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DECEMBER 22-28 2011 VOL. 28, NO. 44

OPINION Ballet Tucson’s classic The Nutcracker takes over the TCC Music Hall this weekend.

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

CURRENTS The Skinny 9 By Jim Nintzel

Do-Good Buddies 9 By Mari Herreras

Three friends continue a 13-year Christmas tradition of cooking for the homeless at Santa Rita Park Media Watch 10 By John Schuster

A Trainer’s Tale 11 By Tim Vanderpool

A 2003 saga does not bode well for the Reid Park elephants Weekly Wide Web 12 Compiled by Dan Gibson

Police Dispatch 12

The preferred newsweekly of both the naughty and the nice.

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Officers Online 13 By Brian J. Pedersen

The Tucson Police Department enters the realm of social media Local Heroes 14

It’s About People By the time this issue hits the streets, I’ll be off doing the family Christmas thing. However, this particular Christmas around the Boegle household will have a melancholy tinge to it, due to death, illness and other inevitabilities of life. I lost an aunt who was very dear to me earlier this year, and her absence— and the absences of a lot of other loved ones lost in recent years—will be deeply felt. While we’ll celebrate the season with good food and great cheer like always, the loss of these people who are near and dear to us will be undeniably palpable. After all, when it comes down to it, the holiday season is really about the people. This leads me to this week’s issue, and specifically our annual Local Heroes feature. Every year, our writers come up with an amazing roster of people who are do-gooders in the deepest, sincerest sense, and this year is no exception. There’s an elderly woman who spends her days making quilts for babies born to mothers in need. A woman who volunteers her time to teach kids about the joys and value of gardening. A man who has made it his mission to preserve Tucson culture. And on and on and on. These are people who understand that it’s not just the holiday season that’s about the people; life is about other people. Learn about these great Southern Arizonans on Page 14. Speaking of people: I want to wish all of you out there who read the Tucson Weekly a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah, and/or a joyful whatever-you-celebrate. Next week: It’s our Year in Review!

By Weekly Staff and Contributors

These 10 Tucsonans have made our community a better place

CULTURE

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City Week 20 Our picks for the week

East Coast Goodness 39

New Year’s Guide: Part 1 22

New York Pizza Department sells some of Tucson’s best thin-crust pies

TQ&A 27 Gary Bachman, Pima Neighborhood Investment Partnership

Noshing Around 39

MUSIC Ho Ho Ho! 44 By Stephen Seigel

Help Kids Learn 30 By Margaret Regan

Opening Minds Through the Arts wants your state taxcredit donation

Our resident Jewish music editor yet again expresses his love for Christmas music Soundbites 44 By Stephen Seigel

Season’s Last ‘Nutcracker’ 31 By Margaret Regan

Ballet Tucson takes the classic right up to Xmas Eve

Club Listings 46 Nine Questions 50

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City Week listings 32

Rhythm & Views 51

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DANEHY OPINION

One year into the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s ‘reorganization,’ we have a mess

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e’re now one year into the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s draconian “reorganization” plan, and the results thus far are even worse than many of those who actually care about high school athletics had feared: blowout losses involving badly mismatched teams; an increase in rules violations involving recruiting and illegal transfers as teams scramble for scarce playoff slots; and small schools canceling athletic programs rather than watching their student-athletes get their heads kicked in by much-larger schools. The AIA, acting in its own interest instead of the interests of the member schools that pay the organization’s expenses through athlete-participation fees, cut the seven classifications (generally based on enrollment) down to four or fewer in most sports. Then it doubled down on its exclusionary practices by making it much harder to go to state tournaments in both individual and team sports. Part of the AIA’s plan involved the elimination of athletic conferences and natural rivalries, some of which date back to before World War II. Arizona’s small schools, which used to be Class 1A, have been thrown into the deep end against much-larger schools that used to be in Class 2A. The results have been ridiculous. In last May’s state track meet, the top nine (and 17 of the top 20) spots in the team standings went to former 2A schools. When 1A coaches cried foul, the AIA’s tin-eared response was that former 1A athletes and coaches would just need to work harder (which is an insult, suggesting as it does that these people weren’t working hard before). With the aforementioned elimination of conferences (and the time-honored tradition of competing to win conference championships), the AIA took it upon itself to make the schedules for every team in Arizona, with computerized results that range from hilarious to disastrous. Last year, both Tanque Verde High and the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind were part of the 1A-South Conference. This year, ASDB has to play Rio Rico, which last year was a 4A school, and Tanque Verde is matched up against Sahuaro, which a few years ago was a 5A school. It comes as no surprise, then, that during the first week of this current basketball season, games involving Southern Arizona teams have had scores of 49-3, 70-8 and 60-5. Who benefits from that? (I’m sure there are some who would suggest that, since I coach at a small school, my problems with the AIA can be traced to some variation of sour grapes. Well, my team, as of this writing is 8-1 and ranked sixth in the state, so it’s not that. I’m actually disappointed that more people from successful programs aren’t standing up for those who are being excluded.)

RANDOM SHOTS By Rand Carlson

The AIA originally used three excuses to implement the plan that has resulted in a drastic slashing of postseason athletic opportunities for Arizona’s high school athletes. It combined one legitimate concern (travel costs in a bad economy) with one that is largely a red herring (lost classroom time, with which Arizona’s student-athletes have been successfully dealing for decades), and another (a mostly false financial crisis) that, even if true (considering that the AIA has a multimillion-dollar contingency fund), is mostly self-inflicted. Consider this example: Keeping in mind that the AIA gets to keep all state-tournament gate receipts, for some unknown reason, it insists on holding the small-school state basketball championship tournament in remote Prescott. Small-school teams are forced to play first-round games on Friday mornings in mostly empty gyms. (Not a lot of parents can afford to travel to Prescott, spend the night in a hotel and miss work on Friday to watch a kid play.) If the AIA allowed higherseeded teams to play home games, the AIA could probably makes tens of thousands of dollars. A home game at, say, St. David would probably draw around 300 people; at $10 per adult and $6 per child, that’s a gate of around $2,400. Multiply that by 16 (eight girls’ games and eight boys’ games), and you’re almost to $40,000. That’s a sizable amount. Instead, the AIA holds tournaments where and when nobody can go, then pleads poverty when nobody shows up. This is akin to the kid who kills both of his parents and then asks for mercy, because he’s an orphan. When the home-game option was suggested to the AIA, an official said that it would be unfair, because the bottom seeds would have to travel great distances to play. Well, yeah, genius, except that under the current setup, all 16 teams have to travel great distances to get to Prescott (and pay for hotels and meals) while the AIA bleeds money on the deal. While the financial concerns could be easily addressed, the AIA still has lost classroom time and travel (and lodging) costs incurred by the schools to claim as reasons. However, last year, if a team made it to the third round of the state basketball tournament, that school would have needed to pay for two trips to Prescott, paying for fuel as well as for lodging and meals for the players and coaches. This year, under the AIA’s new (ostensibly austeritybased) system, a team that makes it to the third round of state will need to make three trips to Prescott.

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SERRAGLIO OPINION

Sean Miller is setting a great example by holding his players to higher standards HIGHTOWER BY JIM HIGHTOWER

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ith one high-profile recruit in and out of the doghouse, and another already gone for good, fans of the Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball team are understandably anxious about this season’s fortunes. Shedding talent for no good reason is not generally a recipe for success in the intensely competitive world of high-end college basketball. But in this case, “good reason” can be found in the concept of addition by subtraction, and the simple truth that no player is more important than the integrity of his team. For the most part, the details of the Wildcats’ growing pains are being kept within the family, but it seems safe to summarize them in this way: Two of their teenage freshmen apparently continued to act like children, despite making the leap to the adult situation of college. Appropriately, head coach Sean Miller has drawn a bright line on the court upon which all of his players’ toes must rest.

They say the early bird gets the worm, which is fine with me, because I really don’t want a worm. I did, however, want one of those Ferrari FFs that Neiman Marcus was offering in its Christmas catalog this year. With a 651 horsepower, V12 engine, this baby can top 200 mph. That would really shorten my commute (except, of course, for little hindrances like rush-hour traffic, uptight cops and speed bumps). It’s hard to tell how rare or common the courage of Mr. Yet, just having an FF parked in my driveMiller’s conviction may be. Lute Olson certainly had it, as he way would speak volumes about my prestige laid down the law repeatedly with some of Arizona’s best and personal worthiness in this world. Start with the beautiful interior done in semiplayers over the years. It’d be nice if all coaches and programs aniline leather. I don’t know what aniline is, emphasized character foremost, but a glance at the sports nor do I know why it’s only semi rather than headlines on any given day shows that is not the case. full aniline, but I like the fact that Neiman The Penn State University molestation mess really lays it throws in a matching three-piece set of lugon the table. Even in the squeakiest of clean programs, led gage (including a travel bag for golf clubs) by the saintliest of coaching figureheads, character was so made out of the same stuff. There’s beaulacking that monstrous crimes were overlooked and covcoup room for luggage, too—the FF has 16 ered up while an untold number of children’s lives were cubic feet of trunk space, which I think is fractured forever. bigger than my bedroom. Ironically, those who were complicit in the institutional However, I have to say that I’m not wild failure at Penn State clearly thought they were acting in the about the car’s color, which the catalogue best interests of the football program and the school. But calls “grigio caldo.” Huh? I learned from instead of making sound moral choices that would have an Italian dictionary that this means “warm upheld their image, an alarming number of people made a drab,” which doesn’t exactly light my fire. But maybe the dull color is why these Ferraris are priced at THIS MODERN WORLD By Tom Tomorrow only $395,000 each. And, what the hey, you can always take the car to an Earl Scheib paint shop and have the color juiced up. What makes the FF worth the price, though, is its exclusiveness. Neiman made only 10 of them available, and—get this— each one comes with a numbered plaque, thus certifying that you’re one of the 10 most-special humans on Earth. But, alas, I called too late to get mine: Neiman sold out within 50 minutes. It just shows how tough it is out there for us luxury shoppers. And you thought you had it bad.

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series of morally bankrupt decisions that ended up permanently besmirching the institution’s good name. Moreover, these days, it often seems that the more heinous the crime, the less likely it is to be addressed in a morally defensible way. In this overly recorded world of sexting, YouTwit, Faceporn and whatever cyber-tattling device is next on the horizon, embarrassing behavior has a way of catching up to people—especially famous ones—yet it still seems that the darker the deed, the deeper the secret. This dynamic is particular to molestation even more than it is to big-time sports. At Penn State, no one could believe that the kindly old man they’d known for years, or decades, was raping 10-year-old boys in the locker room. Even in the face of eyewitness accounts, people couldn’t bring themselves to speak the truth aloud—beyond a tight inner circle, anyway—let alone intervene to stop what was happening. That’s how alleged serial molester Jerry Sandusky was able to maintain his prestige and access to the hallowed football program, which in turn played a huge role in enabling him to continue damaging children’s lives with his criminal compulsion. That’s how Catholic priests and overly friendly uncles are enabled to do the same, and it’s a big reason why molestation is still rampant today, despite a profound evolution in the past century in the way in which it’s perceived and prosecuted. Estimates vary, but approximately one in four girls, and one in six boys, are sexually abused. I was one in six, but I was fortunate to be rebellious enough to stop the abuse before it went far. Few victims can say that. Even fewer are able to speak out in a way that leads to proper intervention. As an adult, I wonder how many other children were victimized because I did not have the courage at the time to tell anyone what had happened. I hope the principals in the Penn State quagmire are pondering that question. Children can be forgiven for not yet possessing the depth of perspective necessary to make the right choice. For adults, no such patience is merited. None of this is meant to equate the crimes of Sandusky with the relatively minor behavioral challenges faced by Arizona’s freshmen. Nevertheless, the institutional reactions to the two situations are definitely part of the same conversation. An adult should never sacrifice the welfare of a child to the sanctity of an institution, be it a team, school, church, family or marriage. And, in the example that Sean Miller has set, a coach should prioritize the growth of his young charges as human beings, not just players. One hopes that the Wildcats’ remaining problem child responds with the realization that being a man of character is not so difficult after all.

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Taft 1, Oklahoma 0 Dave Devine’s piece on Arizona’s entry into statehood (“A Progressive Sweep,” Currents, Dec. 8) reminds me that President Taft objected to Arizona’s proposed progressive Constitution partly on the basis of his distaste for a similar one adopted in November 1907 by Oklahoma, a state he described for Arizonans as “a zoological garden of cranks.” Bernard Fontana

Close the ‘Gateway’ by Regulating Marijuana Not only should medical marijuana be made available to patients in need, but adult recreational use should be regulated (“Off Schedule,” Medical MJ, Dec. 8). Drug policies modeled after alcohol prohibition have given rise to a youth-oriented black market. Throwing more money at the problem is no solution. Attempts to limit the supply of illegal drugs while demand remains constant only increase the profitability of drug-trafficking. For addictive drugs like heroin, a spike in street prices leads desperate addicts to increase criminal activity. The drug war doesn’t fight crime; it fuels crime. Taxing and regulating marijuana is a cost-effective alternative to the never-ending drug war. As long as marijuana distribution is controlled by organized crime, consumers will continue to come into contact with hard drugs like methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin. Robert Sharpe Policy analyst, Common Sense for Drug Policy

A Comment From a Reader at TucsonWeekly.com Regarding “Get Out of Town!” (Dec. 15): I can’t believe Brian J. Pedersen chose to pick on Chris Edwards over that awful screaming woman in the Express Flooring commercials, especially their current Christmas versions. Not only are the flooring company’s ads as grating as fingernails on a chalkboard, but a quick check shows the company has a D+ rating with the Better Business Bureau, whereas Tucson Appliance rates an A+. —Tshupa

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Occupy Tucson is an exercise in contradiction BY JONATHAN HOFFMAN, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

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hen I first heard about Occupy Wall Street, I was reminded of the student protests of yesteryear when they occupied, some by force of arms, administration buildings of elite universities. I imagined young revolutionaries swarming onto the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, filling offices and bringing the workings of the great institution to a halt. Alas, instead of the New York Stock Exchange, they occupied … a park. I can imagine Bill Ayres rolling his eyes and shaking his head. Douglas Schoen, a pollster who worked for President Clinton, did a random survey of some 200 occupiers of Zuccotti Park. Schoen reported: “The protesters have a distinct ideology and are bound by a deep commitment to radical left-wing policies.” He said that “virtually all (98 percent) say they would support civil disobedience to achieve their goals, and nearly one-third (31 percent) would support violence to advance their agenda.” Around the country, there were some specific reports of violence, mostly in what Tom Wolfe has called the “Parentheses States,” the states on both coasts that bracket the country but are not really a part of it. We here in Tucson, as part of the Southwest, are part of the main body of America. We do things a little differently than they do in New York City and Berkeley. I was curious about what Occupy Tucson would look like, so I’d decided to take a stroll over to Armory Park to check it out. (It was in early November, so they were still located there.) I confess to being a bit excited as I neared the park. I thought it would be packed, with lots of signwaving and shouting, and maybe even a cop or two in riot gear! At first, I thought I had the wrong park, but then I saw tents at the south end. I walked over to the circle of about 20 tents. It was sunny and warm, and I got a peaceful, easy feeling as I walked around the perimeter. I spoke with Mary DeCamp, the Green Party mayoral candidate, who introduced me to a few warm and friendly people. Someone with a bullhorn announced the beginning of the next march to someplace. A half-dozen or so people slowly gathered around him. The place looked like a summer camp where the kids were gone, and the old folks were taking a break. The only law enforcement I saw: two bicycle cops talking to a man who appeared unconnected to the “occupation.” A few days later, they moved to a different park, because some organization that, you know, had, like, permits and

reservations and stuff wanted to use Armory Park. Dudes! This is Occupy Tucson, not Pardon Me May I Stay Here a While Tucson. If you want to step outside the system and fight it, then fight it. If you want to work within it, using the exchange of ideas instead of force while showing respect for those with whom you disagree, then make nice. Trying to have it both ways achieves nothing; it only turns your efforts into a joke. I suppose we Tucsonans should be grateful that our “occupiers” are more the Jackson Browne type than the Public Enemy type. Either way, the Occupy protests will effect no long term change, if any. Maybe a pseudo-revolutionary attack on the system is not the best approach. The Tea Party held protests, too, but Tea Partiers, on the other hand, worked within the system, in the arena of elective politics. No one doubts that they had a profound effect on the outcome of both the primaries and general election in the last cycle. They have certainly effected more change than the occupiers. Of course, Occupy Tucson has been a total waste for the political left. After lying low until the election was over, City Councilwoman Regina Romero came out in support of the protesters, even suggesting that the law be suspended for them, and their tickets should be torn up. This accomplishes two things: It strikes a blow against the American ideal of equality before the law, and it makes the Tea Party folks look like chumps for playing by the rules. It would be ironic if those statements came back to haunt her in her next election. Hey, it could happen!

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Three friends continue a 13-year Christmas tradition of cooking for the homeless at Santa Rita Park

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Do-Good Buddies BY MARI HERRERAS, mherreras@tucsonweekly.com .com or the past 13 years, Roy Aros has gotten together with his two closest friends to barbecue at Santa Rita Park on Christmas Day. Anyone who happens to be at the park can join them. These buddies have dished out 300 to 700 meals at a time to people who are homeless or hungry. When Aros was 5 years old, his mother asked him if it would be OK to have a small Christmas that year so they could help a family that had nothing. “I said yes, but I didn’t understand until I went to their house with my mom. It really opened my eyes, even if I was only 5,” Aros says. “When we went to their house and saw the grown man crying and the kids going nuts, I got it.” That family altruism continued when his mom took him to volunteer at an Italian restaurant in the foothills that provided a five-course meal every Christmas Day for homeless men from the Primavera Men’s Shelter. When that restaurant closed, he joined his mom at the McDonald’s in Nogales, Ariz., where the owner bused in kids in from the Mexican side and gave everyone a free meal. His mother ended up getting banned from the event because she kept putting money in some of the kids’ pockets. During the drive home, Aros says, he told his mom not to worry, because they could do something in Tucson to help people during the holidays, “something better.” For the first barbecue in the park, in 1998, Aros collected money from friends and family; rented a U-Haul, tables and chairs; and got two barbecue grills. They served hamburgers, hot dogs and homemade potato salad. “We probably served 100 to 150 people, and it was the best day, probably the best Christmas I ever had,” he says. “I felt like I finally did something that my friends and family could be proud of.” They ran out of food, so the next year, he made sure they had more. Aros and his friends cooked up 200 pounds of chicken breasts and 500 hamburgers. “We rocked and rolled. Every year, we got better at getting more donations. Sometimes, 350 people show up, and some years, it’s 700 people.” The number of volunteers also has increased, with 30 to 50 people now helping to serve food and give out jackets and sleeping bags, as well as toys for the kids. “One guy will be there this year to fry up about 12 turkeys,” Aros says. Two of Aros’ childhood friends have helped since the beginning: Chris Mautner and Trey Luglan. Mautner says he and Aros had been bar-

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For the past 13 years, Roy Aros has helped feed Tucson’s homeless and hungry at a Christmas Day barbecue he does with friends Trey Luglan (right) and Chris Mautner (not pictured) along with 50 other volunteers. cided with the barbecue being featured on TV becuing together for years, and when Aros told news for the first time. him about his idea, “it just seemed like a cool “Before that, we were flying under the radar,” thing to do for other people, and something we he says. “Maybe it backfired on us.” already like to do,” Mautner says. Aros says there is no lack of reminders about Those first years, it felt like friends doing a why he needs to keep up the tradition. barbecue for their families, Mautner recalls. “It’s “I had one guy show up. He was dressed nice become bigger, but it’s still low-key, like a big and kept trying to give me $40, and I kept tellfamily picnic.” ing him no.” Finally, the man explained to Aros Some of the volunteers are people who drove that a few years back, he was going through by the park on a past Christmas and wanted to hard times and ended up celebrating Christmas find out what was going on. Family members at the park with Aros and his friends. and old high school friends also pitch in. “He said, ‘I was homeless, and I was living “We have a good system in place. Nothing under a bridge. I lost my family and had a bad comes up that seems insurmountable,” Mautner drug problem, and I was contemplating suicide. says. You made my Christmas,’” Aros says. “He was Aros says he considers Luglan to be his rightback on his feet and pointed to his brand-new hand man, helping to collect donations from businesses, friends and family. The money is used truck in the parking lot. He said, ‘I am doing to purchase food. The first couple of years, Luglan good, and I’ll never forget you guys.’” Some people say homeless people want to live says, he and Aros paid for the food out of their on the streets. Aros says that might be true for own pockets. In the last couple of years, “it’s been some, but he thinks most of the people he meets tough to get donations, because times are tough,” at the park are suffering from mental illness, and he says. “But everyone still pulls it together.” Luglan says he and Aros, who both have young “now, the crappy economy.” These days, Aros is teaching a new generation children, have thought about handing the duties about helping others. Two years ago, when his over to friends, “but we just couldn’t do it.” son was 4, he got a football for Christmas and When they first started, Aros says, they got spent part of the barbecue playing with a boy a permit to host the event at the park from the who came to the park with his family. city Parks and Recreation Department. Aros’ son asked his dad if he could give his Then, in 2009, the Pima County Health new ball to the kid he’d just met. “‘I have more at Department almost shut them down. They were required to follow the county’s health code, which home, and he doesn’t have any,’ he told me,” Aros says. meant no more homemade foods—and that meant more expense, Aros says. They need to serve food from a tent; wear hairnets; keep coolThe Christmas Day barbecue, located on the ers at a certain temperature; store food prior to southeast corner of Santa Rita Park, off 22nd the event in a restaurant walk-in refrigerator; and Street, takes place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. While say hello to the county employee who shows up organizers say they have enough volunteers, every year to ensure the rules are being followed. donations are welcome. For more information, The arrival of the Health Department coincall Roy Aros at 881-4008.

Arizona hospitals are seeing their losses mount as more low-income Arizonans lose health-care coverage through AHCCCS, the state’s Medicaid program for the poor. As part of a budget-balancing maneuver earlier this year, state lawmakers cut AHCCCS spending by more than $500,000. Gov. Jan Brewer decided that one of the best ways to implement those cuts was to roll back health insurance for childless adults earning below 100 percent of the federal poverty line. There’s a big lawsuit over whether this is legal, which we told you about last week. (See “Weak Prognosis,” Dec. 15.) The cuts to health care do indeed save the state money, but it also means that a lot of people don’t have health insurance anymore, so if you have a chronic condition—a bad heart, say, or diabetes—and you can’t find work, you’re out of luck when it comes to having health insurance. Beyond the obvious human cost, there’s a big price tag for hospitals. Back in the days when AHCCCS covered everyone below the federal poverty level, hospitals could fill out paperwork when someone showed up in the emergency room without insurance. That meant that once that patient was covered under AHCCCS, the state would provide him or her with insurance, and an insurance company would pick up the tab for the emergency-room visit. But now that the low-income uninsured are no longer eligible for AHCCCS, the hospitals can’t count on getting paid for treating them—even though doctors and nurses are still obligated to provide them with care. As you can imagine, that’s a big tab—and it’s growing, because the pool of uninsured poor people continues to climb in our lousy job market. Jim Dickson, the CEO of Bisbee’s Copper Queen Hospital, tells The Skinny that in the first five months of the current fiscal year, uncompensated and charity care has more than doubled—from $241,000 in the first five months of the last fiscal year, to $610,000 now. Even worse, he’s seeing the losses grow every month. “There’s no light at the end of the tunnel,” Dixon says. That brings us to one of the mostconvoluted elements of the whole thing (and trust us, when you’re talking about health care, there are a lot of convoluted elements): When the state stopped funding AHCCCS, it did save the state taxpayers money—but it also cut into the federal funds coming to Arizona, because the federal government essentially provided $2 for every dollar the state spent. That federal money went to an insurance company, which in turn provided payouts to hospitals when they treated someone who was eligible for coverage under AHCCCS. That’s one reason why the Arizona

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SILVER ENDS 28-YEAR RUN WITH KGUN Dave Silver is concluding his reign as Tucson’s longest-serving sportscaster this Friday, Dec. 23. The KGUN Channel 9 sports director has been with the station for 28 years. He has accepted a position with the UA Foundation. Meanwhile, KGUN has added Valerie Cavazos to its reporting roster. Cavazos, a Tucson native, is a 20-year veteran of television broadcasting, including stints with KOLD Channel 13 and KVOA Channel 4.

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ANTI-ETHNIC-STUDIES BLOGGER PARTS WITH TUCSONCITIZEN.COM Tucsoncitizen.com editor Mark Evans wants to find bloggers who take opposite views on specific issues, but one of his first attempts at that ended abruptly when Lori Hunnicutt, who operates the Tucson Daily Independent blog—which is, among other things, antiethnic studies—made demands to Evans about the content in David Morales’ blog, Three Sonorans. Evans said it wasn’t the first time Hunnicutt made demands about what she perceived as personal attacks by Morales. But for Evans, enough was enough, and he finally reached the point of hastening Hunnicutt’s exit. “Because the passions on this are so high, they can’t resist personal attacks on each other,â€? Evans said. “So David would write things about Lori, and Lori would write things about David, and when Lori would write not-so-nice things about David, I never heard from David. He never complained. He told me those are the slings and arrows he has to suffer for being a fairly popular blogger in town. Lori, on the other hand, took everything quite personally and would complain to me regularly.â€? The final straw involved blog posts Morales wrote about three people: Hunnicutt’s husband, John Hunnicutt; former Tucson Unified School District candidate Armand Salese; and TUSD assistant superintendent Lupita Cavazos-Garcia. “Armand Salese is an amazing man, and Lupita Garcia is an amazing woman, and they don’t deserve to be slandered by the Three Sonorans,â€? Hunnicutt said. “Armand Salese has probably done more for the underserved kids in this community than anyone I know. The Three Sonorans suggested, essentially, that I am incapable of writing on my own, and that my husband ‌ writes all my stuff for me, and as a feminist, I took offense to that. ‌ I took exception with that and asked Mark Evans to clear up the record. I gather that (Morales) was reacting to that, and then went after Armand and Lupita. The misogynistic tendencies of David Abie Morales are evident to anyone who is fair-minded. His attacks on Lupita are unwarranted, and at best, sophomoric, mean and irrational.â€? Evans conceded that Morales does make personal attacks, but that he, Evans, is restricted in what he can do as the administrator.

“That’s one of the things about what David does that I don’t like,â€? Evans said. “If he views someone as an opponent to ethnic studies, he doesn’t just argue why they’re wrong, and why ethnic studies is correct: He goes after them personally. In the overall scheme of the Citizen, I’m not going to get involved in that. I can’t be the civility police. I have to hold my nose and let that go forward. He’s crossed the line before and realized he did it and fixed it, but that’s only happened two or three times. He’s been blogging for two years and has a pretty faithful following, anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 page views a day. He writes to a segment of the community that is pretty disenfranchised.â€? Said Morales via email: “(Evans) told me that Loretta wants me to take all mentions of her husband off my blog, that he is not involved in any way, blah blah. I told Evans that while (John Hunnicutt) may not be authoring the blog, he is involved. I have pictures of him onstage with Tom Horne and (former TUSD teacher) John Ward (the guy suing for a million dollars). He speaks at TUSD meetings against (Mexican-American studies) and the (International Baccalaureate) program at Cholla (both paid for with deseg monies and successful programs for minorities). He is the one doing the public-information requests, and he attends the TUSD meetings.â€? Evans said that Lori Hunnicutt claimed her husband was uninvolved with her writing. “I don’t know whether that was true or not, so I was telling her I agreed with her, and that I would talk to David,â€? Evans said. “I think that made her assume I was going to do something about it and make David change his article. When David told me John Hunnicutt is there as much as Lori is, and has been almost as vocal ‌ in his opposition to ethnic studies, it seemed reasonable to me that David could say Lori and John work as a team. It also could be reasonable they don’t work as a team, and as husband and wife, they have the same point of view. But since it wasn’t this egregious, outrageous (claim) that was damaging John Hunnicutt’s reputation, which is what you have to have in order to have libel, I don’t think I can have David change it. “I have to set a line. If I get involved in story assignments, story editing and canceling stories, then I’m treating these people like employees, and that creates all kinds of problems. If I edit their content, I’m owning their content as well, and I become as responsible for it as (the bloggers) are. That was not acceptable to Lori. She got really mad.â€? Evans said it wasn’t her first outburst, and that this latest exchange led to a telephone argument that ultimately prompted him to end Tucsoncitizen.com’s relationship with Hunnicutt. When you try to access The Daily Independent on the site, a message pops up that reads, “This user has elected to delete their account, and the content is no longer available.â€? “That is an alert message automatically generated by WordPress. I didn’t even know it said that until she sent me an email,â€? Evans said. “Getting it to say something else was an amount of work I didn’t think was worth having the programmer do, just because it says she ‘elected’ to (delete her account) when she didn’t ‘elect’ to do it. I elected to do it. I didn’t think it was that big a deal, so I didn’t change it. That just adds to her conspiracy theory.â€?

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A Trainer’s Tale hen Ray Ryan decamped back to Illinois, little did he know that three elephants he’d tended at the San Diego Zoo would be following him there. Or that their appearance would bode catastrophe. Elephant advocates were already outraged that the animals had been shipped from balmy California, where they had lived for years, to the frigid Midwest. The animals arrived at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo in 2003; by early 2005, only one remained alive—and Ryan was not optimistic about her chances. “She’s lost all of her family, and I think she’ll quickly die of grief,” he told The Washington Post at the time. “When all three were moved to Chicago, I said then they wouldn’t last two years. And already, two of them are dead.” Indeed, in the spring of 2005, the third elephant perished while en route to yet another zoo, in Utah. The Lincoln Park Zoo blamed the deaths on old age and a virulent lung disease. But to critics such as Ryan, the real culprit is the zoo industry itself, which shuttles captive animals around like merchandise, disrupting their social patterns, their familiar haunts and their lives. Today, the former elephant trainer says the plans to move a 44-year Asian pachyderm named Connie from Tucson’s Reid Park Zoo to his old stomping grounds in San Diego—thereby separating her from Shaba, her companion elephant for decades—rings disturbingly familiar. “Those animals have been together for 30 years,” Ryan says. “I guarantee to you that one or both of them will be dead within a year. They’ll just die from stress and grief.” He’s certainly no stranger to the zoo industry’s uglier side. Ryan’s tenure at San Diego ended just as a scandal erupted there in 1988 over the brutal beating of a chained elephant. He was called to testify during state Senate committee hearings that followed. After leaving California, he returned to his native Illinois—and the African elephants he had trained soon followed. Ironically, he says, the move was to make room in San Diego for a new herd of elephants taken from the wilds of Swaziland—several of which are now slated to replace Connie at Reid Park. For Ryan, seeing his elephants in Chicago was painful. “I was on every single TV station in Chicago, and they were dying, one by one,” he says. Many regarded the deaths as a bellwether. The Lincoln Park Zoo has not replaced the elephants, though a spokeswoman says that could change. Zoos in other cities, including San Francisco and Detroit, are closing their elephant exhibits, which experts view as far too small and grossly insuffi-

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cient for such complex, widely roaming animals. Ron Kagan, executive director of the Detroit Zoo, emphasized that point to a reporter in 2004. “It’s becoming clear,” he said, “that the disparity between what elephants need and what they get in captivity is quite significant.” Which brings us to Tucson, where a $9.7 million investment, roughly half of it from taxpayers, will expand the current elephant habitat to a still-measly three acres, and result in the separation of Connie and Shaba. There are plenty of disturbing parallels with Chicago. Prior to the Lincoln Park deaths, for instance, activists had urged the zoo to send those elephants to a highly respected Tennessee sanctuary. Zoo officials refused. In Tucson, advocates have also repeatedly urged Reid Park to send Connie and Shaba to a sanctuary. Those requests have likewise been dismissed. “They’re too proud to send them to the sanctuaries,” Ryan says, “because that would be admitting that the sanctuaries are better.” Indeed, Lincoln Park would not budge. “And just before there was going to be a city council hearing to see if we could block them from transferring the last elephant to Utah,” he says, “they snuck her out the back door in the middle of the night.” Ryan predicts that the same will occur in Tucson to avoid a public witnessing of Connie’s departure. “They try to get this stuff done before there can be a decision to block it, and they’re going to do it at night,” he says. “Then everybody will wake up the next morning, and the elephant will already be gone. And what are you going to do after that? Because by then, she’ll already be going into quarantine in San Diego by herself.” Driving this upheaval is the fact that Connie is an Asian elephant, and Shaba is African. One of the standards set by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums—which accredits Reid Park and other American zoos—maintains that Asian and African elephants should be housed separately. This standard, never before observed at Reid Park, has recently been hoisted to great importance by zoo officials. Ergo, Connie will be dispatched to San Diego. Meanwhile, Ryan believes the San Diego Zoo has plans to breed as many African elephants as possible, and ship them throughout the country. As a result, he says, zoos with old or dying animals such as Connie will be looking to make room by clearing them out. Jeff Andrews is the associate curator of mammals at San Diego’s zoo, and purportedly the driving force behind Connie’s departure. On Nov. 22, he arrived in Tucson to address a City Council study session at which local residents were not allowed to speak—and which ended in

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Mariana Parker protests Connie’s move at Reid Park. a unanimous council endorsement of the move. However, when contacted by the Tucson Weekly, the San Diego Zoo refused to make Andrews available for an interview. Back in Tucson, Susan Basford, administrator of the Reid Park Zoo, says she expects Connie to be transferred to San Diego when the expansion of the elephant exhibit here is complete. That could mean late January or early February. She doesn’t rule out beginning Connie’s journey in the wee hours, citing traffic as the big concern. And, yes, possible protests are a thought. “What we want to do,” Basford says, “is keep the situation as calm and safe as possible.” But it’s unlikely that many Tucson residents will soon forget Connie. Or that Connie will quickly forget Shaba and her home here. Just ask Ray Ryan. He recalls that he hadn’t seen his “girls” from the San Diego Zoo for eight years, until they were moved to Chicago. So he ventured to Lincoln Park for a melancholy visit. “And when I called out their names,” he says, “they almost climbed over the moat to come and see me.” Then Ray Ryan falls silent.

Hospital and Healthcare Association earlier this year tried to get lawmakers to tax them in order to keep poor people on AHCCCS—they figured that even if they lost some money via a state tax, they’d get more of it back by charging insurance companies for treating AHCCCS patients. But that plan went nowhere, so now health-care lobbyists are trying to figure out other ways to get those federal dollars, perhaps by finding another way to insure people under AHCCCS, or developing a new program that compensates them for providing care to uninsured patients. But the hospitals and the Brewer administration need to convince the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that the proposals are legit—which isn’t as easy as it sounds, especially since the healthcare reform passed in 2010—the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare— is changing the rules for the states. One key provision of the Affordable Care Act: All states must expand Medicaid coverage to anyone with an income below 130 percent of the federal poverty level. (That provision is at the root of one of the states’ challenges to Obamacare in federal court.) Dickson is working with a consortium of 16 rural hospitals to set up a voluntary tax pool that would allow them to kick in money that would be eligible for the two-to-one federal match; the funds would then be redistributed based on uncompensated care. The Brewer administration has approved the plan, but federal officials are taking their time reviewing the proposal. Dickson is looking on the bright side of the long process. As he told us last week: “They’re taking a long time to make a decision, but I’d rather them take a long time and get a ‘yes’ than get a quick ‘no.’”

IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON With the end of the year approaching, you’re rapidly running out of time to help out a local nonprofit and claim a charitable tax credit—which allows you to get the money back as soon as you file your tax return in 2012. Under the program, you can give up to $200 (or $400 for a couple filing a joint return) to a charity that helps the working poor. Given how many cuts that nonprofits have seen as a result of tight state, city and county budgets, the charitable tax credit is a great way to help out folks who are in desperate need—without it costing you a dime. At the top of our list is the Community Food Bank. The pressure on the nonprofit, which serves Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise, Graham and Greenlee counties, has been enormous in recent years. Food Bank CEO Bill Carnegie tells

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BUBBLY AND A BATH WEST VALENCIA ROAD NOV. 27, 2:43 A.M.

An intoxicated woman apparently tried to bathe in a drugstore bathroom, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. Deputies responded to a Walgreens, where a young woman had allegedly been “taking a shower” in the store’s bathroom sink—after stealing a bottle of champagne. The manager escorted a deputy to the private bathroom, where they met a 20-something female dressed in a bikini top and jeans; her breasts were covered by napkins. She had red, watery eyes, smelled of alcohol and was completely soaked with water. The manager brought the deputy a bottle of champagne, valued at $12.49, that was about 80 percent consumed; the manager said the subject had apparently taken the bottle into the bathroom with her. Employees had seen her stealing the bottle, she said; the woman was apparently completely naked in the bathroom when they went to check on her. The subject claimed she found the champagne bottle in the bathroom garbage. After a substantial struggle, the deputy was able to handcuff the woman and place her in his patrol vehicle, where she began to yell and curse, repeatedly declaring the situation to be “fucking bullshit.” Eventually, the woman admitted stealing the champagne. The subject had been arrested at the same Walgreens on the previous day for urinating in front of the store. Other businesses in the vicinity had expressed a wish for her to never return to the area. In the patrol vehicle, the subject kept demanding to be allowed to “pee.” After she threatened to pee in the car, the deputy ordered her not to do so. She was booked on multiple charges.

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A UA officer pulled over a speeding car near Speedway Boulevard and Wilson Avenue, according to a UAPD report. The driver slowly removed papers from his glove compartment and said he couldn’t find his insurance—accidentally allowing the officer to see some suspicious foil inside. The driver then refused to let the officer look inside the compartment. The officer said, “Then there’s something in there you don’t want me to see.” The driver reportedly replied, “Yes. I mean, no.” Eventually, the driver admitted possessing marijuana. He also handed the deputy what looked like a green highlighter pen— but it was actually a smoking pipe. The subject then announced he had a gun behind his seat. The weapon was secured, and found to have the serial number of a stolen gun. The subject said he’d taken the gun from his stepfather. He was cited and released after passing field-sobriety tests. 12 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

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Favorite Posts of 2011 elcome to a wildly self-serving article celebrating the blog for which I write much of the content! This is the first installment of the Rangies! First up, while the first two posts landed in late December 2010, special recognition goes to Adam Borowitz for his Food Truck Diaries series, as he visited 26 trucks and carts, introducing Tucson to mobile cuisine. Although a number of other people played a part, I don’t think we would have seen the explosion of food trucks and related events without Adam’s enthusiastic coverage. Second, special thanks go to Roseanne Barr. In May, late in the day on a Tuesday, I wrote a post about an article in New York Magazine in which Barr ranted about the nature of fame. Yahoo! linked to our piece, and thousands of people came to the site, with some visitors leaving comments about feminism or something in the post. Who knew, years after her show left the air, that she’s still such a polarizing figure? I’m not sure how they’ll decide how to share it, but the Rangie for “Angriest Subculture” goes to the easily offended subset of evangelical Christians. Even though I consider myself a Christian, and have probably attended the same churches as some of them, I could count on a parade of comments questioning the state of my soul any time I criticized even the most-absurd elements of Christian culture. Enjoy the Rangie. Put it next to the stack of Left Behind books on the shelf.

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COMMENT OF THE WEEK “At least have the cojones to comment against my words and refute them with facts. It doesn’t take much character to hide behind a click on the ‘dislike’ button.” —TucsonWeekly.com commenter “ZomBkill,” while hiding behind a pseudonym, declares that he or she isn’t a fan of those who conceal their identities behind mouse clicks (“Get Out of Town!” Dec. 15).

BEST OF WWW If you look around the Internet during these last weeks of 2011, you’re going to see a lot of lists, recaps and posts attempting to capture the best and worst of everything under the sun. Well, we’re not all that different. News can be slow this time of year, so there’s a natural tendency to look back when there’s little to focus on during the present. While we will have some of these lists, we’re also asking people from the community to comment on their part of Southern Arizona, providing other perspectives on the year nearly gone by. Plus, we’ll still be on duty looking for interesting new stuff to talk about as well. Keep watching TucsonWeekly.com … we haven’t given up on this year yet!

THE WEEK ON THE RANGE We watched as the Department of Justice released the damning findings of their investigation into the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office; announced that Planned Parenthood is expanding their services in the Phoenix area; listened to Sen. John McCain run his mouth about the formal end of the war in Iraq; remembered fallen Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry; criticized a TucsonCitizen. com blogger for skipping over the facts; found ourselves puzzled by Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer; wondered who the intended consumer is for Arizona’s centennial gun; and brought you the latest edition of Arizona Illustrated’s Political Roundtable, moderated by Jim Nintzel. We drooled over new menus at Noble Hops and Sir Veza’s; watched some weird ads from Russia; peeked inside Playground; asked to see a movie about a sushi master as soon as possible; and enjoyed a vanilla porter at Borderlands. We noted that one advertiser pulled out of TLC’s All-American Muslim because the show “sucked”; asked if you had some extra cash for kids in need this holiday season; marveled at a dolphin jetpack; welcomed Cynthia to the “Talking Comics” family; discussed some of our favorite pop-culture moments from this past year; broke the news that Dave Silver is leaving KGUN Channel 9; and thanked Old Spice for letting us virtually blow up stuff. We wondered when Korn frontman Jonathan Davis became an expert on politics; listened to Auto-Tune’d pop star Ke$ha ably perform a Bob Dylan song; shared some Christmas music on KFMA; talked about The Great Cover-Up; suggested you head downtown for the Parade of Lights; wondered what we ever did to upset Elvis Costello; nodded our heads to music picks from our staff and contributors; and let you know that chart-topping rapper Drake and indie-pop weirdoes Of Montreal are coming to town (but not together).

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Officers Online BY BRIAN J. PEDERSEN, bpedersen@tucsonweekly.com he Tucson Police Department wants you to be its friend, but isn’t necessarily looking to swap party stories with you. It wants to be followed by you, too—but don’t expect to be mentioned or retweeted. And while TPD officials wouldn’t mind you enjoying its lineup of online video clips, the intent is meant to be more educational than entertaining. Such is the approach the Police Department has taken over the past six months, since it arrived in the world of social media, specifically on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. “We’re not going to be ad-libbing a bunch from (crime) scenes on Twitter,” said Sgt. Matt Ronstadt, a TPD spokesman. “There won’t be a whole lot of entertaining commentary for the sake of entertaining.” Since summer, Ronstadt, along with police spokeswoman Sgt. Maria Hawke, have been adding tweets, status updates and video uplinks to their media and public-information responsibilities. It’s part of a mandate from police Chief Roberto Villaseñor to increase the department’s social-media presence as a way to get information out to sections of the population that don’t regularly watch TV or read newspapers—and, in some cases, to get info to the public before the media even hear about it. “Normally, it’s the same information we’re sending out to the media, but sometimes what goes on Facebook first is (something like) a road closure, because we’re working a serious collision or something, and we’re at the scene,” Ronstadt said. All TPD Facebook updates get copied to the department’s Twitter account, which as of Dec. 14 had just a shade more than 3,000 followers. The Facebook page, which like Twitter is public and doesn’t require approval to be “liked,” has a little more than 2,800 likes. The department’s YouTube channel, active since late July, has more than 300 people who have signed up to be notified of any new videos uploaded to the site. And despite only displaying 13 videos—including a cheesy welcome message from Villaseñor—the clips have been viewed more than 43,000 times. The most-popular videos are of crashes, noted Sgt. Tim Beam, supervisor for TPD’s traffic safety camera program. “You can’t give away tickets to the ballet, but you can sell tickets to a car crash,” joked Beam, whose office culls crash and near-miss highlights from footage at the city’s eight red light cameras. Beam said the videos aren’t posted to shame anyone—he said any crash-related clip will be at least 90 days old, to avoid affecting any possible

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court action connected to it—but ut rather to educate viewers on just st how dangerous running a red light can be. “I think a lot of people don’t understand the dynamics of what occurs in a crash,” he said. Beam said one video, which has yet to be posted, shows a woman who, while pre-occupied with a phone call, sped through an intersection a whop-ping 34 seconds after the green light ended. No other vehicles were ere in the area at the time. “She just got really lucky,” Beam am said. “Those are the kind of things ngs that kill people.” Ronstadt said he hopes to add d surveillance videos and other relevant ant footage to YouTube. In the meantime, his and Hawke’s wke’s social-media focus has involved posting updates on the sorts of crimes and incidents that hat would be reported to local media: homicides, ides, bank robberies, serious or fatal crashes, and d missingi i persons reports, as well as information on upcoming events involving TPD. Like the updates that newspapers and TV and radio stations post to their websites, TPD’s Facebook page allows comments on all posts, including those related to arrests and to people wanted in connection with crimes. So far, Ronstadt said, the dialogue created by such commentary has remained relatively docile. But Ronstadt said he will cut off a thread “if the flavor of the conversation becomes inflammatory. “We want to make sure the conversation is kept constructive,” he said, noting a disclaimer on the page’s info tab that TPD is “moderating this page to ensure that we maintain an environment where all visitors can feel safe.” Social media has also enabled TPD to create a forum for situations in which officials believe a local news outlet might have misreported, embellished or sensationalized a story in a way that made the department look bad. Labeled “for the record,” it’s archived within the Facebook page’s photo album. TPD has thrice called out the Arizona Daily Star for inaccuracies in editorials and articles related to police-staffing levels. On Nov. 9 it lashed out at KGUN Channel 9 for a story it said “embarks on a reckless mission to create controversy” surrounding an incident in which a TPD officer’s vehicle was stolen by an armed suspect. “We had already commented on the reasons

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TPD Online The Tucson Police Department has taken to social media to spread information via Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Check out TPD’s likes, tweets and videos at: • www.facebook.com/ TucsonPoliceDepartment • twitter.com/Tucson_Police • www.youtube.com/user/TucsonAZPD why there was no story there, essentially, and it was our opinion that the story was reported on, anyway, and was not reported in a fair and open manner,” Ronstadt said. Aside from such posts, Ronstadt said, TPD’s social-media approach isn’t intended to be a back-and-forth relationship with the public. The department doesn’t accept online crime reports, nor is it expected that visitors might post legitimate, reliable tips via Facebook. But Ronstadt has asked investigators in various departments to try to determine if any tips to 88-CRIME or other sources came as a result of seeing something online. “So far, there’s no certainty that we’ve had a tip that’s led to an arrest specifically from Facebook,” he said. “I’d like to be able to provide that feedback to someone who has maybe done that, who has posted (something), to say, ‘Hey, thanks for the help.’”

us that four years ago, the Community Food Bank was serving 98,000 people a month. In October of this year, the number had climbed to 240,000. “It’s really unprecedented,” Carnegie says. Call 622-0525 for details on donating, or visit communityfoodbank.com. You might also consider the Primavera Foundation. Peggy Hutchison, the chief executive officer of Primavera, says she’s seeing the emergence of a new group of people. “They’ve never been homeless before,” Hutchison says. “They never expected to be in this situation.” She’s seen some success stories— people who have passed through Primavera’s rental or transition housing and are now back on their feet—but she’s seeing many other problems, too, including people who have health-care needs because they aren’t eligible for AHCCCS coverage. To make a contribution to Primavera, call 623-5111, ext. 107, or go to www.primavera.org. Or you could give a little to Emerge!, a nonprofit dedicated to helping victims of domestic violence. Emerge!’s Anna Stevens-Denae tells us that as people get more worried about money, relationships are more likely to slip into trouble—and domestic violence is likely to increase. Emerge! has 120 beds for women who leave abusive partners and need shelter. In October, the organization had to turn away 85 people; in November, it turned away 57. Compare that to 2010, when the shelters turned away an average of 23 women a month. Emerge! could also use some big, warm blankets, says Stevens-Denae: “We have some throws, but you have to pile three or four of those on a person, so we’re in dire need of some full-size blankets.” To make a contribution to Emerge!, call 795-8001, ext. 7013. There are plenty of other worthy causes, such as Youth on Their Own, which helps homeless teens (2931136), Casa de los Niños (624-5600) and the Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault (sacasa.org). Find a complete list of eligible agencies and more details about the working-poor tax credit at azdor.gov/ TaxCredits/WorkingPoorTaxCredit.aspx. 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. Follow the Skinny scribe on Twitter: @nintzel.

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This folklórico-group founder says he was inspired by his daughter

AT EDUARDO BACA’S UPHOLSTERY SHOP ON SOUTH Fourth Avenue in South Tucson, the sounds of children’s voices and the rhythms of Mexican folklórico music drift through the doorway. You might think such sounds are what inspired Baca and his wife, Josefina, to start Ballet Tapatío Folklórico. Although the sounds coming from the dance studio next door to his shop are wonderful, the real inspiration came at home. “Because of my daughter,” Baca says, surrounded by car seats, chairs and other furniture that he will make look like new. When his daughter, Veronica, was a little girl, she was always running around, full of energy, he says. “I said to my wife, ‘We have to put her in something.’” But Veronica didn’t like soccer. And she wasn’t thrilled with gymnastics, either. One day in 1997, they watched a folklórico performance together—and her face lit up, Baca recalls. “I asked her, ‘You think you’d like that?’ She said, ‘Yes.’” That was the start of Ballet Folklórico Tapatío (www.purotapatio.org). With help from Lupe Klein Aviles, the Bacas brought in folklórico dance instructor Sergio Valle from Guadalajara, and Victoria was joined by her brothers, Jose Luis and Eduardo Jr. Practices were held on the Bacas’ front porch. As soon as more children joined in, Baca soon realized he needed to find a bigger practice space. There wasn’t enough money to rent a studio, but Baca happened to own an empty lot next to his upholstery shop. “I went to a contractor I knew, and asked him if he could level the lot for me, so we could build the studio, but I didn’t have any way to pay him,” Baca says. The contractor agreed to do the work in exchange for Baca reupholstering some truck seats. When it came time to pour the foundation, Baca paid for the concrete, but got someone to agree to pour the foundation free. In all, he collected about $5,000 in donated work, while he put in the rest of the $15,000 needed to build the studio. 14 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

BY WEEKLY STAFF AND CONTRIBUTORS mailbag@tucsonweekly.com His daughter, now grown, is a physical therapist, and his oldest son is a dentist with a practice in Phoenix. The youngest son, Jose Luis, is now the instructor for Ballet Folklórico Tapatío. Baca says he believes his children’s success was based in part on their interest in folklórico. “When you love something, you focus on that. I love upholstery. This is what I do, and I do it because I love it,” Baca says. Giving children something that they love to do “helps them be successful.” Looking back on his own childhood, Baca says he never thought he’d be where he is today—supporting a folklórico group and making costumes for its shows. He recently took on the job of installing a new floor at the studio. Baca moved to Tucson from Mexico in 1972 and got a job as a dishwasher. Then he worked in a furniture store, where he learned enough about the upholstery business to start his own shop. In the dance studio, Baca walks in after the last class and opens a door to reveal a huge storage room filled with costumes, hats, shoes and props representing dances and costumes from almost every region of Mexico. He pulls out a black suede vest, part of a group of costumes he was able to make because of his upholstery skills. He also points out a group of white jackets with black embroidery that cost about $6,000, paid for by Baca. Baca says the group charges about $25 for each child to join the group, with discounts for multiple children from the same family. The group now has more than 130 members. “We have kids who come down from Oro Valley and even the eastside,” Baca says. Although the group is a nonprofit, it’s been hard to obtain grants. Baca says he sometimes gets frustrated because there are numerous grants available to help support children’s sports teams, but not as many to help dance programs. “For these kids, this is a sport,” he says. The income pays for instruction, and anything left over goes to costumes and travel costs. According to the group’s website, the kids involved have traveled to Walt Disney World, Guadalajara, Idaho and various Arizona locales

CYNTHIA CONROY Her stair-climbing race in Bisbee raises thousands for charity

during the past 15 years. They have won numerous honors over the years, most recently taking first place last year at the first International Mariachi and Folklórico Festival in Rosarito Beach, Baja California. “When we first started, it was for our daughter,” Baca says. “I didn’t know what would happen. Here we are, and I am so happy.” —Mari Herreras mherreras@tucsonweekly.com

CYNTHIA CONROY IS CATCHING A BREAK: BECAUSE 2012 is a leap year, she’ll have an extra day to plan next October’s Bisbee 1000, an event she founded a couple of decades ago. She started the event on a lark, and now, it’s an international happening. It’s been lauded by everyone from the folks at Runner’s World magazine to The Wall Street Journal. Conroy (wearing the cowboy hat at the right in the photo above) got the idea for the event back in the late 1980s when she read an article in The New York Times about how exercise enthusiasts were flocking to gyms to use the newfangled stair-climber machines. She figured that hilly Bisbee was a town full of exercise opportunities, and it took off from there. The first Bisbee 1000 drew about 100 participants (mostly local) and raised about $1,000. The 21st Bisbee 1000, held a couple of months ago, had to be capped at 2,000 participants (more than 98 percent from out of town). It raised nearly $65,000. The money helps support a wide range of charities in both Bisbee and Sierra Vista. This year’s beneficiaries include local Boys and Girls Clubs, the Sierra Vista middle school band, the Copper Queen Hospital, the Bisbee Food Bank, the Bisbee homeless shelter and at least 18 other organizations. “We’re thrilled to be able to help so many people, but we want to do more,” Conroy says. She took some heat from a few people for taking on the Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Foundation as a partner this year, but she shrugs it off. “Hey, Bisbee wouldn’t exist in the

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first place if it weren’t for mining companies. And Freeport is a great partner. They matched contributions—dollar for dollar—and ended up contributing $20,000. I realize that there’s an anticorporate vibe in Bisbee, but Freeport is a good neighbor and a good partner.” Her knowledge of Bisbee and its steps is encyclopedic. She rattles off facts and figures in dizzying fashion: Bisbee has 351 sets of stairs that, laid end to end, would stretch more than three miles. (The race itself uses only nine flights of stairs, but that’s still enough to give the average participant a butt cramp that will last for weeks.) Many of the concrete steps were built by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression to replace dangerous wooden steps. Conroy says there are WPA stamps in steps all over Bisbee. Conroy walks the course several times a year, often with people who come to town for a weekend to check it out without the race-day pressure. But she’s so busy on that third Saturday in October that she can’t participate in the event she created. Aided by an army of volunteers that includes the Arizona Rangers, a group that supports law-enforcement agencies, and even the Cochise College women’s basketball team, she oversees every aspect of the event. Just before the start of this year’s race, she grabbed the microphone and chastised those who try to participate without paying the entry fee, despite knowing that all the proceeds go to charity. “I can’t stand it,” she says, bristling. “People can walk these steps for free 364 1/2 days a year, but these bandits want to crash a party and take money away from causes that need it. It really makes me angry.” Conroy laughs when she ponders the growth of the Bisbee 1000. “I thought I had a pretty good idea, but I didn’t know it would turn into this. People refer to me as the founder, but anymore, I’m just the baby sitter. This thing has taken on a life of its own.” —Tom Danehy tdanehy@tucsonweekly.com

Weekly. “She is single-handedly responsible for keeping all gardens, greenery and potted plants alive here.” I get the same sense from Larry Haynes, a former Holladay teacher who returned much later as its principal. Over that long arc, his ties to Josie Dominguez and her family have endured. “It’s great, at this stage in our careers, to see one another again,” he says, “and to know that she’s giving of herself as she did way back then.” Dominguez and I walk past several classrooms to a small garden planted just inside the steel fence near 34th Street. She crouches, plucking one brown stalk from a basil plant and pinching it between her fingers. These labors bear great fruit, she tells me. “Betts and I get together and make a salad for the kids. We use stuff like radishes and tomatoes, and the kids get to taste what they grow.” But at Holladay, some things are planted even deeper than that. “It mostly has to do with showing my grandkids that I’m here to improve their school,” she says. “It shows that I care enough about their education to be doing this, which is important.” Josie Dominguez pauses to check a tomato plant that’s valiantly braving this crisp winter morning. “I’m here every day,” she says with a slight grin. “When I put something in the ground, I want to see it come up.” (Disclosure: My wife is a fifth-grade teacher at Holladay.) —Tim Vanderpool tvanderpool@tucsonweekly.com

The Jan. 8 hero fights for tougher background checks on gun sales LAST SPRING, PATRICIA MAISCH WAS APPROACHED by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a coalition of more than 500 mayors to become a spokeswoman for a proposed law that would tighten the background checks required of people who want to buy a gun. It was several months after she’d made a seemingly mundane decision that may have saved her life: While attending a Jan. 8 Congress on Your Corner event held by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at a northwest-side Safeway, she decided to step to the back of the line. “I came away from the shooting with a personal self-imposed responsibility to change some of the things that are happening,” Maisch says, citing research supported by the coalition. “Thirty-four Americans die each day from violence from guns.” On Nov. 15, Maisch testified along with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg before a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee on “The Fix Gun Checks Act: Better State and Federal Compliance, Smarter Enforcement.” During her testimony, she held up pictures of each of the six people killed on Jan. 8 and said their names aloud. “I want to be useful in the process,” Maisch says. “After I came home from D.C., my husband read what some of the bloggers were saying—that the spokespersons for the coalition are being used for someone else’s politics, that what we want will never happen. That blogger is wrong. I know I’m being used—and I’m in favor of being used in this effort.” Maisch, who was lauded for taking the magazine away from Jared Loughner as he attempted to reload, refuses to call herself a hero, reserving that title for Roger Salzgeber and Bill Badger,

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This volunteer uses gardening to teach schoolchildren about commitments DIGGING YOUR HANDS INTO THE RICH SOIL LAID down by Josie Dominguez, you won’t find joysticks or keyboards or any other remnants of the digital age. What you will discover is the ancient pleasure of planting the earth, and soulful lessons destined to long outlive any computer screen. That’s the gift this 73-year-old mother, grandmother and legendary gardener shares every day with the students and staff at Holladay Magnet Elementary School. Actually, it’s just one of the gifts. In those moments when she’s not teaching kids how to raise lilies or lettuce or cilantro or tomatoes, she is shepherding them off buses, mopping floors or nurturing landscaping that not long ago was bare dirt. Chat with Dominguez for more than a minute, and you know it’s all about the kids. “I show them how to put the plants in the ground,” she says. “Some of them are pretty good at it. They don’t mind getting their hands dirty. It’s really a lot of fun, helping them learn different things. “This also helps them in the long run,” she says. “Later on in life, if they want to plant a garden, they know exactly what to do—how to get it started, how to keep it going.” Her volunteerism is also about Holladay, a plucky little school that long ago became the heartbeat of the struggling South Park neighborhood. And Dominguez has plenty of reasons to care, because three of her granddaughters are students here. She has roots in South Park, which emerged as a thriving African-American enclave in the 1940s, and has seen its fortunes rise and fall ever since. Today, the community of slumpblock homes, makeshift churches and dirt yards has a shifting demographic that’s now roughly 40 percent Hispanic. A native of the tiny railroad town of Cochise, Dominguez moved to South Park in 1960. By her recollection, at least one family member seems to have attended Holladay ever since. Betts Putnam-Hidalgo is another volunteer at the school. “I’ve worked with Josie on landscaping at two schools now, and her energy, commitment and dedication are just amazing,” Putnam-Hidalgo writes in an email to the

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the two men who tackled him. “I knew it was a gun. I didn’t think I had time to run, so I got on the ground,” she remembers. “At the same moment, Bill and Roger knocked him down, essentially on top of me. They yelled, ‘Get the gun—get the magazine!’ I knelt up but I couldn’t reach his gun, which was in his right hand, outstretched. But I got the magazine from his left hand, which he was getting out from his pants. “Once you go through something like that, the little things can be easily let go of. Every day is a good day if no one is shooting at me. I try to be thankful for that in discreet ways and notdiscreet ways.” Maisch says that the first responders and employees from nearby restaurants who gave aid to the wounded were also heroes that day. “The rest of us, I think, were people of action,” she says. “It takes both that and heroes to change things. I hope there are more people of action out there to tell Congress that people who shouldn’t have guns shouldn’t have them.” Maisch recommends signing petitions and calling state legislators to help change gun laws. “Remember Dorothy Morris, Judge (John) Roll, Phyllis Schneck, Dorwan Stoddard, Gabe Zimmerman and Christina-Taylor Green,” Maisch says, with tears welling up as she gets to the last name. Maisch says she plans to talk to Tucson’s new mayor, Jonathan Rothschild, about joining the coalition. She also wants to discuss the issue with Sens. Jon Kyl and John McCain. “I want people to understand that (gun violence is) not just the events that are massive and get national press, but that it’s happening every day in inner cities. Thirty-four Americans are dying every day, and it can’t continue.” To sign a petition to support tougher background checks for gun sales, visit www. closetheloophole.org. —Debbie Hadley mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

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“YOU DON’T HAVE TO LOOK VERY FAR TO SEE IF A community is respected,” Luis Perales says, “You just have to see how clean it is. You just have to see how developed that community is. If you see that there’s very little development and very little cleaning, and things are dilapidated … you don’t have to go any further than that.” But regardless of how things look, Perales says, when you speak to residents of such communities, you’ll realize that everyone wants the same thing: a safe, healthy and sustainable place to live. “Some people are just stuck in a cycle … of violence or abuse or dependency,” says Perales, who is working through the Tierra y Libertad Organization to help one neglected Tucson community take control of its future. Tactics range from obtaining government resources to grow food for neighborhood residents, to persuading artists to use their skills to beautify common spaces. Perales, an alumnus of the joint publichealth/Mexican-American studies program at the UA, has a day job showing high school teachers how to make coursework relevant to the backgrounds and needs of students. But in his own time, Perales does what he calls “ethnic studies in action.” He is helping residents of Barrio Wakefield, an area south of Interstate 10 between Sixth and 12th avenues, work together to foster community and learn sustainable development techniques, such as water-harvesting and urban farming. “We specifically chose the Wakefield neighborhood because it hasn’t had a neighborhood association for over 10 years,” Perales says. Although some neighborhood schools and churches have programs to help with community needs, Perales says that what’s lacking in Wakefield is a sense of ownership that the neighborhood could mobilize to get alleys and abandoned properties cleaned up, traffic abated and weeds controlled. But a quick fix won’t get the job done, Perales says. He’s working with the community’s youth on a more-sustainable approach. For 10 years, he’s run a summer program that educates neighborhood youth about public health assess16 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

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He uses ‘ethnic studies in action’ to help neighborhoods help themselves ment, permaculture development and food safety. “It’s the role of these young people to become educated, to be eloquent speakers, to be presenters, to be able to do research,” he says. The program also encourages young people to cultivate resiliency in themselves and the community. Perales says “the program exposes them to what we consider the ills of society … (such as) the bombardment of antiLatino legislation in Arizona. We say, ‘Well, what are you gonna do about that? How are you going to be able to be resilient in this context?’” Pointing to the state of public education in Arizona, he says, “We’re 49th. Well, how are you going to take it upon yourself to learn, to be knowledgeable?” Perales sees the problems of a community as “an opportunity to engage folks … so in good or bad times, we’re taking care of one another, repairing things that need repair … building upon the positive instead of always thinking about our communities (in the negative). “So, for me, it’s bringing these issues to light—not to complain, but to say, ‘Well, what are we gonna do about it?’ Because if we’re waiting for the president or the City Council to come and solve these problems, it’s not gonna happen.” —Linda Ray lray@tucsonweekly.com

The founder of a youth-cycling team promotes integrity and physical fitness PAM WAS WORRIED ABOUT HER SONS. LUKE AND Liam were both in high school. They were good kids and had decent grades, but they had few interests and spent most of their spare time playing video games. Would they become just another two disaffected youths whose growth and maturation was stunted by apathy and lack of engagement with life? Fast-forward a couple of years, and Pam is giddy with delight: Luke and Liam are members of an athletic team. They train; they support each other and their teammates; they are energetic and active— and they both scoff at the Xbox. What facilitated such a transformation? In this case, the alchemist was Ignacio Rivera de Rosales, and his philosopher’s stone was the sport of bicycling. He had been a longtime cycling enthusiast, but his first weeklong bike tour moved him to the fanatic level. “I wanted to get totally involved in bicycles, and everything they could do socially and culturally,” he says. “Wow! The bicycle. What an amazing tool for so much.” Shortly after that tour in 2003, de Rosales came to Tucson to study at the University of Arizona. It was not long before he discovered BICAS, a nonprofit that engages in bicycle recycling, advocacy and instruction. He described it as “a very rough diamond” and has since helped grow the organization. In 2005, the principal of City High School, a

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local charter school, stopped by BICAS, looking for bicycle racks. De Rosales spoke to the principal, and this led to an offer for de Rosales to teach bicycling at the school as a physicaleducation class. His first class was a motley crew of nonathletes. The first few rides were no more than 3 or 4 miles long. By the end of the year, however, the crew rode the 27-mile Tour of the Tucson Mountains. “That was the greatest physical achievement that any of those kids ever achieved in their lives,” he says, adding, “I knew then that I wanted what I have now with El Grupo.” El Grupo is a youth-cycling team that endeavors to “instill traits such as courage, integrity and good sportsmanship through riding and racing bicycles,” he says. De Rosales met Luke at one of his BICAS build-a-bike classes. He invited Luke to ride bikes with him. A year later, Luke was riding the 111-mile El Tour de Tucson. De Rosales described him as “a kid who never did a competitive sport in his life, and now he can look at himself and say, ‘I’m an athlete. I’m a physical being. I can set physical goals. I can go out and achieve them. I enjoy activity.’ And that’s great!” The evening before the 2011 El Tour de Tucson, the team got together for dinner. Liam was presented with a team jersey, a privilege he had earned. Hundreds of mostly poor, at-risk boys and girls have passed through programs in which de Rosales is involved. Many are still friends with him, and come to visit and have dinner with him and his wife, Daniela Diamente. To them, he is certainly a hero. For more information, visit elgrupocycling. org. —Jonathan Hoffman mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

LINDA ROUSOS AS AN ENGLISH-AS-A-SECOND-LANGUAGE instructor at Pima Community College, Linda Rousos saw the need for a place where refugees could find support outside of her classroom. So in 1995, she founded the Tucson International Alliance of Refugee Communities, or TIARC, as a place where refugees could connect with and help each other. When refugees come to the United States, they are given assistance for a period of time by a resettlement agency. The assistance typically includes English and citizenship classes, as well as an aide who helps refugees settle in this country—for example, by registering their children in school. In the past, the assistance period could last up to nine months, but today, the period can be as short as 30 to 60 days, says Rousos (pictured above wearing the pink sweater). “After they finished with the resettlement, they would ask their teacher or me—sometimes I was their teacher—‘What can I do?’� she says. “They still have a lot of need.� Refugees would need help dealing with government paperwork, or finding medical care, or dealing with the school system. “The first year or two that they’re here, the resettlement agencies can’t work with them very much anymore, but TIARC can,� Rousos says. “They have somewhere to go.� Before TIARC, refugees in Tucson tended to stick with other refugees of the same ethnicity, but TIARC has helped bring the various groups together. “I came up with the idea to have this community-development group for refugee communities, plural, not just one ethnic group,� Rousos says. “They needed a place so that refugees from different groups could get together

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and help each other. It was exciting. They had some of the same dreams.� Most refugees wanted a place where they could get information about job opportunities, news in their native language, and language classes for their children. All that and more became possible through TIARC, which became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 1997. The program has struggled at times, but today, it is thriving, thanks to a three-year grant approved earlier this year. TIARC’s services have expanded to include case-management help for elderly refugees, English and citizenship classes, computer classes, driver training, help with translation, and even a diaper bank. Rousos smiles when she thinks of how far TIARC has come. “I thought it was a project that I would get going maybe for a few years, but I never thought it would go on as long as this,� she says. Rousos says the refugees TIARC has helped over the years include some of the most amazing people she has ever met. Rousos chuckles as she recalls refugees from the former Soviet Union negotiating for the ability to watch Russian TV channels with the owner of their low-income senior-living facility. “Sometimes, the refugees just need a person to tell their story to,� Rousos says. “A lot of refugees, they’re different in some ways, but they also have a lot in common. They’re survivors. They’re brilliant people, a lot of them, and they’re very, very generous. It’s really a wonderful thing when they can work together, and share, and help each other.� For more information about TIARC, or to volunteer, visit www.aztiarc.org. —Kellie Mejdrich mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

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He has saved many key pieces of Tucson culture ANY GUY IN TIGHTS AND A CAPE CAN SAVE THE DAY, but it seems like only Charlie Spillar is able to save precious pieces of Tucson. Since he moved here nine years ago, this versatile fellow and free-spirited artist has aided arts organizations and helped preserve Tucson’s culture—all at no charge. “I must be insane,” he says with a laugh when asked why he does it. Mix insanity with a passion for art, and therein lies Spillar’s motivation. His most notable claims to fame include helping to save the Valley of the Moon, finding new homes for the massive Magic Carpet Golf statues in 2008 and 2009, and continuing Tucson’s drive-in theater tradition when the De Anza Drive-In was closed in 2009 and demolished in 2010. Valley of the Moon became Spillar’s mission after he became enchanted with the 1920s-era fantasyland at 2544 E. Allen Road. Later, he knew he had to save the historic big screen from the De Anza Drive-In and continue the local drive-in tradition, not only because of community sentiment—but also because he loves drive-ins. In between, Spillar felt a special bond with the Magic Carpet statues, because one of his own gigantic creations was once reduced to rubble without warning. The statues have since found new homes around town, thanks to Spillar’s efforts, which included the fundraising “One Last Round” of miniature golf on the property at 6125 E. Speedway Blvd. “Over 100 volunteers helped make it a major success enjoyed by participants from all over the country,” Spillar says. “The Magic Carpet meant so much to so many Tucsonans … and the wide media coverage helped me to find people to adopt and save the unique sculptures that were its feature for over 40 years. “It was like I saved their lives,” he says, which was no easy feat. The giant Tiki head alone weighs in at 55,000 pounds. Saving the biggest movie screen at De Anza was no walk in the park, either. Spillar wasn’t told the demolition crew was coming until the morning it arrived. 18 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

