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Abuse of Our Elders A tragically high number of Southern Arizona seniors are victims of theft, violence and neglect BY TIM VANDERPOOL / PAGE 15

Delia Orduno, 66, is one of the lucky ones: After escaping a husband who she says was abusive, Delia now lives on her own at Sentinel Plaza. (Her injuries are the result of a fall, not abuse.)

NOVEMBER 22-28, 2012 VOL. 29, NO. 40

OPINION When all the votes were finally counted, Ron Barber was sent to Washington, D.C., for a full term.

Tom Danehy 4 Randy Serraglio 6 Jim Hightower 6 Guest Commentary 8 Mailbag 8

CURRENTS The Skinny 9 By Jim Nintzel

Important Architecture 9 By Tim Vanderpool

Buildings’ fates enter the Broadway-widening discussion Media Watch 10 By John Schuster

A Close Shave 11 By Jim Nintzel

Eleven days after voting ended, Ron Barber declares victory Weekly Wide Web 12 Compiled by David Mendez

Police Dispatch 12 By Mariana Dale

Separate and Unequal 13

On the edge of our own fiscal cliff every week.

By Mari Herreras

ELL changes in TUSD’s deseg proposal have left advocates wanting more Unexplained Homicide 14 By Brian J. Pedersen

About six years ago, Benjamin Klemann was murdered just off of Speedway Boulevard Abuse of Our Elders 15

Giving Thanks Thanksgiving columns about things for which people are thankful are clichéd, I will concede, but I am thankful for a lot right now. So, on with the thanks-giving! • I am thankful for the Tucson Weekly’s fantastic bunch of writers. We’re blessed to have some of the very best critics, columnists and reporters throughout the state—and they have the awards and honors to prove it. • I am thankful that Proposition 409 passed. Tucson’s streets are badly in need of repair, and I am reasonably confident our newish mayor and city manager will do everything in their power to make sure the bond money is spent well, and spent wisely. (I couldn’t necessarily say this about some previous city leaders … and I am thankful I can say it about Mayor Jonathan Rothschild and City Manager Richard Miranda.) • I am thankful for Tucson’s amazing food, and the people who make it. From the gelato at Allegro, to the marinara sauce at Mama Louisa’s, to the chile verde at Taco Giro, to the carne seca tacos at Taqueria Pico de Gallo … I could go on and on, but we’re blessed with amazing locally owned small businesses that produce excellent eats in this city. I am thankful, even if my waistline is not. • I am thankful for the amazing amount of culture in Southern Arizona. We have so many events, concerts, theatrical performances and so on that we have to pick and choose, rather carefully, what we cover. I wish we had more space and more resources to cover additional events … but I’d rather have that problem than live in a place where there aren’t so many great things to do. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

By Tim Vanderpool

A high number of Southern Arizona seniors are victims of theft, violence and neglect

JIMMY BOEGLE, Editor jboegle@tucsonweekly.com COVER DESIGN BY GARY SMATHERS; PHOTO BY TIM VANDERPOOL

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City Week 20 Our picks for the week

Sit ’n’ Steep 40

TQ&A 22 Melo Dominguez, The Art of All Possibilities

PERFORMING ARTS Short and Sweet 28

By Rita Connelly

The Scented Leaf is a lovely, modern tearoom—but can this formula be successful? Noshing Around 40 By Adam Borowitz

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An Opus Album 47

Invisible Theatre’s heartwarming Mesa is a road trip worth taking

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VISUAL ARTS Bodies on Display 31 By Margaret Regan

Tucson’s Big Meridox celebrates the release of his “grown-man” songs Soundbites 47 By Stephen Seigel

Art fans: You need to see this amazing exhibition at Pima Community College

Club Listings 49

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Animal Issues 35

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Silver Linings Playbook deserves all the buzz it’s getting—and then some Film Times 37 Simply Sucks 38 By Bob Grimm

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Almost Open 55 By J.M. Smith

The state is finally issuing dispensary licenses—but why did it take so damn long?

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hanksgiving is not my favorite holiday. It’s not nearly as great as Christmas or New Year’s. Labor Day is awesome, because it’s the start of football season. Easter is cool, because it marks the end of my Lenten fast (plus there’s that whole resurrection-of-Jesus-Christ thing). Halloween used to be way cool until it became an adult holiday and gave grown people the opportunity to dress like pimps or hos. I kinda like the Fourth of July, because we get to celebrate our national badass-ness (or is it badassiosity?). Plus, it’s around the Fourth that the days start getting shorter. Unofficially, the summer solstice (on or about June 21) is supposed to be the longest day of the year, but in these parts, the sun continues to rise at an ungodly hour (before 5:20 a.m.) for another couple of weeks. Something really sinister happens about a week after the solstice: The sun starts rising a minute or so later, but it also sets a minute later. That’s Kafka-esque. By the Fourth of July, the days are getting shorter by more than 30 seconds per day as we careen toward the start of football. As for Thanksgiving … blah! First off, the food sucks. It’s all bland and Caucasian, no matter who cooks it. I have to douse the stuffing with jalapeño juice just so I don’t think that I’ve mistakenly starting chewing on carpet. Turkey is like the Fox News of meats—way too white, with nothing substantial to offer. Mashed potatoes are OK in small doses, but gravy makes me long for salsa and/or spaghetti sauce. Cranberries are a communist conspiracy. (People used to think that it was fluoride in the water, but it’s definitely the cranberry, in its various forms.) I don’t like pie, and I don’t like pumpkin pie—squared! When I was a kid, my mom would make lasagna on Thanksgiving and again on Christmas. That’s it—twice a year; it’s all we could afford. All of my friends would find excuses to stop by on Thanksgiving, thereby resulting in considerably less for me. My favorite Thanksgiving as an adult was when my daughter came home from Cornell and requested four straight days of nothing but Mexican food. Other things I don’t like about Thanksgiving: • It means that the Christmas season is at least half over. It used to mark the start of the Christmas season, but nowadays, marketing has gone insane. I think Costco put the fake Christmas trees on display on the first day the temperature dipped below 100 degrees, sometime in late September or early October. • The Dallas Cowboys get a home game every Thanksgiving. It’s so ridiculously unfair. The players and coaches get to be at home with their families, plus the team gets a home game and then 10 days off before their next

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game—a huge benefit this time of the season. • I used to dread Thanksgiving because it was the day before Black Friday. I had to go stand in line at 3 a.m. to buy something that I would have gladly paid an extra 20 percent for if I could have stayed in bed. Of course, this year, Thanksgiving is Black Friday, with some stores opening at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving. That sucks. I think I’ll do Small Business Saturday this year. On the plus side, this is the earliest that Thanksgiving can be; next year, on Nov. 28, it will be the latest it can be. For a long time, it was always on the last Thursday of November. But in 1941, after a suggestion by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Congress passed a law making it a national holiday and designating the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving. (FDR actually suggested it in 1939, when Thanksgiving would fall on the 30th. He wanted to basically add a week to the Christmas-shopping season to help boost the economy, but Congress didn’t act until two years later, when it didn’t matter. Plus, a couple of weeks after Thanksgiving in 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and the U.S. economy got a huge, unwanted boost.) By far, the best Thanksgiving song of all time is Stan Freberg’s satirical masterpiece, “Pilgrim’s Progress (Take an Indian to Lunch),” from his United States of America album. More than 50 years after its release, it remains a work of absolute genius: Show him we’re as liberal as can be Let him know he’s almost as good as we. Do yourself a BIG favor, and call up “Take an Indian to Lunch” on YouTube. Somebody put it on with some visuals that are weird in a Ted Kaczynski kind of way. Close your eyes, and listen to the lyrics, and then tell me that it’s not brilliant. Still, it’s Thanksgiving, and we all have a lot to be thankful for. For one thing, I’m really thankful that I live in a country where we can have political campaigns full of spirited speeches and lively debates. And when it’s all over, the people who supported the losing candidate just shrug and go about their business, and nobody does anything stupid or petty like circulate petitions suggesting that their home state should secede from the Union. Oh, yeah, wait …

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Far too many voters were misled, mistreated and disenfranchised HIGHTOWER

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hen the nice little elderly lady at the polling place smiled beatifically and handed me an “I Voted” sticker on Election Day, I took it home and added “even though they tried to stop me” before slapping it on. So, how was your voting experience? I realize that’s a loaded question, and the answer depends heavily on where you live, how you voted, the spelling of your name, how long ago you moved and other factors. Here’s mine. I presented my voter-registration card and yellow postcard indicating my southside polling location to the first poll worker. She barely glanced at these items as she asked me for a photo ID. I replied that I didn’t need one.

The sky is falling! The end times are upon us! It’s all over for America! And it’s all because of you—you, the execrable voters. This is the wretched wail of a few corporate chieftains who claim to be somewhere between flummoxed and furious that Barack Obama is staying in the White House. With his diabolical Obamacare and tax-the-rich attacks on us wealthy job creShe insisted that I did. I politely explained that the docuators, they moan, this president is out to ments I presented were legally sufficient identification. destroy American business. “There’s a tsuCondescendingly, she said, “I have to see a photo ID. nami coming,” cried one, so we must save Otherwise, how are we going to know you’re who you say ourselves. you are?” I refused again. How do these trembling titans of free Exasperated, she called over her supervisor, who in turn enterprise intend to do that? By firing repeated the poll worker’s assertion. I picked up the yellow employees, and therefore sending a mescard, showed her the identification requirements listed on sage to workers that voting for Democrats is the back, and asked her to read them. Finally, my docubad for their health. “Elections have consements were closely examined, after which the supervisor quences,” exclaimed a Las Vegas boss, shrugged and said, “Well, I guess we’ll accept that.” after offing 22 workers the day after Obama I closed my case rather firmly with, “You must accept was re-elected. that, because it’s the law.” Echoing this self-serving political ethic, a All of the poll workers told me they had been trained Georgia executive told C-SPAN that his fear that a photo ID was required. I responded that this was of Obamacare made him fire enough workvery disconcerting, that people were being given false inforers to exempt his business from providing mation that presents a significant barrier to voting. I health care. “I tried to make sure that the explained that this happens virtually every time I vote, and people I had to lay off voted for Obama,” that it clearly seems to be an institutional problem. he noted, spewing spite. Toward the end of the line, in a voice just above a conThen there’s Papa John’s, the billion-dollar-a-year fast-food chain. John Schnatter, the “papa” of Papa John’s, had warned this summer THIS MODERN WORLD By Tom Tomorrow that he’d jack up the consumer price of the chain’s pizza if Obama won, because he wasn’t going to eat the cost of assuring health coverage for employees. Post-election, however, Schnatter has decided not to slap his customers, but to slap Papa John’s workers instead, by cutting their hours to part-time so he doesn’t have to pay for their coverage. “That’s what you do,” Schnatter snapped. “You pass on costs.” Yeah, that’s what bosses like you do—and what an exemplary way for the millionaire boss to boost productivity, loyalty and morale of those who do the actual work that make customers want to buy Papa John’s pizza— or not.

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spiratorial whisper, one poll worker said, “I agree with you.” Then another chimed in: “You should call Brad Nelson,” Pima County’s elections director. I said, “Believe me, I’ve called him before.” Maybe it was time to call again. Granted, I usually vote in high-minority districts, so maybe I should expect to be treated like a criminal at the polls (considering how our institutions treat such communities in general), but that doesn’t make it right. The only time I was not challenged at the polls in recent elections was at a very pale and relatively highincome precinct near Campbell Avenue and Grant Road. The woman who picked up the phone at the Elections Department insisted that the poll workers had been correct. After the usual back and forth, she transferred me up the chain to a woman who finally agreed that I was correct, apologized sincerely for the “misunderstanding” and offered to transfer me to someone who trains poll workers. When I told the trainer what the poll workers had said, he became defensive and hostile: “They’re lying through their teeth.” Incredulous, I asked him if he really thought that a half-dozen civic-minded grannies would collectively lie to me about such a thing. Then he recanted that accusation and implied that their advanced age had reduced their capacity to absorb or remember their training. When I balked at this, too, he tacked sideways: “Maybe they’re remembering previous training.” Somewhere in the middle of me asking, “When has it ever been legally required to show photo ID at the polls?” he hung up on me. All of this would be laughable, and perhaps easily dismissed, if it hadn’t occurred in a national context of millions of people finding a hassle at the polls, many of whom are effectively prevented from voting in an ongoing pattern that consistently correlates to race and income status. In Arizona, the American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of Latino voting-rights groups sent letters raising such concerns to Secretary of State Ken Bennett. I crunched some numbers on our local election results and discovered a significantly higher incidence of provisional ballots (which tend to go uncounted at a higher rate) in highminority districts, which is consistent with national trends. I understand that Mr. Nelson must be very busy overseeing his biennial electoral disaster (and denying that there’s a significant problem), but when the dust settles, he should very carefully examine his system to determine the nature of this problem and a way to fix it. Beyond that, the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division should examine every one of these cases around the country and bring whatever actions are necessary to ensure that voting is a truly democratic institution, rather than a means of social control.

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A Differing Opinion of John Fogerty’s Concert at AVA I read your review of John Fogerty’s concert in Tucson (Live, Oct. 25). I don’t want to sound negative, but in the words of Joe Biden: “What a bunch of malarkey.” First off, you need to learn how to use your spellchecker. “Creedence” is spelled with two E’s. Secondly, I was in the crowd of “50-somethings” you mention, except I am 60. The last time I saw CCR live was in 1970, in the Seattle Coliseum at the age of 18. The crowd you speak of must have been closer to the age of watching Sesame Street back then. This was mostly a crowd north of 60 years old. As far as the disappointment in the music piped in before and after the concert, well … it was piped-in music. You were disappointed you didn’t hear those two songs live. My disappointment is they didn’t play more CCR greats such as “Midnight Special,” “Susie Q” and “I Put a Spell on You.” I went to hear the Creedence of the ’60s, music of my generation. And as far the sound, and Fogerty drowning out the rest of the band with his guitar: Back to malarkey. He is the reason for my being there, and he is why many people are willing to pay $100 to see him. I paid $5.50 in 1970, and back then, I was in the nosebleed section, not the front row. I know that I am not alone when I say I went to this show to see a legend and to hear the greatness behind Creedence Clearwater Revival. He put on a great show and would have been just as good without his backup band. All I heard from others in the crowd after he left the stage was that he was awesome. Today, he is one of the world’s greatest guitarists at 67, and he still has the looks and the energy of a man half his age—not to mention his one-a-kind voice that sounds just as great today as it did 40 years ago. Stephen n McFadden

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n college, I turned down a Tucson Weekly internship. As a result, five years later, I became a paperboy in Barcelona. Fortunately, that half-decade in between wasn’t filled with regret-fueled bouts of depression or desperate emails begging for a second chance. I somehow managed to avoid that slippery slope and work my way into an enjoyable copywriter job in New York City. That was, until one day, bored at work, I chased an e-rabbit down a hole of Internet links. I eventually landed on TucsonWeekly.com, the catalyst for 20 minutes of daydreaming about what my life might be like if I had accepted the Weekly’s internship offer. Moments later, I was certain that I needed to become an altweekly reporter. From there, I could have applied to any of the various alternative publications that published within a few miles of my East Village apartment. But I figured it made more sense to quit my job and move to Barcelona. There, I could freely write at my own leisure and become a kind of modern-day George Orwell—without that whole bother of serving in the Spanish Civil War. Yet more than a month into my Catalan adventure, I hadn’t found the motivation to write a tweet, let alone pen anything of substance. So naturally, I decided to search for ambition in a pile of empanadas. Luckily enough, the antidote to writer’s block was baked into the carne-loaded pastries, which led me to the most-fascinating man in Barcelona’s Raval barrio: Mario. Massive in size and personality, Mario not only spent 12 hours a day baking a dozen varieties of empanadas, but he also found the time to author five novels with topics ranging from Pythagoras to the Voynich manuscript to Freemasonry. Four empanadas down, and 10 pages into a collection of his surrealist essays, I realized I could check off my writefor-an-altweekly goal with a profile piece on Mario, so I pitched the story to the local paper BCN Mes. The editors shot my idea down, but requested alternate alternative ideas. Soon after, I was in their office refining article concepts. At the end of our meeting, I spit out half of my question regarding compensation before the editor cut me off: “No, we have no money. The only people we pay are the people who distribute the paper. Let me know if you’re interested.” I put the paperboy option on the backburner and wrote an article on the unlicensed whistle vendors who swarm Barcelona’s central tourist-loaded strip, La Rambla, with an incessant, obnoxious sound. My article kept a humorous

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Important Architecture he grace of this building on Broadway Boulevard belies the workaday traffic roaring past. Designed by architect Howard Peck in 1966, and expanded under his hand five years later, it’s a modernist jewel of post-World War II design. It’s also entangled in a current roadway tug of war. Few drivers notice the building’s opulent touches—a recessed entrance beneath an extended redwood canopy, the mid-century aluminum lettering—as they rumble by. If anything catches their casual eye, it’s probably the enormous wall panels in cast concrete, designed by artist Charles Clement, and resplendent with vertical, shadow-grabbing inlays. This mini-masterpiece is but one of many on a traffic corridor that some folks hope will be transformed into an eight-lane behemoth. But opponents of such expansion argue that it would do irreparable harm to several modernistic buildings here, and render Broadway yet another soulless thoroughfare. This battle dates back to 2006, when ambitions to make Broadway eight lanes between Euclid Avenue and Country Club Road were approved by voters as part of a sweeping, 20-year regional-transportation plan. But the vast nature of that plan left out most of the details. Now the community is grappling with a project based on 25-year-old traffic projections that critics say were flawed to begin with. As it stands, construction could lead to the demolition of more than 100 homes, businesses and historic properties along this roadway. It could also lay waste to these treasures from a golden era. So booming was this upscale stretch of Broadway after the war that, in 1953, city fathers polled the community for a special name for it. “The Sunshine Mile” was the winning entry; while not exactly novel, the fresh moniker did note the significance of a business district marked by crisp, geometric designs, stylish signage and the innovative use of materials such as concrete. That legacy has not gone unnoticed: Earlier this month, the Arizona Preservation Foundation named Broadway Boulevard one of our state’s most-endangered historic places. Post-World War II architecture “is getting to the point where it’s eligible for historic status,” says foundation board president Jim McPherson. “But the width and breadth of this possible road-widening would affect so many properties of that era. “We were just very concerned that we would lose so much, at a time that we’re trying to get a handle on those midcentury properties and

architecture. That era was important in the growth and development of Arizona as a state. If you tear out a whole era of architecture, then you’re missing the whole story.” As for adding Broadway to the endangered list, “We wanted to put this out there now,” McPherson says, “so the community can have a public-policy dialogue, and (decision-makers) can re-look at this traffic plan initially put together in the 1980s.” Apparently, the dialogue is already unfolding. At the moment, I’m standing outside Howard Peck’s tony masterpiece with Demion Clinco and Andie Zelnio. Clinco is president of the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation, and Zelnio is an architect and key organizer for Tucson Modernism Week. Held earlier this month, that sweeping soirée highlighted Broadway’s architectural gems with receptions, lectures and tours. Today, Clinco is describing how Peck also designed the Loft Cinema building on Speedway Boulevard. “He was not a very prolific architect, and there’s not a lot of information known about him,” Clinco says. “But the work he produced is certainly memorable.” Zelnio motions toward the entrance of the building, now closed for the evening. “Inside the door, there’s a courtyard with a big tree right by the door,” she says. “It’s really beautiful.” According to Clinco, the distinctive sculptural panels were added in 1971, when the building was revamped. Taken as a whole, he says, “it is sort of elevating architecture to art.” “I think his work is actually in some museums,” Zelnio says. “He was an important artist.” But Peck’s quiet achievement at 2825 E. Broadway Blvd. is just one gem among many. It’s joined by the Kelly Building, at 2343 E. Broadway Blvd. Designed in the mid-’60s by architect Nick Sakellar, the structure melds curvilinear forms with new, sculptural materials. And the second floor is notable for a “piano key” series of vertical windows and fins. Then there’s the S.J. Lind Building at 2257 E. Broadway Blvd, with an interior ceiling curving out above the glass storefront and blending into the fascia. Or Hirsh’s Shoes at 2934 E. Broadway Blvd.; designed by Bernard Friedman, it features an open-front façade, integrated interior and exterior zones, angled walls and an exposedframe canopy marking the entrance. The city recently convened a citizens’ task force to hash out the original Broadway Corridor plan. As the task force plugs away, it remains unclear just how many of these buildings will escape unscathed. Further complicating things, bonds for the road project are administered by the Regional Transportation

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Andie Zelnio and Demion Clinco Authority. Several times, the RTA has hinted that it could withhold funding if the task force recommends a largely reconfigured and shrunken project, and the city follows that advice. City Councilman Steve Kozachik, whose Ward 6 encompasses the expansion project, has steadfastly opposed the widening as unneeded and too costly. Instead, he’s argued to reconfigure Broadway within its current width, using only the $42 million in bond money approved by voters, while steering Pima County’s promised $25 million contribution toward other projects. “There’s $43 million just in right-of-way acquisition for this project,” Kozachik told the Weekly in an earlier interview. “We can find another place to spend it that will probably make more sense.” To date, it’s also unclear just how many of these properties will play into the task force’s deliberations. But Clinco says he addressed the group’s Nov. 10 workshop, which was devoted to this topic. And according to the city’s Broadway project manager, significant buildings will be a key part of the discussion, as the task force focuses on roadway-design preferences. “It’s too early to say that it could lead to a decision of preserving the whole corridor,” notes Jenn Toothaker Burdick. “But I can tell you there is very heightened awareness about the history of the corridor and the importance of it.” Many task-force members hadn’t taken time to ponder these distinctive and lovely buildings, Clinco says. Now he hopes preservation will gain some heft in the discussion. “My feeling is: Should we be tearing down a significant corridor of midcentury modern buildings?” he asks. “It’s certainly the most intact corridor of such buildings in our city, and maybe in the state of Arizona.”

When Pima County finally finished counting ballots on Monday, Nov. 19, there was one more surprise result: The citizens of Tucson narrowly approved Proposition 409, a measure that will allow the city to sell $100 million in bonds to start fixing our roads. Prop 409 won by just 953 votes. That’s 72,483 in favor, and 71,530 opposed. Mayor Jonathan Rothschild told The Skinny via email: “I want to thank the people of Tucson for voting to fix our roads. (City Manager Richard) Miranda and I intend to assure that the trust and confidence that has been given us proves to be well-placed. This is a good first step toward repairing and rebuilding our city.” Councilman Steve Kozachik, the JONATHAN lone Republican on the council, said he was “pleasantly surprised” that the bonds passed. “I thought they’d fail due to both the state of the economy and trust issues that have built up related to the city, and the transit department in particular,” Kozachik said via email. “But now the burden shifts to us to do exactly what we said we’d do with the taxpayers’ money and not politicize the choices of which roads get fixed first. TDOT needs to decide where the money is allocated based on need; the bond-oversight committee needs to make sure that process doesn’t include any political games, and if that happens, we’ll take a big step toward rebuilding the trust that should exist between a governing body and their constituents.” Prop 409 opponent Shaun McClusky, who has unsuccessfully sought a City Council seat and the mayor’s office, said he was outspent on his anti-bond campaign. “Simply put, Tucson has been antibusiness for a long time; now, they are anti-homeowner as well!” McClusky told The Skinny via email. “I made one tactical error in this race, and have learned from my mistake.”

THE LATEST MCCAIN RAMPAGE Mitt Romney’s presidential press staffers at Fox News tried as hard as they could during the presidential campaign to turn the attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, into a big issue. But it never took off with voters— and even backfired on Romney during the second presidential debate, when Barack Obama issued his famous “Please, proceed, governor” invite to Romney, who ended up crosswise with moderator Candy Crowley, of CNN. Now Arizona Sen. John McCain, assisted by Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, is beating the Benghazi drum. McCain is demanding a special, Watergate-style investigation into the Benghazi attack, in which four Americans were killed. Senate Majority

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BUFFETT HAS LEE INVESTORS NERVOUS When Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway started investing in the newspaper business, it seemed like good news for smaller publishing outlets such as Lee Enterprises, which owns and operates the Arizona Daily Star. After Berkshire Hathaway invested in Lee stock months ago, the stock rebounded from about $1.10 a share to the $1.70 range, and hovered consistently around $1.50 a share. But the rebound contracted a bit last week: Lee stock plummeted to the $1.20 range over the course of a couple of days, due to a combination of sour quarterly financial numbers and Berkshire Hathaway’s decision to shut down a community newspaper in Virginia. The (Manassas) News & Messenger and a companion weekly publication will shut down at the end of the year, costing 33 employees their jobs. There’s a difference between the Berkshire Hathaway relationship with the closing paper and its stock position with Lee: Berkshire Hathaway purchased the Media General chain, of which the News & Messenger had been a part, and funneled the organization into its World Media Enterprise. But the company’s decision to shut down the Virginia community paper led to discomfort regarding Lee stock, of which Buffett owns a significant percentage. Lee also released its fourth-quarter financials Nov. 12. In the odd world of newspaper economics, the amount of money the company lost was, um, good news. Sort of: Lee posted a quarterly loss of $7.7 million, which was an improvement over the $8.8 million it lost in the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue actually increased a bit, but the boost was slight, and a portion of the uptick had to do with an extra week in the quarter. However, increasing interest rates as part of Lee’s bankruptcy refinancing cut into the small bump. Locally, the Star irked some in its dwindling print-subscriber base with the announcement that it would charge an extra $2 for the Thanksgiving edition. Well, $2 minus the 36 cents, on average, it generally charges for Thursday delivery. “Your statement includes delivery of the Thanksgiving Day edition, which is charged at the regular Sunday rate,” said a bill from the Star attempting to explain the increase. “The rate reflects the complexity of delivering the oversized paper, allowing your carrier to be compensated accordingly.” Is the carrier “compensated accordingly,” as in a lot less, for that 2-ounce Monday edition? On another note: We’re near the end of the year, and Lee had set a goal to have pay walls operational for its publication websites by the end of 2012. At last look, the unusable-even-when-it’s-free azstarnet.com website was still accessible to the masses, if the masses had any interest in attempting to navigate the morass.

JOHN C. SCOTT ADDS SECOND HOUR Starting next week, The John C. Scott Show is slated to double its air time on KVOI AM 1030. Scott, who has broadcast on a number of stations in the market over a 24-year period, is adding the 3 p.m. hour to his slate. “Tucson’s most talked to, talked about, listened to talk show” will air weekday afternoons from 3 to 5 p.m. “We think the audience will grow. We can include more local talk, more interviews. We think the numbers will be better, and we think we can do a better job,” Scott said. “We’re planning on going back to Washington, (and) to Israel the first of April. So if you’re going to go halfway around the world, you’d want two hours a day to do things. We will be able to do things we did before, and hopefully do them better.”

KFMA NAMES PROGRAM DIRECTOR It’s not a stretch to think a guy who goes by the moniker “The Ego” might be in a position to run something. And that’s just what’s happening at alternative/new-rock radio station KFMA FM 92.1/101.3. The Ego (whose real name is Chris Firmage, but what fun is that?) has been named the station’s program director. The Ego, a UA journalism grad, has worked at KFMA for 11 years in a variety of positions, from night host (a completely foreign concept to most Tucson radio operations these days) to creative director to music director and assistant PD.

TUBAC STATE PARK NAMED A HISTORIC JOURNALISM SITE The site of Arizona’s first newspaper got the attention of the Society of Professional Journalists, which has pegged the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park as a national historic site for journalism. The site is the home of The Weekly Arizonian. Edward E. Cross began the publishing venture March 3, 1859, five years after Americans arrived to settle around the town, which was founded by Spanish soldiers more than a century before. The newspaper’s endeavor in Tubac was short-lived. The paper’s final edition was published on Aug. 9 of the same year. “Conducting a newspaper in a frontier country is always a perilous, precarious and thankless task,” Cross wrote in the paper’s farewell editorial. The Washington hand press that Cross used to print the newspaper is still at the site. Volunteers crank out copies of The Weekly Arizonian for interested visitors. A plaque will designate the location as a National Historic Site in Journalism. The Society of Professional Journalists has honored people and places that have impacted the field since 1942. Noteworthy honorees include The Associated Press offices in Washington, D.C., and New York City; Freedom’s Journal, which was the first blackowned newspaper published in the U.S.; and the Tombstone Epitaph, which earned placement on the list in 1996.

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A Close Shave BY JIM NINTZEL, jnintzel@tucsonweekly.com n a campaign office packed with nearly 200 supporters, U.S. Rep. Ron Barber declared victory on Saturday, Nov. 17. “It’s been a long wait, but here we are,” Barber told the rowdy crowd. “I want to thank you all for coming out and helping us celebrate today.” An hour earlier across town, Republican challenger Martha McSally had conceded the Congressional District 2 race. With a small group of supporters standing off to the side, McSally told reporters that—in between performances of the national anthem at a few El Tour de Tucson events—she had called Barber “to congratulate him on representing the people of Southern Arizona.” The twin speeches brought an end to a race that had run into overtime as officials in both Cochise and Pima counties tabulated early and provisional ballots. Although Barber took an early lead when the first ballots were counted on Election Day, McSally came roaring back and led the race by more than 1,000 votes on the day after the election. Over the next few days, the vote count moved back and forth, with Barber gaining ground as Pima County completed its daily batch of ballots, and McSally retaking the lead when Cochise County tabulated its ballots. On Friday, Nov. 9, McSally’s lead was a mere 36 votes. Barber took the lead on Saturday, Nov. 10, and hung on from that point. When Cochise County finished counting all of its ballots on Thursday, Nov. 15, Barber had a lead of 709 votes. When Pima County completed its first major count of provisional ballots on Friday, Nov. 16, his lead had climbed to 1,402 ballots. Although Pima County still had more provisional ballots to count at that point, McSally recognized the trend was moving in Barber’s direction. “We came so close,” said McSally, a former Air Force combat pilot who had been stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base between deployments. McSally said the extended vote count “reminds me of running the Ironman triathlon … and coming up on the finish line, only to find out you had to run another 10k. It’s a horrible feeling, but I’ll tell you: Our team and everybody who’s been supporting us through the last 11 days have been extraordinary.” At Barber’s campaign headquarters, a jubilant crowd of supporters chanted “We want Ron!” as Barber entered the room. Barber thanked his wife, Nancy, and their family for their support, and praised his campaign team and volunteers for the effort they put forth. “I’m deeply grateful to everyone who sup-

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Congressman Ron Barber: “We have many important decisions to make, and in order to make those decisions and do what’s right, we have to find compromise, and we have to find bipartisanship.” engagement of all of you. You are very active citported me in this campaign,” Barber said. izens, but you need to stay active. The campaign Barber, a former aide to Gabrielle Giffords is over, but the work is just beginning.” who was first elected to Congress in a June When Pima County finished tabulating all special election to complete Giffords’ term, of its provisional ballots on Monday, Nov. 19, said much work remained to be done in Barber led the race by 2,454 votes, 147,338 to Washington. 144,884, according to the Arizona Secretary of “With the campaign over, I’m getting back to State’s Office. work,” said Barber, who had just returned from Barber’s re-election means that Democrats Washington on Friday night. have captured five of the state’s nine U.S. House He told the crowd that after Thanksgiving, seats. Republicans now hold four seats where he’d be returning to D.C. to take up work “that they have a steep voter-registration advantage, has unfortunately been left too long undone. We while Democrats Raúl Grijalva and Ed Pastor have many important decisions to make, and hold the seats that have a significant Democratic in order to make those decisions and do what’s advantage and Latino population. right, we have to find compromise, and we have In the state’s three competitive disto find bipartisanship. That’s the only way we’re tricts, Barber joined fellow Democrats Ann going to get this job done.” Kirkpatrick of Flagstaff and Kyrsten Sinema of Barber said he wanted to return to the House Phoenix as 2012 winners. Armed Services Committee to continue to supAsked what was next for her, McSally said she port benefits for veterans, and he promised to hoped for a good night’s sleep and then a hike continue to fight to preserve tax cuts for midon Mount Wrightson with her dog, Penelope. dle-class Americans while supporting a tax hike “I’m going to continue to serve and continue for the wealthiest as part of a budget deal. to make a difference,” McSally said. “I look forHe also said he would continue to fight for ward to seeking out what the next steps are. I “a woman’s right for equal pay for equal work, want to live every day like it’s my last, and make and a woman’s right to health care that does not a difference in my community and my nation.” treat her gender like a pre-existing condition. She said she had not yet decided whether to And we absolutely must protect a woman’s right seek a rematch in 2014. to make her own health-care decisions.” “Let’s get through Thanksgiving, OK?” He called on his volunteers to remain McSally said with a laugh. “I don’t want to rule engaged. anything out, but I really don’t want to talk “I cannot do the things we have been talking about it right now.” about alone,” Barber said. “I need the continued

Leader Harry Reid has ruled such hearings out, saying that the current congressional investigations will be sufficient. McCain is so wound up over the attack that he spent most of Wednesday, Nov. 14, doing press conferences and appearances on Fox News shows to drum up support for his special investigation. He was so busy complaining about not getting enough information, in fact, that he skipped out on a classified briefing on the Benghazi affair. The next day, McCain snapped at a CNN reporter who asked him why he missed the briefing. McCain told the reporter he had no comment, and when asked why he wouldn’t explain why he didn’t attend the meeting, told the reporter: “Because I have the right as a senator to have no comment, and who the hell are you to tell me I can or not?” According to CNN, this is what happened next: “When CNN noted that McCain had missed a key meeting on a subject the senator has been intensely upset about, McCain said, ‘I’m upset that you keep badgering me.’” Yes, God forbid a reporter asks such impertinent questions! McCain spokesman Brian Rogers did a bit of explaining later in the day, telling CNN that McCain had “a scheduling error.” McCain has focused his ire on Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who, after the attack, went on the Sunday talk shows and relayed some CIA talking points that omitted any mention of terrorist activity, and portrayed them as developing out of a spontaneous demonstration against a wacky video that was offensive to Muslims. McCain’s crusade against Rice drew a sharp rebuke from President Barack Obama, who told the press last week that he considered McCain’s comments “outrageous.” “If Senator McCain and Senator Graham and others want to go after someone, they should go after me,” Obama said. “When they go after the U.N. ambassador, apparently because they think she’s an easy target, then they’ve got a problem with me.” McCain has been threatening to filibuster if Obama were to nominate Rice to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. But it’s far from certain whether McCain has a great deal of support among his fellow Republicans. Even his pal Graham told NBC’s David Gregory over the weekend that he isn’t leaning toward blocking a potential Rice nomination. On Sunday, McCain announced on CBS’ Face the Nation that he wanted Rice to come on the Sunday chat program and admit that she was wrong as a way of getting back in his good graces. As for why Rice didn’t mention the terrorist connection in the first place,

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DIBS FIEND UNIVERSITY AREA NOV. 11, 1:45 A.M.

An intoxicated woman ate her way through three containers of ice cream without paying for them, according to a University of Arizona Police Department report. A UA officer was speaking with the Highland Market manager in the early morning hours when another employee alerted him that a woman was in the store eating food for which she hadn’t paid. The officer found the woman eating a container of Dibs in the back of the store. She admitted that she hadn’t paid for the ice cream, but said it was the only item she had eaten. As she spoke, the officer noticed she was swaying and speaking with a heavy slur. He escorted the woman to the register to pay for the food. Meanwhile, the employee found another empty Dibs package. After the woman paid for both packages, the officer conducted a sobriety test, and she admitted drinking three shots of vodka at a fraternity function. While they were talking, the store employee found yet another empty Dibs container—and security footage that showed the woman eating from it. The officer arrested the woman on suspicion of being a minor in possession of alcohol—and ensured that she paid for the third package of Dibs.

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Someone stole the wheels from an Infiniti sedan in a UA parking garage after propping up the vehicle with concrete blocks, a UAPD report said. The owner of the silver sedan, a visitor from Phoenix, left the car in the garage— with all wheels present—at 3:15 p.m. to go out with friends. An unknown caller reported the theft, and officers found the car on the second floor of the garage, minus the four wheels. An officer checked the registration to find a phone number for the owner. When the owner returned the call, he said was unaware the wheels had been stolen. The officer asked whether the missing wheels could have been the result of a prank by friends, or perhaps a repossession or an attempt at insurance fraud. The man assured the officer that he owned the 22-inch aftermarket wheels outright, and said that he had few friends in the area. The man said that he “absolutely” wanted to participate in the judicial process, and the officer gave him the case number. At the scene, officers took photographs; dusted for fingerprints; and collected a cigarette butt and an empty cigarette box near one of the wheel wells. The case was inactive due to a lack of leads.

Sign This! nternet petitions have become worth less than the paper on which they’re not printed. Three days after Election Day, a Texas man created a petition on WhiteHouse.gov’s “We the People” petition-raising page, calling for the federal government to allow Texas to secede. While this isn’t particularly out of character for Texas or Texans, they weren’t alone in this petition; in fact, they weren’t even the first, as a Louisiana man apparently created the first state-secession petition. Since news of these broke out, a similar petition has been created for roughly every state in the union. Why? Well, most of the petitions don’t explicitly say why, instead quoting the Declaration of Independence—while apparently failing to see the irony in such an act. In fact, most of the petitions read the exact same way and cite the same lines of the Declaration of Independence. Those that differ include that for Texas (which actually makes a case for Texas’ economic viability as a sovereign nation) and the Arizona petition, which goes on about how man’s rights are not dispensed by the government, but by a higher creator—something I’m certain few people would take issue with, until their rights are trampled upon by a government run by the folks who claimed to not dispense rights. There’s nothing wrong with these petitions—they’re a valuable way to hold government accountable for things that they may have ignored or overlooked— but some of these things are impractical (such as the call for a national election recount, with 62,714 signatures), stupid (asking for a pardon of Ohio State’s NCAA violations: 1,928), silly (the request for nationalization of the Twinkie industry: 3,463) and, interestingly enough, borderline treasonous (the secession petitions). So, seriously: Can we cut this absurdly reactionary business out, people? Let’s be realistic. Were we to secede, we’d be in the middle of a ground war between California, Mexico and Texas for our land, minerals, water, energy and blossoming (pun intended) weed business. If you think that Gov. Jan Brewer is the right person to lead the way in the middle of that, then I’ll gladly sign the petition for the deportation of people signing secession petitions (as of this writing, at 24,351).

