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U.S. senators announce framework for legislation to combat gun violence

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Enjoy one of these local summer specials

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UA Confluencenter of Creative Inquiry working to humanize border issues through art

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EDITOR’S NOTE

Master of the Loaf

BIG CONGRATS TO BARRIO BREAD owner Don Guerra, who won a James Beard Award for Outstanding Baker earlier this week.

Guerra uses local heritage grains in his one-ofa-kind loaves.

“All of my creations are rooted in my passion for producing superior baked goods that tell the story of Tucson,” Guerra said in a prepared statement after his win. “I am humbled to have been selected as the winner of the James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Baker Award. This award exemplifies the unwavering support I’ve received from so many people, including my family and those in the community—the patrons, the farmers, my staff and the restaurants that serve Barrio Bread’s products.”

Tucson Weekly staff reporter Nicole Feltman profiled Guerra a few weeks ago and he talked to both Nicole and fellow staff writer Alexandra Pere for their Prickly Pair podcast, available on all the usual platforms.

Speaking of food and drink: As students and snowbirds flee Tucson’s summer heat, life gets hard for many local businesses, especially our local restaurants. So a lot of them offer various summer specials to lure hungry diners into their establishments. We’ve got a roundup of some of the best summer specials in this week’s cover story.

Elsewhere in the paper this week: Neetish Basnet of Cronkite News looks at the legislative framework on gun violence prevention that emerged in the U.S. Senate this week; UA School of Journalism student Avery Martinez interviews a UA professor who happens to also be a Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions; columnist Tom Danehy reflects on how he don’t get no respect from his fellow coaches; staff reporter Alexandra Pere looks at how the UA Confluencenter of Creative Inquiry is working to humanize border issues through art, thanks to a $1.5 million grant; Laughing Stock columnist Linda Ray takes in the latest melodramatic hijinks at the Gaslight Theatre and rounds up other upcoming comedy shows; calendar editor Emily Dieckman tells you where to have fun this week; UA School of Journalism student Ana Teresa Espinoza profiles Matt Graham, aka Mattstagraham, who has released a new album after he had a moment on TikTok; the Tucson Weedly Test Department reviews a tasty new infused white chocolate bar from Canna Confections; and there’s all the other usual stuff, from cartoons to sex advice, so dig in and enjoy.

Jim Nintzel Executive Editor Hear Nintz talk about where to howl in this town at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday mornings during the world-famous Frank Show on KLPX, 96.1 FM.

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MY LIFE AS A COACH

By Tom Danehy

tucsoneditor@tucson local media

AS I HAVE MENTIONED, OH, a couple hundred thousand times, I coach high-school sports. Of all the things that I do in my life, it’s the thing that pays the least and pays off the most. It allows me to remain competitive long after my body stopped being so, plus I get to meet new and fascinating people…and some refs, too.

Anyone who knows me will not be surprised by the fact that other coaches find me (we’ll go with) strange. I’m not really sure why. I try my hardest to be cordial and professional. I don’t talk bad about anybody. My teams and I always express good sportsmanship before, during and after games. I play by the rules, although I will say that, in some cases, I actually know more of the rules than do other coaches and I use that to my advantage.

(This has led to a couple stolen victories and years of hard feelings.)

I seriously wonder why other coaches treat me the way they do. Maybe it’s my

appearance. I’m old and dumpy looking.

I’m not as fat as I used to be at one time, but neither can I fit in my college basketball jersey. I probably look like somebody who voted for Donald Trump last election…in three different states. For whatever reason, some coaches look at me like I’ve got snot on my shirt (which is always a possibility).

I also wear a tie when I coach basketball, which basically makes me the King of Anachronisms. It used to be re rigueur, but now it’s sooooo passé. I might as well be wearing bell bottoms. I’m pretty sure that the only other girls’ coach in Tucson who wears a tie is Izzy Galindo at Pueblo. Everyone else has moved on to casual chic (or maybe chunk). One guy actually wears a baseball cap while coaching basketball. He needs to be taken to a Reorientation Camp.

In an extreme case of it’s-better-to-belucky-than-good, I got to coach the Amphi High School girls’ basketball team

this year. I had been at Amphi 25 years ago and had had some really good teams.

But a lot happened after I left, most of it not good. The Panthers endured 21 straight losing seasons, and I’m talking 0-18s and 3-15s liberally sprinkled in.

It probably had something to do with a churning turnover of coaches and a lack of continuity.

Anyway, we went 20-9 for the first winning season this century (!) and won the Region Championship. But I had great kids, including the Region Player of the Year, a senior girl named Mattanaya Vital, who just signed to play for national JUCO powerhouse Pima College. Seriously, I would have been surprised if we hadn’t won the championship. Timing is everything.

Mattanaya was joined on the All-Region team by one of my freshmen and another senior, a kid with the all-time great name of Knowledge Smith. Knowledge hit almost 100 three-pointers this year and will also be playing at Pima next year.

However, and here’s the fun part, when it came time for Coach of the Year, I got ZERO votes. The coach of the championship team is usually, but not always, Coach of the Year. And the guy who got it certainly deserved it; he did a great job of turning a losing program around, plus his team finished a close second and

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went to State. I certainly voted for him.