“I threw my body in front of the bulldozers,” LUCY TOAL GRABS HER WALKER AND MAKES HER he jokes. Spillar arranged for the pieces of the way slowly to the corner of her sewing room. dismantled screen to be kept in storage until a Once she’s stationed at her machine, she starts permanent location is found. stitching strips of fabric to muslin with lightning In the interim, Spillar set up the nonprofit speed. Cactus Drive-In Theatre Foundation (www. At age 84, Toal is making baby quilts for cactusdriveintheater.com), which has already infants born to poor mothers. shown a handful of movies at a couple of “I put in two or three hours a day, almost temporary locations. More than 600 people every day,” she says cheerfully, looking up from came to the first showing. a piece of cloth decorated with teddy bears. “It brought families together, communicating “When I get on a roll, I can do two or three or and enjoying a family film,” he notes. more a month. Once you get started, it goes fast.” Spillar’s varied career has included stints Toal lost the vision in her right eye to disease as a writer, producer and star of TV 13 years ago, and now neuropathy commercials. He made the front makes it hard for her to walk. page of Advertising Age as the “But my hands, fortunately, first Chipwich street vendor thank God, my hands are in Los Angeles. still good,” she says. He’s been a commodities And so she quilts. “I broker, a public-relations sit here pretty much guru and a fish processor housebound. When in Alaska. He trained people ask me, ‘What HEROES in self-healing to treat a do you do?’ I say, ‘I put stomach ailment and says these little baby quilts he’s hasn’t had so much as together.’” indigestion since 1975. He Her husband, Jack has also hitchhiked across the Toal, says proudly that Yukon. Lucy produces up to 40 quilts “I have had so many interesting a year. He helps out by making jobs,” he says, that “I should be well runs to the nearby fabric store. Two over 100 by now.” friends lend a hand, too. One speeds up the work Getting paid for promoting the arts would by doing the ironing, and the other makes the be nice, he says, as would helping to transform quilt-backing. But Lucy, who once won prizes for Tucson into a bustling bastion of the arts. He her hand-stitched, hand-pieced wedding quilts— is excited about the planned renovation of the she has the ribbons hanging in the living room Steinfeld Warehouse into a community arts to prove it—stays in charge. center. He would love to see major arts events “I do the design,” she says firmly. come to town, and he wants to find more ways Toal comes by her pluck honestly. She grew to showcase “what phenomenal talent is located up on a farm in northeast Iowa, one of 12 kids here.” born to immigrant parents from Luxembourg. That talent also includes Spillar—for his After high school, she talked a younger sister ability to promote and preserve the things that into moving with her to Chicago, where the pair keep Tucson unique. worked as clerks for the FBI. —Ryn Gargulinski “The FBI was the best thing that ever haprgargulinski@tucsonweekly.com pened to me,” she says with a chuckle. “It broadened my horizons.” The two sisters eventually moved to Arizona to escape Chicago’s cold. She fell in love with the

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LUCY TOAL At age 84, the quilter brings joy to mothers in need

MARGARET REGAN

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desert, Toal says, and with Jack, an air-traffic controller stationed at Luke Air Force Base. They married in 1953. Lucy gave birth to five children in eight years. She took care of the kids, managed the military household’s many moves, and brought in extra cash by doing dressmaking and mending at home. It wasn’t until the 1970s, after the Toals were settled in Tucson and the children were bigger, that she turned to fancy quilting. “The first quilt I made, I thought I was hot stuff,” she remembers. Then she went to a meeting of the Tucson Quilters Guild and saw the intricate work the others were doing. “I said, ‘Oh, my Lord.’” But Toal learned fast. Before long, she was making exquisite full-size quilts. Everything was hand-stitched—she not only sewed the tiny pieces of fabric together with a needle and thread; she also hand-stitched the quilting that holds the top and bottom together. She copyrighted her design for a sturdy denim quilt made out of castoff jeans and won a prize for a quilt in a hexagon pattern that she dreamed up herself. Toal is grateful that during those years of good health, she found time to hand-sew a double quilt for each of her five children, and one for each of her four grandchildren. One granddaughter got hers when she married last month, and another one is stored in a box, awaiting the marriage of the last grandchild. When she got sick, “I switched gears,” Toal says simply. Hand-stitching was out, but she took stock of what she could do. And what she could do was make smaller, simpler quilts on her sewing machine. “I do it all without my right eye,” she boasts. Sometimes, the moms who get the quilts let her know just how much they appreciate her work. Recently, she got a thank-you note from a woman known to Toal only as Rachel. “I am so blessed to have received one of your quilts,” Rachel wrote. “Receiving this masterpiece is like receiving a piece of you.” When she and her baby sit wrapped in the quilt, Rachel wrote, “it’s like I have an angel on my lap.” —Margaret Regan mregan@tucsonweekly.com

York, who had been working with relief orga- housing and food production to infrastructure such as bathrooms and water-purification sysnizations since 1995, finally got fed up during a tems, most are focused on areas and communitrip to Afghanistan in 2002. It was at that point, ties where women find themselves facing uphill he says, that he decided to commit himself battles to become self-sufficient. not just to providing aid to those who need it, but to doing it in a way that emphasizes effort “Some of these villages are places where they’d never educated women for 2,000 instead of appearances. years, and here we are, directly “I just made a personal commitinvolved in providing literacy ment that I was going to build and education for women,” two girls’ schools,” York says. York says. “That has a “It wasn’t that hard, and didn’t cost that much. To huge, long-term impact. Even if just one in 100 put heaters in classrooms women go to college, cost, like, $10. There was those women become so much you could do for HEROES wives, and they have very little, and it just irked children and can teach me that the international their children to read.” community was saying One of Solace’s mostthey were doing so much, noteworthy projects is its but they weren’t doing much Cottage Industry program at all.” in Nepal. Established in 2010, That project was the first one its aim is to teach local artisans how undertaken by Solace International, the to design jewelry and other products that can nonprofit organization York founded in 2002 be sold in global markets, as well as locally to while living and going to school in Alaska. The name, York says, came from a random search of tourists, thanks to a partnership Solace has with online shopping giant Overstock.com. the dictionary one day. “We work with a lot of single moms who just “The word really seemed to resonate with don’t have a lot of opportunities,” York says. me and what we were doing—to try to provide “When women get educated, they start to earn, some solace,” he says. and they tend to spend more of the money they During the past nine years, Solace has make on educating their families.” branched out to run projects in 12 countries For more information, go to throughout Central and South America, Africa www.solaceinternational.org. and Asia. Efforts continue in Colombia, Ghana, —Brian J. Pedersen Guatemala, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi and Nepal. bpedersen@tucsonweekly.com Though Solace’s projects run the gamut from

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NATE YORK He heads up efforts to help Third World women become self-sufficient NATE YORK HAS SPENT HIS ADULT LIFE SEEING THE world—but not the picture-perfect one you see in vacation commercials, or in advertisements for high-end liquor. Instead, 15 years of globetrotting has taken York to the kinds of places where commercials tell us that people are in need, and that help will be on the way if we make a small donation. However, when York would go to places like Afghanistan, Bosnia or Kenya, he wouldn’t see the needy getting that help. Instead, he saw the

so-called helpers trying to make it look like a lot was getting done, when in truth, hardly anything was. “I was just so disappointed with all of the waste I saw,” says York, 41, a Georgia native who has called Tucson home since 2005. “You get all these big organizations that come in and would set up really nice offices, have large staffs and drive nice vehicles. They’d go around and do surveys, and they’d say they were helping. But they weren’t doing a whole heck of a lot.”

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CITYWEEK

DECEMBER 22-28, 2011 OUR TOP PICKS OF WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO DO IT BY KELLIE MEJDRICH AND ANNA MIROCHA

Not-So-Silent Night

PICK OF THE WEEK

It’s that time of year when many Tucson musicians who have been out on the road decide to head home for some holiday fun and sun. With so much talent in town, the folks at Club Congress have decided it’s the perfect time for a hootenanny— more specifically, the Xmas Eve EVE Holiday Hootenanny. (The extra EVE is thrown in because it’s being held two days before Christmas.) “I looked at some of the artists who are in town right now, and some of the ties some of them had with each other, and I asked, ‘Why don’t we throw just a big sort of friendly hootenanny?’” said Hotel Congress entertainment director David Slutes. “Traditionally, Congress around this time has always been sort of a place where a lot of old friends and a lot of people come. It’s like a homecoming Christmas party.” The hootenanny lineup includes Howe Gelb, Brian Lopez, Acorn Bcorn, Gabriel Sullivan and Make My Baby, featuring Lonna Kelley. Slutes said the musicians will perform round-robin style. In a regular show, “some have to go on first, and it’s too bad, because they’re all great,” Slutes explained. But in this show, “everyone plays one set early and one set late, so it keeps it rolling around. Whatever time you come in, you’ll see something great.” The show is a homecoming of sorts for some globetrotting and nation-crossing Tucson musicians. Acorn Bcorn had been touring the United States, going as far north as Washington state and as far east as Louisiana, before returning to Tucson in September. Sullivan and Lopez have been playing together in France for the past two months. While abroad, they met up with Gelb in Switzerland to play with the band Giant Sand, Sullivan said. Since returning to Tucson, Howe Gelb Sullivan and Gelb have been in the recording studio for a project that Gelb calls “Giant Giant Sand.” As many as a dozen musicians are participating, Gelb said. Gelb called the Club Congress show “a convenient spasm of interaction. It’s at Congress, for crying out loud. It’ll be a nice, cozy cluster, and a way to say ‘Hey’ to some friends we don’t often see.” Sullivan agreed that the show comes at an opportune moment. “We’ve been playing so much together; there are a lot of new projects with me and Brian together, and with Howe as well,” Sullivan said. “It seems like a good opportunity to kind of close up what we’ve been doing.” Recently recorded Giant Sand songs are likely on the set list, Gelb and Sullivan agreed, but there’s much more to be heard at the show. “Those guys all have their own bands, too,” Gelb said. “We’ll just be

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intermixing and celebrating.” It’s likely that the hootenanny performers will get together at the end of the show for a group jam, Slutes said. Overall, it’s going to be a night of artists and fans getting together to share some holiday cheer, he said. “I thought, two days before Christmas, for people coming (from) out of town to have a great show, it feels sort of warm and fuzzy,” he said. The show is also an opportunity for Tucsonans to find out what some of their favorite musicians have been up to, Sullivan said. “Nobody in Tucson has seen what we’ve been doing. This will be kind of an opportunity to do that—an under-the-radar, very merry homecoming,” he said. Club Congress’ Xmas Eve EVE Holiday Hootenanny starts at 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 23, at Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St. Tickets are $6. For more information, call 622-8848, or visit www.hotelcongress.com. Kellie Mejdrich mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

ART/LECTURES Learn About a Legend Annie Leibovitz presentation 2 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 27 Dusenberry-River Branch Library 5605 E. River Road 594-5345

When you think of photographer Annie Leibovitz, the image that might first come to mind is her famous picture of a nude John Lennon curled in a fetal position, clutching a black-clad Yoko Ono. It may have been the best photo ever taken of the pair. For sure, it was the last: Lennon was shot dead with a gun just five hours after Leibovitz shot him with her camera. Leibovitz has taken countless other amazing photos of famous people, from Bruce Springsteen to Lance Armstrong to Queen Elizabeth II. You might’ve heard of that controversial photo she took in 2008 of 15-year-old Miley Cyrus without a shirt (with her chest covered by a sheet, of course). But there’s a reason Leibovitz has photographed so many celebrities—she is good at it, and there’s a lot more to her photography than her often-famous subjects. She uses beautiful lighting, bold colors and intriguing—to say the least—scenery. If you want to learn more about the legendary photog, check out the presentation “Annie Leibovitz: American Photographer: A Picture in Progress,” by Ellie Eigen, a knowledgeable docent at the Tucson Museum of Art. In fact, the museum is sending its docents to the library every fourth Tuesday to give interesting talks on a wide variety of artrelated topics. “It’s a wonderful partnership we have with the Tucson Museum of Art,” said Dusenberry-River librarian Paula Maez. “It’s a good way for people to visit the library as well as get acquainted with the museum without having to go there. And we’re grateful that the museum has such a wonderful community-outreach program and can provide such great talks for our patrons.” All Tuesday art talks are free and open to the public. —A.M.

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A Santa Story

A New Place for Outer Space

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Poets Square Rooftop Christmas Pageant

Mars and Beyond

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If you image it, it will happen. That’s not a mangled line from the movie Field of Dreams—it’s actually the basic message of Power Imagery: Believing and Achieving Through Mental Imagery, by sports psychologist, coach and self-help author Dan Leitner. In the book, Leitner teaches the reader what imagery is; shares evidence of the power of imaging; and shows the reader how to image for self-improvement, expanding the consciousness and possibly achieving feats that might seem impossible. So what exactly is imaging? It’s hard to precisely define, but from what we can gather, it involves fully engaging your mind and spirit to envision an outcome that you then journey toward in reality. Part of the journey entails “dreaming purposefully”—harnessing the power of your dreams instead of losing it to everyday stress. Leitner’s book relates plenty of stories of power imagery at its most-potent, including a time when he was coaching a high school track-and-field athlete, and the 5-foot-7 student imaged himself straight over a 6-foot-6-high bar to win a state championship. But imagery’s not just for athletes—it can help anyone. “Who can benefit from the gift of imagery?” Leitner writes in his book’s introduction. “Artists, performers, life coaches, pastors or ministers, therapists, medical field professionals, teachers, engineers, scout leaders, sales professionals, parents and everyday people; in essence, all individuals who wish to grow and enrich their lives or the lives of others.” Sound a little New Age-y? Or a lot? Maybe. But who knows? It might be worth giving his message a chance, which you can do when he returns to Tucson (he used to live here) for a booksigning this week. Admission is free. —A.M.

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Are you a parent who likes to remind your offspring that Christmas is really about the story of Jesus’ birth, and not presents, Santa and sweets? At the same time, do you secretly love the presents-and-Santa-and-sweets part? Then the Poets Square Rooftop Christmas pageant is just right for you and your family. Instead of relating Mary and Joseph’s trip to Bethlehem, this pageant acts out Santa’s trip to a real Tucson home. It starts outside of the house of Susan Modisett and her husband in the Poets Square neighborhood (north of Broadway Boulevard, between Columbus Boulevard and Swan Road), where attendees can watch Santa (played by Modisett) land on the roof, dance around a little and then pour some magic “smoke-stopper” down the chimney so “he” can squeeze down it. Observers will then head inside, where they can see that Santa has popped up in the living room. All kids in attendance get to sit on Santa’s lap (and get a photo snapped), and each gets a candy cane. If this so far sounds like all Santa and no baby Jesus, don’t worry: While on the roof, Santa does a special tribute to Jesus and talks about the Christmas story; there’s also a showing of a scene with Joseph, Mary and their baby in the manger. The event is organized through the First Brethren Church (which will also provide live music and lead Christmas carols). Modisett said the event was started 23 years ago by an individual at a different house, but the whole neighborhood (and the church) took it on 11 years ago. “This is a community event that’s become a very popular tradition,” she said. Please bring food for the Community Food Bank instead of money for an admission fee. —A.M.

Left: Santa and kids at last year’s Poets Square Rooftop Christmas Pageant.

Science Downtown 300 E. Congress St. 622-8595; www.sciencedowntown.org

You might’ve been there to see Bodies, the grotesquely astounding exhibit showing the insides of actual preserved human corpses. You might’ve seen Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, the display of intimate artifacts from the mostfamous shipwreck in history, or maybe the King Tut show, which took you back to the era of the pharaoh through mummies, ancient weapons and treasures. Now, the exhibition hall in the Rialto building has a new show, and the space has a new—and permanent name and identity: It’s called Science Downtown, and now’s your chance to see its first exhibit. Mars and Beyond: The Search for Life on Other Planets was created by the University of Arizona’s College of Science—famous for its cutting-edge work with NASA—and features stunning images of outer space, focusing on one of our planet’s nearest and most-fascinating neighbors. You’ll learn all about the UA’s work with NASA’s HiRISE Mars high-resolution camera, the Phoenix Mars Mission science-lab lander, and the upcoming OSIRIS-REx mission. (Not sure what those are? All the more reason to go to this place.) The show also offers hands-on exhibits, theaters and scale models of some of the latest NASA mission spacecraft— the robotic equipment that’s now helping scientists unlock some of the mostintriguing questions about Mars and all of the other planets in our solar system. Besides blowing your mind, this exhibit will make you proud to be from the city whose university is at the forefront of so much Mars exploration. Said the museum’s education and outreach director, Shawdon Lex: “Science Downtown is a nonprofit organization … and a downtown Tucson must-see!” Admission is $18 for adults; $14 for students, seniors and the military; and $10 for children. —A.M.

Submissions CityWeek includes events selected by Kellie Mejdrich and Anna Mirocha and is accurate as of press time. Tucson Weekly recommends calling event organizers to check for last-minute changes in location, time, price, etc. To have material considered, please send complete information by Monday at noon 11 days prior to publication. Send to: Tucson Weekly, P.O. Box 27087, Tucson, AZ 85726, or fax information to 792-2096, or e-mail us at listings@tucsonweekly.com. DECEMBER 22 - 28, 2011

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Hungry to ring in 2012 in style? Heree are just a handful of options hat’ll it be this New Year’s Eve? Will you play it safe by dining at a triedand-true favorite, or break new ground at one of the many restaurants that opened this year? Either way, you’re in luck. Restaurants across the city are pulling out all the stops to make your last meal of the year something to remember. Many places are filling up quickly, too, so make reservations early—and don’t forget to arrange for a safe ride home, if necessary. Here are just some of the dining options available on New Year’s Eve. Let’s start up north at the Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain, 15000 N. Secret Springs Drive in Marana, where the party lasts the entire New Year’s Eve weekend. Dining options on New Year’s Eve include sushi in the Ignite Lounge; s’mores around outdoor fire pits; multicourse dinners at CORE Kitchen and Wine Bar; dive-in movies with poolside hot apple cider; champagne and chocolate bars; fireworks; and much more. Call 572-3000 for reservations. A little closer to Tucson, revelers at Noble Hops Gastropub, 1335 W. Lambert Lane in Oro Valley, will welcome the coming year with craft beers in hand. A three-course primerib dinner costs $29.95 per person, and there’s an outdoor area with a fireplace and a heater, which makes for lovely al fresco dining this time of year. Call 797-4677; noblehopspub.com. The new Union Public House, 4340 N. Campbell Ave., is offering pan-seared scallops, short-rib ragout, deconstructed duck Wellington and other dishes. It also has a great patio and an outdoor fireplace. The cost is $100 per couple. Call 329-8575 to reserve; www. uniontucson.com. Down the street at Acacia Real Food and Cocktails, 3001 E. Skyline Drive, chef Albert Hall is offering five courses for $95 per person. Expect popcorn polenta with porcini mushrooms, brie and pâte feuilletée; Nova Scotia lobster; Russian wild-boar sausage; fallow deer flambéed with apricots; and more. Call 232-0101; www.acaciatucson.com. If Asian fare is what you seek, Bushi Traditional Japanese and Asian Cuisine, 4689 E. Speedway Blvd., has you covered. Master sushi chef Shunichi Funakoshiya will be working his Asian-fusionfood magic with specials like Thai calamari and shishito tempura. Be brave, and try a wasabisake martini, or play it safe with a Midori saketini. The Ronstadt Generations take the stage at 10 p.m.; $10 in advance; $15 at the door. Call 325-6552; www.bushicuisine.com. Laugh in the new year at Laffs Comedy Café’s end-of-year chuckle-fest. The 7 p.m. seating features a choice of sirloin beef

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tips, chicken breast smothered in herb sauce, or grilled salmon. Tickets are $49.95 per couple and include champagne and comedy by Michael Malone. The midnight breakfast bash has all-you-can-eat eggs, sausage, potatoes, fruit and more. Tickets are $59.95 per couple, comedy show and champagne included. Laffs is at 2900 E. Broadway Blvd.; call 323-8669; laffstucson.com. Chef Ryan Clark of the restaurant at Lodge on the Desert, 306 N. Alvernon Way, is offering seatings from 4 to 11 p.m., and his new winter menu has something for just about everyone. New Year’s Eve additions include prime rib and lobster tail. Consider trying one of the inventive libations as well, like horchata-and-whiskey, or Irish soda made with Chartreuse and a Guinness reduction. Call 3202014; www.lodgeonthedesert.com. The Cup Café at Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St., has steamed scallops, New York strip, butternut-squash hummus, ceviche and much more. The seatings at 5 and 7 p.m. are $65 per person; the 10 p.m. seating is $75, which includes admission to the Aztec Apocalypse party at Club Congress. The regular menu will be available from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call 798-1618; www.hotelcongress.com. Across the street at Maynards Market and Kitchen, 400 N. Toole Ave., you will find six courses, including venison chops and roasted quail, at 4, 6 and 9 p.m. Prices range from $75 per person to $115. Add $35 for wine pairings. Call 545-0577; www.maynardsmarket.com. All three of Janos Wilder’s restaurants are offering special menus. Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails (135 S. Sixth Ave.; 623-7700; www. downtownkitchen.com) has curried lobster; lemon, ginger and coconut soup; and more for $40 to $55. Janos, the restaurant (3770 E. Sunrise Drive; 615-6100; www. janos.com), offers consommé with foie-gras custard and brandyflamed mushrooms; filet mignon with chanterelles; and more for $75. The adjacent J-BAR has three or four courses of items such as lobster, chipotle-and-white-cheddar enchiladas, and mushroom tamalitos for $35 to $45. Heading east to Jonathan’s Cork, at 6320 E. Tanque Verde Road, it’s grilled pork chops; fish fillets stuffed with Danish blue cheese; and mesquite-smoked chicken. Prices range from $17 to $30. Call

296-1631; www.jonathanscork.com. Also out east, Dakota Café and Catering Company (6541 E. Tanque Verde Road, No. 7; 298-7188; www.dakotacafetucson.com) will have surf and turf—beef tenderloin and lobster tail—for $32. New Year’s Eve hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and the regular menu will also be available. The Abbey Eat + Drink, 6960 E. Sunrise Drive, has three courses from 4 to 5:30 p.m. for $40, or $50 from 5:30 to 11 p.m. An optional wine pairing will also be available. Call 299-3132; www.theabbeytucson.com. Feast (3719 E. Speedway Blvd.) opens at 11 a.m. on New Year’s Eve, with a special prix-fixe menu available from 5 to 9 p.m. for $65, and a wine pairing for an additional $35. The menu wasn’t available at press time, but Doug Levy’s culinary mastery leaves nothing to be desired. Call 326-9363; www.eatatfeast.com. If curry is your thing, consider making reservations at V Fine Thai Dining, at 9 E. Congress St. Chef Redman Jarrell makes some utterly delicious and fragrant Thai food, and the ambiance is elegant yet comfortable. Prices range from $10 to $30, and there’s an after-party with appetizers, party favors and drink specials. Call 882-8143; www.vilathai.com. Other restaurants offering specials include Kingfisher Bar and Grill (2564 E. Grant Road); Pastiche Modern Eatery (3025 N. Campbell Ave.); Vero Amore (3305 N. Swan Road, No. 105); and Delectables Restaurant and Catering (533 N. Fourth Ave.). Several places are also offering special deals on New Year’s Day. Bushi Traditional Japanese and Asian Cuisine has a traditional Japanese “osechi set” dinner. Both Mama’s Hawaiian Barbecue locations (850 E. Speedway Blvd.; 15990 S. Rancho Sahuarita Blvd., No. 180) are offering $5 specials on selected items. And Ghini’s French Caffe (1803 E. Prince Road) will serve breakfast until 2 p.m., with specials on mimosas and Endurox recovery drinks. Eat well, Tucson. We’ll see you next year. To learn about New Year’s Eve music options, go now to TucsonWeekly.com, or pick up next week’s print edition!

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According to volunteer organizer Fred Snyder, “Elders wanted an event to be organized so that we can show our children what indigenous people have contributed to the fabric of life for more than 10,000 years. This event is to show people a different world.” Admission is $12 per person, per day, with children younger than 8 admitted free. Multiple-day deals are available. Visit the website for the schedule. —Anna Mirocha

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When we ring in the new year, many of us think about leaving the past behind for a brave new world, one in which we’ve conquered cravings for chocolate or cigarettes, or a world in which we can’t wait to get out of bed so we can knock out 100 pushups. But at Thunder in the Desert, participants will be focusing on the past—particularly the traditions of indigenous cultures. The massive American Indian fair and powwow has been held in Tucson every four years since 2000. The mission statement of the event’s founders says that participants should recommit to “the continuation of the strength, beauty and endurance of our traditions and cultures by providing a platform of inspiration for our Native American Indian youth, as they continue into the 21st century.” In other words, they want to keep ancient traditions alive as iPhones, Xboxes and MTV become the new gods of a globalized culture. Thunder in the Desert will feature parades, fashion shows, birds-of-prey exhibitions, equestrian events, powwows, concerts, dance competitions, craft demonstrations, a midnight friendship dance and a lot more. Over the years, the event has included representatives from more than 180 different tribes from around the world, including from Mexico, Ecuador, Australia, Bolivia, Honduras, Panama, Canada and the United States. One of the more interesting aspects of the event is that it is entirely run by volunteers. No single organization, church or cultural center is behind it—there’s a committee that finds people places to sleep, and nothing else. All participants pay their own way.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR lapse of lucidity. If you’re not down with that kind of fake gaiety, but still want to have a blast this New Year’s Eve, we suggest the Loft Cinema’s The Poseidon Adventure party. The cult classic, described on the Loft’s website as “the campiest, most-beloved disaster flick in movie history,” features Shelley Winters, Gene Hackman and Ernest Borgnine on a tottering ocean liner that capsizes at midnight on New Year’s Eve—and as the clock strikes midnight on film, so, too, will it in the real world. The screening is timed so that just as the new year dawns on the doomed S.S. Poseidon, people watching the movie right here in Tucson can drink champagne, kiss each other and do whatever else people do on New Year’s—even as it’s game-over for the Poseidon. In other words, this event is the perfect way to prepare for any calamity that 2012 might bring—while still keeping your spirits high (literally, if you’re raising a glass of champagne). “This is the first specifically New Year’s– themed event the Loft has offered,” said Loft program director Jeff Yanc. “It’s an inaugural voyage—just like in the film. … I think people will have a blast, and I hope we can do something like this every year for people who don’t like going out to the bars.” The event will include a ’70s costume party, a raffle and more. Admission is $8; or $6 for Loft members (with champagne and light hors d’oeuvres provided). —Anna Mirocha

SPECIAL EVENTS Young, Professional and Ready to Party “Resolution”: Tucson Young Professionals New Year’s Eve Party 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 31 Loews Ventana Canyon Resort 7000 N. Resort Drive tucsonyoungprofessionals.com

likely the Tucson Young Professionals New Year’s Eve party. This bash, called “Resolution,” is designed to make you feel professional as hell, from the cigar bar to hors d’oeuvres galore to a martini bar. To top it off, the entrance will feature an actual red carpet, where you can get your picture taken by pretend paparazzi. As for the “young” part of young professional, party organizers have gone all out to appeal to your childish sweet tooth with delicious desserts, including classic (and sexy) chocolatecovered strawberries. The event also features dueling DJs and VJs (DJ Soo and DJ M, in case those names ring a bell) on elevated platforms. And if you happen to fancy young, hot females, you won’t be displeased with the silhouetted shadow dancers livening up the venue’s walls, or the Moulin Rouge–style dance show. And what’s a young person’s party without party favors? Because it’s a New Year’s Eve party, you’re totally allowed to act a little less than professional and make a grab for the many free party souvenirs. “I’m expecting the atmosphere to be a Vegas type of deal,” said Ben Korn, one of the organizers of the event. “On New Year’s Eve, people want to be with their friends, and this is where your friends are gonna be—so save on the flight to L.A.!” Even if you’re not a member of Tucson Young Professionals, you are more than welcome to show up. After all, it’s a networking group. “It’s a place to meet new people and find new opportunities,” Korn said. General admission tickets are $100; VIP tickets are $125. Cocktail attire is recommended. —Anna Mirocha

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THEATER Christmas on New Year’s Christmas in the Big Apple 3, 6 and 9:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 31; 12:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 1 The Gaslight Theatre 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 886-9428; www.thegaslighttheatre.com

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Ever had a post-Christmas letdown? Yeah, it can be hard to let go of that sad feeling that comes over you when all of the presents are unwrapped; the decorations have been taken down; and all of the cookies have been eaten. But this New Year’s Eve, you can do something totally different—and re-live Christmas! The Gaslight Theatre offers an enjoyable way to do that with its holiday play Christmas

in the Big Apple—a performance so silly that you can’t possibly feel the post-holiday blues after seeing it. It’s the winter of 1933, and with the holidays approaching, all the New Yorkers in the play are getting into the Christmas spirit—except Scrooge-y socialite Vonda De Cringe, who wants to take over Pennypacker’s Department Store. To do that, she apparently needs to hire the worst departmentstore Santa Claus ever. What will happen to Christmas when its core player—the fake Santa, of course—is more naughty than the naughtiest of children on his fake list? The only way to find out is to see the play. And we promise: If you see it on New Year’s Eve, you will have enjoyed your Christmas holiday more than ever by stretching it out for as long as possible. Adult admission is $17.95; seniors get in for $15.95; and admission for kids 12 and younger is $7.95. Reservations are strongly recommended. —Anna Mirocha

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DID JEWISH PIONEERS EAT CHINESE FOOD ON CHRISTMAS DAY? Tucson Masonic Lodge No. 4. 3590 N. Country Club Road. 323-2821. The Jewish History Museum hosts a traditional Chinese dinner at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 25; $20. RSVP to 670-9073.

Gary Bachman is the program manager for the Pima Neighborhood Investment Partnership, a Pima County program that brings together the city of Tucson and seven area nonprofits to stabilize neighborhoods affected by the foreclosure crisis. The project is turning vacant and foreclosed properties into owner- or tenant-occupied, energyefficient homes in areas that have been hardest-hit. For more information on the project, visit www.pnip.org, or call 295-2925.

UPCOMING KXCI CELEBRITY ROAST Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Affectionate ribbing and insults are directed at four on-air veterans of KXCI FM 91.3 Community Radio’s Saturday lineup—Milo, Ruby, Kidd Squidd and Marty Kool—from 7 to 10 p.m., Friday, Dec. 30; $10, $8 member. Proceeds benefit KXCI. Live music is provided by Stefan George and Tom Walbank, Way Out West and Los Hombres. The Titan Valley Warheads perform an a capella set. Call 623-1000 for ticket information.

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Who started this project, and why? The Neighborhood Stabilization Program was part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act under the Bush administration (in 2008) and handed out as an entitlement. Pima County and the city of Tucson both received allocations, but this particular project was funded through the stimulus. We formed a consortium with the city, the county and seven nonprofits in order to apply for the funds. You received $22 million. What was the application process? We had a number of community meetings where we looked at the application and discussed it, and hired a grant-writer. We threw ideas together before we even selected who would be the applicant. The county was asked to apply on behalf of the consortium. We were actually the highest-ranked application in the country out of 480 applications. What are the different projects each nonprofit is working on as part of this grant? Habitat for Humanity Tucson, Old Pueblo Community Services and Chicanos por la Causa are building 61 homes in three stalled subdivisions—Corazon del Pueblo, Sunnyside Pointe and what’s now called Liberty Corners. The Primavera Foundation, Family Housing Resources, the Southern Arizona Land Trust and the Pima County Community Land Trust are

buying and working on single-family homes and multifamily properties for sale or to rent to low-to-mediumincome households. Are there areas identified as a particular concern for the county? Well, for instance, Primavera works in the city of South Tucson. That is an area that has a lot of issues with abandonment and foreclosure. In the grant, we’ve targeted neighborhoods most impacted by foreclosures— the hardest-hit neighborhoods. We looked at areas with the lowest-income neighborhoods, the highest number of foreclosures, and the largest number of folks with subprime loans. What is the overall area this program covers in Pima County? It goes from 22nd Street down to the (Tucson International Airport), then from Davis-Monthan (Air Force Base) to the Cardinal/ Valencia area and 29th Street corridor. To you, what is the overall purpose of the program? It’s about stabilizing neighborhoods. Earlier, we did a down-payment assistance program that provided $20,000 for folks to buy foreclosed homes, and we assisted 101 families in about seven or eight months. It ended last March. A lot of people who shopped smartly bought newer homes, because half of the homes out there that were foreclosed on were built after 2005 and were considered energy-efficient.

Any plans for new projects? What we hope is that Congress passes Project Rebuild, which would allow us to expand the target area and be more flexible in our investments. Right now, we only do housing, but that would allow us to look at commercial investments and more land-banking opportunities. One thing we haven’t pointed out here is that this project has created 20 jobs, which includes our staff and the contractors. How many families, total, have been helped so far? The Community Land Trust is starting to rent up some homes. There’s an inventory of 30 to 40 homes. Habitat has done nine homes and has another 16 under construction. Old Pueblo, through Sunnyside Pointe, has done 23 homes. Does the county now look at neighborhood improvement differently? One thing I’ve tried to infuse is this: The government isn’t known for being nimble, but when you work with nonprofits, we have to be nimble. It’s important. We worked with the Drachman Institute. … We learned that neighborhoods really support this, because they understand what it means to have vacant homes on their streets. … We have also looked at what other communities are doing with this money. It’s given us ideas on how to use our block-grant funds into the future, targeting investments and working with neighborhoods.

NEW YEAR’S EVE AT CASINO DEL SOL A celebration in the Casino del Sol Event Center includes a seated dinner at 7:30 p.m. and KC and the Sunshine Band at 10 p.m.; $125 includes dinner, party favors, a champagne toast and balloon drop at midnight; $75 without dinner. Visit avaconcerts.com for tickets and more information. The Casino del Sol Bingo Hall offers a free Tejano show with La Maldad, La Diferenzia and Ruban Ramos; party favors; a champagne toast; menudo; and a balloon drop at midnight. In the Casino del Sol Paradiso Bar and Lounge, Mezzo Forté performs free, and a balloon drop takes place at midnight. Visit casinodelsol.com for more information. NEW YEAR’S EVE COMEDY MURDER-MYSTERY DINNER THEATER Sheraton Four Points. 1900 E. Speedway Blvd. 3277341. Murder at the Vampire’s Wedding moves from its regular space at El Parador to a larger venue for a special event at 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 31; $75 includes a three-course dinner, show and after-party. A dance contest with prizes, a no-host bar, an audience sing-along, a balloon drop and a champagne toast at midnight are included. Call 624-0172 for reservations. NIGHT THING: SAILING INTO 2012 ... TOGETHER JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa. 3800 W. Starr Pass Blvd. 792-3500. Sailing Into 2012 ... Together is the theme of a New Year’s Eve celebration at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 31; $150. Organizers promise visits to many ports of call, as well as dinner, dancing and live entertainment. Proceeds benefit Wingspan. Call 6241779, or visit wingspan.org for tickets or more info. THUNDER IN THE DESERT GATHERING OF NATIVE CULTURES Rillito Raceway Park. River Road and First Avenue. 2935011. An event featuring representatives from more than 180 tribal nations features Native American crafts, food, dancing, drumming and kids’ activities from Friday, Dec. 30, through Sunday, Jan. 8; $12 per day, free child younger than 8, $30 three-day weekend pass, $90 for the entire event. Hours are approximately noon to 6 p.m., daily, with some evening and late-evening events. Visit usaindianinfo.org for a detailed schedule of hours and activities.