“I can’t wait to watch with my grandchildren when they finally announce the winner of this race.” —Youthful-looking Facebook commenter Charlie Gebow, who didn’t have to wait that long for the outcome of the Congressional District 2 race between Ron Barber and Martha McSally (which Barber finally won over the weekend) on “CD2 Update: Barber Leads McSally by 943 Votes” (The Range, Nov. 14).

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The Associated Press reported last week that David Petraeus, the former CIA director, said in closed-door testimony before the House and Senate intelligence committees that there was a reason that detail was removed from the talking points: “The recently resigned spy chief explained that references to terrorist groups suspected of carrying out the violence were removed from the public explanation of what caused the attack so as not to tip off the groups that the U.S. intelligence community was on their trail, according to lawmakers who attended the private briefings.”

BY MARI HERRERAS, mherreras@tucsonweekly.com or the past six years, many Englishlanguage-learner students in Tucson Unified School District schools have been segregated from other students for most of the school day, and have been prevented from participating in the core-curriculum classes that all students need in order to learn and graduate. For TUSD educator Salvador Gabaldón, it’s been especially frustrating to see older Englishlanguage-learner students struggle rather than excel. The graduation rate of those students went from 69 percent in 2006 to 35.5 percent last year, according to TUSD statistics. Gabaldón told the Tucson Weekly he was hopeful when U.S. District Judge David Bury appointed Willis Hawley as the special master to help redevelop a desegregation plan for TUSD. He hoped the plan would help end the daily four-hour segregation of ELL students. The plan, released by Hawley on Friday, Nov. 9, addresses ELL students throughout—but it does not specifically address the four-hour segregation. Gabaldón said he was disappointed, and that he plans to encourage ELL advocates and families to attend the three public forums and submit comments on the desegregation plan. Bilingual education has been a longtime source of frustration in the district, and Gabaldón said it is an example of Arizona’s antiMexican sentiment that reared its head long before the state essentially forced TUSD to end its Mexican American studies program. In 2000, Arizona voters approved Proposition 203, the English for Children initiative, which prevented many Arizona school officials from delivering bilingual education like they wanted, and instead required an English-immersion model. Back then, the model required that ELL students be put into an immersion program for a year—and no longer. Some districts, like TUSD, were able to obtain waivers and continue their bilingual-education programs. But in 2006, the state Legislature passed a law to limit those waivers and strengthen the law, Gabaldón said. The Arizona English Language Learners Task Force was created to help implement the law, and the committee extended the model from one year to an indefinite period, until students identified as ELL passed proficiency tests. However, the processes of determining proficiency and how to achieve it have been confusing, Gabaldón said. At the May 17, 2012, task-force meeting, an argument broke out between several members of the nine-member committee—all appointed by Republican lawmakers—over the four-hour model used by TUSD. Just before members crossed swords, Gabaldón

addressed the task force: “Your unseemly insistence on extensive and punitive segregation for schools with large populations of languageminority students has all the logic of a fetish,” Gabaldón said. “It is imperative that the task force work quickly to revise the four-hour model so that it comports at every grade level with the limits on segregation specified by state statute and federal law. Further delay is unconscionable.” The heated exchange at the meeting left Gabaldón hopeful that the committee may be ready to do the right thing. There are other sources of hope, too, such as the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The office has already forced the Arizona Department of Education to stop a policy that prevented teachers with accents from teaching ELL students, and to change how students are tested. It also forced the state to continue to ask students and their parents three questions to determine the services they need: What is the first language your child learned to speak? How often is that language used? What language is used other than English in your home? Attorney Nancy Ramirez, of the MexicanAmerican Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF, which represents Latino students in the TUSD desegregation case, said she understands Gabaldón’s frustration over the fact that the four-hour segregation model was not specifically addressed in the plan. “I can tell you that Sal is right; we, too, are disappointed,” Ramirez said. “Other than that, I can’t go into the process.” A court order prevents Ramirez and other plaintiff representatives from discussing the negotiations that took place before Hawley made the plan public. But she did point out that as part of the plan, TUSD has agreed to seek a waiver with the state Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition Services for an “approved reading block extension to provide access to rigorous mainstream courses and address the literacy needs of ELLs.” Ramirez said that will give TUSD some flexibility with the four-hour model and give students more access to the core curriculum. “I can’t predict what will happen, but I also can’t stress enough how important it is for people in Tucson to participate during the public-comment period. Go to the meetings, and also comment online.” The plan is available for public review at each TUSD school and online at tucsonusp.com. Public forums run from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 26, at Tucson Magnet High School; Tuesday, Nov. 27, at El Pueblo Regional Center; and Wednesday, Nov. 28, at Palo Verde

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Tim Hogan: “Already, a school year has gone by. … The students come out of this being behind academically, and nobody is going to bring them up to speed.” High School. The public comment period closes Nov. 28. A revised desegregation plan with any changes will be filed with the court on Dec. 10, and all parties involved in the negotiations have until Dec. 14 to file any objections to those changes. There is another legal case that could eventually change the state’s interpretation of the law and how education is delivered to ELL students—Horne v. Flores. The case, originally filed in 1992 on behalf of students in the Nogales Unified School District, contends that the state inadequately funded ELL programs and services. The Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest has been fighting the state on this issue since 2000 and has also taken on the state’s fourhour segregation policy. Tim Hogan, the center’s director, said a hearing before U.S. District Judge Raner Collins concluded last year, and he continues to wait for a decision on the four-hour segregation model. “It denies kids access to the academic curriculum they need and segregates them unnecessarily,” Hogan said. “Already, a school year has gone by. … The students come out of this being behind academically, and nobody is going to bring them up to speed.”

Gov. Jan Brewer said last week that she’d be taking advantage of an extended deadline to decide whether Arizona would set up a healthinsurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act. Some other Republican governors, including Texas’ Rick Perry, Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal and Ohio’s John Kasich, have rejected the idea of setting up exchanges, which are designed to be a way for consumers to shop for private healthinsurance plans on the Internet. Brewer has already spent millions in federal grant dollars to lay the groundwork for an exchange, but she hasn’t yet committed to moving forward with it. Conservatives say creating an exchange is a surrender to the dictates of Obamacare, while supporters of the exchange—including the Arizona Chamber of Commerce—say that if the state doesn’t do it, the federal government will step in and do it for Arizona, which will mean that the state has less control over how it works. Brewer has until mid-December to make her decision, but that’s not the last word: The Arizona Legislature would also need to approve the exchanges. One key element that will have to be determined: Should abortion coverage be offered by plans sold on the exchanges? By Jim Nintzel Find early and late-breaking Skinny at The Range, our daily dispatch, at daily. tucsonweekly.com. Jim Nintzel hosts the Political Roundtable every Friday on Arizona Illustrated, airing at 6:30 p.m. on KUAT Channel 6. The program repeats on 12:30 a.m., Saturday. Nintzel also talks politics with radio talk-show host John C. Scott on Thursday afternoons. Scott’s show airs this week from 4 to 5 p.m., weekdays, on KVOI AM 1030. Follow the Skinny scribe on Twitter: @nintzel.

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Unexplained Homicide BY BRIAN J. PEDERSEN, bpedersen@tucsonweekly.com ekly.com enjamin Klemann was a successful small-business owner who, through a series of bad choices and unfortunate circumstances, ended up an ex-convict without a career. The 29-year-old Tucsonan did his time in jail after being convicted for drug possession, and then he set forth on finding a better path. This included a part-time job within walking distance of his westside apartment, as well as continued involvement in the life of his older sister. “He was bettering himself,” recalls Melissa Dulaney, Klemann’s sister. “He made a mistake. He got involved with the wrong people. It’s so easy to do so in Southern Arizona; drugs are so prevalent.” Klemann was close to completing his probation and getting back on his feet when he was found dead in an alley behind a liquor store next to the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind on Speedway Boulevard. He was shot in the neck early on the morning of Feb. 28, 2007, and at the time of his death, there was no explanation for the homicide, Dulaney said. “He had done a withdrawal from his bank account … (and) was probably walking back through that alleyway, and he was shot and murdered,” she said. “He’d had problems in the past, but he was clean and sober.” Tucson police had no suspects and no leads—until about a year later, when out of nowhere, two men came forward to say they were witnesses to Klemann’s death. They said it happened while the three of them were being robbed by an unidentified man who shot Klemann, behind the liquor store, after the other two men ran away. “The detectives told me … they were persons of interest themselves,” Dulaney said of the two men, who claimed Klemann was shot because he told the killer he wasn’t going to give him anything. “But he wasn’t robbed. He had money in his pocket. He had a nice watch on. These two people ran away and … didn’t tell anyone anything. And they waited a year to come forward. It was completely suspicious. “It seems to me like they escaped justice,” she said. While the witnesses were considered persons of interest, no arrests were ever made. A Tucson police spokeswoman said last week that no new leads have turned up. The case has been assigned to TPD’s cold-case squad for more than two years. Dulaney, who said she last spoke with police about two years ago, said the only thing that appeared to be missing after Klemann died was his Kabbalah Tree of Life necklace. It could

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Melissa Dulaney, Benjamin Klemann’s sister: “He made a mistake. He got involved with the wrong people.” have been taken by the killer, or could have dis“His tile work—he was an artist,” Dulaney appeared in some other way, she said. said. “I’ve had my theories,” Dulaney said. “Either With the sixth anniversary of her brother’s those two people are covering their butts, and it death just a few months away, Dulaney would was a gang killing, and they took a souvenir, or love to see someone come forward with inforthey were telling the truth, but it was still a gang mation about the killing. But more realistikilling, and someone took a souvenir.” cally, she hopes talking about the crime will Klemann’s death meant more than just the loss bring attention to other unsolved killings— of a sibling for Dulaney, the oldest of three chiland that it will cause the public to pay more dren, who was born 18 months before her brothattention to what she says is a major drug er. It also meant her son, Jesse, lost an uncle and problem in Tucson. godfather. Jesse is autistic, and Klemann regularly “I would like that there would be a greater helped Dulaney, a single mother, with Jesse’s care. awareness of crimes like that,” said Dulaney, “He was always the one who was there for who works in community relations for Tucson me,” she said. “He always took care of me and Electric Power Co. “It just seems to me there’s my son. It was just a huge loss for us.” not enough emphasis on the news of how All that remains of Klemann’s presence are the critical this is. Why isn’t there more of an memories Dulaney has of her younger brother, outreach? This is a huge problem, and it’s just and the milestone chips he accumulated while getting worse.” going through his drug-recovery program. Her northwest-side home also shows evidence of Anyone with information related to Klemann’s Klemann’s expertise as a tile-setter. His mural of death is encouraged to call 88-CRIME or 911. the North Star is displayed outside the house.

A tragically high number of Southern outhern Arizona seniors are victims of theft, violence olence and neglect

Abuse of Our Elders STORY AND PHOTOS BY TIM VANDERPOOL,, tvanderpool@tucsonweekly.com hee ey h eyes of Delia Orduno dance around bright room, perhaps seeking reftthis his b uge memory. For 32 years, she u gee from f lived liv ved with a husband who called her an idiot, who said she was crazy, who told idiot id her she should hurry up and die. But she did not die. For 17 of those 32 years, Orduno has suffered from multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood-plasma cells. “At first, they gave me eight months to live,” she tells me. Her husband, she says, was counting the days. Yet here she is. The disease has not killed her, though it leaves vast lumps beneath her skin. She bruises easily and terribly. Even now, her face is purple and swollen from a 3 a.m. bathroom tumble in the new apartment she sharess with two pet rats and a plush pig. But eventually, llly, that swelling will go away, and the angry colorr will soften. Wounds to her soul will take longer to heal.. Still, the process has begun, and that in itself is a marvel. Surely, says Delia Orduno, what has not killed her will only make her stronger. The 66-year-old now lives alone, but she is surrounded by friends, in downtown’s Sentinel Plaza senior apartments. And every day is better than the day before. For all those other years, she was trapped in her own tormented home. She had no money, and no place to go. “I was afraid to move out,” she says. “I was afraid of everything, because I was afraid of him. He always told me, ‘Oh, you are so stupid. You do nothing right.’ He was mad because I was sick and didn’t pass away. He said, ‘You need to pass away. I want to live alone.’ “He was always like that. But with age, he’s getting worse. For me, I was dying every day. If I didn’t move out, I was going to die soon.” In April, when her 85-year-old mother was visiting from Mexico, they all took a shopping trip to Target. Apparently impatient, her husband drove off, stranding them at the store. So Orduno and her mother made their way home by bus. “Another time, he left us at another store,” she says. “We paid a taxi $32 to get home.” For years, she suffered in silence, “because I had no place to go. I didn’t tell anybody, because everybody thought he was a very nice person.” Among those she didn’t tell were the cops. She’d seen what happened to her sister-in-law, who was in a similar situation. “She would call the police, and they sentt her to the shelter for two weeks, and then she she’ he’’d come back,” Orduno says. “Then, in three or or four months, it was back to the same. I didn’t dn n’t want to go to the shelter. I wanted to movee ou oout. t. I don’t want to see him ever again.”

Then a friend told her about Robin Landers, supervisor of the Armory Park Senior Center. Soon, Landers had arranged a rent-subsidized apartment at Sentinel. But even escape was an ordeal, as Orduno began secreting her belongings at a neighbor’s home. The social workers told her to keep mum. “They said, ‘Don’t tell your husband you’re moving out, because maybe he’ll try to hurt you,’” she says. All the while, her three sons refused to intervene. “They said, ‘Whatever you want, Mom, we’re for you,’” she recalls. “But they knew him, and they didn’t want to confront him.”

oday, oday Delia Orduno is among the fortunate. nate. According to Generations, a journal nall of o the American Society on Aging, a survey conducted in 2000 found sur that nearly nearl rly 6 percent of seniors in the United States and Europe reported having been abused. Another study revealed that four-fifths of nursing-home employees had witnessed physical or psychological abuse of their clients, and two-fifths had committed such acts in the previous year. Tragic as those numbers are, they seem only to be growing; in a similar study published eight years later, nearly 10 percent of respondents reported having been verbally abused; 3.5 percent said they had been financially exploited; and 0.2 percent reported physical abuse. Among experts, it is widely believed that such incidents are profoundly underreported. A 2009 study

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Abuse continued from Page 15 by the Government Accountability Office concluded that 14 percent of noninstitutionalized older Americans had experienced some form of abuse in the previous year. A 2010 report by the nonprofit Investor Protection Trust says that 20 percent of seniors have been the victims of financial scams. According to a 2011 study by the MetLife Mature Market Institute, the cost to elderly victims of financial exploitation tops $2.9 billion annually. The most common thieves of property and wealth are family members, closely followed by professional caregivers and scam artists. Then there is the kind of domestic violence inflicted on Delia Orduno, which spans decades. Such situations bear ugly common threads: threats, isolation, manipulation and sometimes violence. In Arizona, 75 percent of Adult Protective Services clients are age 60 and older, and 62 percent are women. Between July 2010 and June 2011, the agency fielded 6,889 reports of vulnerable-adult mistreatment. Among those, family members constitute 31 percent of the perpetrators; they were second only to reports of self-neglect as a cause for APS involvement. Faustina Dannenfelser is the program administrator for APS. She says the economy has only made those numbers worse as people scramble for survival in less-than-honorable ways. “One of the things we’ve seen is that families will take their loved ones out of nursing homes and bring them home to live with the family. They do it pretty much for financial support, because the elderly person might have some resources—Social Security or disability or a pension of some sort.” But this move tends to be a rotten deal for the elderly person. “Once someone is in the nursing home, they’re there because they need 24-hour care,” Dannenfelser says. “The families don’t really realize what that means until that person is at home, and they have to be feeding them and changing their diapers and helping transfer them to the bed.” While family members “may not be equipped to provide that level of care,” she says, there is no legal way to stop them. “If that client in the nursing home still has the mental capacity to make a decision, they can leave whenever they want, whether they need the 24-hour care or not.” Here’s where things get hinky: Is the elderly person competent to make his/her own decisions, or not? This question is key, because elder-abuse cases often hinge upon whether the victims are judged to be vulnerable. But if they are vulnerable, are they then competent enough to serve as reliable witnesses? “The definition of impairment,” Dannenfelser says, “is that the person has to have a physical or mental impairment that prevents them from protecting themselves. Once they reach that (criterion), whether they’re in a private nursing home or assisted-living facility, then we can get involved. “But if the client still has mental capacity, we can’t do much. If a family member is involved, the client might be embarrassed to talk about it. If they say they still want that family mem16 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

Robin Landers: “(Delia) is a strong, courageous and very positive person with a big heart. With all she has been through, it has not tainted her love of life or humanity.” ber to live with them, we can’t do anything. It’s an ethical dilemma for our staff, because they have to walk out of a home they know is unsafe and unhealthy.” Financial rip-offs can be equally vexing— such as when relatives are given some money in exchange for care, but then begin soaking the elderly person for more. Who is to say when they’ve crossed the line? Still more factors limit the ability to stop these crimes. “Perhaps the elderly person has had a stroke and can’t effectively communicate,” Dannenfelser says. “Or maybe they have lost their sight. In those cases, they can be taken advantage of financially and physically.” For all of these reasons, legions of battered and exploited seniors remain in the shadows, while APS stats mostly reflect the lucky ones. “This is just the tip of the iceberg in elder abuse,” Dannenfelser says. “Statistics say that just one in every 14 cases is reported. “We are not to the point in elder abuse that we are with domestic violence and child abuse. Hopefully, some day, we’ll get there. But I think people have a hard time accepting that grandma is being slapped around by the grandchildren or the adult children. That’s still something people are not very comfortable with. We get doors slammed in our faces all the time, and family members telling us they’ll report us to the governor’s office.” On the other hand, piercing that murk is far easier—and enormously more satisfying—when the perpetrator is a bottom-feeding scam artist. And the depths to which they’ll sink is truly breathtaking. “We had one case a few years ago,” Dannenfelser says, “where the perpetrator was

finding her victims by going to the funerals, where she would befriend the widow.” After worming her way in, “she’d just take whatever she could.” Dannenfelser pauses. “There is a special place,” she says, “for those kinds of people.”

elia Orduno tells me a story about her friend Rosa, who was overjoyed because her daughter’s family— including the husband and two teenagers—were going to share her home. “She told everybody, ‘My daughter’s moving in with me. I’m very happy!’” Orduno says. But the plotline swerved in a direction Rosa didn’t expect: The clan was moving in because they couldn’t afford their rent. And what happened next was dreadfully predictable. “Rosa only lived two years after that,” Delia explains, “because her daughter took away her Social Security checks, took away everything. She was sleeping in a small room. It was like the daughter owned the place. Rosa passed away in two years because she was afraid to get help. She was afraid of everything, like me. She kept saying, ‘My poor daughter, my poor daughter.’ After she passed away, her daughter lost the house.”

aw enforcement seems to take special pleasure in busting those who prey on elderly citizens. Their only frustration, they say, is that so many slip away. But there are plenty of success stories, too. And they make it all worthwhile. A grim sampling: • Nov. 7, 2011: A 50-year-old health care worker named Glenda Walls-Tillis is sentenced

to five years of probation and ordered to repay the $5,500 she stole from an elderly couple. According to authorities, Walls-Tillis penned three checks to herself totaling that amount from the couple’s account. The two were 95 and 88. The caregiver told police she spent the money on housewares, including shower curtains and bedding. The couple’s daughter, Elisabeth Hurlbert, told the sentencing judge that her parents now live in fear and humiliation. • Nov. 8, 2011: Ruthann Jacox dies at Tucson Medical Center, just weeks after her caregiver is charged with abusing a vulnerable adult. Jacox was a Navy vet and career nurse who was bedridden with multiple sclerosis. Five years earlier, she’d invited Lea Marie Hughes, now 37, and Hughes’ boyfriend, Gilbert Pierre Peralta Jr., to live in her home, after which they proceeded to neglect her to stunning degrees while running amok with her credit card, according to authorities. Following a tip, police found the home rife with vomit, dog crap, maggots and rancid food. Jacox was infected with bedsores down to the bone, and her weight had plunged from 195 pounds to a mere 80 pounds. In August, Hughes was convicted and sentenced to two years in prison. Peralta, 39, is expected to soon enter a plea agreement. • May 14, 2012: Caregiver and serial predator Julie Lane, 46, is sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for forgery, theft and fraud. She was convicted of stealing nearly $30,000 from an 80-year-old woman. Lane told the woman’s family she had been a registered nurse, had children fighting in Iraq, had been orphaned as a child, and had survived breast cancer. What Lane didn’t mention was that she’d also been accused of ripping off a 90-year-old woman, for which she’d received a two-year sentence. • July 2012: Health-care worker Jennifer Lopshire, 44, is arrested on suspicion of abuse of a vulnerable adult. In June, another caregiver informed police that Lopshire’s client had a bruised and swollen mouth. Lopshire is expected to go to trial next May. • Also in July, Shanna Harper, 36, is arrested on suspicion of fraud, theft and exploitation of a vulnerable adult. Police believe she and her boyfriend, 37-year-old Thomas Bonds, stole up to $320,000 from a former art dealer suffering from dementia. Both are expected to go to trial next April.

ur valley once boasted a metrowide task force focused solely on elder abuse. Called Stop Abuse and Financial Exploitation of the Elderly, or SAFEE, it included the Tucson Police Department and the Pima County Sheriff ’s Department, with occasional drop-ins from other area law-enforcement agencies. They shared intelligence and built up a respectable amount of expertise. Then came budget cuts, and each agency fell back to working its own turf. But the commitment to these special cases appears to have persisted. At TPD, for instance, a current detail includes two detectives who investigate nothing but reports of elder abuse. They maintain a desk at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office in Tucson, which has an agreement with the Pima County attorney to

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Stew Grabel: “(Bilking seniors is) less risky than selling drugs, and the witness against you may die before the case gets to court.” Some things were lost when the task force was disbanded, says one of the TPD detectives, Kathy Kragnes, such as the superb ability to track suspect caregivers from one jurisdiction to another. Either way, the focus on elder abuse was enhanced, and today seems to be a pillar of police culture. To Kragnes, it’s a personal calling. “I worked child sexual abuse for almost four years, and I’ve done elder abuse for about four years now,” she says. “They are the true victims.” And so the reports rumble in. “The majority of our cases get reported to 911 or online reporting,” she says. “Doctors and hospitals are also mandated to report suspected cases of abuse. But we can’t investigate all the cases that get reported, because we just don’t have the resources. That can be very frustrating.” So the police prioritize, with physical abuse landing atop the pile, and inter-family thievery settling somewhere in the middle. But even when abuse seems obvious, molding it into a prosecutable case is another animal altogether. To even prod that beast, you first have to prove the victim is vulnerable. It’s what you might call a legal term of art. “So a grandmother may be fine,” Kragnes says. “Then she falls and breaks a hip, and caregivers come into the home. Now she’s a vulnerable adult, because if it wasn’t for the fact of these caregivers coming into her home to provide services to her, they never would have had the means to exploit her.” Therein lies

a potential prosecution. Det. Kragnes is also on the lookout for telltale patterns, such as the link between financial exploitation and abuse. “Most times, where there’s one, there’s the other,” she says. But even making that link doesn’t necessarily make a case. Family members in particular are hard to prosecute. “It’s never black and white,” she says. “It becomes very convoluted. Looking at everything, often the likelihood of conviction just isn’t there. It’s not to say that something didn’t happen. It’s just that it would be very hard to prove it.” So they turn their focus to “professional” caregivers, far beyond the entanglement of family and friends, where things do tend toward the black and the white. “Outside caregivers have to be a priority for us,” Kragnes says. “Those are people who are actively making their money by going out and exploiting people. And they’re not going to just exploit one person. They’re going to exploit numerous people, versus the neighbor or a family member who, because of their relationship with this person, started helping them and then took advantage of them.” On good days, there’s the bust that sticks— and it typically doesn’t commence with a call from the victim. “It usually starts when a neighbor or someone else notices that something is amiss,” Kragnes says. “Many times, these elderly people have either been brainwashed, or they’re continued on next page

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Abuse continued from Page 17 people have either been brainwashed, or they’re afraid of the person, or they don’t want that care to go away. They’re heavily reliant on these people.” An investigation ensues, and “we can see money has gone to another person, and there’s no reasonable explanation for it,” Kragnes says. “Usually, when we confront the (caregiver), we can get them to confess.” Prosecutors “don’t like to take these cases to trial if they don’t have to, because it’s very hard to put these older people on the stand.” Sometimes, other parts of the investigative machinery roar to life, such as the fraud unit within the state’s Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System. The unit monitors retirement facilities and home-care organizations that handle AHCCCS clients—and tracks caregivers with a record of malfeasance, Kragnes says. “If they plead, then they go on a registry where they can’t go to any legitimate business and try to do this work again, because they’re basically flagged.” To bring cases together, Kragnes works closely with state prosecutors such as Assistant Attorney General Doug Clark. Clark, who is based in Tucson, calls elder abuse “one of most underreported crimes. Elders don’t want admit being connected to it, particularly when a family member is involved.” It’s also a particularly tough crime to prosecute, he says, “because we have to prove that they are a ‘vulnerable adult.’ It’s often charged that way. On the flip side of that, we also have to prove that the person who stole was in a position of confidence.” Most rip-offs “are crimes of opportunity,” Clark says. “Who’s going to steal your money? Family members are at the top of the list.” Then come the sharks who may be morally challenged, but don’t quite break the law. They include the door-to-door marketer who sold a 91-year-old man $23,000 worth of steaks and pork chops—and a couple of freezers to keep them in. “That becomes a consumer issue,” Clark, says “but I wish we could flip it to criminal issue.” Still, Clark’s team can’t be faulted for lack of aggressiveness. The office supports the longrunning Taskforce Against Senior Abuse, which focuses on financial exploitation of seniors, and works closely with Det. Kragnes and TPD officers to catch scam artists who prey on the elderly. Another assist comes with toughened state laws. Clark says they make it easier to prosecute those who were in a position of trust with someone while taking their money. One change states that “anything you take from a vulnerable adult— such as having them sign their car over to you— without adequate consideration of them gives rise to an inference that you intended to deprive them of that property,” he says. “It helps the state be one step closer to proving their case.” And there are successes to savor, such as catching a “gardener” stealing from a woman in 18 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

Tucson’s upscale El Encanto neighborhood, after she invited him to live in her home. “We’re still not sure how much she lost,” Clark says, “but it was probably more than $300,000. Her house was full of animal feces, and there were steel security doors between different parts of the house. Even when I was pursuing the case and prosecuting him, she still thought he was the best thing since sliced bread. She did not want him prosecuted.” Clark says the defense attorney tried to convince him that he would lose at trial. “But just the pictures of the house alone—all the jury would have to see is that, and they’d be like, ‘Oh, man, that guy’s guilty,’” Clark says. The case was settled with a plea agreement that put the defendant on probation and—at

his is just the tip of the iceberg in elder abuse. Statistics say that just one in every 14 cases is reported.” —Faustina Dannenfelser, program administrator for Arizona Adult Protective Services

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Clark’s insistence—sentenced him to weekends in jail for the next three years. State prosecutors also assist a team that reviews suspicious deaths. The Pima County Death Analysis Review Team, or DART, involves everyone from detectives and lawyers to social workers, and the process starts when police call with a hunch that something’s amiss. From that point, “we review all of the facts surrounding the deaths that might otherwise slip through the cracks,” Clark says. But sometimes, the call comes too late. “(Perhaps) the medical examiner did not do an autopsy because they were not asked to do an autopsy, and there was no reason for them to do it, and there has already been a disposition of the body,” Clark says. Then there’s that red flag that turns out simply to be sad. “We reviewed one case where, on its face, it really looked like it was going to go somewhere,” Clark says. “The woman was 54 or 58 pounds when she passed. That was like somebody who’s been starved to death. Right off, when you get somebody that’s under 60 pounds when they pass, that raises a lot of alarms. Then the rest of the story comes out, and she and her son ultimately were hoarders, and they lived an exceedingly unusual lifestyle. There wasn’t anything he did that led to her failure to thrive. It was simply the way that they lived together.”

n Broadway Boulevard, at the Pima Council on Aging, ombudsman Stew Grabel says he believes the economy is boosting what was already a bullish trade in senior rip-offs. “It’s less risky than selling drugs,” he says, “and the witness against you may die before the case gets to court.” Either way, he says, elderly victims “will generally be bad witnesses.” With all those predators lurking, agencies such as the PCOA must intensely screen all of its volunteers, Grabel says. “We’re always on the lookout for people seeking to have access to the elderly,” who can be exploited in countless ways that aren’t even necessarily illegal. For instance, Grabel describes one fine fellow who sold a 25-year subscription to Sports Illustrated to a 90-year-old man. Or maybe the culprit is a landscaper who’s billing for more time than he’s actually working. “It’s fraud,” Grabel says. “But the victim doesn’t even understand they’ve been victimized. It’s almost like a homicide case in which the victim is not available to help you with the prosecution.” But property and money aren’t the only things stolen. The other theft is simple peace of mind. According to Grabel, life expectancy for a senior who has been victimized shrinks dramatically. “I had an elderly, distant cousin who lived in Tucson and got involved in a water-purification scam,” he says. “They sold him a $7,000 water-purification system that he didn’t need. He passed away within a year, and his family believes a good part of the reason was because he felt that loss of control. He’d been a successful businessman, and just let himself get hooked.” Physical and verbal abuse of the elderly can also take a terrible toll. That damage is a major focus for folks at Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Southern Arizona. The JFCS is the lead agency with the Community Counseling Coalition for the Elderly, and expert in addressing the special needs of traumatized seniors. That trauma often includes domestic violence, which grows entrenched over the years. “As we get older, it can become even more complicated,” says Shoshana Elkins, the agency’s vice president for programs and services. “You get so enmeshed in experiences that are really hard to get out of. Isolation and depression are also very common, especially when you don’t have the resources or have limited mobility. Your world just becomes smaller.” It’s also tough for outsiders to help. “You can be in a domestic-violence situation as an adult, and you don’t have to report that,” she says. “Vulnerability is really the key.”

obin Landers, of the Armory Park Senior Center, describes how Delia Orduno finally left home. She says Delia confided in a friend about her situation,

and the friend told Landers. “I wanted to place her in an elder shelter, but she felt safe in her ‘own room’ with her ex, and she came here during the day,” Landers writes in an email to the Weekly. “There was a short time (when) we could not get a hold of Delia, because her husband always answered the phone number that we had, and we didn’t want to let him know we were calling about housing. “When Delia finally got in touch with me, I was able to share the news that she got an apartment in Sentinel Plaza,” Landers continues. “The only thing she had was a bed, so we got her a sofa, table and chairs, dresser, bookcase and more, through a grant that the Armory Park Foundation gave to purchase furniture at Habitat for Humanity. “She is a strong, courageous and very positive person with a big heart. With all that she has been through, it has not tainted her love of life or humanity.”

ccording to the National Center on Elder Abuse, there are key signs of what practitioners call “late life domestic violence.” Among them: The abuser tends to call the victim “incompetent, unhealthy or crazy.” Also, the abuser tends to “act loving, kind and compassionate to the victim, especially in the presence of others.” To Delia Orduno, that all rings painfully familiar. For her, liberation day came in September. She’d been moving boxes to the neighbor’s house. When it came time to bring her things to Sentinel Plaza, her husband helped. He acted so kind, so loving, she says, “because my neighbors were there; my friends were there. Too many people were watching. He tried to be nice.” The scars, however, were not so easily left behind. “He always told me, ‘I know you’re crazy, and I’m going to put you in the crazy house,’” she says. Years of that barrage have taken a toll. “I’m always afraid, afraid of everything,” she says, “afraid to go out. Because I didn’t drive a car, I never went out by myself.” Now friends are helping her use the bus and get to medical appointments. She plans to get counseling, too. “My doctor tells me I need to go,” she says, “but I haven’t gone yet.” Yet Delia knows she is among the fortunate. “People think we stay because we want to,” she tells me. “But I know too many people who are the same as I was. The man puts the foot on the woman, and the woman doesn’t do anything. Because like me, they are afraid. They think no one will believe them.” But they now believe Delia Orduno, in her bright new apartment with her pet rats and stuffed pig. She smiles ever so slightly. “Right now,” she says, “I feel very strong, very healthy— and free.”

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“I’m lucky, because my partner, “Artistically, the show maintains she is pretty nice, and she is really the same concept, but there are a lot strong, and we trust each other,” of changes in the show that have Markocsany said. brought it up to another level,” The 52 cast members of Dralion McKeown said. come from a variety of backOne of the changes is the addition grounds. For example, Markocsany of the “crossed wheel” act: A circus started with the Hungarian State artist propels himself around the Circus in 1998 when he was 13 stage while inside two giant metal and joined Cirque du Soleil last circles, a feat of great strength and June. He said touring gives him a flexibility, McKeown said. chance to visit places he had previThough the show has been runously seen only in movies—but ning almost nonstop since its preabove all, it gives him the chance miere, it remains fresh, McKeown to perform. claimed, because the performers “My favorite part is always in spend at least two hours a day practhe air,” Markocsany said. “I am ticing new skills. flying and doing what I love to do.” “The story is really told by the four McKeown grew up performing elements: air, fire, earth and water,” pantomime, playing the flute and McKeown said. “It’s a story of competap-dancing, but left theater for the tition between each other, but also of corporate world of business finding that place of harmony.” administration and sales. He The principal characters depicting returned to work for Cirque du each element debut in the first act Soleil in 2001. and appear throughout the show. “Walking back into Cirque du “The individual artists playing each The aerial pas de deux act in Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion. Soleil for me was like coming home,” McKeown said. “I left home to of those characters were cast for their nature,” McKeown explained. run away with the circus, and 11 years later, I’m still here.” Azala, the air character, is a trained tissue/silks artist whose perforThe cast and crew keep a rigorous schedule of 10 weeks on and mance takes place high above the audience. Yao, who embodies fire, two weeks off during the touring season. They will spend has a martial-arts background with a warring aspect. Thanksgiving in Tucson, and McKeown said they will have a holiday True to any Cirque du Soleil production, there is also a mixture of celebration before the show that day. acrobatic skills. The 17 acts in the show range from hand-balancing “We’re much like a little League of Nations,” McKeown said. “What to aerial artistry to trampoline feats. we’re able to build on tour is a little unique community that has a lot “The trampoline number is more like an extreme-sports number,” of experience in life.” McKeown said. Acrobats flip and fly as they rebound from the tramDralion will be performed at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 22; 3:30 polines to land and balance on ledges protruding from a 25-footand 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23 and 24; and 1 and 5 high wall. The giant metal bastion is topped with six spikes to give p.m., Sunday, Nov. 25, at the Tucson Convention Center Arena, the set a Chinese-temple-meets-medieval-armor look. 260 S. Church Ave. Tickets are $35 to $75 for adults; $31.50 to $63 McKeown said lighting does wonders to change the scenes from for military members, seniors and students; and $28 to $61 for playful to serene. The romantic aerial pas de deux between Azala and children 12 and younger. For tickets, call (800) 745-3000, or visit Hungarian aerialist Lorant Markocsany is draped in soft blue light. ticketmaster.com. For more information, visit “It’s a love story,” Markocsany said. cirquedusoleil.com/dralion. But it’s also a display of strength and trust. The performers had Mariana Dale never met before landing roles in the show, and they spent four mailbag@tucsonweekly.com months practicing in Montreal before their stage debut. DANIEL DESMARAIS

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Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion is a hybrid, a word combining the dragon, a symbol of the East, and the lion, the king of the West. “The show is an incredible combination between Eastern and Western circus art, with a lot of wow,” said artistic director Sean McKeown. Dralion joins several other Cirque du Soleil touring shows, such as Alegría and Saltimbanco, that have made November stops in Tucson. Dralion premiered in 1999 and toured for more than 10 years under the big top. In 2010, the show was refreshed and readapted for the stage.

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SPECIAL EVENTS Ninth Annual Corazón de Justicia Awards Dinner 6 p.m., next Thursday, Nov. 29 Casino del Sol Event Center 5655 W. Valencia Road 770-1373; derechoshumanosaz.net

People like Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Gov. Jan Brewer haven’t exactly given Arizona a reputation as a friendly, caring state. But groups such as Coalición de Derechos Humanos are filled with people who are trying to remind the nation that humanitarianism is alive and well in our part of the Southwest. Over the years, Derechos Humanos has brought attention to the abuse of migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as attention to other threats to the rights of both U.S. and non-U.S. citizens. However, Derechos Humanos is not fighting alone in the struggle for social justice. There are hundreds of other helping hands defending causes, from LGBT and African-American issues to the rights of indigenous people. To honor their work, Derechos Humanos created the Corazón de Justicia Awards Dinner. “A lot of these nonprofit organizations tend to do a lot of social work that is not often recognized,” said Kat Rodriguez, program director at Derechos Humanos. “There needed to be a night where people got to hear about these amazing individuals and celebrate the work they do within their community.” The ninth annual Corazón de Justicia Awards Dinner will bring together contributors from various communities. “It is a wonderful evening, because we recognize those who volunteer because their hearts are truly involved with these causes,” Rodriguez said. The event is also a fundraiser for Derechos Humanos. The keynote speaker this year is Rob Williams, an author and a professor of law and American Indian studies at the University of Arizona. “Yes, we do a lot of work with immigration, but Derechos Humanos also branches out into other communities,” Rodriguez said. “We have made many different allies, and during this event, we get to honor them.” Tickets are $40. —I.T.