When asked why they didn’t vote for me, the responses were all along the lines of “Well, he just kinda sits there and watches the game. He doesn’t yell. He doesn’t work the refs. He doesn’t even get up and walk around.”

Hah! Joke’s on them. In order for me to get up and walk around, I first have to get up and it’s just not worth the effort.

Besides, in today’s parlance, we won the chip and that’s more than enough.

Further detracting from my stature is the fact that, in the spring, I also coach girls’ tennis.

Last year (2021) was my first year and we only had two kids because of the pandemic. They’d win a lot of their singles and doubles matches, but we would have to forfeit the other six spots and lose all the time. This year, those two good tennis players were back and we added some of my basketball players, so we had a bunch of athletes playing tennis (rather than actual tennis players).

We went 10-3 (we had a pretty easy schedule) and those two aforementioned kids made it to State. I had to go to a coaches’ meeting about State and I learned that they use United State Tennis Association rankings to seed the kids in

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GERMAN KNIGHT IN ARIZONA

Why one UA professor chose the copper state Avery Martinez

Special to Tucson Local Media

A GERMAN KNIGHT CALLS THIS desert his home.

Dr. Albrecht Classen, distinguished professor of German and director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Arizona, began his career far from the desert sands. Hailing from Northern Hesse in central Germany, his life took a fascination with the pre-modern, the tales of knights and quests, and the surrounding culture and history around them.

Much like the countless literary works he bases his work under, this passion for work took him global.

Studying and working in the likes of Germany, Spain, Italy, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Seoul, the northern United States and elsewhere, Classen recalled just what made him feel passionate about the words of those far behind him.

“My emphasis is really on scholarship,” Classen said. “Because I work out of texts from the past and I’m very interested in the question of how literary texts can contribute to our general understanding.” Literature is not the only area he examines – cultural documents, religious texts, and philosophy has also crossed his eyes.

Sitting in his office, he talks excitedly about a book he had his hands the day before. It was from a church baptistry, a sprawling text, and he highlighted the story of the local wife of a duke. There were massive frescos inside this baptistry, all seemingly commissioned by her, not her husband.

“We can observe two things … There is a woman who has enormous financial means available. She can decide on her own what she wants to do, she directs the artist and sort of supervises the entire process … it reveals power structures which we normally would not have as-

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UA Professor and Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions Albrecht Classen says he’s “become a bit of a desert rat”.

sumed because that very same woman does not show up much in the local documents.”

This kind of cultural understanding and work is exactly what appeals to Classen the most about his profession.

Greater cultural understanding relates hand and hand to his work, and this has been recognized in a far more global sense. Following his extensive work within the greater understanding and recognition of German culture, he was granted Bundesverdienstkreuz am Band (Order of Merit) by the German government in 2004. Then, in 2017, the government also honored him with the Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions. Being granted the highest civilian honors in the country of Germany, he could truly go anywhere.

So why choose the desert?

The simplest answer is he needed a job. “I had finished my Ph.D. in Virginia, I had a one-year lectureship and I just needed to find a job and Arizona opened up, and this was a different world.”

That different world he mentioned was just the beginning of it. Classen wasn’t ashamed to say he hated the cold and rain of much of the East Coast, so he and his wife packed their bags, and came down to the University of Arizona in 1987.

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BULLET POINTS

Arizona’s senators part of group behind ‘commonsense’ gun-reform bill

By Neetish Basnet Cronkite News

ARIZONA’S SENATORS WERE part of bipartisan group that unveiled a compromise gun-reform proposal which is weaker than just-passed House legislation but might have the votes needed to get past a Senate filibuster.

Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema joined eight other Democrats and 10 Republicans who released the plan Sunday. It would help states implement “red flag” laws, stiffen background checks on gun buyers under age 21, and increase funding for mental health programs, among other proposals.

The senators offered only a framework for their plan—details of the package will not be available until an actual bill is released. But both gun-rights and gun-re-

form groups said that, based on what they have seen so far, they can live with the proposal even if it is not everything they wanted.

“I’m disappointed that it’s this much, but it’s more than we’ve had in over 26 years,” said Patricia Maisch, a Tucson resident and member of Moms Demand Action’s survivor network. “So I’m not willing to say it’s not significant. I think it’s significant, if not what we ultimately want.”

And with 10 Republican senators on board, the bill appears to have enough votes to get past a filibuster in the evenly divided Senate, which requires 60 votes to stop debate and move to a vote.

“Our plan saves lives while also pro-

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Sen. Mark Kelly, with his wife Gabrielle Giffords standing nearby, addresses a crowd as he celebrates the opening of a Tucson campaign office. Kelly is among the U.S. senators who have developed a framework for legislation to reduce gun violence.

tecting the constitutional rights of law-abiding Americans,” the senators said in a statement Sunday. “We look forward to earning broad, bipartisan support and passing our commonsense proposal into law.”

Many Democrats were like President Joe Biden, who urged lawmakers to get

the Senate legislation to his desk, even if “it does not do everything I think is needed.”

“It reflects important steps in the right direction, and would be the most significant gun safety legislation to pass Congress in decades,” he said in a state-

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GROWING CONCERN

Advocates hope endangered status for wildflower helps save San Pedro, too

By Morgan Fischer Cronkite News

FEDERAL OFFICIALS THIS WEEK declared the Arizona eryngo, a rare wildflower, an endangered species, a move advocates hope will also help boost efforts to save the San Pedro River where the plant is found.