BULLETIN BOARD EVENTS THIS WEEK 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 to visit. Call 8612260 for more information. GIFT-WRAPPING BENEFIT La Encantada. 2905 E. Skyline Drive. 299-3566. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society benefits from donations to a holiday gift-wrapping service on the upper level of La Encantada. Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Dec. 22 and 23. Donations of wrapping supplies are welcomed. Email shannon. gaines@lls.org for more information. HOLIDAY SHOW AT MADARAS GALLERY Madaras Gallery. 3001 E. Skyline Road, Suite 101. 615-3001. Snow scenes and holiday gifts are featured through Saturday, Dec. 31, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday; free. Closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Visit madaras.com for more information.

NEW SOCKS FOR THE NEW YEAR New socks and shoes, and gently used pants and jackets are collected for the TUSD Clothing Bank from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday at Myers/ Ganoung Elementary School, 5000 E. Andrew St.; and the Robert D. Morrow Education Center, 1010 E. Tenth St. The drive continues through Tuesday, Jan. 31, except for Friday Dec. 23 and 30; Monday, Dec. 26 and Jan. 2; and Monday, Jan. 16. Call 584-6752, or visit tusd1.org/clothingbank for more information. SOUTHERN ARIZONA AGAINST SLAVERY MONTHLY MEETING Northminster Presbyterian Church. 2450 E. Fort Lowell Road. 327-7121. An organization dedicated to combatting all forms of human trafficking meets at 6 p.m., the fourth Monday of every month. Email southernazagainstslavery@gmail.com, or visit saastucson.com 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. The club discusses current events every Wednesday, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; free. All are welcome. Email acalkins10@aol.com, or visit gvdemocrats.org.

ANNOUNCEMENTS BEAGLE RESCUE Several beagle-adoption events and play dates are scheduled throughout the month. Visit soazbeaglerescue.com for the schedule and to learn more about Southern Arizona Beagle Rescue. COATS FOR CUBS Donations of real fur apparel, in any condition, can provide bedding and comfort to orphaned and injured wildlife. Buffalo Exchange has donated 6,331 used furs since 2006, and will take donations through Earth Day, Sunday, April 22. Visit buffaloexchange.com for a complete list of U.S. locations. THE COFFEE PARTY Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Friendly discussions of current events take place from 1 to 3 p.m., every Tuesday. Call 878-0256 for more information. COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE Himmel Park. 1000 N. Tucson Blvd. 791-3276. A community drum circle takes place from 3:30 to 6 p.m., every Sunday. Free. Call 743-4901, or email cactuscarrie10@gmail.com 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. Call 409-3357, or email hobbitmagick@ hotmail.com for more information. DESERT SINGLES AND NETWORK SINGLES Desert Singles and Network Singles meet from 5 to 7 p.m., every Friday, at a different location. Free. Call 219-9985, or visit tucsondesertsingles.org for locations and more information. GAM-ANON MEETING University of Arizona Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. A support group for families and friends of compulsive gamblers meets from 7 to 8 p.m., every Monday; free. Call 390-9142 for more information. TUCSON SINGLETARIANS A social club for singles age 50 and older meets from 5 to 7 p.m., each Wednesday on the westside, and Thursday on the eastside, at locations that change each month. Free; no-host food and beverages. Call 3269174, or visit tucsonsingletarians.tripod.com for more information about the clubs many other activities. 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.

BUSINESS & FINANCE ANNOUNCEMENTS DROP-IN JOB HELP Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. A computer instructor provides one-on-one job

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help, including resume-writing; choosing a career; and updating interviewing, networking and job-search skills, from noon to 3 p.m., each Monday; and from 9 a.m. to noon, each Thursday, in the second-floor Catalina Room; free. Walk-ins are welcome. Call 791-4010, or email askalibrarian@pima.gov to register. INTEGRATIVE WELLNESS COALITION MIXER Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation. 3182 N. Swan Road. 299-4545. Holistic health and wellness practitioners meet the fourth Tuesday of every month to socialize and share business information; $25, $20 member, $5 less via pre-registration. Call 261-1470 to pre-register or for more information.

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BIRDS AND GARDENING TOUR Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. A 45-minute tour explores the plants and gardening practices that attract birds to home gardens, and identifies birds frequently seen in the Botanical Gardens and urban Tucson, at 10 a.m., the first and fourth Wednesday of every month; free with admission. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., daily; $8; $4 child age 4 to 12; free younger child or member. Call or visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information.

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arteries and how coronary artery disease can be prevented and reversed, from 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 28, at Northwest YMCA, 7770 N. Shannon Road; free. Call 797-2281 for information.

UPCOMING FREE ACUPUNCTURE AND FOOD DRIVE Tucson Community Acupuncture. 2900 E. Broadway Blvd., Suite 170. 881-1887. Acupuncture treatments are given from noon to 5 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 1; free with a donation of two nonperishable items for the Community Food Bank. Call, or visit tucsoncommunityacupuncture.org for more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUPS All meetings are free; call for reservations. Family members and others caring for people with dementia gather for discussion, education and support from 1:30 to 3 p.m., the first and third Tuesday of every month, at the Oro Valley Public Library, 1305 W. Naranja Drive, 2295300. An Alzheimer’s Association Support Group meets at 4:30 p.m., the second Monday of every month, at Santa Catalina Villas retirement community, 7500 N. Calle Sin Envidia, 730-3132. An Alzheimer’s caregiver support group and concurrent activity group for those with the disease meet from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., the second and fourth Tuesday every month, at TMC’s El Dorado Campus, 1400 N. Wilmot Road, 324-1960. A second Alzheimer’s caregiver group meets there from 10:30 to noon, the first and third Thursday. CURVES LAUGHTER YOG-HA CLUB Curves. 2816 N. Campbell Ave. 326-1251. Men, women and children laugh for well-being from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., every Sunday; freewill donation. Call Judy at 822-8278, or visit laughteryogawithgita.com for more information. HIV TESTING SAAF. 375 S. Euclid Ave. 628-7223. The Centers for Disease Control recommend HIV testing for all people ages 13 through 64. Visit napwa.org for more information on AIDS testing and its benefits. Testing hours at SAAF are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., every Monday and Wednesday; and 1 to 8 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday. All testing is confidential; results are available in about 15 minutes; and counseling is available. Call for an appointment and more information.

KIDS & FAMILIES EVENTS THIS WEEK GIRLS SOFTBALL CAMP Jewish Community Center. 3800 E. River Road. 2993000. Arizona All-State All-American softball player Jackie Vasquez leads a softball camp for girls ages 8 to 15 from 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday through Friday, Dec. 28 through 30; $135. Call 299-3000, ext. 118, for more information. HAWK HAPPENING Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Kathie Schroeder shares secrets in the lives of the Southwest’s Harris hawks, in the children’s ramada, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 28; $7, $5 senior or active military, $3 student with valid ID, $2 ages 5 through 12, free member or child younger than 5; includes admission. POETS SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD ROOFTOP CHRISTMAS PAGEANT Poets Square Neighborhood. Fifth Street and Columbus Boulevard. A 30-minute outdoor rooftop musical skit tells the Christmas story; other activities include live music by the First Brethren Church, Christmas carols, free treats and a photo op with Santa, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 23, 4402 E. Bryn Mawr Road; free with canned food for the Food Bank. Dress warmly. Call 405-7704 for more information. STORY TIME WITH SANTA CLAUS UA Main Gate Square. 814 E. University Blvd. Join Santa in his sleigh for a photo op from 5 to 6 p.m.; receive a Ben’s Bells Kindness Coin; then join Santa at Campus Candy for story time from 6 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 22; free. Story time is signed by interpreters for the deaf. TUCSON’S RIVER OF WORDS YOUTH POETRY AND ART TRAVELING EXHIBIT Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Branch, Pima County Public Library. 7800 N. Schisler Drive. 594-5200. This exhibit of art and writing expressing local children’s understanding of watersheds and the natural world continues through Monday, Jan. 2. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday;

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday; free. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS STORIES IN THE GARDEN Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Kids and their parents listen to traditional and original stories about the desert and its creatures in the Garden for Children at 10 a.m., every Tuesday; $7, $5 senior or active military, $3 student with ID, $2 child ages 5 through 12, free member or child age 5 or younger, includes admission to the park. THE CREATIVE SPACE Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. An interactive space in the lobby provides materials and activities to encourage families to create museuminspired artwork; free with admission. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and noon to 5 p.m., Sunday; $8, $6 senior or veteran, $3 student with ID, free younger than 13 and everyone the first Sunday every month.

OUTDOORS EVENTS THIS WEEK SONORAN DESERT WEEDWACKERS Tucson Mountain Park. 2020 N. Kinney Road. 8776000. Volunteers age 12 and older help remove buffelgrass and fountain grass from 8 to 11 a.m., every second and fourth Wednesday; and every third Saturday; free. Work may require hiking and working on steep slopes. Meeting locations are in Tucson Mountain Park. Details are given with RSVP, which is required. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov to RSVP or for more information. TOUR OF LOS MORTEROS AND PICTURE ROCKS A winter solstice tour of Los Morteros and Picture Rocks petroglyphs archaeological sites takes place from 8 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Dec. 22; $15, $12 member. The tour departs from the northeast corner of Silverbell Road and Linda Vista Boulevard in Marana. Reservations are required; call 798-1201, or email info@oldpueblo.org for reservations or more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS MOUNT LEMMON SKYCENTER SKYNIGHTS PROGRAM Mount Lemmon SkyCenter. 9800 Ski Run Road. 6268122. A peek through the largest public viewing telescope in the Southwest is just part of a five-hour tour of the universe from 3 to 8 p.m., nightly; $48 Monday through Thursday, $60 Friday through Sunday, $30 student. Reservations are required. Visit skycenter.arizona. edu for reservations. Search Facebook for “Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter” for daily photo updates about current events in the universe. SABINO CANYON HIKES Sabino Canyon Visitors’ Center. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 749-8700. Hikes led by Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists start at 8:30 a.m., every Friday, through Dec. 30. Hikes range from easy to medium-difficulty and last from two to four hours. Most are free and depart from the visitor center. Some require an $8 tram ride. Visit scvntucson.org for details. SABINO CANYON WALKS Sabino Canyon Visitors’ Center. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 749-8700. Volunteer naturalists lead walks in Lower Sabino Canyon every Monday through Thursday, through Thursday, April 26; free. Parking is $5 per day or $20 per year. Children younger than 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Monday, 2 to 4 p.m.: Secrets of Sabino Revealed. Tuesday, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.: plant and bird walk with photography tips. Wednesday, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.: nature walk with photography tips for insects and rock formations. Thursday, 8:30 to 11 a.m.: Gneiss Walk, a 2.5 hour walk looking at geology. 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 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Walks are free with admission; $7, $5 senior and active military, $3 student with ID, $2 child age 5 to 12, free child younger than 5. Visit tohonochulpark.org for more info.

SPIRITUALITY ANNOUNCEMENTS BHAGAVAD GITA STUDY Govinda’s Natural Foods Buffet and Boutique. 711 E. Blacklidge Drive. 792-0630. Shared reading and in-depth study of the ancient Indian text takes place from 6:30 to 8 p.m., every Wednesday; free. Ask the restaurant receptionist to be directed to the room. A free light meal follows. Visit govindasoftucson.com for more information.

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MINDFULNESS MEDITATION Tucson Buddhist Meditation Center. 1133 S. Swan Road. 745-4624. A Theravada Buddhist monk guides exploration of mindfulness and peacefulness for all levels at 3 p.m., every Sunday. A silent sitting meditation takes place at 6 p.m., every Sunday. Both are free. Visit tucsonbuddhistcenter.org for more information. SINGING BIRD SANGHA Zen Desert Sangha. 3226 N. Martin Ave. 319-6260. Meditation and teachings in the Buddhist tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh take place at 4:45 p.m., every Sunday; free. Call 299-1903 for more information. STILLNESS MEDITATION GROUP Kiewit Auditorium, UA Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. Stillness meditation for patients, families, staff and the community takes place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., every Monday; free. Call 694-4605 or 6944786 for more information. SUNDAY FEAST AND FESTIVAL Govinda’s Natural Foods Buffet and Boutique. 711 E. Blacklidge Drive. 792-0630. Mantra chanting takes place at 5:30 p.m., every Sunday, followed by a spiritual discourse at 6 p.m., and a ceremony consisting of music, chanting and dancing at 6:30 p.m.; free. An eight-course vegetarian feast is served at 7 p.m.; $3. Call or visit govindasoftucson.com for more information.

SPORTS EVENTS THIS WEEK UA MEN’S BASKETBALL UA McKale Memorial Center. 1721 E. Enke Drive. Tickets are $19 to $120; visit arizonawildcats.com for tickets or more information. Thursday, Dec. 22, at 5 p.m.: Bryant University. Saturday, Dec. 31, time TBA: Arizona State. UA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UA McKale Memorial Center. 1721 E. Enke Drive. Tickets are $5 to $10; visit arizonawildcats.com for tickets and more information. Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 7 p.m.: UNLV. Thursday, Jan. 5: UCLA. Saturday, Jan. 7: USC. Thursday, Jan. 19: Utah.

ANNOUNCEMENTS POOL TOURNAMENTS Pockets Pool and Pub. 1062 S. Wilmot Road. 5719421. Nine-ball tournaments take place according to handicap at 5 p.m., Sunday, and 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, for 9 and under; and at 7:30 p.m., Monday, for 8 and under. Tournaments for handicaps 9 and under take place at noon, every Saturday: 14.1 straight pool the first Saturday; nine-ball the second and fourth Saturday; 10-ball the third Saturday; and eight-ball the fifth Saturday; $10, optional $5 side pot. Unrated players arrive 30 minutes early to get a rating. Chess and backgammon also available. Call for more information. TUCSON LIGHTNING RUGBY Vista del Prado Park. 6800 E. Stella Road. 791-5930. Women rugby players age 18 or older, all shapes and sizes, are sought for the spring rugby season. Practice is from 6 to 8 p.m., every Tuesday and Thursday. Practice will move to a more central location in January. Email jcbirchfield@gmail.com, or visit lightningrugby.com VOLLEYBALL Randolph Recreation Center. 200 S. Alvernon Way. 791-4870. Play volleyball every Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. $1.50 adult; $1 youth or senior. Call for more information.

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PERFORMING ARTS Opening Minds Through the Arts wants your state tax-credit donation

Help Kids Learn n Jan. 12, opera singer Dennis Tamblyn sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” for President Obama, Michelle Obama, an overflow crowd at the UA’s McKale Center and an estimated 31 million viewers watching him live on television. On Jan. 13, Tamblyn was back in a TUSD classroom, singing full-throated German opera to a passel of first-graders. His performance at the ceremony memorializing the six who were shot to death in Tucson was “the single greatest moment of my life,” Tamblyn says, speaking last week at Sam Hughes Elementary School. “I was humbled just to be there.” But he’s as enthusiastic about singing to kids—and teaching them language arts through opera—as he was about singing before the president. “It’s so rewarding!” Tamblyn exclaims. “If I didn’t believe in this program, I couldn’t do it. The rewards come to me when I perform. The rewards here go to the kids.” Tamblyn is one of some 25 professional performing artists who work in TUSD’s acclaimed Opening Minds Through the Arts program, or OMA. Opera singers, dancers and instrumental musicians—most of them well-known performers in the community—use the arts to teach kids about regular classroom subjects. For instance, Thom Lewis, an award-winning local choreographer and dancer who also serves as the OMA program coordinator, uses movement to teach math to second-graders. Paula Redinger, a flutist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, teaches the smallest kids listening skills, and starts them on the path to appreciating music. Tamblyn himself sings regularly with Arizona Opera, the Tucson Chamber Artists, at a local church and at “random community events,” he says. And besides teaching 630 TUSD kids every week, he’s working on his doctorate in music at the UA. “I’m the busiest person I know,” he says. “And the happiest.” Tamblyn came to his passion for opera after turning down admission to medical school. Now, for 30 hours every week, the tenor transforms his beloved art form into a tool to teach small learners about story, narrative, writing and, along the way, the joys of Mozart and other operatic eminences. With the other two members of his school opera team—soprano Stephanie Carlson and accompanist Francisco Rentería—Tamblyn teaches 17 classes a week. Earlier this month at Sam Hughes Elementary, in Ellen Dunscomb’s first-grade

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class, the intrepid trio did a half-hour language-arts lesson for some 20 giggly 6- and 7-year-olds. The session was built around a Mozart art song, “Das Veilchen (The Violet),” about a shepherdess picking flowers in a field. A violet falls in love with the beautiful maiden, only to die when he’s inadvertently crushed by her foot. It’s heady stuff for first-graders, but the kids were game. Tamblyn and Carlson divided the boys and girls into two groups for a mini-opera performance: the boys to play the violets, and the girls the shepherdesses. In a short rehearsal, the violets delightedly followed Tamblyn’s instructions to mimic sorrow at not being picked by the shepherdess (“I want to see heartbroken!” he told them) and then fall on the floor, dead, when she stepped on them. (One would-be thespian was dispatched to the sidelines for flopping on top of a fellow violet.) When the practice was finished, and the kids were ready to perform, Carlson and Tamblyn began singing. Their big, operatic voices burst out in the classroom with an unearthly beauty, with Mozart’s German words flowing up and down the sweet notes Rentería played on the keyboard. Listening to the song, the children enthusiastically acted out their parts—not one of them knew German, but they could tell where they were in the story by the shifting moods of the music and the expressions on the singers’ faces. After the death of the violet, Rentería leapt to the front of the classroom. Now acting as a manic teacher-cum-game-show host, he helped the kids dissect the story, getting them to talk about such literary imperatives as point of view and main idea. The grand finale was a makebelieve session of Court TV, in which one shepherdess was charged with the murder of the violet. By the time the class ended, the kids had heard a live performance of music by a pre-eminent composer of the Western world, accustomed their ears to the sounds of a foreign language, and absorbed lessons in how stories are written and shaped. Plus, they had the most fun possible at school outside the playground. “When you make school fun, kids really learn,” argues OMA coordinator Lewis. Studies show that schools with OMA score higher in math, reading and writing than other schools, Lewis says, with low-income students in particular making gains. The program now reaches about 13,000 TUSD children a year, which is just a fraction of the district’s enrollment. Fourteen schools have a full-fledged, full-year OMA program; 18 other

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Opera singer Dennis Tamblyn: “I’ve witnessed and watched this. I’ve seen what the arts do for kids.” “affiliate” schools have it only part of the year. It doesn’t come cheap. OMA schools all have a staff teacher who’s an “arts-integration specialist,” working as a bridge between the professional artists and the classroom teachers, ensuring that the OMA classes are keyed into what the classroom teachers are teaching. The average salary for that specialist is $40,000. The annual fee a school pays for a trio of artists like Tamblyn’s traveling team is $42,000 a year. A little-noted side benefit of the program is that contract artists earn a steady salary with full health and retirement benefits. “I’m very lucky and grateful,” Tamblyn says. “For somebody trained as an opera singer to have job stability and benefits is unheard of.” Schools that opt for the program can pay for it in a variety of ways. Because OMA pushes up test scores in the three “R’s,” poor schools can use their federal Title I money for it. Schools without Title I money—Sam Hughes, for instance—have to rely on grants, fundraisers and state tax-credit donations. Tax-credit donations can be a windfall for schools, and they cost donors nothing beyond the income tax they already owe to the state of Arizona. A married couple filing jointly can designate up to $400 of their taxes to go to a school instead; those filing singly can direct up to $200 to a school program of their choice. Donors get a dollar-for-dollar credit on their income taxes. The OMA folks are making a pitch to locals to support Tucson kids and artists by sending their tax-credit donation OMA’s way. “As the economy tightens, we are striving harder to remind people that a tax-credit

To Make a Tax-Credit Donation To make an online tax-credit donation to TUSD’s Opening Minds Through the Arts program, visit www.tusd1.org/contents/ depart/finearts/omaproj.asp. To send a check, fill out the printable tax-credit form on the same site and send it via snail mail to the school of your choice; addresses are listed on the site. Checks should be made out to the school. Whether you donate online or via check, you will receive a receipt you can provide to the state as evidence of your donation. Donate by Dec. 31 to take the deduction with your 2011 tax return. donation really costs you nothing, and does so much good,” Lewis says. The way Tamblyn sees it, if a president deserves to hear first-class singing, so do the students of Tucson. “I’ve witnessed and watched this,” he says. “I’ve seen what the arts do for kids.” Right now, he’s gearing up to help his firstgraders create their own opera. Starting in January, the kids will dream up a story, write the lyrics and compose the music, with the guidance of the opera team. They’ll perform it for their parents in May. “Every year, the parents get blown away,” Tamblyn says. “They tell me, ‘I had no idea my kid could do that.’ But if you expect it, they’ll do it. If you don’t put boundaries on children, they can do whatever they want.”

PERFORMING ARTS Ballet Tucson takes its version of the Christmas classic right up to Christmas Eve

Season’s Last ‘Nutcracker’ was the week before Christmas, and all through the shop, The dancers were prancing, and the sewing couldn’t stop. Finished costumes were hung in the wardrobes with care; All knew that The Nutcracker soon would be there. Lynn Lewis, a costumer and seamstress for Ballet Tucson, looked up from her work one day last week, needle in hand. “On Sunday, I finally felt I had gotten to the top of the mountain,� she said. After weeks of stitching new costumes for the company’s traditional Nutcracker and refurbishing the old, Lewis and her colleague, Kathleen Elsberry, were almost finished. Glittery tutus, candy-striped pantaloons and lush dresses in Christmas colors occupied every available space in the lobby and corridors of the storefront studio. Still, with days to go, Lewis was hand-stitching a new black-velvet jacket for Drosselmeyer, the magician who gets the action going in Act 1. The company required a new Drosselmeyer outfit this year, she said, because Daniel Precup is taking on the dramatic role for the first time. Precup is tall—very tall—and the costume used in the past just wouldn’t do. “We needed a new, longer cape,� Lewis said. “A huge, long cape,� plus Victorian-style knickers and a shirt with sleeves long enough for Precup’s attenuated limbs. “Mary Beth,� Lewis added, stabbing the cloth with her needle, “is the caboose that pushes me along.� That would be Mary Beth Cabana, artistic director and guiding light of the company, which is staging its traditional Nutcracker on the very cusp of Christmas. Its four performances are

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danced over three days, beginning on Thursday and ending on Saturday, Christmas Eve. Staged by Tucson’s only professional ballet company, The Nutcracker deploys some 100 dancers, including the professional dancers, apprentices and students from Ballet Arts school. The setting is classic Victorian, with a giant Christmas tree in a sturdy bourgeois mansion in Act 1, and a fantasy Land of Sweets in Act 2. In the final days of preparation, as Lewis stitched away in the costume-stuffed front room; meanwhile, dancers pirouetted in the studios. Precup, now also ballet master, guided a half-dozen performers through “Arabian� in one room, while Cabana was leading nearly 20 through “Snow� in another. Tchaikovsky’s music for each segment battled it out in the corridors. “Snow� is the lovely scene that ends Act 1, with snowflakes falling softly from the rafters over a stage full of ballerinas in flowing dresses. In the studio, dressed in T-shirts and dark leotards, the dancers were worlds away from the visions in white lace they would be a week hence. Cabana’s version of “Snow� is particularly complicated—and elegant. She has her ballerinas repeatedly form small circles and then split up, moving diagonally across the stage in different directions, moving seamlessly past each other. It requires of the choreographer both a delicate eye for snowflake patterns and a traffic cop’s skill at preventing collisions. In the rehearsal, as the dancers crossed and crisscrossed each other on the floor, the sharp-eyed Cabana kept up a steady litany of corrections. “Shoulders, girls!� she called out. “Look right at your hand. Watch your turnout. Stomach! Lift your chest!� But she finished with a compliment. “That’s nice, girls. This is really hard. I’ve

done a lot of snow scenes in my life. This is right up there with the hardest ones.� Cabana danced professionally with Cleveland Ballet, Ballet Oklahoma and other troupes. She’s run Ballet Tucson for 26 seasons, and as a professional company with paid dancers since 2004. Quite a few of the 30 company members—both full dancers and apprentices— are new this season, and Cabana is eager to show them off in The Nutcracker. One of the newcomers, Akari Manabe, a Japanese ballerina who previously danced in Europe, will dance the prized role of Snow Queen in one performance only. “We’re giving her a chance,� Cabana said. Dressed in a practice white-net skirt over a maroon leotard, Manabe rehearsed the pas de deux with Benjamin Tucker, who will dance the Snow King in all four shows. “He’s a good partner,� Cabana explained. “He can partner anybody.� Tucker showed his skill as he spun the willowy Manabe around and raised her skyward. “Spot! Spot!� Cabana called out as the two dancers worked their way through strenuous lifts and turns. As Manabe sailed through the air, aloft in Tucker’s arms, the director advised, “Cross your ankle for the bluebird lift!� The company’s up-and-coming star, Megan Terry, will also dance Snow Queen, alternating with Hadley Jalbert and Manabe. Terry will share Sugar Plum with Jenna Johnson, the company’s longtime prima ballerina. Stuart Lauer takes on Cavalier, who dances the showcase grand pas de deux with Sugar Plum. Four young girls from Ballet Arts studio share the part of Clara, the little girl who gets the magical nutcracker from Drosselmeyer. Kendra Clyde and Sierra Sebastian, who both danced Clara last year, alternate with first-time

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Kendra Clyde as Clara in Ballet Tucson’s The Nutcracker.

The Nutcracker Presented by Ballet Tucson 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 22; 3 and 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 23; 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 24 Tucson Convention Center Music Hall 260 S. Church Ave. $25 to $54 regular; $20 to $44 students, children and seniors; $15 to $27 groups of 10 or more, at TCC box office or through Ticketmaster 903-1445 (info); www.ballettucson.org

Claras Brittney Askren and Natasha Tsakanikas. The Friday matinee will host students from Tully, Cavett and Pueblo Gardens elementary schools who get free weekly dance lessons from Ballet Tucson dancers, courtesy of private sponsors. Some 500 tickets have been distributed to the second- and third-graders and their families. In the past, Ballet Tucson had an orchestra playing the Tchaikovsky score. With the recession on, Cabana said she made the decision to forgo the live music in order to keep paying her dancers—and to keep them dancing. When The Nutcracker starts, They’ll spring to the stage, give dance-lovers a tickle, And away they’ll all fly, like the down of a thistle. And the dancers will exclaim, ’ere they dive out of sight, Happy Nutcracker to all, and to all a good night.

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EVENTS THIS WEEK BALLET TUCSON Tucson Convention Center. 260 S. Church Ave. 7914101. The Nutcracker is performed at the Tucson Music Hall, at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 22; 3 and 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 23; and 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 24; $20 to $54. Visit ballettucson.org or Ticketmaster.com for tickets or more information. 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 except December; $8. In December, there is no dance on Saturday, Dec. 24; instead, there is a dance on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31. 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.

17TH STREET MUSIC 17th Street Guitar and World Music Store. 810 E. 17th St. 624-8821, ext. 147. Stefan George performs an acoustic blues and folk music concert from noon to 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 31; free.

THEATER CONTINUING THE COMEDY PLAYHOUSE Comedy Playhouse and School. 3620 N. First Ave. 2606442. A Christmas Carol continues through Friday, Dec. 30; $18, $16 senior or student. Performances are at 7:30 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Dec. 22 and 23; and Dec. 26 through 30. Call or email bruceb1786@aol. com for reservations. THE GASLIGHT THEATRE The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. Christmas in the Big Apple continues through Sunday, Jan. 1. Showtimes are at 3, 6 and 8:30 p.m., Monday through Friday; noon, 3, 6 and 8:30 p.m., Saturday; noon, 3 and 7 p.m., Sunday; closed Sunday, Dec. 25; 3, 6 and 9:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 31; and 12:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 1; $17.95 adult, $7.95 age 12 and younger, $15.95 student, military and senior. Show times may vary. Call or visit thegaslighttheatre. com for reservations or more information. LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Reckless, by Craig Lucas, continues through Friday, Dec. 30. Show times are 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 23 and 30; $18, $16 student, senior and military. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for information.

THE MOSCOW BALLET Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. The Great Russian Nutcracker is performed at 4 and 8 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 22; $27.50 to $102, and $350 for loge seats. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for tickets or more information.

PINNACLE PEAK PISTOLEROS WILD WEST STUNT SHOW Trail Dust Town. 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 2964551. The Pistoleros present Santa’s Little Outlaws every night through Sunday, Jan. 1, except Sunday, Dec. 25. Showtimes are 7 and 8 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 6, 7 and 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $3, $1 child younger than 11.

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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.

BEOWULF THEATRE COMPANY Beowulf Alley Theatre Company. 11 S. Sixth Ave. 882-0555. A Cactus Christmas by John Vornholt closes Saturday, Dec. 24. Performances are at 7 p.m., Thursday and Friday; and 2:30 p.m., Saturday; $19, $17 senior or student, $8 child 12 or younger. Call or visit beowulfalley.org for reservations or more info.

T-SQUARES DANCE CLUB Cornerstone Fellowship Social Hall. 2909 N. Geronimo Ave. 622-4626. A modern square-dance club for lesbians, gays and allies meets from 6 to 8:30 p.m., every Tuesday; free. All dancers are welcome. Call 886-0716, or visit azgaydance.org for more information.

MUSIC EVENTS THIS WEEK BLUEGRASS MUSIC JAM SESSIONS Note time changes and a new location for 2012. The Desert Bluegrass Association hosts free public jam sessions monthly. The first Sunday, 3 to 5 p.m.: Udall Recreation Center, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Road, 2961231. The first Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m.: Rincon Market, 2315 E. Sixth St., 296-1231. The third Sunday, 3 to 5 p.m., Music and Arts Center, 8320 N. Thornydale Road, No. 150-170, 579-2299. The third Thursday, 6 to 8 p.m.: Pinnacle Peak Restaurant, 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road, 296-0911. The fourth Sunday (except for Dec. 25), 4 to 6 p.m.: Thirsty’s Neighborhood Grill, 2422 N. Pantano Road, 885-6585. The fourth Wednesday, from 4 to 6 p.m.: pickers only; 17th Street Market, 840 E. 17th St., 792-2588. Call the phone number provided for each venue for more information.

OUT OF TOWN ARIZONA FOLKLORE PRESERVE Arizona Folklore Preserve. 44 Ramsey Canyon Road. Hereford. 378-6165. Performers of traditional music are featured at 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $15, $6 younger than 17. Dec. 24 and 25: Closed. Monday, Dec. 26: Dolan Ellis. Dec. 31 and Jan. 1: Closed. Jan 7 and 8: yodeling award-winner Judy Coder. Visit arizonafolklore.com for information about the folklore preserve and a schedule of upcoming performances.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL FOR PERFORMERS Theater, dance, performance art, clowning, sketch comedy and all other performance presentations are sought for the Tucson Fringe Theater Festival in February. Deadline for submissions is Sunday, Jan. 15. Visit tucsonfringe.org, or email tucsonfringe@gmail.com for more information. CARNIVAL OF ILLUSION Doubletree Hotel. 445 S. Alvernon Way. 881-4200. Award-winning illusionists Roland Sarlot and Susan Eyed present Carnival of Illusion: An Evening of Intimate Magical Wonders at 6 and 8:30 p.m., every Friday and Saturday; $29 adults, $24 senior and ages 8 to 16. Tickets include a 2-for-1 dinner special. Audience limited to 35. Call 615-5299 or visit carnivalofillusion.com for tickets and more information. MAGICAL MYSTERY DINNER THEATER El Parador. 2744 E. Broadway Blvd. 881-2744. Murder at the Vampire’s Wedding, a new, 2 1/2-hour, interactive comedy whodunit that includes a three-course dinner, takes place most Fridays and Saturdays, except Saturday, Dec. 31; $39. Doors open at 7 p.m. Call for reservations or more information. SUBMISSIONS SOUGHT FOR PLAYWRITING AWARD Arizona Theatre Company. 40 E. 14th St. ATC seeks submissions for its 16th Annual National Latino Playwriting Award. The competition is open to all Latino playwrights in the U.S. Scripts must be postmarked by Saturday, Dec. 31. The winner receives a $1,000 prize. Email jbazzell@arizonatheatre.org, or call 884-8210, ext. 8510, for details about eligibility and submissions.

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ART OPENING THIS WEEK DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY Davis Dominguez Gallery. 154 E. Sixth St. 629-9759. An exhibit of abstract paintings by Joanne Kerrihard, narrative paintings by Jean Stern and abstract sculpture by David Mazza opens Thursday, Dec. 22, closes Dec. 23 and 24, and then continues through Saturday, Jan. 28. 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.