Ted DeGrazia a COURTESY COUR C CO OURT O TESY ESY GALLERY GAL G GA AL A LL LERY LER LE ERY ER E RY R Y IN IN THE TH T HE SUN H S

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Lance Laber grew up with Ted DeGrazia’s grandchildren, and he remembers going to DeGrazia’s Gallery in the Sun ever since he was a little boy. At first, he was too young to appreciate the artist’s pieces. But as he grew older and began to understand DeGrazia’s work, Laber became impressed with the artist’s talent. “I was very much amazed by him,” said Laber, now the executive director of DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun. “He was an amazing painter. But he also designed and built this gallery. So he was an architect and a businessman as well. DeGrazia had many different phases.” Laber, who has worked at the gallery for about 30 years, was one of the lucky people who had the opportunity to interact with the local legend and get to know him on a personal level. When Laber speaks of the artist’s work, you hear the enthusiasm in his voice. During his career, DeGrazia created thousands of paintings—enough to have a new exhibit every month for 15 years, Laber said. Therefore, a couple of months ago, he decided to create an exhibit of DeGrazia’s never-beforedisplayed works. Laber said that a huge portion of the gallery’s 15,000 paintings have never been exhibited. “These paintings have never seen the light of day,” Laber said. “This was the perfect opportunity to put out this work, and give people the opportunity to see something different.” Laber hopes older generations will help expose the work of DeGrazia, who died in 1982, to a new generation of art enthusiasts. “DeGrazia is a very special legend in this state,” Laber said. “People would be, really, missing out if they didn’t get a chance to experience his work.” Admission is free. —I.T.

The history of the Southwest has been shaped by a variety of cultures—and celebrating and understanding these cultures is vital to keeping them alive. The Heritage and Harvest Festival at Old Tucson Studios celebrates the Southwest’s Native American and Mexican heritage, while also celebrating the other cultures that helped shape the Southwest. The event is intended to be a learning experience for those who don’t know much about this area’s traditions, foods and music. “It is a festival that gives people a better understanding of the role Native Americans, Mexicans and other cultures had, and still have, in our history,” said Joe Camarillo, group sales manager at Old Tucson Studios. Native Americans have a special spot in Old Tucson’s figurative heart. When Columbia Pictures came to Tucson in the late 1930s to film the movie Arizona, it hired men from the Tohono O’odham Nation to help build the set, which became the forerunner of Old Tucson. “Our roots are very deep with the Tohono O’odham,” said Marie Demarais, marketing manager at Old Tucson. “We really enjoy our working relations with them, and enjoy teaching people about the Tohono O’odham people.” It wasn’t until last year that Old Tucson started the Heritage and Harvest Festival. Old Tucson teamed up with Ha:san Preparatory and Leadership School, a public high school for Tohono O’odham youth. Ha:san students will perform traditional O’odham songs and dances, and will sell traditional O’odham foods. Las Florecitas del Desierto, an all-woman Mexican equestrian group, will also perform. “Old Tucson is a great place to showcase our heritage,” Camarillo said. Admission is $16.95 for adults; and $10.95 for children 4 to 11 years old. —I.T.

UA Crowder Hall 1017 N. Olive Road 621-2998; music.arizona.edu

Keith Pawlak’s office has several rooms. Instead of having officemates, the UA music-archive curator shares his space with thousands of musical artifacts. File cabinet upon file cabinet is filled with meticulously organized music and other remnants of 20th-century musical culture. The UA Archive Ensemble, under Pawlak’s direction, has pulled songs exclusively from the archives for its jazz showcase. Pawlak’s goal was to recreate an evening in a big-city cabaret in the 1930s. “It’s a showcase of modernity, sophistication and the diverse elements of our societies,” Pawlak said. “There’s something very special about what was happening at this point in our culture.” He knew it would take more than music to give the audience a feel for the era. So Bunny Boom Boom, a dancer with the local Black Cherry Burlesque troupe, will bring the burgeoning sexuality of the era to the stage. The shows of the era would often advertise a “house full” of gorgeous girls. “My organization skills didn’t allow that,” Pawlak joked. “I’m hoping (Bunny Boom Boom) can be all of them.” The show also features guitarist Skip Heller, and Michael Howell will add to the mystique with magic acts. Johnny Crawford, a singer and Emmynominated actor (for his role in the 1950s TV series The Rifleman), will also take the stage to perform songs from the era. Since 1992, Crawford has led a 1930s-style dance band. Pawlak hopes to also give the audience a glimpse of the values and ideals of the 1930s. “It’s not just notes flying around in the air,” Pawlak says. “Music is art and art is culture.” Admission is $15; $12 for UA employees and seniors 65 and older; and $10 for students. The performance contains adult themes and some nudity. —M.D.

Far Fa left: Johnny Crawford will perform at a the UA Archive Ensemble’s The 1017 Club: Cl A 1930s Revue. Be Below: The Wildcats host the ASU Sun Devils at 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 23, at UA D e Stadium. Tickets are $15 to $60.50. S t Visit V i primesport.com/d/arizonafootball ffor o tickets.

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Melo Dominguez

HERITAGE AND HARVEST FESTIVAL Old Tucson Studios. 201 S. Kinney Road. 883-0100. Students of the Ha:San School perform songs and dances; traditional foods are served in the native village; and Las Florecitas del Desierto perform the colorful traditional precision riding sport for women, escaramuza; from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily, from Friday through Sunday, Nov. 23 through 25; $16.95. Visit oldtucson. com for more information.

Melo Dominguez is an East Los Angeles muralist who moved to Tucson in 2007. After a near-death incident landed her in the hospital for almost eight weeks, Dominguez made a conscious effort to produce more art and to work with local youths, and to bridge the two as an activist focusing on Arizona politics and the environment. She has a show at the Joel D. Valdez Main Library downtown that closes Friday, Nov. 30, and she’s one of seven international artists in The Art of All Possibilities, an exhibition and installation at Biosphere 2. The Biosphere art installation continues through Feb. 28, 2013. For more on Dominguez’s work, visit www.melodominguez.com.

HOLIDAY NIGHTS Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Stroll through the park with Frosty the Snowperson and enjoy live performances at various locations, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23 and 24, and Nov. 30 and Dec. 1; $15, $8 member, $2 child 12 and younger. Visit tohonochulpark.org for reservations and more information. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23 and 24: classical guitarist Gabriel Ayala, blues and jazz singer Joe Bourne, the Tucson Women’s Chorus, the Maderas Strings, and Ballet Tucson performing Nutcracker in a Nutshell. Nov. 30 and Dec. 1: guitarists Domingo DeGrazia, Way Out West, Desert Melodies and a piano sing-along with Kyle Bronson.

Mari Herreras, mherreras@tucsonweekly.com

Where are you from? I am originally from East Los Angeles. I started off as a window-painter doing murals at restaurants, because I was trying to make money. You can imagine being a kid who’s poor. I was in the jungle all the time, and being around art and music all the time—the graffiti that was being produced. My mom was a single parent, so I didn’t really get to go to museums or galleries. Graffiti was really my art gallery—you were able to walk up and talk to (the artists). That’s really what inspired what I create now. I used to be a graffiti artist. I still love it, but my mom, she caught me one time, and she just blew my mind. She said, “I’m not going to argue with you. I’m just going to tell you straight up: Mel, do you want to pay the city, or do you want the city to pay you?” Wow, Mom, thanks. … Since then, I’ve focused my life on just really painting. I went to school for graphic design, but in the end, I figured out I didn’t really want to do that. … I love stories. How did you get to Tucson? My girlfriend. We met each other out there, and we reconnected out there. She said, “People are so mean and ugly out here (in L.A.), so busy trying to make the rent.” She said, “Let’s move to Tucson,” and I said OK. I had 22 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

been doing scenic production, music video, theme parks, all the background stuff, working for a designer on Melrose (Avenue). I had a really good job. I realized there were no art jobs here in Tucson like there were in L.A., so my first job here, I was a tow-trucker. During the summertime, I was driving around in a frying pan. I learned the streets of Tucson. I also got lost in the desert picking up seized vehicles from Border Patrol. I had a pager; they’d call me in the middle of the night. All those seized vehicles and what was going on along the border, I couldn’t deal with it. Wow. Welcome to Tucson. Well, then I got sick. I got a chronic illness, and I was in the hospital for eight weeks, and I almost died. It made me reassess my life. I’ve been pumping out artwork like there’s no tomorrow. What’s helped you keep working as an artist? Back in L.A., I was part of an internship with the Getty, with Self Help Graphics and Art in East Los Angeles. When I got here, coming from L.A. to here and the border issues, I felt like I didn’t think I should be painting for myself. “How dare I be a citizen and Latina and living normally, when there are people dying in the desert?”

You’ve maintained a strong relationship with Self Help. Yes. They picked me up to represent Tucson and gave me an honorarium to work on a day-laborer project. I did a bus scene, and I used the bus because it’s the public limousine. Everybody rides it. You have homeless, the wanderer, the businessman, the college student, the cyclist, grandma—they are all in my artwork—and the day laborer and the domestic laborer. They always forget her, and she’s there taking her child to school before getting to work. I have these people onboard, and it is at the library right now next to panels I created with the youth at the John Valenzuela Youth Center. Why has it been important for you to work with kids? I’m doing that because we are leaving this world to youth, and we can’t leave it like this, not with these politics. It’s not working; it’s not right. We all know what’s going on. The curtain is open. We’ve got to do what’s right.

NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE SOCIAL AND INDIAN CRAFT MARKET Sheraton Hotel and Suites. 5151 E. Grant Road. 323-6262. The culture and history of several Native American nations are represented with crafts, demonstrations, dancing, song and living history from Friday, Nov. 23, through Sunday, Nov. 25; free admission. Hours are noon to 5:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and noon to 6 p.m., Sunday. Call 622-4900, or visit usaindianinfo.com for more information.

OUT OF TOWN FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS HOLIDAY CELEBRATION Bisbee City Park. Brewery Gulch. Bisbee. Live music, dancers, food and a craft fair are featured from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 23; free. The event includes an ornament-making class from 10 a.m. to noon, and a decorating party from noon to 2 p.m. It concludes with a ceremony to light up the town for the holidays. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 24, Main Street features a “Small Town Holiday” with carolers, a windowdecorating contest, raffles, shopping and rides on horsedrawn wagons; free. OLD PEARCE HERITAGE DAYS Old Pearce Store. 905 Ghost Town Trail. Pearce. (520) 826-3588. The ghost town of Pearce comes alive with a gem and mineral show, an operating blacksmith shop and a collection of antiques and oddities at Old Pearce Mercantile, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23 and 24; free admission and parking. A vintage car show, an art show and sale, and a tour of the town’s original buildings are also featured. Call (520) 507-5487, or email oldpearcepottery@vtc.net for more information.

UPCOMING ATOMIC HOLIDAY Tucson Scottish Rite Cathedral. 160 S. Scott Ave. 6228364. A cabaret-themed fundraiser, Atomic Holiday, with special guest David Fitzsimmons, features music, performance and a silent auction starting at 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1; $50. The event supports Desert Voices’ mission to unite the LGBT community and allies through music. Call 791-9662, or visit desertvoices.org for more information. CASCABEL COMMUNITY FAIR Homestead products, arts, live music, and homemade food and desserts are featured from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 1 and 2, at milepost 20, Cascabel Road, Cascabel; free admission. Call 2122529 for more information. Activities nearby include free tours of the Cascabel Clayworks, which hosts many local artisans working in clay, leather and photography; the Akasha Center of Light gallery of paintings and ornaments; and Forever Home Donkey Rescue. Tours of the Oasis Bird Sanctuary are available for a $5 suggested donation. Cascabel is on a dirt road, so visitors are urged to drive gently. COATED WITH FUR Scottsdale veterinarian Kristen Nelson, author of Coated With Fur, takes a look back at her first year of solo practice and speaks at an event that also features a silent auction of animal-inspired art by Tucson artists and photographers, from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2, at A Wing and a Prayer Arabian horse ranch, 12465 W. Emigh Road, Marana; $35. Proceeds benefit the Pima Library Foundation. Call 747-3310 or 982-3583 for more info.

CORAZÓN DE JUSTICIA AWARDS DINNER Casino del Sol Event Center. 5655 W. Valencia Road. (800) 344-9435. Coalición de Derechos Humanos hosts a dinner honoring community organizers for their commitment to justice and social change, from 6 to 9:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29; $40. The keynote speaker is Rob Williams, the E. Thomas Sullivan professor of law and American Indian studies and faculty co-chair of the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program at the UA James E. Rogers College of Law. Reservations and menu selections are requested in advance. All proceeds benefit Coalición de Derechos Humanos. A DICKENS AFTERNOON TEA First Church United Methodist. 915 E. Fourth St. 6226481. Members of the Tucson Steampunk Society create a Dickens fantasy including period characters and science-fiction set-pieces along with cold beverages, tea and trimmings, from 2 to 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1; $15, free child younger than 12. Call 982-0556 for reservations and more information. LA LUCHA SIGUE/THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church. 1300 N. Greasewood Road. 884-9021. Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Sanctuary Movement, the 25th anniversary of BorderLinks, and the 10th anniversary of Samaritans, a conference revisits the history of humanitarian aid and the need for widespread education about life on the U.S. Mexico border, from 1 to 4:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30; and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1; $20. A concert features Francisco Herrera singing in both English and Spanish at 7:30 p.m., Friday; $20. Conference sessions cover the history of humanitarian aid and civil rights along the border, strategies for creative policy change, and grounding in organizing and strategy. Visit thesstrugglecontinues.org to register and for more information. PAWSITIVELY CATS HOLIDAY CELEBRATION Tucson Racquet and Fitness Club. 4001 N. Country Club Road. 795-6960. A jewelry sale, a silent auction, a giving tree for shelter cats with special needs, and animal-trivia games with prizes for all are featured at a fundraising event for PAWsitively Cats no-kill shelter, from 4 to 8 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2; $10, $5 child, or 12 cans of Friskies paté cat food, or 40 pounds of cat litter. Admission is free for PAWSitively Cats volunteers. Call 870-1904 for more information. TAMAL FESTIVAL AVA: Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater. Casino del Sol, 5655 W. Valencia Road. (800) 344-9435. Live entertainment and music, contests, food demonstrations, arts and crafts vendors, a children’s play area and more than 50 food vendors are featured from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1; free. TWILIGHT WISH FOUNDATION BENEFIT The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. An organization serving seniors benefits from ticket sales for a performance of Scrooge, at 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec 1; $20. Visit twilightwisharizona.org for tickets and more information. WORLD AIDS DAY: 25TH ANNIVERSARY Hotel Congress. 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848. A faux triathlon, a movement and dance event, speakers, balloon formations, art shows, a live feed from Tanzania, free HIV testing by several agencies and live music are featured from 4:30 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1. The triathlon is the Polar Bear Plunge and Bike Bonanza in which cyclists wear costumes, accumulate stickers from participating bars and race through an obstacle course culminating in a polar-bear plunge; $25. A 21+ night time event includes an Eazy E tribute by four bands, DJ Antenna and China Collins. A dance party follows. A $5 to $10 donation is suggested. Email drmoroso@mac. com for more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL FOR ART AND CRAFT VENDORS AND NONPROFITS Fluxx Studio and Gallery. 414 E. Ninth St. 882-0242. Artists, crafters and nonprofit agencies are sought to reserve booth space inside Fluxx during the Fourth Avenue Merchants’ Winter Street Fair, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday through Sunday, Dec. 7 through 9. The deadline for applications is Monday, Dec. 3. Visit fluxxproductionsstudioandgallery.tumblr.com/forms for an application and more information. CALL FOR ENTRIES: DOWNTOWN PARADE OF LIGHTS Friday, Nov. 30, is the deadline for entries in the Annual Downtown Parade of Lights, featuring decorated vehicles, floats, dance troupes and live music throughout the route starting at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 15. Prizes of $250 to $500 are awarded in four categories. Visit downtowntucson.org for an application and more information.

CATALINA FOOTHILLS ART FESTIVAL Catalina Foothills High School. 4300 E. Sunrise Drive. 209-8300. One-of-a-kind art and crafts, including paintings, sculpture, glass, photography, drawings, jewelry, fiber, wood, ceramics, mixed-media and furniture are available at prices of $10 and up, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 24; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 25; free admission. Food and beverages are available. visit bowmanproductionsaz.com for more information. COMPUTER WORKSHOPS AT THE LIBRARY Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Classes are free, but reservations are required. Get one-on-one help in understanding free digital downloads, and download eBooks, audiobooks and videos to your device, from 2 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 28; and from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29. Bring your device and your library card or PIN. Learn about useful and fun features of Google, including news, maps, videos, calendars, financial information and Google Earth, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 27; free. Learn more about Microsoft Word 2010 in an intermediate workshop covering styles, themes, tables, SmartArt graphics, templates and mail-merge, from 10 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, Nov. 28. FOURTH SATURDAY COURTYARD ARTISANS FAIR Old Town Artisans Courtyard. 201 N. Court Ave. 6236024. Tucson artists and craftspeople display and sell their work, and local authors discuss and sign their books, from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the fourth Saturday of every month, through February, 2013; free admission. HOLIDAY ART FIESTA Painted Gourds and Masks Art Studio. 4802 W. Paseo de las Colinas. 465-7298. Twenty Tucson artists present fine art, folk art, masks, batiks, jewelry, garden art, gourd art, silkscreen, pottery, enameling, handmade soaps, fiber art, woodworking, photography, drums and holiday ornaments for sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 24 and 25; free admission. Cans of food are collected for the Community Food Bank. HOLIDAY ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center. 1100 S. Randolph Way. More than 100 artisans from throughout the Western U.S. display and sell handcrafted items from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 24 and 25; free. Food and beverages are available for sale. HOLIDAY ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW Golden Corral. 6865 N. Thornydale Road. 544-0350. Local craftmakers sell candles, jewelry, steering-wheel covers, dog items, blankets, yard art, and other handmade goods from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday through Sunday, Nov. 23 through 25; free admission. Proceeds benefit Camp Corral for children of parents in military service. HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. An arts and crafts fair takes place from from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., every Saturday and Sunday, through Sunday, Dec. 23, around the Gaslight Theatre; free admission. HOLIDAY INSPIRATIONS Many Hands Courtyard. 3054 N. First Ave. 419-7191. A holiday artisansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; market takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., every Friday and Saturday, through Saturday, Dec. 1; free. An artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reception with refreshments and live music by Don East takes place from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2; free. PDEQ MEETINGS FOR AIR QUALITY PERMIT RENEWAL FOR ASARCO MISSION COMPLEX MINE A formal public hearing about a proposed air-quality permit renewal, including requirements and enforcement, takes place from 5 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 27, at the Rancho Resort Clubhouse, 15900 S. Rancho Resort Blvd., Sahuarita. The hearing offers an opportunity for the public to speak, or to drop off written comments concerning the permit. Call 243-7400 for more info. VAIL VIGILANTES RAISE FUNDS FOR THE ARIZONA CANCER CENTER An organization that fields teams for charity sporting events is raising $10,000 to enter 50 participants in the Kiss Me Dirty Mud Run that takes place on Sunday, March 17. The effort benefits from Chuyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discounts on food and beverages from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and a taco-eating contest at 4:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 23, at two locations: 7101 E. 22nd St., and 7585 S. Houghton Road; $25, $20 advance. Visit vailvigilantes.com to register and for more information.

OUT OF TOWN DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF THE SANTA RITA AREA Green Valley Democratic Headquarters. 260 W. Continental Road. Green Valley. 838-0590. Current events are discussed from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., every Wednesday; free. Email acalkins10@aol.com, or visit gvdemocrats.org for more information. FINAL EXIT NETWORK, GREEN VALLEY CHAPTER Green Valley East Social Center. 7 S. Abrego Drive. Green Valley. A discussion about â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Is a Good Death?: The Right to Die With Dignityâ&#x20AC;? takes place from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, Nov. 28; free. Call 235-5646, or email jlavet@earthlink.net for more information. HIGH-DESERT ART AND GIFTS MARKET Studio Tour Welcome Center and Gallery. 1880 W. American Ave. Oracle. 896-2464. A holiday show and sale of original, affordably priced works by Oracle artists and artisans opens Friday, Nov. 23, and continues through Sunday, Dec. 23. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday through Sunday; free. Call 896-2079 or 8962234 for more information. MOON MADNESS Kitt Peak National Observatory. State Route 86, Tohono Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;odham Reservation. 318-8726. Learn about moon phases, make your own craters and observe the lunar landscape and the planet Jupiter through a rare, scientific telescope in a class from 2:30 to 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 24 and Dec. 22; $45, $25 child age 6 through 16, $40 member, senior or active-duty military, includes a box lunch and class materials and handouts. Call 318-8726 to register; email martino@noao.edu for more information. WALKING TOURS OF OLD TOWN TUBAC Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. Alice Keene leads a tour of the original adobe buildings and discusses the history of Arizonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first European settlement, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, every Friday, through Nov. 30; $7.50 includes admission to the park.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS 24-HOUR CRISIS LINE: 624-0348, (800) 553-9387 Wingspan. 430 E. Seventh St. 624-1779. Report a violent or discriminatory action against you or someone you know by calling the 24-hour bilingual crisis line at 6240348 or (800) 553-9387. If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an emergency, please first call 911. All services are available in English and Spanish.

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THE COFFEE PARTY Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Friendly discussions of current events take place from 1 to 3 p.m., every Tuesday; free. Candidates from all political parties are invited to speak. Call 878-0256 for more information and to arrange a time to speak. COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE Himmel Park. 1000 N. Tucson Blvd. 791-3276. A community drum circle takes place from 3:30 to 6 p.m., every Sunday; free. All are welcome. Call 743-4901, or e-mail cactuscarrie10@gmail.com for more information. CONQUISTADORS TOASTMASTERS CLUB Jewish Community Center. 3800 E. River Road. 2993000. Anyone who wants to conquer fears of public speaking may practice in a supportive environment at 7 p.m., every Wednesday. Email davidmegaw@comcast.net for more information. DESERT CRONES Fellowship Square Villa III. 210 N. Maguire Ave. 8865537. Women older than 50 meet from 1 to 3 p.m., every Thursday except holidays, to enjoy companionship and creativity. Programs include guest speakers, writing workshops and drumming circles. Call 409-3357, or email hobbitmagick@hotmail.com for more information. DIVORCE RECOVERY DROP-IN SUPPORT GROUP Ward 6 City Council Office. 3202 E. First St. 7914601. An open support group for anyone ending a relationship takes place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., every Tuesday; free.

DRINKING LIBERALLY The Shanty. 401 E. Ninth St. 623-2664. Liberal and progressive Democrats meet every Wednesday at 6 p.m.; free. The meeting often features special guests. Search for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drinking Liberally Tucsonâ&#x20AC;? on Facebook for more information. EXTREME COUPONING Cents-off coupons are collected from the Sunday newspaper and Tuesday home mailings to help support the food programs of the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation. Coupons need not be cut out. They may be delivered from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. FARMERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; MARKETS 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 Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 16800 Arivaca Road, Arivaca, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday. Bear Canyon Open Air Market: northwest corner of Tanque Verde Road and the Catalina Highway, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (982-2645). Bisbee Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: Vista Park in the Warren section, 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (520-227-5060). Community Food Bank: 3003 S. Country Club Road, 8 a.m. to noon, Tuesday (622-0525). Corona de Tucson Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 15921 S. Houghton Road, Vail, 8 a.m. to noon, Friday (870-1106). Douglas Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: Raul Castro Park, between D and E avenues, downtown Douglas, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday (520-805-5938 or 520-805-0086). El Presidio Plaza Park Mercado: 115 N. Church Ave., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday (339-4008). El Pueblo Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: El Pueblo Neighborhood Center parking lot, SW corner of Irvington Road and Sixth Avenue, 8 to 11 a.m., Saturday (882-3304). Elgin Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: KiefJoshua Vineyards, 370 Elgin Road, Elgin, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, May through October (520-455-5582). Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Markets at La Posada Green Valley: 665 S. Park Centre Ave., Green Valley, is 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday (603-8116). Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market at Voyager RV Resort: 8701 S. Kolb Road, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday (603-8116). Friday Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market at Broadway Village: 2926 E. Broadway Blvd., 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday (603-8116). Green Valley Village Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 101 S. La CaĂąada Drive, Green Valley, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday (490-3315). Marana Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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 Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 2805 N. Triangle L Ranch Road, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday (896-2123). Oro Valley Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: Town Hall at the corner of La CaĂąada Drive and Naranja Road, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (882-2157). Plaza Palomino: 2970 N. Swan Road, winter: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday; summer: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (plazapalomino.com). Rincon Valley Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and Artisansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 12500 E. Old Spanish Trail, winter: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday; summer: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (591-2276). St. David Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: St. David High School, 70 E. Patton St., St. David, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, May through October (520-221-1074). St. Philipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plaza Saturday Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: St. Philipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plaza, southeast corner of River Road and Campbell Avenue, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (603-8116). Santa Cruz River Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: Mercado San AgustĂn, 100 S. Avenida del Convento, 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday (622-0525). San Manuel Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 801 McNab Parkway, 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (520-212-2337). Sierra Vista Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: corner of Carmichael Avenue and Willcox Drive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday; and corner of Charleston Road and Highway 90 bypass, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday (520678-2638). Sunsites Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: Shadow Mountain Golf Course, 1105 Irene St., Sunsites, 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday (520-826-1250). Tucson Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: St. Philipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plaza, southeast corner of River Road and Campbell Avenue, winter: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday; summer: 8 a.m. to noon, Sunday (882-2157). Tucson Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market at Jesse Owens Park: Jesse Owens Park, 400 S. Sarnoff Drive, winter: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday; summer: 8 a.m. to noon, Friday (918-9811). Tucson Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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). Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Green Art and Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 8995 E. Tanque Verde Road, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday (9822645). Ventana Plaza Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market: 5455 N. Kolb Road, 3 to 7 p.m., Tuesday (603-8116). FLUXX STUDIO AND GALLERY Fluxx Studio and Gallery. 414 E. Ninth St. 882-0242. This nonprofit community space hosts exhibitions, performance art, movie screenings, workshops and special events to increase the visibility and promote the creation of queer arts and culture in Tucson. A holiday event, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lights of Love,â&#x20AC;? takes place Thursday, Nov. 29, through Saturday, Dec. 1. Volunteers are needed throughout the year to help with business, art and production projects. Fore more information and details on events, visit fluxxproductionsstudioandgallery.tumblr. com. Email joes@fluxxproductions.com for information about volunteering.

FOUNTAIN FLYERS TOASTMASTERS Coco’s Bakery Restaurant. 7250 N. Oracle Road. 7422840. Participants learn and enhance speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment, from 6:30 to 7:45 a.m., Tuesday; free. Call 861-1160 for more information. GAM-ANON MEETING University of Arizona Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. 694-0111. A 12-step support group for families and friends of compulsive gamblers meets in dining room No. 2500D at 7 p.m., every Monday; free. Call 570-7879 for more information. 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. ITALIAN CONVERSATION Beyond Bread. 3026 N. Campbell Ave. 322-9965. All skill levels practice from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., every Tuesday; free. Call 624-9145 for more information. JIGSAW PUZZLE EXCHANGE Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Exchange your jigsaw puzzle for a different one at the Jigsaw Puzzle Exchange display. Parking is free on Saturday, Sunday, evenings or for less than an hour. Library hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday; free. Call 791-4010, or email askalibrarian@pima.gov for more information. MAHJONG Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 229-5300. Play Mahjong from 1 to 3:30 p.m., each Saturday; free. Call for more information. PIMA COUNCIL ON AGING INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE A volunteer for the Pima Council on Aging provides information and answers questions about support available to seniors for caregiving, meals, housing, legal services and transportation; free: from 10 a.m. to noon, the second Tuesday of every month, at Sahuarita Branch Library, 725 W. Via Rancho Sahuarita; from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the second Tuesday of every month, at Oro Valley Library, 1305 W. Naranja Drive; from 10 a.m. to noon, the second and fourth Wednesday, at Ellie Towne Flowing Wells Community Center, 1660 W. Ruthrauff Road; from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the second and last Wednesday, at Quincie Douglas Senior Center, 1575 E. 36th St.; and from 10 a.m. to noon, the third and fourth Wednesday, at Freedom Park Recreation Center, 5000 E. 29th St. For more information, visit pcoa.org. THE ROADRUNNERS TOASTMASTERS Atria Bell Court Garden. 6653 E. Carondelet Drive. 8863600. The Roadrunners Toastmasters meet weekly from 6:30 to 8 a.m., Wednesday, to mutually support public speaking and leadership skills. Call 261-4560, or visit roadrunnerstoastmasters.com for more information. SCRABBLE CLUB Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Play Scrabble from 1 to 5 p.m., each Monday; free. Call for more information. SINGLES 50+ LUNCH GROUP Thunder Canyon Brewery. 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd. 7972652. A group meets for conversation and no-host lunch at noon, Sunday. Call 797-9873 for more information. ST. PHILIP’S PHIXERS HOMEMAINTENANCE WORKSHOP SERIES St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Home-maintenance presentations take place at 12:30 p.m., the fourth Sunday of every month; free. Participants should dress comfortably. Email greg.foraker@stphilipstucson.org, or call 299-6421, ext. 44, for information. SUNDAY FEAST AND FESTIVAL Govinda’s Natural Foods Buffet and Boutique. 711 E. Blacklidge Drive. 792-0630. A ceremony consisting of music, chanting and dancing takes place at 6:30 p.m.; free. An eight-course vegetarian feast is served at 7 p.m.; $3. Call or visit govindasoftucson.com for more information. TOASTMASTERS OF UNITY Risky Business Sunrise. 6866 E. Sunrise Drive. 5770021. Participants learn the art of public speaking, listening, thinking and leadership in a relaxed, informal and supportive atmosphere, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., every Saturday; free. Call 861-7039, or visit toastmastersofunity.com for more information. TUCSON SINGLETARIANS A social club for singles age 50 and older meets for a variety of weekly activities, a hosted monthly social hour, and happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday and

Thursday. Call 326-9174, or visit tucsonsingletarians. tripod.com for more information. TUCSON SOCIAL SINGLES Singles meet from 5 to 7 p.m., every Friday, at a different location; free. Call 219-4332, or visit tucsonsocialsingles.org for locations and more information. URBAN YARNS Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. Knitters and crocheters gather informally from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., each Friday, to work on their own projects, review the library’s fiber-themed books and find inspiration for new projects; free. No instruction is provided. Call 791-4010 for more information. XEROCRAFT: A PLACE TO CREATE Xerocraft. 1301 S. Sixth Ave. 906-0352. Tools and space for creative individuals to materialize their visions are available from 7 to 10 p.m., every Thursday; and from noon to 4 p.m., every Saturday; free. Visit xerocraft.org for more information. YARNIVORES: A CROCHET AND KNITTING MEET-UP GROUP Murphy-Wilmot Branch Library. 530 N. Wilmot Road. 594-5420. A brown-bag dinner and socializing devoted to the yarn arts take place from 6 to 7 p.m., every Thursday; free. Bring dinner and a project.

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BUSINESS & FINANCE EVENTS THIS WEEK 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 noon to 3 p.m., Monday, Nov. 26; free. No appointment is needed; sessions are limited to 30 minutes. Call 791-4010 for more info.

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NAWBO MEMBER CONNECTION BREAKFAST Radisson Suites Hotel. 6555 E. Speedway Blvd. 7217100. Ronda Lane of In the Black Accounting presents “Making Smart Decisions While Staying in Control” at a networking breakfast from 8 to 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 27; $26, $21 member; $16 or $13 with early registration online. Visit nawbotucson.org to register and for more information. SCORE BUSINESS COUNSELING Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Experienced executives give individualized advice about starting or building a business, from 9 a.m. to noon, every Monday and Saturday; and 3 to 5 p.m., every Tuesday; free by appointment. 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.

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FILM UPCOMING FOX TUCSON THEATRE Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, is screened at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30; $5 and $7. Visit foxtucsontheatre.org for more information. LOFT CINEMA SPECIAL EVENTS Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Hendrix 70: Live at Woodstock, the entire 1969 performance, uninterrupted, is screened in newly restored high definition with a new surround-sound theatrical mix, at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29; and noon, Saturday, Dec. 8; $9, $5 member. Sunday, Dec. 2, at 11 a.m.; and Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m.: The Graduate, 45th-Anniversary screening; $5 suggested donation. Visit loftcinema.com for a complete list of forthcoming films and to reserve tickets.

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NATIVE EYES FILM SHOWCASE Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Native Eyes Film Showcase: A Night at the Loftâ&#x20AC;? begins at 6 p.m. and continues until midnight, Saturday, Dec. 1; $20 for the whole evening. Beginning at 6:15 p.m., director and actor Tim Ramos of the Pomo Tribe, and actor and musician Gary Farmer of the Cayuga tribe meet and greet audience members before and after a screening of California Indian; $10, $8. At 9 p.m., the Santa Fe group Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers perform native blues; $15. At 10:30 p.m., Gary Farmer introduces his film Dead Man, featuring a young Johnny Depp; $8, $6 member.

GARDENING EVENTS THIS WEEK ASK DR. BESSEY Himmel Branch Library. 1035 N. Treat Ave. 594-5305. Paul Bessey, president of the Gardeners of America, answers your questions about gardening from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 26 and Dec. 17; free. 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 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. CLASSES AT TUCSON BOTANICAL GARDENS Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. No preregistration is required for these monthly classes at the Botanical Gardens. Classes are from 9:30 a.m. to noon, unless otherwise indicated; $16, $8 member, includes admission. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gardening for the Newcomerâ&#x20AC;? is the first Thursday and first Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Xeriscape Doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Mean Zeroscapeâ&#x20AC;? is the second Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Successful Plants for Tucson Gardensâ&#x20AC;? is the third Saturday.â&#x20AC;?Rainwater-Harvesting Workshopâ&#x20AC;? is from 9:30 to 11 a.m., the fourth Saturday. The gardens frequently offer classes on a wide range of gardening and related topics, including photography, painting and fauna that frequent Tucson gardens; $10 to $35, or free with admission; $13, $7.50 age 4 through 12, free younger child, $12 student, senior and military personnel. Call or visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information.

OUT OF TOWN GERRY TAYLOR: SEASONS OF THE SONORAN DESERT Western National Parks Association. 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014. Master Gardener Gerry Taylor discusses the characteristics of the Sonoran Desertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s five growing seasons, and shows photos of native plants typical of each, at noon and 2 p.m.,

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UPCOMING STEEL CULVERT WATER-TANK INSTALLATION St. Markâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Presbyterian Church. 3809 E. Third St. 3251001. Staff members of Watershed Management Group present best-practices for installing a steel culvert cistern at the site of a cistern the group is installing, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 8; free. Participants will carpool from the St. Markâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parking lot. They should be prepared to participate in technical and manual aspects of plumbing and cistern installation, including lifting, digging and using power tools. RSVP is required; call 869-0802 to RSVP and for more information. WATERSMART LANDSCAPES FOR HOMEOWNERS Pima County Cooperative Extension Center. 4210 N. Campbell Ave. 626-5161. Classes are free; call 6265161 to register. Saturday, Dec. 1, from 10 a.m. to noon, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Greywater Rebate Seminar.â&#x20AC;? Tuesday, Dec. 4, from 9 a.m. to noon: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hands-On Water-Wise Garden Design.â&#x20AC;? Visit ag.arizona.edu/pima/smartscape for more information about all classes in the series.

HEALTH EVENTS THIS WEEK GROCERY TOUR AND HEALTHY-RECIPE SWAP Quality Strength Fitness Studio. 3870 W. River Road, No. 108. 891-9488. Fitness professionals provide recipes and shopping tips, then guide a tour through a nearby supermarket to illustrate how to eat well on a budget, at 11 a.m., every Wednesday. Call 891-9488 for more information. 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. TMC SENIOR SERVICES TMC Senior Services. 1400 N. Wilmot Road. 3241960. Classes and events are free, but advance registration is required; call 324-4345 to register. Monday, Nov. 26, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brain Fitness,â&#x20AC;? excercizes to help keep the brain growing.

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BARNES AND NOBLE Barnes and Noble. 5130 E. Broadway Blvd. 512-1166. Space Shuttle Commander Mark Kelly signs his childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book Moustronaut, and Gabby: A Story of Courage, Love and Resilience, at noon, Sunday, Nov. 25; free.

