often missing, and I’d find … tin foil all over the place. What was it like trying to get help? I went to the school, but they were too busy. When he was 15, I realized he was using and selling, and I collected information on 13 kids in the school, and gave the school that information on a silver platter. They told me they would talk to the parents. A year and a half later, one of those kids stole from my house, and I went to the parents. They had no idea. We weren’t allowed to hand out fliers about addiction and drugs at the school.
They didn’t want it to be a known problem. How do people get on the private support page on Facebook? Anyone who “friends” me, I put them on the page, no questions asked, or they can message me. What’s the goal of the town hall forum? This is just a springboard for other community events, with the foundation planning monthly community events or movies or rehab day. We’re also trying to get the mayor to help us put together a school-district group to work on prevention and strategies. You also want to see Arizona pass a “911 Good Samaritan” law, right? It is now in 11 other states. It is meant to protect the one who overdoses and the person who calls to report the overdose from being busted. It doesn’t protect them from bigger crimes. It’s a way to offer some type of immunity before someone dies. Sounds like a good bipartisan issue. Gov. Jan Brewer asked me to send a copy of the bill, and Mayor Rothschild is interested. … I’m trying to help us become one of those villages that raises the children, rather than looks away.
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS/DAY OF THE DEAD Pima Community College, Amethyst Room. 1255 N. Stone Ave. Live music, a puppet theater, paper-art workshops, sugar-skull workshops, a Day of the Dead exhibit, presentations about Day of the Dead customs and more are featured from 3 to 5 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1; free. AN EVENING OF PLAY: BENEFIT FOR THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM TUCSON Children’s Museum Tucson. 200 S. Sixth Ave. 7929985. Live music and artistic performances take place among the museum’s transformed exhibits, and creative chefs give adult twists to traditional childhood cuisine and beverages, starting at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2; $125. Visit eveningofplay.org for tickets and more info. HAUNTED HOUSE NIGHT TERRORZ Bum Steer. 1910 N. Stone Ave. 884-7377. A haunted house featuring a haunted maze based on a nightmarish story about early 20th-century twins is open from 7 p.m. to midnight, Friday through Sunday, Nov. 2 through 4; $15. Search for “Scared Stiff Entertainment” on Facebook for discounts and more information. LOBSTER LANDING Windmill Inn at St. Philip’s Plaza. 4250 N. Campbell Ave. 577-0007. More than 2,000 Maine lobsters are delivered Saturday, Nov. 3, and sold that day, cooked or raw, for $25. The event also features food samples from Tucson restaurants, and beer and wine-tasting, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; $40, $35 advance. Clam chowder is available for $15. Proceeds benefit Child and Family Resources. To order lobsters and make reservations, visit lobsterlandingtucson.com. SANTA MUERTE MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL Sacred Machine. 245 E. Congress St., Suite 123. 7777403. A festival featuring international artists and musical performances 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. THE SIP FOR ST. GREGORY: SHAKE UP THE NIGHT Loews Ventana Canyon Resort. 7000 N. Resort Drive. 299-2020. Martini-tasting, international tapas, a silent auction and live music by Jazz Telephone are featured at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; $85. Proceeds benefit St. Gregory’s College Preparatory School. RSVP is requested. Call 327-6395 to RSVP and for more information. TROT FAMILY CARNIVAL AND COWBOY DINNER FUNDRAISER Trail Dust Town. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 2964551. Therapeutic Riding of Tucson hosts “Horsin’ Around,” a carnival for special-needs children and their families, from 4 to 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2; free admission, tickets are sold for rides, games and food. A fundraising dinner featuring a silent auction, a raffle and entertainment by the Tucson Boys Chorus takes place from 6 to 9 p.m.; $60, $30 age 12 or younger. Call 749-2360, ext. 601, for reservations; visit trotarizona. org for more information. TUCSON CELTIC FESTIVAL AND SCOTTISH HIGHLAND GAMES Rillito Raceway Park. River Road and First Avenue. 2935011. A celebration of Irish, Scottish and Welsh cultural traditions includes Celtic music, bagpipes, dancing, traditional foods, brews, whiskey-tasting, merchants,
traditional athletic competitions, heritage exhibits, kids’ games, jumping structures and more, with special events on Saturday night. Hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4. $15, $5 ages 6 to 15, free younger than 6. Visit tucsoncelticfestival.org for tickets and more information.
OUT OF TOWN FIRST SATURDAY IN ARIVACA: DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS Downtown Arivaca. 17000 W. Arivaca Road. Arivaca. 594-5239. Folklorico dancers, Mexican-food specialties, a farmers’ market, a swap meet and a tour of one of Arizona’s historic cemeteries take place in the historic village from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free. Village tours begin at 10 a.m. at the cemetery. ROUNDUP AND OPEN HOUSE AT THE HISTORIC EMPIRE RANCH Empire Ranch. Highway 83 between mileposts 39 and 40, north of Sonoita. More than 100 presenters including cowboy mounted shooters, B Troop 4th U.S. (memorial) Cavalry, and demonstrations of border collies, horses and cattle are featured from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; $10 donation per vehicle includes a wagon ride. Also featured are a Western barbecue, an auction, raffles of Western items and artwork, an authors’ arena and live music by the Bill Ganz Band and Mariachi Apache. Call (888) 386-2829 for more information. TUBAC’S DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION Exit 34 on Interstate 19 South. Tubac. A 10 a.m. mariachi procession between St. Ann’s Church and the Tubac Cemetery launches a celebration including an 11 a.m. screening of a video of Tubac’s 1998 Day of the Dead celebration, performances by Tucson mariachis and a Hermosillo-based performance group, and 2 p.m. interviews with Tubac residents and Tucson scholars, on Friday, Nov. 2; $7.50, $4.50 child age 7 through 13, free younger child.
UPCOMING ART AND MUSIC FESTIVALS Musical performances, kids’ activities, food vendors and dozens of art and craft vendors are featured on selected Saturdays and Sundays; free. Visit fineartfest.org for more information. Nov. 10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Nov. 11, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: La Encantada, 2905 E. Skyline Drive. Dec. 1, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Dec. 2, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Oro Valley Marketplace, corner of Tangerine Road and Oracle roads. CULTURE, SYMBOLISM AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN Arizona Inn. 2200 E. Elm St. 325-1541. The UA Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry hosts UA regents professors Paula Fan and John Olson, of music and of anthropology, respectively, for an interdisciplinary dialogue about what it means to be “human,” at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13; $275. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres with the professors are included; the evening concludes with a gourmet dinner of wild seabass and beef tenderloin. Call 621-4587, or email ervin@email.arizona.edu for tickets or more information. JERÔME BEILLARD FESTIVAL FOR LIFE Chinese Cultural Center. 1288 W. River Road. 2926900. More than 500 art works, holiday items, gift baskets, gift certificates, celebrity collectibles, trips, one-of-a-kind experiences and paper prayers are up for bid from 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10 to benefit the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation; $45, $35 advance. Call 628-7223, or visit festivalforlife.org for details. SAHUARITA PECAN FESTIVAL AND RUN- WALK Green Valley Pecan Farm. 1625 E. Sahuarita Road. Sahuarita. (800) 327-3226. A 5k run and walk through the pecan orchards take place at 6:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 10; $25, $20 age 17 and younger. Visit sahuaritapecanfestival.com to register and for more information. The event kicks off the Sahuarita Pecan Festival, which celebrates the culture, cuisine and music of the Santa Cruz River Valley, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; free. Many family-oriented activities are included. Visit sahuaritapecanfestival.com for details. TRANS AWARENESS WEEK Activities taking place from Tuesday, Nov. 13, through Tuesday, Nov. 20, include a resource fair; poetry readings and performance art; workshops about supporting transgender kids, and about medical and legal professionals’ responses to trans issues; opportunities to ask a transgender person anything’ film screenings; and a day of remembrance, including a vigil and procession. The program is a collaboration of the Southern Arizona Gender Alliance and the ASUA Pride Alliance. The week celebrates people who identify as transsexual, transgender, gender queer, masculine-of-center, feminine-ofcenter, two-spirit, butch, femme, gender-fluid and other trans identities. Email rstrozzo@wingspan.org, or visit sagatucson.org for more information
TUSCON 38: SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND HORROR CONVENTION Hotel Tucson City Center. 475 N. Granada Ave. 6232000. S.M. Sterling, author of the New York Times best selling Change series, is the guest of honor at a convention that includes panels, readings, an anime room, LAN gaming, a dealers’ room, film-screenings, a costume contest and more, from Friday through Sunday, Nov. 9 through 11; $50 pass; $15 to $35 each day. Visit tusconscificon.com for reservations and more info. VETERANS CELEBRATION DAY Southern Arizona VA Health Care System. 3601 S. Sixth Ave. 792-1450. Family activities and entertainment throughout the day are featured at an event celebrating the U.S. military, with a particular focus on active-duty military, reservists and National Guard personnel and their families, starting at 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10; free. Representatives of several resource groups for military families are present. Staff of the Southern Arizona Veterans Health Care System provide information about eligibility and enrollment, post-deployment care, primary care, women’s health, substance-abuse treatment, programs for homeless veterans, polytrauma care, blindness rehabilitation, spinal cord injury care and transitional programs for those leaving active duty. Call 792-1450, ext. 4050, or email lorraine.conn@va.gov for more info. WINGSPAN CLASSIC GOLF TOURNAMENT Omni Tucson National Golf Resort and Spa. 2727 W. Club Drive. 297-2271. The Wingspan Classic Golf Tournament gets under way with registration at 10:30 a.m., on Friday, Nov. 9; $125 entry fee. The format is four-player scramble with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. Registration includes 18 holes of golf, a cart, drivingrange access, a goody bag, a pasta dinner, prizes for women and men, and more. Call 624-2779, ext. 125, or visit wingspan.org to register or for more information.
BULLETIN BOARD EVENTS THIS WEEK 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TUCSON CHAPTER OF THE LINKS, INC. Doubletree by Hilton Hotel. 445 S. Alvernon Way. 881-4200. Shella Gillus, author of The Loom, a novel about a slave woman in the 1800s, keynotes a luncheon celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Tucson chapter of a nationwide women’s leadership group, at 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; $50. Call 790-3745 for tickets. ARMORY PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT HOME TOUR 2012 St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. 545 S. Fifth Ave. 6228318. A self-guided tour offers glimpses of 10 homes in styles ranging from California bungalow and dainty Victorian to contemporary, energy-efficient homes in a “New Urbanism” village, from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; $20 donation benefits Neighbors Feeding Neighbors. Call 440-7131, or visit armoryparktucson.org for tickets and more information. ART-AND-CRAFT FAIR St. John on the Desert. 2695 N. Houghton Road. 7493615. An art-and-craft fair and raffle take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free admission. DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS PILGRIMAGE St. John the Evangelist. 602 W. Ajo Way. 623-2084. Organizations and individuals are invited to make a pilgrimage to the San Xavier Mission in memory of men, women and children who lost their lives on the U.S.México border, at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free. Organizations already participating are the Coalición de Derechos Humanos, the Alliance for Global Justice, the Nonviolence Legacy Project/Culture of Peace Alliance and the Tucson Samaritans. Call 770-1373. DIVORCE RECOVERY 1 Trained facilitators lead nonsectarian support groups from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday or Thursday. Each course is eight weeks and closes after the second week. New classes start Tuesday, Nov. 6, at St. Phillip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, 4440 N. Campbell Ave., Room 6; and Thursday, Dec. 6, at St Mark’s United Methodist Church, 1431 W. Magee Road. $60 requested donation, but no one is turned away. Call 495-0704, or visit divorcerecovery.net for more information. DONATION DRIVE FOR ST. ANDREW’S CHILDREN’S CLINIC Arizona Hearing Specialists. 7574 N. La Cholla Blvd. 742-2845. Donations of new and gently used clothes and toys and nonperishable food items are collected from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, for delivery to St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic in Nogales. Donors get refreshments and a chance to participate in a raffle. FALL TOY TRAIN SHOW Tucson Expo Center. 3750 E. Irvington Road. 7508000. The Gadsden Pacific Toy Train Operating Museum
presents a train show and swap meet from 2 to 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2; and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; $6, free child younger than 13 with a paid adult. Toy trains and accessories are for sale, and operating train layouts showcase both modern and antique trains. Visit gpdtoytrainmuseum.com for details and a discount admission coupons. GREEN LIVING FAIR Habitat for Humanity Habistore. 935 W. Grant Road. 889-7200. Experts on “green” building, alternate fuels, bicycling, water conservation, rainwater-harvesting, gardening, landscaping and solar power are available to discuss ways to save money with a more “greener” home and lifestyle, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free. INDOOR SWAP MEET Tu-Swap Indoor Swap Meet. 1301 E. Apache Park Place. 222-7927. An indoor swap meet is open daily for vendors, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, Saturday and Sunday to the public; free. JUSTICE: WHAT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO? Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Discussion about critically considering moral decisions in our everyday lives follows a DVD screening featuring Harvard professor Michael Sandel, from 6 to 8 p.m., every Thursday, through Nov. 15; free. KNOW WHERE TO THROW An event intended to increase awareness of recyclables takes place daily, through Friday, Nov. 2. Items may be taken to any city council member’s office. Plastic bags are recycled into composite lumber; old jeans are made into building-insulation; bicycle tires and tubes are recycled into a wide range of items; and garden hoses are used as soaker hoses. Visit “Do More Blue Tucson” on Facebook for collection locations and more information. MARKET ON THE MOVE Saguaro Canyon Church. 10111 E Old Spanish Trail. 885-7088. Market on the Move sells USDA-inspected surplus fresh produce from 8 to 11 a.m., the first Saturday of every month; free admission. Call 7499429, or visit the3000club.org for more information and additional locations. ‘OUT OF THE BLUES’ SILENT AUCTION Sheraton Hotel and Suites. 5151 E. Grant Road. 3236262. Greg Curtis of 94.9 Mix FM hosts; Richard Noel of Sticks and Fingers provides live drumming; and Uzo Nwankpa of the Uzo Method Project Healing provides percussion for healing through dance, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1; $35. Proceeds benefit Mother’s Oasis, which provides services to pregnant and postpartum women suffering from depression and anxiety. A silent auction also is featured. Visit mothersoasis.org for tickets and more information. PAWSITIVELY CATS YARD SALE Outer Limits School. 3472 E. Fort Lowell Road. 327-0844. Furniture and other gently used items are featured at a yard sale to benefit PAWSitively Cats, a nonprofit no-kill shelter. Call 289-2747 for more information about the event. Visit pawsitivelycats.org for more information about the shelter. PDEQ MEETINGS FOR AIR QUALITY PERMIT RENEWAL FOR ASARCO MISSION COMPLEX MINE Staff of the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality host open houses from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7, at the Rancho Resort Clubhouse, 15900 S. Rancho Resosrt Blvd., Sahuarita; and Thursday, Nov. 8, at the Joyner Green Valley Library, 601 N. La Cañada Drive, Green Valley. Staff is available to answer questions about the proposed air-quality permit renewal, including requirements and enforcement. A formal public hearing takes place from 5 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 27, at the Rancho Resort Clubhouse. The hearing offers an opportunity for the public to speak, or to drop off written comments concerning the permit. Call 243-7400 for more information. PIT N’ PROUD AT ALL SOULS PROCESSION Meet to celebrate, honor and remember bully breeds, and walk for a future without abuse or neglect, at 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4; free. Costumes, photos, banners, signs, poems, stories and prayers are encouraged. SECULAR HUMANIST JEWISH CIRCLE Murphy-Wilmot Branch Library. 530 N. Wilmot Road. 594-5420. Gil Shapiro presents “Faith: The Great Imposter,” a discussion about the dangers of mixing politics with religion, and the tensions between secularism and religion, from 2 to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free. SOUTHERN ARIZONA KIDNEY WALK Kino Veterans Memorial Sports Complex. 2500 E. Ajo Way. The National Kidney Foundation of Arizona holds a 5k walk at 9 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 4; free. Registration begins at 7 a.m. Participants receive a free kidney health-risk assessment. UA baseball coach Andy Lopez
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and Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild will attend. Call (877) 587-1357, or visit www.azkidney.org for info. STEIN MART GRAND OPENING AND FUNDRAISER Stein Mart. 5555 E. Broadway Blvd. 887-1199. Sales of $5 tickets to the grand opening of the new Stein Mart, from 5 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 6, benefit the Tucson Museum of Art. Tickets are available by calling 624-2333, or by mailing a check to Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., Tucson, AZ, 85701. TASTE OF SOUTH TUCSON House of Neighborly Service. 243 W. 33rd St. 6230100. A live DJ, dancing, baile folklorico performances and a sampling of Mexican food from Crossroads Restaurant are featured from noon to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; $25. Proceeds benefit House of Neighborly Service. TIHAN VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. 2331 E. Adams St. 327-6857. An orientation for volunteers interested in learning how to make a difference in the community of people living with HIV/AIDS takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; $17. Call 299-6647, or email volunteercoordinator@tihan.org for more information. Download an application at tihan.org to complete and bring with you. WORLD HARMONY: CAN IT HAPPEN? Access Tucson. 124 E. Broadway Blvd. 624-9833. A live taping of World Harmony: Can It Happen? takes place from 6 to 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2. Global humanitarian Christopher Lowman is the featured guest. Arrive at Studio A by 5:45 p.m. to watch the taping. For more information, call 722-2837.
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WRITERS UNITE TO FIGHT CANCER Mostly Books. 6208 E. Speedway Blvd. 571-0110. Authors read from and sign their books, and therapists provide reflexology and shiatzu treatments for $10 for 10 minutes to raise money for a friend who has a brain tumor, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free.
OUT OF TOWN SUN CITY ORO VALLEY ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL Mountain Vista Recreation Center. 1495 E. Rancho Vistoso Blvd. Oro Valley. 825-3711, ext. 124. More than 60 artisans sell a wide range of handmade and other items from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free admission. A raffle, artists’ demonstrations and food also are featured. Food donations for the Catalina Food Bank are encouraged. Call 818-1078.
UPCOMING AUTOMOTIVE SWAP MEET Tucson Greyhound Park. 2601 S. Third Ave. 8847576. A swap meet presented by the Tucson Street Rod Association takes place from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10. Shop for automotive parts, motorcycle parts, antiques, toys and collector items; $1 donation goes to the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. Call 807-9393 for info. BARK: BENEFIT FOR HOMELESS PUPPIES AND DOGS Southwest Furniture Design. 212 S. Park Ave. 4611341. Food, beverages, live music and puppies and dogs for adoption are featured at a benefit for the Baby Animal Rescue Koalition, at 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9; free. Visit BARKtucson on Facebook for more information. BUILD-A-BIKE FIVE-DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP BICAS. 44 W. Sixth St. 628-7950. Participants learn to build their own bikes in a workshop from 4 to 8 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, Nov. 13 through 17; $80, $40 deposit and advance registration are required. Call for a reservation. CANNON-DOUGLASS AND SMITH OPEN HOUSES The Cannon-Douglass House, consecutive home to longtime UA professors of agricultural engineering and landscape architecture, is open to visitors from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9; free. The structure will serve as the new UA Institute for Place and Well-Being. EMPTY BOWLS LUNCHEON Mulcahy YMCA. 5085 S. Nogales Hwy. 294-1449. The Southern Arizona Clay Artists donate handcrafted bowls for a luncheon featuring bread and soups donated by local restaurants for the benefit of the Community Food Bank, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9; $15 includes the bowl to take home. Call 289-1129. FINN FEST 2012 Doubletree by Hilton Hotel. 445 S. Alvernon Way. 881-4200. To commemorate the deportation by boxcar
of striking Finnish miners in Bisbee in 1917, field trips depart the Doubletree Hotel for Bisbee at 8 a.m., Sunday and Monday, Nov. 11 and 12; $70. Register at 2012finnfestusa.org. NAACP ELECTION NOTICE Donna Liggins Recreation Center. 2160 N. Sixth Ave. 791-3247. Election of officers for 2013 through 2015 takes place Monday, Nov. 12; free. Any paid member in good standing can run for the office of prsident, secretary, treasurer, first or second vice president or board member at large. Call 622-8277 for more information. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 7481551. Quilts by the UU Quilters opens with a reception at 11:45 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 11, and continues through Sunday, Dec. 2. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday through Friday; and 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday; free. VETERANS DAY BREAKFAST Pima Air and Space Museum. 6000 E. Valencia Road. 574-0462. An open house featuring free breakfast for veterans and their guests takes place in the 390th Memorial Museum at the Pima Air and Space Museum from 9 to 11 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 11; free, including admission to the museum. Reservations are requested via 574-0287 or email to member@390th.org. WALK TO DEFEAT ALS Reid Park. Broadway Boulevard and Alvernon Way. The Arizona Chapter of the ALS Association provides direct support to Tucson patients of Lou Gehrig’s disease and their families with funds raised on a 3-mile walk at 10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 10. Registration begins at 9 a.m.. Visit webaz.alsa.org to donate or to register in advance. WALKING TOUR OF HISTORIC MAIN AVENUE MANSIONS A tour of the mansions along Main Avenue features the stories of such influential early Tucsonans as Sam Hughes, Albert Steinfeld, Hiram Stevens and Frank Hereford, at 10 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 8; $15. The tour meets at the northwest corner of Main Street and Alameda Street. Call 625-8365 for reservations. WALKING TOURS OF OLD TOWN TUBAC Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. Alice Keene leads a tour of the original adobe buildings and discusses the history of Arizona’s first European settlement, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, every Friday, Nov. 9 through 30; $7.50 includes admission to the park.
ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL FOR VENDORS DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center. 1100 S. Randolph Way. Vendors are sought for the Tucson Parks and Recreation’s Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 24 and 25; $90 for a 10-foot-by-10-foot arts and crafts space, $130 food vendor. All items must be handmade by the seller; no mass-produced, store-bought, resale or imported items are permitted. Registration continues through Thursday, Nov. 15. Call 791-4877 for an application and more information. COMMUNIST PARTY U.S.A CLUB MEETING Salt of the Earth Labor College. 1902 E. Irene Vista. 235-0694. A discussion of party activities takes place at 7 p.m., the first and third Monday of every month; free. Call 624-4789 for more information. ELDER CIRCLES: THE WISDOM JOURNEY St. Francis in the Foothills Church. 4625 E. River Road. 299-9063. Elders hear presentations and share stories each month on one of four topics intended to encourage pro-active aging: life review; life repair; legacy and mentoring at 4 p.m., the first Saturday of every month at New Moon Haven, 16256 N. Oracle Road, Catalina; and 10 a.m., the second Friday of every month. Call 2986542, or email deljonesaz@cox.net for more info. FARMERS’ MARKETS Alan Ward Downtown Mercado: south lawn of the Main Library, 101 N. Stone Ave., 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, October through May; 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, June through September (339-4008). Arivaca Farmers’ Market: 16800 Arivaca Road, Arivaca, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday. Bear Canyon Open Air Market: northwest corner of Tanque Verde Road and the Catalina Highway, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (982-2645). Bisbee Farmers’ Market: Vista Park in the Warren section, 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (520-227-5060). Community Food Bank: 3003 S. Country Club Road, 8 a.m. to noon, Tuesday (622-0525). Corona de Tucson Farmers’ Market: 15921 S. Houghton Road, Vail, 8 a.m. to noon, Friday (870-1106). Douglas Farmers’ Market: Raul Castro Park, between D and E avenues, downtown Douglas, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday (520-805-5938 or 520-805-0086). El Presidio Plaza Park Mercado: 115 N. Church Ave., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday (339-4008). El Pueblo Farmers’ Market: El Pueblo Neighborhood Center parking lot,
SW corner of Irvington Road and Sixth Avenue, 8 to 11 a.m., Saturday (882-3304). Elgin Farmers’ Market: KiefJoshua Vineyards, 370 Elgin Road, Elgin, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, May through October (520-455-5582). Farmers’ Markets at La Posada Green Valley: 665 S. Park Centre Ave., Green Valley, is 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday (603-8116). Farmers’ Market at Voyager RV Resort: 8701 S. Kolb Road, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday (603-8116). Friday Farmers’ Market at Broadway Village: 2926 E. Broadway Blvd., 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday (603-8116). Green Valley Village Farmers’ Market: 101 S. La Cañada Drive, Green Valley, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday (490-3315). Marana Farmers’ Market: 13395 N. Marana Main Street, Marana, 3 to 6 p.m., Tuesday (882-3313). Metal Arts Village Saturday Morning Market: 3230 N. Dodge Blvd., 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday (326-5657). Oracle Farmers’ Market: 2805 N. Triangle L Ranch Road, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday (896-2123). Oro Valley Farmers’ Market: Town Hall at the corner of La Cañada Drive and Naranja Road, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (882-2157). Plaza Palomino: 2970 N. Swan Road, winter: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday; summer: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (plazapalomino.com). Rincon Valley Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market: 12500 E. Old Spanish Trail, winter: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday; summer: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (591-2276). St. David Farmers’ Market: St. David High School, 70 E. Patton St., St. David, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, May through October (520-221-1074). St. Philip’s Plaza Saturday Farmers’ Market: St. Philip’s Plaza, southeast corner of River Road and Campbell Avenue, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (603-8116). Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market: Mercado San Agustín, 100 S. Avenida del Convento, 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday (622-0525). San Manuel Farmers’ Market: 801 McNab Parkway, 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (520-212-2337). Sierra Vista Farmers’ Market: corner of Carmichael Avenue and Willcox Drive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday; and corner of Charleston Road and Highway 90 bypass, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday (520678-2638). Sunsites Farmers’ Market: Shadow Mountain Golf Course, 1105 Irene St., Sunsites, 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (520-826-1250). Tucson Farmers’ Market: St. Philip’s Plaza, southeast corner of River Road and Campbell Avenue, winter: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday; summer: 8 a.m. to noon, Sunday (882-2157). Tucson Farmers’ Market at Jesse Owens Park: Jesse Owens Park, 400 S. Sarnoff Drive, winter: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday; summer: 8 a.m. to noon, Friday (918-9811). Tucson Farmers’ Market at Maynards: Maynards Market and Kitchen, 400 N. Toole Ave., winter: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday; summer: 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (5450577). Tucson’s Green Art and Farmers’ Market: 8995 E.