CONTINUING AGUA CALIENTE RANCH HOUSE GALLERY Agua Caliente Park Ranch House Gallery. 12325 E. Roger Road. 749-3718. Feathers, Fur, Lizards and Landscapes, an exhibit of paintings and photographs by Leslie Sinclair and Axel Elfner, continues through Wednesday, Jan. 4. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday; free. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information. ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM Ironwood Gallery. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. Fiesta Sonora, an exhibit of paintings on desert themes by members of the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, continues through Sunday, Jan. 8; free with admission. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily; $14.50, $4.50 age 6 through 12, free 5 and younger. ART GALLERY Art Gallery. 1122 N. Stone Ave. 624-7099, 405-5800. The Secret Santa Show, an exhibit and sale of works by 20 artists, continues through Friday, Dec. 30. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, and by appointment; free. ARTS MARKETPLACE Arts Marketplace. 403 N. Sixth Ave. 271-3155. An exhibit of paintings, jewelry, small encaustic sculptures and found objects continues through Friday, Dec. 30. Hours are noon to 6 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, or by appointment; free. Visit artsmarketplace.org for more information. ATLAS FINE ART SERVICES Atlas Fine Art Services. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 622-2139. Small Works, a group exhibition in all media, continues through Saturday, Dec. 31. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday; and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday; free. CONRAD WILDE GALLERY Conrad Wilde Gallery. 439 N. Sixth Ave., Suite 171. 622-8997. High Contrast, a multimedia exhibition in black and white, continues through Saturday, Dec. 31. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. Visit conradwildegallery.com for more information. CRIZMAC CRIZMAC Art and Cultural Marketplace. 1642 N. Alvernon Way. 323-8555. A holiday show and sale, featuring folk art, toys, books, clothing, masks and jewelry created by local and international artists, continues through Saturday, Dec. 31. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday; free. Call or visit crizmac.com for more information. DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun. 6300 N. Swan Road. 299-9191. Musical Compositions of Ted DeGrazia, an exhibition of paintings, drawings and musical scores Ted DeGrazia composed for his 1930s big-band orchestra, is on display through Monday, Jan. 16. Ted DeGrazia Depicts the Life of Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino: 20 Oil Paintings is on permanent display. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily; free. Call or visit degrazia.org for more information. DIOVANTI DESIGNS GALLERY Diovanti Designs Gallery. 174 E. Toole Ave. 305-7957. Raíces Profundas/The Depth of Our Roots, a collection of work by Yovannah Diovanti, is displayed for sale through Saturday, Feb. 25. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; free. ETHERTON GALLERY Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Kate Breakey: Slowlight continues through Saturday, Jan. 21. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and by appointment; free. Visit ethertongallery. com for more information. FLORENCE QUATER GALLERY Southwest University of Visual Arts’ Florence Quater Gallery. 2538 N. Country Club Road. 325-0123. An exhibit of senior thesis works by BFA students in photog-

raphy and studio art continues through Friday, Jan. 20. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. JOEL D. VALDEZ MAIN LIBRARY Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. An exhibit of photography by architect Alfonso Elia continues through Saturday, 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. KIRK-BEAR CANYON LIBRARY Kirk-Bear Canyon Library. 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road. 792-5021. Elements in Art, abstract mixed-media work by Mary Kunkel, continues through Saturday, Dec. 31. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday; free. MARK SUBLETTE MEDICINE MAN GALLERY Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery. 7000 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-7798. An exhibit of paintings by Logan Maxwell Hagege and Dominik Modlinski, featuring the Two Grey Hills trading post and weavers, continues through Thursday, Jan. 5. 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. NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL FINANCIAL NETWORK Northwestern Mutual Financial Network. 1760 E. River Road, No. 247. 325-4575. Expressions From Two Perspectives, an exhibit of mixed-media work by Sandy Brittain and Marti White, continues through Thursday, Jan. 5. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. OBSIDIAN GALLERY Obsidian Gallery. 410 N. Toole Ave. 577-3598. Figures and Frames continues through Saturday, Jan. 14. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday; free. PATCHOULI BLUE Patchouli Blue. 186 N. Meyer Ave. 981-7180. An exhibit of paintings by Juan Carlos Breceda, Patty McNulty and Arienne Ellis continues through Saturday, Dec. 31. Hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday and Monday; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. Call or visit patchouliblue.com for more information. PHILABAUM GLASS STUDIO AND GALLERY Philabaum Glass Studio and Gallery. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Studio Hotshots continues through Saturday, Jan. 28. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. PORTER HALL GALLERY Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Leading Inward, an exhibit of paintings for sale by Mary Rosas, continues through Tuesday, Jan. 17. Regular hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; $8, $4 child age 4 to 12, free younger child or member. Call or visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information. QUANTUM ART GALLERY Quantum Art Gallery. 505 W. Miracle Mile, No. 2. 9077644. A Taste of Things to Come, an exhibit of work by Matthias and Emily Stern Düwel, Micheline Johnoff and Citizen Zane, continues through Wednesday, Feb. 29, except Sunday, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Hours are 2:30 to 8 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday; and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday; free. SOUTHERN ARIZONA ARTS GUILD Sheraton Hotel and Suites. 5151 E. Grant Road. 3236262. An art show juried by SAAG members continues through Monday, April 30. The exhibit is always open; free. Visit southernazartsguild.org for more information. SOUTHERN ARIZONA WATERCOLOR GUILD Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild Gallery. 5605 E. River Road, Suite 131. Members of the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild sell their paintings, many priced at less than $100, through Saturday, Dec. 31. Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. Visit watercolor-sawg.org for more information. STONE DRAGON STUDIO Stone Dragon Studio. 1122 N. Stone Ave. 405-5800. Moira Geoffrion’s exhibit Avian Personae continues through Saturday, Jan. 7. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, Friday and Saturday; and by appointment; free. Call for an appointment or more information. TEMPLE GALLERY Temple Gallery. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 624-7370. Ken Figueredo (1942-2010): Altered States, an exhibit of inkjet prints made from 19thcentury engravings and inspired by televised images of redacted secret government documents, continues

through Tuesday, Jan. 3. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and before Arizona Theatre Company performances on Saturday and Sunday. Call 622-2823, or e-mail info@ethertongallery.com for more information. TOHONO CHUL PARK Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Wordplay: Artful Words, an exhibition that explores the relationship of art to language, is displayed through Sunday, Jan. 22; free with admission. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily; $7, $5 senior or active military, $3 student with ID, $2 age 5 to 12, free younger child. Call or visit tohonochulpark.org for information. TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GALLERY Tucson International Airport Gallery. 7250 S. Tucson Blvd. Modello, an exhibit of paintings and prints by Christina McNearney in the TIA Center Gallery, and Our Arizona, an exhibit of quilts celebrating the state’s centennial, in Welcome Lounge A, continue through Saturday, Dec. 31. Photographs on loan from Etherton Gallery’s Exhibit Rockin’ the Desert: Photographs by Baron Wolman and Lynn Goldsmith are displayed adjacent to Security Checkpoint B through Sunday, Jan. 15. The galleries are always open; free. Visit flytucsonairport.com for more information. TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Tucson Jewish Community Center. 3800 E. River Road. 299-3000, ext. 106. Synagogues of Mexico: Photographs by Moy Volkovich continues through Thursday, Feb. 2. Except for Jewish holidays, gallery hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday; 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday; and 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday; free. Visit tucsonjcc.org for a schedule of holidays. UA POETRY CENTER ART EXHIBIT UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. Portraits of Poets, a limited-edition series of Gwyneth Scally’s hand-pulled linoleum prints of famous poets’ portraits, continues through Saturday, Jan. 28. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday; free. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 7481551. An exhibit of work by the 40-member Pima Painting Club continues through Sunday, Jan. 1. Hours are 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; free. UNITY OF TUCSON Unity of Tucson. 3617 N. Camino Blanco. 577-3300. An exhibition of photography by Jan Mayer continues through Tuesday, Jan. 3. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Sunday; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday; free.

LAST CHANCE CONTRERAS GALLERY Contreras Gallery. 110 E. Sixth St. 398-6557. Martin Quintanilla’s Tucson, an exhibit of new acrylic works; and an exhibit of paintings, drawings, prints and handmade silver jewelry by Neda, E. Michael and E.M. Contreras, close Saturday, Dec. 24. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday; free. MILES CONRAD ENCAUSTICS Miles Conrad Encaustics. 439 N. Sixth Ave., No. 195. 490-8027. Willow Bader: Bodies in Motion closes Friday, Dec. 23. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. Visit conradwildegallery.com for more information about the artist. VINYL TO CANVAS Tucson Pima Arts Council. 100 N. Stone Ave., No. 303. 624-0595. Howe Gelb, Al Perry, Tom Walbank, Emilie Marchand, Gabriel Sullivan, Chris Black and Dimitri Manos are visual artists as well as musicians. An exhibit of their work closes Friday, Dec. 23, in the lobby and adjacent conference room. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free.

OUT OF TOWN GLOBAL ARTS GALLERY Global Arts Gallery. 315 McKeown Ave. Patagonia. (520) 394-0077. Barbara Brandel: Sacred Threads, an exhibit of paintings inspired by textiles from around the world, continues through Monday, Jan. 30. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily; free. SPIRIT GALLERY Spirit Gallery. 516 Tombstone Canyon Road. Bisbee. (520) 249-7856. Rock Paper Fence, an exhibit of recent work by Laurie McKenna, continues through Sunday, Jan. 15. Hours are noon to 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and noon to 4 p.m., Sunday; free. Call (520) 432-5491 for more information.

TUBAC CENTER OF THE ARTS Tubac Center of the Arts. 9 Plaza Road. Tubac. (520) 398-2371. The 41st Annual Members’ Only Show and a showcase of hand-crafted gifts, collectibles and miniatures continue through Monday, Jan. 2. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and noon to 4:30 p.m., Sunday; free. Call or visit tubacarts.org for more information. UA BIOSPHERE 2 GALLERY Biosphere 2 Center. 32540 S. Biosphere 2 Road. Oracle. 838-6200. Earth and Mars: Stephen Strom, a collection of diptychs that juxtapose abstract desert landscape images with photos of Mars from the NASA archives, is displayed through Friday, March 30; free with admission. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily, except Sunday, Dec. 25; $10 to $20. Visit b2science. org for more information.

MUSEUMS EVENTS THIS WEEK A HEALTHY CELEBRATION Arizona State Museum. 1013 E. University Blvd. 6216302. Terrol Dew Johnson’s Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living continues through Saturday, Jan. 7. The family-friendly exhibition raises awareness about Type 2 diabetes prevention from a Native American perspective, using photographs, objects, artwork, storytelling, hands-on activities and video. Many Mexicos: Vistas de la Frontera is exhibited through November 2012. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday, except Saturday through Tuesday, Dec. 24 through 27; and Monday, Jan 2; $5, free younger than 18, member, active-duty military and their families, UA and PCC staff or student with ID, researchers and scholars with appointments, visitors to the library or the store, and everyone on days of public programs. Visit statemuseum.arizona.edu for more info. CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY Center for Creative Photography. 1030 N. Olive Road. 621-7968. Ansel Adams: The View From Here, featuring 40 photographs of the Yosemite wilderness taken in the 1910s and ‘20s, continues through Sunday, Feb. 5. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, except Friday, Dec. 24, through Monday, Dec. 26, and Sunday, Jan. 1; free. Visit creativephotography.org for more information. IT’S A GAS: THE BRIGHT SIDE OF SCIENCE UA Science: Flandrau. 1601 E. University Blvd. 6217827. An exhibit about the science of gases, including information about climate, micro-organisms, hot-air balloons and how Tucson’s famous neon signs are being restored, closes Saturday, Dec. 31. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday; 6 to 9 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, except Sunday, Dec. 25; $7.50, $5 age 4 to 15, free younger child, $2 Arizona college student with ID, $2 discount to CatCard holders. Visit flandrau.org for more information. MOCA MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. Raymond Pettibon: The Punk Years continues through Sunday, Jan. 15. The exhibit is part of the citywide Tucson Rocks!; visit tucsonrocks.org for more information. Camp Bosworth’s Plata o Plomo, which interprets the Marfa artist’s perceptions of gangster culture in the Americas, continues through Sunday, Jan. 29. Hours are noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday; closed Dec. 23-25, Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. $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. THE SOUTHERN ARIZONA JEWISH EXPERIENCE 1850 TO 1950 The Jewish History Museum. 564 S. Stone Ave. 6709073. An exhibit exploring the daily lives of Jews in Southern Arizona continues through Thursday, Dec. 29. Hours are from 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, except Sunday, Dec. 25; $5, free member, student with ID and child younger than 12. TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Who Shot Rock ‘n’ Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present, continues through Sunday, Jan. 15. Visit tucsonrocks.org for more information. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday, Dec. 26, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday; and noon to 6 p.m., Sunday, except Dec. 25; $8, $6 senior or veteran, $3 student with ID, free younger than 13 and everyone the first Sunday every month. UA MUSEUM OF ART UA Museum of Art. 1031 N. Olive Road. 621-7567. Good Vibrations: The Guitar as Design, Craft and Function, a Tucson Rocks! exhibition, continues through

Sunday, Jan. 15. Visit tucsonrocks.org for more information. Paseo de Humanidad, a 13-piece installation of life-size migrant figures and Mayan and Aztec codices, is displayed through Sunday, March 11, as a backdrop for Soundscapes of the Border and The Border Centennial Project: An Exhibition and Symposium. The Samuel H. Kress Collection and the altarpiece from Ciudad Rodrigo are on display until further notice. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and noon to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $5, free member, student, child, faculty and staff with ID. Call or visit artmuseum.arizona.edu for more information.

OUT OF TOWN TUBAC PRESIDIO STATE HISTORIC PARK Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. Encounters: A Native American Ethnic Costume Exhibit, a glimpse into the lives of the Yaqui, Seri, Tohono O’odham and Yuma people, continues through Sunday, Feb. 26. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily, except Sunday, Dec. 25; $4, $2 age 7 to 13, free younger child. Costumes are from the collection of the Castañeda Museum of Ethnic Costume of Tucson.

ANNOUNCEMENTS OLD TUCSON STUDIOS Old Tucson Studios. 201 S. Kinney Road. 883-0100. The attraction offers Old West entertainment, from cowboy gunfights and daring stunts to musical revues and comedies. Learn about Tucson’s film history; take a miniature train ride; have an old-time photo taken; or enjoy barbecue at the Grand Palace Saloon. Guided tours take place throughout the day. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily, except Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 24 and 25; $16.95, $10.95 ages 4 to 11, free younger child and pass holders. Visit oldtucson.com for more information. PIMA AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM Pima Air and Space Museum. 6000 E. Valencia Road. 574-0462. The museum is one of the largest aviation museums in the world and is the largest non-government funded aviation museum in the United States. The museum maintains a collection of more than 300 aircraft and spacecraft from around the globe and more than 125,000 artifacts. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last admittance, 4 p.m.), daily, except Sunday, Dec. 25; free child younger than 7; $15.50, $9 ages 7 to 12, $12.75 senior, military, Pima County resident and AAA from November through May; $13.75, $8 ages 7 to 12, $11.50 Pima County resident, $11.75 senior, military and AAA from June through October. Visit pimaair.org for more information. SCIENCE DOWNTOWN Science Downtown. 300 E. Congress St. 622-8595. Mars and Beyond: The Search for Life on Other Planets, an exhibit created by the UA College of Science, which has made many contributions to Mars exploration programs, is on display until further notice. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, Sunday and Monday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., the second Saturday every month; $18, $10 child, $14 college student, senior or military with ID, free member and patron in wheelchair. Visit sciencedowntown.org for tickets or more information. SOUTHERN ARIZONA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM Southern Arizona Transportation Museum. 414 N. Toole Ave. 623-2223. The museum features audio and visual interactive elements for youth and adults alike, a diorama with trains and a 1907 depot, a state-of-the-art media wall, knowledgeable docents and a locomotive. Locomotive Saturdays are held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and offer an up-close-and-personal look at a real locomotive. Hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday; $6, free during Locomotive Saturdays hours. Visit tucsonhistoricdepot.org for more information. TITAN MISSILE MUSEUM Titan Missile Museum. 1580 W. Duval Mine Road. Sahuarita. 625-7736. The only one of 54 missile silos preserved as a National Historic Landmark, at seven stories underground. Tour includes the launch-control center and missile silo. Displays include an actual Titan II ICBM. Visitors can experience a simulated launch. Open daily from 8:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except Thanksgiving and Christmas; $9.50, $8.50 senior or military, $6 ages 7 to 12, free younger child. Visit titanmissilemuseum. org for more information. UA MINERAL MUSEUM UA Mineral Museum. 1601 E. University Blvd. 6214524. The museum is the longest continuously curated mineral museum west of the Mississippi and is recognized as one of the top collections in the country. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday; $7.50, $5 age 4 to 15, free younger child. Visit uamineralmuseum.org for more information.

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LITERATURE City Week Guidelines. Send information for City Week to Listings Editor, Tucson Weekly, P.O. Box 27087, Tucson, AZ 85726, e-mail our account at listings@tucsonweekly.com or submit a listing online at tucsonweekly.com. The deadline is Monday at noon, 11 days before the Thursday publication date. Please include a short description of your event; the date, time and address where it is taking place; information about fees; and a phone number where we can reach you for more information. Because of space limitations, we can’t use all items. Event information is accurate as of press time. The Weekly recommends calling event organizers to check for lastminute changes in location, time, price, etc.

EVENTS THIS WEEK AUTHOR FAIR FOR LAST-MINUTE GIFTS Bookmans. 6230 E. Speedway Blvd. 748-9555. Local authors representing a wide range of genres for children and adults sign their books from 2 to 4 p.m., Friday, Dec. 23; free. CELEBRITY POETS EXHIBIT UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. An exhibit of poetry by celebrities including Leonard Nimoy, Suzanne Somers, Viggo Mortensen, Leonard Cohen and Tupac Shakur closes Friday, Dec. 23. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday; and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; free.

ANNOUNCEMENTS DONATE COPIES OF ‘THE GREAT GATSBY’ Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. Donated hardcover and paperback copies of The Great Gatsby are collected for The Big Read Literacy Initiative from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and immediately before performances, through Friday, March 16. The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. I LOVE BOOKS GROUP TMC Senior Services. 1400 N. Wilmot Road. 3241960. Books with aging as a central theme are discussed from 2 to 4 p.m., the fourth Thursday of every month; free. MYSTERY BOOK GROUP Mostly Books. 6208 E. Speedway Blvd. 571-0110. A mystery book club meets at 7 p.m., the fourth Wednesday every month; free. December’s title is Peter Temple’s Truth. SCIENCE-FICTION BOOK CLUB Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. A science-fiction book club meets from 7 to 8 p.m., the fourth Tuesday of every month. Visit www. orovalleylib.com for a schedule of titles.

LECTURES EVENTS THIS WEEK URBANIZATION, UNCERTAINTY AND WATER: PLANNING FOR ARIZONA’S SECOND HUNDRED YEARS Student Union Memorial Center. 1303 E. University Blvd. 621-7755. Early registration ends Thursday, Dec. 22, for the Water Resources Research Center 2012 Conference held in collaboration with the ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 24; $95. A workshop takes place from noon to 5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 23; $140 includes both the workshop and the conference. Reports include “Watering the Sun Corridor: Managing Choices in Arizona’s Megapolitan Area”; “The Water Resources Development Commission Final Report”; and “Arizona at the Crossroads: Water Scarcity or Water Sustainability?” Email jcripps@cals.arizona.edu, or call 621-9591 to register or for more information.

OUT OF TOWN SOUTHWEST CULTURAL TOUR: HUMANITIES LECTURES Joyner-Green Valley Branch, Pima County Public Library. 601 N. La Cañada Drive. Green Valley. 594-5295. Historian and author Jim Turner discusses “Images of Grandeur: Artists and Photographers of the Grand Canyon” from 2 to 3 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 27; free.

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BOOKS A new book claims that Arizona’s right-wingers are the biggest obstacle on the path to sustainability

Phoenix’s Future BY TIM HULL, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com walked past the Occupy Tucson camp the other day and stopped for while to watch a hacky-sack game. I read a few of the cardboard slogans, talked to a guy with booze on his breath, and left wishing that I could buy the group a few copies of Andrew Ross’ new book to pass around. Invited to train his sharp, critical eye on the Sonoran Desert’s megalopolis by Arizona State University’s Future Arts Research program, Ross, a professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University, interviewed some 200 Phoenicians during his stay, including urban gardeners, environmental-justice activists, academics working on the sharp edge of green technology and theory, and a few of the Arizona Legislature’s global-warming deniers. The resulting book, Bird on Fire: Lessons From the World’s Least Sustainable City, is terrifying, maddening, depressing and hopeful all at once. Kind of like Phoenix itself. Now, longtime Arizonans must approach Ross with an open mind. It’s not easy to read some New Yorker’s rather biting criticisms of the place where your ancestors tried their very best to make a go of it in a harsh and uninviting land. This was Grady Gammage Jr.’s problem in a superficial column he wrote earlier this month for The Arizona Republic; he spent several column inches complaining about the book’s controversial subtitle before plugging his own study that shows things aren’t really as bad in Arizona as some people say. But Gammage, whom Ross interviews in the book, is merely continuing the tradition of sunny, chamber of commerce-style boosterism that helped create a growth model that has made Phoenix and the other cities in the Valley some of the hardest-hit casualties of the Great Recession. Unconcerned with enticing retirees and rustbelters to rev the growth machine again, Ross is able to go quite a bit deeper. He covers ground that is mostly rehashed—albeit very well written and impeccably reasoned—to readers familiar with the history of the Valley’s settlement and the more-recent, scattershot efforts of its citizens to make the city, and the state as a whole, more sustainable. But his take on the environmental, demographic and political anxieties that may be behind the otherwise straight-up racist anti-immigrant fervor of Gov. Jan Brewer and the

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Legislature is nothing short of revelatory. The executive and legislative branches of our state’s government have long been in bed with the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a nativist, white-supremacist group that was green-washed long ago to attract the environmentally concerned to the anti-immigration cause; one of its more high-profile strategies is to decry trash left behind by migrants. As Ross sees it, the migrants so hated by FAIR and its puppets in Arizona government are climate refugees—victims of NAFTA, yes, but also of Phoenix’s poisonous footprint, which is much larger than most are willing to admit. “Arizona’s harsh anti-immigration laws and Maricopa County’s brutal policing are spurred by the anxiety of Anglos about losing demographic and political dominance,” he writes. “But these inhospitable responses are also shaped by stoked-up fears about population pressure on scarce resources. With the volume of environmental refugees on the rise, it can be concluded that migration to Central Arizona, is, in part, already a side effect of the region’s hydrocarbon emissions, and that border-crossers should have a legitimate claim on sanctuary as a result. Yet nativists seem hell-bent on turning the state into a kind of exclusion zone that is distinctive of resource hoarding.” Try telling that one to Sheriff Joe. As it is with most books about our likely resource-scarce future, Bird on Fire can get a bit depressing. On the whole, though, I came away from it rather hopeful for Phoenix and Arizona. Ross was able to find a legion of activists and energetic, thoughtful citizens who, rather than sitting around a public park in a tent and holding up a sign scrawled with a platitude, are dedicating their sweat and treasure to transforming their city. Another sign of hope for the Valley— which will include Tucson someday if the longprojected Sun Corridor becomes a reality—is ASU. The state’s largest university has over the last decade made itself a national leader in sustainability research, with the entire sprawling desert city as its laboratory. On the political side of things, however, the hope is less obvious; as Ross points out, the hypocrisy, propaganda and willful ignorance of the all-powerful right wing in Arizona is the single greatest obstacle to true sustainability.

3. Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher, Razorbill ($10.99)

4. Inheritance Christopher Paolini, Knopf ($22.39, sale)

5. Catching Fire Suzanne Collins, Scholastic ($17.99)

6. Back of Beyond C.J. Box, Minotaur ($25.99)

7. Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly, Scribner ($21.59, sale)

8. Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson, Simon and Schuster ($35)

9. Mockingjay Suzanne Collins, Scholastic ($17.99)

10. The Land of Painted Caves: A Novel Jean M. Auel, Bantam ($8.99) Ann Patchett

CINEMA Tom Cruise—on the cusp of 50—kicks major ass in the fun yet preposterous new ‘Mission: Impossible’ film

International Stunt-Fest

Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending Dec. 16, 2011

BY COLIN BOYD, cboyd@tucsonweekly.com n some circles, it’s called the Scrappy-Doo syndrome. Perhaps you know it by another name—the Chachi, the Mutt Williams, the Shemp—but in essence, the rule is the same: When your main character(s) can no longer sustain or inspire the big storylines, don’t add fresh new faces to the mix. Just stop. Word has it Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol might serve as a kind of torch-passing between Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner. Cruise, who turns 50 next summer and is no longer a huge draw in any summer, is reaching the point that action stardom will no longer be terribly believable. That’s the conventional wisdom. Renner, fresh off back-to-back Oscar nominations (a rare feat, especially for a new star), is an actor studios are banking on to pick up some of that slack. So there is cause for concern that because Cruise can’t do it much longer, the fourth chapter signals a new direction for the franchise. That’s a polite way of saying this could be the Scrappy-Doo syndrome. And then the movie opens … Cruise, for all the negative stuff that could be and has been said about him, is still likely the most-committed American action star onscreen. He puts himself through sheer hell on movies like this, performing many of his own stunts and taking most of his own bumps. He’s in fine form here, doing perhaps more than in any impossible mission since the first. Renner, on the flip side, doesn’t add much. So if this is a passing of the torch, it’s a sloppy one. The story is pretty dopey, but you probably expect that, with Russians, nukes and digital timers counting down to 00:00:00.003. It’s all just window dressing. Early on, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) gets sprung from a Moscow prison by his old Impossible Missions Force friend Benji (Simon Pegg), along with a new female agent named Jane Carter (Paula Patton). Together, they’re supposed to infiltrate the Kremlin and steal some state secrets, but something goes haywire, and an international incident brings the old Cold War enemies to the brink of war. The secretary (Tom Wilkinson, in an alltoo-brief cameo) informs Hunt that the White House has initiated something called Ghost Protocol, which effectively means the IMF, already a super-secret intelligence outfit, really doesn’t exist. The secretary’s top analyst is Brandt (Renner), but he is also—wait for it—a spy with a secret. The Mission: Impossible series has always used a team approach, because, obviously, Ethan Hunt can’t be suspended over the secure

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2. The Hangover Part II Warner Bros.

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5. The Debt Miramax

6. Kung Fu Panda 2 DreamWorks

7. Our Idiot Brother Weinstein

8. Fright Night DreamWorks

9. Super 8 Paramount Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol. server room and warn himself that a baddie is Mission: Impossible— entering said secure server room, so the appearGhost Protocol ance of Renner and Patton does not rock the boat Rated PG-13 too much. It is true, however, that Paramount was Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy reportedly gun-shy about Cruise carrying the Renner and Paula Patton entire weight of the film after the failure of Knight Directed by Brad Bird and Day at the box office, and reworked the Paramount, 133 minutes script to make room for a younger operative. So either the studio was reassured along the way that Now playing at AMC Loews Foothills 15 (888262-4386), Century El Con 20 (800-326-3264, Cruise could still do the job—which, again, he ext. 902), Century Park Place 20 (800-326-3264, does really, really well this time around—or direc- ext. 903), Century Theatres at the Oro Valley Marketplace (800-326-3264, ext. 899), Harkins tor Brad Bird (The Incredibles) did a poor job of Tucson Spectrum 18 (806-4275) and Tower showcasing Renner. Theaters at Arizona Pavilions (579-0500). At the end of the day, these movies are twohour international stunt-fests. They’re about explosions in exotic locales, and somebody rarely helps. Some scenes in Ghost Protocol hanging off a mountain or a building a half-mile were shot with those huge IMAX cameras, in the air. And, regrettably, they’re still about designed specifically to come to life on the those stupid masks. Therefore, the formula is mammoth screen. And when Tom Cruise pretty simple: If the stunts seem so implausible climbs up the side of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the that we shift in our seats whenever Ethan Hunt tallest structure in the world, it’s nothing short starts to lose his grip, then these movies are sucof popcorn-movie magic. Frankly, who cares cessful. The more they obscure the weak story, why he’s doing it? (To get into that secure servthe better; everybody knows how espionage and er room!) Not all of the stunt showcases are Russians dovetail. that exhilarating, and all of them are remarkWhat wins Ghost Protocol the silver medal of ably preposterous. But that’s also part of the Mission: Impossible movies, a notch or two fun, both for the audience and—by all appearbelow the unheralded third installment, is seeances—a reinvigorated Tom Cruise. ing it in IMAX (which you can do locally at the So don’t count your missions before they AMC Loews Foothills 15). A lot of live-action hatch, Jeremy Renner: It doesn’t look like Ethan films have adopted 3-D, but it’s a gimmick that Hunt will self-destruct in five seconds.

10. Friends With Benefits Screen Gems

Freida Pinto and James Franco in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

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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. The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Thu-Wed 11:30 The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) Thu 2, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50; Fri-Wed 9, 2, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 The Adventures of Tintin: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) Thu-Wed 10:15, 1 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Thu 10, 11:15, 12:20, 1:25, 2:40, 3:45, 4:45, 5:55, 6:55, 8:15, 9:15, 10:20; Fri-Sat 9, 11:15, 1:25, 2:40, 3:45, 4:45, 5:55, 8:15, 10:20; Sun-Wed 9, 10, 11:15, 12:15, 1:25, 3:45, 5:55, 8:15, 10:20 Arthur Christmas (PG) Thu 2:30, 7:35; Fri-Sat 9:15, 2:30, 7:35; Sun-Wed 9:15 The Darkest Hour (PG-13) Sun-Wed 10:45, 12:55, 8 The Darkest Hour 3D (PG13) Sun-Wed 3:15, 5:45, 10:10 The Descendants (R) Thu 11:50, 2:25, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30; Fri-Wed 9:15, 11:50, 2:25, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) Thu-Fri 10, 11:45, 1:20, 3:30, 4:45, 7:05, 8:05, 10:30, 11:30; Sat 10, 11:45, 1:20, 3:30, 4:45, 7:05, 8:05, 10:30; Sun-Wed 10, 11:45, 1:20, 3:30, 4:45, 7:05, 8:05, 10:30, 11:30 Hugo (PG) Thu-Sat 10:55, 1:40, 4:30; SunWed 10:55, 1:40 Mission: Impossible— Ghost Protocol (PG-13) Thu-Fri 11:15, 2:15, 5:15, 8:15, 11:15; Sat 11:15, 2:15, 5:15, 8:15; Sun-Wed 11:15, 2:15, 5:15, 8:15, 11:15 Mission: Impossible— Ghost Protocol: The IMAX Experience (PG-13) Thu-Wed 3:45, 7, 10:15 The Muppets (PG) Thu 11:35, 5:05, 10; Fri-Sat 9:05, 11:35, 5:05, 10; Sun-Wed 9:05, 2:30 New Year’s Eve (PG-13) Thu 11:20, 2, 4:45, 7:25, 10:10; Fri 9:05, 3:05, 5:45, 8:25, 11:05; Sat 9:05, 3:05, 5:45, 8:25; Sun-Wed 11:45, 5:15, 7:55, 10:35 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) Thu 10:20, 11:55, 1:30, 2:45, 4:40, 5:40, 7:45, 8:30, 10:35, 11:20; Fri 9:05, 10:20, 11:55, 1:30, 2:45, 4:40, 5:40, 7:45, 8:30, 10:35, 11:20; Sat 9:05, 10:20, 11:55, 1:30, 2:45, 4:40, 5:40, 7:45, 8:30, 10:35; Sun-Wed 10:20, 1:30, 2:30, 4:40, 5:40, 7:45, 8:30, 10:35, 11:20 The Sitter (R) ends Thu 11:50, 1:55, 3:55, 5:55, 7:55, 9:55

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (PG-13) Thu-Sat 7:20, 10; Sun-Wed 4:30, 7:20, 10 War Horse (PG-13) Sun-Wed 10, 1:05, 4:10, 7:25, 10:35 We Bought a Zoo (PG) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 11, 1:45, 4:40, 7:30, 10:25 Young Adult (R) Thu-Wed 10:45, 1, 3:25, 5:40, 7:55, 10:15

Century El Con 20 3601 E. Broadway Blvd. 800-326-3264, ext. 902. The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Thu-Wed 11:30 The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) Thu-Fri 10:45, 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, 10; Sat 10:45, 1:20, 4:10, 7:15; Sun-Wed 10:45, 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, 10 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Thu 10:40, 11:20, 12, 1, 1:40, 2:20, 3:20, 4, 4:40, 5:40, 7, 8, 9:20, 10:20; Fri 10:40, 12, 1, 2:20, 3:20, 4:40, 5:40, 7, 8, 9:20, 10:20; Sat 10:40, 12, 1, 2:20, 3:20, 4:40, 5:40, 7, 8; Sun-Wed 12, 1, 2:20, 3:20, 4:40, 5:40, 7, 8, 9:25, 10:20 Arthur Christmas (PG) Thu-Sat 10:35; Sun-Wed 10:25 The Darkest Hour (PG13) Sun-Wed 10:40, 3:10, 7:50 The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) Sun-Wed 12:55, 5:35, 10:10 The Descendants (R) Thu-Fri 11:20, 2:05, 4:45, 7:35, 10:35; Sat 11:20, 2:05, 4:45, 7:35; Sun-Wed 11:20, 2:05, 4:45, 7:35, 10:35 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) Thu-Fri 10:30, 12, 2, 3:30, 5:30, 7, 9, 10:30; Sat 10:30, 12, 2, 3:30, 5:30, 7; Sun-Wed 10:30, 12, 2, 3:30, 5:30, 7, 9, 10:30 Hansel and Gretel: Met Opera Holiday Encore (Not Rated) Thu 6:30 Happy Feet Two (PG) ThuWed 10:50 Hugo (PG) Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:30 Hugo 3D (PG) Thu-Fri 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10; Sat 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 J. Edgar (R) Thu 12:15, 3:40, 6:50, 9:55; Fri-Wed 12:15 Mission: Impossible— Ghost Protocol (PG-13) Thu-Fri 12, 1, 2:15, 3:15, 4:15, 5:20, 6:30, 7:30, 8:45, 9:45, 10:45; Sat 12, 1, 2:15, 3:15, 4:15, 5:20, 6:30, 7:30; Sun-Wed 12, 1, 2:20, 3:15, 4:15, 5:25, 6:30, 7:30, 8:50, 9:45, 10:45 The Muppets (PG) Thu-Fri 11:25, 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15; Sat 11:25, 2:10, 4:50, 7:40; Sun-Tue 10:25 My Week With Marilyn (R) Thu-Fri 11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:20, 10; Sat 11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:20 New Year’s Eve (PG-13) ThuFri 11:10, 2, 4:45, 7:40, 10:25; Sat 11:10, 2, 4:45, 7:40; Sun-Wed 11:10, 2, 4:45, 7:40, 10:25 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) Thu-Fri 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30; Sat

11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30; Sun-Wed 11:30, 1:30, 2:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30 The Sitter (R) Thu 11:45, 1:55, 4:05, 6:15, 8:30, 10:40; Fri 4:05, 6:15, 8:30, 10:40; Sat 4:05, 6:15; Sun-Wed 4:05, 6:15, 8:30, 10:40 War Horse (PG-13) SunWed 11:15, 12:50, 2:40, 4:05, 6, 7:20, 9:20, 10:35 We Bought a Zoo (PG) Fri 10:30, 11:45, 1:25, 2:45, 4:25, 5:45, 7:25, 8:45, 10:25; Sat 10:30, 11:45, 1:25, 2:45, 4:25, 5:45, 7:25; Sun-Wed 10:30, 11:45, 1:25, 2:45, 4:25, 5:45, 7:25, 8:45, 10:25 Young Adult (R) Thu-Fri 10:40, 1, 3:20, 5:40, 8, 10:20; Sat 10:40, 1, 3:20, 5:40, 8; Sun-Wed 10:40, 1, 3:20, 5:40, 8, 10:20

Century Gateway 12 770 N. Kolb Road. 800-326-3264, ext. 962. Contagion (PG-13) Thu-Fri 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15; Sat 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:45; Sun-Wed 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Courageous (PG-13) ThuFri 12:35, 4:05, 6:55, 9:45; Sat 12:35, 4:05, 6:55; Sun-Wed 12:35, 4:05, 6:55, 9:45 Dolphin Tale (PG) ThuWed 11:55, 2:30, 5:05 Footloose (PG-13) ThuFri 12:20, 3:40, 7:20, 10:15; Sat 12:20, 3:40, 7:20; Sun-Wed 12:20, 3:40, 7:20, 10:15 The Help (PG-13) ThuWed 12:30, 3:50, 7:10 The Ides of March (R) Thu-Fri 12:15, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10:25; Sat 12:15, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35; Sun-Wed 12:15, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10:25 In Time (PG-13) Thu-Fri 7:40, 10:20; Sat 7:40; Sun-Wed 7:40, 10:20 Moneyball (PG-13) Thu-Fri 12:40, 3:45, 7:05, 10; Sat 12:40, 3:45, 7:05; SunWed 12:40, 3:45, 7:05, 10 Paranormal Activity 3 (R) Thu-Fri 7:50, 9:55; Sat 7:50; Sun-Wed 7:50, 9:55 Puss in Boots (PG) ThuWed 2:50, 7:15 Puss in Boots 3D (PG) Thu-Fri 12:25, 5, 9:40; Sat 12:25, 5; Sun-Wed 12:25, 5, 9:40 Real Steel (PG-13) ThuFri 12:45, 4, 7, 9:50; Sat 12:45, 4, 7; Sun-Wed 12:45, 4, 7, 9:50 The Smurfs (PG) Thu-Wed 12, 2:25, 4:50 Tower Heist (PG-13) Thu-Fri 12:10, 2:35, 5:05, 7:30, 10:05; Sat 12:10, 2:35, 5:05, 7:30; Sun-Wed 12:10, 2:35, 5:05, 7:30, 10:05 A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas (R) Thu-Fri 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:55, 10:10; Sat 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:55; Sun-Wed 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:55, 10:10

