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Catch the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show Before They Leave on Sunday


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Published Feb. 13, 2010 at 7:12 p.m.
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NATHAN MITCHELL/EL INDEPENDIENTE ... Ashley Bruno plays a signing bowl as Bill Duran watches at Riverpark Inn ... Another one of the University of Arizona's School of Journalism Student Media classes produces South Tucson's bilingual monthly newspaper El Independiente ... The first issue just came out, and you may pick up a copy from news stands around the city. You can find a stand nearest you here ... Story by Nathan Mitchell/ El Independiente ... Shoppers and spectators are welcomed into

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Go Buy Margaret Regan's "The Death of Josseline"


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Published Feb. 11, 2010 at 5:07 p.m.
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As noted in this week's issue, Tucson Weekly arts editor Margaret Regan will be making her debut on the book circuit this Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Patagonia Writers' Round-Up. You can find her down there from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Patagonia Public Library. She'll be doing her first reading and signing in Tucson at Antigone Books on Fourth Avenue next Friday, Feb. 19, and she'll be visiting with my friend Bill Buckmaster on Arizona Illustrated at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23, on Channel

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Coronado Tenants May Be Able To Stay


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Published Jan. 21, 2010 at 7:10 p.m.

Dave Devine, who has been following the sale of Fourth Avenue's Coronado Hotel by the Downtown Tucson Partnership, says he just spoke Albert Elias of the city's Urban Planning and Design Department ... Elias tells Devine that Coronado is now in escrow with a buyer that he did not disclose. But Elias did say the new owner plans to allow the current low-income tenants to remain at the Coronado ...

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Fats Fantastic!


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Published Dec. 10, 2009 at 6:00 a.m.

ATC's 'Ain't Misbehavin' musical revue is oh so fine ... by Sherilyn Forrester ... There's a party onstage at the Temple of Music and Art. It's hosted by the Arizona Theatre Company, and we're all invited. It even has a name: Ain't Misbehavin'. And, oh baby, yeah, it is a Tony Award-winning tribute to the music and mischief of Thomas "Fats" Waller. Thanks to the talented cast of five and the rockin' rhythm of the first-rate orchestra, we are exuberantly gathered into the bosom, heart and soul of

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Tucson Meet (and eat) Yourself next weekend


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Published Oct. 4, 2009 at 9:27 a.m.

It’s that time of year again, for the huge, annual community event downtown of Tucson Meet Yourself, October 9, 10 and 11, 2009. Check it all out at www.tucsonmeetyourself.org, sponsored by the Cultural Exchange Council. Or if you prefer the ...

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Arpaio lifts lockdown at downtown Phoenix jail


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Published July 22, 2009 at 6:46 p.m.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says the two-week lockdown of the Fourth Avenue Jail in downtown Phoenix has been lifted ...

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Home Storage in Tucson - Meet the Shed


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Published July 22, 2009 at 10:30 a.m.

I do a good bit of business from people moving to the Tucson area from back East - whether they’re retiring or moving for a job or just buying a vacation home.  Turns out, back East, their homes have this mysterious thing called a "basement."Not so much here in Tucson.  Our homes are largely [ ... ] ...

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County jail remains on lockdown


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Published July 11, 2009 at 7:53 p.m.

The Maricopa County Sheriff Office's Fourth Avenue Jail will be kept on lockdown over the weekend because of concerns over racial tension, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said ...

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Sheriff's Office keeps jails in lockdown


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Published July 6, 2009 at 7:04 p.m.

The Fourth Avenue Jail and one unit in the Lower Buckeye Jail remained in lockdown Monday, one week after the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office imposed the restrictions when detention officers learned of a large-scale disturbance inmates were planning ...

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Video of the Day: "The Soloist" opens today


Published April 24, 2009 at 10:17 a.m.


The movie "The Soloist" opens today. Jamie Foxx plays a former Julliard student, now homeless and on the streets, discovered by a local newspaper columist (Robert Downey Jr.) and the friendship that develops. Joe Wright ("Pride and Prejudice" and "Atonment") directs.

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