UPCOMING BOOKWORM CLUB Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Families enjoy storytime and a related hands-on activity in the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Discovery Garden, from 10 to 11 a.m., the first Saturday or every month; $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. FIESTA DE TUMACĂ CORI TumacĂĄcori National Historical Park. 1891 E. Frontage Road. TumacĂĄcori. 398-2341. Booths representing a wide variety of local nonprofit historical, cultural and religious organizations provide food, handicrafts and information from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2; free. The event also features demonstrations of rawhide-braiding, leatherworking, horse-hair rope-making, and tortilla-making, as well as continuous free entertainment representing several cultures. Guided walks to the Santa Cruz River and tours of the mission are available both days. A mariachi procession opens the fiesta at 10 a.m., Saturday, and a mass follows at 10:30 a.m. No dogs are allowed, and the Anza Trailhead is closed to horseback riders during the fiesta. HANUKKAH MALL MADNESS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES Park Place Mall. 5870 E. Broadway Blvd. 748-1222. Local synagogues and Jewish agencies host arts and crafts, Hanukkah games and music from Jewish traditions from 1 to 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2, inside the mall; free. Call 577-9393 for more information. JONATHAN HANSON: VICTOR THE RELUCTANT VULTURE Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Naturalist Jonathan Hanson reads from and signs his book for ages 8 through 12, Victor the Reluctant Vulture, from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2; free with admission; $8, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with valid ID, $2 ages 5 through 12, free member or child younger than 5, includes admission to the park. Visit tohonochulpark.org for more information. MULTI-GENERATIONAL CORE INTRODUCTION TO KINGIAN NONVIOLENCE Western Institute for Leadership Development. 1300 S. Belvedere Ave. 615-2200. A two-day participatory workshop about how to apply Martin Luther Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s six principles and steps of nonviolence as a way of life and a powerful strategy for social change takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1 and 8; $20, $10 college student, $5 high school student. Snacks and drinks are provided; participants bring their own lunches. Call 991-6781, or email nvlp@ cultureofpeacealliance.org MUSICAL FAIRY LIGHTS Valley of the Moon. 2544 E. Allen Road. 323-1331. Musicans perform starting at 2 p.m., and lights come on at dusk to sparkle among the statues and along the paths of Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic fantasy land, on Saturday, Dec. 1; freewill donation. Beverages and snacks are available. Call for more information. ORO VALLEY TREE-LIGHTING CEREMONY Oro Valley Marketplace. Oracle and Tangerine roads. Oro Valley. See the 25-foot Christmas tree light up while enjoying live holiday music, hot chocolate and a visit from Santa, at 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30. Free; call 7973959 for info.

LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Annie Jr., based on the Broadway musical Little Orphan Annie, is staged at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 23; and at 3 and 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 24; $10. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for tickets and more information.

RIVER BEND FARM AND CRAFT FAIR Tucson Waldorf School River Bend Campus. 3605 E. River Road. 529-1032. A fair featuring artisan demonstrations, hayrides, tours, a farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; market, a petting zoo, candle-making, field games, an obstacle course, clay-throwing, a puppet play, cake-walks, music and more takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1. Admission is free. Call 325-5514 for more information.

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 homework help from artists and mentors who have a wide range of expertise, from 2 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 28; free.

SALPOINTE HIGH SCHOOL ADVANCED DRAMA Salpointe High School. 1545 E. Copper St. 327-6581. Students perform The Crucible at 7 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Nov. 29 and 30, in the Corcoran Theatre; $5, $3 student. Call 547-4328, or email dmilne@salpointe.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 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.

STORIES THAT SOAR Holaway Elementary School. 3500 N. Cherry Ave. 696-6880. Studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; original stories come to life in a theatrical production by the Stories That Soar ensemble at 8 a.m., Friday, Nov. 30. Call 360-6709 to arrange admission to the school campus. Free. SUGAR PLUM TEA Marriott University Park. 880 E. Second St. 792-4100. The hotel ballroom is transformed into the Kingdom of Sweets for high tea with the Tucson Arizona Boys

Chorus, harpist Christine Vivona, Chuck George and characters from The Nutcracker ballet, with seatings at 11 a.m. or 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2; $75. A holiday marketplace and silent auction are also featured. All proceeds benefit Ballet Tucson (ballettucson.org). Call 903-1445 for reservations and more information. TSO JUST FOR KIDS Tucson Symphony Center. 2175 N. Sixth Ave. 8828585. The TSO Percussion Ensemble presents Pecos Bill: A West Side Story, at 10 a.m. and 11:15 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 1; $3. Children are encouraged to dress in Western wear. Visit tucsonsymphony.org for more information. WEIHNACHTSMARKT Desert Sky Community School. 122 N. Craycroft Road. 749-0521. Weihnachtsmarkt, a street market associated with the celebration of Christmas, is re-created from noon to 6 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2. The event features craft tables for children, performances, games, prizes and vendors selling holiday items; free admission. Visit desertskycommunityschool.org for more information. ZOOLIGHTS Reid Park Zoo. 1030 S. Randolph Way. 881-4753. Light displays, animal-themed light sculptures and thousands of sparkling bulbs are featured from 6 to 10 p.m., daily, from Saturday, Dec. 1, through Sunday, Dec. 23; $6, $4 child, $1 member discount. Call or visit tucsonzoo.org for more information.

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GET OUTSIDE CLUB Staff and volunteers from Ironwood Tree Experience lead an urban nature walk along the Rillito River, at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29; free. Collecting-jars, binoculars, lizard-catching rods, plant presses, field guides and other equipment are available to participants throughout the walk. Call 319-9868, ext. 7, for more information, including the meeting place. HISTORICAL TOUR OF AGUA CALIENTE PARK Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road. 877-6000. All ages enjoy a guided tour of the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic structures, and learn about its farming and ranching history, from 11 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Nov. 29; free. Reservations are required. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for reservations or more information. SABINO CANYON FALL HIKE Sabino Canyon Visitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Center. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 749-8700. A difficult hike along Esperero Trail to the ridge, over four to five hours and 7 miles with an elevation gain of 1,200 feet, takes place at 8:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 30; free. Children younger than 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Call 429-4492 for reservations and information about what to bring. Visit sabinonaturalists.org for information about other, regularly scheduled Sabino Canyon hikes. URBAN BIRDING An Audubon Society guide leads a walk through a rich habitat located across from Catalina State Park in Oro Valley Marketplace, at 7 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 4; free. Email jmacfarland@tucsonaudubon.com to register. Meet at In-N-Out Burger, 11545 N. Oracle Road.

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SABINO CANYON FALL HIKE Sabino Canyon Visitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Center. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 749-8700. A medium-difficulty hike to Seven Falls, for four to five hours over 9.5 miles with a 750foot elevation gain, begins at 8:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 23; free. Some rock-hopping is required if the water is high. Children younger than 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Call 429-4492 for reservations and information about what to bring. Visit sabinonaturalists.org for information about other, regularly scheduled Sabino Canyon hikes.

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

ORACLE STATE PARK Oracle State Park. 3820 Wildlife Drive. Oracle. 8962425. Oracle State Park offers an array of programs, lectures, workshops and special events, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, 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 909-1529 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 and workshops. PATAGONIA LAKE STATE PARK Patagonia Lake State Park. 400 Patagonia Lake Road. Patagonia. (520) 287-6965. Visitor center hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. Avian tours take place on the pontoon boats at 9 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., 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.

UPCOMING COLLOSAL CAVE MOUNTAIN PARK Colossal Cave Mountain Park. 16721 E. Old Spanish Trail. Vail. 647-7275. Lisa Haynes, coordinator of the UAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wild Cat Research and Conservation Program, presents four wild cat species of the Sonoran Desert region, and discusses steps being taken to protect them, at 2 and 3:15 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2; $5 per car of up to 6 people, includes park access from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. Call 647-7275 for more information. FIRST SATURDAY BIRD WALK Sabino Canyon. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 7498700. Sabino Canyon volunteer naturalists Mark and Jean Hengesbaugh lead adults on an easy bird walk co-sponsored by the Tucson Audubon Society, at 8 a.m. on the dot, the first Saturday of every month; $5 parking or $20 annual pass. Wear good walking shoes and bring water.

MASON CENTER MORNING BIRD WALKS Tucson Audubon Society Mason Center. 8751 N. Thornydale Road. 572-9881. Learn the basics of birdwatching and how to identify the backyard birds commonly seen in the Tucson area, at 8 a.m., every Saturday, through May 25, 2013. A brief presentation is followed by an easy walk on a half-mile trail. Advance registration is required; email volunteer@ tucsonaudubon.org for reservations. RAMSEY CANYON PRESERVE WALKS Ramsey Canyon Preserve. 27 Ramsey Canyon Road. Miracle Valley. (520) 378-2785. Nature Conservancy docents give guided walks through the habitats of more than 170 bird species and a wide range of wildlife at 9 a.m., every Monday, Thursday and Saturday; $5, $3 member or Cochise County resident, free younger than 16, admission is good for a week. Pets are not allowed. SABINO CANYON WALKS Sabino Canyon. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 7498700. Volunteer naturalists guide adults on a leisurely paced walk to identify plants and birds, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., every Tuesday, through Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Volunteer Naturalist Dick Dobrin leads a leisurely paced nature walk on an easy trail, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., every Tuesday, through Tuesday, Dec. 4. Volunteer Naturalist Bruce Kilpatrick helps visitors pan for garnets by Sabino Creek, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., every Wednesday, through Wednesday, April 30. Hikes are free with $5 daily, or $20 annual, admission to the park. Call or visit scvntucson.org for more information. TOHONO CHUL GUIDED BIRD AND NATURE WALKS Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Birders at any level of expertise tour the nature trails and gardens of 49-acre Tohono Chul Park and learn to identify some of the 27 resident bird species at 8:30 a.m., every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A one-hour walking tour of the nature trails takes place at

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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 for more information. THANKSGIVING CROSS-COUNTRY CLASSIC Reid Park. Broadway Boulevard and Alvernon Way. Races for men and women include hay-bale and water jumps along a multi-route 5k course on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 22; $10 to $20. 8 a.m.: open menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5k. 8:45 a.m.: open womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5k. 9:30 a.m.: co-ed 1.5-mile fun run and walk. Visit azroadrunners.org to register and for more information.

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Short and Sweet BY LAURA C.J. OWEN, lowen@tucsonweekly.com o call a show a “feel good” play seems like a backhanded compliment. “Feel good” can imply the saccharine, simplistic or silly. Yet Invisible Theatre’s Mesa is a feel-good show, in the best sense of the term: It’s funny and sweet, and its tinge of melancholy gives its comedy depth. Doug Curtis’ two-man play has the structure of a road trip. Paul (Kevin Black) is driving Bud (Jay Hornbacher), his wife’s grandfather, all the way from Alberta, Canada, to Citrus Gardens, a mobile-home park for retirees in Mesa, Ariz. Playwright Curtis is a Canadian, and his play premiered at Calgary’s Ghost River Theatre in 2000; it’s had numerous Canadian productions since. Now, IT is giving Mesa its U.S. premiere. Yes, the characters’ Arizona destination makes it an appropriate choice for the company. But, more importantly, this is an amusing and relatable play for almost anyone. There’s more than just a difference in age between the two protagonists, though the age gap is substantial: Paul is in his 30s; Bud is in his 90s. Paul is an aspiring writer, still reluctant to commit to work and family. He’s eager to see the “real” American West—from iconic landmarks like the Grand Canyon to quirky restaurants off the beaten path. By contrast, his grandfather-inlaw is a practical man, a retired banker who worked hard all his life. He has a firm itinerary that involves sleeping at Motel 6 and eating at Denny’s. No unexpected detours are allowed. Bud’s annual voyage to Mesa—where he plays saxophone at the Saturday-night dances—is important, and nearly sacred, to him. He’s been going there since the 1960s. (The play is set in 1998—Paul and Bud listen to the radio as John Glenn becomes the oldest man to fly into space.) Bud used to share the experience with his wife, Molly, but she has died. There’s Bud’s new girlfriend, Jean, but a hip operation might stop her from coming down. Throughout the play, Bud keeps repeating that this might be the last year he’ll be able to travel. “Health insurance is getting too expensive,” he says over and over, but it becomes clear that it’s health, not insurance, that will truly put an end to his pilgrimages to Mesa. As the play progresses, Bud finds blood in his urine and then struggles with incontinence. Paul’s perspective on Bud deepens, and he becomes more sympathetic as he realizes how close Bud is to having to give up many of his greatest pleasures. Bud’s stubborn insistence on sticking with the things he likes becomes more 28 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

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Jay Hornbacher and Kevin Black in Invisible Theatre’s Mesa. work, with IT’s usual competence. poignant when seen as the last act of a long life Noteworthy is the sound design by Gail well-lived. Fitzhugh. Throughout the play, the action is The road trip setup is simple: Actors Black punctuated with a mix of rock and jazz music, and Hornbacher sit in the center of the stage. and it ends with a folk ballad. The music There’s no set, per se—we have to imagine the underscores the video montages, increasing highways of America and then Citrus Gardens, their emotional impact. as Paul describes them to us. The most-striking Black, a UA associate professor of theater, is piece of stage work is a video screen at the engaging as the kind but pretentious Paul. He’s back of the stage. At the opening and closing of considerate of elderly Bud, but also immature— the play, we are treated to filmed footage of an constantly trying to get at some kind of “authenactual Saturday-night dance at Citrus Gardens: tic experience” without knowing exactly what It turns out the play is based on a true story. that is. It’s fun to see Paul develop. At first, he’s Citrus Gardens is an actual place, and the charcondescending, but by the end, he’s fallen a little acter of Bud is modeled on a real person. bit in love with Bud’s life at Citrus Gardens. We The found footage gives the play an addicome to realize that Paul is avoiding some real tional, poignant dimension. Especially as the problems back home, including marital troubles. play closes, it is moving to see the happy, older By the end of the play, it is unclear which man residents of Citrus Gardens dance—a moment needs the other’s company more. of life preserved as time moves on. Hornbacher is a newcomer to the Tucson Longtime IT collaborator Harold Dixon stage—appropriately, like Bud, he hails from a directs, while IT’s artistic director, Susan cold place up north: Minneapolis, where he Claassen, co-produced and co-designed the set. acted with some of the Midwest’s finest theAll of the technical elements run like clock-

Mesa Presented by the Invisible Theatre 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 23; 3 and 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 24; 3 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 25; 7:30 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 28 and 29; 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1; and 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2 1400 N. First Ave. $28 Runs 90 minutes, with no intermission 882-9721; www.invisibletheatre.com

aters, including the Guthrie and the Jungle. He’s excellent, never overplaying either Bud’s strength or his vulnerability. If you’ve ever cared for an elderly person in frail health, Hornbacher’s performance will ring true. Certainly, the road trip has been done to death, in both theater and film. But so what? This short and sweet play, only one act long, taps into something genuinely human. It’s worth taking the trip.

DANCE EVENTS THIS WEEK SALSA LESSONS FOR VETERANS Fluxx Studio and Gallery. 414 E. Ninth St. 882-0242. Soulseros offers free salsa Latin-dance lessons to military veterans from 6 to 6:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 26.

UPCOMING BALLET CONTINENTAL Sahuarita Auditorium. 350 W. Sahuarita Road. Sahuarita. 625-3502. Celebrating its 27th season in 2012, Ballet Continental presents The Nutcracker Ballet at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1; and at 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2; $15, $12 senior, $8 younger than 12 or student with ID. Visit azballetcontinental.com for reservations and more info. UA DANCE UA Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. 1737 E. University Blvd. 621-4698. Seasonal Treasures, a program featuring faculty and student choreography, and a new work in honor of John Cage and Merce Cunningham, continues from Thursday, Nov. 29, through Sunday, Dec. 2. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; and 1:30 p.m., Sunday; $25, $12 student, $23 senior, military and UA employee. Call 621-1162, or visit dance.arizona.edu for tickets and more information. ZUZI! DANCE COMPANY ZUZI! Theater. 738 N. Fifth Ave. 629-0237. Students of the Zuzi! School perform for family and friends at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30, for adults and teens; and 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1, for younger dancers; $5. Call 629-0237, or email zuzisphere@gmail.com to reserve tickets. Visit zuzimoveit.org for more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTRA DANCING First United Methodist Church. 915 E. Fourth St. 6226481. Live music, callers and an alcohol- and smokefree environment are provided for contra dancing at 7 p.m., the first, third and fourth Saturday each month; $8, $7 member of Tucson Friends of Traditional Music, $6 student. An introductory lesson takes place at 6:30 p.m.; dancing begins at 7 p.m. Call 325-1902, or visit tftm.org for more information. FREE TANGO LESSONS AND DANCE Casa Vicente Restaurante Español. 375 S. Stone Ave. 884-5253. A free class for beginners (no partner necessary) takes place from 7 to 8 p.m., each Wednesday; and tango-dancing continues from 8 to 10 p.m.; free. Call 245-6158 for information. FREE ZUMBA CLASS Bookmans. 3733 W. Ina Road. 579-0303. Instructor Leslie Lundquist leads a workout for all skill levels, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., every Thursday; free. TUCSON LINDY HOP Armory Park Center. 220 S. Fifth Ave. 791-4865. Lindy-hop lessons take place at 7 p.m., and dancing to a live band follows at 8 p.m., the fourth Saturday of every month; $15. No partner required. Call 990-0834, or visit tucsonlindyhop.org for information.

MUSIC EVENTS THIS WEEK FOX TUCSON THEATRE Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Saturday, Nov. 24, at 7:30 p.m.: Bela Fleck and Marcus Roberts; $34 to $40. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for more information. PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE MUSIC PCC Center for the Arts. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 2066986. Unless otherwise noted, performances are in the Proscenium Theatre; $6. Call or visit pima.edu/cfa for tickets and more information. Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 7:30 p.m.: Jazz Ensemble. Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7:30 p.m.: Wind Ensemble with the UA Wind Ensemble. Saturday, Dec. 1, at 3 p.m.: orchestra concert. Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m.: the Chorale and College Singers. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m.: Musical Theatre Workshop in the Recital Hall. RICK ROSS, MEEK MILL AND WALE WITH MACHINE GUN KELLY TCC Arena. 260 S. Church Ave. Hip-hop artist Rick Ross and rappers Meek Mill and Wale headline a show that also features Machine Gun Kelly, at 7:30 p.m.,

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UA MUSIC UA School of Music. 1017 N. Olive Road. 621-1655. Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 7:30 p.m.: UA Wind Symphony, in Crowder Hall; $5. Visit music.arizona.edu, or call 6211162 for reservations or more information. UAPRESENTS Unless otherwise indicated, performances are in Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd. Call 6213341, or visit uapresents.org for tickets and more information. Friday, Nov. 23, at 7:30 p.m.: Straight No Chaser; $37.50 to $47.50. Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7:30 p.m.: Sybarite5, in Crowder Hall, 1017 N. Olive Road; $15 to $45. Sunday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m.: Celtic Woman; $15 to $105.

UPCOMING THE CIVIC ORCHESTRA OF TUCSON Rincon/University High School Auditorium. 421 N. Arcadia Drive. 440-5661. The orchestra presents Musical Potpourri, a program of lighter classics, at 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2; free. Call 730-3371 for more information. COMMUNITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Community Performing Arts Center. 1250 W. Continental Road. Green Valley. 399-1750. Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m.: Essential Soul With the Socials, a soul, Motown and R&B Las Vegas-style revue; $23, $20 advance. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m.: An Evening of Jazz with Pat Watson and Mike Padilla; $18, $15 advance. Visit performingartscenter.org for tickets and more information.

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DESERTVIEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER DesertView Performing Arts Center. 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. SaddleBrooke. 825-5318. ABBA Fab, a multimedia tribute to ABBA including live performance by nine musicians, takes place at 4 and 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30; $25, $23 advance. Visit tickets.saddlebrooketwo. com for tickets and more information. AN EVENING WITH TYRONE POWER Agua Linda Farm. Interstate 19 to Agua Linda Farm, Exit 42. Amado. 398-3218. Tyrone Power Jr., actor and musican, performs at 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30; $23, $20 advance. Guests arrive at 4 p.m. to tour the farm and the hacienda once frequented by such Hollywood stars as Elizabeth Taylor and Gene Kelly. Visit agualindafarm. net for reservations and more information. FOOTHILLS PHILHARMONIC WINTER CONCERT Catalina Foothills High School. 4300 E. Sunrise Drive. 209-8300. The orchestra, conducted by Laszlo Veres, performs “Parade of the Charioteers” from Ben Hur, Tritsch-Tratsch Polka Op. 214 and “Sleigh Ride,” among other popular works, at 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2. $5 adults, $3 children 12 and younger, available at the door. Call 209-7503 for info. FOX TUCSON THEATRE Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Robert Shaw and the Lonely Street Band present Blue Christmas: A Holiday Salute to the King at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1; $20 to $35. Visit foxtucsontheatre.org for more information. HOLIDAY CARD TO TUCSON St. Augustine Cathedral. 192 S. Stone Ave. 6236351. The UA Arizona Choir and Symphonic Choir, the University Community Chorus, the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus and the Tucson Girls Chorus perform classical and popular music of the season from around the world, together and separately, at 3 and 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2; free admission, but a voucher is required. Call 626-9227 to request a voucher. MESSIAH SING-IN Grace to the Nations. 6180 E. Pima St. 886-4046. Jeffry Jahn conducts the audience, the orchestra and soloists in a performance of Handel’s Messiah, at 7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 3; free. Bring your own score, or rent one for $7 plus a $5 deposit which is refunded when the score is returned. Visit tucsonsingin.org for more information.

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OLD PUEBLO BRASS BAND Foothills Mall. 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd. 742-7191. Two euphoniums and a tuba are featured in a program of patriotic and holiday music, new and old, at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30; freewill donation. Visit oldpueblobrassband.com, or call 325-1420 for more information. REVEILLE MEN’S CHORUS Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. 2331 E. Adams St. 327-6857. Our Favorite Things!, a program featuring a wide range of music, from traditional to humorous, is staged at 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1; and at 3 p.m.,

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Sunday, Dec. 2; $25, $20 advance, $15 student advance. Ten percent of proceeds benefits Wingspanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s EON LGBT Youth Center. Visit reveillemenschorus.org for tickets and more information. SONS OF ORPHEUS Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m.: holiday concert at Tucson Estates, Multipurpose Building, 5900 W. Western Way Circle; $7, $5 resident. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m.: holiday benefit concert for the Community Food Bank with elementary students of the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind, Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway Blvd.; freewill donation of cash or nonperishable food items. Visit sonsoforpheus.org for more information.

Dec. 2, at 2:30 p.m.: William Wolfe Guitar Award Recital student competition, Holsclaw Hall; $5. Monday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m.: string chamber music concert with student artists, Holsclaw Hall; free. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m.: UA Wind Ensemble, Crowder Hall; $5. UA OPERA UA Crowder Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 621-1162. An Evening of Opera Scenes is staged at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 4; $5. Visit music.arizona.edu, or call for reservations or more information.

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PINNACLE PEAK PISTOLEROS Trail Dust Town. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 2964551. A holiday-themed Wild West stunt show, Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Little Outlaws, opens Friday, Nov. 23, and continues through through Monday, Dec. 31. Showtimes are 7 and 8 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 6, 7 and 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $4, $2 child younger than 12. Visit wildweststuntshow.com, or call 398-5618 for more information.

TSO POPS Tucson Music Hall. 210 S. Church Ave. 791-4101. Ann Hampton Callaway Sings Streisand at 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1; and 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2; $39 to $69. Visit tucsonsymphony.org for tickets and more information.

RETRO GAME SHOW NIGHT Hotel Congress. 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848. Tempest DuJour hosts a round of The Match Game at Retro Game Show Night, an event that engages audience members in satirizing legendary TV game shows, at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 24; $5, ages 21 and older. Visit hotelcongress.com/club for more information.

TUCSON DESERT HARMONY St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Presbyterian Church. 7575 N. Paseo del Norte. 297-7201. The a cappella chorus presents Cool Composers and Holiday Warmth, including holidaythemed works by Barry Manilow, Elton John, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and others, at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1; $20. Call 790-1813 for reservations or more info. UA MUSIC UA School of Music. 1017 N. Olive Road. 621-1655. Visit music.arizona.edu, or call 621-1162 for reservations or more information. Friday, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m.: The UA Philharmonic Orchestra, Crowder Hall; $5. Saturday, Dec. 1, at 3 p.m.: UA World Music Gang, Crowder Hall; $5. Saturday, Dec. 1, at 4 p.m.: Fred Fox Graduate Wind Quintet, Holsclaw Hall; free. Sunday,

UA ARCHIVE ENSEMBLE UA Crowder Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 621-1162. The 1017 Club: A 1930s Revue, featuring Hollywood actor and singer Johnny Crawford and illusionist and escape artist Michael Howell, is staged at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 26; $15, $12 senior or UA employee, $10 student. Call 621-1162, or visit music.arizona.edu for tickets and more information. UAPRESENTS UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. Call 621-3341, or visit uapresents.org for tickets and more information. Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 7:30 p.m.: David Sedaris; $15 to $45.

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WAYPOINT THEATRE COMPANY Academy Hall. Atria Bell Court Garden. 6653 E. Carondelet Drive. Dove Tale, a comic but reverent story about Mary, Joseph and the angel Gabriel, opens with a preview on Thursday, Nov. 29, and continues through Sunday, Dec. 9. A music show precedes the play. Showtimes are 7 p.m., Thursday and Friday; and 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $11 to $18. Dessert is included at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1. Visit waypointtheatre.org for tickets and more information.

INVISIBLE THEATRE Invisible Theatre. 1400 N. First Ave. 882-9721. Mesa, a comedy about a road-trip to an Arizona retirement home, continues through Sunday, Dec. 2. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday; 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $28. An additional 3 p.m. show takes place Saturday, Nov. 24. There is no show on Thanksgiving Day. Call or visit invisibletheatre.com for tickets and more information. Rush tickets are available at half price, one half-hour before each performance. THE GASLIGHT THEATRE The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. Scrooge: A Gaslight Musical runs through Sunday, Jan. 6. Showtimes are 7 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday; 6 and 8:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 and 7 p.m., Sunday; no show on Thursday, Nov. 22. $17.95, $7.95 child age 12 and younger, $15.95 student, military and senior. Showtimes are subject to change. A noon performance on Sunday, Dec. 9, benefits Salpointe Catholic High School; $25, $22, younger than 18. Visit thegaslighttheatre.com for reservations or more information.

LAST CHANCE BROADWAY IN TUCSON Tucson Music Hall. 210 S. Church Ave. 791-4101. Anything Goes continues through Sunday, Nov. 25. Showtimes are 2 and 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 1 and 6:30 p.m., Sunday; $20 to $65 plus fees. Visit broadwayintucson.com for tickets and more information. CIRQUE DU SOLEIL TCC Arena. 260 S. Church Ave. Cirque du Soleil presents the touring production of Dralion. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 22; 3:30 and 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 23, and Saturday, Nov. 24; 1 and 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 25. $28 to $75 adults, $28 to $61 children 12 and younger, $31.50 to $63 military, seniors and students. Visit www.cirquedusoleil.com/dralion for information. COMEDY PLAYHOUSE Comedy Playhouse. 3620 N. First Ave. 260-6442. The Lighter Side of Chekov closes Sunday, Nov. 25. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $18, discounts available. Call or visit thecomedyplayhouse.com for tickets or more info. RED BARN THEATRE Red Barn Theatre. 948 N. Main Ave. 622-6973. The Unsinkable Molly Brown closes Sunday, Nov. 25. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $10. Call 887-6239 for reservations.

UPCOMING ARIZONA REPERTORY THEATRE UA Tornabene Theatre. 1303 E. University Blvd. 6211162. Inspecting Carol, a farce about a production of Charles Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; A Christmas Carol, resumes on Friday, Nov. 30, 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 621-1162, or visit arizona.tix.com for tickets; see cfa.arizona.edu for more information. ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Jane Austenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Emma opens Saturday, Dec. 1, and runs through Saturday, Dec. 22; $40 to $75. Showtimes vary. Call or visit arizonatheatre.org for tickets. BEOWULF ALLEY THEATRE COMPANY Beowulf Alley Theatre Company. 11 S. Sixth Ave. 8820555. Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh previews Thursday, Nov. 29, and continues through Sunday, Dec. 16. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2:30 p.m., Sunday; $8 to $20. Call or visit beowulfalley.org for tickets and more information. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;A CHRISTMAS CAROLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ... WITH A TUCSON TWIST Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Personalities from 94.9 MIX FM, and KGUN Channel 9 lead a cast of celebrities in an updated version of the Charles Dickens classic thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loaded with topical Tucson references, at 5 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2; $15, $10 military, $5 child 4 to 13, free younger child. A â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meet the Castâ&#x20AC;? reception including wine and appetizers takes place from 4 to 5 p.m. in the upstairs lobby; $50 preferred seating, $100 loge. Visit foxtucsontheatre.org for tickets and more information. COMEDY PLAYHOUSE Comedy Playhouse. 3620 N. First Ave. 260-6442. Charles Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; A Christmas Carol opens Friday, Nov. 30, and continues through Sunday, Dec. 30. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $18, discounts available. Call or visit thecomedyplayhouse.com for tickets or more info. LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play opens with previews Thursday and Friday, Nov. 29 and 30, and continues through Saturday, Dec. 29. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Thursday preview, Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $18, $12 preview, $16 senior, military or student. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for tickets and more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL FOR ACTORS Male and female entertainers, with big voices and bigger personalities, are sought for semimonthly comedy shows by the under-rehearsed and over-dramatic Musical Mayhem troupe. Send email to musicalmayhem@yahoo. com with a headshot and resume, if you have them, or information about your performance experience. Familiarity with Broadway musicals is helpful. Prepare 32 bars of two contrasting songs; a CD player is available. Visit musicalmayhemtucson.weebly.com for more info.

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VISUAL ARTS Art fans: You need to see this amazing exhibition at Pima Community College

Bodies on Display BY MARGARET REGAN, mregan@tucsonweekly.com hen I first saw Tiffiney Yazzie’s largescale photographs on the wall at Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery last week, I wrote three words in my notebook: Exciting. Wonderful. New. Just 27 years old, Tempe photographer Yazzie makes a momentous Tucson debut with six beautifully lit color photos of a human figure—or parts thereof—placed against lush white sheets. The three biggest pictures are maybe 5 feet wide by 4 feet high, and the hands and hair and shoulders in the photos are also big—floating almost like still-life objects in front of the creamy backgrounds. “Connected” has two hands clasped together at the top of the picture. The image is sharply focused at the front—the whorls of the fingertips are clear and distinct, and so are the fingernails—but the wrists and forearms fade dreamily into the sheets. In “Embrace,” we see the figure’s head from above, and the hands reach back to grasp locks of black hair. It’s not until the third photo, “Rosita III,” that we even know for sure that the figure is a woman. We see more of her, but not all of her—just her head, shoulders and hands. Rosita lies on her side on the bed, with her back to the viewer. Her black hair tumbles out over the sheets; in a lovely gesture, she clutches her neck with one hand. Nudes in sheets generally give off a sexual vibe, but these luminous pictures are not erotic. Instead, they quietly honor the woman’s beauty. The compositions, simple but monumental, manage to convey her strength. In the three smaller photos, Yazzie seems to be moving closer into her subject. The pictures are sharper, and the woman literally comes into focus. The gray strands of hair that now emerge from her mass of dark tresses tell us that she is middle-aged. I didn’t know it when I looked at the photos, but I learned later from Yazzie’s artist statement that the woman she so lovingly pictures is her mother; surely no mother has ever been as tenderly portrayed by a grown daughter. A photography graduate of Arizona State University, Yazzie is Navajo, from Chinle, just outside of Canyon de Chelly. Her mother had to leave the Navajo Nation to work when her daughter was young, and Yazzie was raised partly by her grandparents. Through her photos, Yazzie helped seal the relationship. “Through the process of capturing and creating the images for this project,” Yazzie writes, “it has become clear to me that despite the early detachment from my maternal root, I am who I am through my mother.”

Yazzie’s dazzling works are just one part of the knock-your-socks-off show P.O.V.: Interpreting the Human Figure. Curated by the Bernal Gallery’s David Andres, this museumquality exhibition showcases six artists who offer refreshing takes on the human body. (Andres selected four artists from Arizona, and two from elsewhere—New York and Colombia—whose work is in the collection of Tucsonan Dan Leach.) Overturning the art historical tradition of the male gaze—men looking at women—this show subverts the standard P.O.V., or point of view: It has three women portraying women, and three men portraying men. Like Yazzie, masterful Bailey Doogan looks at women past the first beauty of youth. Now retired from the UA, she has for years documented the aging of her own body. Here, she shows four giant charcoals on primed paper, from a series with a cleverly punning title, Self Exam in Nation. In all four, a nude woman stands in a brightly lit modernist space, intently examining one of her body parts: a thigh, a breast, a hip. We never see her face, so absorbed is she in looking at her soft flesh, and poking and prodding its folds. Beautifully rendered in deft charcoal lines, with the white gesso shining in between, the creases of her body are celebrated as a record of a long life well-lived. Judith Stewart, a Rancho Linda Vista artist who shows frequently at Davis Dominguez Gallery, creates sculptures of young bodies interrupted. Her young women are patched and cracked, with swaths of bronze or clay sliding over each other, but not always meeting. Though these pieces have a little bit of the air of ancient artifacts, their apertures and gaps also suggest something else: the promise of young lives yet to be lived, of openings still to be filled in. “Girl With the Spiral Hair” is clay and steel, a figure of a young woman with hair both punked-out and Medusa-like, both new and old. She stands jauntily, one foot on the verge of stepping out, ready to walk into her future. Vincent Desiderio, like Doogan Philadelphia-born and -trained, is a 50-something artist living outside of New York City. And his “Study for a Pathetic Rumor of Freedom” is also a virtuoso large-scale charcoal. Created way back in 1988, “Study” uses old-master drawing techniques to create a modern allegory. A man in a business suit is taking a tumble in his office. He’s upside down, like a fallen Icarus, his head and arms on the floor, his legs somewhere up above the picture plane. His

Judith Stewart, “Girl With the Spiral Hair” (detail), 2012, clay and steel. jacket and shirt have puddled on the floor, and his inverted torso shines nakedly in the fluorescent lights. His old-fashioned wooden office chair, in the shadows behind him, puts us in the era of sad Willy Loman, failed hero of Death of a Salesman. If Desiderio takes a clear-eyed view of the perils that can befall men as they strive for success, Keith McElroy rejoices in gifts they get without trying—youthful beauty and strength. McElroy, another retired UA professor, also is showing work from 1988: three detailed charcoals and pastels on paper. (The high quality of the drawings in this exhibition is another of its many pleasures.) Two are three-quarter nudes, close-ups from the chin to the penis, luxuriating in the young men’s muscles, their tautness of belly, their narrowness of waist. McElroy draws in every hair, every sinuous ripple. The third picture, “Untitled II,” is a delicious tangle of four legs and two torsos on a rumpled sheet. Even so, it seems more a celebration of the pleasures of strong lines and inventive composition than of the joys of sex. Luis Caballero’s two paintings of young male nudes leave no doubt about their erotic charge. The Colombian painter, who died in 1995, has painted poses right out of figure-drawing class.

P.O.V.: Interpreting the Human Figure 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday and Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, through Friday, Dec. 7 Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery PCC West Center for the Arts 2202 W. Anklam Road Free 206-6942; www.pima.edu/cfa

One of them, colored in the red-rust of the art classroom’s ubiquitous Conté crayon, is a classic side view of a torso, with arms raised and out of the way. The other, in black, looks at a seated man from the back. Both paintings luxuriate in the allure of the young men’s bodies. Painted with swift and sure strokes, these celebratory works embody the explosive energy of unbridled sex. Arts editor Margaret Regan reports on the arts twice monthly on the Buckmaster show, which airs from noon to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday, on KVOI AM 1030. Her next radio report will be broadcast live on Tuesday, Nov. 27. NOVEMBER 22 - 28, 2012

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OPENING THIS WEEK DESERT ARTISANS’ GALLERY Desert Artisans’ Gallery. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Art Gala opens Tuesday, Nov. 27, and runs through Sunday, Feb. 3. An artists’ reception takes place from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30. 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. PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY AND STUDIO Philabaum Glass Gallery and Studio. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. A holiday show and sale takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23 and 24. TCI WEALTH ADVISORS GALLERY TCI Wealth Advisors Gallery. 4011 E. Sunrise Drive. 7331477. An exhibit featuring the work of more than 10 UA student artists opens with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 28, and continues through Thursday, Feb. 28. Call to RSVP for the reception. Hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday; free.