Century Park Place 20 5870 E. Broadway Blvd. 800-326-3264, ext. 903. The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Thu-Sat 12:05; SunWed 10:05, 12:40

The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) Thu-Fri 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10; Sat 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15; Sun-Wed 11:15, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 10:05 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Thu 10:05, 11:15, 12:25, 1:35, 2:45, 3:55, 5:05, 6:20, 7:25, 8:40, 9:45; Fri 10:05, 11:15, 12:25, 1:35, 2:45, 3:55, 5:05, 6:20, 7:25, 8:45, 9:55; Sat 10:05, 11:15, 12:25, 1:35, 2:45, 3:55, 5:05, 6:20, 7:25; Sun-Wed 10:10, 11:20, 12:30, 1:40, 2:50, 4, 5:05, 6:20, 7:35, 8:40, 9:55 Arthur Christmas (PG) Thu-Sat 10:25, 1; SunWed 10:30, 12:55 The Darkest Hour (PG-13) Sun-Wed 10:15, 12:35, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55 The Darkest Hour 3D (PG13) Sun-Wed 10:25 The Descendants (R) Thu 10:35, 1:25, 4:35, 7:45; Fri-Sat 10:45, 1:40, 4:25, 7:35; Sun-Wed 10:35, 1:25, 4:05, 7:05, 9:50 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) Thu 10:30, 2, 3:35, 5:35, 7:20, 9:05; Fri 10:30, 2, 5:35, 7:10, 9:05, 3:35; Sat 10:30, 2, 5:35, 7:10; Sun 11:30, 3, 3:35, 4:25, 6:35, 8, 10; Mon-Wed 11:30, 3, 4:25, 6:35, 8, 10 Hansel and Gretel: Met Opera Holiday Encore (Not Rated) Thu 6:30 Happy Feet Two (PG) Thu 11:30, 1:55, 4:25; FriWed 11:10 Hugo (PG) Thu 10:15, 1:20, 4:25, 7:35, 10:30; Fri 10, 12:55, 4:05, 7, 10:05; Sat 10, 12:55, 4:05, 7; Sun-Wed 10:15 Immortals (R) Thu 10:35; Fri 10:25; Sun-Wed 10:30 Jack and Jill (PG) ends Thu 7, 9:30 Mission: Impossible— Ghost Protocol (PG-13) Thu-Fri 10, 11:05, 1:10, 2:15, 3:20, 4:20, 5:25, 6:30, 7:30, 8:35, 9:40, 10:40; Sat 10, 11:05, 1:10, 2:15, 3:20, 4:20, 5:25, 6:30, 7:30; Sun-Wed 10, 11:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:15, 4:20, 5:25, 6:25, 7:30, 8:35, 9:35, 10:35 The Muppets (PG) Thu 11:20, 2:05, 4:45, 7:25, 10:15; Fri 10:40, 1:25, 4, 6:50, 9:30; Sat 10:40, 1:25, 4, 6:50; Sun-Wed 10:45, 1:30, 4:30, 7:25 New Year’s Eve (PG-13) Thu 10, 10:55, 11:50, 12:50, 1:40, 2:40, 3:40, 4:40, 5:30, 6:25, 7:35, 8:30, 9:25, 10:35; Fri 10:05, 10:55, 11:55, 12:55, 1:50, 2:50, 3:45, 4:40, 5:40, 6:35, 7:35, 8:30, 9:25, 10:30; Sat 10:05, 10:55, 11:55, 12:55, 1:50, 2:50, 3:45, 4:40, 5:40, 6:35, 7:35; Sun-Wed 10:25, 1:15, 4:05, 7:05, 10 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) Thu 10:10, 11:10, 12:10, 1:05, 2:10, 3:10, 4:10, 5:10, 6:15, 7:10, 8:10, 9:15, 10:10; Fri 10:10, 12:10, 1:05, 2:10, 4:10, 5:10, 6:15, 7:05, 8:10, 10:10; Sat 10:10, 12:10, 1:05, 2:10, 4:10, 5:10, 6:15, 7:05, 8:10; SunWed 10:10, 12:10, 1:10, 2:10, 4:10, 5:10, 6:15, 7:10, 8:10, 10:10 The Sitter (R) Thu 10:20, 12:40, 3, 10:05; Fri

10:35, 12:50, 3:05, 5:20, 7:40, 10:15; Sat 10:35, 12:50, 3:05, 5:20, 7:40; Sun-Wed 10:15, 12:25, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40, 9:55 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (PG-13) Thu 10:15, 1:15, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55; Fri 10:15, 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:50; Sat 10:15, 1:15, 4:05, 6:55; Sun-Wed 10:05, 1, 3:55, 6:55, 9:45 War Horse (PG-13) SunWed 10:40, 12:20, 2, 3:40, 5:20, 7, 8:45 We Bought a Zoo (PG) Fri 10:20, 1:20, 3:10, 4:15, 7:20, 9:15, 10:20; Sat 10:20, 1:20, 3:10, 4:15, 7:20; Sun-Wed 10:20, 1:20, 3:10, 4:15, 7:20, 9:15, 10:20

Real Steel (PG-13) Thu 10:50, 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50; Fri 1:20, 7, 9:50; Sat 1:20, 7; Sun-Wed 1:20, 7, 9:50 The Rum Diary (R) ends Thu 10:55, 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Take Shelter (R) ends Thu 11:25, 7:25 Tower Heist (PG-13) Fri 10:25, 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45, 10:10; Sat 10:25, 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45; Sun-Wed 10:25, 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45, 10:10 A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas (R) Fri 10; Sun-Wed 10

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624-1515. Century It’s a Wonderful Life (Not Theatres at the Rated) Fri 2, 7 Oro Valley Gallagher Marketplace 12155 N. Oracle Road. Theater 800-326-3264, ext. 899. Call for Fri-Wed film times The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Thu 12:30 The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) Thu-Fri 10:45, 1:35, 4:20, 7, 9:40 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Thu 11, 12:10, 1:20, 2:30, 3:40, 4:50, 5:55, 7:15, 8:20, 9:35 Arthur Christmas (PG) Thu 11:35, 2:15 The Descendants (R) Thu 10:55, 1:45, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) Thu-Fri 11:45, 3:20, 6:55, 10:25 Hansel and Gretel: Met Opera Holiday Encore (Not Rated) Thu 6:30 Happy Feet Two (PG) Thu 10:35 Hugo 3D (PG) Thu 10:40, 1:40, 4:35, 7:35, 10:30 Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol (PG-13) Thu 10:50, 2:10, 3:50, 5:30, 7:10, 8:50, 10:15; Fri 3:50, 7:10, 10:15; Sat-Wed 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:15 New Year’s Eve (PG-13) Thu 1:25, 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) Thu 10:30, 12, 1:30, 3, 4:30, 6:05, 7:30, 9, 10:30

Crossroads 6 Grand Cinemas 4811 E. Grant Road. 327-7067. 50/50 (R) Thu 2:30, 7:20; Fri-Wed 5:10 Dolphin Tale (PG) Thu 12, 4:50; Fri-Wed 10:50 Drive (R) Thu 2:10, 10; Fri 9:40; Sun-Wed 9:40 The Help (PG-13) Thu 11:15, 4:30; Fri-Wed 11:40, 4 The Ides of March (R) Fri 10:20, 12:35, 2:50, 5:05, 7:25, 9:45; Sat 10:20, 12:35, 2:50, 5:05, 7:25; Sun-Wed 10:20, 12:35, 2:50, 5:05, 7:25, 9:45 In Time (PG-13) ends Thu 9:45 Margin Call (R) Thu 2, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35; Fri-Wed 2:40, 7:15 Puss in Boots (PG) FriWed 11, 1:10, 3:15, 5:30, 7:35

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Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18 5455 S. Calle Santa Cruz. 806-4275. The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Thu 11:40, 1:10; Fri-Wed 9:20, 1:10 The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) Thu-Fri 10:20, 3:50, 6:30, 9:15; Sat 10:20, 3:50, 6:30; Sun-Wed 10:20, 3:50, 6:30, 9:15 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Thu 9:50, 10:30, 11:20, 12:20, 12:50, 1:50, 2:50, 3:25, 4:15, 5:15, 6:10, 6:50, 7:50, 8:40, 9:20, 10:15; Fri 9:50, 10:30, 11:20, 12:20, 1:25, 1:50, 2:50, 3:35, 4:15, 5:15, 6:20, 6:50, 7:50, 8:40, 9:20, 10:15; Sat 9:50, 10:30, 11:20, 12:20, 1:25, 1:50, 2:50, 3:35, 4:15, 5:15, 6:20, 6:50, 7:50; Sun-Wed 9:50, 11:20, 12:20, 1:50, 2:50, 4:15, 5:15, 6:50, 7:50, 9:20, 10:15 Arthur Christmas (PG) Thu 9:35; Fri-Sat 9:15; Sun-Wed 9:25 The Darkest Hour (PG13) Sun-Wed 3:15 The Darkest Hour 3D (PG-13) Sun-Wed 10:30, 12:50, 5:40, 8, 10:20 The Descendants (R) Thu-Fri 10:55, 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 10:25; Sat 10:55, 1:40, 4:30, 7:15; Sun-Wed 10:55, 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 10:25 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) Thu-Fri 10:50, 11:50, 2:30, 3:30, 6:05, 7, 9:30, 10:30; Sat 10:50, 11:50, 2:30, 3:30, 6:05, 7; Sun-Wed 10:50, 11:50, 2:30, 3:30, 6:05, 7, 9:30, 10:30 Happy Feet Two (PG) Thu 11:15, 2, 4:50; Fri-Sat 10:15, 1:05, 4; Sun-Wed 9:45 Hugo (PG) ends Thu 12:15, 6:20 Hugo 3D (PG) ends Thu 3:10, 9:40 Immortals (R) ends Thu 2:40, 5:20, 8, 10:40 Jack and Jill (PG) ThuWed 10:40

Mission: Impossible— Ghost Protocol (PG-13) Thu-Fri 9:40, 12, 1, 3:20, 4:20, 6:40, 7:40, 10, 11; Sat 9:40, 12, 1, 3:20, 4:20, 6:40, 7:40; SunWed 9:40, 12, 1, 3:20, 4:20, 6:40, 7:40, 10, 11 The Muppets (PG) Thu-Fri 9:30, 12:10, 3, 5:45, 8:30; Sat 9:30, 12:10, 3, 5:35, 8:05; Sun-Wed 9:30, 12:10 New Year’s Eve (PG-13) Thu-Fri 11:30, 2:45, 6:15, 7:20, 9, 10:20; Sat 11:30, 2:45, 6:15, 7:20; Sun-Wed 11:30, 2:45, 6:15, 9 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) ThuFri 9:45, 10:45, 12:45, 1:45, 3:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:45, 9:45, 10:45; Sat 9:45, 10:45, 12:45, 1:45, 3:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:45; Sun-Wed 10:45, 12:45, 1:45, 3:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:45, 9:45, 10:45 The Sitter (R) Thu-Fri 11, 1:20, 3:40, 5:50, 8:10, 10:50; Sat 11, 1:20, 3:40, 5:50, 8; Sun-Wed 11, 1:20, 3:40, 5:50, 8:10, 10:50 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (PG-13) Thu-Fri 1:30, 4:40, 7:30, 10:35; Sat 1:30, 4:40, 7:30; SunWed 1:30, 4:40, 7:30, 10:35 War Horse (PG-13) SunWed 9:15, 12:40, 3, 4, 6:20, 7:20, 9:40, 10:40 We Bought a Zoo (PG) Fri 9:10, 10:10, 12:15, 1:15, 3:10, 4:10, 6:10, 7:10, 9:10, 10:10; Sat 9:10, 10:10, 12:15, 1:15, 3:10, 4:10, 6:10, 7:10; SunWed 9:10, 10:10, 12:15, 1:15, 3:10, 4:10, 6:10, 7:10, 9:10, 10:10

The Loft Cinema 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Call 795-0844 to check handicap accessibility American Teacher (Not Rated) Thu 2, 7 Le Havre (Not Rated) Fri-Sun 2:15, 7:30; Mon 2:15; Tue-Wed 2:15, 7:30 Melancholia (R) Thu 4, 9:30; Fri-Wed 4:40, 9:45 Mozart’s Sister (Not Rated) Thu 12:30, 5, 9 My Afternoons with Margueritte (Not Rated) Thu 12, 3, 7:30; Fri-Wed 12:15, 5 The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG) Fri-Sun 12, 10 R.O.T.O.R. (Not Rated) Mon 8 The Way (PG-13) Fri-Sun 2:15, 7; Mon-Wed 11:30, 2:15, 7, 10

Oracle View 4690 N. Oracle Road. 292-2430. 50/50 (R) ends Thu 12:20, 5, 7:20, 9:35 Contagion (PG-13) ends Thu 9:50 Dolphin Tale (PG) Thu 11:45, 2, 6:55; Fri-Wed 11:15, 4:40, 7:05 Footloose (PG-13) Fri 12, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45; Sat 12, 4:50, 7:15; Sun-Wed 12, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45 The Help (PG-13) Thu 12:40, 3:40, 6:45; FriWed 11:30 In Time (PG-13) Thu 2:15, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40;

Fri-Wed 2:35, 7:25 Midnight in Paris (PG-13) Thu 2:40; Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:15 Puss in Boots (PG) Fri 11, 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40; Sat 11, 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30; Sun-Wed 11, 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40 Real Steel (PG-13) Fri 11:10, 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50; Sat 11:10, 1:50, 4:30, 7:10; Sun-Wed 11:10, 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13) Thu 4:30, 9:20; Fri 5, 9:55; Sat 5; Sun-Wed 5, 9:55 The Smurfs (PG) ends Thu 11:50 The Thing (R) ends Thu 12, 9:45 The Three Musketeers (PG-13) Thu 2:20, 4:50, 7:15; Fri-Wed 2:25, 7:35 A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas (R) Fri 3:25, 5:30, 10; Sat 3:25, 5:30; Sun-Wed 3:25, 5:30, 10 Warrior (PG-13) Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30; Fri 1:40, 9:35; Sat 1:40; Sun-Wed 1:40, 9:35

The Screening Room 127 E. Congress St. 882-0204. Call for films and times

Tower Theatres at Arizona Pavilions 8031 N. Business Park Drive. 579-0500. The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Thu 10, 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:50, 10:05; Fri-Wed 10, 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) Thu-Wed 11:10, 1:35, 4, 6:25, 8:50 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) ThuWed 10:25, 12:35, 2:45, 4:50, 7, 9:05 Arthur Christmas (PG) Thu 10:20, 12:45, 3, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40; Fri-Sat 10:20, 12:45, 3, 5:10, 7:25, 9:50; Sun-Wed 9:45, 11:55 The Darkest Hour (PG-13) Sun-Wed 11:20, 1:30, 3:40, 5:50, 8, 10:10 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) Thu-Sat 10:45, 12, 2:10, 3:20, 5:25, 6:45, 8:40, 10; Sun-Wed 12, 2:10, 3:20, 5:25, 6:45, 8:40, 10 Mission: Impossible— Ghost Protocol (PG-13) Thu-Wed 9:50, 11, 12:40, 1:50, 3:30, 4:40, 6:20, 7:30, 9:10, 10:20 New Year’s Eve (PG-13) Thu 11:40, 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 9:55; Fri-Wed 10:30 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) Thu 10:15, 11:30, 1, 2:15, 3:45, 5, 6:30, 7:45, 9:15, 10:30; Fri-Wed 10:15, 11:30, 1, 2:15, 3:45, 5, 6:30, 7:45, 9:15 The Sitter (R) Thu 11:50, 1:45, 3:50, 5:50, 7:50, 9:50; Fri 11:50, 1:55, 3:50, 5:50, 7:50, 9:50; Sat 11:50, 1:55, 3:50, 9:50 War Horse (PG-13) SunWed 10:10, 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:15 We Bought a Zoo (PG) Fri-Wed 10:50, 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:55

N O W S H O W I N G AT H O M E Dolphin Tale (Blu-ray) WARNER MOVIE DSPECIAL FEATURES BBLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 3 (OUT OF 10)

Yeah, I know: I come off as a real bastard for hating pieces of crap like this. It’s a nice little movie about a dolphin with a missing tail, and that mean old movie critic blasts it as cinematic fecal matter! Sure, the message here is sweet, something like, “Dolphins need tails, too!” And if they should lose one, Morgan Freeman will always make one for them while sporting a funny hat. Well, I’ll wear the badge of curmudgeon and say that I just hate the kids in this movie. I hate these kids almost as much as the new Spy Kids. Not as much, but pretty damn close. Harry Connick Jr. shows up as an animal-loving guy who most definitely wants the dolphin with the missing tail to have a replacement tail, even if it is a fake one fashioned by Morgan Freeman. The film also throws in Ashley Judd as a woman who once had a career, but now slums in dolphins-sans-tail movies. Finally, there’s Kris Kristofferson, because the script calls for a crusty old guy, and he always comes up first in the casting Rolodex under “crusty old guys.” Look, I’m happy the dolphin got a tail, and I think it’s impressive that a real dolphin that lost its tail plays itself in the film. This is the Audie Murphy of dolphins. (Too obscure of a reference? OK, this dolphin is the Howard Stern of dolphins. I say this because both Murphy and Stern played themselves in movies, and this dolphin is playing itself in the movie. You probably got that. I probably didn’t need to explain that to you. Sorry.) So if you want to see Morgan Freeman looking stupid in a dumb hat, and watch two stupid kids who think they can act stink up the

place while Harry Connick Jr. and Kris Kristofferson both refrain from singing, have at it. Ashley Judd doesn’t get naked, by the way. It’s that rare Ashley Judd movie in which she doesn’t show her ass. It’s just another reason to hate this film. SPECIAL FEATURES: A behind-the-scenes look at Winter the dolphin. It’s actually kind of cool to see the dolphin without the stupid kids blabbering around it. You also get a more in-depth look at Winter’s real story, a gag reel, an additional scene and more.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Blu-ray) 20TH CENTURY FOX MOVIE B+ SPECIAL FEATURES ABLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 8.75 (OUT OF 10)

There’s no doubt: Everything about this movie looked like trouble before it hit screens. It had CGI apes instead of men in suits, which is blasphemy to Planet of the Apes purists. James Franco looked superbored in the commercials, and the film overall looked like a cheap shortcut to restarting a broken franchise. Well, color me stupid and presumptuous, because this turned out to be one of the summer’s most-pleasant surprises. Andy Serkis delivers a great performance-capture job as Caesar, a test chimp who goes home to live with Franco’s doctor character— and eventually starts a revolution. Not much about this movie feels like the Apes films of old, but that’s OK. It’s sharply written, well-played and a fine start to a new run of Apes films. Sure, Franco looked bored, but he probably won’t come back. With Serkis and special effects that are this solid, Franco is not required. SPECIAL FEATURES: There’s lots of good stuff on this one. You get a director’s commentary and a bunch of

featurettes looking at aspects of the film such as the Apes films’ legacy and Serkis’ performance. Speaking of Serkis: There are deleted/incomplete scenes that feature him in his performance-capture getup acting the part out. You can actually watch the whole film in different states of animation completion. Seeing the actors and actresses doing the monkey thing is pretty cool.

Final Destination 5 (Blu-ray) WARNER MOVIE C SPECIAL FEATURES C+ BLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 4 (OUT OF 10)

I think the first Final Destination was supposed to be the only one. I’m thinking this, because it was called “Final” Destination, implying that it would indeed be the last. But moviegoers like seeing people going through prophesized deaths, so the hits keep coming. While I don’t like this movie all that much, it does have some well-done death scenes, including an impressive bridge collapse and some laser surgery gone dreadfully wrong. Yes, it’s the same old, same old all over again, but it’s done in a way that almost justifies seeing it. In fact, if you see this movie sitting on a friend’s table, pop it into the old Blu-ray player, and fastforward through the boring shit to get to the bloody parts. The film was released in 3-D, and you do have the option of seeing the 3-D Bluray. Just don’t pay money for it. Oh no, don’t you dare do that.

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

NEWLY REVIEWED: ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED

In this extremely needless sequel, human chipmunkfather Dave (Jason Lee, who actually decided to show up for more than 10 minutes this time) takes the boys and the Chipettes on a cruise. Alvin (the voice of Justin Long), of course, screws things up, and everyone winds up marooned on an island. The subplots include a really bad Cast Away spoof, in which the chipmunk/ettes meet a stranded human being, Zoe (Jenny Slate). They also encounter the villain from the previous two chapters, Ian (David Cross). The movie is neither funny nor cute, with the only laugh coming early in the film, thanks to Cross. Considering the amount of talented names in the cast list (Long, Cross, Amy Poehler, Anna Faris, etc.), one would think that parts of the film would at least be tolerable … and one would be wrong. Allen LE HAVRE

Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki goes about his business very quietly. Although he seldom leads viewers down a blind alley, little is known about the filmmaker’s work in the United States. Le Havre is his fourth Cannes entry, and it has already collected a few prestigious prizes on the festival circuit. It’s a lot lighter than his normal fare; after all, his debut was an adaptation of Crime and Punishment. The title of this film is also the name of a French city, which here is peopled by a unique cast of characters—a struggling author turned shoe-shine man, a young African refugee, and a fedora-clad detective hunting for the missing boy. There can be a cultural barrier in addition to the subtitled-language barrier with a lot of foreign films, but Kaurismäki’s spare direction and great faces make every scene more absorbing. Boyd SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS

The famous-detective franchise fronted by director Guy Ritchie and Robert Downey Jr. keeps things entertaining, but loses a little steam this time out. Sherlock Holmes (Downey) faces off against the evil Professor James Moriarty, who looks to drag the entire world into war—and profit from it. Of course,

Watson (Jude Law) is sleuthing alongside Holmes, and the two actors still have a fun screen chemistry. Noomi Rapace, the original Girl With a Dragon Tattoo, is a nice addition as a gypsy with a troublesome brother. This sequel has a tinge of “been there, done that,” and doesn’t really distinguish itself from the original. Still, Downey is good for a bunch of laughs, and Ritchie does manage some exciting fight scenes. Grimm WE BOUGHT A ZOO

In most states, someone can be declared legally dead if they’ve been missing for seven years, so it’s time to file the paperwork for Cameron Crowe. Crowe, who once had the rare gift for saying what an entire generation would feel a year or two before they felt it, ran out of things to say with the classic Almost Famous. Now he’s just making movies. On the heels of Vanilla Sky and Elizabethtown comes We Bought a Zoo, a tepid story told with the gloves on. Worse, it’s not an original Crowe idea; instead, one of the best screenwriters of the past 25 years leans on a romantic-comedy hack (Aline Brosh McKenna of 27 Dresses) to grease the rails. And his uncanny knack for music direction—finding the perfect gem for just the right moment in the film—has abandoned him, too. Rest in peace, Cameron Crowe. Boyd

CONTINUING: AMERICAN TEACHER

American Teacher explains the current financial crisis as seen through the eyes of teachers. Several educators discuss their troubles in finding decent pay; some say that they’ve needed to find second jobs, or leave the education field entirely, in order to make it in today’s economy. While the people interviewed come off as a bit melodramatic, the facts are there to support their frustrations. The job of a teacher is tiring, and this documentary sheds light on that fact in an articulate and thoughtful way, showing the trials and stresses that go along with trying to educate children in a system that isn’t wellfunded. Allen ARTHUR CHRISTMAS

There have been so many Christmas movies over the years that it’s worth taking note of a good one. From Aardman, the Wallace and Gromit people, comes Arthur Christmas, about the son of Santa Claus who,

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after spotting one present left undelivered, embarks on a worldwide journey to make sure it reaches its rightful home. What good is the “nice” list, after all, if the North Pole is going to muck it up? Deliciously served with snarky British sensibilities, Arthur Christmas is surprisingly sharp for adults and visually enormous and active for kids. The voice cast is top-notch, featuring James McAvoy as the title character, Jim Broadbent as the current yet tiring Santa, and Bill Nighy as the long-retired and feisty Grandsanta, who proudly proclaims he’s 136 years old. This is a tremendous amount of fun, even if you don’t like Christmas movies. Boyd

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My Afternoons With Margueritte is undeniably sweet and disarming. The downside is that the story is predictable and pretty linear, but the upside is that you’ll probably feel better having watched it, and that’s got to count for something. It features a nice performance by Gérard Depardieu as a semi-literate laborer who begins a ritual of meeting the quite-seasoned Margueritte (97-year-old Gisèle Casadesus) in a park where she teaches him about literature—but in reality, they teach each other about the importance of genuine human connection. It’s a simple journey, but its heart is in the right place. Boyd

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Director Martin Scorsese has a field day with 3-D in this delightful film that, while touted as his first children’s movie, will probably go over the heads of most young ones. Asa Butterfield delivers one of the year’s best child performances as Hugo Cabret, a boy living at a train station. He keeps the clocks running and is trying to fix a robot-like contraption left to him by his father. He meets up with a toyshop owner named Georges Méliès (Ben Kingsley); many film buffs will know that name. The film winds up being a nice homage to early filmmakers, with some of the best visuals Scorsese has ever put onscreen. The ever-reliable Chloë Grace Moretz does good work with an English accent as Hugo’s friend, while Sacha Baron Cohen provides excellent comic relief as a train-station security man. Grimm THE MUPPETS

Co-writer and actor Jason Segel, with help from director James Bobin, reboots the Muppets franchise with great success. Segel, Bobin and co-writer Nicholas Stoller have gone back to the Muppets’ roots, drawing energy from the 1970s TV show. Segel plays Gary, a happy-go-lucky guy planning a trip to Los Angeles, where he will ask his girlfriend, Mary (Amy Adams), to marry him. He also plans to bring along his beloved brother, Walter … who is a Muppet. Walter has never met the likes of Kermit, Miss Piggy or Fozzie, but he idolizes them and hopes to meet them at Muppet Studios. They arrive—only to find the studios deserted. They seek out the Muppets, get them back together, and put on a show to save the studios from an evil oil baron

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Jonah Hill, riding high on his excellent Moneyball performance, goes back to Superbad mode for this one as Noah, a slacker stuck baby-sitting some scary kids for the evening. The film has drawn comparisons to Adventures in Babysitting, the ’80s cult classic starring a super-hot Elisabeth Shue and Penelope Ann Miller. Director David Gordon Green also gave us medieval farce Your Highness, one of the year’s biggest disappointments, if not the biggest. Now comes this, Green’s third comedy feature in a row after starting his career with evocative, effective dramas like All the Real Girls and George Washington. While The Sitter represents an improvement over Your Highness, it’s still not worth your time. Hill’s shtick gets tired quickly. Grimm YOUNG ADULT

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Magnificent Joey teven Spielberg is such a lazy bastard. I mean, come on; He’s only directed two big-budget movies released within a week of each other! War Horse is one those films. (The CGIanimated The Adventures of Tintin, is also in theaters.) As for Spielberg’s 2011 live-action offering, it’s a mixed bag, albeit a bag with more good mixed in than bad. The emotional stuff gets to the point where even the most loving people could get generally uncomfortable; Spielberg just doesn’t know where to stop sometimes. It’s one of his cute flaws. The film is based on a children’s book and stage adaptation of the same name. As for the horse implied in the title, it’s named Joey. There has never been a more impressive group of horses in a movie. Numerous, nearly identical horses play the War Horse, and they are some of the mostamazing creatures ever put to film. The Black Stallion, Seabiscuit, the head in the Godfather-movie bed … they all take a back seat to the horses in this movie. Jeremy Irvine makes a nice feature debut as Albert, a young English man living on his family’s lackluster farm just prior to World War I. His father, Ted (a mightily melodramatic Peter Mullan), outbids his damned landlord (David Thewlis) for Joey, in the process spending too much money and pissing off his wife, Rose (Emily Watson). Albert is tasked with teaching Joey how to plow a field—a field full of rocks no less—in order for the family to grow crops and pay the rent. Joey performs well, but is eventually sold to the army when Britain enters the war. Tom Hiddleston, wonderful as Loki in this year’s Thor, makes a splendid appearance as the soldier who purchases Joey. While War Horse might not be the year’s best film, it does have a sequence that I would submit as one of the year’s best. When a spooked Joey runs through war trenches and winds up snarled in barbed wire, it results in one of the greatest moments Spielberg has ever put to film. It’s an incredible combination of live action and special effects—one of those screen moments that makes you wonder just how in the hell the filmmakers could pull something like it off. While this sequence represents the film’s highlight, there are more powerful moments, such as when Albert becomes a victim of a gas attack in the trenches, and a raindrenched plow run with Joey. A scene in which Albert rides Joey and races a car is exhilarating.

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War Horse Rated PG-13 Starring Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson and David Thewlis Directed by Steven Spielberg Touchstone, 146 minutes Opens Sunday, Dec. 25, at AMC Loews Foothills 15 (888-262-4386), Century El Con 20 (800-3263264, ext. 902), Century Park Place 20 (800-3263264, ext. 903), Century Theatres at the Oro Valley Marketplace (800-326-3264, ext. 899), Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18 (806-4275) and Tower Theaters at Arizona Pavilions (579-0500).

There are times—good times, I might add—when War Horse feels like Spielberg is taking a crack at his own Gone With the Wind or All Quiet on the Western Front. I got the Wind vibe during some of the horizon shots provided by camera genius Janusz Kaminski, while the war sequences remind me of Western Front. As Spielberg proved before with Saving Private Ryan, he is capable of amazing battle sequences. As I’ve mentioned, some of the emotional payoff stuff is a little overcooked. A scene close to the finale is unabashedly goofy rather than moving. Still, it’s easy to forgive Spielberg’s slip-ups when the majority of his movie is both a pleasure to look at and well-acted by humans and animals alike. While there are some moments in War Horse that I will allow myself to forget, I will never forget the amazing Joey, and the magnificent animals that played him.

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Wintery Brew They’ve been tapping new kegs of holiday beer up at Noble Hops Gastropub, which opened early this year at 1335 W. Lambert Lane in Oro Valley. Lost Coast Winterbraun, Rogue Brewing Co.’s Juniper Pale Ale and Old Crustacean Barleywine, and Port Brewing Co.’s Santa’s Little Helper all recently joined the rotation—but they go fast, so call to see what’s on tap; 797-4677; noblehopspub.com. 1702, the restaurant and beer pub at 1702 E. Speedway Blvd., also has a hefty selection of wintertime beers available. Kegs of Anchor Christmas Ale 2010, Anchor Christmas Ale 2011, Sleepy Dog Max’s Christmas Ale and many others were tapped recently, and more are on the way. The place has also begun production of its own beer, which is made on site; 325-1702; www.1702az.com.

BY JIMMY BOEGLE, jboegle@tucsonweekly.com ne of the great mysteries of the food world is New York-style pizza: How do pizzerias in the Big Apple manage to get their pies so thin and yummy? Theories abound. Some people claim it’s the mineral-rich New York water; in fact, pizza-makers outside of New York have been known to have the water shipped to them for dough-making purposes. Others say the matter is mental—that it’s actually the vibe of New York and its environs that makes the pizza taste better. What the truth is, I don’t know. However, I do know this: I’ve never had New York-style pizza outside of New York that was the same as the pizza I’ve had in New York. That doesn’t mean I haven’t had some exceptionally delicious New York-style pizza outside of N.Y; it just hasn’t been the same. This was all going through my head as I sat at New York Pizza Department and chowed down on a slice of a 16-inch meat-lover pizza ($15.95). The thin-crust pizza was downright splendid, topped with pepperoni, sausage and real ham—not the lunchmeat-style crap that some pizza joints use. No, this ham was thick, just a little fatty and a welcome ingredient in one of the better pizzas I’ve enjoyed in Southern Arizona. While this was indeed New York-style pizza, it wasn’t the same as the pizza one would get in New York. Case in point: I couldn’t fold the slice and eat the whole thing with my hands. The slice just didn’t have the structural integrity, in part because there were so many delicious bits of meat on the slice (and, let’s face it: meat = fat = grease). New York Pizza Department—which apparently has no relation to the Phoenixarea series of pizza joints with the same name—was opened in February by former UA football player Mark Fontana, who grew up in Buffalo, N.Y. The small joint had just a handful of tables and some bar-style seating until August, when NYPD took over an adjacent space and greatly expanded the seating area. However, the new space is a work in progress, and it shows: Whereas there are TVs (tuned to sports, of course) and some nice New York-themed artworks in the initial small space, there’s no décor at all, really, in the expansion area. One of the employees told me this should change in a month or so; NYPD is getting an alcohol license, and with it will come some refurbishments that will include a new bar area. The menu is large, with a variety of pizzas by the slice ($3), as well as in 12-inch ($12.50-

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The margherita pizza at New York Pizza Department. $14.50) and 16-inch ($15.95-$17.95) sizes; there’s also a 20-inch pizza, most unfortunately called “The Situation,” with 10 toppings ($26.96). Also available: calzones, panini, stromboli, Italian bombers, subs both hot and cold, wings, baked ziti, lasagna, salads, breads, chicken parmesan, eggplant parmesan and several desserts. In addition to dine-in and takeout options, NYPD also delivers, in an area bounded by Swan Road to the west, 22nd Street to the south, Pantano Road to the east, and either Grant Road or Cloud Road to the north. Most of the items we tried were fantastic. Our 12-inch pizza with pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms and black olives was splendid, like the aforementioned meat-lover pizza, due to the ample quantity of top-notch ingredients and a savory pizza sauce. The margherita pizza wasn’t a true margherita—the folks at NYPD add garlic to the cheese, tomatoes and basil, which is cheating, but it was tasty nonetheless. Garrett tried the greasy Italian sub ($6.95), and as advertised, it was indeed greasy—but it was also wonderful. Genoa salami, pepperoni, capicola, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and mayonnaise were placed inside a white roll; Garrett said there could have been more meat, but there didn’t need to be more meat, if that makes sense. I tried the lasagna (a pricey $10.25) with Italian sausage (add $1.75), and although I was disappointed that the sausage wasn’t mixed in—I received the standard lasagna with the sausage on the side—I can’t deny that I enjoyed it. We also enjoyed the garlic bread ties ($3.50) and the Batman bread (with mozzarella, jalapeños and bacon, $5.75). Even better than the breads, though, was the tangy marinara sauce that came alongside both. Yum.