Tanque Verde Road, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (9822645). Ventana Plaza Farmers’ Market: 5455 N. Kolb Road, 3 to 7 p.m., Tuesday (603-8116). MARXIST DISCUSSION GROUP Revolutionary Grounds. 606 N. Fourth Ave. 620-1770. A discussion of selected readings takes place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., the first and third Sunday of every month; free. Call 235-0694 for more information. NOOK EREADER CLASSES Barnes and Noble. 5130 E. Broadway Blvd. 512-1166. Classes are held from 7 to 8 p.m., the first Tuesday of every month; and from 7 to 8 p.m., the third Tuesday of every month; free. PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION GROUP Metropolitan Grill. 7892 N. Oracle Road. 531-1212. Lively, friendly and civil discussions of philosophical questions old and new take place at 6 p.m., the first and third Monday of every month; free. Call 575-1743 for more information. PUERTAS ABIERTAS Studio One. 197 E. Toole Ave. 304-7803. Wingspan’s Latin social group hosts bilingual Spanish-English meetings, workshops and social events at 7 p.m., the first Sunday of every month; free. Conversation is safe and friendly. Visit wingspan.org/programs, or call 624-1779, ext. 131, for more information. SOCRATES SATURDAY FORUM Ward 6 City Council Office. 3202 E. First St. 7914601. All are welcome to join a philosophical discussion at 9 a.m., the first and third Saturday of every month; free. Email lanamorgan1@yahoo.com for more info.
BUSINESS & FINANCE EVENTS THIS WEEK HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SEARCH FOR HOMEOWNERS Habitat for Humanity. 621 W. Lester. St. 326-1217. Habitat for Humanity hosts a free information session for anyone interested in owning new and refurbished homes in the Tucson area, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1; free. Applicants are considered based
on need, ability to pay and willingness to partner. Call 326-1217, ext. 212, for more information. INDIVIDUAL JOB COUNSELING Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. A job counselor from Career Services Unlimited provides free, one-on-one counseling about choosing a career, resume-writing, interview skills, networking and job-search skills from 9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Nov. 1 and 15; and from noon to 3 p.m., Monday, Nov 5, 19 and 26; free. No appointment is needed; sessions are limited to 30 minutes. Call 791-4010 for more info. MONDAY MIXER Redline Sports Grill. 445 W. Wetmore Road. 888-8084. Conversation and connections take place from 5 to 7 p.m., the first Monday of every month; free. Call 9099375 for more information.
ANNOUNCEMENTS CATALYST CAFÉ: WHERE TECH MEETS TUCSON Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Representatives of Pima County’s small businesses and nonprofits are invited to gather for coffee to discuss leading-edge technologies and innovative business practices from 3 to 4:30 p.m., the first Tuesday of every month; free. Nov. 13, the topic is “Telling Your Story Online With Photography and Video.” COMMUNITY-HEALTH MICROGRANT The Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation offers a $1,000 grant each month in 2012 to support a unique project in community health. Visit tomf.org for more information and to submit proposals.
REAL ESTATE INFORMATION NETWORK Village Inn. 6251 N. Oracle Road. 297-2180. Wealth discussions take place over breakfast from 7 to 8 a.m., the first Friday of every month; free, no-host breakfast. Call 909-9375 for more information.
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TAKE THE MYSTERY OUT OF YEAR-END TAX PLANNING Raskob/Kambourian Financial Advisors. 4100 N. First Ave. 690-1999. A tax-education seminar covers how to plan now to minimize taxes you would otherwise owe, from 1 to 2 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1; free. Call for reservations.
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.
TUCSON PRESIDIO ROTARY CLUB Hotel Tucson City Center. 475 N. Granada Ave. 6232000. Lunch is open to the public at noon every Wednesday; $15. Call 909-9375 for reservations and more information. WOMEN IMPACTING TUCSON Arizona Inn. 2200 E. Elm St. 325-1541. George Hanson, music director and conductor of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, discusses the coming season and the orchestra’s role in the community at a luncheon from 11:20 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday, Nov. 5; $30, $20 with a reservation made by Thursday, Nov. 1. Reservations are requested. Call 323-3100, or visit arizonainn.com/witlunch for reservations or more info.
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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. Sunday, Nov. 4, at 11 a.m.; and Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m.: R.W. Fassbinder’s The Marriage of Maria Braun; $5 suggested donation. A TASTE FOR NOURISH: ‘FRIED GREEN TOMATOES’ Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. A fundraiser for Nourish, a nonprofit organization supporting children with feeding challenges, begins at 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; $25. Following refreshments and a silent auction, the film Fried Green Tomatoes screens at 8 p.m. Visit foxtucsontheatre.org for tickets and more information.
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LOFT FILM FEST Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. A showcase of one-time screenings of festival favorites from Cannes, Sundance, SXSW, Telluride and others; Q&A sessions with filmmakers and actors; retrospective screenings; international films; edgy late-night movies; and provocative shorts takes place from Thursday, Nov. 8, through Thursday, Nov. 15. Highlights include a career tribute to director and producer Roger Corman; an appearance by 2012 Cannes best-director award winner Carlos Reygadas with his newest film, Post Tenebras Lux; the Monty Python documentary Liar’s Autobiography in 3D; the new Gallic comedy, All Together, featuring Jane Fonda speaking French; Andrea Arnold’s new adaptation of Wuthering Heights; and Oscar winner Melissa Leo in the new drama Francine. Visit loftcinema.com for tickets, schedules and more information.
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UA SCHOOL OF THEATRE, FILM AND TELEVISION Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Play It Again: Greatest Hits From the UA School of Theatre, Film and Television screens at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1; free. What’s Up Docs?, documentary films by juniors in the BFA program of the UA School of Theatre, Film and Television, screens at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 12.; free.
CALL FOR LGBT FESTIVAL FILMS Out in the Desert is now accepting submissions for the international LGBT film festival taking place Thursday through Sunday, Jan. 24 through 27, 2013. Films and videos may be any length, but should be of interest to the LGBT community. For deadlines, guidelines and more information visit outinthedesertff.org. FILM JUDGES SOUGHT Judges are sought to help determine which films will be included in the Out in the Desert Film Festival, set for Jan. 24 through 27, 2013. Email the times and dates you are available to programming.outinthedesert@gmail. com.
through 12, free younger child, $12 student, senior and military personnel. Call or visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information. TUCSON AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY The East Side Night Meeting of the Tucson African Violet Society gathers from 7 to 9 p.m., the first Wednesday of every month, at The Cascades, 201 N. Jessica Ave. The East Side Day Meeting takes place from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., the second Wednesday of every month, at The Cascades. The Northwest Day Meeting takes place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., the second Thursday of every month, at The Inn at the Fountains at La Cholla, 2001 W. Rudasill Road.
ANNOUNCEMENTS TUCSON AQUAPONICS PROJECT UA Controlled Environment Agriculture Center. 1951 E. Roger Road. 621-3246. An introduction to aquaponics takes place from 6:30 to 7 p.m.; networking follows until 7:30 p.m.; and a program and meeting follow until 9 p.m., the first Tuesday of every month; free.
HEALTH EVENTS THIS WEEK HONORING AUTHORS AND EDITORS FROM THE ARIZONA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER Arizona Health Sciences Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. 626-7301. An exhibit of the 135 books published by current and former AHSC staff since 2005 continues through Friday, Nov. 30, in the Java City coffee bar, Room 2102, of the Arizona Health Sciences Library. Hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday through Thursday; free admission, $1.50 per hour parking. Visit ahsl.arizona.edu for more information. NUTRITION AND EXERCISE FOR BONE HEALTH Chase Bank Auditorium, UA Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave., No. 8403. 626-2531. Dietitian Linda Houtkooper, a professor with the UA Department of Nutritional Sciences, gives a presentation about how to prevent osteoporosis through diet and excercize, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7; free. Call 626-5040 for more information. UA ARTHRITIS CENTER FALL LUNCHEON Skyline Country Club. 5200 E. St. Andrews Drive. 299-0464. Dr. Eric Gall presents “Research at the UA Arthritis Center” at a luncheon at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 1; $35. Reservations are requested.
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WEEKLY WELLNESS CLASSES Natural Way Wellness Spa. 329 E. Seventh St. 8828828. Wellness classes on the topics of aroma therapy, couples massage, holistic nutrition and Chakra yoga take place from 1 to 2:30 p.m., every Sunday; free.
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BUTTERFLY MAGIC Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, ext. 10. Walk through a greenhouse full of beautiful and rare butterflies from 11 countries, through Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., daily; $13, $7.50 ages 4 through 12, $12 student, senior or military, includes admission to the gardens.
CAREGIVING CONFERENCE Fountain of Life Lutheran Church. 710 S. Kolb Road. 747-1213. “A Caregiver’s Harvest: Care, Comfort and Compassion” is the theme of a conference from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10; $60 professional, $30 family caregiver, scholarships are available. Continental breakfast, lunch and conference materials are included. Keynote speaker Frena Gray-Davidson addresses the importance of picking your battles, training your doctor and nurturing the caregiving spirit. Other presentations cover elder law and estate planning, understanding palliative care and humor in family caregiving. Call 305-3413, or visit caregiverconsortium.org to register and for more information.
A COOK’S GARDEN Valencia Branch Library. 202 W. Valencia Road. 5945390. Christina O’Connell leads a workshop about how to plan, plant and use a cook’s garden of fresh herbs and vegetables, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free. FALL HARVEST AND MESQUITE-MILLING Tucson Audubon Mason Center. 3835 W. Hardy Road. 971-6238. Hands-on landscape and water-harvesting demonstrations, talks, exhibits, locally grown food, shopping opportunities, and mesquite milling by Desert Harvesters are featured from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3. Call 971-2385 for more information. GARDENING FOR THE NEWCOMER Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Newcomers and new homeowners learn about Tucson’s seasons and soils, and proper techniques for planting and watering, from 9:30 a.m. to noon, the first Thursday and the first Saturday of the month; $14, $7 member, includes admission to the gardens. Visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information. ORGANIC GARDENERS COMPOSTING EXHIBIT Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, ext. 10. Tucson Organic Gardeners members answer questions in the composting-demonstration area from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the first and third Saturday of every month, through May 18, 2013; $13, $4 age 4
ANNOUNCEMENTS ALZHEIMER’S EDUCATION SERIES TMC Senior Services. 1400 N. Wilmot Road. 3241960. A different topic related to Alzheimer’s disease is presented from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., the first Thursday of every month. FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Any family caregiver who needs a safe place to share highs and lows, learn about resources, ask questions and develop coping skills is invited to drop in for this facilitated group from 10 to 11:30 a.m., the first and third Wednesday of every month; free. Participants may attend as often or as seldom as they like. Call 790-0504 or 891-3299 for more information.
KIDS & FAMILIES 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, closes Sunday, Nov. 4. Showtime is 1 p.m., every Sunday; $5 to $8. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for reservations and more info. APPLICATIONS FOR SERVICE ACADEMIES Applications from high school students are being taken for the four U.S. military academies through Friday, Nov. 2. Application forms, instructions, answers to commonly asked questions and a list of required documents are available at barber.house.gov. Call 459-3115, or email shay.saucedo@mail.house.gov for more information. ARIZONA HISTORY MUSEUM Arizona History Museum. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. Inspired by the centennial exhibit 100 Years, 100 Quilts, kids make a crazy-patch ornament at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3; $5, $4 senior or ages 12 through 18, free younger child, includes all supplies and admission to the museum. DR. HORRIBLEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SINGALONG BLOG Valley of the Moon. 2544 E. Allen Road. 323-1331. Families enjoy a night of music and fantastical melodrama with Dr. Horrible, Captain Hammer and the OnceMore-With-Feeling shadow cast at a screening of Dr. Horribleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sing-Along Blog at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; $5, free age 7 and younger. Admission includes snacks and opportunities to explore the paths, statues and gardens. Bring a blanket or lawn chair. Visit tucsonvalleyofthemoon.org for more information. JAMES WEBB: SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF GIFTED CHILDREN Amphitheater School District, Wetmore Center. 701 W. Wetmore Road. 696-5234. A conference for parents of gifted, talented and creative children takes place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free. Author and psychologist James Webb presents the keynote speech, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Children.â&#x20AC;? Call 777-6161, or visit the event page AAGT Parent Day: Tucson Edition on Facebook for reservations. 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, Nov. 3, at 10 a.m.: Science on Screen Jr., The Time Machine, a time-travel adventure for kids; free. MADAGASCAR 3 DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center. 1100 S. Randolph Way. Madagascar 3 screens at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free. Activities begin at 4 p.m. with food, games, a jumping castle, balloon twisters, arts and crafts, exhibits by nonprofits and music by vocalist Barbara Harris and her band. Visit saaca.org. MOCA NEXT LOUNGE MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. High school students with valid ID can hang out, draw, watch art videos or get help with homework from artists and mentors with a wide range of expertise, from 2 to 5 p.m., on selected Wednesdays; free. Fall dates are Nov. 7, 14 and 28. NATURE STORIES AT AGUA CALIENTE PARK Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road. 877-6000. A story-reading and craft activity about the natural world take place from 11 a.m. to noon, Friday, Nov. 2; free. Reservations are not required. Call 6157855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information. Pima County Natural Resources and the Tucson Audubon Society co-sponsor the event. OPEN HOUSE FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS Salpointe High School. 1545 E. Copper St. 327-6581. Students in or entering sixth, seventh or eighth grade and their parents are invited to attend faculty-led sessions, meet current students, hear performances by student musical and choral groups, and learn about college counseling, advanced placement, financial aid, athletics and more from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4. Email mgossman@salpoint.org for more information. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;POWER OF PLAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; OPEN HOUSE FOR K THROUGH 5 Green Fields Country Day School. 6000 N. Camino de la Tierra. 297-2288. Age-appropriate physical activities, arts, music, computers and chickens are featured at an open house for students of kindergarten through 5th grade, and their families and friends, from 1 to 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4; free. PROCESSION OF LITTLE ANGELS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES Armory Park. 220 S. Sixth Ave. 791-4865. The Procession of Little Angels and its finale with Stories
That Soar get under way at 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free. Earlier in the day, children are encouraged to participate in the altar- and site-construction that begins at noon, and workshops that begin at 3 p.m. Workshops include wing-making, makeup, hooping with Orbital Evolution, and circus skills with Tucson Circus Arts. Stories That Soar perform childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stories of life, loss and celebration at 5 p.m. Following the parade and finale, a soul-poetry spoken-word event takes place from 7:30 to 11 p.m. An altars vigil continues until 10 p.m. Visit allsoulsprocession.org for more information.
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RUNAWAY CHILDRENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CANDLELIGHT WALK Christ Presbyterian Church. 6565 E. Broadway Blvd. 886-5535. In recognition of Runaway Children Awareness Month, family and friends are invited to walk a length of Broadway Boulevard. in remembrance of missing children, at 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free. Participants have an opportunity to share stories following the walk. SAFE HALLOWEEN, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS AND ALL SOULS Dunbar Cultural Center. 325 W. Second St. 791-7795. Safer than masks, especially for children, professional face-painting, body-art, glitter tattoos and henna are provided by Barbea Williams and members of her Performing Arts Company, by appointment, daily, through Sunday, Nov. 11; by donation. Costume rental also is available. Call 628-7785 for an appointment. Proceeds benefit the company. SAHUARO HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE ARTS DEPARTMENT Sahuaro High School Little Theater. 545 N. Camino Seco. 731-7100. Almost, Maine, a romantic comedy, opens Thursday, Nov. 1, and continues through Friday, Nov. 9. Showtime is 7 p.m., Thursday and Friday; $8. SAINTS PETER AND PAUL SCHOOLS FUN DAY CARNIVAL Saints Peter and Paul Church. 1500 N. Campbell Ave. Games, prizes, silent and live auctions, beer and wine gardens, live music, entertainment, a 26-foot rock wall, laser tag, an Orbitron, human tumble wheels, archery and food are featured from noon to 10 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free admission.
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SCOUTING FOR THE CURE Hacienda-Girl Scout Enclave. 3101 N. Sabino Canyon Road near Tanque Verde Wash. Girl Scouts and their families go pink for a cure from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free. Activities include creating survivor pillows, making reminder-bead necklaces, decorating bookmarks, breast-health bingo and more. TSO JUST FOR KIDS Tucson Symphony Center. 2175 N. Sixth Ave. 8828585. The TSO String Quartet presents two performances of Princesses, Superheroes and Pirates: Oh My!, wherein the audience saves the day, at 10 a.m. and 11:15 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, at Tucson Symphony Center, 2175 N. Sixth Ave; $3. Children are encouraged to wear costumes. Visit tucsonsymphony.org for more information. The TSO Woodwind Quintet performs Carnival of the Animals at 10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Oro Valley Town Hall Council Chambers, 11000 N. La CaĂąada Drive; free. Children are encouraged to dress as their favorite animals. Call 797-3959, or visit saaca. org for more information. TUCSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RIVER OF WORDS YOUTH POETRY AND ART TRAVELING EXHIBIT Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. An exhibit of childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poetry and art expressing their understanding of watersheds opens Friday, Nov. 2, and continues through Thursday, Nov. 29; free. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday. Call 615-7855, or e-mail eeducation@ pima.gov for more information. WEEKEND MATH TUTORING Math tutoring for TUSD students in grades 3 through 12 takes place from 10 a.m. to noon, most Saturdays, through May 11, at Roberts-Naylor K-8 School, 1701 S. Columbus Blvd.; free. Visit tusd1.org/math. YOUTH BOULDERING COMPETITION The BLOC Climbing and Fitness. 8975 E. Tanque Verde Road. 882-5924. American Bouldering Series 14 Youth rock-climbers compete to qualify for region championships or higher competitions, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and a climbing and fitness competition open to the pub-
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lic takes place from 3 to 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free spectator. Call for registration information. YOUTH ULTIMATE FRISBEE LEAGUE Vista del Prado Park. 6800 E. Stella Road. 791-5930. Tucson Ultimate launches the city’s first youth league, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7 and 14; free. Email mickelsp@gmail.com, or visit tucsonultimate.com to register and for more information.
UPCOMING ALL TOGETHER THEATRE Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Delia and the Mud People opens Sunday, Nov. 11, and continues through Feb. 3, 2013. Showtime is 1 p.m., every Sunday; $5 to $8. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for reservations and more info. CHADD EASTSIDE PARENTS SUPPORT GROUP St. Cyril of Alexandria Catholic Parish and School. 4725 E. Pima St. 795-1633. Parents of children diagnosed as AD/HD share experiences and strategies, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8; free. FALL FAMILY FUN FEST Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Families celebrate the harvest season with games, activities, storytime and trying out modern homesteading skills, from 2 to 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 11; $13, $4 age 4 through 12, free younger child, $12 student, senior and military personnel includes admission to the gardens. Visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information. HOT-AIR BALLOON GLOW FESTIVAL Tubac Golf Resort and Spa. 1 Otero Road. Tubac. 3982211. Kids’ activities, tethered balloon rides, food vendors and music are featured from 4 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10; $10, $4 age 12 and younger. VIP tickets include a buffet dinner, a private cash bar and VIP parking; $48. VIP reservations are required; call 398-3531 for reservations. MOCA NEXT/PLAYTIME MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. Kids of all ages learn through play in an inter-generational, interactive
environment at 10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 10; $10, free member or child age 17 or younger. Adults learn about art and art history; kids experience art as participants and practitioners. OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Calvary Chapel Tucson. 8711 E. Speedway Blvd. 5739933. Shoeboxes of toys and school supplies for child victims of overseas conflicts and natural disasters are collected from Monday, Nov. 12, through Monday, Nov. 19. Visit samaritanspurse.org/occ to learn how to pack a shoebox, find a list of times and places to drop it off, and get more information. PUPPETS AMONGUS Puppets Amongus Playhouse. 657 W. St. Mary’s Road. 444-5538. Puppets Amongus Playhouse celebrates its grand opening with Hatters Hollow, an adventure down the rabbit hole with the Mad Hatter and friends, at 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 10 and 11; $8, $6 kids. Puppet crafts and a family dance party follow the show. Ticket sales start at 3:30 p.m. Visit puppetsamongus.com for more information. SIERRA CLUB INNER CITY OUTINGS SEIU Meeting Room. 1600 N. Tucson Blvd., No. 100. 884-8100. Inner City Outings chair Judy Rubin discusses how an outreach program provides outdoor opportunities to those who would not otherwise have them; from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8; free.
ANNOUNCEMENTS BOOKWORM CLUB Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Families enjoy storytime and a related hands-on activity in the Children’s Discovery Garden, from 10 to 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; $13, $4 age 4 through 12, free younger child, $12 student, senior and military personnel includes admission to the gardens. Visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information. CRAFTY READERS Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Children ages 6 to 8 listen to and discuss a picture book and then create a related craft from 4 to 5 p.m., the first Thursday of every month; free. PFLAG TUCSON Ward 6 City Council Office. 3202 E. First St. 7914601. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and
Gays meets from 7 to 9 p.m., the first Wednesday of every month. The group provides support, education and advocacy on behalf of the LGBT community. Anyone needing help should call the hotline at 360-3795, or email pflagtuc@pflagtucson.org. Visit pflagtucson.org for resources on coping and helping. PICTURE THIS: ART FOR FAMILIES Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Families with kids ages 6 through 12 take a guided tour of a current exhibit at 1 p.m., the first Sunday of every month; free. An art project follows. TEENZONE MOVIE AND POPCORN Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 229-5300. Teens enjoy eating popcorn and sitting in loungers to watch a movie from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., the first Saturday of every month; free. Beverages and other snacks are available in vending machines.
OUTDOORS EVENTS THIS WEEK BICYCLE CAMPING 101 BICAS. 44 W. Sixth St. 628-7950. Experienced bicycle campers are invited to share their experiences and tips with beginners, and BICAS staff provide information about a bike-camping opportunity being organized for the spring of 2013, from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1 and 8; $10 suggested donation, but no one is turned away for lack of funds. Email bicas@bicas.org with “Bike Camping” in the subject line for reservations. BIKE TO BEER Borderlands Brewing Company. 119 E. Toole Ave. 2618773. A 4-mile, noncompetitive bike ride through the Jefferson Park, El Cortez Heights, Northwest, Feldman’s and West University neighborhoods showcases grassroots urban agriculture, water-harvesting and traffic calming, starts at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, and concludes at Borderlands Brewing Company; free. SABINO CANYON FALL HIKE Sabino Canyon Visitors’ Center. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 749-8700. A difficult hike on Blacketts’ Ridge Trail begins at 8:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 2; free. The hike is 3 to 4 hours over 6.2 miles with a 1700-foot elevation gain. Children younger than 18 must be
accompanied by an adult. Call 429-4492 for reservations and more information. Visit sabinonaturalists.org for information about other, regularly scheduled Sabino Canyon hikes. TUCSON AUDUBON BIRD WALK Sweetwater Wetlands. 2667 W. Sweetwater Drive. 7914331. Easy walking, good birds and pleasant company are promised on a two-hour walk through the wetlands and along the river easement at 6:30 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 6; and 7:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 10; free. Call 629-0510, ext. 7011, for reservations and more info. TUCSON AUDUBON SABINO CANYON BIRD WALK Sabino Canyon Visitors’ Center. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 749-8700. Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists lead a walk around a 4-mile loop that includes both Sonoran desert uplands and the riparian area of Sabino Creek along rocky and uneven trails, starting at 8 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free walk, $5 parking for anyone without a pass. Reservations are required; email jhhenge@ yahoo.com to reserve a spot. TUCSON MOUNTAIN PARK BIRDING WALK Tucson Mountain Park. 2020 N. Kinney Road. 8776000. Canyon towhees, rufous-winged sparrows, Gila woodpeckers and other birds of the desert Southwest may be found on this guided walk for ages 12 and older from 8 to 10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free. Call 6157855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for reservations.
OUT OF TOWN ORACLE STATE PARK 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. Activities include bird walks, plant walks, guided hikes and tours of the historic Kannally ranch house. The Kannally Ranch hike begins at 7:15 a.m.; call 9091529 for reservations and more information. Workshops teach basket-making with native grass, paper-making with local plants and nature-journal making. Most activities are free with park admission. The park is open Wednesday through Friday to school groups with reservations. Visit friendsosp.org for a schedule of activities. PATAGONIA LAKE STATE PARK Patagonia Lake State Park. 400 Patagonia Lake Road. Patagonia. (520) 287-6965. Visitor center hours are 8
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a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. Avian tours take place on the pontoon boats at 9 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., daily. Pontoon boats depart for the Lake Discovery Tour to the west end of the lake at 11:30 a.m., daily. A twilight pontoon tour takes place just before dark on Saturdays. Each boat trip is $5. Bird walks are held every Monday and Friday at 9 a.m.; walks are about three hours long; free. Park entrance fees are $10 vehicle, $17 non-electric camping sites, $25 electric sites. Visit azstateparks.com for more information.
