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
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
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 ...
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
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 ...
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 [ ... ] ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.