New York Pizza Department 1521 N. Wilmot Road 207-7667; www.nypizzadepttucson.com Open Sunday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Pluses: High-quality ingredients on tasty pizzas Minuses: Greek salad is not Greek; plastic utensils

The salads led to our only disappointments at NYPD. The side salad (mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers and onions, $2.50) was fine, and the antipasto ($8.25) was flavorful—but the way in which it was delivered made it a mess to eat. We ordered the antipasto during our dine-in visit, and it was brought to us in an overflowing plastic container; there was no way to get the greens, tomatoes, provolone, salami, pepperoni, ham, artichoke hearts, black olives and pepperoncini onto the plates using the provided plastic utensils without getting half of the ingredients on the table. The house Italian dressing was fine, but it was the only option we were ever offered—even with the Greek salad ($6.50), which was not a Greek salad. The only “Greek” addition was feta cheese. Lame. While the salads were only so-so overall, the desserts we tried were a-OK. The big-ass chocolate chip cookie ($2) didn’t quite look right— it had a chalky, off-white hue—but it was quite tasty, and the big-ass brownie ($2.50) was chocolaty goodness. So, yeah, the food at New York Pizza Department is not quite the same as the stuff you’d get in New York proper—but it’s still some of the best pizza-joint fare I’ve found in Tucson.

Good and Cheap Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails, 135 S. Sixth Ave., now offers daily lunch specials for less than $10. That’s a smoking deal considering that Janos Wilder is one of the city’s most-celebrated chefs, and that the food created under his tutelage is typically top-notch. You can also score good deals on Thursdays during ladies’ night, which features a half-price bar menu and $3 drink specials for the ladies from 9 p.m. to midnight; 623-7700; downtownkitchen.com.

Coming Soon: Foodie Fleet A new food truck called Foodie Fleet is about to hit the streets, adding to the growing number of trucks offering gourmet food around the city. We’ve heard the truck will specialize in pressed sandwiches and waffles, but bison sliders and french fries served with unique dipping sauces have also been mentioned. The best thing we’ve heard, however, is that the truck will offer pairings of nonalcoholic beverages. We’ll let you know when we learn more.

New: Texas Roadhouse Another Texas Roadhouse has opened at 968 W. Irvington Road. The chain restaurant— which also has locations at 170 S. Wilmot Road and at 8450 N. Cracker Barrel Road in Marana—is famous for large portions, side dishes like fried pickles and rattlesnake bites, and all the meat you could ever want; 8893864; www.texasroadhouse.com.

The Happiest Hour Brushfire BBQ has added a happy hour. Head to 2745 N. Campbell Ave. or 7080 E. 22nd St. between 3 and 6 p.m., Sunday through Thursday, for drink specials and discounts on chicken wings, Messy Fries and Messy Fritos; brushfirebbq.com.

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ROCCO’S LITTLE CHICAGO C 2707 E. Broadway Blvd. 321-1860. Open MondaySaturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Diner/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This Windy City-style pizzeria has made a big splash in the Old Pueblo with its tasty square-cut, thin-crust and oversized stuffed pizza. Mushroom mania (the Fungus Humongous) and hot-and-spicy chiles and sausage (the Great Chicago Fire) are just two of the specialty pizzas that await your pleasure, or you can mix and match ingredients to create something uniquely your own. Little touches like ripe, red, sliced roma tomatoes and a blend of four cheeses make Rocco’s pizza a hit in any form. $-$$ SAUCE NW 7117 N. Oracle Road. 297-8575. Open SundayThursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.10 p.m. Counter/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Also at 5285 E. Broadway Blvd. (514-1122) and 2990 N. Campbell Ave. (795-0344). Whippet-thin specialty pizzas and tasty salads dominate the menu at Sauce, a fast-casual restaurant owned by the folks behind Wildflower and NoRTH. A trendy, bright atmosphere and a large outdoor dining area provide ample reasons for you to eat out, although to-go orders for those who want to dine at home are welcomed. (12-25-03) $-$$

TINO’S PIZZA E 6610 E. Tanque Verde Road. 296-9656. Open Monday-Thursday 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday 10:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Sunday 3-9 p.m. Counter/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. You can’t argue with the success of Tino’s; the place has been around since the mid-’80s. The pies here will satisfy any pizza craving; they’re hot, cheesy and just plain good! Sandwiches, salads, calzones and sides round out the menu. This is an all-American pizzeria. (2-4-10) $-$$ VERO AMORE E 3305 N. Swan Road, No. 105. 325-4122. Open

Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. CafÊ/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Also at 12130 N. Dove Mountain Blvd., No. 104 (579-2292). The Dove Mountain location has a full bar. The only pizza joint in town that’s certified as following the rigid guidelines of pizza from the old country, Vero Amore serves great pies. A couple of pasta dishes and salads round out the menu. The atmosphere is warm and cozy, and the service is sincere. The wine list is just right. This little pizza joint is a nice addition to the myriad restaurants in the Swan/Fort Lowell roads area. (8-24-06) $$ VITO’S PIZZA KITCHEN C 2921 E. Fort Lowell Road. 867-8008. Open Sunday-

Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Counter/Beer and Wine. AMEX, MC, V. The claim to fame here is New York-style pizza. Diners have their choice of several house specialties, or they can build their own pie using plenty of toppings, including turkey and avocado. Sandwiches, salads and stuffed pasta dishes called torpedoes round out the menu. The antipasto salad is a meal unto itself, and you can watch your pie being made in the open kitchen. This is the ideal spot for a quick slice and a cold beer. (7-7-11) $-$$ ZACHARY’S C 1028 E. Sixth St. 623-6323. Open Sunday 12-10

p.m.; Monday 4-10 p.m.; Tuesday-Thursday 11 a.m.10 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Saturday 12-11 p.m. CafÊ/Beer and Wine. MC, V. For a full-on, classic deep-dish pizza, you can’t beat Zachary’s. Specializing in made-to-order pizzas (give yourself time), Zachary’s delivers pizzas so large and deep, we dare you to finish more than one slice. (8-2-01) $-$$

SANDWICHES BEYOND BREAD C 3026 N. Campbell Ave. 322-9965. Open MondayFriday 6:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday 7 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, MC, V. Also at 6260 E. Speedway Blvd. (747-7477) and 421 W. Ina Road (461-1111). Voted best bread in Tucson ever since it opened, Beyond Bread specializes in reviving the art of artisan bread, with its small batches and hand-formed loaves. Monstrous sandwiches, excellent pastries and swift service have earned this venue its status as one of the best places in Tucson to grab a quick bite to eat. (2-5-01) $ THE DAGGWOOD CAFÉ C 736 E. Fort Lowell Road. 903-9663. Open Monday-

Friday 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. DIS, MC, V. The Daggwood CafĂŠ offers belly-busting sandwiches that run from the usual offerings to a few house specialties. All are big, of course; what else would you expect from a place with such a name? Everything is fresh and tasty. Cold sandwiches can be served as salads for $1 more. Catering and space for parties are available. (10-27-05) $-$$ EAST COAST SUPER SUBS C 187 N. Park Ave. 882-4005. Open daily 11 a.m.-

8 p.m. Counter/Diner/Beer and Wine. AMEX, MC, V. A slice of the turnpike right here in our own back yard, East Coast Super Subs will make transplanted Easterners weep with joy. The cheesesteaks are unparalleled—great rolls, tender sliced beef, sautÊed sweet onions, melted provolone and a red-pepper relish to die for. Super Subs come in sizes up to 16 inches. Without a doubt, a complete meal in a bun. (9-9-99) $-$$ FRANKIE’S SOUTH PHILLY CHEESESTEAKS C 2574 N. Campbell Ave. 795-2665. Open Monday-

Saturday 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. If you’re looking for an authentic Philly cheesesteak or a hoagie made from fresh ingredients, Frankie’s is the place to go. Fresh Amoroso rolls are flown in, and the meats come from Italy via Philadelphia. The Philly wings will give Buffalo-style a run for the money. Prices are more than fair. Service is upfront and friendly. A great place to eat in, take out or call for delivery. (3-24-05) $

LUKE’S ITALIAN BEEF C 1615 S. Alvernon Way. 747-8399. Open MondaySaturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Counter/Beer Only. DIS, MC, V. Also at 101 E. Fort Lowell Road (888-8066), 4444 E. Grant Road (3219236), 6741 N. Thornydale Road (877-7897) and 2645 E. Speedway Blvd. (795-6060). These sandwiches are big and beefy, and the dogs snap when you bite. They come in wrappers filled with crisp, hot, crinkle-cut fries. Italian sausage and pizza are also first-rate. $ MELT E 5056 E. Broadway Blvd. 326-6358. Open Monday-

Saturday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. It’s a sandwich shop! It’s a cupcake store! It’s two eateries in one! At Melt, all of the sandwiches are named after American cities. Whether you prefer your sandwiches hot or cold, you’re bound to find something you’ll like. Salads and sides are available, and if you’re craving a fried-egg sandwich on your way to work in the morning, stop by. Of course, then there are all those cupcakes from 2 Cupcakes, which shares the building (www.2cupcakes.com). They are as tasty as they are pretty. (9-8-11) $ PJ SUBS T6 FILLING STATION C 2500 E. Sixth St. 326-9500. Open Sunday-Thursday

11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. CafÊ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Want a tasty sandwich, some well-prepared fries and wings, and a cocktail, all while watching the game? PJ/T6 may just be the place for you. There’s nothing here on the menu that’s particularly noteworthy, but they do what they do well. (9-24-09) $-$$ WHICH WICH? C 943 E. University Blvd., Suite 125. 884-0081. Open

Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Within about a dozen broad categories (various kinds of flesh, seafood, vegetarian, Italian, comforts, classics, etc.), you can customize your sandwich down to the type of mustard. The results can be terrific, if you choose wisely. Don’t pass up the thick shakes and warm, soft cookies. (6-4-09) $

SEAFOOD BLUEFIN SEAFOOD BISTRO NW 7053 N. Oracle Road. 531-8500. Open SundayThursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Kingfisher’s sister restaurant is making a name for itself on the northwest side. Delicious seafood dishes for both lunch and dinner are the star attractions, but you’ll also be wowed by the comfortable, industrial-chic dÊcor, the quaint outside patio and the large, welcoming bar. (1013-05) $$$-$$$$ LA COSTA BRAVA S 3541 S. 12th Ave. 623-1931. Open Monday-

Wednesday 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Thursday-Saturday 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. MC, V. A well-kept secret, La Costa Brava offers up a down-and-dirty deal on some of the freshest fish in town. Local distributor Rodriguez Seafood serves fresh catches in a simple yet satisfying fashion. The real deal. (1-31-02) $-$$ KINGFISHER BAR AND GRILL C 2564 E. Grant Road. 323-7739. Open Monday-Friday

11 a.m.-midnight; Saturday and Sunday 5 p.m.-midnight. Bar is open Monday-Saturday to 1 a.m.; Sunday to midnight. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. This venue’s strength is the creative talent of its kitchen and innovative renditions from the American regional repertoire. The late-night bar menu is deservedly popular. Award-winning wine selections. (3-27-03) $$-$$$ RESTAURANT SINALOA W 1020 W. Prince Road. 887-1161. Open Sunday-

Thursday 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 9 a.m.11 p.m. CafÊ/Full Bar. AMES, DIS, MC, V. Restaurant Sinaloa should be Tucson’s new hotspot for freshly prepared, affordable seafood of every sort. Shrimp is the specialty, and with more than 20 different shrimp preparations on the menu, there is something for every palate. Service is quick and friendly. Be sure to branch out and try the smoked-marlin taco. (10-6-11) $-$$$ SALUD OYSTER BAR AND GRILL S 1825 W. Valencia Road. 308-6625 or 889-2800.

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

SOUTHWEST AGAVE S Desert Diamond Casino, 1100 W. Pima Mine Road. 342-2328. Open Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Off Interstate 19 on the way to Green Valley, Agave is a gem in the desert, well worth the drive. Featuring a menu heavy on steak and seafood, along with delightful service and an upscale, earth-tones decor, it’s easy to forget you’re dining on the grounds of a casino. The prices are reasonable, too. (2-5-04) $$-$$$ CANTINA ROMANTICA AT REX RANCH S 131 Amado Montosa Road. (520) 398-2914. Open Tuesday-Sunday 5-9 p.m. Bistro/CafÊ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V, Checks. Although a bit off the beaten path, Cantina Romantica holds untold wonders for the discerning diner. A world-class restaurant and resort set amid 4,000 acres of a working ranch dating back to the 1840s is treat enough, but the thrill of fording the running Santa Cruz River is an adventure not to be missed. Grilled meats with a variety of sauces using regional ingredients highlight chef Michael Gilliland’s outstanding menu. It’s well worth the drive. Call for reservations and exact directions. $$-$$$ FIRE + SPICE E Sheraton Hotel and Suites, 5151 E. Grant Road 323-6262. Open daily 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC and V. Hidden next to the pool at the Sheraton is Fire + Spice, a restaurant that shows a ton of potential. Southwest-inspired appetizers like nachos, quesadillas and jalapeùo snake bites are a delight, and the service and dÊcor are friendly and welcoming. The kitchen occasionally skimps on ingredients or otherwise loses focus, but the quality of the menu is undeniable. (6-11-09) $$ FLYING V BAR AND GRILL NE Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive. 299-2020. Open Sunday-Thursday 5:30-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 5:30-10 p.m. Full Cover/ Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V, Checks. Overlooking a golf course and Tucson’s city lights, Ventana Canyon’s Flying V has one of the nicest atmospheres of any local restaurant. Featuring salads, fish and meats, the restaurant’s fare is consistently delicious. The prices are a bit steep, but the view is worth the extra money. Sit on the wooden deck next to the large fountain if you can. (7-22-04) $$$-$$$$ HIFALUTIN RAPID FIRE WESTERN GRILL NW 6780 N. Oracle Road. 297-0518. Open Sunday-

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

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

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

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10 a.m.-2 a.m.; Food is served daily 10 a.m.-2 a.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Visit this place for the abundant TV screens on game days, and very good burgers; the rest of the menu is not bad, but rather undistinguished. (2-12-09) $-$$

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

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

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

RUSTY’S FAMILY RESTAURANT AND SPORTS GRILLE W 2075 W. Grant Road. 623-3363. Open daily 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, MC, V. Atmospherewise, this is actually two restaurants in one--a sports bar and a trendy family restaurant. With decent prices, a hip decor and tasty sandwiches, burgers and dinner entrÊes, Rusty’s is one of the cooler places to eat or drink on the westside. (6-26-03) $$-$$$

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All the requisite appetizers, sandwiches and burgers are joined by an impressive menu of seafood offerings. The comfortable dÊcor shows management’s love of the Navy SEALS and the Washington Redskins, and the service is friendly and efficient. A place to kick back, watch the game and eat some shellfish. (9-28-06) $$-$$$

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Thursday 5-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 4:30-10 p.m.; Sunday 4:30-9 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V, Checks. For a serious no-frills steak dinner, you can’t beat the ambiance of this older ranch houseturned-steakhouse. Featuring the house specialty of prime rib, this is a Tucson favorite for all sorts of family affairs. Large servings, low prices, big fun. (2-28-02) $-$$ FLEMING’S PRIME STEAKHOUSE AND WINE BAR NE 6360 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 180. 529-5017.

Open Sunday-Thursday 5-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 5-10:30 p.m. Full Cover/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Featuring more than 100 wines by the glass and some of the best cuts of meat you’ll find anywhere, the Tucson location of the Fleming’s chain is a great place for an upscale dinner—if money is no object. The steaks are prepared exactly how you order them, and the atmosphere is elegant, if a bit noisy. Just make sure you bring a lot of cash (or credit)—Fleming’s à la carte-style menu is far from cheap. (12-16-04) $$$$ LITTLE MEXICO STEAKHOUSE S 2851 W. Valencia Road. 578-8852. Open Sunday,

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 7 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V and checks. Little Mexico Steakhouse is great for steaks and shrimp entrÊes. The steaks have an interesting, smoky flavor, and portions are huge. The Mexican fare tends to be unimaginative, though. (9-1709) $$-$$$ $$-$$$ PINNACLE PEAK E 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 296-0911. Open Monday-Friday 5-10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 4:3010 p.m. Diner/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. Located in Trail Dust Town, Pinnacle Peak serves up some of the biggest, most flavorful steaks in Southern Arizona. The Old West atmosphere provides a fun time for all. Just don’t go there if you’re a vegetarian or if you’re wearing a tie. (7-3-03) $-$$

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While I certainly wouldn’t call myself a Belieber, I’ll admit to having a soft spot for the little guy. As far as tween heartthrobs go, we could certainly do much worse. The Biebster’s entry in the Xmas music game, which shot straight to No. 1 on the Billboard charts, is a mixed bag. “Mistletoe,” which contains the inane couplet “I should be playin’ in the winter snow / but I’m a be under the mistletoe,” and is surely the first holiday hit to address a significant other as “shawty,” should be horrible. Instead, it’s an insidiously catchy reggae-lite ditty. But for every “Mistletoe,” there’s an “Only Thing I Ever Get for Christmas,” which sounds like a million other vapid pop songs that have nothing to do with Christmas. Sure, it’s commendable that Bieber co-wrote half the songs, and it’s neat that he got Busta Rhymes to guest on “Drummer Boy”—but it just might be the worst rendition I’ve ever heard.

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This compilation, with artists as diverse as Money Mark and Rogue Wave, Jack Johnson and G. Love, is as uneven as it sounds. Highlights include “Party Hard” from Zach Gill (from jam-band ALO), a charming John Sebastian sound-alike that celebrates the season’s tendency to encourage us all to over-imbibe (“How did I end up wearing these reindeer antlers?”), and Neil Halstead’s hushed, stunningly beautiful “Home for the Season.” On the other end of the spectrum? Two songs by Brushfire Records founder Jack Johnson. Something to be thankful for this holiday season: individual track downloads.

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I still haven’t seen an episode of New Girl, which means I still like Zooey Deschanel—the She to M. Ward’s Him—just fine. (Yes, she’s a cutie, but I’ve heard she’s cloyingly “cute” on the show.) This is a lovely little album that manages to capture the holiday vibe, even if it can be a little too tastefully tame at times. One might expect the pair to write some new holiday classics, but instead, they cherry-pick classics, from Brian Wilson’s “Christmas Day” to Mel Torme’s “The Christmas Song.” The ballads—on which Deschanel mostly sticks to her more-comfortable lower register, and on which the musical accompaniment is kept to a minimum—work best, “Blue Christmas” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” among them.

O Christmas Three

Michael Bublé Christmas REPRISE

Somewhere along the line, I went from finding Bublé blasé to finding him damn charming in a throwback kind of way: Who else his age is doing this type of stuff in 2011? I tend to find his purist streak a lot more enjoyable than his occasional attempts at modernization, and luckily, he stays pretty true to the classic arrangements of songs like “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” with only the occasional detour. For example, if you don’t have Phil Spector twiddling the studio knobs (and lord knows nobody does these days), please don’t bother covering “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” And a doo-wop duet of “White Christmas” with Shania Twain?! I wish it were a living creature so I could put it out of its

SELF-RELEASED

Once Chicago became an insipid adult-contemporary act in the ’80s, it became easy to forget they were once a great rock band with a killer horn section. This, their third Christmas collection (and 33rd album!), doesn’t do much to bolster their recent legacy. Consider the album’s first song: It seems like it would be difficult to render guest Dolly Parton toothless, even on a duet of Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmas Time,” right? Well, that’s done effortlessly here. Even more embarrassing are attempts to reclaim a rockin’ legacy on tunes like “On the Last Night of the Year,” which can’t decide if it wants to be U2, Quiet Riot or just bland ol’ Chicago. Unless you’re a 60-year-old woman who still loves those Peter Cetera ballads, avoid at all costs.

Tony Bennett The Classic Christmas Album COLUMBIA

After wading through a series of Christmas albums with so many highs and lows, sometimes the classics, rendered perfectly, are exactly what Santa ordered. So, thank you, Tony, for making this trip all worth it. This is essentially a best-of compilation of previous Bennett Christmas albums, with one new track, and to me, it sounds like the sonic equivalent of a 10-year-old girl’s pony under the Christmas tree. Who wouldn’t love this stuff?

HEREIN LIE YOUR ESCAPE OPTIONS Ahhh, here we are—the slowest music week of the year, and it falls at that time when many of us most need to get out of the house to escape those pesky relatives. (Uncle Jerry holds those hugs a bit too long, am I right?) While there may not be as many options to escape as there are on, well, any other week of the year, there are some. Here are a few suggestions.

SALUTE THE COMMODORES Just like most sane people, most touring acts stay at home with the family for the holidays. But not The Commodores, those ’70s and ’80s hit-makers who are still hitting up the casinos on a regular basis—including this week, when they’ll be performing at the Diamond Center at the Desert Diamond Casino, 1100 W. Pima Mine Road. Yes, there are only three veteran members remaining (and, no, Lionel Richie is not one of them). But where else are you going to hear live performances of ballads like “Easy,” “Still” and “Three Times a Lady,” or pop-funk workouts like “Brick House,” “Too Hot ta Trot” and “Lady (You Bring Me Up)?” The Commodores will perform at Desert Diamond Casino next Thursday, Dec. 29. The allages show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 to $65, available through Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 or ticketmaster.com. For more information, head to ddcaz.com.

$6 TO SAVE YOUR SANITY In the more-bang-for-your-buck department, you really can’t do much better than Club Congress’ Xmas Eve EVE Holiday Hootenanny, which gathers up a slew of local acts who, unlike the Commodores, actually did stay home for the holidays. The show is open only to those 21 and older, which means you can escape the screaming little munchkins who won’t shut up about what they hope Santa is bringing them this year. The lineup for the night is Howe Gelb, whose output with Giant Sand has enjoyed a rediscovery this year with reissues of their earliest albums via Fire Records; Brian Lopez, the frontman for Mostly Bears whose solo debut has been getting rave reviews in Europe, where he’s been spending much of his time touring as of late; Acorn Bcorn, the sister duo that embarked upon their first massive U.S. tour over the summer, and whose Marina Cornelius has been booking shows

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1. Stefan George and Tom Walbank My Old Friend the Blues (self-released)

2. Kevin Pakulis Mockingbird Radio (San Jacinto) Scratches in the Wax (self-released)

4. The Modeens

recently at La Cocina under the banner RR Nites as an homage to the sorely missed Red Room; Gabriel Sullivan, whose band Taraf de Tucson will be dropping its debut album early in 2012; and the lone Phoenicians of the bunch, Make My Baby, whose frontwoman, Lonna Kelley, has collaborated with Giant Sand and the Sand Rubies in the past, and whose voice will positively make you melt. Doors open at 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 23. Club Congress is at 311 E. Congress St. Oh, and if you get there a little late, no worries: The show will proceed in round-robin fashion, meaning each act will perform twice. Admission is a paltry $6. If you need more info, head to hotelcongress.com/club, or call 622-8848.

FUN WITH THE BLUES As we all know, not everybody is cheery during the holidays, and Club Congress has a fantastic local showcase for those people, too. Every year around this time, the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame holds court at the club for a very special fundraiser, bringing in some of the finest blues talent in the state. This year’s lineup includes the Bad News Blues Band, Tony Uribe, Ed DeLucia, Bryan Dean, Grams and Krieger, Tom Walbank, Stefan George and others. Yes, it’s an absolutely killer lineup. But the real fun at these shows happens when musicians start sitting in with each other for impromptu collaborations. The Arizona Blues Hall of Fame Show starts at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 28, at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St. Admission is a suggested donation of $5. For more info, hit up hotelcongress.com/club, or call 622-8848. Speaking of Bryan Dean, it’s worth mentioning that the hot-shit blues guitarist appears with his band, the Bryan Dean Trio—last year’s winners of the Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation’s Blues Challenge—for free every Monday night at Boondocks Lounge, 3306 N. First Ave., and, yes, that includes Monday, Dec. 26, the day after Santa has made his rounds. They play each week from 6 to 8 p.m., and those 18 and older are welcome. (After 9 p.m., you must be 21 or older to stick around.) For more info, check out boondockslounge. com, or call 690-0991.

REVEL IN THESE REGULARS And, hey, since we’re on the topic of great free shows that happen every week, why not steer you in the direction of some excellent jazz? Every Tuesday night at the solar-power-run Sky Bar, 536 N. Fourth Ave., you can catch a revolving roster of local jazz acts without paying a dime. Most weeks, you’ll catch Jazz Telephone, a band led by veteran saxophonist Jeff Grubic (aka Mr. Tidypaws) that usually also includes Ryen Eggleston and Dimitri Manos of Golden Boots, as well as Naim Amor and a series of guests; but a month or so ago, we caught what I believe was an ad-hoc group of UA music students who absolutely slayed, and Bossa Rhythm Project performs there regularly, too. Jazz Telephone will hold court at the venue on Tuesday, Dec. 27. Music begins at 7 p.m. Head to skybartucson.com, or call 622-4300 for more info. Meanwhile, over at La Cocina, 201 N. Court Ave., the duo of Shawn Kebler on guitar and Collin Shook on bass, who perform under the name Elephant Head, perform for free each Wednesday starting at 6 p.m., including on Wednesday, Dec. 28. I haven’t managed to catch them yet, but La Cocina’s website describes their music as “low volume, but intense and fresh jazz originals, grooves and standards,” which sounds like the perfect accompaniment for dinner at “The Kitchen.” For further details, check out lacocinatucson. com, or call 622-0351.

$1.00 Coronitas $1.00 Pacificos (7 oz) $2 Domestics $2 Wells

$3 32oz Domestic Pitchers

3. Más o Menos String Band

The Commodores

ALL DAY EVERY DAY SPECIALS:

THURS. 12/22

$8 LARGE PITCHERS

Take a Ride With the Modeens (self-released)

Shock Top, Blue Moon, Dos XX & Fat Tire

5. The Missing Parts

UNDERWEAR NIGHT 9PM-CLOSE $1.50 Domestics

Folk Music From an Undiscovered Country (self-released)

6. Los Changuitos Feos de Tucson 35th Anniversary (self-released)

FRI. 12/23

Karaoke Fridays Karaoke 9pm–Close $6 Large Domestic Pitchers

7. Grams and Krieger

MADNESS

SAT. 12/24

No, You! (Firesweep)

MIDNIGHT

Just Like the Others (727)

SPECIALS A Taste of Mexico DRINK 12AM - 2AM Saturdays

9. Cathy Rivers

$2.75 Mexican Beers - $3 Margaritas ALL DAY

8. Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl

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Latino Night 9pm - Close

Gloom Cookie (Alto Voltaje)

SUN. 12/25

10. Stefan George

CHRISTMAS DINNER

Cloth (self-released)

3pm Until it’s Gone!

$2.75 Bloody Marys, Screwdrivers $5 RED CUP REFILL $.50 2-7pm Gabriel Sullivan

MON. 12/26

$2.25 LAND SHARK BOTTLES TUE. 12/27

$3.25 BLUE MOON PINTS WED. 12/28

“Hump Day” WEDNESDAYS $3.50 Long Island Iced Teas All Day

HOME ON THE RANGE Finally, if you haven’t been tuning in to the Tucson Weekly’s blog, The Range, which you can find at daily.tucsonweekly.com, you’re really missing out—and right now, local music fans have even more of a reason to head over there. Local instrumental-rock outfit Sleep Driver has been kind enough to allow us to post a new track each Monday from their upcoming EP, Signals, which will be released on Jan. 2, and will be feted with a release party at Club Congress on Friday, Jan. 6. Three of the four tracks are streaming-only, but the first one, “319,” is available for free download. Check ’em out—it don’t cost nothin’. Here’s wishing you and yours a safe, happy holiday.

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CLUB LIST EDDIES COCKTAILS 8510 E. Broadway Blvd. 290-8750. EL CHARRO CAFÉ SAHUARITA 15920 S. Rancho Sahuarita. Sahuarita. 325-1922. EL CHARRO CAFÉ ON BROADWAY 6310 E. Broadway Blvd. 745-1922. EL MEZÓN DEL COBRE 2960 N. First Ave. 791-0977. EL PARADOR 2744 E. AMADO TERRITORY Broadway Blvd. 881-2744. STEAKHOUSE 3001 E. ELBOW ROOM 1145 W. Prince Frontage Road. Amado. Road. 690-1011. 398-2651. ARIZONA INN 2200 E. Elm St. FAMOUS SAM’S BROADWAY 1830 E. Broadway Blvd. 325-1541. 884-0119. ARMITAGE WINE LOUNGE FAMOUS SAM’S E. GOLF AND CAFÉ 2905 E. Skyline LINKS 7129 E. Golf Links Drive, No. 168. 682-9740. Road. 296-1245. THE AULD DUBLINER 800 E. FAMOUS SAM’S SILVERBELL University Blvd. 206-0323. 2320 N. Silverbell Road. AZUL RESTAURANT LOUNGE 884-7267. Westin La Paloma, 3800 E. FAMOUS SAM’S VALENCIA Sunrise Drive. 742-6000. 3010 W. Valencia Road. THE BAMBOO CLUB 5870 883-8888. E. Broadway Blvd., No. 524. FAMOUS SAM’S W. 514-9665. RUTHRAUFF 2480 W. THE BASHFUL BANDIT 3686 Ruthrauff Road. 292-0492. E. Speedway Blvd. 795-8996. FAMOUS SAM’S IRVINGTON BEAU BRUMMEL CLUB 1148 2048 E. Irvington Road. N. Main Ave. 622-9673. 889-6007. BEDROXX 4385 W. Ina Road. FAMOUS SAM’S ORACLE 744-7655. 8058 N. Oracle Road. BEST WESTERN ROYAL SUN 531-9464. INN AND SUITES 1015 N. FAMOUS SAM’S PIMA 3933 Stone Ave. 622-8871. E. Pima St. 323-1880. BLUEFIN SEAFOOD BISTRO FIRE + SPICE Sheraton Hotel 7053 N. Oracle Road. and Suites, 5151 E. Grant 531-8500. Road. 323-6262. BOJANGLES SALOON 5244 FLYING V BAR AND GRILL S. Nogales Highway. 889-6161. Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, BOONDOCKS LOUNGE 3306 7000 N. Resort Drive. N. First Ave. 690-0991. 299-2020. BRATS 5975 W. Western Way FOX AND HOUND Circle. 578-0341. SMOKEHOUSE AND TAVERN Foothills Mall, 7625 N. La BRODIE’S TAVERN 2449 N. Cholla Blvd. 575-1980. Stone Ave. 622-0447. BUFFALO WILD WINGS 68 N. FROG AND FIRKIN 874 E. University Blvd. 623-7507. Harrison Road. 296-8409. LA FUENTE 1749 N. Oracle CACTUS MOON 5470 E. Road. 623-8659. Broadway Blvd. 748-0049. FUKU SUSHI 940 E. University CAFÉ PASSÉ 415 N. Fourth Blvd. 798-3858. Ave. 624-4411. GENTLE BEN’S BREWING CAFE TREMOLO 7401 N. COMPANY 865 E. University La Cholla Blvd., No. 152. Blvd. 624-4177. 742-2999. GILLIGAN’S PUB 1308 W. THE CANYON’S CROWN Glenn St. 623-3999. RESTAURANT AND PUB 6958 E. Tanque Verde Road. GLASS ONION CAFE 1990 885-8277. W. River Road, Suite 100. 293-6050. CASA VICENTE RESTAURANTE ESPAÑOL GOLD Westward Look Resort, 375 S. Stone Ave. 884-5253. 245 E. Ina Road. 917-2930, ext. 474. CASCADE LOUNGE Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 GOLDEN PIN LANES 1010 W. N. Resort Drive. 615-5495. Miracle Mile. 888-4272. CHICAGO BAR 5954 E. THE GRILL AT QUAIL CREEK Speedway Blvd. 748-8169. 1490 Quail Range Loop. Green Valley. 393-5806. CLUB CONGRESS 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848. GUADALAJARA GRILL EAST 750 N. Kolb Road. 296-1122. LA COCINA RESTAURANT, CANTINA AND COFFEE BAR GUADALAJARA GRILL WEST 201 N. Court Ave. 622-0351. 1220 E. Prince Road. 323-1022. COW PALACE 28802 S. Nogales Highway. Amado. (520) HACIENDA DEL SOL 5601 398-1999. N. Hacienda del Sol Road. 299-1501. COW PONY BAR AND GRILL 6510 E. Tanque Verde Road. HANGOVER’S BAR AND 721-2781. GRILL 1310 S. Alvernon Way. 326-2310. CUSHING STREET RESTAURANT AND BAR 198 W. THE HIDEOUT 3000 S. Cushing St. 622-7984. Mission Road. 791-0515. DELECTABLES RESTAURANT HILDA’S SPORTS BAR 1120 AND CATERING 533 N. Fourth Circulo Mercado. Rio Rico. Ave. 884-9289. (520) 281-9440. THE DEPOT SPORTS BAR THE HUT 305 N. Fourth Ave. 3501 E. Fort Lowell Road. 623-3200. 795-8110. IBT’S 616 N. Fourth Ave. DESERT DIAMOND CASINO 882-3053. MONSOON NIGHTCLUB 7350 IGUANA CAFE 210 E. S. Nogales Highway. 294-7777. Congress St. 882-5140. DESERT DIAMOND CASINO INN SUITES HOTEL TUCSON SPORTS BAR Interstate 19 and CITY CENTER 475 N. Granada Pima Mine Road. 393-2700. Ave. 623-2000. DIABLOS SPORTS BAR AND JASPER NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL 2545 S. Craycroft Road. RESTAURANT AND BAR 6370 514-9202. N. Campbell Ave., No. 160. DRIFTWOOD RESTAURANT 577-0326. AND LOUNGE 2001 S. JAVELINA CANTINA 445 S. Craycroft Road. 790-4317. Alvernon Way. 881-4200, ext. DV8 5851 E. Speedway Blvd. 5373. 885-3030. JEFF’S PUB 112 S. Camino ECLIPSE AT COLLEGE Seco Road. 886-1001. PLACE 1601 N. Oracle Road. KINGFISHER BAR AND 209-2121. GRILL 2564 E. Grant Road. 323-7739.

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.