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HIKE TO ROMERO POOLS Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists lead a strenuous hike from the trailhead at the east end of the main paved road into Catalina State Park to Romero Pools, at 8:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 9. The hike is 3 to 4 hours over 6 miles with a 1,000-foot elevation gain. Children younger than 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Meet in the parking lot of Home Depot, 10855 N. Oracle Road. Call 429-4492 for reservations and more information. Visit sabinonaturalists.org for information.
DĂ?A DE LOS MUERTOS St. Philipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. The community is invited to contribute to an ofrenda being assembled for an All Soulsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Day memorial service at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2. Ofrendas are shrines to the dead, usually depicting them in a whimsical light and often including candles, poems, notes, art work, memorabilia, sugar skulls and other sweets and breads. Contributions to the ofrenda may be placed from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Call or email stella.lopez@stphilipstucson.org.
KENTUCKY CAMP OPEN HOUSE An open house of this historic mining headquarters with several rehabilitated adobe structures and interpretive displays, features guided tours, gold-panning and adobe brick-making from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10; free. Guests are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch, and grills are available. To reach Kentucky camp from Tucson, take Interstate 10 to State Route 83; drive about 20 miles south to Gardner Canyon Road; turn west and follow the signs. Call 323-0358, or visit kentuckycamp.org for more information. TUCSON AUDUBONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S REID PARK RAMBLE Reid Park. Broadway Boulevard and Alvernon Way. Look for migrating waterfowl, raptors, warblers, woodpeckers and bluebirds on an easy two-hour walk at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13; free. Meet at the bus-stop kiosk in front of the Edith Ball Adaptive Pool, which is the large white structure across from the zoo entrance. Call 5781830 for more information.
ANNOUNCEMENTS SABINO CANYON STAR PARTY Sabino Canyon. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 7498700. The UA Astronomy Club operates several tele-
JESUS FOR PRESIDENT Southside Presbyterian Church. 317 W. 23rd St. 6236857. Brandon Wert leads a series of discussions based on the book Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals, at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 5. Bring a copy of the book. Call for more information.
UPCOMING CLEARING AND ENHANCING SPACES WITH LOCAL FLOWER ESSENCES Desert Rose Homeopatics and Herbals. 3065 N. Campbell Ave. 881-2534. Learn about properties attributed to a wide range of flower essences, from 6 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8; free. DIWALI FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS Govindaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Natural Foods Buffet and Boutique. 711 E. Blacklidge Drive. 792-0630. Diwali is celebrated with live music, Indian dancing, fire jugglers, temple ceremonies and kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activities from 6 to 9 p.m., Monday, Nov. 12; free. A free vegetarian meal is served to guests at 9 p.m. KIRTAN CHANT FEST Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation. 3182 N. Swan Road. 299-4545. Cynthia Scherer plays harmonium and
Steve Bross plays tabla for an evening of kirtan chanting, at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10; $12. Call 390-9161. RADICAL CHRISTIAN LIVING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE Grace St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church. 2331 E. Adams St. 327-6857. Sister Joan Chittister conducts a webcast about linking the spiritual life with social action, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9; and 9 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 10; $25. TUCSON IANDS EXPERIENCE SHARING (TIES) Unity of Tucson. 3617 N. Camino Blanco. 577-3300. Author, family physician and hospice doctor Pam Kircher discusses the near-death experience she had at age 6, at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8; $5. Call 3952365 for more information.
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Tour de Tucson, takes place Sunday, Nov. 4; $35, $25 members of the Greater Arizona Bicycling Association. Check-in and onsite registration are from 7 to 9 a.m., in the Walgreens parking lot on the northeast corner of River and Craycroft roads. Riders start as soon as they check in. Visit bikegaba.com to register. UA MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BASKETBALL UA McKale Memorial Center. 1721 E. Enke Drive. UA plays Chico State at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 6; $20 to $115. Visit arizonawildcats.com/sports for tickets. UA WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S VOLLEYBALL UA McKale Memorial Center. 1721 E. Enke Drive. Tickets are $7 to $12. Visit arizonawildcats.com for more information. Friday, Nov. 2, at 8 p.m.: UCLA. Sunday, Nov. 4, at noon: USC.
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WISE WOMEN DRUMMING Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 7481551. Mature women meet to drum and sing from 1 to 3 p.m., the first and third Saturday every month; free. Drums are available. Call 797-9323 for information.
SPORTS EVENTS THIS WEEK AZ BLISTER WAKA KICKBALL Joaquin Murrieta Park. 1400 N. Silverbell Road. 7914752. The fall season continues every Thursday through Nov. 29. Three games take place each week, starting at 6:30 p.m. A playoff tournament and end-of-season party take place Saturday, Dec. 8. Visit kickball.com. BREATHING TECHNIQUES FOR ATHLETIC SUCCESS Fleet Feet. 7301 E. Tanque Verde Road. 886-7800. Robert Litman, a competitive swimmer and athlete, and a professional in the fields of movement, breathing and anatomy, offers a free clinic on breath fitness training, from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1; free with RSVP. Call or email pete@fleetfeettucson.com. SILVERBELL CENTURY Silverbell Century, offering three rides of 30 to 100 miles along a portion of the route designated for El
EVERYONE RUNS TMC HALF MARATHON, 5K AND KIDSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; FUN RUN Sabino High School. 5000 N. Bowes Road. 584-7700. A half marathon, a 5k and a kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fun run start at 7:15 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 11; $30 to $65. Registrants get a Mexican breakfast, Robeks Smoothies, photos, a postrace massage and on-site child care. Call 797-7867, or visit everyoneruns.net for more information. GABA BIKE SWAP MEET An open market features everything by, for and about bikes, including clothing, gear, bicycles of every description, parts for sale or trade, and experts on every aspect of cycling, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10, on Seventh Street between Fourth and Sixth avenues; free. PECAN FESTIVAL AND PECAN CLASSIC 8.5-MILE OR 3.7-MILE, AND 1.5-MILE FAMILY NUT RUN Green Valley Pecan Farm. 1625 E. Sahuarita Road. Sahuarita. (800) 327-3226. An 8.5-mile run, a 3.7mile run and a family-friendly 1.5-mile run take place at 8 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 10; $40, $15 Nut Run. Everyone gets a shirt, and all participants in the fun run get ribbons. Visit taggrun.com to register and for more information. The event kicks off the Sahuarita Pecan Festival, which celebrates the culture, cuisine and music of the Santa Cruz River Valley, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; free. Many family-oriented activities are included. Visit sahuaritapecanfestival.com for details.
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Personal Foul egendary professional football coach Vince Lombardi was a character. Through inspiration, intimidation, hard work and sheer force of will, he created a football empire in Green Bay, Wis., in the mid1960s and has become a sports icon. But was he an interesting enough character to carry a play? Or, more precisely, does his character carry the play in the rather flimsy story created by Eric Simonson, whose Lombardi is now onstage at Arizona Theatre Company? No. Lombardi is a co-production with the Cleveland Play House. The piece is well put together under Casey Stanglâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s direction, and the actors turn in admirable performances, especially Bob Ari, who plays the highly focused and demanding Lombardi. But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s little sense of conflict, of movementâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;something of import to capture our attention and sympathies. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an earnest attempt to honor a larger-than-life sports god, but instead of giving us an engaging character full of vitality, Simonson manipulates his story in such a way that Lombardi isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even really the focus. In addition, the framework within which the characters move is far from original. The play kicks off with the arrival of a young man, a writer for Look magazine, in search of material for an article, with a hope to offer insights into this man who was establishing himself as the creator of a winning dynasty. So this sets up an opportunity for himâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and, conveniently, for usâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to see firsthand The Man at work. Nick Mills, as writer Michael McCormick, pokes around and observes and interacts with Lombardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world, and he also addresses us directly, sharing his impressions, enthusiasm and, maybe, even his disappointments as he
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tries to understand Lombardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ways. So really, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s McCormickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story. But we never get to know him enough to feel for him or care much about him. Simonsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frames his account so that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sense of a story, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never enough substance to make the writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s modest journey compelling. Even though we think the subject of the play is Lombardi, we see less of the coach than youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d think. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his feisty wife, Marie, who fills us in about the life and personality of her intriguing husband as she converses with McCormick, who is a guest in the Lombardi household. We learn much about the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history and occasional misadventures in their conversations, and we do get some insight into Marieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hot-tempered husband. Although we do see a few flashbacks relating to Lombardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal and professional life, Simonson dances on the line that marks the cardinal sin of playwriting: telling, rather than showing. Actually, allowing Marie Lombardi to be a major catalyst in his tale definitely works to Simonsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advantage, because she injects some much needed life and humor into the proceedings. Marie is quite the spark plug of a character, who drinks a little too much but can give as good as she gets from her gruff and overbearing husband. DeeDee Rescher gives a devilishly humorous, if slightly over the top, reading of Marie. Sporting several of costumer Alex Jaegarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fancy outfits that scream the fashions of the mid-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s, she provides a much welcome lightness and energy. The transplanted New Yorker had to get an atlas to locate Green Bay, but has gamely followed her husband to the tiny town and the realm over which he reigns, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;frozen tundraâ&#x20AC;? of Lambeau Field. (Lombardi snarls that he hates that term. Why? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s redundant.â&#x20AC;?)
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Bob Ari in Lombardi. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s admirable that Simonson wishes to present a full rendering of Lombardi. The play is based on the book When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi by David Maraniss. There was a complicated man behind the loud, brash, hard-driving and uncompromising coach, and Simonson does try to show us the many facets of this man, who could berate a slacker unmercifully and just as convincingly encourage and inspire an unfortunate underperformer with genuine full-heartedness, conviction and care. We also learn of Lombardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deep commitment to Catholicism, a conviction that led him to consider becoming a priest. But he decided that football was his real passion. Simonson partially manipulates the revelation of some of Lombardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s qualities by his inclusion of three of Lombardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s storied players: Paul Hornung (Branton Box), Dave Robinson (William Oliver Watkins), and Jim Taylor (David Hardie). In particular, we learn of Lombardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anti-racist convictions, insisting that when his players were on the road, the hotels and restaurants they patronized were not segregated. But the characters are not welldeveloped and the scenes themselves are bland and dramatically pointless. Ari brings Lombardi to life successfully. We see a driven man who has little issue with ruling his team with a clenched fist and unforgiving force. But at the same time he is a thoughtful, even at times humble man, and one who can be apologetic if he goes too far. Ari
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gives us a believable and multilayered man of passion and honor. Michael Schweikardt has created a terrific set, which has stadium lights and a scoreboard, and includes a screen on which are projected the grid lines of a football field. But when other images are projected, those grid lines remain in ghostlike shadow, a subtle suggestion of the power of football over all aspects of the world we see created onstage. From time to time there is also actual footage of Packers games. Lighting designers Lap Chi Chu and T. Greg Squires also contribute very successfully to the visual power of the show. No, the production is not the problem here. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a weak script which teases us with a promise of delivering an energetic story about a storied figure, but instead leaves us unattached and disengaged.
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A classic by Agnes de Mille makes its apparent Arizona debut in Ballet Tucson’s ‘Season Opener’
Impeccable Dance Pedigree he great choreographer Agnes de Mille was in a wheelchair when she went to Ohio in the 1970s to set her “Three Virgins and a Devil” on the Cleveland Ballet. “She’d had a stroke, but mentally, she was as sharp as a tack,” says Mary Beth Cabana, who danced the part of the Lustful Virgin under de Mille’s direction. “She was a taskmaster of the old school. But when you’re working with a legendary figure, you’re respectful and reverent. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to work with her.” Cabana has now brought “Three Virgins and a Devil” to Ballet Tucson, where she is artistic director. “To my knowledge, it’s never been done in Arizona before,” she says. The 1934 comic ballet, about a canny demon who tries to lure three young would-be nuns into hell, was inspired by a 14th-century tale by Boccaccio. “It’s fantastic, delightful and really funny,” Cabana says. And with a horned devil—a staple of Halloween and the Day of the Dead—the half-hour dance is “seasonally appropriate” for the company’s annual fall concert. Cabana is not the only one involved with the production to have benefited from de Mille’s sharp eye. Artistic associate John Gardner “had a chance to work with Agnes also,” Cabana says, when he danced the part of the Youth— the handsome young man the Devil proffers to the Lustful Virgin—at American Ballet Theatre in the late 1980s. (De Mille died in 1993.) Gardner and Amanda McKerrow, his fellow artistic associate and ABT veteran, set the work on the Ballet Tucson dancers. (McKerrow also recently staged it at Alabama Ballet.) “John and Amanda have done a fantastic job restaging it,” Cabana says. Just last week, a rep from de Mille Productions came out “to make sure everything was accurate and to put on the finishing touches.” De Mille’s movements are “difficult,” says Cabana, who also danced the Cowgirl under de Mille’s direction in her famous “Rodeo.” “She has trademark hand positions and ports de bras. You can always tell a de Mille piece. Our dancers had to learn a new style of movement.” The dance’s five parts are double-cast, with the two casts alternating in the five concerts this weekend. For the opening-night gala, Derek Lauer is the Devil, and Daniel Salvador is the Youth. Deanna Doncsecz dances the Priggish Virgin—the plum role de Mille danced herself when the work had its ABT debut. Jonelle Camp plays the Greedy Virgin, and Hadley Jalbert the Lustful Virgin. Daniel Precup dances the Devil in the alternate cast. They’ll perform to recorded
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music by Ottorino Respighi. Bolstering the production’s n’s impeccable pedigree, the company rented costumes ostumes from ABT, which still occasionally dances ces the work. Ballet Tucson also invested in a new ew set. Joe McGrath and Sonora Theatre Works created a cave entrance—the mouth of hell—on l—on one side of the stage, and its opposite number, umber, a convent, on the other. The historic re-creation of “Three Virgins and a Devil” will be the highlight hlight of the concerts, but the company is dancing ancing two other pieces as well, each reprepresenting different strains of ballet. A revival of “Esmeralda and the Hunchback” opens the show. A work by independent choreographer Mark rk Schneider, it was first performed by the company in 2009. “Mark has a neoclassical style, very distinctive,” Cabana says. A half-hour dance distillation tion of Victor Hugo’s massive 1831 novel, The Hunchback nchback of NotreDame, the ballet tells of a beautiful autiful gypsy woman (Jenna Johnson), and the men en who love her—or just lust after her. Precup dances nces the hunchback, Quasimodo; Stuart Lauer is Frollo, “the tormented archdeacon who is obsessed with Esmeralda,” Cabana says; and Benjamin Tucker plays the dashing young Captain Phoebus. Dozens of gypsies, jesters and orphans— danced by the company corps, and the children and teens in the Ballet Arts school—will cavort in a set evoking the plaza of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. The final work on the program, “Raymonda Variations,” is a classical ballet straight out of old Russia, danced in traditional costumes. “It’s always nice to have a tutu ballet in the season opener,” Cabana says. Choreographed by the famed Marius Petipa, the full three-act ballet “Raymonda” premiered in St. Petersburg in 1898. Set to the lush music of Alexander Glazunov, the ballet tells the tale of a young couple whose betrothal is temporarily endangered by an aggressive rival for the woman’s hand. Ballet Tucson will stage only a 22-minute excerpt. “Raymonda Variations” is drawn from Act III, when all ends happily in a joyful wedding scene, followed by divertissement dances. The bride, Raymonda, is danced by Johnson; Stuart Lauer is her beloved, Jean de Brienne. “It’s very energetic, rousing and lively,” Cabana says. “There’s a corps of 10 dancers, and a principal couple and two soloist cou-
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ASZURE BARTON AND ARTISTS UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. Unpredictable choreography characterizes programs by this ensemble of athletic and dramatic dancers at 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; $15 to $45. Call 621-3341, or visit uapresents.org for tickets and more information. BALLET TUCSON UA Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. 1737 E. University Blvd. 621-4698. A program comprising Esmeralda and the Hunchback, Agnes de Mille’s Three Virgins and a Devil and Raymonda Variations opens with a gala at 6:30 p.m. and a performance at 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2; $30, $100 VIP gala and performance, $75 gala only. Other performances are at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; and 1 and 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4; $30. Visit ballettucson.org for tickets and more information. ERNTEDANKFEST (HARVEST DANCE) Fraternal Order of Police Lodge. 3445 N. Dodge Blvd. 795-2101. A Western barbecue dinner and music for dancing by Ken Novak highlight a party hosted by the German-American Club of Tucson, from 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; $8, $6 member. RSVP is requested to 546-6663.
MUSIC EVENTS THIS WEEK 17TH STREET MUSIC 17th Street Music. 810 E. 17th St. 624-8821, ext. 7147. Jazz guitarist Matt Mitchell performs from noon to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free. Call for more info. THE ARIZONA EARLY MUSIC SOCIETY St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Les Sirènes, featuring two sopranos with baroque cello and harpsichord, present Virtuosi Italiani: The Florid Style of Monteverdi and Handel, at 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4; $25, $22 senior, $5 student. Visit azearlymusic.org for more information. ARIZONA FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC Leo Rich Theater. 260 S. Church Ave. 791-4101. Tickets are $30. Call 577-3769, or visit arizonachambermusic.org for reservations and more information. Sunday, Nov. 4, at 3 p.m.: pianist Behzod Abduraimov. Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m.: Moscow String Quartet.
Jenna Johnson as Esmeralda in Esmeralda and the Hunchback.
Ballet Tucson Season Opener Opening night gala: 6:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2, with the concert at 8 p.m. Regular concerts: 2 and 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; 1 and 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4 UA Stevie Eller Dance Theatre 1737 E. University Blvd. $75 to $100 opening night; $30 regular 903-1445; www.ballettucson.org
ples.” Each of the couples performs Petipa’s showstopper pas de deux. Alexandra Sermon, a dancer new to the company, partners with Kyle Petersen on one of the pas de deux. A recent graduate of Brigham Young University, she was the principal ballerina in the school’s touring company and “has a lot of experience,” Cabana says. Sermon filled a vacancy left by Megan Terry, a charismatic dancer who grew up in the Ballet Arts studio and had recently stepped up to leading roles in the professional company. She departed after last season to try her luck in San Francisco, Cabana says, and “we’re hoping Alexandra will be able to step into Megan Terry’s pointe shoes.”
BROWN-BAG OPERA Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. 2331 E. Adams St. 327-6857. The Opera Guild of Southern Arizona presents a preview of Arizona Opera’s upcoming production of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet at noon, Friday, Nov. 2; free. Local singers perform the preview. Guests are encouraged to bring a sandwich; complimentary refreshments are served. GÜNGÖR Casas Church. 10801 N. La Cholla Blvd. 297-7238. Güngör performs A Creation Liturgy at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 6; $15 to $30. Visit gungormusic.com for 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. Nov. 3: Wil Maring and Robert Bowlin. Nov. 10: Blame Sally. Nov. 17: Ted Ramirez. ROY ZIMMERMAN Southside Presbyterian Church. 317 W. 23rd St. 6236857. Roy Zimmerman sings funny songs about ignorance, war, greed, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, The Occupy movement, the Tea Party, same-sex marriage, socialism, creationism, taxes, abstinence, hope, struggle and change, at 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2; $15 or pay what you can. Ted Warmbrand opens. Email its@theriver.com for more information. TUCSON CHAMBER ARTISTS Mozart and Pärt, featuring the TCA chorus, orchestra and soloists, is performed Friday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m., at Valley Presbyterian Church, 2800 S. Camino Del Sol, Green Valley; Saturday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m., at Catalina Foothills High School, 4300 E. Sunrise Drive; and Sunday, Nov. 4, at 3 p.m., at Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams St.; $25. Call 401-2651, or visit tucsonchamberartists.org for tickets and more information.
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UA MUSIC UA School of Music. 1017 N. Olive Road. 621-1655. Concerts are free unless otherwise noted. Visit music. arizona.edu, or call 621-1162 for reservations or more information. Thursday, Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m.: UA Concert Jazz Band and Combo, Crowder Hall. Saturday, Nov. 3, at 10 a.m.: Marguerite Ough Vocal Competition for Graduate Women, Room 232. Sunday, Nov. 4, at 3 p.m.: University Community Chorus and Orchestra present Baroque Festival; $6 to $12. Sunday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m.: Collegium Musicum early music ensemble, Hoslclaw Hall. Monday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m.: Arizona Wind Quintet with Tannis Gibson, piano; $5.
OUT OF TOWN DAN FRANKLIN SMITH Tubac Center of the Arts. 9 Plaza Road. Tubac. (520) 398-2371. Piano recitalist Dan Franklin Smith performs La Vida Iberiana featuring works by Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla and Albeniz, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2; $20. Visit tubacarts.org for more information. THREE INTERNATIONAL GUITARISTS DesertView Performing Arts Center. 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. SaddleBrooke. 825-5318. The UA School of music presents guitarists Renato Serrano of Spain and Misael Barraza-Diaz of Hermosillo with Thomas Viloteau at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1; $24, $22 advance. Call or visit tickets.saddlebrooke2.com for tickets and more information.
UPCOMING ARIZONA CHORAL SOCIETY Valley Presbyterian Church. 2800 S. Camino del Sol. Green Valley. 625-5023. Selections from Broadway musicals and patriotic songs for Veterans Day are featured at 3:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 11; $15, $12 advance. Call 825-2818, or visit azchoral.org, or call 579-5331 for more information. DESERTVIEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER DesertView Performing Arts Center. 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. SaddleBrooke. 825-5318. Actress and solo singer-songwriter Jenn Grinels sings and plays guitar at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10; $24, $22 advance. Call 825-2818, or visit tickets.saddlebrooke2.com for tickets and more information. FOX TUCSON THEATRE Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Jim Brickman, pianist and vocalist, performs romantic songs at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8; $25 to $75. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for more information. GREG STARR Lutheran Church of the Foothills. 5102 N. Craycroft Road. 299-5631. Tucson composer and pianist Greg Starr performs contemporary piano selections at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 11; freewill donation. A reception with the artist follows. All proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity. Call 742-2882 for information.
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INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL Holsclaw Hall. UA School of Music, 1017 N. Olive Road. 621-1162. The festival opens with the Beeston Guitar Competition at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 11; $5. Grammy-winning duo Gergio and Odair Assad of Brazil perform at 7 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 13 and 14; $30, $25 member of the Tucson Guitar Society, $20 student. Carlos Peréz of Chile, the 2006 winner of the Juaquin Rodrigo Competition, performs at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 18; $25, $20 TGS member, $15 student. Call 342-0022, or visit tucsonguitarsociety.org for reservations and more info. JAVARITA COFFEE HOUSE Javarita Coffee House (The Good Shepherd United Church of Christ). 17750 S. La Cañada Drive. Sahuarita. 625-1375. The Silver Thread Trio performs at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9; $10 to $20. Visit thegoodshepherducc.org for more information. LISA OTEY’S BOOGIE WOOGIE BLOWOUT Lisa Otey’s Boogie Woogie Blowout features four pianists performing solo, in duets and finally with eight hands on one piano, at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9, at the Community Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Continental Road, Green Valley; $25, $20 advance, performingartscenter. org; 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10, at The Bisbee Royale, 94 Main St., Bisbee; $15; and 7 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St; $18 to $40, foxtucsontheatre.org. 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. Nov. 8: Real Tears, traditional and smooth jazz and blues.
PCC MUSIC PCC Center for the Arts. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 2066986. An interdisciplinary faculty cello recital features Theodore Bucholz presenting Music With Art: Suites for Unaccompanied Cello at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8, in the recital hall; $6. The photography of Kate Breakey, and paintings by Charles E. Burchfield are shown during the concert. TSO MASTERWORKS The Tucson Symphony Orchestra presents Exquisite Fauré, featuring the TSO Chorus, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9, at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 7575 N. Paseo del Norte; $49 via saaca.org; and at 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 9; and 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 10, at Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium, 4300 E. Sunrise Drive; $41 to $51 via tucsonsymphony.org. TUCSON RECORD SHOW Las Cazuelitas Event Center. 1365 W. Grant Road. 2060405. Dealers from throughout the Southwest sell vinyl, tapes, CDs and music memorabilia from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 11; $4. Dealer tables are $35. Call 622-0104, or email cassidycollectibles@earthlink.net for more information.
ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL FOR MUSICIANS Musicians who play bass, guitar, drums and keyboard are sought to play the score for an upcoming performance of Hedwig and the Angry Inch by The Bastard (Theatre). Applicants should be available for a flexible January and February rehearsal schedule, and a non-flexible performance schedule Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 14 through 23. Musicians will need to learn the full score, play well together, be comfortable with improvising and be willing to wear costumes of varying coverage. A contract is required, and a $500 stipend is offered. Applications are accepted only by video submissions to rumspringaandcoke@gmail.com, or via youtube. Visit hedwigtucson.com, or call 425-4163 for more information.