The action Thursday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service follows years of efforts by conservation groups to save the eryngo, a cream-colored flowering wetland plant native to Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico.

But the plant only grows in cienegas, a type of wetland created by natural springs, and those are being depleted by overpumping of groundwater in the region, the service and environmental groups said.

“I’m so glad these big, beautiful plants and the rare cienega habitats where they live are getting these badly needed protections,” Robin Silver, a cofounder of the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement. “The eryngo gives us one more reason to save the San Pedro River.”

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In addition to declaring the plant endangered, the government designated a total of 12.7 acres of critical habitat for it, at sites in Pima and Cochise counties.

The endangered species designation takes effect July 11.

The Arizona eryngo is a member of the carrot family that can grow to 5 feet tall and live for up to 10 years. It reproduces through pollination and is frequented by a range of pollinators, including butterflies and hummingbirds.

It has historically been found at six sites – three in Arizona and one each in New Mexico and the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua. It is currently only found at the two Mexican sites and at two locations in Arizona.

The service designated critical habitat for the eryngo in Arizona at Lewis Springs in Cochise County and La Cebadilla in Pima County. La Cebadilla Cienega is adjacent to the Tanque Verde Wash and Lewis Springs Cienega is just east of the San Pedro River.

But groundwater levels in the San Pedro River Basin have been dropping for decades due to excessive pumping in the Upper San Pedro River Basin by residents living around Fort Huachuca, Silver said.

The eryngo relies on water from the springs that are fed by the deep aquifers in the San Pedro River Basin. But the Center for Biological Diversity said there is currently a groundwater overdraft of more than 5,000 acre-feet per year in the Fort Huachuca-Sierra Vista area, and studies predict the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area will disappear if current practices continue.

Advocates hope the endangered species designation for the eryngo will give added impetus to larger efforts to save the San Pedro.

“The San Pedro is one of the last undammed, free-flowing rivers in the desert southwest,” said Emily Thomas, president of the Maricopa Audubon Society.

“That’s why it is … so imperative.”

Silver called the endangered species designation a “game changer … for San Pedro protection,” since it could lead to reductions in pumping in the basin.

“Protection of the plant offers protection against the lowering of the water tables from groundwater pumping,” Silver said.

The Center for Biological Diversity and the Maricopa Audubon Society first petitioned for endangered species status for the Arizona eryngo in April 2018. The groups, along with Earthjustice, sued the Trump administration in March 2020 after the service’s consideration of the petition stalled.

This week’s announcement did not include Agua Caliente, a one-time home to the Arizona eryngo, after on-going efforts to reintroduce the species there failed. The Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday that it, the Bureau of Land Management, the Desert Botanical Gardens and Pima County “have begun conservation efforts to establish additional

DANEHY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 the tournament. I found that outrageous; inner-city kids generally aren’t on the USTA circuit.

One coach told me, “Well, that’s the way it’s always been.” To which I replied, “Yeah, they used to say that about slavery, too.”

Just by coincidence, next year, we’ve

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The endangered Arizona eryngo, which flourishes in cienegas, or wetlands, can grow to 5 feet tall and live up to 10 years.

populations.”

Thomas is worried that with just two areas designated as critical habitat, the government is “not giving room for the species to recover.” But government officials said they are committed to continuing to work toward the plant’s preservation.

“The Service looks forward to continuing our work with conservation partners in Arizona to protect and recover this rare native plant,” Amy Lueders, the Fish and Wildlife Service regional director, said in a statement. “Partnerships will be central to addressing the threats to the Arizona eryngo and putting it on the path to recovery.”

In the meantime, Silver said, the center plans to continue fighting to protect the San Pedro River; it currently has three active lawsuits related to the river.

For more stories from Cronkite News, visit cronkitenews.azpbs.org. been shifted over from playing the likes of Walden Grove, Sahuarita, and Douglas and put in a region with Salpointe, (perennial State champion) Catalina Foothills, Canyon Del Oro, Sahuaro and Ironwood Ridge. That’s basically USTA Central.

But that’s fine. We’ll work really hard and we’ll show up and see what happens.

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The senators’ plan was unveiled just days after the House passed and sent to the Senate a pair of bills it rushed through in the days following mass shootings at a Buffalo, New York, grocery that killed 10 and at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school that killed 19 students and two teachers.

The House bills passed on largely party-line votes, with Arizona’s four Republican House members opposing and its five Democratic members supporting the bills.

One bill would raise the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic weapon from 18 to 21, toughen regulations against “ghost guns” and gun trafficking, and limit large-capacity magazines. Another would create a national “red flag” law, which allow courts to order the confiscation of firearms from individuals deemed a danger to themselves or others.

Instead of a national red-flag law, the Senate bill would award grants to help states implement their own such laws.

The Senate would not raise the age for some gun purchases, but would call for enhanced background checks for gun buyers under age 21, and it would expand the definition of domestic violence—a factor considered in the National Instant Criminal Background Check system—to include violence against unmarried partners.

The proposal also calls for increased funding for mental health clinics and safety programs in schools, as well as expanding federal licensing requirements for firearms dealers.