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KON TIKI 4625 E. Broadway Blvd. 323-7193. LAFFS COMEDY CAFFÉ 2900 E. Broadway Blvd. 323-8669. LAS CAZUELITAS 1365 W. Grant Road. 206-0405. LEVEL BAR LOUNGE 4280 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 37. 615-3835. LI’L ABNER’S STEAKHOUSE 8500 N. Silverbell Road. 744-2800. LINDY’S AT REDLINE SPORTS GRILL 445 W. Wetmore Road. 888-8084. LOOKOUT BAR AND GRILLE 245 E. Ina Road. 297-1151. THE LOOP TASTE OF CHICAGO 10180 N. Oracle Road. 878-0222. LOVIN’ SPOONFULS VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT 2990 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 120. 325-7766. LUNA BELLA ITALIAN CUISINE AND CATERING 2990 N. Swan Road, No. 145. 325-3895. M&L AIRPORT INN BAR AND GRILL 2303 E. Valencia Road. 294-1612. MALIBU YOGURT AND ICE CREAM 825 E. University Blvd. 903-2340. MARGARITA BAY 7415 E. 22nd St. 290-8977. MAVERICK 6622 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-0430. MAYNARDS MARKET AND KITCHEN 400 N. Toole Ave. 545-0577. MCMAHON’S PRIME STEAKHOUSE 2959 N. Swan Road. 327-7463. MIDTOWN BAR AND GRILL 4915 E. Speedway Blvd. 327-2011. MINT COCKTAILS 3540 E. Grant Road. 881-9169. MOONEY’S PUB 1110 S. Sherwood Village Drive. 885-6443. 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. MY BIG FAT GREEK RESTAURANT FOOTHILLS MALL 7265 N. La Cholla Blvd. 797-7444. NEVADA SMITH’S 1175 W. Miracle Mile. 622-9064. NORTH 2995 E. Skyline Drive. 299-1600. O’MALLEY’S 247 N. Fourth Ave. 623-8600. OLD FATHER INN 4080 W. Ina Road. Marana. 744-1200. OLD PUEBLO GRILLE 60 N. Alvernon Way. 326-6000. OLD TUBAC INN RESTAURANT AND SALOON 7 Plaza Road. Tubac. (520) 398-3161. ON A ROLL 63 E. Congress St. 622-7655. THE ONYX ROOM 106 W. Drachman St. 620-6699. ORACLE INN 305 E. American Ave. Oracle. 896-3333. O’SHAUGHNESSY’S 2200 N. Camino Principal. 296-7464. PARADISO BAR AND LOUNGE Casino Del Sol, 5655 W. Valencia Road. (800) 344-9435. LA PARRILLA SUIZA 2720 N. Oracle Road. 624-4300. PEARSON’S PUB 1120 S. Wilmot Road. 747-2181. PLUSH 340 E. Sixth St. 798-1298. PUTNEY’S 6090 N. Oracle Road. 575-1767. RPM NIGHTCLUB 445 W. Wetmore Road. 869-6098. RA SUSHI BAR RESTAURANT 2905 E. Skyline Drive. 615-3970. RAGING SAGE COFFEE ROASTERS 2458 N. Campbell Ave. 320-5203.

LE RENDEZ-VOUS 3844 E. Fort Lowell Road. 323-7373. RIC’S CAFE/RESTAURANT 5605 E. River Road. 577-7272. 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. SAKURA 6534 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-7777. SALTY DAWG II 6121 E. Broadway Blvd., No. 106. 790-3294. SAM HUGHES PLACE CHAMPIONSHIP DINING 446 N. Campbell Ave. 747-5223. SAPPHIRE LOUNGE 61 E. Congress St. 624-9100. SHARKS 256 E. Congress St. 791-9869. SHERATON HOTEL AND SUITES 5151 E. Grant Road. 323-6262. SHOOTERS STEAKHOUSE AND SALOON 3115 E. Prince Road. 322-0779. SHOT IN THE DARK CAFÉ 121 E. Broadway Blvd. 882-5544. SINBAD’S FINE MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE 810 E. University Ave. 623-4010. SKY BAR 536 N. Fourth Ave. 622-4300. THE SKYBOX RESTAURANT AND SPORTS BAR 5605 E. River Road. 529-7180. STADIUM GRILL 3682 W. Orange Grove Road. Marana. 877-8100. STOCKMEN’S LOUNGE 1368 W. Roger Road. 887-2529. SULLIVAN’S STEAK HOUSE 1785 E. River Road. 299-4275. SURLY WENCH PUB 424 N. Fourth Ave. 882-0009. TANQUE VERDE RANCH 14301 E. Speedway Blvd. 296-6275. TERRY AND ZEKE’S 4603 E. Speedway Blvd. 325-3555. THIRSTY’S NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL 2422 N. Pantano Road. 885-6585. UNICORN SPORTS LOUNGE 8060 E. 22nd St., No. 118. 722-6900. V FINE THAI 9 E. Congress St. 882-8143. VAUDEVILLE 110 E. Congress St. 622-3535. VERONA ITALIAN RESTAURANT 120 S. Houghton Road. 722-2722. VOYAGER RV RESORT 8701 S. Kolb Road. 574-5000. WHISKEY TANGO 140 S. Kolb Road. 344-8843. WILD BILL’S STEAKHOUSE AND SALOON 5910 N. Oracle Road. none. 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. ZEN ROCK 121 E. Congress St. 624-9100.

Due to the Christmas holiday, some ongoing events listed here may not occur. We recommend that you call and confirm all events.

THU DEC 22 LIVE MUSIC Arizona Inn Bob Linesch The Auld Dubliner Live local music Beer Belly’s Pub Open jam Boondocks Lounge Ed DeLucia Band Cactus Moon Los Gallegos and Robert Moreno Café Passé Jeff Grubic and Naim Amor Casa Vicente Restaurante Español Classical guitar Cascade Lounge Doug Martin Chicago Bar Neon Prophet La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar Stefan George Eddies Cocktails Cass Preston and His Band Fire + Spice Live jazz with Prime Examples La Fuente Mariachi Estrellas de la Fuente Guadalajara Grill East Live mariachi music Guadalajara Grill West Live mariachi music Hacienda del Sol Nick Stanley Las Cazuelitas Live music Maverick Flipside McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse Susan Artemis My Big Fat Greek Restaurant Foothills Mall Retro Rockets O’Malley’s Live music On a Roll Live music The Onyx Room Larry Loud and George Howard O’Shaughnessy’s Live pianist and singer Paradiso Bar and Lounge Breakdown (Tom Petty tribute) Plush Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl RPM Nightclub 80’s and Gentlemen The Rock Brokencyde, Cavity Search Sheraton Hotel and Suites Prime Example Sullivan’s Steak House Live music Wild Bill’s Steakhouse and Saloon Wild Oats

KARAOKE/OPEN MIC The Bamboo Club Karaoke with DJ Tony G Bedroxx Karaoke with DJ Chubbz Bojangles Saloon Buffalo Wild Wings Tucson’s Most Wanted Entertainment with KJ Sean The Depot Sports Bar El Charro Café Sahuarita Famous Sam’s Silverbell Amazing Star karaoke Famous Sam’s Valencia Gilligan’s Pub Glass Onion Cafe Open mic Golden Pin Lanes Karaoke and music videos with DJ Adonis Hilda’s Sports Bar M&L Airport Inn Bar and Grill Margarita Bay Mooney’s Pub Open mic Mr. Head’s Art Gallery and Bar Cutthroat Karaoke Music Box Karaoke with AJ River’s Edge Lounge Karaoke with KJ David Royal Sun Inn and Suites Y Not Karaoke Stadium Grill Karaoke, dance music and music videos with DJ Tigger Voyager RV Resort Karaoke with the Tucson Twosome

DANCE/DJ Azul Restaurant Lounge DJ spins music Diablos Sports Bar and Grill XLevel DJs Eclipse at College Place DJ spins music Gentle Ben’s Brewing Company DJ spins music The Hideout Fiesta DJs IBT’s DJ spins music Javelina Cantina DJ M. M&L Airport Inn Bar and Grill DJ Caliente Sam Hughes Place Championship Dining DJ spins music Sapphire Lounge Salsa night Sharks DJ Aspen Surly Wench Pub Clean Cut with DJ Natalia Unicorn Sports Lounge Y Not Entertainment Zen Rock DJ Kidd Kutz

COMEDY Laffs Comedy Caffé Open mic 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.

THURSDAY//DECEMBER 22 Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl at Plush

FRI DEC 23 LIVE MUSIC Amado Territory Steakhouse Becky Reyes featuring Scott Muhleman Arizona Inn Dennis Reed The Bamboo Club Live music The Bashful Bandit Live music Bluefin Seafood Bistro George Howard Duo Bojangles Saloon Live music Boondocks Lounge Neon Prophet Cactus Moon Robert Moreno Cafe Tremolo William Tell and Patrick Caulley The Canyon’s Crown Restaurant and Pub Live music Cascade Lounge Doug Martin Chicago Bar The AmoSphere Club Congress Christmas Eve Eve Holiday Hootenanny: Howe Gelb, Brian Lopez, Acorn Bcorn, Gabriel Sullivan La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar Greg Morton Delectables Restaurant and Catering Leila Lopez Eclipse at College Place Live music Eddies Cocktails Dust Devils El Mezón del Cobre Mariachi Azteca El Parador Descarga, Salsarengue, Tito y Su Nuevo Son Famous Sam’s E. Golf Links Live music La Fuente Mariachi Estrellas de la Fuente Glass Onion Cafe Gerry Lee, Come Thirsty The Grill at Quail Creek Paul McGuffin Guadalajara Grill East Live mariachi music Guadalajara Grill West Live Latin music Hacienda del Sol Freddy Vesely, Daniel Griffin Hideout Bar and Grill Bobby Soto, Los Recuerdos The Hideout Grupo la Madrid The Hut Brothers Gow Inn Suites Hotel Tucson City Center Bishop/Nelly Duo Jasper Neighborhood Restaurant and Bar Púca Las Cazuelitas Mariachis Li’l Abner’s Steakhouse Arizona Dance Hands Lindy’s at Redline Sports Grill Live music: old-school rock Lovin’ Spoonfuls Vegetarian Restaurant Elisabeth Blin Maverick Flipside McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky Mint Cocktails Live music Mooney’s Pub Roadrunner Gunner Mr. An’s Teppan Steak and Sushi Los Cubanos Mr. Head’s Art Gallery and Bar Collin Shook Trio

Old Father Inn Live music Old Tubac Inn Restaurant and Saloon Johnny and the Rumblers Oracle Inn Greg Spivey Band O’Shaughnessy’s Live pianist and singer Paradiso Bar and Lounge Los Nawdy Dawgs La Parrilla Suiza Mariachi music Plush The Bones, Blazing Edisons, Some of Them Are Old Ric’s Cafe/Restaurant Live music River’s Edge Lounge Neil Russell 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 Anakim, Territory V Fine Thai The Quartet Whiskey Tango Vintage Sugar Wild Bill’s Steakhouse and Saloon Beau Renfro and Clear Country Wisdom’s Café David Blixt Woody’s Susan Artemis

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NINE QUESTIONS Katherine Byrnes Katherine Byrnes, 28, grew up in Tucson, earned a music degree from the UA and has appeared in at least a dozen musical comedies at the Gaslight Theatre, including the current Christmas in the Big Apple. She sings blues, jazz, Latin and rock music with Tucson acts such as Michael P.’s Big Band, Backbeat, Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta and Calexico, and is a backup singer for Amos Lee. Byrnes and boyfriend Ryan Alfred play original pop songs in Sweet Ghost, and they’ll record their debut album next month. She’ll sing with jazz pianist Jeff Haskell on New Year’s Eve at The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain. Gene Armstrong, garmstrong@tucsonweekly.com

What was the first concert you ever saw? That would be Amy Grant, and I fell asleep during it. I was probably about 8 or 9. What are you listening to these days? tUnE-yArDs; she’s my new hero. I’ve also been getting really into the Punch Brothers. What was the first album you owned? Janet Jackson’s janet., and also Rob Base’s It Takes Two (with DJ E-Z Rock). What artist, genre or musical trend does everyone seem to love, but you just don’t get? Auto-Tune. I don’t understand why people would want to suck all the personality out of a singer. What musical act, current or defunct, would you most like to see perform live? The Jackson 5. Musically speaking, what is your favorite guilty pleasure? I don’t really feel guilty about this, but other people might think I should. I think Barbra Streisand is one of the most-amazing vocalists ever. I love her phrasing and her ability to take a song, make it so big, and then bring it down so intimately. What song would you like to have played at your funeral? It’s probably trite, but “Let It Be.” Or maybe “I Will Survive.” What band or artist changed your life, and how? Ella Fitzgerald was the reason I decided to venture into jazz from musical theater. And listening to Son House and Robert Johnson was the reason I decided to swing into the blues. Figurative gun to your head, what is your favorite album of all time? Joni Mitchell’s Blue.

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After the ear-opening artistic breakthrough of Attack and Release (2008) and last year’s commercial success with the Grammy-winning Brothers, it wouldn’t have been surprising if this primal-rock duo from Akron, Ohio, had slumped and slacked a bit. Ain’t gonna happen: Drummer Patrick Carney and guitarist-singer Dan Auerbach seem to be pushing the envelope more than ever on this, their sterling seventh album. Produced by Danger Mouse (returning after guiding the band on Attack and Release), El Camino finds Carney and Auerbach coaxing their gritty blues-rock toward a moresoulful vein without abandoning their rock ’n’ roll bedrock, which here tips its hat to Nuggets-era British acts. The big-beat “Dead and Gone” sounds like Philly soul played in the neighborhood garage, while “Money Maker” is a fuzzed-out R&B rave-up that, in a perfect situation, would have listeners strutting around living rooms and discos worldwide. “Stop Stop” could be a tune from a lost movie soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield or Isaac Hayes with the addition of psychedelic electric guitars. And “Nova Baby” is a catchy strain of mod-soul. But The Black Keys aren’t content with one style. On this disc, several tunes offer grimy blues-glam-riffing, exercising a kind of a prepunk formalism. And “Little Black Submarines” is simply amazing—it starts off sounding like an acoustic hippiefolk ballad à la Traffic, then transforms midway into a Led Zep-style stomp. For those who miss the intensity of The Black Keys’ early albums, “Hell of a Season” recreates the frenzied roots music for which the band has become known. Sweet ride. Gene Armstrong

The Roots’ Undun is a character study and album-length epitaph of the fictional Redford Stephens, whose short inner-city life of crime and consequence yields a meditation on fate, mortality and karmic justice. The band’s first concept album arrives with vivid narrative details, moody instrumentals and a documentarystyle detachment. Stephens’ tragic arc (1974-1999) is presented through the character’s own thoughts, a self-aware mix of bravado and doubt. When the score inevitably gets settled, it’s the man’s own fingerprints that are all over his undoing. “It’s the flight of my fall and it’s right on the wall,” raps Black Thought on “I Remember,” a song that captures the moment in Stephens’ story when rise turns to fall. Elsewhere, the lyrics are shot through with imagery of war and allusions that range from the Bible to Greek mythology, from Hammurabi to F.D.R. to the Sudanese genocide. It’s an edgy and somber album, and at first pass, the strengths are the songs that really pop (“Kool On,” “The OtherSide”). But close listening reveals more subtle moments when Undun’s cohesiveness and continuity shine. Undun closes with a foursong instrumental suite that goes from somber strings and piano to nightmarish clang and clatter, a sort of chaotic anxiety that draws the listener to a place that even Black Thought’s bleakest lyrics can’t quite reach. To call The Roots incomparable at this point is surely redundant, but more than anything the band has recorded before, Undun is an album that couldn’t possibly come from anyone else. Eric Swedlund

Here’s some fucked-up shit for the nonfamily. Bloodcocks UK is a Las Vegas porno-punk band that refuses to play in the U.S. Instead, the trio (or quartet, if you count blow-up doll/stage dancer Annie Bloodcock) tours Japan, playing sold-out shows and basking in overseas stardom. Frontman Bloody Bloodcock (like The Ramones, everyone has the same last name) owns bars in Vegas and New York, so it’s not like these guys can’t find a dive in which to perform. Or maybe Bloody doesn’t want to scare away paying customers with live renditions of songs like—oh, boy—“Cunt Cunt.” Regardless, Bloodcocks UK just, um, came off a Japanese tour and recently released in the United States a self-titled debut with 14 tracks of waytoo-cheeky comedy-horror rock. Imagine GG Allin with a Land of the Rising Sun fetish and a sense of humor, and you get a rough idea of what Bloodcocks UK dispense. Or maybe sonically picture Glenn Danzig trapped in a garage with a DVD box set of Spanish filmmaker Jess Franco’s deranged works and a towering stack of hard-core penetration mags. It’s difficult to cite the gory XXX lyrics of 2 1/2-chord songs like “Tokyo Pop Shot” and “Godzilla Go-Go.” But perhaps these couplets from “Zombie Porn” will tantalize: “Got no blood / Her tits are green / ’70s bush / On a living dead fiend.” Or not. For those with profoundly outré taste only, please. Stream and order Bloodcocks UK’s CD at bloodcocksuk. com, or buy via iTunes. Jarret Keene

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THE LITTLEST BIRDS PLUSH Tuesday, Dec. 13 Yes, they’re aware of the Be Good Tanyas song, “The Littlest Birds.” Cellist David Huebner said Tuesday night, “When we first heard the song, we thought it would be a good name. We tried to think of something else, but we kept coming back to it.” The music Huebner made with banjo-player Sharon Martinson sounded as gentle, humble and organic as you would expect from a band with such a name. They are aptly compared to Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. Both Huebner and Martinson are superb players with an instinctive command of timing. Their voices are tuneful in that Harry Smith Anthology kind of way; while their songs are close cousins to bluegrass music, the cello gives Aaron Copland-esque weight to the skittering banjo sound and envelopes it in a fluidity rare in traditional folk. The notion of leaving things and coming back to them was woven throughout songs on the duo’s sophomore release, Migrations. At one point, Huebner posited that it should be possible to return a single grain of sand to the rock it came from, so strong is the bond of home. The theme also describes the couple’s life: They live on the lip of Yosemite National Park, but spend extended periods on a small, favorite beach in Baja California. (This would explain Martinson’s seemingly perpetual smile.) The sounds of the ocean and ocean themes were most apparent in “Oh Great Ocean,” which featured Martinson’s mastery on a fretless banjo, and the as-yet-unrecorded “Mermaid,” which the pair referred to as their “sea shanty.” Songs from Migrations provided about half of the material, spread across two sets. The rest were drawn from their first record, Debut, and from the bottomless catalog of American traditional music. Part of the fun of the show was trying to distinguish which songs were not original. Two antiques were particular to the occasion: Introducing “Waterbound,” Martinson reminded the rain-soaked crowd that days of rain had us, well, water-bound; and the Elizabeth Cotten classic “Shake Sugaree” was a holiday wish for the audience to be surrounded by friends, family and fun. Stranded by the Red Room’s closing, The Littlest Birds were welcomed at Plush, and then performed again on Wednesday, Dec. 14, as part of the Red Room’s commemorative series at La Cocina. Linda Ray lray@tucsonweekly.com

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Tipping Point BY J.M SMITH, jsmith@tucsonweekly.com weekly.com ack in the day, there was a game called Tip It. It had this 4-inch-tall plastic man perched precariously on his nose, with his arms and legs extended, atop a foot-tall frame balanced on a tabletop base. Players took turns carefully placing little plastic lastic discs on the teetering frame, tipping ng it back and forth, tilting the little man n bit by bit until he fell. If you topple the man, you’re out. t. Well, it seems Gov. Jan and her crew may have toppled their medical-marijuana man, and they might be out of the game. A federal al judge seemingly ripped the state a new one ne on Dec. 12 in the first oral arguments in thee governor’s lawsuit that stalled Arizona’s MMJ program. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton B lt wasn’t’t too happy with the state, essentially telling Assistant Attorney General Lori Davis that her boss, Tom Horne, can’t just waltz into federal court to ask if he has a case. Bolton was none too kind in telling Davis that it’s the attorney general’s job to advise on the legality of state programs, not a federal judge’s job. “She just berated her,” said Al Sobol of Scottsdale, who was the first defendant to sign on to the case, and who also sued the state to allow his dispensaries. In the lawsuit, Brewer prays (literally) that the court will tell her if the state MMJ program provides a haven from federal prosecution, and let her know the rights and duties of plaintiffs and defendants under the program. Hmmmm. Seems pretty simple, Gov. Jan: It’s the defendants’ right to open their dispensaries, in accordance with state Department of Health Services regulations and in the spirit of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act. Lest we forget, rights are not optional. If you have a right to something, it’s unequivocal. Duties are less sure, as we have seen from Gov. Jan’s refusal to carry out the MMJ program. It’s her duty as governor to carry out the wishes of her constituents, of which I am one, who passed the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act in an open, free and democratic election. I’m sorry you didn’t like it when we passed the act, Jan, but now it’s your duty to carry it out. And clearly, the federal court does not intend to tell Brewer what to do, so Bolton threatened to dismiss the lawsuit entirely. Gov. Jan responded a few days later by showing her true colors and saying that she thinks federal law pre-empts state law. In other words, she declined to stand behind the voters of Arizona. That case ties into other news from just days

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before the Phoenix court appearance. During a grilling over the failed Fast and Furious gun-tracking adventure, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder why there haven’t been any federal MMJ raids in Colorado, while California has had many. Can Colorado expect raids, Polis asked? Holder responded that his department is unlikely to prosecute dispensaries in states that regulate MMJ, and where the dispensaries follow state rules. “Given our limited resources, that would not be an enforcement priority for the Justice Department,” Holder said. So it seems our esteemed U.S. attorney general, Eric the Great, has answered prayers in the state of Arizona’s lawsuit: Your fears are unfounded, Gov. Jan. It’s highly unlikely anyone will be prosecuted for operating a dispensary in Arizona, if they follow the regulations we have in place. Sobol thinks it will be months before anyone can open a dispensary, even if the state kicks the chocks out from under the MMJ wheels in the next two weeks (which is unlikely, given that Gov. Jan is now saying she likes federal law more than state law). New business plans and zoning applications would be needed; new leases would need to be arranged. “All in all, it could be late spring or early summer before those dispensaries are open for business,” Sobol said. In any event, it seems Horne and Gov. Jan’s balancing act might be coming to an end, that they have put one too many discs on the frame and toppled their MMJ man. The federal courts aren’t likely to save them. Game over, Gov. Jan.

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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): In the fictional world of the wizard Harry Potter, muggles are people who have no magical powers. Because of their deficiency, certain sights may be literally invisible to them, and certain places inaccessible. I’m going to boldly predict that you Aries people will lose at least some of your muggleness in the coming year. A part of your life where you’ve been inept or clueless will begin to wake up. In ways that may feel surprisingly easy, you’ll be able to fill a gap in your skill set or knowledge base. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): On Jan. 15, 1885, Wilson Bentley photographed his first snowflake. Over the course of the next 46 years, he captured 5,000 more images of what he called “tiny miracles of beauty.” He was the first person to say that no two snowflakes are alike. In 2012, Taurus, I suggest that you draw inspiration from his example. The coming months will be prime time for you to lay the foundations for a worthy project that will captivate your imagination for a long time—and perhaps even take you decades to complete. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In her memoir Blood, Bones and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, Gabrielle Hamilton suggests my horoscopes were helpful to her as she followed her dream to create her New York City restaurant, Prune. “I killed roaches, poisoned their nests, trapped rats, stuffed their little holes with steel wool and glass shards,” she wrote, “while my girlfriend … walked through the place ‘purifying’ it with a burning sage smudge stick and read me my Rob Brezsny horoscopes in support.” I would love to be of similar service to you in the coming months, Gemini, as you cleanse whatever needs to be cleansed in preparation for your next big breakthrough. Let the fumigation, purgation and expiation begin! CANCER (June 21-July 22): In 1992, 30,000 Americans signed a petition asking the governor of Hawaii to change the name of Maui to Gilligan’s Island. Fortunately, the request was turned down, so one of the most sublime places on the planet is not now named after a silly TV sitcom. I’m urging you to avoid getting swept up in equally fruitless causes during the coming months, Cancerian. You will have a lot of energy to

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give to social causes and collective intentions in 2012, but it will be very important to choose worthy outlets that deserve your intelligent passion and that have half a chance of succeeding. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Palace of Versailles once served as a home for French kings and their royal courts, and was the hub of the French government. To this day, it remains a symbol of lavish wealth and high civilization. Set on 26 acres, it has 700 rooms, 67 staircases, 6,000 paintings and 2,100 sculptures. The grounds feature 50 fountains and 21 miles of water conduits. And yet the word “Versailles” means “terrain where the weeds have been pulled.” Prior to it being built up into a luxurious center of power, it was a marsh in the wilderness. I nominate it to be your inspirational image for the coming year, Leo: a picture of the transformation you will begin. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A guy named George Reiger is a certifiable Disney freak. He has covered his skin with 2,200 tattoos of the franchise’s cartoon characters. If you plan to get anything like that much thematic body decoration in 2012, Virgo, I recommend that you draw your inspiration from cultural sources with more substantial artistry and wisdom than Disney. For example, you could cover your torso with paintings by Matisse, your arms with poems by Neruda, and your legs with musical scores by Mozart. Why? In the coming months, it will be important for you to surround yourself with the highest influences and associate yourself with the most inspiring symbols and identify yourself with the most ennobling creativity. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the Classical Nahuatl language of the Aztecs, the word teocuitlatl literally meant “god poop.” It was used to refer to gold, which was regarded as a divine gift that brought mixed blessings. On the one hand, gold made human beings rich. On the other hand, it could render them greedy, stingy and paranoid. So it was potentially the source of both tremendous bounty and conflict. I suspect that in 2012, Libra, you will have to deal with the arrival of a special favor that carries a comparable paradox. You should be fine—harvesting the good part of the gift and not having to struggle mightily

with the tough part—as long as you vow to use it with maximum integrity. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): What spell would you like to be under in 2012? Be careful how you answer that; it might be a trick question. Not because I have any interest in fooling you, of course, but rather because I want to prepare you for the trickiness that life may be expressing in your vicinity. So let me frame the issue in a different way: Do you really want to be under a spell—of any kind? Answer yes only if you’re positive that being under a spell will help you manifest your biggest dream. And please make sure that whoever or whatever is the source of the spell is in the service of love. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The Environmental Working Group wrote the Meat Eater’s Guide to Climate Change and Health. It concluded that if every American avoided eating cheese and meat one day a week, emissions would be lowered as much as they would be by removing 7.6 million cars from the roads. This is the kind of incremental shift I urge you to specialize in during 2012,

Sagittarius—whether it’s in your contribution to alleviating the environmental crisis, or your approach to dealing with more personal problems. Commit yourself to making little changes that will add up to major improvements over the long haul. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): SuzanLori Parks is a celebrated American playwright who has won both a Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant. During the time between November 2002 and November 2003, she wrote a new short play every day—a total of 365 plays in 365 days. I think you could be almost as prolific as that in 2012, Capricorn. Whatever your specialty is, I believe you will be filled with originality about how to express it. You’re also likely to have the stamina, persistence and, yes, even the discipline necessary to pull it off. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Pigeons are blessed with an extraordinary ability to find home, even if they’re hundreds of miles away. They have an internal compass that allows them to read the Earth’s magnetic field, and they also create a “map of smells” that gives them crucial clues

as they navigate. A team of scientists performed some odd experiments that revealed a quirky aspect to the birds’ talent: If their right nostril is blocked, their innate skill doesn’t work nearly as well. (It’s OK if their left nostril is blocked, though.) What does this have to do with you? Well, Aquarius, you’ve been like a homing pigeon with its right nostril blocked, and it is high time you unblocked it. In the coming months, you can’t afford to be confused about where home is, what your community consists of, or where you belong. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): One of Alexander the Great’s teachers was Aristotle, who was tutored by Plato, who himself learned from Socrates. In 2012, I’d love to see you draw vital information and fresh wisdom from a lineage as impressive as that, Pisces. In my astrological opinion, you need much more than a steady diet of factoids plucked from the Internet and TV. You simply must be hungry for more substantial food for thought than you get from random encounters with unreliable sources. It will be time for you to attend vigorously to the next phase of your life-long education.

¡ASK A MEXICAN! BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO, themexican@askamexican.net Dear Readers: In between your 15th tamale and sixth spiked cup of ponche, you’re going to need to buy regalos for Christmas or whatever pinche holiday you celebrate. OK, you don’t need to, but you should, to support all those great indie businesses suffering during this Great Recession. Behold, then, your ¡Ask a Mexican! Xmas shopping list, a Mexican-approved cavalcade of chingones that will teach your kith and kin about Mexis, whether via literature, music, art or other mediums. Enjoy! Lalo Alcaraz: The great Chicano cartoonista is back with his annual calendar, and he promises the 2012 edition is a “RECONQUISTAPOCALYPSE” edition, simultaneously celebrating the takeover of Aztlán and the Mayan prophecy proclaiming the end of the world. And did any of your local Occupy protests feature a poster of a mob taking down a statue of Monopoly’s Rich Uncle Pennybags? That was Lalo. www.laloalcaraz.com.

First Arizona (specifically here in the Tucson Unified School District), next the United States—you’ve been warned. La Santa Cecilia: This group of hepcats was my house band back when I had a radio show, and they’ve gone on to bigger and better things since. Their music has made appearances on Weeds and Entourage; it is a wonderful mestizaje of klezmer, Django Reinhardt, funk, samba, conjunto norteño and all of the great music that makes the modern Mexican-American experience—plus, the band is politically conscious! Best of all: Each CD cover is handmade by the band, a wonderful combination of DIY ethics and rascuache. www.lasantacecilia.com. Sam Quinones: The Los Angeles Times staff writer is the greatest chronicler of post-1970 Mexico EVER. Buy all of his books; read all of his articles—and he’s one of the people you can blame for getting me into journalism. www. samquinones.com. Carey McWilliams: Anything by the great progressive historian is worth buying, of course, but specifically North From Mexico: The

Spanish-Speaking People of the United States. Calacas: A great Chicano shop in my ’hood that has everything from beautiful artesania imported from Mexico to hilarious Chicanothemed T-shirts (“Estar Guars” instead of “Star Wars,” anyone?), plus an impressive collection of Día de los Muertos statues—plus the managers there are tireless supporters of DREAM Act students. Pinche mensches all the way. www.calacasinc.com. Ethnic Studies: How do you gift a discipline? Easy: Monitor the battlegrounds in which Know Nothings are trying to ban it. First Arizona (specifically here in the Tucson Unified School District), next the United States—you’ve been warned. Sit in on a class at your local community college or university—or, better yet, buy all of the books of Chicano Studies pioneer Rudy Acuña, a Korean War vet who’s never met a pendejo chickenhawk politician he can’t dress down with a few choice historical anecdotes. Me!: This is totally shameless self-promotion, but still: Give the gift of the Mexican! Turn people on to my columna; like me on Facebook; or—better yet—save your pesos for April 10, 2012, when my long-promised Taco U.S.A.: How Mexican Food Conquered America finally gets published. Felíz Navidad, and, as always: ¡A LA CHINGADA CON ARPAYASO! 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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It’s probably your husband’s, PIT, but … Pre-come can contain “live, viable, pregnancyinducing sperm,” says Dr. Joel Maurer, assistant professor in OB/GYN for the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. “Most (studies have found) that it contains very little, if any, sperm,” says Dr. Maurer, but the possible presence of those live, viable, pregnancy-inducing sperm cells means it could be your good friend’s child, not your husband’s. It’s also why many—including Dr. Maurer— regard “pulling out” as an ineffective birth-control method. “For every 100 women who use withdrawal correctly, four will become pregnant every year—this number jumps to 27 if not used correctly,” says Dr. Maurer. (For every 100 women who use condoms correctly, two will become pregnant, or 18 if they’re using condoms incorrectly, which is why some argue that withdrawal is nearly as effective as condoms.) Backing up: Pre-come is produced by the Cowper’s gland and some other gland whose name I can never remember, PIT, while sperm cells are produced in the nuts. Sperm doesn’t get mixed up in the seminal fluid—produced by the prostate and a couple of other glands whose names escape me—until the guy starts to ejaculate. So if your good friend didn’t have an orgasm shortly before he fucked you, and he didn’t come inside you, and there were no stray swimmers in his pre-come for some other reason, odds are slim that the baby is his. It’s possible, PIT, but nowhere near probable. “A paternity test after delivery of the child is the safest advice I can give should it remain an important issue to her and her husband,” says Dr. Maurer. “An amniocentesis can make this ‘diagnosis’ before delivery, but the procedure comes with a small risk of pregnancy loss. As such, most doctors would consider it unethical to perform amniocentesis for the sole purpose of paternity-testing without a coexisting medical reason.” To all of the other non-monogamous straight couples out there: Not using condoms with your other is fucking stupid. Using condoms with others is important, not just to prevent disease, but, if your other is a dude, to prevent paternity scares like the one PIT is having. And you should be using condoms with your other, male or female, regardless of safe-sex conversations or assurances that your other isn’t banging anyone else. Unless your other lives in a cage in your basement—which is very hot, but not very practical—you have no way of knowing for sure that your other doesn’t have other others. After an impromptu sex session that left me feeling sleepy and sappy, my partner, who typically feels sleepy and sappy herself after sex, texted someone! The fury that arose within me could not be contained! Neither the text message itself nor its recipient were the issue (it was to a co-worker about a work matter); the issue

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was that she couldn’t wait a few minutes to hug and kiss and say “that was hot” before sending a text?!? She thinks I’m overreacting and blames it on me being premenstrual. She has not apologized. How does she not get it? Isn’t post-sex texting tacky? Wasn’t That Fucked? Post-sex texting is tacky, WTF, and it’s thoughtless. I can understand why you were annoyed. I can also understand why your girlfriend has refused to apologize: If one ill-timed text sent your panties so far up your crack that it unleashed a “fury that could not be contained”—if you raged at your girlfriend for being uncharacteristically inconsiderate (it sounds like she usually makes nice with the postcoital hugs, kisses, compliments, etc.)— then yours was the greater offense. Don’t get me wrong: Your girlfriend owes you an apology. But you owe her a bigger one, WTF, and yours should come first. I’m a submissive gay man. All anal-sex guides stress that when done right, anal sex should cause no pain. But what if I want pain? Over three years, my boyfriend and I have proceeded from having lots of anal foreplay to lube-it-up-and-stick-it-in. I love it, and once it stops hurting, as it always does after a while, I have amazing orgasms. So does he. There’s a definite line between the arousing kind of pain and too much pain. But that line has moved closer to more intense pain, and I’m worried about injury. Then again, we’re not sticking progressively bigger objects up my ass, just the same object with less foreplay. Is this risky? Boy Used To Taking It depends, BUTT. You can enjoy lube-it-up-and-stick-it-in anal without incurring too great of a risk of injury, so long as your boyfriend isn’t shoving his entire dick up your ass in one thrust. If he’s pushing his dick in you gradually, but firmly, giving your poor butt a chance to relax and adjust as he “forces” his way in, then you’ll probably be OK. (Probably is the word of the day.) That said, BUTT, while it’s a fine thing to enjoy a little pain during sex—or “sensation play,” as the kinksters have taken to calling it—making your asshole the focus of erotic pain isn’t a sensational idea. Anal fissures and tears take forever to heal, and even a small one can put your ass out of commission for months. A big one can put your ass out of commission for years. There are plenty of ways your boyfriend can make you hurt during anal without brutalizing your hole. He can slap your ass, yank on a pair of tit clamps, pull your hair or even crank up the juice on an e-stim unit. You’ve got nerve endings all over your body, not just in and around your hole. If your boyfriend can walk and chew gum at the same time, BUTT, he can work some of those other nerves while he works your hole. I’m a gay man in my 20s. While I love reading your advice for red-state kinksters, straight married folks and lesbians with hymens, I’m wondering where the gay has gone. Can we get a column or two with an assortment of questions addressing the problems facing gay men in their 20s? Something for gay boys at that stage of life that falls between “it gets better” and “it gets domestic”? Feeling Left Out Happy to—hit me with some Qs, gay boys, and I’ll dedicate a couple of columns to your issues and tissues. Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage, or follow me @ fakedansavage on Twitter.

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