CONTINUING 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, continues through Wednesday, Dec. 5. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday; free. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information. ART INSTITUTE OF TUCSON Art Institute of Tucson. 5099 E. Grant Road. 3182700. Mostly Magic, an exhibit of paintings by Al Tucci, former director of the UA School of Theatre Arts, 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. BRIDGE GALLERY Bridge Gallery. 5425 N. Kolb Road, No. 113. 5774537. A group show 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. CAMPUS CHRISTIAN CENTER ART GALLERY Campus Christian Center Art Gallery. 715 N. Park Ave. 623-7575. An exhibit of two-dimensional works by 21 members of the Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona continues through Saturday, Dec. 8, when a reception takes place from noon to 2 p.m. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. 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, 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. DRAGONFLY GALLERY Amity Foundation’s Dragonfly Gallery. 146 E. Broadway Blvd. 628-3164. The Divine Feminine: A Three-Woman Exhibition continues through Thursday, Jan. 10. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday; free. THE DRAWING STUDIO The Drawing Studio. 33 S. Sixth Ave. 620-0947. The Jewel Box, an invitational art-jewelry show, takes place from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 8, in conjunction with Second Saturdays Downtown. Small Wonders, a collection of affordable original jewelry and other works

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by faculty, students and other artist friends, continues through Saturday, Dec. 15. Hours are noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and noon to 4 p.m., and 6 to 9 p.m., for the First Saturday Art Walk. Proceeds benefit the studio’s youth, senior and scholarship programs. ETHERTON GALLERY Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. An exhibit of photographs by John Loengard, Ralph Gibson and Harry Callahan continues through Saturday, Jan. 5. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and by appointment; free. Visit ethertongallery.com for more information. THE IMAGE COLLECTOR GALLERY The Image Collector Gallery. 417 N. Fourth Ave. 9770267. A Glimpse of Cuba, a collection of images taken by David Scott Moyer in four Cuban cities last April, continues from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., daily, through Monday, Dec. 31; free. Visit “A Glimpse of Cuba” on Facebook for more information. 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 continue through Friday, Nov. 30. Models That Tell a Story: The Art of Dioramas and Vignettes, an exhibit of various types of models, runs through Thursday, May 30, 2013. Library hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday; free. Call 791-4010, or email askalibrarian@pima.gov for more information. 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 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. 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 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. 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 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. 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. 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 Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22 and 23, for Thanksgiving. Visit pima.edu/cfa for more info. MADARAS GALLERY Madaras Gallery. 3001 E. Skyline Road, Suite 101. 615-3001. Tucson Homes and Gardens, an exhibit of paintings by Diana Madaras, 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 info. MARK SUBLETTE MEDICINE MAN GALLERY Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery. 6872 E. Sunrise Drive. 722-7798. Mell Modern, an exhibit of modernist work by painter and sculptor Ed Mell, continues through Friday, Dec. 14. 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. MONTEREY COURT STUDIO GALLERIES AND CAFÉ Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café. 505 W. Miracle Mile. 207-2429. Watercolor Images of an Impermanent World, an exhibit of work by Julia Graf, continues through Monday, Jan. 14; free. Visit montereycourtaz.com for more information. MURPHEY GALLERY Murphey Gallery. St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Inspirations by the Abstract 5 continues through Sunday, Dec. 2. Hours are 2 to 4 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, through Tuesday, Dec. 4; free. OLLI-UA FINE ART GALLERY University Services Annex Building. 220 W. Sixth St. 626-9039. Transforming Wilderness: Wildflower

Portraiture by Roxanne Duke continues through Friday, Dec. 14. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. 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. PORTER HALL GALLERY Porter Hall Gallery. Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, ext. 10. An exhibit of work by Dee Bates featuring desert forms and colors continues through Sunday, Dec. 9; free with admission. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., daily; $13, $7.50 ages 4 through 12, $12 student, senior or military. Call or visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information. 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, 2013. The exhibit is open 24 hours, daily, on the first and second floors; free. THEE COLLECTION AGENCY Thee Collection Agency. 657 W. St. Mary’s Road, No. 6. (213) 453-2637. An exhibit of large-scale, abstractmodern collage works by Adam Rodriguez continues through Friday, Nov. 30. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; free. TOHONO CHUL PARK Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Holiday for the Park, a fundraiser featuring ornaments created by local artists, continues through Tuesday, Dec. 11. Horse Country: Horses in the Southwest, depicting the role of horses in Southwestern history, and an exhibit of work by Tucsonan Wil Taylor run through Sunday, Jan. 20. The Mayan Calendar runs through Saturday, Feb. 9. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily; $8, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with valid ID, $2 ages 5 through 12, free member or child younger than 5, includes admission to the park. Visit tohonochulpark. org for more information. TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Tucson International Airport. 7250 S. Tucson Blvd. 573-8100. An exhibit of works by Cima Bozorgmehr, Betina Fink, Katya Micklewight, Barbara Strelke and Dee Transu continues through Saturday, Feb. 2, in the Lower Link Gallery; free. The gallery is open 24 hours every day. TUCSON PIMA ARTS COUNCIL Pioneer Building. 100 N. Stone Ave. 207-5182. Navigations, an exhibition of work that engages the eye in visual exploration, continues through Thursday, Jan. 10. A reception takes place from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. Call 624-0595, ext. 10, 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. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 7481551. Quilts by the UU Quilters 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. WOMANKRAFT WomanKraft. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. The Holiday Bazaar continues through Saturday, Dec. 22. A reception takes place from 7 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1. Regular hours are 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday; free.

LAST CHANCE 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 favored mark

within the creative process, VOLUME 1: DRAWING, an exhibit of works on paper by Karine Falleni, Jerry Jacobson and Andrew Polk, closes 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, closes 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. CONTRERAS GALLERY Contreras Gallery. 110 E. Sixth St. 398-6557. The End of Days?, an exhibit of works by artist and muralist David Tineo, closes Saturday, Nov. 24. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. DESERT ARTISANS’ GALLERY Desert Artisans’ Gallery. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. Desert Hues of Autumn, an exhibit of work by local artists, closes 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. FLUXX STUDIO AND GALLERY Fluxx Studio and Gallery. 414 E. Ninth St. 882-0242. In honor of Transgender Awareness Week, an exhbit of nature portraits by Brenda A. Johnson closes Sunday, Nov. 25. Hours are 4 to 7 p.m., daily; free. OBSIDIAN GALLERY Obsidian Gallery. 410 N. Toole Ave., No. 120. 5773598. Faces Down the Tracks, an exhibit of works in a range of media by four artists from the Citizens Artists Collective, closes Sunday, Nov. 25. Hours are 11 a.m to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. Call or visit obsidian-gallery.com 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 closes 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. WEE GALLERY Wee Gallery. 439 N. Sixth Ave., No. 171. 360-6024. Big Appetites, an exhibit of new work by Mykl Wells, closes Saturday, Nov. 24. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; free.

OUT OF TOWN BIOSPHERE 2 CENTER Biosphere 2 Center. 32540 S. Biosphere 2 Road. Oracle. 838-6200. The Art of All Possibilities continues through Thursday, Feb. 28. It is an interdisciplinary exhibition in which art relates to the scientific research, architecture and culture of Biosphere 2. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily; $10 to $20. DOUGLAS ART GALLERY Douglas Art Gallery. 625 10th St. Douglas. (520) 364-6410. An exhibit of fiber works by members of the Bisbee Fiber Arts Guild continues through Friday, Nov. 30. Regular hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. SAM POE GALLERY Sam Poe Gallery. 24 Main St. Bisbee. (520) 432-5338. The Inside Outside Home and Garden Show continues through Saturday, Dec. 15. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday; free. SUBWAY GALLERY Subway Gallery. 30 Main St. Bisbee. (520) 4329143. Prints and Watercolor Landscapes, an exhibit of works by Pamela Blunt and Monte Surratt, continues through Thursday, Dec. 6. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday through Sunday; free. Visit subwaygallerybisbee.com for more information. TUBAC CENTER OF THE ARTS Tubac Center of the Arts. 9 Plaza Road. Tubac. (520) 398-2371. A Mata Ortiz event and sale takes place from Friday through Sunday, Nov. 23 through 25; free admission. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; free. 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 with 48 hours notice.

WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION KIVA GALLERY Western National Parks Association Kiva Gallery. 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014. Southwestern-Flavored Art, an exhibit of prints of original works by Christiana Morgan, Eric Jabloner and Linda Ahearn, continues through Friday, Nov. 30. An artists’ reception takes place from 3:40 to 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 24. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday, except when lectures are being given; free. The gallery is closed for lectures from noon to 1 p.m., and from 2 to 3 p.m., Wednesday and Saturday. Visit wnpa.org for more information.

UPCOMING ARTSEYE GALLERY ArtsEye Gallery. 3550 E. Grant Road. 325-0260. Landings, an exhibit of work by Stephen Strom and Stu Jenks, opens Saturday, Dec. 1, and continues through Thursday, Feb. 14. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; free. Visit artseye.com for more information. BICAS ANNUAL ART AUCTION Whistle Stop Depot. 127 W. Fifth St. 271-7605. An art auction to benefit BICAS opens with a preview party featuring entertainment from 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1, and continues from 6 to 9 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2; free admission. The auction features one-of-a-kind sculpture, paintings, assemblages, jewelry and functional art depicting or made from the bicycle and bicycle parts. Refreshments are served. Saturday, Bradford Trojan performs. Sunday entertainment includes music by DJ Carl Hanni and Puppets by Hansel and Friends. Visit bicas. org for more information. CONTRERAS GALLERY Contreras Gallery. 110 E. Sixth St. 398-6557. Reflections of the Sonoran Desert, an exhibit of works by six artists inspired by the Sonoran Desert and its history, opens with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1, and continues until Saturday, Dec. 29. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. GOURD ART FESTIVAL AND HOLIDAY EVENT Green Valley Village. 101 S. La Cañada Drive. Green Valley. 625-6551. A show of gourd art from the Valley Gourd Patch, representing artists from Rio Rico, Tubac, Green Valley, Sahuarita and other nearby communities, takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1; free. Saturday, Dec. 1, from 1 to 5 p.m., the merchants hold a holiday open house, raffle and sidewalk sale; free. Call 207-6398 for more information. JANE HAMILTON FINE ART Jane Hamilton Fine Art. 2890 E. Skyline Drive, No. 180. 529-4886. An exhibit of romantic Southwestern landscapes and figures opens with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30, and continues through Monday, Dec. 10. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Wednesday, and Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday; free. Visit janehamiltonfineart.com for more information. JOEL D. VALDEZ MAIN LIBRARY Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. A display featuring a snowy miniature village complete with a moving train is unveiled Friday, Nov. 30, and continues through Sunday, Dec. 30. An exhibit of paintings by Serena Tang and photography by Chris Brozek opens Saturday, Dec. 1, and rins through Monday, Dec. 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 791-4010, or email askalibrarian@pima.gov for more information. MADARAS GALLERY Madaras Gallery. 3001 E. Skyline Road, Suite 101. 615-3001. Desert Holiday, an exhibit of snow scenes and other Southwest holiday paintings by Diana Madaras, opens Saturday, Dec. 1, and continues through Monday, Dec. 31. A reception featuring a 12-foot tree decorated with Madaras Southwestern ornaments takes place from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 6; free, but an RSVP is requested. The reception is part of a holiday Art Walk among nearby galleries. Carolers and refreshments are included. ORO VALLEY FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS Oro Valley Marketplace. Oracle and Tangerine roads. Oro Valley. More than 80 artists in all mediums, a 35-foot Christmas tree, live music including 100 tuba-players, free refreshments, food vendors and family-arts activities, are featured from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1; and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2; free. One hundred decorated trees are for sale to benefit children in the custody of Child Protective Services. Visit orovalleyfestival.org or call 797-3959 for more information.

PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY AND STUDIO Philabaum Glass Gallery and Studio. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. The Ins and Outs, featuring work by Wes Hunting and Bob and Laurie Kliss, opens with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1, and continues through Saturday, Jan. 26. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. Call or visit philabaumglass.com for more information. RITA WATTERS ART GALLERY AND CRAFTERS GIFT SHOP Rita Watters Art Gallery and Crafters Gift Shop. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road, No. 27. 777-7034. A collection of works suitable for gift-giving, created by guest artists and crafters, opens Thursday, Nov. 29, and continues through Thursday, Jan. 3. Hours are 1 to 9 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday; free.

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TEMPLE GALLERY Temple Gallery. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 624-7370. An exhibit of illustrations by Valerie Galloway opens Friday, Nov. 30, and continues through Tuesday, Jan. 8. A reception takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7. 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.

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TUBAC PRESIDIO STATE HISTORIC PARK Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. Southwestern Vistas, an exhibit of lanscape paintings by Tubac artist Walter Blakelock Wilson, opens Friday, Nov. 30, and continues through Tuesday, April 30. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily; $5, $2 ages 7 through 13, free younger child.

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ZOË BOUTIQUE Zoë Boutique. 735 N. Fourth Ave. 740-1201. A holiday party and art opening takes place from 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1; free. Works for sale includes new art and ornaments by a dozen Tucson artists. For each can of food donated to the Community Food Bank, attendees get a ticket for a raffle of a holiday stocking full of merchandise. Call 740-1201 for more information.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS 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.

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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. CALL FOR ARTISTS WomanKraft. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976. Submissions are sought for several upcoming exhibits. Deadlines are Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, for Scenes From the Trails We Travel, Saturday, Feb. 2, through Saturday, March 30, 2013; March 23, 2013, for Drawing Down the Muse, works by women, Saturday, April 6, through Saturday, May 25, 2013; and Saturday, June 22, 2013, for It’s All About the Buildings, Saturday, July 6, through Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Call for more info. CALL FOR ARTISTS Agua Caliente Park Ranch House Gallery. 12325 E. Roger Road. 749-3718. Artists are sought to show their work for one of a series of four-week exhibitions planned for the calendar year 2014. Work must reflect nature, wildlife, landscapes, Southwestern themes or local cultures that are in keeping with the park’s setting. Thursday, Jan. 10, is the application deadline. Email aguacalientepark@pima.gov, or call 749-3718 for details. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Nominees are sought for the 2013 Governor’s Arts Awards. Categories are artist; arts in education, individual; arts in education, organization; business; community; and individual. For nomination forms and more information, visit governorsartsawards.org. DONATE ART SUPPLIES TO EMERGE! CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE BICAS. 44 W. Sixth St. 628-7950. In collaboration with Paperworks, BICAS collects card stock, plain and decorative papers, strong glue, markers, paints, brushes, rubber stamps and ink, stencils, scissors, embellish-

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CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY Center for Creative Photography. 1030 N. Olive Road. 621-7968. An exhibit for the Arizona Centennial, Made in Arizona: Photographs From the Collection, which showcases 20th-century photographs, closes Sunday, Nov. 25. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; free. Visit centerforcreativephotography.org for more info. DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9191. “La Fiesta de Guadalupe,” a festival of food, music and dance, takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11. The exhibit DeGrazia’s Unseen Treasures, a selection of paintings from a vault holding thousands of works by Ted DeGrazia, continues through Tuesday, Jan. 15. Portraits of DeGrazia, an exhibit of

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. An exhibit of Peter Young’s large-scale 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. The historic Corbett House, a mission revival-style home adjacent to the museum, is decked out in holiday finery for tours at noon and 1 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23 and 24; and 1 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 25; free with admission. The Shape of Things: Four Decades of Paintings and Sculpture continues through Sunday, Jan. 6. Barbara Rogers: The Imperative of Beauty, a 50-year Retrospective runs through Sunday, Jan. 13.

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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, continues through Sunday, March 3. An exhibit of drawings and prints from the UA Museum of Art’s permanent collection runs through Sunday, Jan. 6. In Relief: German Op-Art Ceramics continues 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.

OUT OF TOWN FRONTIER PRINTING PRESS DEMONSTRATIONS Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. Professional printer and teacher James Pagels demonstrates the 1858 Washington press used to print Arizona’s first newspaper, and answers questions about early printing methods, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 24; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday, Nov. 27 and 29; $5; $2 ages 7 through 13; free younger than 7, includes admission to the park. Visit tubacpresidiopark.com for more information. GUIDED TOUR OF THE BARRIO DE TUBAC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. A guided tour of the Spanish-colonial archaeological site where the original Tubac townsite is preserved takes place from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 24; $5. The walk is 1.25 miles. Reservations are requested. TUBAC PRESIDIO STATE HISTORIC PARK Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. Sonoran Stories in Plants, an exhibit offering a Native American perspective on botanic art, continues through Friday, Nov. 30. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily; $5, $2 age 7 to 13, free younger child. Call or visit tubacpresidiopark.com for more information.

UPCOMING WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION Western National Parks Association. 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014. Unless otherwise noted, exhibits, demonstrations and sales of traditional Native American arts take place from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; free. Saturday, Dec. 1: Hopi katsinas. Saturday, Dec. 15: Zuni fetishes. Monday, Dec. 17, through Monday, Dec. 31, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily except Sunday. Huichol beadwork, yarn paintings, wood carvings, gourd bowls, masks and more. Saturday, Jan. 5: turquoise jewelry, including talks at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. about how to buy it.

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Fri. and Sat. after Thanksgiving Day November 23rd & 24th 11 to 4 daily

Local Artists Open Studios, Shops and Galleries with Visiting Artists, Local Handmade Crafts, Complimentary Holiday Refreshments

Henri Matisse: The Pasiphaé Series and Other Works on Paper runs through Sunday, Jan. 20. The traditional holiday exhibit, El Nacimiento, continues through Saturday, June 1, 2013, in the Casa Cordova. 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. Visit tucsonmuseumofart.org for more information.

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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.

LITERATURE EVENTS THIS WEEK ARIZONA 100: ESSENTIAL BOOKS FOR THE CENTENNIAL UA Library Special Collections. 1510 E. University Blvd. 621-6423. Inspired by the state’s centennial, 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. EDGE 49 READING SERIES Casa Libre en la Solana. 228 N. Fourth Ave. 325-9145. The Edge Reading Series of Emerging and Younger Writers features readings by Annie Guthrie, Lisa Levine and Karen Rigby at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 28; $5 suggested donation. Visit casalibre.org for more info.

OUT OF TOWN JANE EPPINGA: TUCSON, ARIZONA Western National Parks Association. 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive. Oro Valley. 622-6014. Jane Eppinga discusses her book Tucson, Arizona, which tells the history of Tucson from its Spanish presidio era to its statehood in 1912, at noon and 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 24; free. Reservations are required, but must be made no earlier than one week in advance; call between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; or from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday. Visit wnpa.org for directions or more information.

UPCOMING GAYLE HARTMANN AND TOM SHERIDAN: LAST WATER ON THE DEVIL’S HIGHWAY Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Co-authors Gayle Hartmann and Tom Sheridan share unique perspectives on the human and natural history of the Arizona-Mexico border, and sign their book, Last Water on the Devil’s Highway, at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1; $8, free member. LOCAL AUTHORS SERIES Joyner-Green Valley Branch Library. 601 N. La Cañada Drive. Green Valley. 594-5295. Jana Hunt discusses her book Nephilum at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 4; free. LYDIA MILLET AND JENNIFER SPIEGEL Antigone Books. 411 N. Fourth Ave. 792-3715. Lydia Millet reads from her book Magnificence; and Jennifer Spiegel reads from her books The Freak Chronicles and Love Slave, at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30; free. Refreshments and a Q&A follow. TUBAC PRESIDIO STATE HISTORIC PARK Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. Talks take place at 2 p.m.; $7.50, $4.50 child age 7 through 13, free younger child, includes admission to the park. Saturday, Dec. 1: J. Edward de Steiguer discusses his book Wild Horses of the West: History and Politics of America’s Mustangs. Thursday, Dec. 6: Bob Sharp gives an illustrated talk and signs his book Eight Valleys: A Linked Landscape. Call or visit tubacpresidiopark.com for more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL FOR WRITERS Friday, Nov. 30, is the deadline for submissions for the 2013 Short Fiction Award offered by Kore Press. The winner receives a $1,000 cash prize and publication by Kore Press. Call 327-2127, or visit korepress.org for more guidelines. CALL FOR WRITERS The deadline is Saturday, Dec. 1, for a writing competition that offers prizes of $250 to $1,000 to authors of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. All winners receive scholarships to a two-day workshop following the Festival of Books in March. Fore more information, visit tucsonfestivalofbooksliteraryawards.submittable.com/ submit. CATALINA MYSTERY BOOK CLUB Dewhirst-Catalina Branch Library. 15631 N. Oracle Road, No. 199. Catalina. 594-5345. Members of an informal book club discuss the month’s mystery at 10:30 a.m., the fourth Tuesday of every month; free. Most go to lunch afterward. MURPHY-WILMOT BRANCH LIBRARY BOOK CLUB Murphy-Wilmot Branch Library. 530 N. Wilmot Road. 594-5420. Readers share insights into a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction at 10 a.m., the fourth Saturday of every month; free.

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LITERATURE

BOOKS Lydia Millet completes a series with the thoughtful, witty ‘Magnificence’

Animal Issues BY CHRISTINE WALD-HOPKINS, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com t’s not surprising that when Lydia Millet’s latest central character enters an unfamiliar house and feels around to turn on lights, she touches not a switch, but fur and a bulbous glass eye. Nor that, when she can finally see into the space, she finds a hall festooned with deer heads. This book, after all, completes a trilogy that began with a guy who would break into zoos at night to sleep with the animals. Millet has a thing about folks and fauna. The central character here is obviously not T., the zoo-stealth-sleeper (a mega-capitalist turned enlightened wildlife philanthropist), but his secretary, Susan. A recently widowed adulterer and self-styled murderer, Susan has just inherited a Pasadena mansion, and she discovers it’s chockablock with stuffed, dead animals. Welcome to Millet World. A winner of the PEN USA Award for Fiction and a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize, the Tucsonan has worked for both Hustler magazine and the Center for Biological Diversity. And she knows her way around smart prose. The novel opens with Susan musing on her affection for her husband and on the nature of men: Husbands, she thinks, are like deer-eyed, rice-field toilers. Her love for her husband is comfortable; it’s somehow … vegetarian. Men in general, she continues, are tragic figures. Infused with enough testosterone to haul down woolly beasts, they’re tragically hobbled by modern life, and she pities them. Susan has these thoughts as she and her daughter Casey are driving to LAX to pick up her boss, T., who disappeared into the Belizean jungle, and her husband, Hal, who went and found him. When the women reach the airport, they get the news: Hal was mugged and stabbed in Belize City; he’s returning home in a coffin. Unstated but crucial to the situation is that T. was Hal’s excuse to escape recent discoveries that his daughter was peddling phone sex, and his wife was sleeping with the assistant office manager. If Susan hadn’t been caught fooling around, Hal would never have gone. If he hadn’t gone, he’d still be alive. Susan, thus, secretly implicates herself in his death. Or—as she might say, since she begins to think of herself in the third person— “the murderer” implicates herself. The book then follows Susan as she tries to get on with life in light of grief and guilt. She embarks on house renovation and animal

Magnificence By Lydia Millet

TOP TEN Mostly Books’ best-sellers for the week ending Nov. 16, 2012

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1. Flight Behavior: A Novel

256 pages, $25.95

Barbara Kingsolver, HarperCollins ($28.99)

Also: Millet will read from Magnificence at 7 p.m., next Friday, Nov. 30, at Antigone Books, 411 N. Fourth Ave.; free.

research, and eventually establishes a household with a collection of elderly ladies and someone else’s husband. Magnificence is a natural denouement to the arc of How the Dead Dream and Ghost Lights, albeit not quite as rich or compelling. Millet returns to Southern California culture for this setting. Initially, it’s standard traffic-clogged L.A. But Susan’s new place creates an Eden-like retreat from the outside world. A classic 1920s structure, it has great halls and rows of bedrooms, pools and lush gardens. Those, and room after themed room of stuffed, mounted and sometimes posed wild animals bagged by Susan’s great-uncle and his hunting club. You would not call this an action-driven novel. There is some threat: a coarse cousin and his grasping son challenge the uncle’s will. There’s some off-stage romance: T. and wheelchair-bound Casey start being seen together. There’s some onstage sex. There’s the insinuation into Susan’s Pasadena house of the aging ladies. And there’s some mystery about a “legacy” in the house, left by the old man. They all feel strangely tangential, however. At the core lies Millet’s big theme—the tragic, criminal reduction in biodiversity worldwide; the extinction of whole animal and plant species; and the culpability of humankind in both. Alongside that, we have the story of a woman who’s dealing with her own culpability. Susan’s character does undergo change, as does her attitude toward the specimens in her care. As she researches, she becomes aware of species loss, and recognizes issues related to acquisitions and collection, and misguided museum practice. There are some character-development shortcuts in the book. But Millet’s signature wit and intelligence still carry the novel. She’s gifted at juxtaposition and dark comedy, and she’s thoughtful: She has Susan riff on subjects as varied as the nature of pain, Chagall’s art, morality and immorality, opera, pornography, evolution, parenting and aging. The series has had a memorable run—wonderfully absurd; often moving and transcendent—and Millet has reminded us without preaching what we owe to the planet.

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SCIENCE-FICTION BOOK CLUB Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Science-fiction fans meet to discuss the month’s selection from 7 to 8 p.m., the fourth Tuesday of every month; free. Visit www.orovalleylib.com for a schedule of titles. 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 between Saturday, June 1, and Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in order to develop their work. 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.. WOODS MEMORIAL LIBRARY BOOK CLUB Woods Memorial Branch Library. 3455 N. First Ave. 5945445. Adults read and discuss fiction and nonfiction titles at 1 p.m., the fourth Saturday of every month; free.

2. Life of Pi

LECTURES

Yann Martel, Mariner ($15.95)

EVENTS THIS WEEK

3. Cloud Atlas: A Novel

ART LECTURES AT DUSENBERRY LIBRARY Dusenberry River Branch Library. 5605 E. River Road. 594-5345. Docents from the UA Museum of Art and the Tucson Museum of Art give talks from 2 to 3 p.m., the second and fourth Tuesday of every month; free.

David Mitchell, Random House ($15)

4. The Casual Vacancy J.K. Rowling, Little, Brown ($35)

5. The Mark of Athena: The Heroes of Olympus, Book 3 Rick Riordan, Hyperion ($19.99)

6. The Perks of Being a Wallﬂower Stephen Chbosky, MTV ($14)

7. Fall of Giants: Book One of the Century Trilogy Ken Follett, Signet ($9.99)

8. The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern, Anchor ($15)

9. A Dangerous Inheritance: A Novel of Tudor Rivals and the Secret of the Tower Alison Weir, Ballantine ($27)

10. Deadlocked Charlaine Harris, Ace ($27.95) Alison Weir

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. 28; $15, $10 member. Wine and snacks are served. Call or visit moca-tucson.org for dates and topics. MARK LITTLE: 400 YEARS OF AMERICAN HISTORY: EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN Bookmans. 3733 W. Ina Road. 579-0303. Mark Little presents little-known stories of women of the West including pioneers, natives, cowboys, adventurers and entrepreneurs, at 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 23; free. UA POETRY CENTER SHOP TALK UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. Rebecca Seiferle presents “The Poetry of Wislawa Szymborska” at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 27; free. Visit poetry.arizona.edu for more information.

UPCOMING JACK LASSETER: THE SPANISH HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO DesertView Performing Arts Center. 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. SaddleBrooke. 825-5318. Jack Lasseter presents “The Spanish History of New Mexico” at 10 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 29; $20. Visit tickets.saddlebrooketwo. com for tickets and more information. JOANNE STUHR: PRECOLUMBIAN MOTIFS IN TAXCO SILVER Arizona State Museum. 1013 E. University Blvd. 6216302. Joanne Stuhr discusses the pre-Columbian inspiration for silver jewelry and tableware produced in Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico, beginning in the 1930s, from 1:30 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1; free. MARK WINTER: THE SALTILLO SERAPE Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Navajo textile expert Mark Winter shows examples of rare weaving, and discusses the evolution of the Saltillo serape, from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29; $10, $8 senior, $5 college student with ID, free age 18 or younger, active military or veteran with ID, and TMA members, includes admission to the museum. PAT GILMAN: MIMBRES BEYOND THE MIMBRES VALLEY HOMELAND Casa Vicente Restaurante Español. 375 S. Stone Ave. 884-5253. Pat Gilman of the University of Oklahoma discusses why some 11th- and 12th-century people who were apparently of the Mimbres culture lived so far from their homeland, at 6:15 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 4; free. The event begins at 5 p.m., and includes no-host food and beverages from the menu. Call 882-6946, ext. 16, for more information. PCC SPEAKERS’ SERIES PCC District Office. 4905 E. Broadway Blvd. 206-4500. Humanities and philosophy faculty member Stewart Barr presents “Ethical Relativism: A Platonic Response” at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 4; free.

NOVEMBER 22 - 28, 2012

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CINEMA ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ deserves all the buzz it’s getting—and then some

Deliberately Delightful

TOP TEN Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending Nov. 18, 2012

BY COLIN BOYD, cboyd@tucsonweekly.com hat’s that old equation? Tragedy plus time equals comedy? Based on his career, filmmaker David O. Russell missed that math class. He has an open-season rule for just about anything, and it seems as though the more he can push the envelope, the more he tries to wring every last drop of absurdity out of things. Incest ruled the day in his first film, Spanking the Monkey. And Nailed—a film that was never completed, because the money dried up—centered on a woman who developed deep sexual urges after being accidentally shot in the head with a nail gun. Now there’s Silver Linings Playbook, which doesn’t outwardly play bipolar disorder for laughs, but doesn’t discourage those laughs, either. Russell has not shied from controversy, and with a lesser filmmaker, the controversy would win. But Silver Linings Playbook is far and away the best, most-interesting and mostmercurial work in a very unusual, very individual career. As it is with many great films that are linked forever with their director, it’s unlikely anybody else could have made this movie this way. Pat (Bradley Cooper) has just been released from an institution. Eight months earlier, he was happily married, or so he thought: Pat came home early to find his wife in the shower with another man, and the plea bargain from the beating he issued the other guy meant spending some time under supervision and on heavy meds. Now back home, Pat is trying to adjust to his life. He lives with his parents (Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver), and wakes up every day working toward some balance. Pat hates his condition, but not as much as he hates everything that goes along with it—the judgment, the drugs and the wild swings. On his way back to normal, he meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence). She dealt with her recent emotional upheaval in a different way: After her husband died, Tiffany slept with everyone in her office. She’s tough on Pat; he’s not very nice to her; and you—like every other character in the movie—can see exactly where they’re headed. Because our lead characters aren’t processing stimuli in the most straightforward manner, Silver Linings Playbook moves at an agitated pace. Dialogue races by; scenes are smashed together; and emotional states bounce around like kids on a trampoline. With a looser grip, Russell would have lost the movie, but there’s something remarkably controlled about all of it—this chaos is intentional. The deliberate pulse of the picture becomes

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1. Brave Disney/Pixar

2. Savages Universal

3. The Amazing Spider-Man Sony

4. The Watch 20th Century Fox

5. The Campaign Warner Bros.

6. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 20th Century Fox

7. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Universal

8. Magic Mike Warner Bros. Jacki Weaver and Robert De Niro in Silver Linings Playbook.

9. Take This Waltz

more apparent as Pat and Tiffany grow closer. The more trust they establish, the more things start to slow down. It never feels or plays like a traditional classic Hollywood romance, but the waves don’t crash with the same volatility after a while. Fittingly, these two frenetic souls are bound to each other through a dance competition, which not only develops more propinquity, but also keeps two kinetic characters in motion. Mental illness, of course, is no laughing matter. Russell definitely walks a line here by presenting bipolar disorder so broadly. But he also trusts Pat (and Cooper) implicitly, which is a mark of a good director. Pat does not want to be defined by his diagnosis and takes its consequences in stride. If that means saying or doing the wrong thing, he’ll live with it. So does the director. Sometimes those wrong things are funny, while others, which get nearly equal representation here, are heartbreaking. If you love really good acting, you’ve come to the right place. There was a 20-year period in this country when Robert De Niro’s onscreen dominance was indisputable. Then came everything after Casino. But Silver Linings Playbook gets De Niro back on solid ground. He’s not playing a cop for a change; he’s not overdoing it; and he’s come at his supporting role with sage experience and youthful vigor, which he must have been keeping in storage all this time. Bradley Cooper, on the other hand, has by and large not been taken seriously. Credit the limpid blue eyes and the mop-up duty he had in the stupendously successful Hangover movies.

Silver Linings Playbook

Magnolia

Rated R

10. Safety Not Guaranteed

Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro

Sony

Directed by David O. Russell Weinstein, 122 minutes Due to a last-minute schedule change, the Tucson opening of Silver Linings Playbook has apparently been delayed. Check TucsonWeekly.com for updates.

But … the guy can act. And here, he acts his ass off. It’s great work, and much like Russell’s direction, it could go flying off the rails if he didn’t know what he was doing. Cooper’s allover-the-road performance is actually the grounding influence on the film. But it’s Jennifer Lawrence (she of The Hunger Games) who you need to see. Only 21 when this was filmed, she’s added an exclamation point to an extremely promising career. Put it this way: Hollywood producers hiring actresses younger than 30 not named Jennifer Lawrence are just throwing their money away. She has shown with Winter’s Bone, Hunger Games and, now, Silver Linings Playbook exactly what an actress should be able to do. She’s played dark drama, action and now Oscar-worthy human comedy with uncanny perfection. It just doesn’t happen this easily, this suddenly, this often. The perfect occasion to announce that she’s here for keeps is Silver Linings Playbook, a film truly worth the attention and affection it’s receiving.

Zach Galifianakis in The Campaign.

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. Argo (R) Thu-Wed 11:05, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Flight (R) Thu-Sun 10:05, 1:20, 4:55, 8, 11:05; Mon 1:20, 4:55, 8, 11:05; Tue 1:40, 7:40; Wed 1:20, 4:55, 8, 11:05 Life of Pi (PG) Thu 11:15, 2:15, 5:15, 8:15, 11:15; Fri-Sun 9, 11:15, 2:15, 5:15, 8:15, 11:15; Mon-Wed 11:15, 2:15, 5:15, 8:15, 11:15 Life of Pi 3D (PG) ThuSun 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30; Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Lincoln (PG-13) Thu-Sun 10, 1:15, 4:30, 7:45, 11; Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:30, 7:45, 11 Pitch Perfect (PG-13) Thu-Sun 10:55, 1:35, 4:15, 7:05, 9:45; MonTue 1:35, 9:50; Wed 1:40 Red Dawn (PG-13) ThuSun 10:15, 12:40, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:25; Mon-Wed 12:40, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:25 Rise of the Guardians (PG) Thu 10:25, 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15; Fri-Sun 9:15, 10:25, 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15; Mon-Wed 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Rise of the Guardians 3D (PG) Thu-Wed 11:40, 2, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15 Skyfall (PG-13) Thu-Wed 11:50, 3:15, 6:30, 9:45 Skyfall: The IMAX Experience (PG-13) ThuSun 9:45, 12:55, 4:05, 7:15, 10:30; Mon-Wed 12:55, 4:05, 7:15, 10:30 Taken 2 (PG-13) Thu-Sun 10:20, 12:35, 2:55, 5:20, 7:35, 9:55; MonTue 5:20, 7:35; Wed 4:30, 10:40 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (PG-13) Thu-Sun 10, 11, 1, 1:45, 4, 5, 7, 8:05, 10, 10:45; Mon 11, 1, 4, 7, 8:05, 10, 10:45; Tue 11, 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 10:45; Wed 11, 1, 4, 7, 8, 10 Wreck-It Ralph (PG) Thu 11:35, 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 10; Fri-Sun 9, 11:35, 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 10; Mon 1:45, 4:25; TueWed 11:30, 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 10

Century El Con 20 3601 E. Broadway Blvd. 800-326-3264, ext. 902. Listening devices and closed captioning are available. Argo (R) Thu-Mon 11:15, 2, 4:50, 7:35, 10:25; Tue 11:15, 2, 10:25; Wed 11:15, 2 Bon Jovi: Inside Out (Not Rated) Tue 7

Flight (R) Thu-Wed 12:10, 3:35, 7:05, 10:10 Life of Pi (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:45, 7:40, 10:35; FriSun 10:45, 1:45, 4:45, 7:40, 10:35; Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:45, 7:40, 10:35 Life of Pi 3D (PG) ThuTue 11:45, 12:45, 2:45, 3:45, 5:45, 6:45, 8:45, 9:45; Wed 11:45, 2:45, 5:45, 8:45 Lincoln (PG-13) Thu-Wed 11:15, 12:20, 2:35, 3:40, 5:55, 7:10, 9:20, 10:30 The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest Encore (Not Rated) Wed 6:30 Miracle on 34th Street (Not Rated) Wed 2, 7 Red Dawn (PG-13) Thu-Tue 11:15, 12:40, 1:40, 3, 4:05, 5:20, 6:30, 7:45, 9, 10:40; Wed 11:15, 1:40, 4:05, 6:30, 9 Rise of the Guardians (PG) Thu-Tue 11:45, 2:15, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Rise of the Guardians 3D (PG) Thu 1, 3:30, 6, 8:40; Fri-Sun 10:30, 1, 3:30, 6, 8:40; Mon-Tue 1, 3:30, 6, 8:40 Skyfall (PG-13) Thu 11:20, 12:30, 2:45, 3:45, 6, 7, 9:15, 10:15; Fri-Sun 10:20, 11:20, 12:30, 1:30, 2:45, 3:45, 4:45, 6, 7, 8, 9:15, 10:15; Mon-Tue 11:20, 12:30, 1:30, 2:45, 3:45, 4:45, 6, 7, 8, 9:15, 10:15; Wed 11:20, 12:30, 2:45, 3:45, 6, 7, 9:15, 10:15 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (PG-13) Thu 11, 11:30, 12, 1:20, 1:50, 2:20, 2:50, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 5:40, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9:50, 10:20, 10:45; FriSun 10:30, 11, 11:30, 12, 1:20, 1:50, 2:20, 2:50, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 5:40, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9:50, 10:20, 10:45; Mon-Wed 11, 11:30, 12, 1:20, 1:50, 2:20, 2:50, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 5:40, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9:50, 10:20, 10:45 Wreck-It Ralph (PG) ThuWed 11:25, 12:20, 2:10, 4:50, 5:50, 7:25, 10 Wreck-It Ralph 3D (PG) Thu-Wed 3, 8:25

Century Gateway 12 770 N. Kolb Road. 800-326-3264, ext. 962. Listening devices and closed captioning are available. Alex Cross (PG-13) ThuSat 12:20, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15; Sun-Mon 12:20, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45; Tue 12:20, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15; Wed 12:20, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45 The Bourne Legacy (PG13) Thu 12:50, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40; Fri-Sat 6:50, 9:50; Sun-Mon 6:50; Tue 6:50, 9:50; Wed 6:50 Brave (PG) Thu-Sat 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55; Sun-Mon 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:25; Tue 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55; Wed 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:25 The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu-Wed 12:10, 3:35, 7 End of Watch (R) Thu-Sat 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40,