Mark Oliva, managing director of public affairs at the National Shooting Sports Foundation, was pleased that the Senate proposal does not include age limits on gun buyers or bans on certain classes of firearms. But he said he is concerned on how lawmakers tackle the issue of red-flag laws and domestic violence language.

“Due process considerations must be absolutely protected,” Oliva said of any red-flag proposals. “You have to have the ability to get in front of the judge to rebut any evidence and rebut any witnesses against you.”

Oliva said what he has seen of the Senate plan so far is preferable to the House bill, which he called a Democratic effort to regulate guns and a misguided attack

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Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson, said Monday that Democrats “won’t walk away from delivering for the American people on gun safety.” But he called the Senate compromise a step in the direction, even if it’s not everything he wants.

“While the House passed a more robust gun safety package last week, I do not want perfect to be the enemy of good, here,” Grijalva said in a statement.

The announcement came one day after thousands gathered at March For Our Lives rallies across the country—including in Tucson, Phoenix and Washington, D.C.—to urge lawmakers to take action on gun safety.

“We are convinced that we are on the right side of the justice for individuals that are murdered, and for those in mass shootings,” said Maisch, who was in Washington to lobby lawmakers last week.

While they welcomed the framework, gun-safety proponents said more needs to be done and they will keep fighting.

“We have to stay outraged,” said Carol Gaxiola, a senior fellow with Everytown Survivor Network. “Thoughts and prayers are wonderful, but they’re not working. And we need action.”

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When reflecting on his reasons for coming here, he cited the access to the university library and their aid in his work, he cited the motivation of the students, and he even cited his disdain for the more well-known universities in locations that just didn’t feel right.

“I’ve become a bit of a desert rat,” he said. This reflects in his work just as much as his home life. He’s not the only one who came to the desert to study knights and culture.

Valentine Modestine, an undergraduate student studying classics, moved from Pennsylvania to study under Classen.

“You can tell he’s really into being here and doing what he does,” Modestine said. “He has a bunch of [poetry] books about the place [Arizona, Tucson specifically]. I really like the culture here; I think he’s a big part of that.”

Of the hundreds of pieces Classen has written, a decent subsection of his work focuses on the desert, from German texts that connect the likes of missionaries to the local area, to dozens of poems written about the desert directly in German.

One example is his work “Sonora Wüste: Leben im Südwesten der US.” or in English: “Sonoran Desert: Life in the US Southwest.” This book, along with several other poetry books focused on Arizona, are unique in his body of work.

Though his work is based in Arizona, he is putting in the time and effort to give something back to the larger academic community. Germany is a lot different from the United States, especially Arizona, but putting that into context with himself as a middleman makes for another learning opportunity.

Classen found himself to have a unique opportunity living in Arizona, bringing what he views as an undervalued study to a university like the University of Arizona. His goal with the medieval studies program was to center students globally while in the heart of the university, and much like his own experience the program pulls from a vast array of disciplines and studies all over the world.

Despite plans for study abroad programs being canceled, he still feels his program lends itself to being in Arizona and having the ability to reach outwards because of the community created here, far away from the land of knights and kings.

“I would like to emphasize that word creating networks … creating networks across the world, and bonding through the same interest in anything pertaining to the premodern,” he said. “That is very nice, very powerful and I regard myself there by now as a cultural ambassador.”

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Innovative preparations are a hallmark of Kingfisher’s Road Trip fare. Sophisticated and novel sauces and sides are crafted to enhance rather than obscure the delicate flavors of fish freshly caught at the height of their season. Starting June 14, the tour delivers seafood characteristic of the Pacific Northwest. For most

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PUTNEY’S PITSTOP SPORTS BAR AND GRILL Make a pitstop at Putney’s this summer for a special that will not disappoint.

Putney’s is offering half off for an order

TRULAND BURGERS & GREENS From the owners of midtown’s Choice Greens and Graze Burgers, Truland Burgers & Greens features some summer specials you won’t want to miss. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., enjoy any fresh greens salad for $9.99 and (or) a classic and juicy burger for $10.99 every day of the week, now through Aug. 31. (Additional toppings are extra and tax and gratuity are not included.) Sit back, relax and watch the game at the bar while you enjoy halfpriced beer, draft wine and cocktails all day, Sunday through Thursday. Check out their website for more information at trulandburgers.com. 7332 N. Oracle Road. (520) 395-2975.

EL MINUTO CAFE Take a trip downtown to a Tucson institution. El Minuto Cafe is offering a summer happy hour Tuesday through Saturday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Enjoy a crisp Mexican cerveza for $4, or have a house margarita for a mere $6. (You can also indulge in strawberry or mango margaritas for the same price.) For only $11, treat yourself to a sampler platter with SPECIALS CONTINUES ON PAGE 12

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SPECIALS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 four mini chimis, four mini beef tacos and three mini cheese crisps with sour cream and guacamole. You can also satiate your sweet tooth with a strawberry chimi topped with powdered sugar and chocolate sauce for only $5. El Minuto is located at 354 S. Main Ave. El Minuto is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Temporarily closed on Mondays.) Check out their website for more information about their specials at elminutotucson.com. 345 S. Main Ave. (520) 882-4145.