THEATER OPENING THIS WEEK ARIZONA REPERTORY THEATRE UA Tornabene Theatre. 1303 E. University Blvd. 6211162. Inspecting Carol, a farce about a production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, opens Sunday, Nov. 4, and continues through Sunday, Dec. 2. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., weeknights and Saturday; and 1:30 p.m., Sunday; dates may vary; $20 to $31. Call 6211162, 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. David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross opens with a preview at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1, and continues through Sunday, Nov. 18. 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. COMEDY PLAYHOUSE Comedy Playhouse. 3620 N. First Ave. 260-6442. The Lighter Side of Chekov opens Friday, Nov. 2, and continues through Saturday, Nov. 24. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $12, $10 senior or student. Call or visit thecomedyplayhouse. com for tickets or more information. FOX TUCSON THEATRE Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. The Amazing Kreskin, comedian and mentalist, performs at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1; $15 to $35. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for more information. ODYSSEY STORYTELLING Fluxx Studio and Gallery. 414 E. Ninth St. 882-0242. Six storytellers share tales from their lives based on a monthly theme at 7 p.m., the first Thursday of every month; $7. 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. PLAY-IN-A-DAY, CALL FOR ACTORS Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theater. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. A no-audition, open call for actors takes place at 9 a.m., sharp, on Saturday, Nov. 3. Rehearsals begin immediately afterward and performances take place that night in Old Pueblo Playwrights’ Play-in-aDay. Adult actors of any age or type are encouraged to participate. Pre-registration is also encouraged. Email
dlynpoet@msn.com, or call 891-3400 to register and for more information. THE ROGUE THEATRE The Rogue Theatre. 300 E. University Blvd. 551-2053. The Night Heron opens with a preview at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1, and continues through Sunday, Nov. 18. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17; and 2 p.m., Sunday. Tickets are $30. Visit theroguetheatre.org for tickets and more information.
CONTINUING ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Lombardi, about a week in the life of coach Vince Lombardi, continues through Saturday, Nov. 10; $31.50 to $72.50. Showtimes vary. Call or visit arizonatheatre. org for tickets or more information. 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. LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels continues through Sunday, Nov. 18. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $18, $16 senior, military or student. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for tickets and more information.
OUT OF TOWN SANTA CRUZ SHOESTRING PLAYERS Community Performing Arts Center. 1250 W. Continental Road. Green Valley. 399-1750. Moliére’s The Miser, directed by Susan Voorhees, closes Saturday, Nov. 3. Showtimes are 2 p.m., Thursday, and 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday; $15, $12 advance. Call for tickets or more information.
UPCOMING ART INSTITUTE OF TUCSON Art Institute of Tucson. 5099 E. Grant Road. 318-2700. Mostly Magic, an exhibit of paintings by Al Tucci, former director of the UA School of Theatre Arts, opens with a reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9, and continues through Friday, Jan. 11. Hours are from 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. BEOWULF ALLEY THEATRE COMPANY Beowulf Alley Theatre Company. 11 S. Sixth Ave. 882-0555. A staged reading of 8, a new Dustin Lance Black play that interprets the federal trial to overturn California’s Prop. 8 prohibiting same-sex marriage, takes place at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8; $20. Proceeds benefit the American Foundation for Equal Rights and its federal lawsuit for marriage equality. Visit beowulfalley.org for tickets; visit 8theplay.com for more information about the play. MURDER MAYHEM Hotel Congress. 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848. Who Killed Santa Claus?, an interactive holiday murder mystery, is staged at brunch at 11 a.m., and at dinner at 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 11; $50 includes brunch or dinner by the Cup Café chefs. Menus feature seasonal specialties. Visit hotelcongress.com for reservations and menus. NOT BURNT OUT JUST UNSCREWED PCC Proscenium Theatre. Pima Community College West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6986. To celebrate the company’s 10th anniversary, a reunion show featuring former cast members is staged at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10; $20. Proceeds benefit the formation of the Unscrewed Improv Theater and Training Center. Call 861-2986, or visit unscrewedcomedy.com for tickets and more information. PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE THEATRE ARTS PCC Center for the Arts. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 2066986. Wait Until Dark opens Thursday, Nov. 8, and continues through Sunday, Nov. 18, in the Black Box Theatre. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $15. ASL interpreters are provided for the 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 15, performance. Discounts are available for all shows. Call or visit pima.edu/cfa for tickets and more information.
PERFORMING ARTS ‘Awáa,’ a multimedia dance work choreographed by Aszure Barton, will have its U.S. premiere at Centennial Hall
Nonstop Movement BY MARGARET REGAN, mregan@tucsonweekly.com ast spring, when choreographer Aszure Barton was at the Banff Centre for the arts in the Canadian Rockies, she had a strange dream. As she slept, she saw a dancer submerged under water—in a rocking chair. “It was bizarre,” she said cheerfully by phone last week from Vancouver, where her troupe, Aszure Barton and Artists, was performing. “I said, maybe this is a sign.” Working with a videographer and her adventurous dancers, Barton brought her dream images into the dance she was making. Several dancers took the rocking chair role, consenting to be filmed underwater. They managed to breathe, she said with a laugh, and, even more important, not to freeze, no small consideration given Banff ’s elevation of 4,800 feet. Their video images are projected throughout Awáa, an evening-length dance work that debuted in June at the Canada Dance Festival and has since toured Australia. Tucsonans will get a chance to see Awáa this Saturday night, when the multimedia work makes its U.S. premiere at Centennial Hall. Seven dancers will perform the 70-minute piece to specially commissioned music. Two composers, Canadian Curtis Macdonald and Russian composer/violist Lev Zhurbin, put together a score that combines seemingly disparate elements. Traditional musical notes created by percussion and strings are mixed with the sounds of water and ice recorded in the surrounding mountains. “The two composers are such polar opposites, but they’re well balanced,” she said. In fact, the piece is all about opposites. “It celebrates polarity, yin and yang.” The music may be percussive, but the movements are curving and fluid. And while the theme is partly Mother Earth and the Feminine, Barton leaves the dancing to six men and just one woman. “It celebrates the spirit and physicality,” she said. The dancers are “the soul of the work, each with a distinct personality.” And with an hour and 10 minutes of nonstop movement, “they dance their asses off.” The peripatetic Barton, just 37 years old, is much in demand as an independent choreographer. She completed an extraordinary number of commissions in the past year, and those seven works were for institutions as different as the high-mountain Banff, the Houston Ballet and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. “It was crazy, insanity,” she said. “But I
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survived. I feel lucky. I love it very much.” Her work has been described alternately as elegant and clowning, graceful and bizarre. Dance magazine went so far as to call her dances a “three-ring circus … witty and impetuously wild.” Can they possibly be all of these things at one and the same time? “Hopefully!” Barton said. Her eclectic creations reflect not only her broad training, but also an unusually creative childhood. Her father and sisters are listed a nominal troupe members on her website, in honor of the joyful dancing they did together as a family back in Edmonton, Alberta. “I’m the baby. I grew up following my two older sisters,” she said. “They danced and I followed in their footsteps.” Her mother loved ballet and her father “was a natural. He always danced with us. Stood us up on his feet.” He even performed with Aszure Barton and Dancers this year in Banff. Barton did tap as a little kid, and eventually studied ballet and jazz. And before she went off to Toronto at 14 to study at the selective National Ballet School, she was a track and field star, excelling at the high jump. At 16, she studied ballet at the highly regarded John Cranko School in Germany. When she went pro, she first danced ballet with the National Ballet of Canada, then jazz with Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal. After that, it
was off to New York to dance cutting-edge contemporary with the Wendy Osserman Dance Company. Yet during all those years, she was creating her own dances. First she and her sisters made up dances on their own, but Barton started choreographing formally “at school, at 15,” she said. By 2002, she was ready to start her own troupe, and immediately began attracting notice. When Mikhail Baryshnikov sought an artist in residence for his new Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York in 2005, he didn’t have far to look. “I was the first artist … in the new space,” she said. “I had 13 young artists from Juilliard and two or three weeks to develop a new piece. There were no other obligations. I was told, ‘Here’s a space, here are the dancers, have fun.” The dancers invited an acting company performing in one of the center’s theaters to watch their work, and the play’s director, Scott Elliott, came along. He was then planning a revival of Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera for Broadway. “They came, and Scott Elliot said to me on the spot, ‘I love what you do. Would you want to choreograph the Broadway show?’ It was a New York moment,” Barton said. With the dances she created for Threepenny, Barton made her choreographic Broadway debut in 2006, at the age of 31. Barton runs her company as a pickup troupe,
Aszure Barton and Artists 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3 UA Centennial Hall 1020 E. University Blvd. $25 to $45 general; $15 to $45 UA students, faculty and staff; discounts for seniors, military and groups. 621-3341; www.uapresents.org
a setup that allows her time for her choreography commissions and gives the dancers the leeway to work in other companies. She’s got a strong contingent of Juilliard grads among the seven dancers in Awáa; among them, they’ve worked with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Hell’s Kitchen Dance, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal and others. But Barton has worked with most of the dancers on and off for years. Lara Barclay “went to school with me 20 years ago at the National Ballet. We had been wanting to get back together and team up. William Briscoe has been working with me for 10 years, since my first and second year in New York.” Barton still dances occasionally, but she doesn’t perform in Awáa. “In new work I tend to shy away from dancing. I’m better at choreography. I’m in my element.” NOVEMBER 1 - 7, 2012
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OPENING THIS WEEK CONRAD WILDE GALLERY Conrad Wilde Gallery. 439 N. Sixth Ave., Suite 195. 622-8997. Tucson Modernism Week: Revisions, featuring the work of James Gasowski and Tim Mosman, opens with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, and continues through Saturday, Dec. 8. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA St. Francis in the Foothills. 4625 E. River Road. 2999063. A group of 130 artists who work in mixed media meet from 9:30 a.m. to noon, the first Friday, every month; free. Nov. 2: Francheskaa Clark, painter and art teacher, discusses design and composition; a workshop follows. Email carolchambers@q.com for more info. CONTRERAS GALLERY Contreras Gallery. 110 E. Sixth St. 398-6557. The End of Days?, an exhibit of works by artist and muralist David Tineo, opens with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, and continues through Saturday, Nov. 24. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. ETHERTON GALLERY Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. An exhibit of photographs by John Loengard, Ralph Gibson and Harry Callahan opens Saturday, Nov. 3, and continues through Saturday, Jan. 5. A reception takes place from 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and by appointment; free. Visit ethertongallery.com. JCC SCULPTURE GARDEN EXHIBITION Jewish Community Center. 3800 E. River Road. 2993000. An exhibit of sculpture curated by David Hoyt Johnson, deputy director of the Pima Arts Council, and representing more than a dozen artists from Tucson and across the county, opens with a reception from 1 to 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4; free. JOEL D. VALDEZ MAIN LIBRARY Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Exhibits of Mel Dominguez’s paintings, the Quilters’ Guild Quilt Show and Thomas McDonnell’s mixed-media works open Thursday, Nov. 1, and continue through Friday, Nov. 30. An artists’ reception takes place from 6 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7; free. Models That Tell a Story: The Art of Dioramas and Vignettes, an exhibit of various types of models, runs through Friday, May 31. 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 7914010, or email askalibrarian@pima.gov. KIRK-BEAR CANYON BRANCH LIBRARY Kirk-Bear Canyon Branch Library. 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road. 594-5275. My Beautiful World: The Art of Jennifer Carr opens with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4, and continues through Friday, Nov. 30; free. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday. MADARAS GALLERY Madaras Gallery. 3001 E. Skyline Road, Suite 101. 615-3001. Tucson Homes and Gardens, an exhibit of paintings by Diana Madaras, opens Thursday, Nov. 1, and continues through Friday, Nov. 30. A calendar show and signing takes place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 25. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday; free. Visit madaras.com for more information. OLLI-UA FINE ART GALLERY University Services Annex Building. 220 W. Sixth St. 626-9039. Transforming Wilderness: Wildflower Portraiture by Roxanne Duke opens with a reception
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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.
RAICES TALLER 222 ART GALLERY AND WORKSHOP Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop. 218 E. Sixth St. 881-5335. Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead, an exhibit of personal tributes inspired by tradition, opens with a reception including a community potluck, refreshments, music and children’s activities, from 6 to 9 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2, and continues through Saturday, Nov. 17. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday, and by appointment; free.
LOUIS CARLOS BERNAL GALLERY Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery. PCC West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6942. P.O.V.: Interpreting the Human Figure continues through Friday, Dec. 7. On Wednesday, Nov. 7, a gallery talk takes place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.; a reception takes place from 5 to 7 p.m.; and exhibiting artist Bailey Doogan gives a lecture at 7 p.m. Ann Lane Hedlund, curator of ethnology at the Arizona State Museum, lectures at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14, in the Recital Hall. 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. The gallery is closed Monday, Nov. 12, for Veterans Day; and Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22 and 23, for Thanksgiving. Visit pima.edu/cfa for more information.
SONORAN GLASS ART AUCTION Sonoran Glass Art Academy. 633 W. 18th St. 8847814. Enjoy a variety of desserts and drinks; watch live glassblowing; listen to live music; and view and bid on glass-art pieces donated by artists around the country for the 11th Annual Glass Art Auction, from 5 to 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2; $30. The auction takes place from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; $50 includes bidder number, drinks, hors d’oeuvres and live music by the Rosano Brothers Virtual Quartet. Proceeds benefit youth development programs. Reservations are requested by Friday, Nov. 2. Call or visit www.sonoranglass.org for information. WEE GALLERY Wee Gallery. 439 N. Sixth Ave., No. 171. 360-6024. Big Appetites, an exhibit of new work by Mykl Wells, opens with a reception from 6 to 11 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, as part of the First Saturday Art Walk, and continues through Saturday, Nov. 24. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 11; free. WOMANKRAFT WomanKraft. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. The Holiday Bazaar opens with a reception from 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, and continues through Saturday, Dec. 22. A second reception takes place from 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1. Regular hours are 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday; free.
CONTINUING 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, continues through Thursday, Nov. 8. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. Call 628-3164, ext. 210, for more information. ATLAS FINE ART SERVICES Atlas Fine Art Services. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 622-2139. THE ORIGIN OF VISION by means of naturally descriptive line and/or the preservation of the favoured mark within the creative process, VOLUME 1: DRAWING, an exhibit of works on paper by Karine Falleni, Jerry Jacobson and Andrew Polk, continues through Saturday, Nov. 24. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and by appointment Monday and Tuesday; free. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PAVILION GALLERY UA Medical Center South Campus. 2800 E. Ajo Way. 874-2000. Meditations, a series of large-scale abstract photographic works by Tucsonan Pete Trexler, continues through Monday, Nov. 26. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 1:30 to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; free. CONTENTS INTERIORS’ INVITATIONAL ART SHOW Contents Interiors. 3401 E. Fort Lowell Road. 8816900. An exhibit including work by Monte Surret, Perdita Andrews, Karen Phillips and several others including sculptors from the Metal Arts Village continues through Friday, Nov. 16. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., daily. Visit contentsinteriors.com for more information. DESERT ARTISANS’ GALLERY Desert Artisans’ Gallery. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. Desert Hues of Autumn, an exhibit of work by local artists, continues through Sunday, Nov. 25. 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. FLORENCE QUATER GALLERY Southwest University of Visual Arts Florence Quater Gallery. 2538 N. Country Club Road. 325-0123. Michael Cajero: Black Sites, an exhibit of sculpture inspired by the treatment of prisoners detained at secret sites in foreign countries, continues through Wednesday, Nov. 21. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. Visit suva.edu. 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, continues
PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY AND STUDIO Philabaum Glass Gallery and Studio. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. The gallery celebrates the 50th anniversary of the American Studio Glass Movement with Glass Pioneers, an exhibit of works by Micheal Nourot and Cynthia Miller, continuing through Friday, Nov. 30. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. Call or visit philabaumglass.com for more info. 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. SHERATON HOTEL AND SUITES Sheraton Hotel and Suites. 5151 E. Grant Road. 3236262. Fall/Winter Fine Art Exhibit, featuring works by members of the Southern Arizona Arts Guild, continues through Sunday, April 7. The exhibit is open 24 hours, daily, on the first and second floors; free. SOUTHERN ARIZONA ARTS GUILD Miguel’s. 5900 N. Oracle Road. 887-3777. Monthly meetings at 8:30 a.m., the first Saturday of every month, feature a buffet breakfast, guest speakers, networking, socializing, promotion opportunities and critiques by qualified experts; $13, $10 member. Visit southernazartsguild.org, or call 574-6966 for more information. TEMPLE GALLERY Temple Gallery. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 624-7370. Toshi Ueshina: Photographs of the All Souls Procession continues through Tuesday, Nov. 27. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. Call 622-2823, or e-mail info@ethertongallery.com for more information. TOHONO CHUL PARK Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Horse Country: Horses in the Southwest, depicting the role of horses in Southwestern history, continues through Sunday, Jan. 20. Water: An Exploration in Prints, an exhibition of works by members of the Arizona Print Group, closes Sunday, Nov. 11. 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. 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, continues through Friday, Dec. 7. 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.
LAST CHANCE AGUA CALIENTE PARK RANCH HOUSE GALLERY Agua Caliente Park Ranch House Gallery. 12325 E. Roger Road. 749-3718. Paint Out in the Parks, an exhibit of works by the Tucson Plein Air Painters, closes Wednesday, Nov. 7. Hours are 9 to 2 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, until Thursday, Nov. 1; and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday, thereafter; free. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information. ALL SOULS PROCESSION PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION COMPETITION Studio 455. 455 N. Ferro Ave. 882-2033. An exhibit of images representing death as interpreted by many photographers closes Saturday, Nov. 3. Hours are 7 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2 and 3; free.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY Davis Dominguez Gallery. 154 E. Sixth St. 629-9759. Take Five, a group landscape-painting exhibit, closes Saturday, Nov. 3. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday; free. Call or visit davisdominguez.com for more information. THE DRAWING STUDIO The Drawing Studio. 33 S. Sixth Ave. 620-0947. Sanctuary, an exhibit of works by the Drawing Studio’s teaching artists that represents the sanctuary our community provides to refugees, and Flight: Midcentury Masters Interpret the Escape for Survival, a collection of prints by 20th-century masters highlighting the struggle of refugees fleeing violence, close Saturday, Nov. 3. The exhibits are a collaboration with the International Rescue Committee in Tucson, the Tucson Jewish Community Center and the Tucson Museum of Art. Hours are noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. MARK SUBLETTE MEDICINE MAN GALLERY Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery. 6872 E. Sunrise Drive. 722-7798. Journeys Out of the West, an exhibit of paintings by P.A. Nisbet, closes Friday, Nov. 2. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday; free. Visit medicinemangallery.com for more information. TOHONO CHUL PARK Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. The Children’s Artwork Exhibition closes Saturday, Nov. 3. 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. 3269686, ext. 10. A display of life-sized and dancing skeletons created and decorated by Tucson artists to represent the Day of the Dead along the gardens’ pathways closes Sunday, Nov. 4 Bellos Adornos, a photographic exhibit celebrating decorative traditions in MexicanAmerican homes and gardens throughout Tucson, closes Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the Education Building. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., daily; $13, $4 age 4 through 12, free younger child, $12 student, senior and military personnel. Visit tucsonbotanical.org for more info. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 7481551. Southwest Images by Deb Bagoy Skinner, a collection of multimedia work, closes Sunday, Nov. 4. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday through Friday; 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday; and by appointment on Tuesday; free.
OUT OF TOWN AN ART EXPERIENCE Tubac Village. Exit 34 on Interstate 19 south of Tucson. Tubac. Local working-artist studios, fine-arts galleries and tents with artists’ demonstrations are featured from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 3 and 4; free. BISBEE CENTRAL SCHOOL PROJECT Bisbee Central School Project. 43 Howell Ave. Bisbee. (520) 432-5347. Parallel Visions 1980 to 2012, a joint retrospective of Boyd Nicholl’s silver prints and Laurie Kintzele’s drawings, opens with an artists’ reception from 7 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, and continues through Sunday, Nov. 18. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday through Sunday; free. DOUGLAS ART GALLERY Douglas Art Gallery. 625 10th St. Douglas. (520) 3646410. Fiber works by members of the Bisbee Fiber Arts Guild are exhibited from Thursday, Nov. 1, through Friday, Nov. 30. A reception takes place from 3 to 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10. Regular hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. SOUTHWEST FIBER ARTS FESTIVAL Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. Fiber-artists and vendors offer wearable art, hand-dyed fibers, classes and demonstrations, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; $5, $2 youth age 7 to 13, free younger child. Alpacas, angora goats and rabbits are also displayed. Call or visit tubacpresidiopark. com for more information. TUBAC CENTER OF THE ARTS Tubac Center of the Arts. 9 Plaza Road. Tubac. (520) 398-2371. Temporary Meditations and Mandalas: Patterns in Nature continues through Sunday, Nov. 11. Buddhist monks paint sand mandalas daily, Monday through Saturday, Nov. 5 through 10. Dean Pielstick lectures on mandalas from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7, in a partnership with the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center; $20. Cathi Stillman gives a workshop, “Mandala-Making: Journey to the Center,” from 10 a.m to 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10; $60, $50 mem-
VENTANA MEDICAL SYSTEMS GALLERY Ventana Medical Systems Gallery. 1910 E. Innovation Park Drive, Building No. 2. Oro Valley. 887-2155. An exhibit of two-dimensional work in a range of media, representing artists who are, or are inspired by, cancer survivors, continues through Friday, Jan. 4. Hours are by appointment.
UA MUSEUM OF ART UA Museum of Art. 1031 N. Olive Road. 621-7567. Broken Desert: Land and Sea, work by Heather Green, Greg Lindquist and Chris McGinnis that explores human impact on nature, opens Thursday, Nov. 8, and continues through Sunday, March 3. In Relief: German Op-Art Ceramics opens Thursday, Nov. 8, and continues through Sunday, Jan. 27. An exhibit of drawings and prints from the UA Museum of Art’s permanent collection runs through Sunday, Jan. 6. 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.
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AGUA CALIENTE PARK RANCH HOUSE GALLERY Agua Caliente Park Ranch House Gallery. 12325 E. Roger Road. 749-3718. Desert Visions, featuring impressionistic landscapes by Phyllis Magrane, opens Friday, Nov. 9, and continues through Wednesday, Dec. 5. Saguaros on Fire, featuring photography by Greg McGown, opens Friday, Dec. 7, and runs through Wednesday, Jan. 2. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday; free. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information.
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. 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.
BRIDGE GALLERY Bridge Gallery. 5425 N. Kolb Road, No. 113. 5774537. A group show opens with artists’ receptions from 6 to 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 10 and 11, and continues through Friday, Nov. 30. Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and noon to 5 p.m., Sunday; free. Visit bridgegallery.net for more information.
CALL FOR ARTISTS Tucson Arts Brigade seeks artists to create work on 22-by-30-inch high-quality paper that will be provided. The finished works will be included in a traveling artshow fundraiser, and auctioned sometime in 2013. Artists receive promotion, plus 30 percent of the auction amount for their work. The deadline for submissions is Friday, Nov. 30. Email curator@tucsonartsbrigade.org, or visit tucsonartsbrigade.org for more guidelines and information.
ber. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and noon to 4:30 p.m., Sunday; free. TUBAC CENTER OF THE ARTS WORKSHOP Tubac Golf Resort and Spa. 1 Otero Road. Tubac. 3982211. Roberta Rogers leads a workshop, “Watercolor for Everyone,” from 9 a.m. to noon, Friday, Nov. 2 and 16; free. Call 398-2371 for more information.
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY Davis Dominguez Gallery. 154 E. Sixth St. 629-9759. An exhibit of Josh Goldberg’s abstract paintings and works on paper, and Sabino Canyon, a joint exhibit of paintings by James Cook and bronzes by Mark Rossi, open Thursday, Nov. 8, and continue through Saturday, Dec. 29. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday; free. Call or visit davisdominguez.com for more information. THE DRAWING STUDIO The Drawing Studio. 33 S. Sixth Ave. 620-0947. Small Wonders, a collection of affordable, original 2- and 3-D works, including jewelry, by faculty, associates, students and other artist friends, opens with a reception and presale from 7 to 9 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9; and a second reception from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10, then continues through Saturday, Dec. 15. Hours are noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. Sales proceeds benefit the studio’s youth, senior and scholarship programs. FALL OPEN STUDIO TOUR Nearly 200 Tucson and Pima County artists in a wide range of media open their studios to the public from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 10 and 11; free. Brochures and studio maps are provided online at tucsonpimaartscouncil.org. Call 624-0595, ext. 10. KRIKAWA JEWELRY DESIGNS Krikawa Jewelry Designs. 4280 N. Campbell Ave., No. 107. 322-6090. A juried exhibition of one-of-a-kind jewelry by Tucson jewelry artists opens with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9, and continues through Thursday, Jan. 31. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday; free. MATA ORTIZ ART AND POTTERY SALE BorderLinks. 620 S. Sixth Ave. 628-8263. Potters Jorge Quintana and Aide Gonzalez of Mata Ortiz give demonstrations at noon and 2 p.m., and their work is for sale from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 10 and 11; free. MURPHEY GALLERY Murphey Gallery. St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Inspirations by the Abstract 5 opens with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 11, and continues through Saturday, Dec. 8. Hours are 2 to 4 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday; free. TOHONO CHUL PARK Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. The Mayan Calendar opens Thursday, Nov. 8, and continues through Saturday, Feb. 9. Water: An Exploration in Prints, an exhibition of works by members of the Arizona Print Group, continues through Sunday, Nov. 11. Horse Country: Horses in the Southwest, depicting the role of horses in Southwestern history, runs through Sunday, Jan. 20. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily; $8, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with valid ID, $2 ages 5 through 12, free member or child younger than 5, includes admission to the park. Visit tohonochulpark.org for more information.