10:10; Sun-Mon 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40; Tue 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10; Wed 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40 Finding Nemo (G) ThuWed 12 Finding Nemo 3D (G) Thu-Sat 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10; Sun-Mon 2:30, 5, 7:30; Tue 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10; Wed 2:30, 5, 7:30 Frankenweenie (PG) FriWed 12:35, 2:45, 7:10 Frankenweenie 3D (PG) Fri-Sat 4:55, 9:35; SunMon 4:55; Tue 4:55, 9:35; Wed 4:55 Fun Size (PG-13) Thu 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:30; Fri-Wed 12:15, 2:25, 4:40 Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG) Thu 12:25, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:35; Fri-Sat 12:25, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:40; Sun-Mon 12:25, 2:45, 5, 7:15; Tue 12:25, 2:45, 5, 7:15, 9:40; Wed 12:25, 2:45, 5, 7:15 Looper (R) Thu-Sat 12:40, 3:55, 7:20, 10; Sun-Mon 12:40, 3:55, 7:20; Tue 12:40, 3:55, 7:20, 10; Wed 12:40, 3:55, 7:20 ParaNorman (PG) ends Thu 12:15 Seven Psychopaths (R) Thu-Sat 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05; SunMon 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35; Tue 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05; Wed 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35 Silent Hill: Revelation (R) Thu-Sat 12:30, 3, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10; Sun-Mon 12:30, 3, 5:20, 7:50; Tue 12:30, 3, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10; Wed 12:30, 3, 5:20, 7:50 Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (R) Thu-Sat 9:45; Tue 9:45 Trouble With the Curve (PG-13) Thu-Wed 12:45, 3:50, 7:05

Century Park Place 20 5870 E. Broadway Blvd. 800-326-3264, ext. 903. Listening devices and closed captioning are available. Argo (R) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15; Fri-Sun 10:25, 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15; Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Bon Jovi: Inside Out (Not Rated) Tue 7 Flight (R) Thu-Wed 12:50, 4, 7:10, 10:20 Life of Pi (PG) Thu-Wed 12:05, 2:10, 3:15, 6:25, 8:30, 9:35 Life of Pi 3D (PG) Thu 11, 1:10, 4:20, 5:20, 7:30, 10:30; Fri-Sun 10, 11, 1:10, 4:20, 5:20, 7:30, 10:30; Mon-Tue 11, 1:10, 4:20, 5:20, 7:30, 10:30; Wed 11, 5:20 Lincoln (PG-13) Thu-Wed 12:10, 3:30, 6:50, 10:10 The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest Encore (Not Rated) Wed 6:30 Miracle on 34th Street (Not Rated) Wed 2, 7 Red Dawn (PG-13) ThuTue 11:05, 12:20, 1:35, 2:50, 4:05, 5:25, 6:35, 7:50, 9:05, 10:20; Wed 11:05, 1:35, 4:05, 6:35, 9:05 Rise of the Guardians (PG) Thu-Tue 11:10,

12:55, 1:45, 4:25, 6:15, 7:05, 9:45 Rise of the Guardians 3D (PG) Thu 11:55, 2:35, 3:35, 5:15, 7:55, 8:55; Fri-Sun 10:15, 11:55, 2:35, 3:35, 5:15, 7:55, 8:55; Mon-Tue 11:55, 2:35, 3:35, 5:15, 7:55, 8:55 Skyfall (PG-13) Thu-Wed 11:15, 12, 12:45, 2:40, 3:25, 4:10, 5:55, 6:40, 7:25, 9:15, 10:05 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (PG-13) Thu 11:35, 12:25, 1:05, 1:50, 2:30, 3:20, 4, 4:50, 5:35, 6:20, 7, 7:45, 8:35, 9:20, 10; Fri-Sun 10:05, 10:50, 11:35, 12:25, 1:05, 1:50, 2:30, 3:20, 4, 4:50, 5:35, 6:20, 7, 7:45, 8:35, 9:20, 10; Mon-Wed 11:35, 12:25, 1:05, 1:50, 2:30, 3:20, 4, 4:50, 5:35, 6:20, 7, 7:45, 8:35, 9:20, 10 Wreck-It Ralph (PG) Thu 11:40, 1, 3:40, 5, 6:20, 9, 10:25; Fri-Sun 10:20, 11:40, 1, 3:40, 5, 6:20, 9, 10:25; Mon 11:40, 1, 3:40, 5, 6:20, 9, 10:25; Tue 11:40, 1, 3:40, 6:20, 9, 10:25; Wed 11:40, 1, 3:40, 5, 6:20, 9, 10:25 Wreck-It Ralph 3D (PG) Thu-Mon 2:20, 7:40; Tue 2:20; Wed 2:20, 7:40

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Argo (R) Thu-Wed 2:45, 9 Flight (R) Thu-Sat 12:20, 3:45, 7:15, 10:35; SunWed 12:20, 3:45, 7:15, 10:30 Here Comes the Boom (PG) Thu-Wed 11:45, 6:05 Hotel Transylvania (PG) ThuSun 9:55; Mon-Wed 12:15 Life of Pi (PG) Thu-Sun 9:50, 1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 10:40; Mon-Wed 1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 10:40 Life of Pi 3D (PG) ThuWed 12, 3:20, 6:30, 9:40 Lincoln (PG-13) ThuSat 11:40, 3:10, 6:50, 10:20; Sun-Wed 11:40, 3:10, 6:50, 10:15 Rise of the Guardians (PG) Thu-Sun 10:10, 11:10, 12:50, 1:50, 3:30, 4:30, 6:10, 7:10, 8:50, 9:50; Mon-Wed 11:10, 12:50, 1:50, 3:30, 4:30, 6:10, 7:10, 8:50, 9:50 Rise of the Guardians 3D (PG) Thu-Sat 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 10:50; Sun-Wed 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 10:35 Skyfall (PG-13) Thu-Sat 11:20, 3, 6:45, 10:15; SunWed 11:20, 3, 6:45, 10:05 Taken 2 (PG-13) Thu-Wed 11:50, 2:40, 5:10, 8, 10:25 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (PG-13) Thu-Sat 10, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4, 4:45, 5:20, 6:15, 7, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10, 10:45; Sun 10, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 1, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4, 4:45, 5:20, 6:15, 7, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10; Mon-Wed 10:45, 11:30, 1, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4, 4:45, 5:20, 6:15, 7, 7:45, 8:30, 9:15, 10

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Wreck-It Ralph (PG) ThuSat 10:05, 11, 2, 3:50, 4:50, 7:40, 9:30, 10:30; Sun 10:05, 11, 2, 3:50, 4:50, 7:40, 9:30, 10:20; Mon-Wed 11, 2, 3:50, 4:50, 7:40, 9:30, 10:20 Wreck-It Ralph 3D (PG) Thu-Wed 12:55, 6:40

The Loft Cinema 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Call 795-0844 to check handicap accessibility Barrymore (Not Rated) Sun 12; Tue 7 Drop City (Not Rated) Wed 7:30 The Flat (Not Rated) Thu 5:30, 7:45; Fri-Wed 3 The Goonies (PG) Thu 10 A Liar’s Autobiography— The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman 3D (R) Thu 1, 5:15, 10:15 The Loneliest Planet (Not Rated) Fri-Sun 2:45, 7:30; Mon 2:45, 10; Tue 2:45, 7:30; Wed 2:45, 10 The Man With the Iron Fists (R) Fri-Wed 10:15 Miami Connection (R) Thu 3, 10 Nail Gun Massacre (Not Rated) Mon 8 The Perks of Being a Wallflower (PG-13) Fri 10:15, 12:30, 5:30; SatSun 10:15, 12:30, 7:45; Mon 12:30, 7:45; Tue 12:30, 7:45, 10; Wed 12:30, 7:45 A Royal Affair (R) Thu 11:30, 2:15, 7; Fri-Mon 1, 4, 7; Tue 1, 4; Wed 1, 4, 7 Searching for Sugar Man (PG-13) Thu 12:15, 5; Fri 10:30, 12:45; Sat 10:30, 12:45, 5:30; Sun 5:30; Mon-Wed 12:45, 5:30 Tron (PG) Fri-Sun 10, 10 University of Arizona Vs. Arizona State University Football (Not Rated) Fri 8 Wake in Fright (R) Fri 5:15; Sat-Wed 5:15, 9:45 Wuthering Heights (Not Rated) Thu 2:45, 7:15

Brave (PG) Thu 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7 The Campaign (R) Thu 9:20 The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu 1, 4:30, 7:55 The Expendables 2 (R) Thu 9:45 The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG) Thu 2:40, 5, 7:20 ParaNorman (PG) Thu 11:45, 2, 4:10 Premium Rush (PG-13) Thu 9:55 Resident Evil: Retribution (R) Thu 3:10, 5:25, 7:40, 10 Trouble With the Curve (PG-13) Thu 11:50, 2:25, 4:50, 7:30

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the monotony. When those breaks do occur, and the characters actually talk, some semi-interesting stuff does happen—but it’s not enough to justify watching this plodding film from director Julia Loktev. She seems to be attempting some sort of statement about how you don’t really know the person you are spending your time with until somebody points a gun at you. That’s all. If you want to learn a valuable life lesson while taking a nap in the theater, have at it. Grimm

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Miami Connection is the story of a club band called Dragon Sound that happens to be highly skilled in taekwondo. After pissing off the band they recently replaced in the nightclub, the band is forced into a long, drawn-out series of battles against a group of motorcycle ninjas hired to make their lives hell. Originally made and released in 1987, Miami Connection is quite possibly the most hilariously terrible film made in the ’80s, which is no small feat. The insanely bad dialogue is only made worse by some of the most truly horrifying acting ever committed to celluloid. The fight scenes are so terribly choreographed that the only way to respond to them is by laughing uproariously. The film has gained a cult following over the years and with good reason: It is one of the best bad movies ever made. Allen

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Simply Sucks BY BOB GRIMM, bgrimm@tucsonweekly.com haven’t liked any of the Twilight movies. I have, in fact, had a bitter hatred toward most of them that is unhealthy and more than likely illegal in some states. That said, I almost liked 2011’s Breaking Dawn—Part 1, a sometimes twisted film that, while mostly stinky, did show some promise. It ended with Bella (Kristen Stewart) opening her eyes as a vampire, so I thought, “Hey, Bella Vampire … the last film could be a good one.” But, like the fisherman pulling up a heavy net to find nothing but boots and dead mafia dudes, I was severely disappointed with Breaking Dawn—Part 2. Yes, Bella is a vampire now. But she does little more than change her “Bella Is LoveSad” pout to a more-intense “Bella Needs Blood” pout. She runs around in fast motion and saves deer from mountain lions, like most vampires do. She also has a kid now, and this kid looks weird. Director Bill Condon (he also helmed the previous almost-acceptable installment) opts for some sort of CGI effects with Bella’s half-human/half-Nosferatu baby, Renesmee. The result looks like one of the E*TRADE kids, except this kid isn’t funny. The baby just looks at people with a creepy, janky smile. She grows rapidly, going through a phase with a bad wig (just like her mom in some of the previous Twilight movies!) and eventually becoming young actress Mackenzie Foy. Much of the plot revolves around protecting the Bella Baby, with Jacob the Wolf (Taylor Lautner) imprinting on her, which means he owns her, or some shit like that. I guess they grow up to be husband and wife in a freaky, Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn sort of way. Only author Stephenie Meyer knows. One of the big twists is that some of the new vampires have special powers. Bella has some protective shield she can project, much like the Death Star in Star Wars. Another has the ability to shock people with electricity, and yet another has something described as “paralyzing vapors.” When I heard of this particular power, I thought it made sense: Vampires suck in all sorts of foul stuff, so it would stand to reason that their farts would be so noxious as to render those within a few yards motionless. Alas, I was let down to see that “paralyzing vapors” is just black smoke that wafts from the vampire’s hands. Wait … maybe that’s how a vampire farts? Much of the movie consists of Bella and

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her strange, overly happy vampire family standing around in a house, shooting looks at each other or out the window. Occasionally, Bella ventures outside for more running and hunting and intense pouting. At one point, Bella is running super-fast, and we see the world around her through her supervampire eyes. Among the things she sees while running is a flower blooming super-fast. This doesn’t make sense to me. Her being able to run really quickly means she can see a flower bloom really quickly? So the flower is now going at her pace? Can she magically make the flower bloom faster? It takes your average flower a long time to open up, and somebody simply running by fast wouldn’t accelerate the flower-blooming process. See? That’s the kind of stupid crap I have found myself wondering about while watching these movies. And let me just say this for the “twist” ending: I was much happier with the way things turned out before the big twist happened. The pre-twist ending had something involving Dakota Fanning that I rather enjoyed. Goodbye, Twilight … at least until they make the gross movie where Bella’s baby grows up to marry Lautner in a completely inappropriate fashion. (I nominate Woody Allen as the director.) Oh, and for those of you wondering how much of the Lautner abs you get in this installment: one lousy scene. Not nearly enough, if you ask me. They really are amazing.

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I consider this one of the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bigger disappointmentsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not only because we got this instead of a fourth film directed by Sam Raimi (he quit when the producers tried to force a villain for the pic on him, as they did with Venom in Spider-Man 3), but also because I dislike the goofiness director Marc Webb brought to the universe. He apparently thinks everything needs to be explained. He must show us Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) making mechanical web devices to show how smart Peter is, for example. Well, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need all of the physics of Spider-Man explained. And I certainly donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need another Spidey origin story so soon after Raimiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a little weird to watch a man in his late 20s playing a high school student. What is this, Grease? The villain this time out, the Lizard, played by Rhys Ifans, is a bust. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been a big fan of Ifans, and I wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve liked to have seen a multitude of different actors play the baddie. However, the film does receive high marks for casting the likes of Martin Sheen, Sally Field and Denis Leary. I understood that Raimiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reign was going to end someday, but a fourth try (and a shot at redemption after Spider-Man 3) wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve offered a better finish. His Spidey films, even the overstuffed third movie, were better than this one. SPECIAL FEATURES: A commentary from Webb and crew is OK, but youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll struggle to take in the whole thing. There are lots of behind-the-scenes featurettes, and you can download an app for your iPad and have the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Second Screen Experienceâ&#x20AC;?: Your tablet synchs with the movie and offers myriad interviews and

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This gem might be Steven Spielbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most-underrated film. Starring a very young Christian Bale, Spielbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World War II story as told through the eyes of a young boy becoming a man is nothing short of magnificent. On the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invaded something called the International Settlement in Shanghai, where European diplomats were living luxurious lives. Bale plays Jim, the son of an English businessman who is left behind during the chaos and must fend for his life in series of precarious situations, including an internment camp. I love everything about this movie, from the Bale performance (perhaps the greatest child performance of all time) to the lush cinematography to the excellent supporting performance of John Malkovich as Basie, a conniving American prisoner who mentors and/or exploits Jim. Look closely, and you will see Ben Stiller in one of his first big-screen roles as a fellow prisoner. The true reason to see this is the Bale performance, one of the best that Spielberg has ever pulled out of an actor. He starts as a spoiled rich kid wearing his school uniform and winds up a hardened, somewhat haggard kid who his parents donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even recognize when they are reunited. Baleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last moment in the film is a thing of beauty, and one of the best shots Spielberg has ever achieved. On Blu-ray, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s every bit as fantastic as anything in Spielbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film history; 2012 continues to be a fantastic year for Spielberg fans who like their Blu-rays.

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of documentaries: one narrated by Martin Sheen about the making of the film, and the other narrated by Spielberg and exploring Warner Bros.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; classic war movies. You also get a book. I wanted more.

famous (or infamous) as Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lost great film. It was not available on home video until a couple of years ago, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quite a rediscovery. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not one scene in particular that does the trick, but the cumulative effect of a teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lost weekend in the Outback delivers the kind of pulse-quickening result that todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bloodier horror movies can never attain. With six weeks off, John Grant (Gary Bond) heads to Sydney, but an overnight stay in the outpost village called the Yabba leads him down a road of moral degradation, from copious drinking to gambling to promiscuous sex to a savage and hard-to-watch kangaroo hunt. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never make you scream or jump, but Wake in Fright will definitely test your mettle. Boyd

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This hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t aged to perfection. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;circuits of timeâ&#x20AC;? special effects look dated; the music sucks; and the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s â&#x20AC;Ś well, the decade is scary to look at. Still, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter made for a winning duo as the title characters, who are about to fail their final history exam in San Dimas, Calif., when a helpful messenger from the future (George Carlin) shows up with a time-traveling phone booth. There are some great moments to be had, my favorite being Socrates and Billy the Kid playing Nerf football in old-timey England while Bill and Ted discuss their predicament in the foreground. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those things you thought you would never see. Reeves and Winter have been fueling the rumor mill about a possible third adventure. (Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been two decades since the first sequel, Bill and Tedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bogus Journey.) This proposed movie would be at the top of my â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sequels I Want to Seeâ&#x20AC;? list. SPECIAL FEATURES: Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an interview with the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s writers, an â&#x20AC;&#x153;air guitarâ&#x20AC;? tutorial and an episode of the animated series that actually featured the voices of Reeves and Winter. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing new and excitingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which is a shame, since they are trying to get a third movie off the ground.

The executive summary is this: Lincoln is an indepth look at how deals (particularly the politically dicey 13th Amendment, which outlawed slavery) get done in Washington, D.C. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a heavy movie by weight and consequence, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not overly idealistic or thought-provoking. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a lot going on, and director Steven Spielberg, really for the first time, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem in control of his surroundings. However, the performance by Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln is the best of the year, and one of the best historical/biographical performances ever. For starters, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daniel Day-Lewis, so you should expect a high-wire act. For another, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Abraham Lincoln, so you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine this will be an anonymous portrayal. When an iconic figure is brought to life by an actor the caliber of Daniel Day-Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; who may indeed be a caliber unto himselfâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;you expect greatness. But this performance exceeds even that expectation. Boyd THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS

know that a bunch of lethal hookers came on the scene near the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end and started kicking ass; I have no idea why. There are lots of bad wigs, plus gushing blood and dismembered limbs, along with disgusting scenes of Russell Crowe licking people. Trust me when I tell you this: You do not want to see lots of scenes featuring Russell Crowe licking people. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traumatizing. This is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quentin Tarantino Presentsâ&#x20AC;? feature, meaning they put his name on it, so people will shell out dough because they think he directed it (he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and they wind up witnessing a complete piece of shit. Grimm SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN

In a decidedly stout year for documentaries, Searching for Sugar Man joins this summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Imposter as a film that works outside of its seemingly impossible story to establish itself stylistically as well. That is not the way docs usually work. In this case, the film gains strength through its message of the timelessness of and hopefulness implied by music. It can be life-altering or even culture-altering. As hard as this story is to believe, you root for it every step of the way, over the course of some 40-odd years. From beginning to end, this is a fantastic journey and a great film. Boyd SKYFALL

This is my all-time-favorite Bond film. Daniel Craig had been my favorite Bond since Sean Connery, and with this fine entry, he has actually become my favorite Bond. Sam Mendes directs this installment with a depth and level of excitement I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t detected before in the series (although Casino Royale came close), and Javier Bardem, as a former British agent gone bonkers, is a Bond villain for the ages. Great action scenes, fun homages to the series and a nice supporting turn from Judi Dench as M make this a Bond film to be truly enjoyed. Skyfall also features Ralph Fiennes and a decent song from Adele. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how many Bonds Craig has left in him, but I hope itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot. Grimm

Hip-hop star RZA co-writes (with Eli Roth), directs and stars in this total waste of time. This is some sort of martial-arts/spaghetti-Western mash-up that features a whole lot of people chopping each other up. Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu and others star along with RZA, who plays the blacksmith who eventually winds up with the weapons named in the movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s title. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some sort of war going on, but I had a hard time determining who was fighting whom. I do

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Coming: Public Brew House and Coffee Shop A new nanobrewery downtown came one step closer to reality last week. Public Brew House and Coffee Shop met its goal of raising $37,000 on the fundraising website Kickstarter on Wednesday, Nov. 14, with just hours to spare. “We intend to create a space and experience around specialty coffee and craft beer, with priority given to creative endeavor and community contribution,” reads the description on www.kickstarter.com. The people behind the shop already have a location picked out—inside the Charles O. Brown House at 40 W. Broadway Blvd.—and will focus on using ethically sourced and organic ingredients. Sounds like a great addition to the growing downtown dining-and-drinking scene. Here’s wishing the owners luck with this awesome project.

BY RITA CONNELLY, rconnelly@tucsonweekly.com he word “tearoom” conjures images of tiny, sedate places trimmed out in lace, with classical music playing quietly in the background, and stale scones sitting under a glass-domed cake plate. Well, welcome to the 21st century and the Scented Leaf Tea House and Lounge. Located on bustling University Boulevard just outside of the UA’s Main Gate, Scented Leaf offers oodles of tea choices, a few desserts, an ever-changing soup menu and, in the evening, live music. It’s a neat little spot to spend a few hours while pretending to write your paper for English class. But does this formula bode well for success? On our first visit, we had to wait for a table. There can’t be more 20 seats in the tiny room, and most everyone there was lingering over tea, studying alone or in small groups. Save for one young woman who brought in her own lunch (a no-no, in my book), we were the only ones eating. And then there are the prices—our bill for two medium ice teas ($3.35 each), two bowls of soup ($5.50 each), a slice of berry cheesecake ($6) and a slice of mousse pie ($6) was almost $40 after tax and tip. On our second visit, we fared a bit better, with a grand total of about $25. But on that visit, we simply shared a pot of tea ($4 for one person; $6 for two; $2 more for each additional person), plus a cup of garden-vegetable soup ($4.50) and a dessert apiece ($6, or $5 for fruit pie). Are these student prices? The room is sparsely decorated, with a few paintings on the walls. Next to the counter where you order is the display case where the daily sweets sit. One wall is lined with a leatherette sofa and low tables. On the other wall, the teas are displayed in faux mini-crates and packages. (Prices ranged from $8 for a package of yerba matte, to a $20 package of golden monkey.) In between are a few small tables. Tea choices are numerous, with several in every type: black, green, white, oolong, rooibos and herbal. There is a long list of seasonal teas and new additions as well. A pot of premium tea is $6. The soups and a few of the desserts are made in-house; other desserts are made by a “friend,” the server told us. The soup of the day was a green chile stew. We found it to be quite satisfying. A smooth, spicy puree the color of a roasted green chile, the soup was studded with plenty of ground beef and tender, tiny cubes of potato. The spiciness continued from first bite to last. The warm, soft pita triangles served alongside were a nice

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Mousse pie at the Scented Leaf Tea House and Lounge. touch. This would have been quiet comfort on a The Scented Leaf chilly day. Tea House and Lounge The desserts were so-so. The mousse pie was 943 E. University Blvd., No. 165 rich and thick, but it was the dark-chocolate 624-2930; cookie crust that made it work. The cheesecake thescentedleaf.com was almost light in texture, but was missing that Open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. tang I like in cheesecake, although the berries to 11 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on top were nice. Pluses: Knowledgeable staff; splendid apple pie Visit No. 2 occurred about a week later. This Minuses: Pricey for students; odd payment process time, finding a table wasn’t a problem (it was later in the day), but we wondered again how that plays out as far as paying the rent. Again, no carrots, celery, cabbage, tomatoes, zucchini, green beans and the like. one was eating. I may be showing my age here, but the payService was spot-on during both visits, and on ment process is too techno. It’s all done via a the second visit, the young man at the counter tablet. I get the concept, but there were two was especially helpful and informative. He explained to us what pu-erh tea was (we’d ordered things wrong about how it went down: One, in the coconut pu-erh), and how he was the one who order to add a tip, I had to use the tablet, which on the first visit was spotted and smeared— made the apple pie we enjoyed. He later came by yuck! And when I asked for a receipt, I had to and offered us a second brewing, explaining this choose between receiving it via email or text. particular tea changes with a second brewing. My friend thought the pie was almost as good For my purposes, this was extremely inconvenient. It took almost six hours to receive the as her grandmother’s. The tender crust was first email, and then the receipt was two pages packed with apples that had been cooked to the long. I never received the second email. perfect toothsome texture and were spiced with The Scented Leaf is a very nice little spot, and a nice balance of cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar. it is obvious that the owners are passionate and The raspberry-and-white-chocolate cheesecake knowledgeable about their product. I’m just not was also better than the desserts on our first sure if they picked the right location. In any case, visit; both flavors came though in a mellow way. I wish them all the luck in the world. The vegetable soup was decent, loaded with

Borderlands Brewing Co., 119 E. Toole Ave., is celebrating nearly a year in business with a major expansion. The brewery’s owners have brewed six kegs at a time for the past year, but the renovations under way will allow them to brew 40 kegs at a time. This means more Borderlands brew will be available at restaurants and watering holes across the city. Not bad for a microbrewery that got its start with three home brewers, $2,000 and a dream. The brewery is closed for the expansion but should reopen soon; borderlandsbrewing.com.

Rex’s Perogies Looking for some little packages of holiday joy to jazz up Thanksgiving or Christmas? Consider Rex’s Perogies, which are made right here in Tucson by Kelly Dewey. Dewey says she uses recipes that have been in her family for generations to make these delicious stuffed Polish dumplings. Her versions are filled with sauerkraut, cheese, potatoes, onions and other things vegetarian. You can find them at local farmers’ markets; the Food Conspiracy Co-op, 412 N. Fourth Ave.; and Maynards Market, 400 N. Toole Ave.; rexsperogiesllc.yolasite.com.

Bigger, Better Mall Food It looks like Fatdogs, a local hot dog cart that has some of the finest Sonoran dogs in the city, according to some, is opening a location in the food court at Tucson Mall, 4500 N. Oracle Road. Fat dogs is also known for serving some of the largest hot dogs in Tucson, which should make them a hit with mall shoppers looking for filling meals on the cheap. The mall location is expected to open this month.

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THE STEAKHOUSE AT THE DESERT DIAMOND CASINO S 7350 S. Old Nogales Highway. 342-1328. Open daily 4-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V, Checks. So you just won a big payout at the poker table, or the slots have been extremely generous. Where are you going to go? The answer is right there inside the hotel-casino. Big portionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;from the salad through dessertâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;are the norm. Steaks are the draw, of course, but seafood options are also quite worthy. The service is friendly, and the prices at the bar are most reasonable. (5-8-08) $$$ THE STEAKOUT RESTAURANT AND SALOON NW 3620 W. Tangerine Road. 572-1300. Open Monday-Thursday 4-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. The prices are edging toward the top of â&#x20AC;&#x153;midrange,â&#x20AC;? but the result is good-quality beef grilled to order in a casual, Western setting. Not much choice among side dishes, though, and the dessert standards are variable. (6-25-09) $$$-$$$$

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

FUKU SUSHI C 940 E. University Blvd. 798-3858. Open daily 11 a.m.-midnight. CafĂŠ. Beer, Wine and Specialty Drinks. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. A welcome addition to the Main Gate mix. The sushi offerings are many, with a full slate of both traditional and house rolls. The honor roll is a definite winner. This is one of the few places around thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s truly doing fusion food; the Japanese fish tacos are a prime example. Fuku has a youthful vibeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and prices that fit into a student budget. (2-5-09) $-$$

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STEAKHOUSE PINNACLE PEAK E 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 296-0911. Open Monday-Friday 5-10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 4:3010 p.m. Diner/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Located in Trail Dust Town, Pinnacle Peak serves up some of the biggest, most flavorful steaks in Southern Arizona. The Old West atmosphere provides a fun time for all. Just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go there if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a vegetarian or if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wearing a tie. (7-3-03) $-$$

FUSION WASABI E 250 W. Craycroft Road, Suite 100. 747-0228. Open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-11 p.m.; Saturday 4:30-11 p.m.; Sunday 5-9:30 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, MC, V. Fusion Wasabi offers two thingsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;teppan yaki and sushiâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go wrong with either one. The teppan yaki makes for a nice, tasty show, much like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get anywhere else. But the sushi is where Fusion Wasabi excels. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some of the best Tucson has to offerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;especially the strawberry-topped Fusion Wasabi roll and the 24-karat-gold-topped Fusion Wasabi ultimate roll. (1-5-06) $$$-$$$$ GINZA NE 5425 N. Kolb Road, No. 115. 529-8877. Open Tuesday-Saturday 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Sunday and Monday 5-9 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Ginza offers a unique Japanese dining experience called izakaya, similar to tapas-style dining. The list of izakaya offerings is long and varied, including chicken, shrimp, smelt, squid, mountain potato, yam and much more. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the sushi side of the house thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll bring us back. The boats offer generous combinations of traditional sushi and house specialties, and at lunch, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find bento bowls. (7-31-08) $$$-$$$$

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HANA TOKYO S 5435 S. Calle Santa Cruz, No. 185. 807-2212. Open Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. The second Hana Tokyoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the first one is in Sierra Vistaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; offers a huge selection of Japanese offerings, including teppan yaki. However, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the sushi artistry that makes Hana Tokyo stand out; the enormous scorpion roll is actually shaped like a scorpion, for example. Not only do the sushi rolls look cool; they taste great, too. (7-2111) $$-$$$$ IKKYU NW 2040 W. Orange Grove Road. No. 180. 297-9011. Open Monday-Saturday 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. DIS, MC, V. Ikkyu offers down-home Japanese food in a fast-casual style. Rice bowls, noodles, ramen and sushi are at the ready, making for a perfect quick dinner or some fine takeout. Prices fit any budget. Word is the ramen shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be missed. $-$$ (11-19-09) $-$$ KAMPAI NW 6486 N. Oracle Road. 219-6550. Open MondaySaturday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4:30-9:30 p.m. Bistro/ Beer and Wine. AMEX, MC, V. The food, both from the sushi bar and regular menu, is delicious. The spicy garlic shrimp is worth a try. And the ginger-intensive dressing on the house saladâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good enough to bottle. (2-12-04) $$-$$$ KAZOKU SUSHI AND JAPANESE CUISINE E 4210 E. Speedway Blvd. 777-6249. Open MondayThursday 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday noon-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. The sushi and other offerings at Kazoku will delight your taste buds, and the dĂŠcor is beautiful. The lack of an all-you-can-eat option means you should bring a loaded wallet. (1-14-10) $-$$$ MR. ANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TEPPAN STEAK AND SUSHI NW 6091 N. Oracle Road. 797-0888. Open MondayFriday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, VISA. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fire! Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fish! Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun! All brought to you by Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hospitality icon, Mr. An. The teppan side of the menu offers all the usual goodies prepared by some of the friendliest teppan chefs in town. You can get regular sushi items as well. But then there are the house specialties like the Mango Crunch or the Summerhaven or even the improbable Bleu Panda. Any way you choose, this is a great choice for a fun family night out or a special occasion. (8-26-10) $$-$$$ OISHI SUSHI AND TERIYAKI E 7002 E. Golf Links Road. 790-9439. Open MondayFriday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday 1-10 p.m.; Sunday 4-9 p.m. CafĂŠ. Beer, Wine and Sake. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This is one of the top places to go in Tucson for inexpensive, tasty, all-you-can-eat sushi. Korean dishes, teriyaki offerings, noodle dishes and some nice bento-box lunch specials are also available, but the sushi deal is what makes this place truly special. (7-12-07) $$-$$$ ON A ROLL C 63 E. Congress St. 622-7655. Open MondayWednesday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Thursday and Friday 11 a.m.-2 a.m.; Saturday 4 p.m.-2 a.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Asian food has arrived in downtown with On a Roll. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re likely to find a young, hip crowd here, along with a bright, urban dĂŠcor and lots of tasty, fresh sushi offerings. The rest of the menu has some gems, too, like the Kobe beef burger. However, bring a fat wallet; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll pay more here than you will at other sushi joints around Tucson. (1-8-09) $$-$$$

RA SUSHI BAR RESTAURANT NW 2905 E. Skyline Drive. 615-3970. Open daily 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; bar open until midnight. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Ra Sushi, a Benihana-owned chain that got its start in the Phoenix area, is a little pricier than other area sushi joints. For those extra few bucks, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get a hip, trendy atmosphere and quick service. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also find tasty food, some occasional nifty specials and a wide variety of appetizers. Think what it would be like if P.F. Changâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s did a sushi place. (3-1804) $$-$$$ SACHIKO SUSHI E 1101 N. Wilmot Road. 886-7000. Open Monday-

Friday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Sunday 5-9 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Also at 3200 E. Valencia Road (741-1000). Sushi is prepared here with innovative skill. A bowl of udon arrives with attentive art and detail. Good Korean grill as well. $$-$$$ SAGA C 2955 E. Speedway Blvd. 320-0535. Open Monday-

Friday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday noon10 p.m.; Sunday 4-9 p.m. CafĂŠ. Beer, Wine and Sake. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Chiles, shrimp cocktails and unfamiliar names for sushi rolls like San Carlos, Yaqui and jalapeĂąo make Saga a standout among local sushi venues. Where else can you indulge a craving for don buri and shrimp tostadas at the same time? Consummately fresh seafood is the key to Sagaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phenomenal success. Serves great fish and shrimp tacos. (6-22-00) $$ SAKURA E 6534 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-7777. Open

Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-11 p.m.; Saturday 5-11 p.m.; Sunday noon-10 p.m. Bistro/CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. This venue is devoted to the open flame and teppan. For some of the best sushi in town and an entertaining evening at the teppan table, Sakura is a solid win. (3-14-02) $$-$$$ SHOGUN JAPANESE RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR NW 5036 N. Oracle Road. 888-6646. Open Monday-

Friday 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday noon-9 p.m. CafĂŠ/Sushi Bar. Beer, Wine and Sake. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Traditional Japanese cuisine is served up by kimono-clad waitresses in an atmosphere right out of the miniseries by the same name. You get decent sushi and fine renditions of other Japanese specialties $-$$ SUSHI GARDEN C 3048 E. Broadway Blvd. 326-4700. Open Monday-

Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday noon-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/Sushi Bar/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Also at 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd., Suite 312 (877-8744). An unpretentious neighborhood sushi restaurant satisfying beginner and honed sushi appetites. All-you-can-eat sushi for $19.95. Ample portions of combination plates and rice bowls. (12-5-02) $-$$ SUSHI KING C 1800 E. Fort Lowell Road, No. 116. 321-4000. Open

Monday 5-10 p.m.; Tuesday-Friday 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday noon-10 p.m.; Sunday 4-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/Beer and Wine. MC, V. Located in a midtown strip mall, this small joint could become a neighborhood favoriteâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not a sushi fan. There are plenty of options, good-sized portions and reasonable prices. The roll assortment is interesting and covers the full gamut. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be one of the gang after only a few visits. (3-22-07) $-$$

YOSHIMATSU HEALTHY JAPANESE FOOD AND CAFĂ&#x2030; C 2660 N. Campbell Ave. 320-1574. Open MondayThursday 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.; Friday 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday 11:30 a.m.2:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. Diner/Beer and Wine. MC, V. One of the more unique restaurants youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ever find, Yoshimatsu features a decor combining weird Japanese TV, action figures and eclectic music. The food is fast, inexpensive and tasty. Try the Japanese pizzas; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re amazing. You can get takeout, but we recommend dining in. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a cool place. (2-27-03) $-$$

SUSHI ON ORACLE NW 6449 N. Oracle Road. 297-3615. Open Tuesday-

Thursday 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.; Friday 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday noon-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Sunday 5-9 p.m. CafĂŠ/ Sushi Bar. Beer, Wine and Sake. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. The folks here donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mess around. They offer large portions of food, delicious sushi and a gracious staff. The Sushi on Oracle salad is a fine example of their exquisite presentations. Get there early: There are 10 tables and only 12 seats at the sushi bar. (10-31-02) $$ SUSHI TEN E 4500 E. Speedway Blvd., Suite 1. 324-0010. Open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Sunday 5-9 p.m. CafĂŠ/Sushi Bar. Beer, Wine and Sake. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. After several years of turbulent ownership changes, it appears this onetime Tucson favorite has made a nice comeback. The sushi and nigiri is fresh and tasty; the all-you-can-eat ($19.95) and happy-hour/ lunch deals (with much of the menu offered for halfprice) are amazing. (8-5-10) $-$$$ SUSHI TRAN NW 9725 N. Thornydale Road, No. 49. 579-6604.

Open Sunday-Thursday 5 to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 5 to 9:30 p.m. Bistro/Beer and Wine. MC, V. Sushi Tran, tucked away in a northwest-side strip mall, boasts friendly service and good sushi rolls and nigiri, with a wide range of non-sushi Asian and Pacific Rim dishes, too. Skip the sashimi, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss out on the greenmussel appetizer. Expect to spend at least $25 per person in a family-friendly environment that is quiet and clean. (1-28-10) $$-$$$ SUSHI YUKARI E 5655 E. River Road, No. 151. 232-1393. Open

Monday 5-9:30 p.m.; Tuesday-Thursday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Sunday 5-9 p.m. CafĂŠ/Beer and Sake. MC, V. Divine sushi and sashimi star at this strip-mall restaurant. Service is top-notch, and the prices are among the most reasonable in town. Try a combo plate for one or two, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll walk away full, but craving more. Karaoke fills the place on Saturday nightsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so reservations are a must! (5-24-07) $$$-$$$$ SUSHI-CHO C 1830 E. Broadway Blvd., Suite 148. 628-8800.