THE CENTURY ROOM The Agave Heritage Festival at Hotel Congress presents a Summer Tasting Series at the Century Room. Enjoy agave spirits and light bites on Mezcal Sundays led by Doug Smith, local agave master and co-owner of Exo Roast Co. and El Crisol Mezcal Bar. Cost is $35 per person.

Enjoy regional wines on Wine Thursdays starting June 16, led by HoCo Sommelier Josh Osteen and others in the industry for $30. For an additional $5 fee, you can book a VIP dinner reservation at the Cup

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The new Century Room at Hotel Congress will be hosting mescal tastings this summer.

Cafe before the tastings. Doors open at 6 p.m. and events begin at 7 p.m. The Century Room is located at 311 E Congress St. For more information about the Century Room and the Summer Tasting Series check out hotelcongress.com. 311 E. Congress St. (520) 622-8848.

EL CHARRO Dragons love tacos—and so do kids!

Here’s a summer special that families can get behind: Children under 10 years old will be eating free at El Charro restaurants and their related side eateries, including Charro Steak & Del Rey and The Monica (both downtown) and Barrio

Charro, at the intersection of Campbell Avenue and Prince Road. With each paying adult, two kids get free meals from the kids menu Sunday through Wednesday.

“It’s been a rough couple of years, especially for families,” said Si Charro! CEO Ray Flores. “So, in honor of our 100th anniversary, our family decided to do something to encourage parents and kids to enjoy dining together.” Dine in only. Visit sicharro.com for various locations, hours, menus and other details.

PENCA Downtown’s Penca is rolling out a new monsoon coctel menu filled with refreshing seasonal drinks such as sangria blanca, with mirepoix, pisco, white wine, honey, pennyroyal and lemon, or the Día de San Juan, with hoja de nopal liqueur, charanda, orange blossom water, orange liqueur and lime. (And don’t forget that owner Patrica Schwabe has also reopened the charming Tooley’s at 299 S. Park Ave. in the Lost Barrio.) Penca is open Wednesday through Sunday, 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. 50 E. Broadway. (520) 203-7681.

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EEGEE’S This is a summer special you can enjoy all year. Through the month of June, all eegee’s locations are selling a coupon book that gives you half-off your order (up to $4) as well as discounts on meal deals. Coupons are good once a month starting in July, when watermelon debuts as flavor of the month. The books cost $12, with proceeds benefiting El Rio Health Center, Junior Achievement of Arizona and Integrative Touch. Do some good and take it easy, enjoy an eegee’s.

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Poetry on the Moon. Lit lovers unite for an evening of poetry reading and beauty at Valley of the Moon Tucson! This event is a chance to support R&R Press (headed by the Weekly’s own Brian Smith and his wife, Maggie Smith) and its newest offering, a book by John Freeman. You’ll also get to hear poetry readings by Tucson Poets Tere Fowler Chapman, Diana Delgado, Logan Phillips, Julie Swarstad Johnson and former Tucson Weekly editor Mari Herreras. There’s nothing like beautiful words in a beautiful setting, especially on the summer solstice! 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 18. Valley of the Moon Tucson, 2544 E. Allen Road. Free.

Civic Orchestra of Tucson Musical Instrument Petting Zoo. Oh my gosh, how cute does this sound? It’s a chance for folks of all ages to get up close and personal with orchestral instruments.

COT has been doing these events since 1995, teaching kids about the different types of musical instruments, inspiring others to start playing, and even giving

adults who haven’t played since a high school a chance to rediscover the fun of making music. I see this as my personal opportunity to finally get to the bottom of what the heck a euphonium is. 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 22, at Bookmans Northwest, 3733 W. Ina Road; Thursday, June 23. at Bookmans Midtown, 3330 E. Speedway; Friday, June 24, at Bookmans East, 6230 E. Speedway. Free.

Wine Thursdays at the Century Room.

Are you a jazz and wine lover? Or do you at least want to be the type of person who loves jazz and wine?

Either way, the Century Room has got you covered with this new summer series, hosted by Hotel Congress sommelier Josh Osteen and special industry guests. They’re kicking things off this week with a set of Sonoran wines to keep things close to home. Doors open at 6 p.m. and events begin at 7 p.m. The Century Room, 311 E. Congress St. $30.

Free Third Thursdays at MOCA. Come on down to the local contemporary art museum for a night full of live music

by DJ Jaime J, food from

Gigi’s Mexican Peruvian Fusion food truck and free beer from Barrio Brewing Company. Currently on display are exhibits about how our data relates to our identity, land and collectivity; a video installation about the intersections of masculinity, race and labor; and a set of paintings exploring shifting ideas of western landscape. (The best part is that, if Night at the Museum taught me anything, all of the exhibits will be alive during this event.) 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, June 16. Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art, 265 S. Church Ave. Free.

The Crossword Play (or Ezmeranda’s Gift). How do you make a successful crossword puzzle—one that’s not overly difficult but not too boring? In this show, the conclusion of the Invisible Theatre’s 50th anniversary season, the Puzzlemaker invites you into her workshop so she can show you all of her secrets. Including some nonword-game-related secrets, like that her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend commissioned her to make a puzzle. Will this cruciverbalist be backed into a crossword corner, or will she find a way to solve the puzzle of her own life? Come find out! Tuesday, June 21, to Saturday, June 25. Invisible Theatre, 1400 N. First Ave. $40. $20 tickets available for the June 21 preview and for students.