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DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9191. Portraits of DeGrazia, an exhibit of photographs and paintings of Ted DeGrazia, including works by Louise Serpa and Thomas Hart Benton, continues through Sunday, Jan. 20. Ted DeGrazia Depicts the Life of Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino: 20 Oil Paintings is on permanent display. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily; free. Call or visit degrazia.org for more information. MINI-TIME MACHINE MUSEUM OF MINIATURES Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures. 4455 E. Camp Lowell Drive. 881-0606. The exhibit No Small Parts: The Role of Scale Models in Theater Set Design continues through Sunday, Nov. 11. 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. MOCA MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. Vinjon Global Corp: Quietly Taking Over the World, featuring works by Hunter Jonakin and Jordan Vinyard, runs through Sunday, Dec. 2. Peter Young presents an artist’s talk at 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3. An exhibit of Young’s largescale abstract paintings from the 1960s to the present continues through Sunday, Jan. 13. Regular gallery 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. Barbara Rogers lectures about her work and signs her books at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8. The event includes a raffle for a Barbara Rogers painting; tickets are $25 or 5 for $100. Barbara Rogers: The Imperative of Beauty, a 50-Year Retrospective continues through Sunday, Jan. 13. The Shape of Things: Four Decades of Paintings and Sculpture continues through Sunday, Jan. 6. Henri Matisse: The Pasiphaé Series and Other Works on Paper runs through Sunday, Jan. 20. Art + the Machine runs through Sunday, July 14, 2013. 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. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free with admission. Visit tucsonmuseumofart.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 continues through Sunday, Jan. 6. In Relief: German Op-Art Ceramics, a firstever exhibit of a midcentury movement in porcelain, runs through Sunday, Jan. 27. 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. WOMEN OF FORT LOWELL Fort Lowell Park. 2900 N. Craycroft Road. A day of living history features the wives of Fort Lowell troopers, a vintage baseball game, the Fourth Cavalry Regimental Band and the Apache Scout, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3; free. Bring a blanket or chair to sit on.
OUT OF TOWN 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. WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION Western National Parks Association. 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014. Mata Ortiz pottery, Oaxacan wood carving and Zapotec rugs are displayed for sale from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2 and 3; free.
ANNOUNCEMENTS ACADIA RANCH MUSEUM AND ORACLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Oracle Historical Society and Acadia Ranch Museum. 825 Mount Lemmon Road. Oracle. 896-9609. The Oracle Historical Society preserves artifacts and proper-
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ties to educate and to encourage appreciation of the unique cultural-historical heritage of the community of Oracle and surrounding areas. Collections include the Huggett Family collection of ranching artifacts, a documents archive and many books on local history. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m., each Saturday, with extended hours for special exhibits; free, donations welcome. THE AMERIND FOUNDATION AND MUSEUM The Amerind Foundation and Museum. 2100 N. Amerind Road, Exit 318 off Interstate 10. Dragoon. (520) 586-3666. A museum of Native American archaeology, art, history and culture. Interwoven Tradition, an exhibit of textiles that changes continually, is exhibited through Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. Potters of Mata Ortiz: Inspired by the Past ... Creating Traditions for the Future and A Pottery Competition continue indefinitely. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday; $8, $7 senior, $5 age 12 to 18 and college student, free younger child. Visit amerind.org for more information. ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY DOWNTOWN MUSEUM Arizona Historical Society Downtown Museum. 140 N. Stone Ave. 770-1473. Exhibits depict early Tucson businesses and homes. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; $3, $2 senior or age 12 to 18; free younger child, 2-for-1 admission the first Tuesday of every month. Visit arizonahistoricalsociety.org for more information. ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM Arizona State Museum. 1013 E. University Blvd. 6216302. The museum features changing exhibitions and ongoing exhibits including Ancient Architecture of the Southwest, The Pottery Project and Paths of Life: American Indians of the Southwest. Online exhibitions are featured at statemuseum.arizona.edu/exhibits/online. shtml. 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. ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. A world-renowned botanical garden, zoo and natural-history museum that features a vast collection of native plants and wildlife. Walk into the lush hummingbird and mixed-species aviaries, or learn about the statuesque saguaro and other desert denizens via daily tours and bird walks. Activities for kids include a simulated fossil dig. Open every day, but hours vary by month; free child younger than 6; $13, $4.25 ages 6 to 12 from September to May; $9.50, $2.25 age 6 to 12 from June to August. Visit desertmuseum.org for info. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM TUCSON Children’s Museum Tucson. 200 S. Sixth Ave. 7929985. Ongoing exhibits include Bodyology, a healthand-wellness exhibit, and Investigation Station, a playful, participatory exhibit about science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Unique events for kids take place monthly, and daily programs enrich early-childhood education. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $8, $6 ages 2 through 18, free younger child, $2 the second Saturday of every month. Closed Easter, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Visit childrensmuseumtucson.org for more information. FORT LOWELL MUSEUM Fort Lowell Museum. 2900 N. Craycroft Road. 8853832. The museum features exhibits about military life on the Arizona frontier. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday; $3, $2 senior or age 12 to 18, free younger child or member, 2-for-1 admission the first Saturday every month. Visit arizonahistoricalsociety. org for more information. INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE MUSEUM International Wildlife Museum. 4800 W. Gates Pass Road. 629-0100. The museum highlights more than 400 species of insects, mammals and birds from around the globe. Dioramas depict wild animals in their natural settings. Videos, interactive computers and hands-on exhibits promote wildlife appreciation and conservation. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $8, $3 ages 4 to 12, free younger child or member, $6 senior, student or military. Visit thewildlifemuseum.org for 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.
LITERATURE EVENTS THIS WEEK ANTIGONE BOOKS Antigone Books. 411 N. Fourth Ave. 792-3715. Mention Tucson Weekly’s Pride issue and get a free rainbow bumper sticker and 20 percent off any one GLBT book or DVD, through Thursday, Nov. 1. Storytellers Kaitlin Meadows and Penelope Starr tell their humorous, personal stories and read their poetry at Separate Identities/ Shared Identities at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2; free.
ANNOUNCEMENTS ABBETT MYSTERY BOOK CLUB Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Branch Library. 7800 N. Schisler Drive. 594-5200. Discover and talk about new authors in a friendly atmosphere at 2 p.m., the first Tuesday of every month; free. CALL FOR WRITERS Submissions are sought for the 2013 Short Fiction Award offered by Kore Press. The winner receives a $1,000 cash prize and publication by Kore Press. Nov. 30 is the deadline for submission. Call 327-2127, or visit korepress.org for more guidelines.
ARIZONA 100: ESSENTIAL BOOKS FOR THE CENTENNIAL UA Library Special Collections. 1510 E. University Blvd. 621-6423. Inspired by the state’s centennial, Arizona 100: Essential Books for the Centennial showcases 100 books that define the cultural, historical, environmental and political landscape of Arizona, from the Spanish Colonial era to the present, through Friday, Dec. 14. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; free.
CALL FOR WRITERS The deadline is Saturday, Dec. 1, for a writing competition that offers cash prizes and scholarships to a March, 2013, workshop on the UA campus. Fiction, nonfiction and poetry entries compete for prizes of $250 to $1,000; all winners receive scholarships to a two-day workshop following the March 9 and 10, 2013, Festival of Books. Visit tucsonfestivalofbooksliteraryawards. submittable.com/submit for more info.
EL DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS UA Student Union Memorial Center. 1303 E. University Blvd. 621-7755. Luis Alberto Urrea, a member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame, reads from his latest work at 5 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1, in the lower level; free. Traditional Mexican food, entertainment and UA students’ altars for the Day of the Dead are featured starting at 4 p.m. Call 621-5137 for more information.
FIRST SATURDAY BOOK CLUB Flowing Wells Branch Library. 1730 W. Wetmore Road. 594-5225. A book club meets for coffee and conversation at 10 a.m., the first Saturday of every month; free.
JEFFERSON CARTER BOOK LAUNCH Plush. 340 E. Sixth St. 798-1298. Jefferson Carter reads new and selected poems at a launch event for his new book published by Chax Press, Get Serious, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2; free. MOCA MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. Tucson Weekly’s Jim Nintzel moderates a discussion about Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ‘72, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1; $10, $5 member, includes wine. NONFICTION BOOK DISCUSSION Mostly Books. 6208 E. Speedway Blvd. 571-0110. Erik Larson’s In the Garden of Beasts, set in 1933 Berlin, is discussed at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7; free. ST. PHILIP’S IN THE HILLS USED BOOK SALE St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. A wide variety of fiction, history, biography, cookbooks, children’s books, recent best-sellers and books about travel, philosophy, religion, art and science are for sale from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 3 and 4; free. Prices are not marked, but a freewill offering is requested. UA POETRY CENTER READING UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. Carl Phillips reads from his poetry and prose at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1; free. Visit poetry.arizona.edu for info.
UPCOMING CATHY HUFAULT Kirk-Bear Canyon Branch Library. 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road. 594-5275. The author of Death Clouds on Mount Baldy: Tucson’s Lost Tragedy presents dramatic historic photos from the rescue, at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9; free. KEN LAMBERTON: DRY RIVER Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Ken Lamberton reads and discusses his book Dry River: Stories of Life, Death and Redemption on the Santa Cruz, from 2 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10; free. MARK DE YOUNG: THE FRUIT OF TEACHING Mostly Books. 6208 E. Speedway Blvd. 571-0110. Mark De Young signs his book, The Fruit of Teaching, from 2 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10; free. TUBAC PRESIDIO STATE HISTORIC PARK Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. Talks take place at 2 p.m., Saturday; $7.50, $4.50 child age 7 through 13, free younger child, includes admission to the park. Nov. 10: Garden writer Jacqueline Soule discusses and signs her book Father Kino’s Herbs. Nov. 17: Colleen Miniuk-Sperry and Paul Gill give an illustrated presentation about their book Wild in Arizona: Photographing Arizona’s Wildflowers. Call or visit tubacpresidiopark.com for more information. UA POETRY CENTER READING UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. Lydia Millet and Shannon Cain read from their prose at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8; free. Visit poetry.arizona.edu for more information.
NONFICTION BOOK CLUB: ‘TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION’ Dusenberry River Branch Library. 5605 E. River Road. 594-5345. A book club focusing on nonfiction meets at 1:30 p.m., the first Monday of every month; free. SUMMER RESIDENCY AT THE POETRY CENTER UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. Poets and prose writers are invited to apply for a residency of two to four weeks in order to develop their work between Saturday, June 1, and Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. Two residencies will be awarded, one in poetry and one in prose. Writers stay in a guest house near the library and receive a stipend of $150 weekly. Guidelines for submissions are at poetry.arizona.edu..
LECTURES EVENTS THIS WEEK ALLEN DART: ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURES OF ARIZONA Kirk-Bear Canyon Branch Library. 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road. 594-5275. Archeologist Allen Dart of Old Pueblo Archaeology discusses the diversity of cultures in Arizona since the earliest Paleoindians, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7; free. ART NOW! CONTEMPORARY ART SINCE 1980 MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. Art historians offer differing, and occasionally opposing, perspectives on iconic works, and invite the audience to join the debate in a salon setting, at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7, 14 and 28; $15, $10 member. Wine and snacks are served. Call or visit moca-tucson.org for dates and topics. COFFEE WITH THE CURATOR Arizona State Museum. 1013 E. University Blvd. 6216302. Coffee and informal conversation are featured in the museum lobby from 3 to 3:45 p.m. on selected Wednesdays; free. Nov. 7: Laraine Daly Jones, museum collections manager at the Arizona Historical Society, discusses Spanish and Mexican weapons. Visit statemuseum.arizona.edu for more information. JACK LASSETER: APACHE TACTICS Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road. 877-6000. Jack Lasseter tells how outnumbered and outgunned Apaches managed raids against settlers, from 1 to 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4; free. Reservations are required. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for reservations and more information. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER SEMINAR SERIES Pima County Tucson Women’s Commission. 240 N. Court Ave. 624-8318. The Tucson Women’s Commission hosts free workshops from 7 to 8 p.m., on selected Thursdays. Call 881-0917 to register. Nov. 1: “Bullying and Harassment: What It Is and What You Can Do About It,” Margaret Dykinga, regional manager of Holman Frazier Behavioral Health. Nov. 8: “Intellectual Property for Women Artists and Entrepreneurs,” Kathleen Williamson, intellectual property attorney. Nov. 15: “Know Your U.S. Constitution: Our Founding Documents, Our First Words,” Bunny Davis, attorney, and Women’s Commission chair Alison Hughes. Dec. 6: “How to Start Your Own Small Business,” Lucinda Hughes-Juan, specialist in business development and cultural dynamics.
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SHAOL POZEZ MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP SERIES Congregation Anshei Israel. 5550 E. Fifth St. 7455550. Samuel M. Edelman of the Center for American Israel Academic Engagement at California State University, Chico, presents “Are U.S. Universities Really Anti-Israel? Research Results and Recommendations for the Future,” at 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 5; free. Visit judaic.arizona.edu, or call 626-5758 for more info.
Prison Planet BY JARRET KEENE, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com n today’s corporate-filtered media ecosystem, the possibility of a newly minted popular counterculture sci-fi author is impossible. Tomorrow will offer no Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Pynchon or J.G. Ballard, because the mandarins of art and commerce know better than to permit dissenting voices. Sure, Walmart can sell mass-paperback reprints of Fahrenheit 451—but only because the Digital Age renders moot Ray Bradbury’s worry of a world in danger of losing all its books. No wonder, then, that Zeke Teflon’s “novel of utopia and dystopia,” Free Radicals, was published by a tiny press with anarchist roots. Despite this, it is among the best future-shock reads in years. Teflon is a pseudonym for the mysterious local author who dedicates Free Radicals to status-quo-crushing forces like Anonymous, Wikileaks and Occupy. Teflon clearly sympathizes with anarchy-minded persons seeking to undermine institutionalized forces of religion, government and Wall Street. His novel captures these groups’ playful yet serious spirit via tonal shifts that work. What starts out a picaresque involving post-apocalyptic Earth-born musician Kel Turner ends as something different—a pulpy, hard-charging, lasergun-blasting escape from a series of increasingly evil cults. Teflon’s genius lies in allowing Turner to evolve from Schlitz-drinking schlub into Skywalker-class savior. Indeed, Free Radicals opens with the ignoble image of Turner sliding from his couch into a greasy pizza box on his living-room floor. He wakes up to find a cockroach perched on his nose, staring at him. Turner is a classic Don Quixote type, tilting at windmills of political repression and a shitty ultra-feminist ex-wife. He struggles to eke out an existence as a guitarist in grungy clubs where tobacco use is prohibited. A jilted girlfriend helps land him in the slammer for allegedly engaging in terrorism. The slammer, in this case, is an “extrasolar penal colony,” where ideological factions resemble those of Earth—communist leaders exploit workers; Aryan racists take advantage of gullible xenophobes; and an AA-recovery commune on figurative steroids manipulates its members. In other words, Free Radicals offers a safe way (a fictional forum) for Teflon to mockingly condemn the increasing segmentation of American society into various cults, each with its own wacky agenda, and each with its own inherent system of abuse and prejudice. That the main
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character finds common ground, and succeeds in busting out, with anarchists is no deus ex machina. For Turner and the author, anarchy provides the only real option to avoid reprogramming or being shuffled off to a communist-created RPF—Re-education Project Force. Teflon wields a dark sense of humor. But when ideological push comes to physical shove, he’s also a terrific depicter of violence, so much so that I suspect the writer possesses a military background (or a vast collection of military sci-fi novels). Here is the protagonist half-heartedly fighting with neo-Nazis against government soldiers; the racists are getting the upper hand with advanced weaponry: The microwave fryer purred to life, and a dozen Earth-gov troops 20 meters in front of it screamed, their skin bubbling, their eyeballs bursting, as they sank to the earth. Before the fryer could turn toward the troopers on either side of its victims, an infantryman to the left spotted it and sent an RPG round into it, shredding it and sending its crew to the ground screaming, bleeding and dying from shrapnel wounds. Kel breathed deeply, almost hyperventilating, inhaling the stink of cordite, blood, piss and shit—the stench of every battlefield since the employment of gunpowder. But now with another odor thanks to the fryer and the Ciegaderas: burnt meat. Such moments contrast with the novel’s overarching and often crude humor, as when Turner and his Pancho Villa-grade sidekick Chuy perform on a bar stage a jazzy blues number about alien capture called “Abductee Blues.” Comedy aside, Free Radicals is radical in other ways. It’s perhaps the first sci-fi story to capture the gritty existence of a futuristic bar musician. (Sorry, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai movie doesn’t count.) And it’s the only fantasy novel I’ve read that makes great use of border Spanish; indeed, Radicals includes a glossary of terms. If we lived in the ’60s and ’70s—when audience-rattling paperbacks like Naked Lunch were cheap, plentiful and available on pharmacy-spinner racks—critics would hail Free Radicals as a masterpiece. Those days are gone, replaced by piles of Fifty Shades of Grey flying off Target shelves. The end of America’s literary imagination hasn’t reached Tucson. I hope readers give Teflon the respect he deserves.
3. Losing Clementine: A Novel Ashley Ream, William Morrow ($14.99)
4. Gabby: A Story of Courage, Love, and Resilience Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly, Scribner ($16)
5. Julia’s Cats: Julia Child’s Life in the Company of Cats Patricia Barey and Therese Burson, Abrams ($16.95)
6. The Best American Short Stories 2012 Tom Perrotta and Heidi Pitlor (editors), Mariner ($14.95)
7. America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never Weren’t Stephen Colbert, Grand Central ($28.99)
8. Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Shift Your Money From Wall Street to Main Street and Achieve Real Prosperity: A Community Resilience Guide Michael Shuman, Chelsea Green ($17.95)
9. Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom Rick Hanson with Richard Mendius, New Harbinger ($17.95)
10. The Round House Louise Erdrich, Harper ($27.99) Louise Erdrich
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TAMI DRAVES: IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION AND MUSICIAN-TEACHERS UA School of Music. 1017 N. Olive Road. 621-1655. Music-education professor Tami Draves discusses how social forces affect students’ self-perception and influence career choices, at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7; free. Call 621-2998 for more information.
UPCOMING ANN HEDLUND: WHERE’S THAT TEXTILE FROM, AND WHEN WAS IT MADE? Arizona State Museum. 1013 E. University Blvd. 6216302. Textile expert Ann L. Hedlund gives an illustrated talk about textiles from Mexico and the Southwest using examples from the museum’s collection from 6:45 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8; free. DR. ESTHER STERNBERG: HEALING SPACES Center for Creative Photography. 1030 N. Olive Road. 621-7968. Dr. Esther Sternberg presents “Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being,” a lecture on the relationships between health, stress and surroundings, from 1 to 1:45 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9; free. GEODESIGN PRESENTATION UA College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 1040 N. Olive Road. 621-6751. Assistant professor Ryan Perkl and his students demonstrate their recent work with the Arizona Department of Game and Fish involving geospatial modeling, development of a tool for designing wildlife corridors and ongoing wildlife connectivity analysis, from 3 to 3:45 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9; free. Call 621-0806 for more information. J.C. MUTCHLER: A SHORT VERSION OF A LONG HISTORY OF THE SOUTHWEST UA Student Union Bookstore. 1209 E. University Blvd. 621-2426. J.C. Mutchler, associate research historian with the UA Southwest Center, gives a whirlwind tour through the cultural and environmental history of the Southwest, at 2 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9; free. MCCORMICK SOCIETY LECTURE UA James E. Rogers College of Law. 1201 E. Speedway Blvd. 621-1413. Morris Dees, founder and chief trial attorney of the Southern Poverty Law Center, presents “With Justice for All,” at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8; free, but space is limited. For more information and to RSVP, call 621-8430, or visit www.law.arizona.edu. PANEL: AN AGE FOR JUSTICE St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Stewart Grabel of the Pima Council on Aging presents a video featuring a panel of specialists in elder-abuse, at 10:15 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 11; free. PICTURING ARIZONA Ellie Towne Flowing Wells Community Center. 1660 W. Ruthrauff Road. 887-9786. The Arizona Humanities Council sponsors a presentation of photography covering Arizona’s geographical wonders, prehistory, historic sites, cultural diversity, biotech industries, mining and history of water use, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 8; free. QUILTING SERIES Arizona History Museum. 949 E. Second St. 6285774. Quilt-makers who contributed to the centennial exhibit 100 Years, 100 Quilts give an informal talk about Karen Fisher, at 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 10; $5, $4 senior or ages 12 through 18, free younger child, includes admission. Visit arizonahistoricalsociety.org for more information. REAL OR FAKE: AN EGYPTIAN AUTOMATON UA Student Union Bookstore. 1209 E. University Blvd. 621-2426. Nicholas Reeves discusses how to determine if an archaeological object is real or fake, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8; free. RICK JOY: LIFE IN ARCHITECTURE Center for Creative Photography. 1030 N. Olive Road. 621-7968. Rick Joy, 2012 UA College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Alumnus of the Year, discusses his design responses to climate, culture, traditions and place, from 10 to 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 9; free.
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Done Before, Done Better
TOP TEN Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending Oct. 28, 2012
BY BOB GRIMM, bgrimm@tucsonweekly.com Los Angeles family lets a really pretty girl into their house for an elongated visit and, surprise-surprise, infidelity and other sorts of trouble ensue. Nobody Walks is the latest from co-writer Lena Dunham, who penned and directed the very good Tiny Furniture. While the movie has some tasty visuals and a dreamy soundtrack, the story doesn’t quite cut it. In fact, it’s quite predictable and boring for the most part. The really pretty girl is Martine (Olivia Thirlby), a supposed artist looking to finish her art film with the help of freelance sound engineer Peter (John Krasinski). This is one of those films that presents an “artist” who is supposed to be very talented, but the film she’s working on in this movie is stupid. It’s just black and white footage of bugs that is meant to be “deep.” Well, it’s not. It’s just a bunch of bugs running around. And nothing Martine says is all that enlightening or profound, especially when directing her movie. Peter instantly finds her talented, which I suppose is a direct sign that he wants to get some and cheat on wife, Julie (Rosemarie DeWitt). Julie has her own potential infidelity farm a-growing. She’s a therapist with a sleazy screenwriter (Justin Kirk) client who tells her of the sex dreams he’s having—with her in them. None of this is at all surprising or entertaining. It’s well worn, run of the mill territory. Where the movie lights up a bit is in the story of young Kolt (India Ennenga), a budding writer with a gross Italian tutor and a crush on Peter’s assistant (Rhys Wakefield). Ennenga delivers the film’s best performance as a teenager with the biggest brain in the house. Had the film been more about her, it might’ve been interesting. Ennenga is a featured actress on HBO’s Treme, if you are looking for her beyond this movie. I think she has a future. The film features a few sequences with Peter and Martine recording sound for her movie. They point a microphone at the pool, at a squishing lemon, etc. Peter is supposed to be some sort of sound genius and Martine an astounding artist, yet nothing they do together seems all that remarkable. Unless you consider popping bubble wrap into a microphone remarkable. They might as well be doing macramé rather than making a movie. Director Ry Russo-Young is trying to show us a quiet Southern California in her film. While the family does attend a party at one
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1. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 20th Century Fox
2. Prometheus 20th Century Fox
3. Moonrise Kingdom Universal
4. Magic Mike Warner Bros.
5. Dark Shadows Warner Bros.
6. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Universal
7. That’s My Boy Sony
8. Rock of Ages Warner Bros.
9. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted Paramount
10. The Raven 20th Century Fox
India Ennenga in Nobody Walks. point, most of this film takes place in a Silver Lake home hidden quietly in the hills. This part of the country is always portrayed as a little insane, so it’s refreshing to see a film set in this locale that acknowledges all parts of Los Angeles aren’t out of hand. Thirlby is one of those actresses I want to like so much, but I just haven’t been given a good enough reason. I liked her just fine in Juno, and she was OK in Dredd, but she’s failed to knock me out so far. Martine is an annoying character at best, but that isn’t totally her fault. It’s not a well-written, engaging character to start. She’s basically an insecure person who can’t help but make out with any decent-looking man within mouth range. If there was a way to make this rather stereotypical character someone worth rooting for, Thirlby, the director and her crew did not find it. She’s actually quite diabolical, but remarkably dull at the same time. Krasinski does much of the film’s heavy lifting as the cheating hubby. While the film doesn’t necessarily give a reason for why Peter would cheat (he seems happy in his marriage) it is an acceptable notion that these sort of things just happen sometimes. But Peter’s downward spiral into jealous rage seems a little forced and out of place. Krasinski does these scenes well enough,
Nobody Walks Rated R Starring Olivia Thirlby, John Krasinski and India Ennenga Directed by Ry Russo-Young Magnolia, 83 minutes Opens Friday, Nov. 2, at the Loft Cinema (795-7777).
but they feel silly in the end. Dylan McDermott has an unmemorable, small part as Leroy, Julie’s famous musician exhusband, and Kolt’s father. His presence in the film is another attempt by the movie to show this family as forward thinking and “free.” They are so cool to let the ex come over and sit at the dinner table. Too bad that ex is an unconvincing Dylan McDermott in autopilot mode. Nobody Walks isn’t a total loss. I liked the soundtrack music by Will Bates and Fall On Your Sword, along with the excellent cinematography by Christopher Blauvelt. As dopey and mundane as the film can get, it often looks and sounds good. Good music and nice visuals aside, this feels like a movie that has been done before, and done better.
Keira Knightley in Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.
FILM TIMES Film times reflect the most current listings available as of Tuesday evening, with screenings beginning on Friday for most opening titles. As schedules at individual theaters frequently change post-press, we recommend calling ahead to avoid any inconvenience.