Open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday 5-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/Sushi Bar/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Small, tasty and enormously popular, Sushi-Cho wows with its complete attention to all the fine details, especially at the sushi bar, where the large portions exceed finger-food expectations. $-$$ YAMATO JAPANESE RESTAURANT C 857 E. Grant Road. 624-3377. Open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-2:15 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.; Saturday 5-9:30 p.m. CafĂŠ. Beer, Wine and Sake. AMEX, MC, V. The fresh fish makes the sushi at this tiny midtown spot a real treat. The rest of the menu offers up all sorts of traditional Japanese goodies that prove to be tasty as well. The low-key atmosphere is another plus. And while Yamato may not be easy to find the first time, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably find yourself returning again and again. (11-17-05) $-$$

YUKIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SUSHI C 2962 N. Campbell Ave. 326-7727. Open MondayFriday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday 3-10 p.m. Sushi Bar/ Full Bar. MC, V. For an excellent indulgence in properly prepared and inventive sushi, Yukiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s serves up some of the freshest and most inviting sushi around, with an extensive selection of sakes. Service can be harried, though. $$-$$$

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BAI THONG E 4853 E. Speedway Blvd. 881-5068. Open SundayThursday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/Beer and Wine. MC, V. Bai Thong is a modest, quiet, affordable family Thai joint with some standouts, including papaya salad and fiery fried rice. Wash it down with icy Singha beer, and be happy. Note: Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re willing to make any dish vegetarian. (7-19-07) $-$$ BANGKOK CAFĂ&#x2030; C 2511 E. Speedway Blvd. 323-6555. Open MondayThursday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Saturday noon-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. DIS, MC, V. Featuring fine service and a calming atmosphere, Bangkok CafĂŠ features delicious soups, appetizers and salads, as well as a number of curry, rice, noodle and other dishes. While some of the entrĂŠes tend to be a bit bland, the ingredients are always fresh. (10-14-04) $-$$ CHARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S THAI E 5039 E. Fifth St. 795-1715. Open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.; Saturday 5-10 p.m. CafĂŠ/ Beer and Wine. AMEX, MC, V. Lunch and dinner plates come mild to palate-searing hot in true Thai style. Try the soups. $-$$ KARUNAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S THAI PLATE C 1917 E. Grant Road. 325-4129. Open TuesdayThursday noon-3 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday noon-3 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; Sunday 5-9 p.m. Counter/Diner/No Alcohol. MC, V. Karunaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offers all the traditional dishes youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come to expect on Tucsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s small Thai scene, as well as an awesome and affordable daily lunch buffet. Some of the fire of Thai cooking may be absent, but all the other ingredients are flavorfully present. $ MINAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S THAI NE 5575 E. River Road, No. 141. 299-0453. Open

Monday-Saturday 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4:30-9 p.m. CafĂŠ/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. After bouncing around town, Minaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thai is now entrenched in a cozy little space at River and Craycroft roads. Here, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find all of your Thai favorites, served to you graciously by Mina and her family. While some of the dishes arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as nuanced as they could be, offerings such as the yum neau (Thai beef salad) are sure to please. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for a quick, inexpensive lunch, check out Minaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weekday lunch specials. (9-7-06) $-$$

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SUSHI LOUNGE S 4802 S. Sixth Ave. 294-4408. Open daily 11 a.m.10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Another sushi option has finally arrived on the southside! With an extensive menu featuring not only sushi, but also many other Chinese and Japanese appetizer and entrĂŠe options, there is something for everyone. If you find yourself suddenly missing those other southside restaurants, order your sushi rolls â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mexican style,â&#x20AC;? and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll add onions and jalapeĂąos. (6-28-12) $$-$$$

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V FINE THAI C 9 E. Congress St. 882-8143. Open Thursday-Monday 5-10 p.m. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. V Fine Thai Dining is adding a little spice to downtown Tucson, with traditional Thai dishes and some less-traditional twists, too. The patio offers a nice break from the growing bustle of downtown, and it’s a great place for appetizers and house-infused drink creations with friends. (8-1811) $$-$$$

UPPER CRUST ANTHONY’S IN THE CATALINAS NW 6440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-1771. Open MondayFriday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5:30-9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 5:30-9 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. DC, DIS, MC, V. The gracious service of Anthony’s signature lamb Wellington is a match for this venue’s view of the city lights at night. Excellent wine selection. $$-$$$ ARIZONA INN C 2200 E. Elm St. 325-1541. Open daily for breakfast 6:30-10:30 a.m.; lunch 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; dinner 5:30-10 p.m. p.m.; Sunday brunch 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, MC, V, Checks. For an elegant transport back to the 1930s, the Arizona Inn provides world-class dining in an intimate and charming resort. Centrally located, the Arizona Inn offers just the right touch of class, coupled with a sophisticated and well-executed menu. (3-8-02) $$$-$$$$ BOB’S STEAK AND CHOP HOUSE NW 2727 W. Club Drive, at the Omni Tucson National Resort. 877-2377. Open Tuesday-Thursday 5:30-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 5:30-10 p.m. Full Cover/ Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Bob’s is the epitome of resort dining, with quality ingredients—including prime beef and good drinks—a clubby décor and great service. You’ll pay a lot, but for that special occasion, it might be worth it. The veal chop is simply seasoned yet amazingly flavorful. Every entrée comes with a choice of hearty potatoes (smashed, baked or pan-fried) and a glazed carrot that Bugs Bunny would envy. (4-29-10) $$$$

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Secret Springs Drive. 572-3000. Open daily 7-11 a.m. and 5:30-9 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, DC, MC, V. CORE provides food-lovers with a great reason to make the long trek northwest. The accommodating, knowledgeable chefs and staff at this swanky hotel are geniuses at work, but never fear: You don’t have to break out the suit and tie for this trip. The comfortable atmosphere adds to the playful and delicious breakfast, appetizer, entrée and dessert offerings. Don’t miss the chile pop rocks served with the bigeye tuna sashimi for an experience that delights all the senses. (11-11-10) $$-$$$$ THE DISH BISTRO AND WINE BAR C 3131 E. First St. 326-1714. Open Tuesday-Thursday

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5-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 5-10 p.m. Bistro/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. One of Tucson’s most intimate and beloved restaurants offers one of the area’s most legendary dishes (the steamed mussels in a saffron broth) and one of the best wine selections around (in addition to what’s on the wine list, diners can enjoy anything in the attached RumRunner for cost plus a modest corkage fee), The Dish is a perfect special-event occasion—or a fine place to enjoy a glass of wine and a bite to eat with a buddy after work. The place is tiny, so reservations are advised. (1-10-08) $$$-$$$$

GOLD NW Westward Look Resort, 245 E. Ina Road. 9172930, ext. 474. Open Tuesday-Saturday 7 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5:30-10 p.m.; Sunday and Monday 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Gold serves up intriguing dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The short stack—with a seared yellow fin tuna, a small filet mignon and a grilled day boat scallop—is the star of the dinner menu. Sit outside or near the window, and enjoy a fantastic view of the city. (9-3-09) $$-$$$$

LOVIN’ SPOONFULS VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT C 2990 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 120. 325-7766. Open Monday-Saturday 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Counter. Beer, Wine and Specialty Drinks. DIS, MC, V. Those who eschew animal products in their diets should be grateful for this charming, fast-casual, all-vegan eatery. Scrambles, sandwiches and burgers for lunch and homestyle entrées for dinner dominate the menu. While some of the choices with faux meat are pretty good, the best options are the ones that skip the fake stuff. (2-2-06) $-$$

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Open Sunday-Thursday 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. and 4-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. and 4-10 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Inventive but not pretentious upscale preparations emphasize locally harvested and organic ingredients served in peak season. It isn’t just trendy; it’s tremendously tasty, too. (3-5-09) $$$ JONATHAN’S TUCSON CORK E 6320 E. Tanque Verde Road. 296-1631. Open daily

5-9 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, MC, V. Serving the best of a surf-and-turf menu, Jonathan’s Tucson Cork offers outstanding cuts of beef, expertly aged and cooked, as well as a daily assortment of fresh-fish specials prepared in new and creative ways. (11-4-99) $$$-$$$$ PRIMO W 3800 W. Starr Pass Blvd., inside the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa. 792-3500. Open TuesdaySunday 6-9 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Tucsonans should thank our lucky stars that Melissa Kelly decided to open one of her wonderful restaurants in the Old Pueblo. With a clever menu that makes the most of artisanal foods, Primo offers delicious, creative choices from soup to nuts. Desserts are especially delightful. This would be the perfect place for that special occasion. (2-9-06) $$$$

Saturday 5-9 p.m.; Sunday 4-8:30 p.m. Café/BYO. MC, V. The Tasteful Kitchen is trying to bring vegan, vegetarian and raw food into the mainstream. The bright and colorful entrées and delicious desserts will appeal to even the most dedicated carnivore. (4-26-12) $$

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

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

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

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

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

VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY CHOICE GREENS C 2829 E. Speedway Blvd. 319-2467. Open daily 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Counter/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Also at 4205 N. Campbell Ave. (319-2467). While Choice Greens offers a handful of soups, sandwiches and paninis, salads are undeniably the main attraction at this fastcasual joint. The concept is simple: You pick a lettuce; you choose which of the almost four-dozen ingredients you want in your salad; you choose a protein (meat, tuna or tofu), if you want one; and then you pick your dressing. You pay; you sit down; your salad is delivered shortly. Simple, uncomplicated and delicious. (9-29-05) $ THE GARLAND BISTRO C 119 E. Speedway Blvd. 882-3999. Open Wednesday-

Monday 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Café/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V, Checks. This midtown spot specializes in vegetarian and ethnic cuisine, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with equal verve. Breakfast is especially satisfying, with thick-sliced homemade bread and the best home fries in town. The Garland is truly an oasis in this desert, with a menu that vegetarians and meat-eaters will find mutually satisfying. $$ GOVINDA’S NATURAL FOODS BUFFET AND BOUTIQUE C 711 E. Blacklidge Drive. 792-0630. Open Tuesday 5-9 p.m.; Wednesday-Saturday 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Counter/ No Alcohol. MC, V, Checks. Govinda’s blends great Bengali vegetarian food and spiritual philosophy in a relaxing environment. The buffet menu changes daily and includes salad, breads, rice, soups, pasta, veggies and entrées. Tuesday is “India Night” and Thursday is “Vegan Day.” The courtyard has waterfalls, peacocks and parrots. A koi pond adds to the ambiance. $

PHO 1 C 2226 N. Stone Ave. 670-1705. Open Monday-

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

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

WINE BARS ARMITAGE WINE LOUNGE AND CAFÉ NW 2905 E. Skyline Drive, No. 168. 682-9740. Open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-11:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. A chic décor, an impressive (if pricey) wine selection and tasty food await diners at Armitage, yet another impressive La Encantada restaurant. Our brunch experience revealed uniformly bland victuals, but the dishes at dinner ranged from decent to spectacular. If you’re an ahi fan, you must try the splendid seared yellowtail with orange soy syrup and wasabi cream. (8-1408) $$$-$$$$ CATAVINOS E 3063 N. Alvernon Way. 323-3063. Open Tuesday

and Wednesday 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thursday-Saturday 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Wine Only. MC, V. Discover one of Tucson’s most friendly places for wine. On Thursday, Friday, Saturday and every other Wednesday, the folks here pour well-thought-out flights of wine. Conversation is warm, comfortable and certainly not intimidating. There’s no food (other than cheese, crackers and chocolate to pair with the wine), but it’s still a lot of fun. Most bottles are $15 or less. (2-26-09) $-$$

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By Stephen Seigel, musiced@tucsonweekly.com

An Opus Album BY ERIC SWEDLUND, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com Big Meridox or Big Meridox, Knuckle Rap is an album about growth. But even though it’s a set of “grown-man” songs that touch on religion, giving up old habits and the daily struggles to do what’s right, don’t expect Knuckle Rap to sound like anything but raw, classic hip-hop. “What Knuckle Rap is to me is pulling every piece out of what I’ve done, and finally putting it down on the table and saying, ‘This fits the puzzle of what I want to say,’” says Ox, aka Marcus Meridian. “When I started writing Knuckle Rap, it was a metamorphosis from my past albums. It’s kind of my opus album.” A fixture in Tucson hip-hop for 15 years, Ox embarked on his third full-length album with the idea that he needed to narrow his focus, dial back the swagger (just a bit) and plunge into a lyrical realm that draws out bigger themes in life. “I’m still an angry, militant rapper, but when I first started this album, I was just going to make an album that was really serious to me,” he says. “I knew I had to show a new type of growth in my album, and I hope people see that. It’s still in that punch-you-in-the-face-type style, but it’s a little more focused on what’s real. The lyrics are more thought-after; a lot of it shows growth in my religion, which is Islam.” One big difference-maker for Knuckle Rap was working with a single producer. Ox’s 2008 debut, Gimme Your Lunch Money: The Block Bully Album, and his 2010 follow-up, If Not the Best at Least a Beast, were collaborations with multiple producers, and even though he felt he was coming into his element, the albums had a scattered vibe. Knuckle Rap, however, has one producer, and one MC: Gunky Knuckles and Big Meridox. “Gunky Knuckles approached me at a show, back in late 2010 at Club Congress. Usually, I don’t accept CD-Rs from anybody; I want professionalism. I don’t know what it was, but I popped it in the CD player. He had nonstop beats for days, and it fit that personality I’m always looking for, that rugged boom-bap, 1990s golden-era hip-hop sound. That’s how I like to rhyme,” Ox says. “I’m a picky cat when it comes to beats. I delve into what’s new, what’s old. But Gunky personifies everything that’s raw about hip-hop. I’m still raw; I’m still killing it; I’m still going full-fledged. When I met Gunky, that was exactly what I needed.” Working with a single producer allowed Ox to work on crafting Knuckle Rap as an album that flowed seamlessly track to track. “The structure of an album is an art; you’ve really got to understand where you want to put

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everything. It’s a storytelling piece, and not many MCs can do that. To put it piece by piece, it’s like a puzzle,” he says. For Ox, the storytelling aspect of being an MC comes from more than just being able to write and freestyle. A big element of his style comes from being able to blend both truth and imagination. “Writing and putting together a song is really a private matter. It’s a ritual; it’s a session; it’s a sweat lodge. I put myself in a room—no fan, no TV, no computer; it’s just the music and me,” Ox says. “My process is: I listen to the beat, and then I just start. The first line comes to me, and it’s all downhill from there.” As a kid in Philadelphia, Ox used to recite Public Enemy and EPMD lines with his cousin, recording themselves on a Sony double-deck boombox. “We used to push ‘record’ and sit there just rhyming into the boombox, and it was funny and dope. We’d do skits and bag on each other, and that’s how I started,” he says. Moving to Tucson at 18, Ox studied at the University of Arizona, worked on his freestyle and ended up joining the group Reddirt Specimenz. “I’ve been downtown since day one. I was always in the mix. I’ve been downtown since Plaza Pub. That’s when I freestyled, and the real heads know what’s up,” he says. “I’ve been in Tucson hip-hop for 15-plus years, and people who want to call me old, call me old. People need to understand I still do this for the love. I’m still as hungry as I ever was.” Since he began, Ox has seen hip-hop blossom in Tucson, not only with fellow MCs like Jivin Scientists, GLDN GHST, Isaiah Toothtaker and Shaun Harris, but also with DJs like Bonus and Herm, as well as skate shops, clothing brands and graffiti artists. “Tucson hip-hop is growing. Here’s the

Big Meridox CD-release show hosted by Jericho Davidson and DJ MIG.ILL, with other performances and live art 9 p.m., Friday, Nov. 23 Club Congress 311 E. Congress St. $5 advance; first 50 people get a free copy of Knuckle Rap 622-8848; hotelcongress.com

funny part: Everybody wants to be the king of Tucson hip-hop. There is no king. There are so many cats out here rhyming, so many cats I’ve met, and I’m just so proud of. I’ve seen it grow, and I give them all the props in the world. The real recognize real, and unfamiliars don’t look familiar,” Ox says. “Feelings in this game have to be left to the side. You have to. I had to learn the hard way. If you want to be a true MC, if you want to make a business at this, all emotions have to go out the door. I’m done with people’s egos. You think you’re the best in Tucson? You think you can rhyme with the best? Do it. By all means, please, open doors for the rest of us.” Ox recalls some advice from his grandfather, an old-school music fan who didn’t like rap music. “He listened to If Not the Best at Least a Beast, and this is all he said: ‘It takes a lot of courage for you to put yourself out there as an artist and have people accept you for who you are. No matter who they are, you accept yourself for who you are.’ I get onstage, and I love what I do. I love it to death. “This album, it’s not about how tough I am. It’s not about how I want people to respect me because I’m tough, or fear me. I want people to understand I go through the everyday struggles they do,” Ox says. “It’s grown-man music.”

It’s been a decade since Lauryn Hill, hip-hop goddess and onetime member of The Fugees, released a new album—and that was the scattershot live session MTV Unplugged No. 2.0. But this week, the Rialto Theatre will host a show by Hill (who now prefers to go by Ms. Lauryn Hill, like, all the time) on Monday, Nov. 26. Hill has been in the news recently, though not for her music. This summer, she pleaded guilty to three counts of tax evasion, with each count carrying a maximum sentence of one year. She arranged to have her sentencing moved to Nov. 27—the day after the Tucson show—so that she could make arrangements to pay her back taxes. This all comes on the heels of a decade of odd behavior by Ms. Hill in which she’s regularly been as many as two hours late for performances, at least one of which was described as a “live obituary.” (On that Unplugged album, which left the between-song banter intact, she declared, “I’m deranged,” and at a 2003 Vatican Christmas concert, she attacked the Catholic Church for its history of child abuse.) In 2008, her career was enough of a mess that People magazine ran a story titled “Whatever Happened to … Lauryn Hill?” But in recent months, she seemingly has been on an upswing, with shows garnering largely positive reviews; she also debuted at least one new song. She recently announced a string of live dates with Nas, all but one of which precede the Tucson date. A review of one of those recent shows with Nas in the Dallas Observer raved, “This show was not haunted by her reputation. Her voice sounded like bourbon being poured, and she brought new life to a catalog that was already technically perfect. … She did it all with unmatched skill, no matter what the chatter has been about her work in the last decade. … It was church in there, and I mean that as a compliment.” Ms. Hill did, however, make the audience wait and hour and 45 minutes between Nas’ opening set and hers, prompting the reviewer to make a recommendation: “You guys, it’s Lauryn. Bring something to read.” Based on her tax woes and the timing of this tour, these shows may very well be a cash-grab to help pay the bills—but that didn’t stop you from going to those Pixies reunion shows, did it? And you were glad you went, weren’t you? Ms. Lauren Hill performs, likely with a yet-tobe-announced opener, at the Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St., at 8:30 p.m., Monday, Nov 26. Advance tickets for the all-ages show are $58 for general admission on the floor, and $63 for reserved seats in the balcony. More information is available at rialtotheatre.com and 740-1000.

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Positively 17th Street (17th Street) guitar—and I’m not necessarily talking about technical skill here. Sure, Fleck can throw down a bluegrass tune—the genre most closely associated with his instrument—but he seems to be more interested in pushing the limits of the banjo, seeing just how it can fit seamlessly into virtually any genre of music. Having established roots in the bluegrass outfit New Grass Revival, he went on to front the experimental Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, which gave him the opportunity to tinker with genres. Whether in those groups, as a solo performer, or collaborating with outside players, Fleck has performed bluegrass, world beat, R&B, psychedelic jam-band music, classical, jazz and beyond. It’s jazz that Fleck will be playing at his appearance this week at the Fox Tucson Theatre, in a collaboration with the Marcus Roberts Trio. Roberts is a gifted pianist whose style largely harkens back to the pre-modern jazz era—he is best known for playing a version of ragtime. The pairing of Fleck and the Roberts Trio, which also includes drummer Jason Marsalis and bassist Rodney Jordan, began in 2009, at the Savannah Music Festival, where Fleck sat in with the band. After that appearance, the two began writing songs separately for a collaborative project, which saw the light of day this summer as the album Across the Imaginary Divide (Rounder), which touches on bluegrass, gospel, blues, bossa nova, Latin music, Gypsy jazz and swing, among other genres. Béla Fleck and the Marcus Roberts Trio perform at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 24, at the Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. Advance tickets are $34 for reserved seats in the back orchestra or the balcony, and $40 for front orchestra seats. For tickets or more info, head to foxtucsontheatre.org, or call 547-3040.

LOCAL BRIEFS Black Cherry Burlesque, the local crew that updates that art for the 21st century—the pinup girls have tattoos!—while honoring its tradition, debuts a new series of shows this week. Black Cherry Raw Burlesque, which will take place on the third Friday of every month, will feature a live band performing the striptease music, which is usually canned. The backing band includes Jacob Hacker (from Wolfman and the Nards, on guitar and vocals), Stephanie Johnston (aka Stephka von Snatch, on drums), Michael O’Brien (aka DeadMike of Demon City Wreckers, on upright bass) and Eli Szabady (saxophone). The show was produced and directed by Inga Kaboom (aka Surly Wench Pub co-owner Kate Johnston) and

Fanny Galore. Black Cherry Burlesque’s normal shows, on the first Friday of each month, will continue as well. Black Cherry Raw Burlesque debuts at 8 and 10 p.m., Friday, Nov. 23, at the Surly Wench Pub, 424 N. Fourth Ave. Admission is $10. For more information, call 882-0009. Next Thursday brings with it a fresh installment of Chris Black’s ChamberLab series, for which local composers who don’t usually work in the genre compose chamber-music pieces, which are then performed by local musicians for what Club Congress’ website calls “entertaining and eclectic orchestrations that combine modern DIY attitude with a classical antiquity.” In addition to Black, next week’s performance will include pieces composed by Benjamin Degain, Marco Rosano and Dante Rosano. ChamberLab takes place at 8 p.m., next Thursday, Nov. 29, at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St. Admission is $5. For further details, head to hotelcongress.com, or call 622-8848. It’s tradition that the Wayback Machine hosts a post-Thanksgiving shindig, featuring a plethora of special guests sitting in, each year at Booondocks Lounge, and this year is no different. This year’s Annual Dance of Thanks Party will take place at 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 24, at Boondocks Lounge, 3306 N. First Ave. Cover is $8. For more info, head to boondockslounge.com, or call 690-0991.

3. Holmes-Levinson Group Holmes-Levinson Group (self-released)

4. Last Call Girls Never Too Late to Get Lucky (self-released)

5. Heather Hardy Get Out of the Road (Lil’ Mama)

6. Ron Doering The Balladeer (self-released)

7. Grams and Krieger No, You! (Firesweep)

8. Stefan George and Lavinia White Blind Love (self-released)

9. Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta Live at the Rialto (self-released)

10. Rainer The Westwood Sessions (OW OM)

ON THE BANDWAGON There’s lots more great stuff headed our way this week, including: The MMG Tour featuring Rick Ross, Meek Mill, Wale, Machine Gun Kelly and DJ Scream at the Tucson Convention Center Arena on Tuesday, Nov. 27; Wovenhand and Louise Le Hir at Club Congress on Wednesday, Nov. 28; Delicate Steve, Cy Dune and Discos at Plush on Monday, Nov. 26; Straight No Chaser at UA Centennial Hall on Friday, Nov. 23; The Acacia Strain, Veil of Maya, Upon a Burning Body, Volumes and others at The Rock on Tuesday, Nov. 27; The Stone Foxes, Tom Walbank and Bold Bird at Plush on Sunday, Nov. 25; Kid Ink, T. Mills and Serge Dog at the Rialto Theatre next Thursday, Nov. 29; Joe Buck Yourself and the Hooten Hallers at Surly Wench Pub on Wednesday, Nov. 28; Make Me Famous, Get Scared, Heartist and I Am King at The Rock on Wednesday, Nov. 28; Al Perry, Skip Heller and Hank Topless at La Cocina on Friday, Nov. 23; Roll Acosta at Playground Bar and Lounge on Tuesday, Nov. 27; Truelove and Friends featuring The Tryst at Monterey Court on Tuesday, Nov. 27; Mustanottas at Sky Bar on Saturday, Nov. 24; Beyond Words at The Hut on Saturday, Nov. 24.

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CLUB LIST Here is a list of venues that offer live music, dancing, DJ music, karaoke or comedy in the Tucson area. We recommend that you call and confirm all events. 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. THE BISBEE ROYALE 94 Main St. Bisbee. (520) 432-6750. BLUEFIN SEAFOOD BISTRO 7053 N. Oracle Road. 531-8500. THE BONE-IN STEAKHOUSE 5400 S. Old Spanish Trail. 885-4600. BOONDOCKS LOUNGE 3306 N. First Ave. 690-0991. 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. CHE’S LOUNGE 350 N. Fourth Ave. 623-2088. 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. DON’S BAYOU CAJUN COOKIN’ 8991 E. Tanque Verde Road. 749-4410. DRIFTWOOD BAR 2001 S. Craycroft Road. 790-4317. EL CHARRO CAFÉ SAHUARITA 15920 S. Rancho Sahuarita. Sahuarita. 325-1922. EL CHARRO CAFÉ ON BROADWAY 6310 E. Broadway Blvd. 745-1922. EL MEZÓN DEL COBRE 2960 N. First Ave. 791-0977. EL PARADOR 2744 E. Broadway Blvd. 881-2744. ELBOW ROOM 1145 W. Prince Road. 690-1011. ELLIOTT’S ON CONGRESS 135 E. Congress St. 622-5500. FAMOUS SAM’S BROADWAY 1830 E. Broadway Blvd. 884-0119. FAMOUS SAM’S E. GOLF LINKS 7129 E. Golf Links Road. 296-1245. FAMOUS SAM’S SILVERBELL 2320 N. Silverbell Road. 884-7267. FAMOUS SAM’S VALENCIA 3010 W. Valencia Road. 883-8888. FAMOUS SAM’S W. RUTHRAUFF 2480 W. Ruthrauff Road. 292-0492. FAMOUS SAM’S IRVINGTON 2048 E. Irvington Road. 889-6007. FAMOUS SAM’S ORACLE 8058 N. Oracle Road. 531-9464. FAMOUS SAM’S PIMA 3933 E. Pima St. 323-1880. 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. HIDEOUT BAR AND GRILL 1110 S. Sherwood Village Drive. 751-2222. THE HIDEOUT 3000 S. Mission Road. 791-0515. HILDA’S SPORTS BAR 1120 Circulo Mercado. Rio Rico. (520) 281-9440. THE HOG PIT SMOKEHOUSE BAR AND GRILL 6910 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4302. THE HUT 305 N. Fourth Ave. 623-3200. IBT’S 616 N. Fourth Ave. 882-3053. IGUANA CAFE 210 E. Congress St. 882-5140. IRISH PUB 9155 E. Tanque Verde Road. 749-2299. JASPER NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT AND BAR 6370 N. Campbell Ave., No. 160. 577-0326. JAVELINA CANTINA 445 S. Alvernon Way. 881-4200, ext. 5373. JEFF’S PUB 112 S. Camino Seco Road. 886-1001.

KNOW WHERE II 1308 W. Glenn St. 623-3999. KON TIKI 4625 E. Broadway Blvd. 323-7193. LAFFS COMEDY CAFFÉ 2900 E. Broadway Blvd. 323-8669. LAS CAZUELITAS 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. 327-2011. MINT COCKTAILS 3540 E. Grant Road. 881-9169. MONTEREY COURT STUDIO GALLERIES AND CAFÉ 505 W. Miracle Mile. 207-2429. MR. AN’S TEPPAN STEAK AND SUSHI 6091 N. Oracle Road. 797-0888. MR. HEAD’S ART GALLERY AND BAR 513 N. Fourth Ave. 792-2710. MUSIC BOX 6951 E. 22nd St. 747-1421. NEVADA SMITH’S 1175 W. Miracle Mile. 622-9064. NEW MOON TUCSON 915 W. Prince Road. 293-7339. NORTH 2995 E. Skyline Drive. 299-1600. O’MALLEY’S 247 N. Fourth Ave. 623-8600. OLD FATHER INN 4080 W. Ina Road. Marana. 744-1200. OLD PUEBLO GRILLE 60 N. Alvernon Way. 326-6000. OLD TUBAC INN RESTAURANT AND SALOON 7 Plaza Road. Tubac. (520) 398-3161. ON A ROLL 63 E. Congress St. 622-7655. ORACLE INN 305 E. American Ave. Oracle. 896-3333. O’SHAUGHNESSY’S 2200 N. Camino Principal. 296-7464. OUTLAW SALOON 1302 W. Roger Road. 888-3910. PAPPY’S DINER 1300 W. Prince Road. 408-5262. PARADISO BAR AND LOUNGE Casino Del Sol, 5655 W. Valencia Road. (800) 344-9435. THE PARISH 6453 N. Oracle Road. 797-1233. LA PARRILLA SUIZA 2720 N. Oracle Road. 624-4300. PEARSON’S PUB 1120 S. Wilmot Road. 747-2181. PLAYGROUND BAR AND LOUNGE 278 E. Congress St. 396-3691. PLUSH 340 E. Sixth St. 798-1298. PURGATORY 1310 S. Alvernon Way. 795-1996. PUTNEY’S 6090 N. Oracle Road. 575-1767. PY STEAKHOUSE 5655 W. Valencia Road, inside Casino del Sol. (800) 344-9435. RPM NIGHTCLUB 445 W. Wetmore Road. 869-6098. RA SUSHI BAR RESTAURANT 2905 E. Skyline Drive. 615-3970. RAGING SAGE COFFEE ROASTERS 2458 N. Campbell Ave. 320-5203. RIALTO THEATRE 318 E. Congress St. 740-1000. RIC’S CAFE/RESTAURANT 5605 E. River Road. 577-7272. RILEY’S IRISH TAVERN 5140 N. La Cholla Blvd. 408-0507.

RIVER’S EDGE LOUNGE 4635 N. Flowing Wells Road. 887-9027. RJ’S REPLAYS SPORTS PUB AND GRUB 5769 E. Speedway Blvd. 495-5136. THE ROCK 136 N. Park Ave. 629-9211. ROYAL SUN INN AND SUITES 1015 N. Stone Ave. 622-8871. RUNWAY BAR AND GRILL 2101 S. Alvernon Way. 790-6788. RUSTY’S FAMILY RESTAURANT AND SPORTS GRILLE 2075 W. Grant Road. 623-3363. SALTY DAWG II 6121 E. Broadway Blvd., No. 106. 790-3294. SAM HUGHES PLACE CHAMPIONSHIP DINING 446 N. Campbell Ave. 747-5223. SAPPHIRE LOUNGE 61 E. Congress St. 624-9100. SHERATON HOTEL AND SUITES 5151 E. Grant Road. 323-6262. SHOOTERS STEAKHOUSE AND SALOON 3115 E. Prince Road. 322-0779. SHOT IN THE DARK CAFÉ 121 E. Broadway Blvd. 882-5544. SINBAD’S FINE MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE 810 E. University Ave. 623-4010. SIR VEZA’S TACO GARAGE WETMORE 220 W. Wetmore Road. 888-8226. SKY BAR 536 N. Fourth Ave. 622-4300. THE SKYBOX RESTAURANT AND SPORTS BAR 5605 E. River Road. 529-7180. STADIUM GRILL 3682 W. Orange Grove Road. Marana. 877-8100. THE STATION PUB AND GRILL 8235 N. Silverbell Road. 789-7040. THE STEAKOUT RESTAURANT AND SALOON 3620 W. Tangerine Road. Marana. 572-1300. STOCKMEN’S LOUNGE 1368 W. Roger Road. 887-2529. SULLIVAN’S STEAK HOUSE 1785 E. River Road. 299-4275. SURLY WENCH PUB 424 N. Fourth Ave. 882-0009. TANQUE VERDE RANCH 14301 E. Speedway Blvd. 296-6275. TANQUE VERDE SWAP MEET 4100 S. Palo Verde Road. 294-4252. TERRY AND ZEKE’S 4603 E. Speedway Blvd. 325-3555. THIRSTY’S NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL 2422 N. Pantano Road. 885-6585. TRIDENT GRILL 2033 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-5755. UNICORN SPORTS LOUNGE 8060 E. 22nd St., No. 118. 722-6900. V FINE THAI 9 E. Congress St. 882-8143. WHISKEY TANGO 140 S. Kolb Road. 344-8843. WILDCAT HOUSE 1801 N. Stone Ave. 622-1302. WINGS-PIZZA-N-THINGS 8838 E. Broadway Blvd. 722-9663. WISDOM’S CAFÉ 1931 E. Frontage Road. Tumacacori. 398-2397. WOODEN NICKEL 1908 S. Country Club Road. 323-8830. WOODY’S 3710 N. Oracle Road. 292-6702. WORLD FAMOUS GOLDEN NUGGET 2617 N. First Ave. 622-9202. ZEN ROCK 121 E. Congress St. 624-9100.

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, some regular events listed here may not take place. We recommend that you call and confirm all events.

THU NOV 22 LIVE MUSIC Arizona Inn Bob Linesch 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 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 Maverick Jack Bishop Band McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse Lounge: Susan Artemis O’Malley’s Live music On a Roll Live music O’Shaughnessy’s Live pianist and singer Paradiso Bar and Lounge Bella Donna (Stevie Nicks tribute) Plush Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl RPM Nightclub 80’s and Gentlemen Sheraton Hotel and Suites Prime Example Sky Bar Live music The Steakout Restaurant and Saloon Drew Cooper Sullivan’s Steak House Live music 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 Music Box 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

CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE If you would like your band, club or solo act to be listed, send all pertinent times, dates, prices and places to: Club Listings, Tucson Weekly, P.O. Box 27087, Tucson, AZ 85726. Fax listings to 792-2096. Or e-mail us at clubs@tucsonweekly.com. Deadline to receive listings information is noon on Friday, seven days before the Thursday publication date. For display advertising information, call 294-1200.