Jay Dusard: Cowboy With a Camera.

After spending his childhood on an Illinois farm, Jay Dusard went on to study architecture and work in cartography.

But while he was living in Tucson in the 1960s, he picked up photography. In 1981, he won a Guggenheim Fellowship that let him bound around the Southwest and capture striking portraits of cowboys and women. The Etherton Gallery’s summer exhibition features 12-13 of these monumental scale, archival pigment prints to give you a larger-than-life experience of Dusard’s work. Show opens Tuesday, June 21, with an opening reception at from 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 25.

Etherton Gallery, 340 S. Convent Ave. Ani DiFranco with Rainbow Girls. We’re going to let Ani DiFranco’s words about her album, “Revolutionary Love” speak mostly for themselves. “My songs have

always reflected an acute connection between my personal life and the life of my society… As I started to come out of years of dealing with marriage problems, I saw my entire country in the same situation; the complete breakdown of communication and loss of empathy and connection.

But after what seems like unforgivable damage, then where do you go? You can’t kick each other off the planet, you can’t change the past, so what then?” These are powerful topics, and set to beautiful music. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 18. Fox Theatre Tucson, 17 W. Congress St. $27.50 to $55.

Brew at the Zoo 2022. The cool thing about going to the zoo is that you get to walk around and see all kinds of different animals and habitats. The less cool thing about the zoo is that you don’t usually get to sip on a broad selection of lagers, ales and hard ciders while you do it. But never fear! Brew at the Zoo is here, with your chance to sample local brews and support the Zoo’s animal care, conservation and education programs. Live Music by Heart & Soul, food from POPPED Artisan Popcorn and Pub Food by Craft Culinary Concepts, plus games and a selfie station. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 18.

Reid Park Zoo, 3400 Zoo Court. $50 GA, $40 zoo member, $25 designated driver.

Prices go up by $10 at the gate.

Oro Valley Movies on the Lawn. There’s a special sort of novelty to watching a movie outdoors with kids on a summer evening. Especially when the movie is Encanto, the 2021 Disney film with music by Lin Manuel Miranda. Bring something to sit on and plenty of snacks, and get ready to settle in for a movie night.

Just, whatever you do, make sure you don’t talk about Bruno. We don’t do that.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 18. Oro Valley Community & Recreation Center, 10555 N. La Canada Dr. Free.

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DRAWING A LINE

UA Confluencenter of Creative Inquiry working to humanize border issues through art

By Alexandra Pere

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TUCSON’S LOCATION LENDS itself to being a mosaic of cultural diversity, but mass media often portrays this bustling crossroads of religion, heritage, identity, food and art as a violent location.

“I feel like the biggest misinterpretation is that it’s unsafe and dangerous,” said Melissa Brown-Dominguez, an administrative associate at the University of Arizona who also works with her partner, Mel Dominguez, at Galeria Mitotera, 1802 S. Fourth Ave, to show the rich culture of South Tucson. Brown-Dominguez is the arts administrator at Galeria Mitotera.

“We get represented in the media that it’s so scary,” said Brown-Dominquez, who added that the gallery sometimes has trouble working with students “because they are told don’t go past 22nd, it’s dangerous, it’s scary. And it’s the opposite.”

With large numbers of border crossers seeking amnesty and controversy over the federal Title 42 in the headlines, the borderlands are a battleground for political contention. Much of borderlands coverage focuses on demonizing border crossers, but Galeria Mitotera and the University of Arizona Confluencenter of Creative Inquiry are illuminating unheard voices in the borderlands.

The Confluencenter recently received a $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Galeria Mitotera is one of its many supported projects through the Fronteridades program created by the Center.

“They’ve been watering us and watching us grow and it’s been such a great thing to be a part of to see that growth and connectivity,” Dominguez said.

Dominquez is an artist and muralist who is passionate about providing a safe space for artists of color, Indigenous artists and queer artists. Galeria Mitotera is the meeting place for these artists in South Tucson. Dominquez said the Con-

fluencenter is supportive of their work.

Brown-Dominguez said the gallery will be giving out mini-grants to artists in the community to create mobile murals. The murals can be moved to different buildings in South Tucson, with possible trips to Nogales in the future.

“It’s intercambio, or ‘exchange’ of these arts,” Dominguez said.

Dominguez and Brown-Dominguez say their work with the Galeria is amplifying narratives through visual artistry.

“This is what we’re doing to tell that story that’s not being told,” Dominguez said.

Dr. Javier Duran, professor of Latin American and border studies and director of the Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, said the organization wants to humanize the borderlands through not just research but also through artistic representation and community engagement.

“We see a lot of value bringing in the component of our diverse mosaic of communities to the conversation,” Duran said.

Duran describes the misrepresentation of the borderlands as a narrative of crisis.

In opposition to mass media narratives, Arizona is not the most dangerous state in America. According to Statista, Arizona sits in-between South Dakota and Michigan for reported violent crimes in 2020. Neither of these states are characterized in the media as states of crisis.