AMC Loews Foothills 15 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd. 888-262-4386. Alex Cross (PG-13) Thu 11:15, 2, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55; Fri-Wed 9:40 Argo (R) Thu 11:25, 2:10, 5, 7:45, 10:30; FriWed 11:05, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Chasing Mavericks (PG) Thu 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10; Fri-Mon 2, 7:15; Tue 2:15, 7:15; Wed 2, 7:15 Cloud Atlas (R) Thu 11:30, 3:10, 6:50, 10:30; Fri-Wed 11:55, 3:45, 7:35 Flight (R) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Sun 10:10, 11:10, 1:15, 2:15, 4:25, 5:25, 7:30, 8:30, 9:45, 10:35; Mon-Wed 11:10, 1:15, 2:15, 4:25, 5:25, 7:30, 8:30, 9:45, 10:35 Frankenweenie (PG) ends Thu 2:40, 7:10 Frankenweenie 3D (PG) ends Thu 12:25, 4:55 Fun Size (PG-13) Thu 12:55, 3:05, 5:15, 7:35, 9:50; Fri-Mon 11:35, 5, 9:55; Tue 12, 5, 9:55; Wed 11:35, 5, 9:55 Here Comes the Boom (PG) Thu 11:55, 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 9:50; Fri-Tue 6:05, 8:30; Wed 6:05, 10:15 Hotel Transylvania (PG) Thu 2:30, 7:05; Fri-Sun 10:30, 3:15, 7:50; MonWed 3:15, 7:50 Hotel Transylvania 3D (PG) Thu 12:20, 4:45, 9:20; Fri-Wed 1, 5:30, 10:05 Looper (R) ends Thu 1:55 The Man With the Iron Fists (R) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Sun 10, 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:30; Mon-Wed 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:30 Paranormal Activity 4 (R) ends Thu 11:10, 1:30, 3:45, 6, 8:15 Paranormal Activity 4: The IMAX Experience (R) Thu 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:30, 9:45; Fri-Tue 11, 1:25, 3:40, 5:55, 8:15, 10:30; Wed 11, 1:25, 3:40, 5:55, 8:15 The Perks of Being a Wallflower (PG-13) ends Thu 9:30 Pitch Perfect (PG-13) Thu 1:25, 4:15, 7, 9:40; Fri-Wed 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7 Seven Psychopaths (R) ends Thu 11:20, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 Silent Hill: Revelation (R) Thu 12:40; Fri-Sun 10, 2:40, 7:20; Mon-Tue 2:40, 7:20; Wed 2:40 Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (R) Thu 3, 5:30, 8, 10:30; Fri-Tue 12:20, 5, 11; Wed 12:20 Sinister (R) Thu 11:40, 2:15, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25; Fri-Wed 11:15, 1:55, 4:50, 7:25, 10
Taken 2 (PG-13) Thu 11, 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8; Fri-Sun 10:20, 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:40, 9:55; Mon-Wed 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:40, 9:55 Wreck-It Ralph (PG) Thu 12; Fri-Sun 10, 10:45, 11:45, 12:45, 2:30, 3:30, 4:05, 5:05, 7:45, 9:25, 10:25; Mon-Wed 11:45, 12:45, 2:30, 3:30, 4:05, 5:05, 7:45, 9:25, 10:25 Wreck-It Ralph 3D (PG) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 1:30, 6:45
Century El Con 20 3601 E. Broadway Blvd. 800-326-3264, ext. 902. Alex Cross (PG-13) Thu 11:40, 2:15, 4:50, 7:30, 10; Fri-Wed 2:15, 7:15 Argo (R) Thu 12, 1:50, 2:55, 4:35, 5:50, 7:20, 8:45, 10:10; Fri-Wed 12, 1:45, 4:35, 5:50, 7:20, 10:10 Chasing Mavericks (PG) Thu-Sun 11:20, 2:05, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25; Mon 11:20, 2:05; Tue 11:20, 2:05, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25; Wed 11:20, 2:05 Cloud Atlas (R) Thu 11:30, 1, 3:15, 7, 9:45; Fri-Wed 11:35, 3:15, 7, 9:30 Flight (R) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 11:20, 12:30, 2:30, 3:45, 5:45, 7, 9, 10:15 Frankenweenie (PG) Thu 12, 2:25, 4:40; Fri-Wed 11:40, 4:50, 9:50 Fun Size (PG-13) Thu 12:10, 2:40, 5, 7:25, 10:30; Fri-Wed 11:30, 3:25, 10:30 The Great Escape (Not Rated) Wed 2, 7 Here Comes the Boom (PG) ends Thu 11:25, 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Hotel Transylvania (PG) Thu-Wed 11:50, 2:20, 4:45, 7:05, 9:40 Looper (R) Thu-Wed 11:25, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30 The Man With the Iron Fists (R) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10 The Metropolitan Opera: L’Elisir d’Amore Encore (Not Rated) Wed 6:30 The Paperboy (R) ends Thu 11:15, 2, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Paranormal Activity 4 (R) Thu 11:35, 1:15, 2, 3:30, 4:15, 5:45, 6:30, 8, 8:45, 10:15; Fri-Wed 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8, 10:15 The Perks of Being a Wallflower (PG-13) Thu-Tue 11:55, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05; Wed 11:55, 2:35 Pitch Perfect (PG-13) Thu 11:50, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30; Fri-Wed 2:25, 7:50 Seven Psychopaths (R) Thu 11:15, 4:40, 7:25, 10; Fri-Wed 11:50, 5:10, 10:30 Silent Hill: Revelation (R) Thu 11:40, 4:30, 9:20; Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8, 10:20 Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (R) Thu 12:45, 2:10, 3:10, 5:35, 6:55, 8; Fri-Tue 11:40, 2, 4:30, 6:55, 9:25 Sinister (R) Thu 11:45, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25; Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:25, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 Taken 2 (PG-13) Thu 11:45, 2:10, 4:35, 7, 9:25; Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35
Wreck-It Ralph (PG) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 11:30, 12:20, 2:10, 4:50, 5:40, 7:30, 10:10 Wreck-It Ralph 3D (PG) Fri-Wed 1:20, 3, 4, 6:40, 8:20, 9:20
Century Gateway 12 770 N. Kolb Road. 800-326-3264, ext. 962. Bachelorette (R) ends Thu 7:35 The Bourne Legacy (PG13) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:45; Fri-Mon 12:50, 6:45; Tue 6:45; Wed 12:50, 6:45 Brave (PG) Thu 12, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30; Fri-Sat 12, 2:30, 4:55, 7:25, 10; Sun-Mon 12, 2:30, 4:55, 7:25; Tue 12, 2:30, 4:55, 7:25, 10; Wed 4:55, 7:25 The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu-Mon 12:10, 3:35, 7; Tue 7; Wed 12:10, 3:35, 7 Dredd (R) ends Thu 12:15, 2:35, 5 The Expendables 2 (R) Thu 12:30, 2:55, 5:25, 7:55; Fri-Sat 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10; Sun-Mon 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45; Tue 5:20, 7:45, 10:10; Wed 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45 Hope Springs (PG-13) FriSun 12:15, 2:35, 5:05, 7:30; Mon 7:30; Tue-Wed 12:15, 2:35, 5:05, 7:30 House at the End of the Street (PG-13) Thu 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40; Fri-Sat 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40, 10:15; Sun 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40; Mon 7:40; Tue 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40, 10:15; Wed 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40 Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG) Thu 12:40, 3, 5:20; Fri-Sat 12:25, 2:40, 5, 7:15, 9:30; Sun-Mon 12:25, 2:40, 5, 7:15; Tue 12:25, 2:40, 5, 7:15, 9:30; Wed 5, 7:15 Lawless (R) ends Thu 7:20 The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG) Thu 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15; Fri-Sat 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:45; Sun 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20; Mon 7:20; Tue 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:45; Wed 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20 ParaNorman (PG) Thu 12:05, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10; Fri-Sat 12:05, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35; SunMon 12:05, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10; Tue 12:05, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35; Wed 12:05, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10 The Possession (PG-13) Thu 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:25; Fri-Sat 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:35, 9:50; Sun 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:35; Mon 7:35; Tue 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:35, 9:50; Wed 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:35 Resident Evil: Retribution (R) Thu 12:45, 3:05, 7:50; Fri-Sat 4, 9:40; Sun-Mon 4; Tue 4, 9:40; Wed 4 Resident Evil: Retribution 3D (R) Thu 5:30; Fri-Sat 10:05; Tue 10:05 Trouble With the Curve (PG-13) Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:45, 7:05, 9:55; Sun-Mon 12:45, 3:45, 7:05; Tue 12:45, 3:45, 7:05, 9:55; Wed 12:45, 3:45, 7:05 Won’t Back Down (PG) Thu 12:25, 3:40, 7:05; Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40; Sun-Mon
12:40, 3:50, 6:50; Tue 12:40, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40; Wed 6:50
Century Park Place 20 5870 E. Broadway Blvd. 800-326-3264, ext. 903. Call for Fri-Wed film times Alex Cross (PG-13) Thu 11:15, 1:55, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 Argo (R) Thu 11:35, 1:05, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7, 8:30, 10, 11:25 Chasing Mavericks (PG) Thu 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30 Cloud Atlas (R) Thu 11:30, 1:25, 3:15, 5:10, 7, 8:55, 10:50 Frankenweenie (PG) Thu 11:20, 4:05, 9:05 Frankenweenie 3D (PG) Thu 1:40, 6:40 Fun Size (PG-13) Thu 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 The Great Escape (Not Rated) Wed 2, 7 Here Comes the Boom (PG) Thu 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Hotel Transylvania (PG) Thu 11:10, 1:35, 4:10, 6:45, 9:15 Looper (R) Thu 2, 7:20 The Man With the Iron Fists (R) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Tue 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40 The Metropolitan Opera: L’Elisir d’Amore Encore (Not Rated) Wed 6:30 Paranormal Activity 4 (R) Thu 11:50, 1, 2:05, 3:20, 4:20, 5:35, 6:35, 7:50, 8:50, 10:05 The Perks of Being a Wallflower (PG-13) Thu 11:55, 2:40, 5:20, 8, 10:40 Pitch Perfect (PG-13) Thu 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:25, 10:15 Seven Psychopaths (R) Thu 11:05, 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:15 Silent Hill: Revelation (R) Thu 2:35, 7:45 Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (R) Thu 12, 1:15, 3:50, 5:15, 6:25, 9, 10:25 Sinister (R) Thu 11:40, 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10:30 Taken 2 (PG-13) Thu 11:25, 12:40, 3:05, 4:55, 5:40, 8:05, 10:10, 10:55 Wreck-It Ralph (PG) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10
Century Theatres at the Oro Valley Marketplace 12155 N. Oracle Road. 800-326-3264, ext. 899. Alex Cross (PG-13) Thu 11:20, 2:05, 4:45, 7:20, 10; Fri-Tue 11:20, 2:05, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55; Wed 9:55 Argo (R) Thu 10:40, 1:35, 4:30, 7:25, 10:15; Fri-Wed 10:40, 1:35, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20 Chasing Mavericks (PG) Thu 10:50, 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:25; Fri-Sat 10:50, 4:10, 9:30; Sun 4:10, 9:30; Mon 10:50, 4:10, 9:30; Tue 10:50, 4:10; Wed 10:50 Cloud Atlas (R) Thu-Wed 11:10, 3, 6:50, 10:30 Flight (R) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:55, 7:10, 10:25
Fun Size (PG-13) Thu 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40; Fri-Sat 1:45, 7; Sun 7; Mon 1:45, 7; Tue-Wed 1:45 The Great Escape (Not Rated) Wed 2, 7 Here Comes the Boom (PG) Thu 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50; Fri-Wed 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 Hotel Transylvania (PG) Thu 11:25, 1:50, 4:25, 6:55, 9:30; Fri-Wed 11:25, 1:50, 4:25, 6:55, 9:25 The Man With the Iron Fists (R) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:15 The Metropolitan Opera: L’Elisir d’Amore Encore (Not Rated) Wed 6:30, 6:30 The Paperboy (R) ends Thu 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:20 Paranormal Activity 4 (R) Thu-Tue 12:35, 2:55, 5:25, 7:50, 10:05; Wed 10:05 Pitch Perfect (PG-13) ends Thu 10:45, 4:10 The Royal Ballet - Swan Lake (Not Rated) Sun 12; Tue 7 Seven Psychopaths (R) ends Thu 1:30, 7 Silent Hill: Revelation (R) Thu 12:10, 5:10, 10:10; Fri-Wed 12:10, 5:10, 10 Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (R) Thu-Wed 2:40, 7:40 Taken 2 (PG-13) Thu 11:55, 2:30, 4:55, 7:30, 9:55; Fri-Wed 11:55, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:50 Wreck-It Ralph (PG) FriWed 11:05, 4:40, 10:10 Wreck-It Ralph 3D (PG) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 1:55, 7:30
Crossroads 6 Grand Cinemas 4811 E. Grant Road. 327-7067. Arbitrage (R) Fri-Wed 2:50, 7:20, 9:35 Beasts of the Southern Wild (PG-13) Thu 4:40; Fri-Wed 5:10 The Bourne Legacy (PG13) Thu 11, 1:50, 6:50, 9:40; Fri-Wed 1:40, 6:50, 9:40 Brave (PG) Thu 1:40; FriWed 12:30 The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu 8:50; Fri-Tue 3:20, 9; Wed 3:20 Don Giovanni - Mozart (Opera) (Not Rated) Wed 6:30 Hope Springs (PG-13) FriWed 12:10, 2:30, 5, 7:30 House at the End of the Street (PG-13) Thu 7:45, 10; Fri-Wed 9:45 Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG) Thu 11; Fri-Wed 11:20 The Intouchables (R) Thu 3:15; Fri-Wed 2:20, 4:50 Lawless (R) ends Thu 4, 9:20 Liberal Arts (PG-13) ends Thu 11:10 The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG) Thu 11:20, 6:30; Fri-Wed 12, 7:15 ParaNorman (PG) Thu 1:15, 3:20, 5:25, 7:30; Fri-Sun 11:15, 1:15; Mon 1:15; Tue 11:15, 1:15; Wed 1:15 Premium Rush (PG-13) ends Thu 9:45 Resident Evil: Retribution (R) Thu 1:05, 5:40, 7:55,
10:05; Fri-Wed 9:55 Robot and Frank (PG-13) Thu 12, 4:30; Fri-Wed 4:40 Samsara (PG-13) Thu 2:10, 7; Fri-Sun 6:40; Mon 11:10, 6:40; Tue 6:40; Wed 11:10 Trouble With the Curve (PG-13) Fri-Wed 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30 The Words (PG-13) Thu 11:05, 1:10, 3:25, 5:35
Fox Tucson Theatre 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Fried Green Tomatoes (PG-13) Sat 8
Gallagher Theater UA Student Union, 1303 E. University Blvd. 626-0370. Call for films and times.
Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18 5455 S. Calle Santa Cruz. 806-4275. Alex Cross (PG-13) Thu 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 7:15, 9:15, 9:55; Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:10, 6:40; Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:40 Argo (R) Thu 11, 12:50, 1:45, 3:50, 4:45, 6:50, 7:50, 9:50; Fri-Wed 10:50, 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25 Chasing Mavericks (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15; Fri-Sat 10:05, 9:25; Sun 10:05, 9:10; Mon-Wed 1:20, 9:10 Cloud Atlas (R) Thu 11:10, 2:50, 6:30, 10:10; Fri-Sat 10:20, 2:10, 6:10, 9:50; Sun 10:20, 2:10, 6:10, 9:45; Mon-Wed 2:10, 6:10, 9:45 Flight (R) Fri-Sat 11:20, 12:20, 2:40, 3:40, 6:05, 7, 9:20, 10:20; Sun-Wed 11:20, 12:20, 2:40, 3:40, 6:05, 7, 9:15, 10:15 Frankenweenie (PG) Thu 11:50, 4:25; Fri-Sun 10:45, 3:45, 6:15; MonWed 10:55, 3:45, 6:15 Frankenweenie 3D (PG) Thu 2:15, 10:05; Fri-Wed 1:15, 8:45 Fun Size (PG-13) Thu 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30; Fri-Sat 9:55, 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10; Sun 9:55, 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:05; MonWed 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:05 Here Comes the Boom (PG) Thu 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10; Fri-Sat 10:15, 12:50, 3:50, 6:30, 9:30; Sun 10:15, 12:50, 3:50, 6:30, 9:20; Mon-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 Hotel Transylvania (PG) Thu 11:20, 4:10, 6:40; Fri-Wed 11:15, 4:15, 6:45 Hotel Transylvania 3D (PG) Thu 1:40, 9:10; FriSat 1:45, 9:15; Sun-Wed 1:45, 9:05 Least Among Saints (R) ends Thu 12:15, 3:20, 6:05, 8:50 Looper (R) ends Thu 12:10, 6:10 The Man With the Iron Fists (R) Fri-Sat 12, 2:30, 5, 7:40, 10:30; Sun-Wed
12, 2:30, 5, 7:40, 10:20 Paranormal Activity 4 (R) Thu 11:40, 12:30, 1:10, 2:10, 3, 4:40, 5:30, 6:20, 7:10, 8, 9:40, 10:20; Fri-Sat 10:30, 1, 3:20, 5:40, 8:10, 10:40; Sun 10:30, 1, 3:20, 5:40, 8:10, 10:30; MonWed 1, 3:20, 5:40, 8:10, 10:30 The Perks of Being a Wallflower (PG-13) ends Thu 3:40, 9 Pitch Perfect (PG-13) ends Thu 1:15, 4:15 Screening 2012 (Not Rated) Thu 7 Seven Psychopaths (R) ends Thu 3:15, 9:05 Silent Hill: Revelation (R) Thu 12:40, 3:10; Fri-Sun 10, 12:30; Mon-Wed 12:30, 2:50 Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (R) Thu 5:40, 8:10, 10:30; Fri-Sat 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15; Sun 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10; Mon-Wed 5:20, 7:50, 10:10 Sinister (R) Thu 11:15, 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25; Fri-Sat 10:10, 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:40; Sun 10:10, 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:30; Mon-Wed 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:30 Swan Lake (Not Rated) Tue 7 Taken 2 (PG-13) Thu 11:05, 1:30, 4, 6:45, 9:20; Fri-Sat 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45; Sun-Mon 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:40; Tue 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 10:35; Wed 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 Wreck-It Ralph (PG) FriSat 9:50, 10:40, 12:40, 1:30, 3:30, 4:20, 6:20, 7:10, 9:10, 10; Sun 9:50, 10:40, 12:40, 1:30, 3:30, 4:20, 6:20, 7:10, 9, 9:50; Mon-Wed 10:45, 12:40, 1:30, 3:30, 4:20, 6:20, 7:10, 9, 9:50
The Loft Cinema 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Call 795-0844 to check handicap accessibility Arbitrage (R) Thu 2:30 Detropia (Not Rated) Thu 5 Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (PG-13) Thu 12:30, 7:15; Fri-Mon 3, 7; Tue-Wed 5:45 Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (R) Thu 10 First Friday Shorts (Not Rated) Fri 9 The House I Live In (Not Rated) Fri-Sat 12:30, 5:15; Sun 5:15; Mon 12:30, 5:15; Tue-Wed 1:15 Kill Squad (R) Mon 8 The Marriage of Maria Braun (R) Sun 11 a.m.; Tue 7 Nobody Walks (R) Fri 5; Sat-Sun 5, 9; Mon 5; TueWed 3:45 Searching for Sugar Man (PG-13) Thu 3, 7:45; FriSun 12:30, 7:45; Mon 12:30, 9; Tue-Wed 7:45 South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (R) FriWed 10 The Time Machine (PG13) Sat 10 a.m. VHS (R) Thu 9:45
The Well Digger’s Daughter (Not Rated) Thu 12:30, 5:15; Fri-Mon 2:45; Tue-Wed 11 a.m.
Oracle View 4690 N. Oracle Road. 292-2430. The Amazing Spider-Man (PG-13) Thu 2, 7:10; FriWed 4:20 The Bourne Legacy (PG13) Fri-Wed 12:15, 3:15, 6:30, 9:30 Brave (PG) Thu-Wed 11:40, 2:20, 4:40, 7 The Campaign (R) Thu 11:05, 1:10, 5:20, 7:20, 9:30; Fri-Wed 9:20 The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu-Wed 1:05, 4:30, 7:55 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (PG) ends Thu 11:50 Dredd (R) ends Thu 9:55 The Expendables 2 (R) Thu 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50; Fri-Wed 2:45, 7:40, 10 Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG) Thu 12:40, 3:10; Fri-Wed 11 Lawless (R) Fri-Wed 11:20, 1:50, 7:30, 9:55 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (PG) ends Thu 11 ParaNorman (PG) Thu 11:10, 1:15, 3:25, 5:35, 7:45; Fri-Wed 11:10, 1:15, 3:25, 5:35 Premium Rush (PG-13) Fri-Wed 12:30, 5:10, 7:20, 9:40 Ted (R) ends Thu 4:50, 10 Total Recall (PG-13) ends Thu 9:20
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Tower Theatres at Arizona Pavilions 8031 N. Business Park Drive. 579-0500. Call for Fri-Wed film times Alex Cross (PG-13) Thu 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 Argo (R) Thu 11:15, 1:50, 4:25, 7, 9:35 Cloud Atlas (R) Thu 12:30, 4, 7:30 Flight (R) Fri 12:01 a.m. Frankenweenie (PG) Thu 11:50, 2, 4:15, 6:30 Fun Size (PG-13) Thu 11, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 Here Comes the Boom (PG) Thu 11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 Hotel Transylvania (PG) Thu 11:30, 1:45, 4, 6:45, 9 The Man With the Iron Fists (R) Fri 12:01 a.m. Paranormal Activity 4 (R) Thu 11:35, 1:40, 3:45, 5:50, 7:55, 10 Pitch Perfect (PG-13) Thu 4:45, 8:45 Seven Psychopaths (R) Thu 11:45, 2:15, 7:15, 9:45 Silent Hill: Revelation (R) Thu 11:05, 1:15, 3:25, 5:35, 7:45, 9:55 Sinister (R) Thu 11:55, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40 Taken 2 (PG-13) Thu 11:10, 1:20, 3:30, 5:40, 7:50, 10 Wreck-It Ralph (PG) Fri 12:01 a.m.
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FILM CLIPS Reviews by Jacquie Allen, Colin Boyd and Bob Grimm.