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COMEDY Laffs Comedy Caffé Open mic

Salty Dawg II Tucson’s Most Wanted Entertainment with KJ Sean Shooters Steakhouse and Saloon Stockmen’s Lounge Terry and Zeke’s Wings-Pizza-N-Things YNot Entertainment

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TRIVIA/PUB QUIZ Bumsted’s Geeks Who Drink The Canyon’s Crown Restaurant and Pub Geeks Who Drink Driftwood Bar Team Trivia

FRI NOV 23 LIVE MUSIC Arizona Inn Dennis Reed The Bamboo Club Live music The Bashful Bandit Live music Bedroxx DJ Du and the Cooper Meza Band The Bisbee Royale Henry Phillips Bluefin Seafood Bistro George Howard and Mark Noethen Boondocks Lounge Neon Prophet Café Passé Tom Walbank, Roman Barten Sherman The Canyon’s Crown Restaurant and Pub Live music Cascade Lounge Doug Martin Chicago Bar The AmoSphere Chuy’s Mesquite Broiler 22nd Street Bobby Wilson Club Congress Big Meridox CD-release: Cash Lansky, LSD, Louis Mercury, Concrete Understanding, GLDN GHST La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar The Greg Morton Band, Al Perry, Skip Heller Cow Palace Live music Dakota Cafe and Catering Co. John Ronstadt and Howard Wooten Delectables Restaurant and Catering Live music El Mezón del Cobre Mariachi Azteca El Parador Descarga, Salsarengue, Tito y Su Nuevo Son Famous Sam’s E. Golf Links Live music La Fuente Mariachi Estrellas de la Fuente Guadalajara Grill East Live mariachi music Guadalajara Grill West Live Latin music Hacienda del Sol Freddy Vesely, Al Perry The Hideout Sol Down Irish Pub Government Cheese Jasper Neighborhood Restaurant and Bar Corey Spector Las Cazuelitas Event Center Mariachis Li’l Abner’s Steakhouse Arizona Dance Hands Maverick Flipside McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse Lounge: Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky Mint Cocktails El Camino Royales Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café Larry Redhouse Trio Mr. An’s Teppan Steak and Sushi Edna and Ely with Malik Alkabir, Manny Brito Mr. Head’s Art Gallery and Bar Mothership Connection and Captain Antenna Old Father Inn Live music Oracle Inn Greg Spivey O’Shaughnessy’s Live pianist and singer Paradiso Bar and Lounge Wildfire The Parish Live music La Parrilla Suiza Mariachi music Plush Rockers Uptown Ric’s Cafe/Restaurant Live music Runway Bar and Grill Killa Highlife Shooters Steakhouse and Saloon Andy Hersey Shot in the Dark Café Mark Bockel The Skybox Restaurant and Sports Bar 80’s and Gentlemen Stadium Grill Live music Sullivan’s Steak House Live music Surly Wench Pub Black Cherry Raw Tanque Verde Swap Meet Live music V Fine Thai Phony Bennett Whiskey Tango Live music Wisdom’s Café David Blixt Woody’s Susan Artemis

KARAOKE/OPEN MIC Best Western Royal Sun Inn and Suites Y-Not Karaoke Brats Brodie’s Tavern Driftwood Bar Famous Sam’s W. Ruthrauff Famous Sam’s Pima Iguana Cafe Jeff’s Pub Kustom Karaoke Know Where II New Star Karaoke LB Saloon Karaoke with 1Phat DJ Margarita Bay Midtown Bar and Grill Putney’s Karaoke with DJ Soup Riley’s Irish Tavern Chubbrock Entertainment Royal Sun Inn and Suites Y Not Karaoke

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The Auld Dubliner DJ spins music Big Willy’s Restaurant and Sports Grill DJ Obi-Wan Kenobi Casa Vicente Restaurante Español Flamenco guitar and dance show Circle S Saloon DJ BarryB The Depot Sports Bar DJ and music videos Desert Diamond Casino Monsoon Nightclub Groovin’ Fridays Old School party Desert Diamond Casino Sports Bar Fiesta DJs: Latin/ Urban night Diablos Sports Bar and Grill DJ Mike Lopez El Charro Café Sahuarita DJ spins music El Charro Café on Broadway DJ spins R&B El Parador Salsa-dance lessons with Jeannie Tucker Famous Sam’s Valencia DJ spins music Fuku Sushi DJ spins music IBT’s CelloFame Javelina Cantina DJ M. Maynards Market and Kitchen DJ spins music Music Box ’80s and more NoRTH DJ Phatal O’Malley’s DJ Dibs Sam Hughes Place Championship Dining DJ spins music Sapphire Lounge Flashback Fridays with DJ Sid the Kid Sinbad’s Fine Mediterranean Cuisine DJ spins music Sky Bar Hot Era party, Elemental Artistry Fire-Dancing The Station Pub and Grill Chubbrock Entertainment Unicorn Sports Lounge Y Not Entertainment Wildcat House Top 40 dance mix Wooden Nickel DJ spins music Zen Rock DJ Kidd Kutz

COMEDY Laffs Comedy Caffé Warren B. Hall

SAT NOV 24 LIVE MUSIC Arizona Inn Dennis Reed The Bashful Bandit Live music The Bisbee Royale Dry River Yacht Club, The Tryst The Bone-In Steakhouse Bobby Wilson Boondocks Lounge The Wayback Machine Café Passé Country Saturdays Cascade Lounge George Howard Che’s Lounge Live music Chicago Bar Neon Prophet Colt’s Taste of Texas Steakhouse Live music Cow Pony Bar and Grill DJ spins music Cushing Street Restaurant and Bar Live jazz Dakota Cafe and Catering Co. Howard Wooten Delectables Restaurant and Catering Tommy Tucker Don’s Bayou Cajun Cookin’ Melody Louise El Charro Café Sahuarita Live salsa band El Mezón del Cobre Mariachi Azteca El Parador Descarga, Salsarengue, Tito y Su Nuevo Son Famous Sam’s E. Golf Links Live music La Fuente Mariachi Estrellas de la Fuente Gold Live music Guadalajara Grill East Live mariachi music Guadalajara Grill West Live Latin music Hacienda del Sol Freddy Vesely The Hideout Los Bandidos The Hut Pete Fine and Beyond Words Irish Pub KC Monroe Duo Jasper Neighborhood Restaurant and Bar The Holmes Levinson Group Las Cazuelitas Event Center Mariachis Li’l Abner’s Steakhouse Arizona Dance Hands Lookout Bar and Grille at Westward Look Resort Live acoustic Maverick Flipside McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse Lounge: Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky Mint Cocktails Live music Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café Clam Tostada Mr. Head’s Art Gallery and Bar Greyhound Soul O’Malley’s Live music Old Pueblo Grille Jazz Jam with Pete Swan Trio Old Tubac Inn Restaurant and Saloon Chuck Wagon and the Wheels Oracle Inn Wild Ride Band O’Shaughnessy’s Live pianist and singer Paradiso Bar and Lounge The Maker Brothers Band The Parish The Tucson Stache Band with Andy See’s Swingin’ Jamboree La Parrilla Suiza Mariachi music Plush The Living Breathing Ric’s Cafe/Restaurant Live music

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IBT’s DJ spins music Kon Tiki DJ Century Outlaw Saloon Singing, Drumming DJ Bob Kay plays oldies Ra Sushi Bar Restaurant DJs spin music Shot in the Dark Café DJ Artice Power Ballad Sundays

Club Congress DJ Sid the Kid IBT’s DJ spins music Surly Wench Pub Black Monday with DJs Matt McCoy

TRIVIA/PUB QUIZ Fox and Hound Smokehouse and Tavern Team Trivia with DJ Joker The Hut Geeks Who Drink

MON NOV 26 LIVE MUSIC Arizona Inn Dennis Reed Boondocks Lounge The Bryan Dean Trio Chicago Bar The Ronstadts Club Congress Whitehorse, Ohioan Elliott’s on Congress Jazz jam with Tony Frank Guadalajara Grill East Live mariachi music Guadalajara Grill West Live Latin music Hacienda del Sol Aaron Gilmartin Las Cazuelitas Event Center Live music McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse Lounge: David Prouty Plush Discos, Cy Dune, Delicate Steve Rialto Theatre Lauryn Hill Sullivan’s Steak House Live music

The Titan Valley Warheads at Boondocks Lounge, Sunday, Nov. 25, and Wednesday, Nov. 28

Sheraton Hotel and Suites Tucson Jazz Institute Sky Bar Musta Nottas The Skybox Restaurant and Sports Bar Live music Stadium Grill Live music The Steakout Restaurant and Saloon House of Stone Sullivan’s Steak House The Bishop/Nelly Duo Tanque Verde Ranch Live music Tanque Verde Swap Meet Live music Whiskey Tango Live music Wisdom’s Café Bill Manzanedo

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Club Congress Retro Game show night: Match Game

The Auld Dubliner Margarita Bay Mr. Head’s Art Gallery and Bar Cut-Throat Karaoke Music Box O’Malley’s Purgatory River’s Edge Lounge Karaoke with KJ David Shooters Steakhouse and Saloon Whiskey Tango Wooden Nickel

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Best Western Royal Sun Inn and Suites Y-Not Karaoke Brats Circle S Saloon Karaoke with DJ BarryB The Depot Sports Bar Karaoke with DJ Brandon Elbow Room Famous Sam’s Silverbell Amazing Star Karaoke Famous Sam’s W. Ruthrauff Famous Sam’s Pima The Grill at Quail Creek IBT’s Amazing Star Entertainment Jeff’s Pub Kustom Karaoke Margarita Bay Midtown Bar and Grill Nevada Smith’s Old Father Inn Chubbrock Entertainment Royal Sun Inn and Suites Y Not Karaoke Stockmen’s Lounge Terry and Zeke’s

Arizona Inn Dennis Reed Armitage Wine Lounge and Café Ryanhood The Auld Dubliner Irish jam session Azul Restaurant Lounge Live piano music The Bashful Bandit Sunday Jam with the Deacon Boondocks Lounge Titan Valley Warheads Chicago Bar Reggae Sundays La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar Catfish and Weezie Dakota Cafe and Catering Co. Howard Wooten Driftwood Bar Ashbury La Fuente Mariachi Estrellas de la Fuente Guadalajara Grill East Live mariachi music Guadalajara Grill West Live Latin music Hacienda del Sol Freddy Vesely Las Cazuelitas Event Center Live music Lotus Garden Restaurant Melody Louise Maverick Shari Rowe, LeeAnne Savage, Cooper and Meza, Greg Spivey Band McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse Lounge: David Prouty Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café Chillie Willie Groove Band New Moon Tucson Jamie Anderson Old Pueblo Grille Jazz Jam with Pete Swan Trio O’Shaughnessy’s Live pianist and singer Plush Bold Bird, Tom Walbank, The Stone Foxes Raging Sage Coffee Roasters Paul Oman Shooters Steakhouse and Saloon Elixir Sullivan’s Steak House Howard and Loud

DANCE/DJ The Auld Dubliner DJ spins music Bedroxx DJ spins music Brodie’s Tavern Latino Night Casa Vicente Restaurante Español Flamenco guitar and dance show La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar DJ Herm Desert Diamond Casino Monsoon Nightclub Noches Caliente Desert Diamond Casino Sports Bar Fiesta DJs: Country Tejano night Driftwood Bar ’90s R&B with DJ Qloud Nyne El Charro Café on Broadway DJ Soo Latin mix El Parador Salsa-dance lessons with Jeannie Tucker Famous Sam’s Valencia DJ spins music Gentle Ben’s Brewing Company DJ spins music IBT’s DJ spins music Music Box DJ Lluvia On a Roll DJ Aspen Pearson’s Pub DJ Wild Wes Rusty’s Family Restaurant and Sports Grille DJ Obi Wan Kenobi Sam Hughes Place Championship Dining DJ spins music Sapphire Lounge DJ 64, DJ Phil Sinbad’s Fine Mediterranean Cuisine Belly dancing with Emma Jeffries and friends Sir Veza’s Taco Garage Wetmore DJ Du Surly Wench Pub Fineline Revisted Wildcat House Tejano dance mix Wooden Nickel DJ spins music Zen Rock DJ Kidd Kutz

COMEDY Laffs Comedy Caffé Warren B. Hall

TRIVIA/PUB QUIZ Playground Bar and Lounge Geeks Who Drink Sky Bar Team trivia

TUE NOV 27 LIVE MUSIC Arizona Inn Bob Linesch Casa Vicente Restaurante Español Live classical guitar Chicago Bar Jive Bombers Club Congress PC Party, Ghast, Table Manners Guadalajara Grill East Live mariachi music Guadalajara Grill West Live mariachi music Hacienda del Sol Aaron Gilmartin Las Cazuelitas Event Center Live music Maverick Jack Bishop Band McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse Lounge: Susan Artemis Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Café Erik Truelove, Tryst Mr. Head’s Art Gallery and Bar The Jeff McKinney Band The Rock Acacia Strain, Veil of Maya, Upon a Burning Body, Volumes Sheraton Hotel and Suites Arizona Roadrunners Sky Bar Live jazz Stadium Grill Open jam Sullivan’s Steak House Live music

KARAOKE/OPEN MIC Beau Brummel Club Cactus Tune Entertainment with Fireman Bob Famous Sam’s W. Ruthrauff Jeff’s Pub Kustom Karaoke Margarita Bay Music Box Old Father Inn Chubbrock Entertainment Outlaw Saloon Chubbrock Entertainment Purgatory

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KARAOKE/OPEN MIC The Bashful Bandit Y-Not Karaoke Club Congress Club Karaoke Cow Pony Bar and Grill Diablos Sports Bar and Grill Elbow Room Open mic Famous Sam’s W. Ruthrauff Family karaoke The Hideout IBT’s Amazing Star Entertainment Margarita Bay Mint Cocktails Y Not Karaoke Pappy’s Diner Putney’s Karaoke with DJ Soup River’s Edge Lounge Karaoke with KJ David RJ’s Replays Sports Pub and Grub YNot Productions Karaoke Salty Dawg II Tucson’s Most Wanted Entertainment with KJ Sean Shooters Steakhouse and Saloon The Skybox Restaurant and Sports Bar Stockmen’s Lounge Whiskey Tango Wooden Nickel Woody’s World Famous Golden Nugget

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tributor. Kristine Peashock, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com What was the first concert you ever saw? Rick Springfield at the Concord (Calif.) Pavilion. I bought a souvenir baseball shirt, of course. What are you listening to these days? I obsess over songs rather than entire albums, (and) lately, a lot of cover songs and mash-ups: String Theory’s “Space Police”; Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams’ lovely version of “Wild Horses”; Ben Folds’ “Twin Falls”; Elliott Smith’s “Thirteen”; and all the Johnny Cash/Rick Rubin stuff.

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What was the first album you owned? I begged my parents to get me Tony Orlando and Dawn’s album when I was 5. The first thing I bought with my own money was the 45 of “Undercover Angel” by Alan O’Day. What artist, genre or musical trend does everyone seem to love, but you just don’t get? Prog-rock. What musical act, current or defunct, would you most like to see perform live? Springsteen in the late 1970s, circa Darkness on the Edge of Town, in a small, sweaty club in Jersey. Musically speaking, what is your favorite guilty pleasure? The heart loves what it loves. Disco, one-hit wonders, sentimental ’70s pop—I feel no shame. What song would you like to have played at your funeral? Chris Von Sneidern should lead a sing-along of Bread’s “Everything I Own.” He does it better than David Gates himself. What band or artist changed your life, and how? Yo La Tengo, American Music Club, Richard Buckner. I can’t pick one. They entered my life when I was particularly receptive to music, and these felt, still feel, so beautifully, painfully significant and rich—great depth in the writing, and such intimacy in the music.

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STEVE WINWOOD Steve Winwood’s music career has spanned nearly 50 years and has explored the nexus at which blues, R&B, funk, pop, jazz-fusion and psychedelic rock meet. He’s been playing jamband music since long before the term was invented. The 64-year-old British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and onetime wunderkind played a jaw-droppingly good concert this past Sunday night, where he was the headliner at the Chasing Rainbows fundraising gala. The house was packed with well-attired VIPs, politicians, arts supporters, potential donors and longtime rock fans for the almost-twohour show. In a pleasant surprise, Winwood showed up with a terrific four-piece backing band—guitarist, reedman, drummer and percussionist— rather than performing a solo show, as was previously announced. No bassist was present, because the über-talented Winwood handled the bottom by playing bass pedals on the Hammond B3 organ. His famous reedy tenor sounded great, and remains one of the most soulful voices in rock. Winwood’s career has seen too many hits and highlights to cram them all into one concert, but he touched on songs from throughout. He opened and closed the well-oiled set with tunes from his teenage years with the Spencer Davis Group (“I’m a Man” and “Gimme Some Lovin’”) and played a few of his ’80s pop hits (“Higher Love,” “Back in the High Life Again”). Drawing perhaps the most-passionate responses were songs from Winwood’s years with classic rock bands Blind Faith and Traffic, such as the melancholic beauty of “Can’t Find My Way Home,” and the progressive jamming of “The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys” and “Dear Mr. Fantasy.” Speaking of jams, more than 20 minutes of “Light Up or Leave Me Alone” might have seemed indulgent to some, but it allowed Winwood to give the spotlight to his sidemen. Most impressive were guitarist José Neto and saxophonist Paul Booth, channeling Jeff Beck and Joe Henderson, respectively. Winwood also included tunes from his most-recent studio album, 2008’s Nine Lives. His distorted, bluesy guitar leads on “Dirty City” made up for the absence of pal Eric Clapton, who played on the original cut. And even a smooth-jazz tune such as “Fly” sounded edgy and vital when Winwood and company hit that funky sweet spot.

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This group could be teaching graduate-level courses in African, jazz and world music. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how varied and deep the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collective musical experience is. Nine of these 12 compositions stand strong as originals, while most of them are also collaborative efforts, a key ingredient in the unique personality each tune embodies. Those lucky enough to have seen this group in action at their high-energy dance parties may be caught offguard by the variety and scope of the performances here, several of which are more soulful and jazz-oriented than the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name might imply. In fact, while marimbas of all sorts are omnipresent, this is a horndriven affair, with Heidi Wilson on alto sax and Mike Ankomeus on trumpet lighting up one track after the next. Their work clearly defines most of these songs. Following their celebratory opening of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mambo Malastranska,â&#x20AC;? Baba Marimba follow with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ima,â&#x20AC;? a jazzinfluenced work that also distinguishes itself with the introduction of Mark Holdawayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electric guitar. Holdaway, a virtuoso on almost any instrument he picks up, adds an entirely different element to the mix with his work on electric sixstring. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Night of the Pharaohsâ&#x20AC;? follows, introducing Middle Eastern flavors (think vintage James Bond soundtracks), while the title track, as its name implies, adds a distinctive Latin flair. Stu Mortimer and Robert â&#x20AC;&#x153;Swamiâ&#x20AC;? Peizer are also prominent on marimbas and percussion throughout, while Michael Holloway and Ali Sherbiny add solid support on drums. Jim Lipson

Crystal Castlesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; second eponymous album was one of the best of 2010, and while (III) is a spirited successor, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite reach the heights of its forebears. Castles brainchild Ethan Kath has gone on record as saying that they enacted a strict â&#x20AC;&#x153;no computers in the studioâ&#x20AC;? policy for this third effort in order to achieve a radically different sound. While (III) may sound a tad cleaner on tracks like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keroseneâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Violent Youth,â&#x20AC;? it pretties up the aesthetics of their first two albums rather than abandons them. They may sound more like My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult than Skinny Puppy now, but they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t entered entirely new territory. The suffocating blasts of digital squelch we know and love make their appearance on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Insulinâ&#x20AC;? and a handful of other songs, but somehow, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re less gloriously dirty, with a bit too much reliance on garbled-tape-runningbackward effects that can get annoying. The album sounds too much like it is malfunctioning rather than willfully deconstructing. The Crystal Castles I love is the band with an often exquisite sense of bad tasteâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; just look at their video for lead single â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plague,â&#x20AC;? which lifts images from Andrzej ĹťuĹ&#x201A;awskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bat-shit-crazy horror masterpiece Possession. If (III) has an overarching failing, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that it is too polite. Songs like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sad Eyesâ&#x20AC;? could easily play in some slick discothĂ¨que full of pampered co-eds. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just not what I want from my Crystal Castles records. Sean Bottai

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This Canadian husband-andwife duo trade in a rootsy form of Americana that is informed by a bluesy grittiness and a palpable sense of pop melody. Their second album together is a triumphâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;haunting here, tender there. Singer-songwriters Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland often trade verses in classic pop-duet styleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as on the leadoff track â&#x20AC;&#x153;Achillesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Desire,â&#x20AC;? and the charming â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mismatched Eyes (Boat Song)â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;but their stuff is undeniably catchy when they sing in unison. Such is the case with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Got a Gun,â&#x20AC;? which makes good use of modified Latin rhythms. No tune here sounds overtly alt-country, probably because Doucet and McClelland seem to trust their instincts rather than assemble a bunch of prefab, format-fitting mission statements. But the record has enough echoes and shades of that genre to give it a genuine, homespun mood, as on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peterbilt Coalmine,â&#x20AC;? with that irresistible booming baritone guitar. Both play guitar, actually, but Doucet provides formidable, snarling leads throughout, especially on the burbling, funky â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jane,â&#x20AC;? and the filmnoirish â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Glamour in the Hammer.â&#x20AC;? Piano takes the fore occasionally, too, as in the melancholic â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cold July,â&#x20AC;? on which McClelland sings lead in her delicate alto. On this killer album, Whitehorse often demonstrate an intensity and an intimacy that may remind some listeners of a pop-rock version of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. Gene Armstrong Whitehorse plays with Ohioan at 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 26, at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St. $10 advance; $12 day of; all ages; 622-8848.

MEDICAL MJ The state is finally issuing dispensary licenses—but why did it take so damn long?

Almost Open BY J.M. SMITH, jsmith@tucsonweekly.com ack in the day, when hope was afoot, and the gleam in Arizona’s collective medical-marijuana eye was bright, it seemed like dispensaries were coming soon. The gleam slowly faded as the state’s 30,000-plus cannabis patients were left waiting … then waiting … then waiting some more. But last week, in the hallowed halls of the state Department of Health Services, the waiting kinda-sorta ended when Arizona Organix of Glendale got the first dispensary license. The owners will need another couple of weeks for internal machinations before they can open, according to their lawyer, Ryan Hurley, who leads the medical-marijuana practice for Rose Law Group in Scottsdale. “It’s a great day for patients, and I’m glad we’re making progress despite some of our elected officials up here trying to hold us back,” said Hurley, who has other clients in the Phoenix area who are approaching inspection requests. As of Friday morning, six dispensaries statewide had asked for approval to operate, including three in Tucson. A westside dispensary was scheduled for an inspection after my deadline, so it might be open by the time you read this. The Green Halo, near Interstate 10 and Wilmot Road, is basically ready to turn the key and open when the state sends an inspector, and another dispensary on the eastside was awaiting inspection. The state recently trained extra inspectors to check dispensary locations, said DHS spokeswoman Laura Oxley. “We anticipated we would have a rush of these,” she said. She attributed some delays to paperwork, which the DHS wants to be perfect so no one fails inspection. Ken Sobel, who plans to open the Green Halo on South Wilmot Road, had mixed feelings about the Arizona Organix license. The Green Halo asked for an inspection in

September, but has been wrangling with state regulators since. State Attorney Generalissimo Tom Horne apparently decided there has to be a bathroom inside of every dispensary, not just in the building. So Sobel’s dispensary was delayed by a plan revision. There were paperwork problems, too. In any event, Sobel is glad the state has issued a license, though he is disappointed that he hasn’t been able to help Tucson patients as quickly as he planned. “We’re happy for anyone who is opening, but we’re sad for our patients,” he said. He wishes there was more communication among the state, municipalities and dispensary operators. So it’s encouraging that the state is finally issuing licenses. But the cynical side of me—the side who spent two decades covering politics and government in various jurisdictions and at various levels— insists we take stock. This program was approved by voters more than two years ago. It was stalled only by an apparent ignorance of the law by elected officials, including one who was elected specifically because of his knowledge of the law. Attorney Generalissimo Horne and Gov. Jan Brewer have been rejected more than once by judges, at one point getting a judicial tongue-lashing for even bringing a case to court. I am inclined not to praise a government that first subverts the will of voters, and then stalls hundreds of jobs (millions of dollars) and thousands and thousands of compassionate offerings to people in need. I appreciate the movement on licensing dispensaries, but the snail’s pace is leaving a distasteful trail of slime behind. This ain’t my first rodeo, DHS, so you are having a hard time convincing me that the delays are justified. I smell bureaucratic footdragging and willful negligence of responsibility to get this program, in effect, to fail. If Arizona keeps moving at this pace, before half of our dispensaries are even open, the federal government might just put the gleam back in our eye by lifting prohibition.

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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): “Don’t think about making art; just get it done,” said Andy Warhol. “Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” I encourage you to adopt that mini-manifesto for your own purposes in the coming weeks, Aries. If you’re not an artist, simply substitute the appropriate phrase for “making art.” It could be “creating interesting relationships,” “exploring exotic lands,” “changing corrupt political institutions,” “fixing environmental problems” or even “making money.” The main point is: Focus on doing what drives your quest for meaning, and forget about what people think of it. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A Jungian writer whose name I have unfortunately misplaced made the following observations: “In a man’s psyche, the unconscious is experienced as chaotic, filled with violent and irrational processes of generation and destruction. But to a woman’s psyche, the unconscious is a fascinating matrix of sacred images and rituals which in their wildly contradictory meanings express the secret unity of all life.” After analyzing the astrological omens, I suspect that you Taurus men now have an unprecedented opportunity to experience your unconscious as women do. As for you Taurus women: You have the chance to get a vivid, visceral understanding of how true this description of the female unconscious is. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Let’s talk about the Decision. I’m referring to the Choice you have been dancing around and fretting about and analyzing to death. By my estimate, there are at least 15 different solutions you could pursue. But just seven of those solutions would meet the requirements of being intelligent, responsible and fun. Of those seven, only four would be intelligent, responsible, fun and enduring. Of those four, only two would be intelligent, responsible, fun, enduring and the best for all concerned. I suggest you opt for one of those two. CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’m not necessarily asserting that you need to edit yourself, Cancerian. Only you can decide that. But I will state unequivocally that if there is, in fact, any editing needed, now would be a good time to do it. You will

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have extra insight about what aspects of your life might benefit from being condensed, corrected and fine-tuned. It’s also true that the rectifications you do in the coming weeks will be relatively smooth and painless. So look into the possibilities, please. Should you calm your blame reflex? Downsize a huffy attitude? Shed some emotional baggage? LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): How many times have you been in love, Leo? Just once or twice? Or have you dived into the depths of amorous togetherness again and again over the years? Whatever the case may be, I bet you have strong ideas about the nature of passionate romance and profound intimacy. That’s natural and normal. But I’m going to ask you to temporarily forget everything you think you know about all that stuff. I invite you to become innocent again, cleansed of all your mature, jaded, hopeful and resentful thoughts about the game of love. In my astrological opinion, there’s no better way for you to prepare for what will come next. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A medical research journal reported on a British woman who accidentally swallowed a felttip pen. It sat there in her stomach for 25 years. When surgeons finally removed it, they were surprised to find it still worked. I am not suggesting that anything remotely as exotic or bizarre will be happening to you, Virgo. I do suspect, though, that you will soon have an experience with certain metaphorical resemblances to that event. For example, you may retrieve and find use for an element of your past that has been gone or missing for a long time. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Sapiosexual” is a relatively new word that refers to a person who is erotically attracted to intelligence. Urbandictionary.com gives an example of how it might be used: “I want an incisive, inquisitive, insightful, irreverent mind. I want someone for whom philosophical discussion is foreplay. I want a sapiosexual.” In the coming weeks, Libra, I suspect you will be closer to fitting this definition than you’ve ever been before. The yearning that’s rising up in you is filled with the need to be stimulated by brilliance, to be influenced by wisdom, to be catalyzed by curiosity.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 2007, the band White Stripes did a tour of Canada. One of their final gigs was outdoors in St. John’s, Newfoundland. They came on stage, played one note—a C-sharp—and declared the performance over. It was the briefest rock show in history. Judging from the current astrological omens, Scorpio, I’m thinking it would be a good time for you to do some almost equally pithy things. You have the potential to be extremely concise, intense and focused in all you do. I urge you to fulfill that potential. Pack every speech, gesture and action with a concentrated wealth of meaning. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your redesigned thrust-vectoring matrix is finally operational. Love those new nozzles! Moreover, you’ve managed to purge all the bugs from your cellular tracking pulse, and your high-resolution flux capacitor is retooled and as sexy as a digitally remastered simulation of your first kiss. You’re almost ready for takeoff, Sagittarius! The most-important task left to do is realign your future shock absorbers. No more than a week from now, I expect you to be flying high and looking very, very good.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The plot twists will be intriguing. The actors may be unpredictable, even erratic. Blossoming and decay will be happening simultaneously, and the line between wisdom and craziness could get blurry. There’s not nearly enough room in this little horoscope to describe the epic sweep of the forces working behind the scenes. Are you willing to confront uncanny truths that other people might regard as too unruly? Are you brave enough to penetrate the depths that others are too timid to look at, let alone deal with? I hope you are, Capricorn, because that will give you the power to ultimately emerge from the drama with your integrity shining and your intelligence boosted. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Psychologists have done studies that suggest we subconsciously adopt the qualities of fictional characters we read about or see in movies. That’s not a problem if those characters are smart, ethical, highly motivated people whose ideals are similar to ours. But if the heroes of the stories we absorb are jerks who treat others badly and make messes wherever they go, our

imitative urges may lead us astray. Right now is a crucial time for you to be extra careful about the role models you allow to seep into your imagination. You’re especially susceptible to taking on their attributes. I say, be proactive: Expose yourself intensely to only the very best fictional characters who embody the heights you aspire to reach. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “The fates guide him who will; him who won’t, they drag.” So said the ancient Greek philosopher Seneca, and now I’m passing it on to you. It’s an excellent time for you to think about the issue. Ask yourself: Have you been cooperating with fate so that it has maximum power to shepherd you? Have you been working closely with fate, giving it good reasons to consistently provide you with useful hints and timely nudges? Or have you been you avoiding fate, even resisting it out of laziness or ignorance, compelling it to yank you along? Spend the next few weeks making sure your relationship with fate is strong and righteous.

¡ASK A MEXICAN! BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO, themexican@askamexican.net Dear Mexican: I have a problem on which I need your advice. My granddaughters were born and raised in Georgia, as was their father. Their knowledge of their culture is zero, and I have tried to educate them by talking to them and even writing a book of my life growing up in New Mexico, which discusses the history, lifestyle and culture of our gente. I even encouraged them to take Spanish classes. Everything was going great until they got to middle school. My problem is that they no longer take pride in their heritage because of the behavior of the Hispanic kids in their school. For example, they are constantly harassed and teased, and when on group projects, they want my granddaughter to do all of the work and provide them with the final results while they sit by laughing, talking, etc. They even changed from Spanish to French classes. I have talked to them about the fallacy of their stereotyping people, but to no avail. (I could go on, but I think you’ve got the picture.) Comments/suggestions? El de Orgullo Herido Dear He of Wounded Pride: Kudos to you for not taking the elitist route like so many of your fellow New Mexicans, who claim to trace their ancestry back to the conquistadors and thus differentiate between their supposedly pure, superior Castilian blood, and that of the dirty surumatos when the topic of the pendejos of our raza comes up. You could’ve told your nietos that they’re New Mexicans, and their antagonizers are new Mexicans who are inherently pendejos, and that would’ve been that—but you understand that idiots are idiots, and that Mexican culture as a whole is something worth appreciating. Unfortunately, your grandchildren are at a point in their vidas where everything Mexican around them seems to be trash, and the American melting-pot furnace guarantees they’ll eventually only care about their ethnicity symbolically. Solution? Show them otherwise—expose them to positive representations of the culture, whether via music, literature or film. Have them get mentored by successful Mexis. Continue your pláticas about your life. It might take four years of belonging to MEChA to fully get them

to appreciate their culture, but no pocho is a lost cause forever—just look at Linda Ronstadt, who was once a roller-skating disco bunny and who now never leaves home without belting ranchera songs. What do Mexicans like yourself think of the movie Machete? Scared Gabacho Dear Gabacho Asustado: Prophecy. And Lindsay Lohan’s chichis. I somewhat remember in history class that the Spanish built large ships and great armies that they used to conquer a portion of the New World. In the New World, part of which is now called Mexico, there were native people who built grand cities that are still a mystery for today’s archeologists. My question is: When these two exceptional people made love and produced oﬀspring who wandered northward to enter the Los Angeles Uniﬁed School District, and since more than 50 percent fail to graduate, did they become stupid? I did learn one thing in school: It’s impossible for two positives to equal a negative. Whitey Dear Gabacho Who Never Stops Sending Me Letters: That’s the same question Americans ask of Missouri every single day. Also? The California Department of Education found that 61.6 percent of the LAUSD’s Class of 2011 graduated—and as I pointed out before in this columna, other immigrant groups faced such abysmal graduation rates in the past and conquered them, and so will Mexicans. Ask the Mexican at themexican@askamexican. net; be his fan on Facebook; follow him on Twitter @gustavoarellano; or ask him a video question at youtube.com/askamexicano!

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There are no nonsexual components to this, WKBFM, and if you’ve never heard of something like this before, well, you must be a new reader. What we’ve got here is a rich guy attempting to manipulate his kids’ former baby sitter into doing sex work for him—no, scratch that. What we’ve got here is a rich guy who has already manipulated his kids’ former baby sitter into doing sex work for him, WKBFM, and that’s pretty fucking creepy. (Your previous workouts with the blindfolds and the wrestling and the kicking? Unpaid sex work.) Don’t get me wrong: I don’t think his ball-busting fetish is creepy. It’s extreme, as fetishes go, and there are definitely risks. But the risks are his. Paying you to kick him in the nuts doesn’t put his wife at risk (swift-kick-to-sack is not a known mode of STI transmission); it won’t take food out of his children’s mouths; and, as he presumably has all the children he wants, ball-bustinginduced sterility might be a blessing/vasectomy in disguise. If you need the money, WKBFM, and you don’t think you’ll be scarred by the experience, tell the rich guy you’ll consider doing this for him—you’ll come over, remain fully clothed and kick him in the nuts—but only if he levels with you: He’s getting off on this. If he can’t level with you, WKBFM, don’t do this. You don’t want this rich asshole to think he’s successfully manipulated you into doing sex work for him, because once the session is under way, you don’t want him thinking, “Well, if I could get her to do this, I can probably get her to (remove her clothes, watch me masturbate, have sex with me).” If you go into a ball-busting session without both of you having acknowledged what you’re actually doing—you’re sorta selling sex; he’s definitely paying for sex—and he does try to get you to remove your clothes or watch him masturbate or have sex with him, WKBFM,

you may find it difficult to say no. Being direct with someone (“No, I’m not taking my clothes off, asshole!”) after you’ve accepted a dishonest premise (“Sure, rich guy, this isn’t about sex; you’re just testing yourself!”) requires you to admit that you were being dishonest, too. Most people are reluctant to admit to dishonesty, and a skilled manipulator will exploit that inhibition to get what he wants. So tell him you’ll play—you’ll bust his balls—but you’re not going to play along. He has to admit that this is about sex, and he has to agree to honor your conditions: Everything that happens is agreed to in advance; no special requests during a session; he remains fully clothed; you remain fully clothed; no recordings are made; and you get the $150—make that $250—whether or not he bails. I am a 30-year-old straight man who has always known that he is a poly. The woman I love is not a poly. She is a monogamous person. When we started being sexual, it was a strictly friends-withbenefits arrangement, although a sexually exclusive one, at her insistence, and I agreed to that because neither of us expected anything long-term to come of it. But we fell in love, and now I can’t imagine life without her. She is amazing, and I love her like I’ve never loved any other woman. But she has asked me to betray my sexual identity by remaining sexually exclusive. If I cannot commit to that, she does not want to be with me. I am not asking the same of her: She does not have to sleep with other people to keep me in her life. She is, however, insisting that I not sleep with other people to keep her in my life. Can someone who is poly be happy with someone who isn’t? Polyamorous Polymath You are not “a poly.” Poly is not a sexual identity, PP; it’s not a sexual orientation. It’s not something you are; it’s something you do. There’s no such thing as a person who is “a poly,” just as there’s no such thing as a person who is “a monogamous.” Polyamorous and monogamous are adjectives, not nouns. There are only people—gay, straight, bi—and some people are in monogamous relationships; some are in open relationships; some are in polyamorous relationships; some are in monogamish relationships; some are in fourstar-general relationships. These are relationship models, PP, not sexual identities. So the question isn’t: “Can a poly be happy with a monogamous?” The question is can you, despite your clear preference for nonmonogamous relationship models, be happy in this relationship? Do you love your girlfriend so much that you’re willing to pay the price of admission that she’s demanding—you’re willing to behave monogamously (adverb!)—in order to be with her? Yes or no? Since your girlfriend has already indicated that she’s not willing to have a nonmonogamous relationship with you (or anyone else), PP, the choice is yours to make. If you truly can’t live without her, if she’s the-one-you’regoing-to-round-the-fuck-up-to-the-one, you’ll have to be monogamous. If that’s not something you’re willing or able to do—and “willing” and “able” are two different criteria, and you’ll need to make an honest self-assessment on both counts—then end this relationship, and go find someone whose romantic desires more closely align with your own. Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage, and follow me @fakedansavage on Twitter.

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Fine Points of Florida Gambling Law In October, state alcohol agents, assisted by local police in full riot gear and pointing their weapons, raided a bar in Largo, Fla., to shut down the latest gathering of the venerable Nutz Poker League, even though its players do not wager. (They meet at bars and restaurants, where management gives winners token gifts in exchange for the increased business.) A prosecutor told the Tampa Bay Times that Florida law defines illegal “gambling” as any game that permits players to win something—even if they don’t have to “ante up.” The raid (during which players were ordered to keep their hands where the officers could see them) came after a months-long undercover investigation. Recurring Themes • India’s notorious bureaucracy records deaths particularly ineptly, to the advantage of men seeking an alternative to divorce. They find it easier merely to swear out a death certificate on one wife so they can marry another, but that means the first wife will face years, and maybe decades, of campaigning to convince officials that she is not dead. BBC News chronicled the plight of Ms. Asharfi Devi, now 64, in September as she was finally declared “alive” after being deserted by her husband at age 23 and ruled dead at age 40. After Devi finally earned a hearing and brought relatives and evidence to the village council, deliberations took eight more months. Notwithstanding the ruling, the husband stuck to his story. • Adults continue to accidentally ingest improbable objects, often seemingly unaware of what they did. Lee Gardner, 40, of Barnsley, England, swallowed a plastic fork 10 years ago, but said he “forgot” about it until violent stomach pains forced him to the hospital in August. And British student Georgie Smith, 19, became the latest person to accidentally swallow a regular-sized toothbrush (though the first doctor she consulted told her he couldn’t spot any “toothbrush” on an X-ray). With kids, the phenomenon is more understandable. Sinus-suffering Isaak Lasson, 6, of Salt Lake City, was finally diagnosed in August to have accidentally stuck a Lego piece up his nose three years ago, and Hector Flores Jr., 7, of New York City, was found in October to have swallowed the whistle mechanism of a plastic duck, causing him to tweet when he laughed. • Again this year, a serial drowning made the news (where one jumps in to rescue another, and a third is needed to rescue the first two, and a fourth, and none survives). In Ulster, Northern Ireland, in September, rugbyplayer Nevin Spence, along with his brother and father, died in a slurry tank on the family’s farm, and their sister, who also attempted a rescue, was hospitalized. Officials said they could not determine the order in which the men entered the pit until the sister was well enough to talk. • Darren Hieber, 33, became the most 62 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

recent person to choose drastic means to reconcile with an ex. Twice, Hieber, of Onawa, Iowa, arranged to have himself shot in order to win his ex-wife’s sympathy. The first hit man shot Hieber in the leg, but the wife still ignored him, and a second job was arranged in March, with two different shooters, but that also failed. Adding to his frustration, Hieber was sentenced to 10 years in prison in August, because it is illegal in Iowa to have yourself shot. Updates • Former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, who made the “wide stance” famous when he explained his alleged restroom encounter with another man in June 2007, has been sued by the Federal Election Commission, because he used $217,000 in campaign donations to fund his legal defense to the resulting indecentexposure charges. Craig pointed out that visiting the restroom (irrespective of any alleged activities there) occurred during the ordinary course of Senate travel, and thus that he was entitled to spend campaign funds. • Jonathan Lee Riches, perhaps America’s most-prolific quixotic litigator (chronicled in News of the Weird for his lawsuits against, among others, George W. Bush, Charlie Sheen, Kanye West, Steve Jobs and—for luggage theft—Tiger Woods), was likely the person named “Naomi Riches,” who filed a $3 billion October lawsuit in Pennsylvania against the acquitted child-murder suspect Casey Anthony, whom Naomi said had conspired with TV personality Nancy Grace to poison Naomi’s water supply. Anthony had also allegedly threatened to stab Naomi in the left eye as a symbol of the Illuminati conspiracy. (Judge David Baker quickly dismissed the lawsuit.) • Two FBI agents, providing a backstory to “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s Christmas-time 2009 attempt to bring down an airliner in Detroit, said they believe the man accustomed himself to the tricked-out skivvies beforehand by wearing them full-time for the three weeks leading up to his flight (except for bathing). The agents, speaking to Detroit’s WXYZ-TV in September, suggested that the excessive wearing might have ruined the detonation mechanism. • Oops, my bad: Hattiesburg, Miss., dentist Michael West has for years been a well-compensated, prosecution-friendly “expert” witness who claimed he could match bite marks on victims’ bodies to bite patterns of whichever defendant the prosecutor wanted convicted. In “dozens” of cases, according to an Associated Press report, he helped persuade judges and jurors that his analysis was just as solid as fingerprint identification. (Other forensic experts regularly ridiculed West’s “science.”) In August, the Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Miss., uncovered a 2011 deposition in which West finally admitted that his bite-mark analysis should not have been used in court cases. It is not yet known how many defendants’ trials were tainted by West’s testimony.

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