“The point is that this brief indication of the wall becomes this political signal that is sent to mainstream America and the world and by extension, at the expense of the local narratives of resilience, progress and community building (that) are happening as we speak,” Duran said. “Therefore we felt, and the Mellon Foundation agrees, that this is the type of work that needs to be done from the perspective of the humanities and the arts to

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elevate those discourses that are really trying to empower a lot of the communities and a lot of the young people in the communities.”

To continue to amplify borderland voices, Duran and the Confluencenter want to support a new program through the recent grant called, “Amplifying Blackness in the Borderlands.”

“The idea is to work with youth in creating internships and to educate people about what the meaning of Blackness is in our region as well,” Duran said.

Dr. Stephanie Troutman Robbins is the department head of Gender & Women’s Studies at the University of Arizona, a Black feminist scholar, and the leader of the “Amplifying Blackness in the Borderlands” program.

Robbins said she attended a collaborative shark tank event held by the Confluencenter and presented her program idea to other colleagues. Her idea won the crowd. She hopes to bring together Black youth from different educational spaces such as graduate students, undergraduates, and possibly high schoolers in the Tucson community through her project.

“I want to create something where those Black people could come together and talk about their experience of living in the Southwest, on the border in Tucson in some kind of an expressive arts way that amplifies black identity, whether that’s Afro Latina, or Black and Mexican, or just being African American in this space,” Robbins said.

The project will begin in the upcoming fall semester. Robbins will provide resources and support to Black students to bring their projects to life.

Due to Arizona’s location, Mexican Americans and local tribes such as the Pasque Yaqui, Tohono O’odham, and

Mexican Americans tend to have more opportunities for representation in media. Robbins said this leaves a lot of Black people in Tucson out of borderlands storytelling. Due to this underrepresentation, Robbins’ project will encourage Black youth in the borderlands to fill in the missing narratives.

“It’s kind of become this mosaic, you know, here’s our piece,” Robbins said.

“We’re all part of this mosaic that is about the border that is about living here and being in community and being in relationships and reckoning with history.”

Robbins’ own experience as a Black woman in Tucson has informed her aims for the project. Tucson is the furthest West Robbins has ever lived and she feels comfortable here, but it’s been difficult to create relationships with other Black people. For one, the population of Black people in Arizona is much smaller compared to other parts of the country. The latest U.S. Census numbers for Tucson showed Black or African American people make up 4.9% of the population. This is much lower than the Hispanic or Latino population of 44.2%.

But Robbins notes there is a lot of diversity within the Black community in Tucson that she hopes to document through artistic work.

“What I mean by that is that there are Black folks who live in Tucson because they’ve lived here their whole life, or because they’re from Arizona or New Mexico: she said. “They are from the West and they live in Tucson. And then a lot of the Black folks who are at the University are transplants. We’ve come up to work so we joined this group of Black Tucsonans, but it’s very different. There’s a certain culture that is very geographically rooted.”

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Ghostbblasters rescue Gaslight Theater; crazy cat ladies visit a brewery, and who›s crazy anyway?

By Linda Ray

tucsoneditor@tucsonlocalmedia.com

VILLAINOUS VAPORS DON’T stand a chance against the sagacious, singing scientists of Gaslight theater’s Ghostblasters. They have light sabers!

The production, and it’s Friendsthemed olio, run through Sunday, Aug. 28, with shows at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday; 6 and 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 3 and 6 p.m., Sunday. Tickets are from $17 for a seat with a restricted view to $27 for a seat in the front row. Make reservations and find details at thegaslighttheatre.com.

Ghostblasters opens with a group of misfit scientists mustering to take on a pack of pernicious ghosts in New York City. Someone has to do it. The gang teams up but finds its first hurdle in naming themselves. Next they discover that it isn’t clear who is the real threat to the metropolis. Hint: It’s not all about ectoplasm, but, shocker, it soon involves a train, a damsel in distress, and a villain soaring through the heights of the theater’s ceiling. Armed light sabers with light sabers, the Ghostblasters and their marks wreak havoc, complicating the chase with shifting identities. Who is the mayor, really? Who will prevail? There’s more than ectoplasm at stake.

Gaslight always puts on a great show, with wall-to-wall action and effects to entertain all ages. The theater also has an extensive menu of snacks and beverages, including alcohol.

STEVEN WRIGHT RETURNS TO THE RIALTO THEATRE Steven Wright’s laconic delivery belies the whimsically detailed thought he endows to aspects of daily life that we routinely ignore. Who even has bandwidth to examine all the quirks and lint-sized gordian knots we navigate daily? Maybe we should be grateful to Wright for being that guy, the one who pays attention so

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we don’t have to, and then cracks us up about what we might call the “ridiculum” beyond our focus.

When he came to town in 2018, we spoke about one of his favorite authors, Charles Bukowski. He seemed puzzled and asked how he and Bukowski wound up in the same thought. I answered that I sensed a similar energy. I was thinking that Bukowski’s brusque, cryptic written voice might be a flimsy cover for an overwhelming burden of intelligent rage.

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Wright delivers dry jokes in brittle strips. They can make a listener think twice, but sometimes also wonder if he’s awake. He knows his affect is deeply mellow, but he says he’s always wired, and has the coffee habit to prove it. Still, the efficiency of his jokes and the drowsiness of his delivery sometimes make it seem

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that he’s conserving energy. Then he delivers an hour of his snippets and we might start thinking that other comics’ lead ins, punchlines and extra beats may be wasting our time.