NEWLY REVIEWED: CHASING MAVERICKS
Sports movies by and large are metaphors. Their function is to tell you to go for your dreams—after all, this guy didn’t give up on his. They’re formulaic, but the good ones rise above that. Chasing Mavericks does not rise above it, although there is something rather unrefined and great about Gerard Butler’s portrayal as Frosty, kind of Mr. Miyagi of big-wave surfing. His neighbor Jay (Jonny Weston) wants to surf Mavericks, a point along the coast in Northern California that is unlike any other surfing in the world: bigger and more dangerous—you get the picture. And so Frosty teaches the kid and dispenses life lessons along the way. The surfing is pretty tame, thereby matching the script. But, again, Butler is worth watching. Hard to believe this movie required two multiple-award-winning directors (Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted) and still washed ashore so average. Boyd DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL
This documentary focuses on the professional life of Diana Vreeland, the fashion columnist and editor, known mostly for her work with Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue magazines. The film briefly touches on her upbringing and near-immediate love of all things fashion, but quickly switches gears and gets into her decades-long work with the famed style mags. The film is insanely engrossing. And by focusing the majority of the doc on her professional life, and only a very short time on her personal life, it keeps the viewer’s interest from start to finish. Most of the film is dedicated to her time with Harper’s and Vogue, but there is a good bit about her life after the magazine business when she worked for the Metropolitan Museum of Art creating exhibits for the Costume Institute. Her work with the Met was astounding; she was a true visionary whose work in both print and exhibitions is still celebrated and respected today, and this film wonderfully celebrates her many contributions. Allen FUN SIZE
A chance encounter gets Wren (Victoria Justice) invited to a Halloween party hosted by the most popular boy in school. She’s floating on air ... until her mom, Joy (Chelsea Handler), unexpectedly forces her to take her mischief-making little brother Albert (Jackson Nicoll) trick-or-treating instead. Albert promptly goes missing, which sets off a series of misadventures involving an abundance of kooky characters. Fun Size is a cute, if at times slightly annoying, teen movie that adequately captures and celebrates the holiday. The movie’s 90-minute run time flys by. The film is quite raunchy at times; it was a shock to hear some of the cursing and sexually suggestive language you might not expect from this type of movie, especially one made by Nickelodeon Films. It is definitely not for younger children, but if a parent were to take a little kid to see it, most of the adult humor would probably go right over the child’s head anyway. Allen THE HOUSE I LIVE IN
The war on drugs has failed. And though the money and lives circling the drain continue to increase exponentially, the results are largely unchanged since it began more than 40 years ago. Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki (Why We Fight, The Trials of Henry Kissinger) looks at America’s least-discussed lost war in the documentary The House I Live In, drawing testimonials from law enforcement on the street and in the courtroom, advocates for the decriminalization of pot, and even prisoners. There is much to tackle in the war on drugs and Jarecki covers a lot of ground. His main ax-grinding is reserved for what he perceives (and what a lot of evidence demonstrates) are laws that lead to disproportionate incarceration for inner-city African Americans, with stiff sentences that entirely ruin young lives. It is a lot to absorb and Jarecki moves laterally a lot, but this is truly fascinating stuff. Boyd SILENT HILL: REVELATION
This is another wasteful scary-movie attempt, and a sequel to a movie that certainly didn’t need one. The first Silent Hill was a banal, loud mess and this one follows suit. Sean Bean returns as the confused dad trying to save his daughter Heather (Adelaide Clemens) from the horrors of Silent Hill, where her mother (Radha Mitchell) still resides. (Mitchell shows up in a mirror for one stupid scene.) Silent Hill would be a cursed city that looks a lot like a cheap video game, strewn with strange stitched-up monsters and totally lousy amusement parts (Stay off the merry-go-round!). The movie is an 50 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM
incomprehensible mess that is a task to watch. It’s also hard to see the likes of Malcolm McDowell and Carrie-Anne Moss wasting away in junk like this. Their parts are small, but they are parts all the same. The first movie came out six years ago, so I thought we were safe from getting a sequel. Such is not the case. I will say there is a spider monster thing in the movie that is almost scary, and the little girl with the white face and black eyes sort of freaked me out. That amounts for about two minutes of this otherwise dreadful film. Grimm
CONTINUING: ALEX CROSS
Tyler Perry stars as detective Alex Cross, a role Morgan Freeman occupied in Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. Perry is not terrible, but everybody and everything surrounding him is. Director Rob Cohen employs sloppy editing, a maudlin soundtrack and bad supporting performances in this hackneyed story of an assassin (poorly played by Matthew Fox) and his inexplicable vendetta against Cross. Fox got really skinny for the role, and the effort shows in his physicality. Unfortunately, the film also reveals that Lost may’ve represented his acting peak, because he’s ridiculously overwrought and amateurish. Perry handles a couple of heavy emotional scenes with palpable strength, although he doesn’t quite cut it as an action star. Edward Burns shows up as Cross’ partner, and it turns out he’s a pretty bad actor, too. Horribly edited fight scenes and silly dialogue kill this movie. Grimm ARGO
Obviously timely in the wake of attacks on American embassies throughout the Muslim world, Ben Affleck’s Argo recounts one of those formerly lost stories of history—lost, because it was never fully told until recently. When six Americans escaped the U.S. embassy in Tehran as it was being raided in 1979, the CIA had to act quietly to remove them from the home of the Canadian ambassador, where they fled. The official story about these refugees was not the real one. The real story, apparently, is that the CIA feigned a film production and attempted to smuggle out our six diplomats—out in the open—as members of a movie crew. Ben Affleck’s skills as a director now match his ascension: While Gone Baby Gone and The Town are quality, Argo is well-paced, focused, taut and absolutely terrific. Boyd CLOUD ATLAS
Apparently, we’re all connected. Not just now, but for (and through) all time. That’s the premise of David Mitchell’s award-winning novel, Cloud Atlas, and of the movie it inspired. However, the film lacks cohesion, despite the fact that the same actors— including Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess and Hugo Weaving—appear in many of the movie’s six distinct stories. A couple of these interconnected chapters have a lot of potential, but the finished product is a mess. A dystopian Neo Seoul of the near future plays the best, which is not surprising given that the film was co-directed by Lana and Andy Wachowski (The Matrix) and Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run). That should have been the whole movie, frankly. Juggling all of it at once, even over nearly three hours, is too cumbersome to enjoy or fully appreciate. Boyd DETROPIA
Less a documentary than a meditation on Detroit’s slow descent, Detropia looks at how the fastest-growing city in the world 80 years ago became America’s fastest-shrinking metropolis today. The primary culprit is obvious: The auto industry has largely moved its production where labor is cheaper. Directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (the team behind the fantastic Jesus Camp) are observational filmmakers who, unlike a Michael Moore or an Errol Morris, don’t actively engage with their subjects in the final edit. That gives Detropia many perspectives other than those of the filmmakers, which makes the documentary feel a little too unplanned at times; it never establishes a true finish line. Detropia provides some interesting background, but doesn’t offer light at the end of the tunnel. Boyd FRANKENWEENIE
Divorce yourself from the knowledge that this is a Tim Burton film, and the fact that the eminently likable Martin Short and Catherine O’Hara provide voices, and you might discover that Frankenweenie isn’t anything special. Updated from Burton’s 1984 lo-hi live-action short film as a stop-motion 3-D cartoon, Frankenweenie is a retelling of the Frankenstein story with cuddlier characters—a boy scientist and his dog. But the stop-motion is really subpar; there isn’t much style to speak of; and the story doesn’t need the animated treatment to be effective. In fact, it could be argued that this would
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CINEMA Disney’s captivating animated tribute to video games pleases on many levels
Endlessly Entertaining BY COLIN BOYD, cboyd@tucsonweekly.com t goes without saying that movie animation owes practically everything to the Walt Disney Co. For the first 75 years of studio movies, nobody else was even consistently in the game. But after surrendering the mantle to its subsidiary, Pixar, Disney has been content to offer up cartoons like Bolt, The Princess and the Frog, and Tangled. They’re fine. They don’t redefine anything and they aren’t going to stand the test of time, but they’re good enough. That brings us to Wreck-It Ralph. Funny, nostalgic and rippling with imagination, Wreck-It Ralphis an animated film good enough to be branded Pixar, which in this field is as strong as a compliment can get. The film’s modernity—it’s all about video games— certainly doesn’t seem like the fairy tale theater Disney commonly engages in; the dialogue and some of the game-play violence is certainly a small step beyond the fun-for-allages attitude that Walt’s World usually delivers; and the animation is so strong and compelling—in fact, so wild at times—that it seems like John Lasseter’s Pixar crew has engaged in a hostile takeover. Ralph (voiced exquisitely by John C. Reilly) has spent 30 years busting up high-rise apartment buildings. He’s a bad guy in the arcade game Fix-It Felix Jr., using his colossal meat hooks to bash in windows and walls, only to see Felix (Jack McBrayer) save the day. For 30 years, it’s been the same old thing. None of the characters in the game like him or respect him. And at night—while every other character gets to sleep in the comfortable, rebuilt high-rise—Ralph has to live at the dump. And he’s had enough: It’s time to be a hero. After discussing his feelings at BadAnon, a help group for video game villains that includes a ghost from Pac-Man and two characters from Street Fighter, Ralph decides to jump into another game to transform himself into a good guy. It’s tricky: Unlike in Fix-It Felix Jr., if Ralph dies while he’s in another game, that’s the end of the line for him. He chooses, appropriately enough, a first-person shooter game called Hero’s Journey, but is quickly shot out of that universe when he can’t control a space ship. Careening off course, Ralph winds up in the candy-coated world of Sugar Rush, a Japanese racing game where everything is made of sweets. Disney heroes seldom go it alone, and Ralph crosses paths with Vanellope (Sarah Silverman), a scatter-brained wanna-be Sugar Rush racer who also happens to be a glitch in the game. If Ralph helps her win, he could
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Wreck-It Ralph Rated PG Starring (the voices of) John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch Directed by Rich Moore Disney, 120 minutes Opens Friday, Nov. 2, at AMC Loews Foothills 15 (888-262-4386), Century El Con 20 (800-3263264, ext. 902), Century Park Place 20 (800-3263264, ext. 903), Century Theatres at the Oro Valley Marketplace (800-326-3264, ext. 899), Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18 (806-4275) and Tower Theaters at Arizona Pavilions (579-0500).
finally be the hero he thinks he needs to be. If we’re being honest, this is essentially just Toy Story all over again. It’s just pushed forward a generation so that the kids of 30 years ago can now reminisce about the toys they used to play with as they embark on a wild animated adventure. It was cowboy and spaceman dolls for kids of the 1960s; it’s Pac-Man and digital heroes for the Gen-Xers. Animation is often a mixed bag. You’ll get blistering originality—and it’s usually from Pixar—but the majority of the films are uninspired or they get the look right at the expense of everything else or vice versa. This is a rare treat: a movie with beautifully developed characters, a strong, smart sense of humor and a unique approach to the visual world it’s creating. It doesn’t have the dramatic heft of a Paul Thomas Anderson movie, of course, but within the really simple Point A to Point B model Disney has leaned on tirelessly over the years, Wreck-It Ralph is remarkably fresh, undeniably assured and endlessly entertaining.
N O W S H O W I N G AT H O M E Sunday Bloody Sunday (Blu-ray) CRITERION MOVIE B+ SPECIAL FEATURES B BLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 7.5 (OUT OF 10)
John Schlesinger followed up his classic Midnight Cowboy with this milestone film about a love triangle between two men and a woman. One of those men is a gay doctor played by Peter Finch, a role that netted him his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor, and it was well deserved. Released in 1971, the film was one of the first to treat homosexuality as uncontroversial. The doctor and his male lover have a very comfortable relationship free of scrutiny and the sort of stereotypical negativity that plagued cinema of the time (and, oddly enough, still occasionally plagues cinema today). The lover is played by Murray Head, who is also having an affair with a divorced woman (Glenda Jackson). There are some minor jealousies at play but, for the most part, the three accept the situation for what it is. The Jackson and Finch characters love the Head character, and he isn’t all that interested in having one partner. So it goes. Finch is great here, perhaps better than he was in Network, the role for which he won a posthumous Oscar. Many think that his Oscar was payback for losing in ’71. He has a remarkable moment at the end when he breaks down the fourth wall. He also has a kissing scene that is considered a landmark in gay cinema. Just a straightforward, happy kiss between two men who like each other, a remarkable cinematic moment for its frankness. It’s just a kiss. The film is a mighty beautiful one, with a serene soundtrack and sumptuous camerawork. It has some of the surreal aspects seen in Midnight Cowboy, minus the shock. Schlesinger just wanted to
make a positive, if complicated, love story with this movie, and he succeeded on all fronts. SPECIAL FEATURES: Some terrific, recently filmed interviews and a look at the historical significance of the film.
Magic Mike (Blu-ray) WARNER HOME VIDEO MOVIE B SPECIAL FEATURES D BLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 5.75 (OUT OF 10)
When watching this again, I got to thinking that male strippers have done so much better at the movies than female strippers. Men get this almost cerebral treatment when they take their clothes off, and they also get cleverly funny stuff like The Full Monty. Women stripper movies consist of Striptease and Showgirls. Channing Tatum, having a terrific year, stars in this stripper tale, lightly based on his own story before he became a big actor type. It’s funny, and even a little dark, thanks to the work of one Steven Soderbergh, a director who rarely has a misstep. Matthew McConaughey is also on hand as the mentor to the strippers and, I must say, is the best-looking dude in this movie with his shirt off. Sorry Channing … Matthew is in killer-diller shape! It’s a fun watch, but ladies, don’t rent this one thinking it’s proper for a bachelorette party. It’s an actual movie with drama and lines and stuff in it. If you are looking for straight-up dancing naked male dudes, you might have to opt for calling up the real thing. This is a good vehicle for Tatum, who gets to show off his comedic, dramatic and dancing chops—as well as his butt—in one movie. SPECIAL FEATURES: All you get is a featurette of the dance sequences, some extended dance sequences and a quick behind-the-scenes look. Virtually nothing went into this.
BY BOB GRIMM, bgrimm@tucsonweekly.com
Blade Runner: 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray) WARNER HOME VIDEO MOVIE A SPECIAL FEATURES A BLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 9.5 (OUT OF 10)
If you own the Blu-ray that came out five years ago, you don’t really have to invest in this one. A purchase here would be a double-dip for collectors. This is, of course, the story of Deckard (Harrison Ford) a “Blade Runner” tasked with taking out some renegade, artificial humans called replicants. It all leads up to one of the best screen fights of all time, with Rutger Hauer’s mad replicant Batty going toe-to-toe with Ford (“Yeah … that’s the spirit!”). This set has many versions of the film, including the theatrical version, director’s cut and final cut, which director Ridley Scott states is his favorite. That’s probably because it contains a few more winks toward Harrison Ford’s Deckard being a replicant. The idea of Deckard being a replicant apparently pissed off Ford, to the extent that he has called the film one of the more frustrating experiences of his career. Scott has a sequel to Blade Runner in the works, having enjoyed his return to science fiction with this year’s Prometheus. No word on Ford being in the new film, although I would doubt it due to his general disdain for the franchise and Scott. SPECIAL FEATURES: You get all of the stuff from the fivedisc edition released five years ago, with Scott’s commentary and extensive behind-the-scenes featurettes, including screen tests, deleted scenes, production details, etc. As for new stuff, you get a new gallery with stills, Scott sketches and more. You can also buy the fancier boxed set that includes a bigger booklet and toy.
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be a far more relatable movie if Burton had just made it as a live-action film, living somewhere between his original and the Addams Family movies, maybe. Boyd
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PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4
In my humble opinion, the Paranormal Activity franchise peaked in the final two minutes of the first installment. That would be when a rather boring movie about bedsheets moving by themselves actually became recommendable based on its startling ending. Since that moment, the series has been one scene after another of rooms where something, be it a sound, a shadowy figure strolling through or a basketball coming down the stairs by itself, is going to happen. Or sometimes it doesn’t happen, and the director fakes you out (The directors of this installment are big fans of the open refrigerator door fakeout). Kathryn Newton plays a teenager living in a house where a mysterious kid moves across the street. Lots of strange things start happening when she Skypes her boyfriend and … you know the drill. There isn’t one legitimate scare this time around. This franchise is played out, yet a fifth chapter is already in the works. It’s not going to stop anytime soon. Grimm
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Ethan Hawke, who did a fine job of looking scared in movies like Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead and Training Day, gets to put his awesome hyperventilating on display in this sometimes-spooky demonin-the-house yarn. Hawke plays a writer long past his last hit who moves his family into a house where the prior family met their death by hanging from their necks in the backyard. He finds some home movies in the attic, which turn out to be snuff films; rather than calling the cops, he watches them as research. He soon discovers an evil force is after his family’s children, and like most horror-movie idiots, he sticks around while very bad things happen. The movie has some poor performances from supporting players, but Hawke anchors it well. This is much, much scarier than any Paranormal Activity movie. Grimm
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The rural France in Daniel Auteuil’s The Well Digger’s Daughter looks and feels much older than the 1940 it projects. Auteuil plays a single father of six whose eldest—the titular daughter—could hold the key to better fortunes for the family. He would like to marry his daughter off to a financially stable, middle-aged co-worker, but Patricia (Astrid BergèsFrisbey) has fallen in love with a pilot who has been called into active duty … and left her behind with his unborn child. The look inside the cultural mores sets the boundaries, and Auteuil’s performance and script (based on a book and film by French icon Marcel Pagnol) are the touchstones for a story and movie that would be pretty disposable without them. Boyd
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Making the Band
Candye Kane
BY ERIC SWEDLUND, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com ivine Fits is here to stay. Though the band brings together Dan Boeckner of Handsome Furs and Wolf Parade, Spoon frontman Britt Daniel and New Bomb Turks drummer Sam Brown, Divine Fits is no side project, no one-off supergroup. “It was always started as a band, not, ‘Let’s get together in the studio and knock off a couple of songs for fun.’ If that was the case, we wouldn’t go on the road and invest so much in it,” Boeckner says. “I’ve come to the conclusion recently that it’s going to kick in, in general, by the time we make our second record.” The roots of Divine Fits go back to 2007, when Boeckner and Daniel met at a Handsome Furs show in Portland, Ore. They struck up an easy friendship based on mutual respect. “About a year and a half ago, we were talking about starting a band. He asked me if I wanted to, and I said yes,” Boeckner says. “You meet people playing music, and a lot of time, they say, ‘We should play music together,’ and they don’t necessarily mean it. When he first brought it up, he’s a straight shooter, so I knew he wasn’t just fucking around. I was in the middle of touring the last Handsome Furs record, and once that was done, we started writing songs together. I moved out to his house in L.A.” Divine Fits started as sort of an upstairs/ downstairs project, with Boeckner working out of a spare room in one part of the house, while Daniel did the same in another. But it wasn’t long before they started working alongside one another. “It was completely collaborative from the start,” Boeckner says. “Depending on the song, there’s a lot of different ways we’d approach the songs.” Boeckner says his songwriting process tends to naturally shift a bit depending on the people he’s playing with, but that his creative fit with Daniel brought a welcome level of focus. “In Wolf Parade, a lot of the songs I wrote and sang, I wrote entirely myself, and then a lot of them were collaborative, too. With Handsome Furs, the writing process again was totally different. It was sonically focused; each album had its own really focused aesthetic. I would take a specific sonic palette for each record,” he says. “For this record (A Thing Called Divine Fits), it was anything-goes. “We didn’t have any preconceived aesthetic for the band at all. We just wanted to make the best rock band we could,” he says. “Whatever we did, whatever we wrote on the record, it was collaborative, more than anything else I’ve ever done.” Boeckner and Daniel brought Brown in on
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drums (and later keyboardist Alex Fischel) and began working full-time on an album, during what was a bit of a hiatus for Spoon, and a planned one for Handsome Furs. “This band started before I had any idea Handsome Furs was going to shut down,” Boeckner says. “After we finished touring Sound Kapital, I figured there’d be at least a year before we sat down and started writing new material.” So, unexpectedly, Divine Fits became Boeckner’s sole focus for the time being. And with A Thing Called Divine Fits gathering plenty of attention even before its Aug. 28 release (and a steady couple of months of touring), there’s little room for anything else now. “The recording was all over the place, so we spent months working on just how we’d play the songs live. (Alex) brings keyboard-wizard powers to the arrangements, and we figure it out from there,” he says. “For me, I don’t really do recording projects. I get them, and I enjoy listening to them occasionally, but if I’m writing something, I end up putting so much of myself into the songwriting process—and it’s so labor-intensive for me—I don’t feel like just recording it and releasing it. That’s just dry-humping. That’s not sealing the deal. “You have to actually get out in front of people and play these songs to living, breathing humans. I like making records, but the best thing is definitely playing the live show. You can’t buy it. You can buy a ticket, but it’s this fleeting, transient moment in time, and if you weren’t there, you weren’t there. It’s not downloadable; it’s not something you can scan through on a computer; you can’t skip through it. You go to the show, and you go to the show. That’s a reallife experience, and it’s irreplaceable.” Boeckner says starting a new band after see-
Divine Fits with Cold Cave 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2 The Rock 136 N. Park Ave. $20; all ages 629-9211; rocktucson.com
ing a good deal of success in other projects has its advantages—as well as its disadvantages. “The advantages are that you kind of know how to be on tour and not go crazy. From what hotels to avoid to what the best coffee shop near the venue is, you should know all that stuff. That’s easy; it’s a no-brainer. You have existing projects, so hopefully, you have a builtin audience. People are going to want to check you out based on previous bands. “The disadvantage is that no matter what band you’ve been in before, a new band is a new band, and you have to do the same shit every other band does. We have to lug our gear; we have to play smaller venues than we’re used to playing. But it’s exciting; you have to work for it. It’s not like being in an existing band that’s cruising on its fourth album. I like that.” Even since the debut album that came from that burst of fresh inspiration, Boeckner has been writing material for a Divine Fits follow-up. “Divine Fits is going to make another record. Spoon is going to make another record. I want to start anther band as well. But I don’t really see myself putting out a Dan Boeckner record. I like having a band. When I picture solo records, I picture some douchebag on a stool with an acoustic guitar and a harmonica. That sounds awful to me. Maybe when I’m 60, but right now, I want a band.”
It says a lot about our community that one of the most culturally unifying events each year is an organically grown parade that celebrates our family and friends who are no longer with us in this mortal coil. Or maybe we just like dressing up in costumes twice in one week. Either way, the 23rd Annual All Souls Procession will take place downtown on Sunday, Nov. 4. For more info on that, head to manymouths.org. For the purposes of this music column, I’m more interested in what follows the parade. Which is an awful lot. You know the drill: After the urn is burned, a lot of us are looking for a way to continue the good vibes; and what better way to celebrate than with some live music. Which explains why Sunday is easily the busiest music night this week. The Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St., has become a sort of home base for the last howevermany years, with Calexico typically performing in full Dia de los Muertos finery for the Dance of the Dead. But since the band is currently on tour, their routing brought them to the theater a week early, leaving the Rialto to find a suitable replacement. Los Angeles’ multi-culti Ozomatli is exactly that. Blending rock, jazz, funk, hip-hop and Latin vibes, the band certainly needs no introduction to Tucson music fans. It’s been a favorite here for the past 15 years. Dance of the Dead: Ozomatli begins at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4. Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta opens the show. Advance tickets for the all-ages show are $31.50 for general admission on the floor or reserved seats in the balcony. For more info, head to rialtotheatre.com or call 740-1000. Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St., has a hell of a lineup planned for its own All Souls AfterParty. Fresh off an excellent showing on Letterman last week, Toronto’s Diamond Rings (né John O’Regan) will demonstrate what all the hype is about as he pulls from Bowie-era glam, modern rock a la the Killers, and new-wavey electro-pop. Also on the bill: Australia’s Gold Fields, the Mission Creeps and Verbobala. The All Souls After-Party begins at 8 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $10, or $6 if you’re in costume. Check out hotelcongress.com/club or call 622-8848 for more info. If you’re looking for something a little more grown-up and away from the action downtown, look no further than Boondocks Lounge, 3306 N. First Ave., which is where L.A.’s brassy Candye Kane will be belting out her trademark brand of soul and blues. To be sure, her back story is riveting (teenage mother, pinup girl, champion of large-sized women and the rights of sex workers and the LGBT community, cancer survivor), but none of that would matter to concert ticket-buyers if she wasn’t such an incredible performer, which she is. Kane performs at Boondocks on Sunday, Nov.
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4. The show begins at 6 p.m. with an opening set by Heather Hardy and the Liâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;l Mama Band. Kane will take the stage around 7:30 p.m. Advance tickets are $12. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be $15 at the door. For further details, go to boondockslounge.com or call 690-0991. Back in the downtown fray, the Donkeys, whose brand of slightly twangy, laid-back, classic-sounding rock has been compared to everyone from Gram Parsons to Pavement, the Grateful Dead to Joy Division, will perform an all-ages show at Solar Culture Gallery, 31 E. Toole Ave. The San Diego bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest album is 2011â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Born With Stripes (Dead Oceans), so donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be surprised if they slip a few new tunes into the mix. The Donkeys perform at Solar Culture on Sunday, Nov. 4. Houstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Buxton opens the show at 9 p.m. Admission is $7. For more info check out solarculture.org or call 884-0874. Another fine all-ages option will be going down at Tucson Live Music Space, 125 W. Ventura St., where five actsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;two touring bands, three localsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;will be playing for five bucks. The touring bands are Ames, Iowaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mumfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, whose oddball, horn-infused tunes will remind of everyone from Primus (whom I hate) to Oingo Boingo and dEUS (both of whom I love); and Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s similarly quirky the Depaysement, who, alongside the Ramones, Tom Waits, and the Stooges, list Charlie Chaplinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart-tugging song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smileâ&#x20AC;? as influences. The locals on the bill are Run-On Sunshine, Algae and Tentacles, and Donut Shop Death. TLMSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s All Ages All Souls After-Party begins at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4. Admission is a minimum donation of $5. For more info, look for the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook page. The Eeries, who describe themselves as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Philadelphia basement beat rock â&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll,â&#x20AC;? combine garage rock with the attitude of â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70sera Brit punk on one song, and British Invasion pop smarts on the next five. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve released material on Evil Weevil and Burger Records, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be at The District, 260 E. Congress St., on Sunday. Orca Team opens around 8 p.m. and admission is free, but donations are welcome. Call 791-0082 for more info. Over at The Rock, 136 N. Park Ave., soulful electro-dance-pop duo Timeflies will headline an all-ages show with opening acts to be announced. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be surprised if these guys are playing at the Rialto in a year or two. The show starts at 8 p.m. on Sunday and advance tickets are $20. Head to rocktucson.com or call 629-9211 for more info.
RYANHOOD BACK IN THE â&#x20AC;&#x2122;HOOD If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been wondering what ever happened to Ryanhood, who havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t played a local show in what seems like ages, focusing on other projects instead, the answer comes this week. In an email to Soundbites, Cameron Hoodâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; one half of the duo, along with Ryan Greenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; confirms that the group will, indeed, be â&#x20AC;&#x153;powering down the Ryanhood touring engine for the foreseeable futureâ&#x20AC;? and pursuing other projectsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;namely Greenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new band the Great Collision, who have an album in the works, and Hoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cameron and Carlie, who have a Christmas album on the way. But he also confirms that rumors of a Ryanhood breakup are just thatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;rumors. On Saturday, Nov. 3, Ryanhood will headline a Rialto show that will also include opening sets by Cameron and Carlie and the Great Collision. UA a cappella group CatCall will be providing backup vocals for Ryanhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s set as well. The all-ages show starts at 8 p.m. and
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TOP TEN tickets are $14 in advance, $16 day of the show. For more info, check out rialtotheatre. com or call 740-1000.
MONTEREY COURTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COOKINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; If you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had a chance to check out Monterey Court, the recently renovated cluster of galleries and retail shops, a cafĂŠ and courtyard stage at 505 W. Miracle Mile, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great show to pop that cherry: At 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 2, a killer, all-acoustic country â&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rockabilly show billed as the Hardhearted Hootenanny will feature sets by Phoenixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kevin Daly (Grave Danger, Chicken and Waffles), Hank Topless, Al Perry, and Justin Valdez (Last Call Brawlers). Admission is free and the show will, of course, be fantastic. For more info about this show and a slew of others at the venue, head to montereycourtaz.com. You can call 207-2429 with questions.
CHICANO BATMAN AT LA COCINA Prior to this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s installment of DJ Hermâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always-excellent dance party, which happens every Saturday night around 10 p.m. at La Cocina, 201 N. Court Ave., catch a special appearance by L.A.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chicano Batman (who will keep that name until someone at DC Comics finds out), who will serve up a heaping dose of smooth â&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; funky Latin lounge-soul grooves starting at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3. Admission is free and more info is available at lacocinatucson.com or by calling 622-0351.
ELECTION? WHAT ELECTION?
The 17th St. Guitar and World Music Storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top sales for the week ending Oct. 26, 2012 1. Y La Orkesta Mambo Mexicano! (Cosmica)
2. Fred Knipe Swimming With Tigers (self-released)
3. Holmes-Levinson Group Holmes-Levinson Group (self-released)
4. Ebâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Camp Cooking Plain Green Wrapper (self-released)
5. Kevin Pakulis Mockingbird Radio (San Jacinto)
6. Namoli Brennet Black Crow (Flaming Dame)
7. Ron Doering The Balladeer (self-released)
8. Heather Hardy Get Out of the Road (Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;il Mama)
9. 17th Street Band Positively 17th Street (17th Street)
10. Last Call Girls Never Too Late to Get Lucky (self-released)
I certainly hope youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not hearing this for the first time, but election night is Tuesday, Nov. 6 (despite what Maricopa County might lead Spanish-speakers to believe). Sure, you could stay home and watch the results roll in, or attend one of the many election-night-results parties; but when there are three excellent shows going down, why not settle for getting your updates from your smartphone while you take in some live music? Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St., which will also be the site of an election-night party, will feature an early show by singer-songwritercellist Ben Sollee, whose output veers from Appalachian mountain music to classical-influenced pop. The 18-and-older show starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are $12 in advance. 622-8848. Plush, 340 E. Sixth St., will be hosting a show by Austinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing instrumental danceparty combo the Octopus Project that same night. That one gets started at 10 p.m. and tickets are $8 in advance, $12 at the door. 798-1298. And, finally, Topaz, 657 W. St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Road, No. C1A, will host an incredible bill featuring the Intelligence, Lenguas Largas, Acorn Bcorn (who will be releasing a new 7-inch at the show), and Dream Sick. The show starts at 7 p.m. and admission is only $5. More info at topaz-tundra.com.
THEREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MORE! Tons more great shows are happening this week, so please check out our listings section and our music blog, We Got Cactus.
Ron Doering
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. APPLEBEE’S ON GRANT 4625 E. Grant Road. 319-0544. 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. BIG WILLY’S RESTAURANT AND SPORTS GRILL 1118 E. Sixth St. 882-2121. 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. BRATS 5975 W. Western Way Circle. 578-0341. THE BREEZE PATIO BAR AND GRILL Radisson Suites. 6555 E. Speedway Blvd. 731-1414. 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. 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. 294-7777. DIABLOS SPORTS BAR AND GRILL 2545 S. Craycroft Road. 514-9202. THE DISTRICT 260 E. Congress St. 792-0081. DON’S BAYOU CAJUN COOKIN’ 8991 E. Tanque Verde Road. 749-4410. DRIFTWOOD BAR 2001 S. Craycroft Road. 790-4317. DV8 5851 E. Speedway Blvd. 885-3030. 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. ENOTECA PIZZERIA WINE BAR 58 W. Congress St. 623-0744. 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. 8847267. FAMOUS SAM’S VALENCIA 3010 W. Valencia Road. 8838888. 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. 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. 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. THE HANGART 512 N. Echols Ave. 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. 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 EVENT CENTER 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. 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. 3272011. 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. NIMBUS BREWING COMPANY TAPROOM 3850 E. 44th St. 745-9175. 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. ON A ROLL 63 E. Congress St. 622-7655. O’SHAUGHNESSY’S 2200 N. Camino Principal. 296-7464. OUTLAW SALOON 1302 W. Roger Road. 888-3910. PAPPY’S DINER 1300 W. Prince Road. 408-5262. 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. PLUSH 340 E. Sixth St. 798-1298. PURGATORY 1310 S. Alvernon Way. 795-1996. PUTNEY’S 6090 N. Oracle Road. 575-1767. 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. RIALTO THEATRE 318 E. Congress St. 740-1000. RIC’S CAFE/RESTAURANT 5605 E. River Road. 577-7272. RILEY’S IRISH TAVERN 5140 N. La Cholla Blvd. 408-0507. RIVER’S EDGE LOUNGE 4635 N. Flowing Wells Road. 887-9027.
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THU NOV 1 LIVE MUSIC Arizona Inn Bob Linesch Boondocks Lounge Ed DeLucia Trio The Breeze Patio Bar and Grill Live music Café Passé The John Einweck Jazz Quartet Casa Vicente Restaurante Español Live classical guitar Chicago Bar Neon Prophet Club Congress Jonny Fritz, The Devil Makes Three La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar Spindrift, Sunny Italy, Connor Gallagher, Louise Le Hir La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar Stefan George 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 Las Cazuelitas Event Center Live music McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse Lounge: Susan Artemis Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café Troy Gray Nimbus Brewing Company Taproom Dave Manning O’Malley’s Live music On a Roll Live music O’Shaughnessy’s Live pianist and singer Plush The Modeens, Bleached RPM Nightclub 80’s and Gentlemen Sheraton Hotel and Suites Prime Example Sky Bar Live music Sullivan’s Steak House Live music Tucson Live Music Space Leftmore Whiskey Tango Live music
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 Driftwood Bar 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 Outlaw Saloon Chubbrock Entertainment Pappy’s Diner Open mic River’s Edge Lounge Karaoke with KJ David Royal Sun Inn and Suites Y Not Karaoke Stadium Grill Chubbrock Entertainment Thirsty’s Neighborhood Grill
DANCE/DJ Big Willy’s Restaurant and Sports Grill DJ Hurricane and Project Benny Blanco Diablos Sports Bar and Grill Bikini bash with DJ Mike Lopez Gentle Ben’s Brewing Company DJ spins music The Hideout Fiesta DJs The Hut DJ MGM IBT’s DJ spins music Javelina Cantina DJ M. Mr. Head’s Art Gallery and Bar DJ Bonus Pearson’s Pub DJ Wild Wes RJ’s Replays Sports Pub and Grub DJ M. Sam Hughes Place Championship Dining DJ spins music Sapphire Lounge Salsa night Sir Veza’s Taco Garage Wetmore 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
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Solar Culture Luna 13 Sparkroot Vanessa Peters Stadium Grill Live music Sullivan’s Steak House Live music Surly Wench Pub Black Cherry Burlesque Tanque Verde Swap Meet Live music V Fine Thai Phony Bennett Westward Look Resort East to West Whiskey Tango Live music Woody’s Susan Artemis
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Portland, Ore.’s Menomena is a modern group yet to release a truly forgettable or misdirected album—more than can be said for most of their peers. Given the rather acrimonious departure of Brent Knopf, one might think Justin Harris and Danny Seim would have had to reinvent their sound. Instead, the duo gives us Moms, a bold, generous success. Despite the gravitas imbued upon an album whose lyrical bent is darkly reflective, dedicated to mothers both dead and overburdened, Moms retains Menomena’s sometimes-playful, sometimes-dumb sensibilities. Yes, there is a song named “Skintercourse,” but that is inconsequential compared to the beguiling song’s nervous pop. Elsewhere, dramatic incantations of “glory hole” cannot derail the gloriously fuzzy waltz of “Capsule.” Bookended by perhaps the band’s most-enthralling tunes, Moms succeeds due to its ability to eschew safety for ambition. “Plumage” begins the album with bouncing rhythms and thrashing muscle; it’s a crowd-pleasing barnburner assured enough for a funky sax solo and levity. Meanwhile, closer “One Horse” is a 10-minute transformer that expertly develops from pianoled balladry to marching space psychedelia. Ultimately, Moms is less defined by one-liners or grand experimentation than by smartly executed, willfully fractious art-rock. “Pique” presents a mesmeric, trembling dark pop tune, while “Baton” skillfully executes a gutsy rock tune composed primarily around Seim’s gutting pleas (“I wish I could construct a better song for you, my dear”). Dark and funny, Moms slyly retains the essence of Menomena without forfeitures. Michael Petitti
Sic Alps sound here like they did on 2011’s well-received Napa Asylum. Listeners may argue among themselves whether the English accent is real or not. (It’s not.) Sic Alps starts with “Glyphs,” which has a T. Rex feel, with Marc Bolan’s ghost looming large over the proceedings. Making out the lyrics is difficult, as it is with about half of the album, but my best guess is the song is about drugs. The short guitar solo is perfect, with subtle strings adding volumes to the noisy twang. “God Bless Her, I Miss Her” is more T. Rex glamswank, and the guitar work is even better. The awkward “Lazee Son” sounds like a heroin party with Skip Spence and Anton Newcombe. It might as well be a solo track by Sic Alps cofounder Mike Donovan. The album floats by in a haze of reverb and nice guitar and drum tones until the eighth song: “Moviehead” is a masterpiece that would have smoked as a 45 in ’69, or provided a breath of fresh air on 8-track in ’75. The song that follows, “Rock Races,” is the longest on the album and sounds like the “White Album”-era Beatles attempting something resembling Neil Young’s Tonight’s the Night. It’s not for the attention span-deprived, but it is good. Sic Alps is uneven, but it certainly has its moments. Bobby Carlson
This third solo album from A.C. Newman shows some broader orchestral impulses coming from the power-pop genius, and, for the first time, exposes a significant divide between what is a New Pornographers song and what is an A.C. Newman song. Borrowing a bit from Harry Nilsson as he turns introspective, Newman shows a different sort of creativity in the instrumentation and arrangements. Fellow New Pornographer Neko Case is frequently present, but Newman uses her voice to provide accents more than anything. The flute on “I’m Not Talking,” the accordion on “Wasted English” and banjo on “The Troubadour” are just three quick examples of Newman embracing a wider palette of sounds. More than simply an exercise in recording a moresomber, personal album— though he accomplishes that exceedingly well—Shut Down the Streets reveals a deeper and more-multifaceted talent in Newman. The album brings along plenty of Newman’s pop charms, but it’s a step mellower, a step more vulnerable and a big step more serious. It’s Newman on his own, after the party has wound down, quietly sinking into that easy chair in the corner, done for a moment with purely entertaining. Instead of simply riding the wave, the listener gets to slow down and poke around in the songs a bit. Shut Down the Streets has its peaks and valleys, and perhaps is destined to be remembered as either an outlier or a transition, but in this moment, it’s a beautifully constructed album that presents a complex slice of life. Eric Swedlund
Sic Alps perform with Andrew Collberg at Solar Culture Gallery, 31 E. Toole Ave., at 9 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 7. $8; 884-0874.
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To the Polls! BY J.M. SMITH, jsmith@tucsonweekly.com Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease and post-traumatic stress hile folks fling hyperbole in disorder. Their law also would give out-of-state Colorado, Washington and Oregon cards the same â&#x20AC;&#x153;force and effectâ&#x20AC;? as Arkansas over the legalization of recreational cards, provided the patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s illness qualifies marijuana, people in three other states are there. squaring up over medical marijuana. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, because Should they pass, the state ballot initiatives chronic pain is recognized in Arkansas. Maybe in Arkansas, Massachusetts and Montana this is the first reason ever for a vacation to would give us 20 MMJ states, stretching into Arkansas. And donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t laugh about a Deep South every region from the purple mountains, state passing this law. under the big sky and to Arkansas voters decrimithe birthplace of nalized marijuana a few Thanksgiving, then down years ago, though the into the Deep South, Class 1 misdemeanor for where no state has an up to 4 ounces carries a MMJ law on the books. potential year in jail and Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take a glance in Medical up to a $2,500 fine. alphabetical order, Marijuana A recent University of mmmkay? Arkansas poll shows just 43 percent of likely voters Arkansas support the measure, so Much like Arizonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s law, things look bleak. Things the proposed Arkansas are seemingly bleak there, law would allow a limitanyway, since 58 percent ed number of nonprofit of the same likely voters dispensaries. In Arkansas, support Mitt Romney. Yikes. however, local governments would set limits Get out the vote, Arkansas MMJ proponents. on the number of dispensariesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and this Your patients need medical cannabis. could get sticky. Patients living more than 5 miles from a dispensary could grow a â&#x20AC;&#x153;limited Massachusetts amountâ&#x20AC;? of medication. Commonwealth residents will vote on a highly This law would include all of the usual civilized Law for the Humanitarian Medical Use qualifying-illness suspects, including chronic of Marijuana on Nov. 6. pain, HIV, cancer, glaucoma and Crohnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disThis law would also include the usual qualiease, but it also includes agitation from
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY HOROSCOPE 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700 $1.99 per minute. 18 and over. Touchtone phone required. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Big opportunities are coming up for you. Even if you cash in on them, though, they aren’t likely to make an immediate practical impact. They are subtle and deep, these prospects. They have the potential of catalyzing monumental shifts in your long-term unfolding, but will take a while to transform your day-to-day rhythm. So what are these openings? Here are my guesses: 1. You could root out a bad seed that got embedded in your subconscious mind before you knew any better. 2. You could reinterpret the meaning of certain turning points in your past, thereby revising the flow of your life story. 3. You could forgive yourself for an old sin you thought you’d never let go of. 4. You could receive a friendly shock that will diminish some sadness you’ve carried for a long time. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): This would be a good time to get introspective and meditative about your urge to merge … to think objectively about the way you approach togetherness … to be honest with yourself about what strengths and weaknesses you bring to the art of collaboration. The mostimportant question you can ask yourself during this inventory is this: “How do I personally contribute, either knowingly or unconsciously, to the problems I experience in relationships?” Here’s another query you might consider: “How hard am I willing to work to create the kinds of intimacy and alliances I say I want?” GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Dear Rob: I seem to be marooned in an interesting limbo. The sights and sounds are not exactly pretty, but they keep me perversely entertained. I’m sampling tastes that are more sour than sweet, thinking that sooner or later, the sweetness will start to prevail—but it never does. Sometimes I feel like I’m in a trance, unable to do what’s best for me. Can you offer any help? Like maybe give me a password that would break me out of the trance? —Meandering Gemini. Dear Meandering: This is one of those rare times when you have cosmic permission to favor what’s calming and reassuring rather than what’s amusing and stimulating. Your password is sanctuary. CANCER (June 21-July 22): On Sept. 22, the San Francisco Giants played a baseball game against the San Diego Padres. In the
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mouth, and it was only then that I remembered: Yesterday, in actual waking life, I had a real tooth yanked out by a real dentist. The moral of the story, Libra: Be wary of making up elaborate stories and mythic assumptions about events that have simple, mundane explanations. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): This is an excellent time to explore the frontiers of wise foolishness. I’m hoping you will take full advantage of learning opportunities that might require you to shed your excess dignity and acknowledge how much you don’t know. Are you brave enough to disavow cynical thoughts and jaded attitudes that muffle your lust for life? Are you smart enough to understand how healthy it would be to go out and play like an innocent wild child? Make yourself available for delightful surprises. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Zombies used to be terrifying. But then they became a featured motif in pop culture, often in humorous contexts, and now there’s a growing acceptance and even affection for them. Here’s the view of Max Brooks, author of The Zombie Survival Guide:
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¡ASK A MEXICAN! BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO, themexican@askamexican.net Dear Mexican: After a year in Spain, I speak more-than-decent Spanish, and I want to get a job in the nonprofit field where I can put it to use and pursue social justice and all that. Thing is, my Spanish is pretty peninsular. I maintained my seseo, thank God, but I may let loose an “¿os vais ahora?” every so often, and people have told me I have un acento andaluz (¡mentira!). Are the Mexicans gonna laugh at me? Is this a totally neurotic fear? Love your column, by the way. La Gallega Dear Galician Gabacha: Going to Spain to learn to speak Spanish is like going to Mexico to learn good-government practices. Don’t believe all the Barça and Real Madrid jerseys worn by hipsters, or their sudden love for Jarabe de Palo: The number of Spaniards in the United States is miniscule—91,285, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2011 American Community Survey, and a bunch of them are undoubtedly Basques and Catalans who despise their adopted tongue. It’ll all be fine, but Mexis will forever make fun of your lisp and your use of vosotros. More importantly, you’re going to get your curse words wrong, as will be evident in the following respuesta … I and mi familia live in a mobile-home community, and it does seem to have its fair share of Mexis, along with Latino/a residents. Mi problema is this: For roughly all of last week, up to and including today, some Mexican kids have been taking shortcuts through other people’s yards (including mine), and since our next-door neighbors (who are also Mexicans) have two perros, the little hijos de putas love to get their jollies off by pestering the hell out of them! After they’ve been chased out of the yard, they’ll stand just outside of the yard and torment the neighbors’ dogs! And (if that weren’t enough), they have the nerve to pretend not to understand what’s being said to them (both in Spanish and English). Mi pregunta: While we’ve already considered notifying the office about their pain-in-the-ass antics/tactics, I’m well aware they won’t do anything about it. So, is calling la policia (and possibly threatening to alert la migra) my only course of action? What steps can be taken to
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So I was innocently browsing the personal ads on Craigslist and saw one from a dude who was looking to try â&#x20AC;&#x153;saline ballsâ&#x20AC;? for the first time. Having no idea what this was, I Googled it. Even worse, I Google-imaged it. I pride myself on being unshockable, but I was completely and utterly mortified at what I saw. With that said, my copious Internet searching failed to yield the answers to the basic/most-important questions regarding saline balls: (1) What is the procedure/process for salining oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s balls? (2) What about it turns on the saliner/salinee? (3) How long does the effect last? (4) Can it be (god forbid) irreversible?
when an effort to be GGG didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cause a problem, no one wrote you. And this was leading other readers to conclude that being GGG is always a risky mistake. So I thought Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d write to tell you that nothing went wrong after I was GGG for my girlfriend (we had sex in a series of semipublic places), and she was GGG for me (she arranged a small CFNM party at which I was the NM). We are being GGG, and all is well with us, Dan, and we wanted to thank you for giving us the tools that we needed to talk about this stuff!
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The technical name for what CUM is asking about is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;scrotal inflation,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? says Dart, a leatherman, BDSM/kink educator and host of the Dartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Domain podcast. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a type of bodymodification play where the scrotum is infused with approximately 500 milliliters to one liter of saline solution via an IV/cannula drip, which results in the balls appearing to have enlarged to the size of a pair of grapefruits.â&#x20AC;? Saline, of course, is simply salt water, and sterile saline solutions are administered intravenously to dehydrated patients so that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, you know, die. But some peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;like the guys your Craigslist friend was seeking outâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;engage in recreational saline play. But theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not putting saline in their balls, CUM; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re putting saline in their ball sacks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The skin of the sack has a great deal of elasticity and can safely stretch to this large size without incurring damage,â&#x20AC;? says Dart. Balls, of course, are not noted for their elasticity, and they can burst. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While this is a more extreme form of kink play, if done under sterile conditions with hospital-grade materials, it can be accomplished with a minimal risk,â&#x20AC;? says Dart. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one should experiment with scrotal inflation without some experienced guidance, and no one should do it alone. Some of the risks that can happen include local infection and cellulitis, which can occur from a lack of sterility. There can also be dangerous problems if any air was present in the tubing of the IV during the infusion. But, again, if proper precautions are taken, these risks can be avoided.â&#x20AC;? The inflation process takes about an hour; the effect lasts for a day or two; and the sack gradually returns to normal size as the saline is absorbed into the body. So the process is always reversibleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so long as youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re inflating your sack with saline and not, say, silicone, Spackle or packing peanuts. Your sack may be a little looser afterward, but youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to be stuck with a giant sack forever. As for why this is a turn-on, well, turn-ons are highly subjective. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The turn-on answer varies from person to person,â&#x20AC;? says Dart. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For some, there is a certain rush from temporarily modifying a part of their body to a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;monstrousâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; size. Others have â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;medical playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fantasies. In a power-exchange setting between a dominant and a submissive, the dom may get off on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;alteringâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; a part of the subâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body against the subâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will, while the sub may get turned on by the humiliation aspect. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wide spectrum. As I say, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not for everyone. But many, including myself, have engaged in it safely and had a pretty fun time doing it.â&#x20AC;? Anyone who wants to see a pair of grapefruitsized â&#x20AC;&#x153;saline ballsâ&#x20AC;? in action should go here: tinyurl.com/salineballs. Anyone who wants to find Dartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blog, podcast and videos should go here: www.dartsdomain.com.
I have a problem with a guy I like and his porn habits. I know youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve answered a lot of questions about porn, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve answered one like mine. The problem is I used to be his porn. I work part-time as a cam girl. He was one of my regular customers. I came to like him as a human being, and he seemed to feel the same about me. This last summer, we actually got a chance to meet in person. It was fucking amazing! Since then, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve continued playing online, although for free now, because it feels unethical to charge someone who I really like. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also tossed around the idea of another visit. So hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the problem: Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still paying other cam girls, and it makes me upset. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind that he looks at porn, Dan. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even mind that he pays for live interactive porn. There are plenty of times when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s horny, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m asleep (we live in different time zones), or Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m at my other job, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care what he does then. The thing is, I feel I should be the one he plays with when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re both awake and online at the same time. But just as often, when we are both awake and online, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s busy with other cam girls. It makes me feel ignored and neglected. Am I overreacting? Should I ask to be prioritized over porn? And how can I bring up this subject? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to tell him that he canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t jerk off or insist that I have to be at the center of everything he thinks about sexually, but feeling constantly sidelined isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t OK, either. And frankly, it makes me feel like a chump for not charging him.
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Clever Acronym Missing Monitoring this guyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s porn habits seems like a waste of time and emotional energy, CAM, considering that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not your boyfriend; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve only met in person on one occasion; you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live in the same time zone; and a second meeting is just an idea thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being â&#x20AC;&#x153;tossed around.â&#x20AC;? Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not in a relationship with him, and, really, would you wanna be? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pro-porn, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pro-porn-cam girls, but a guy who invests the amount of time, money and emotional energy in porn that Mr. Not Your Boyfriend does, well, hardly seems like decent relationship material. But youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got nothing to loseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;literally nothingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so go ahead and ask him to prioritize you over porn, and to prioritize the free porn youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re offering him over the porn heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still paying for, and see what he says. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like what you hear, CAM, if he makes it clear that he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel about you the same way that you feel about him, then you should definitely start charging him again. CONFIDENTIAL TO READERS IN THE UNITED STATES Please vote on Nov. 6â&#x20AC;&#x201D;or before Nov. 6â&#x20AC;&#x201D;for Barack Obama. And if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota or Washington State, please vote for marriage equality!
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Horse Show-Jumping, Minus the Horse Horse show-jumping is a longtime Olympics sport, but for the last 10 years, equestrians have been performing in â&#x20AC;&#x153;horselessâ&#x20AC;? show-jumping, in which horse courses are run by â&#x20AC;&#x153;ridersâ&#x20AC;? on foot (who, by the way, do not straddle broomsticks). According to an October report in The Wall Street Journal, an international association headed by retired pro equestrian Jessica Newman produces at least 15 shows a year, with between 40 and 130 competitors galloping over jumps that vary from 2 to 4 feet high (five feet in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grand Prixâ&#x20AC;? events), with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;ridersâ&#x20AC;? graded as if they were on horses (and timed, with points off for contacting the rails). Explained Newman: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just fun to be a horse.â&#x20AC;? Cultural Diversity â&#x20AC;˘ Official gaydar: Malaysiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Education Ministry has held at least 10 seminars recently to teach parents and teachers how to head off the pesky homosexuality that their kids may be in â&#x20AC;&#x153;dangerâ&#x20AC;? of developing. According to officials, sure signs are when boys wear â&#x20AC;&#x153;V-neckâ&#x20AC;? or sleeveless shirts or carry big handbags. For girls, the most-obvious sign is â&#x20AC;&#x153;having no affection for boys.â&#x20AC;? Last year, according to a September Reuters report, the government set up camps specifically to teach â&#x20AC;&#x153;masculine behaviorâ&#x20AC;? to â&#x20AC;&#x153;effeminateâ&#x20AC;? boys. â&#x20AC;˘ Championship eaters gobble down hot dogs on New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coney Island, but in August, when a Filipino restaurant in Brooklyn wanted a more-ethnic contest, it offered plates of â&#x20AC;&#x153;balutsâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Philippine delicacy of duck fetuses. Wayne Algenio won, stuffing 18 down his throat in five minutes. Typically, the baluts have barely begun to develop, sometimes allowing a â&#x20AC;&#x153;luckyâ&#x20AC;? diner to sense in his mouth the crackle of a beak or the tickle of a feather. Since baluts are exotic, they are considered to be (as is often the case in Asia) aphrodisiacs. â&#x20AC;˘ Surviving a cobra bite in Nepal is simple, some natives believe: If the victim bites the snake right back, to its death, the venom is rendered harmless. One confident farmer bitten in August in Biratnagar told BBC News that he went about his business normally after fatally biting his attackerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and survived only after his family convinced him that perhaps the custom was ridiculous, and hauled him to a hospital. â&#x20AC;˘ A September religious festival in Nanchang, China, is a favorite of beggars, as visitors are in a generous mood, but officials expressed concern this year about the increasing hordes of panhandlers harassing the pilgrims. Thus, town officials ordered all festival beggars to be locked up in small cages (too tiny to allow standing) to minimize the hustling. Beggars are free to leave, but then must stay away permanently. Most beggars chose to stay since they still earned more in festival cages than they would have on the street. Whale Discharges in the News â&#x20AC;˘ In August, schoolboy Charlie Naysmith of Christchurch, England, taking a nature walk 70 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM
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