Wright appears at 8 p.m., Friday, June 24 at The Rialto Theatre. Tickets are $34 to $52 via rialtotheatre. com.

YOUR CRAZY BEST FRIENDS: WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? Six of the funniest nutcases we know let you in on the secrets to their comedy success: Childhood trauma, chemical imbalance and assorted other mental health maladies might have laid the rest of us low, but they have failed to stifle these folks’ self-aware sense of humor.

We literally can’t imagine how they see the world, but they promise to “normalize and humorize mental health in a real and relatable way!”

We are totally there for it. Allana Erickson, sketch-comedy producer, improviser and standup comedian, heads a bill including Anthony Jenkins, Ly Johnson, Morgan and Phoenix comic Can Medina. Bianca Marie hosts.

The show is at 8 p.m. Friday, June 17, at The Screening Room, 127 E. Congress St. Admission is $8. There will be strong language.

LADY HA HA GOES TO A BREWERY The ever-adventurous women of Lady Ha Ha, the folks who last brought us a comedy show in a den of adoptable cats, this week take their showcase to Moto Sonora Brewing, 1015 South Park Ave. The free event, at 7 p.m. Friday, June 17, features a rainbow lineup including Andrea Carmichael, Laurie Diener, Lux Shree, Redd, Stacy Scheff and Lady Ha Ha hosts Priscilla Fernandez and Mo Urban. The Lady Ha Ha open mic continues on Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. at The Rock.

FUNNY AT THE FOX The Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St., has opened its fall and winter comedy series for advance

ticket sales foxtucson.com. The series includes Fortune Feimster’s “Hey, Y’all” show, rescheduled from June 24 to Sunday, Sept. 11, but it begins on August 6 with The Drive (KDRI) Tucson’s Third Anniversary show featuring Jeff Allen on his 2.0 tour. On Friday, September 30, Tucson favorite Lewis Black presents “Off the Rails”. Thursday, October 15 features “False Negative”: An Evening with John Waters, who will be in Tucson for The Loft Film Festival. Fox’s 2022 comedy programing winds up with Brian Regan on Tuesday, November 20, but The Smothers Brothers are already booked for Wednesday, January 18, 2022.

OOOPS! In our listing of open mics, we omitted one of the most popular.

It’s a mic that Cory Lytle has been running for two years on Tuesday nights at House of Bards, 4915 E. Speedway. 6:30 p.m. sign up; 7:15 p.m. start.

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THE REST OF THE WEEKEND Laff’s Comedy Caffe (presales, reservations and performer details are at laffstucson.com) $15. $20 preferred seating. Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11, 8 and 10:30 p.m., features B.T. Tucson Improv Movement/TIM Comedy Theatre (presales at tucsonimprov.com) Thurs., June 16, $5 shows: 7:30 p.m., The Dirty Tees (short form); 8:30 p.m., Open Mic (standup, etc.). Fri., June 17, $7 shows: 6:30 p.m., free, Improv Jam!; 7:30 p.m. The Soapbox featuring J.P. Martin; 9 p.m., Standup Comedy Showcase. Sat., June 18, $7 shows:

7:30 p.m., Your Favorite Movie Improvised plus The Meeting); 9 p.m., The Match Game (zany pop-culture characters).

Unscrewed Theater (presales at unscrewedtheatre.org), , $5 kids, $8, live or remote/ Fri., June 10, 7:30 p.m., Family Friendly Improv Comedy; 9 p.m., Unscrewed Fridays After Dark. Sat., June 11, 7:30 p.m., Family Friendly Improv Comedy; 9 p.m., Uncensored, feat. NBOJU, The Big Daddies. clean house team Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed; $5 kids, $8 adults, in person or online.

OPEN MICS (YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!) WEDNESDAY 6 p.m. signup, 7 p.m. start, Lady Ha Ha at The Rock, 136 N. Park Ave., Priscilla Fernandez, Mo Urban host.

6:30 p.m. signup, 7 p.m. start. The Screening Room, 127 E. Congress, Chris Quinn hosts.

THURSDAY 6:45 p.m. writing workshop and signup, 8 p.m. start, Laff’s Comedy Caffe, 2900 E. Broadway Blvd., Casey Bynum hosts.

8 p.m. signup, 8:30 p.m. start, Tucson Improv Movement, 414 E. 9th St., Jennifer Blanco Thomas and Kurt Lueders host. Alternating weeks; next mic is June 30.

FRIDAY 6:30 p.m. signup, 7 p.m. start, The Kava Bar, 4376 E. Speedway Blvd., Connor Hannah hosts.

SATURDAY 5:30 p.m. signup, 6 p.m. start, The Music Box, 6951 E. 22nd St., Tony Bruhn hosts.

SUNDAY 6:30 p.m. signup, 7:15 p.m. start, Home Room mic at Arte Bella (420 friendly), 340 N. 4th Ave., Rebecca and Paul Fox host.

MONDAY First and second Mondays, 7 p.m. signup, 8 p.m. start, The Mint, 3540 E. Grant Rd., Joey G hosts.

TUESDAY 6:30 p.m. signup, 7:15 p.m. start, House of Bards, 4915 E Speedway, Cory Lytle hosts.

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MUSIC

SOFT SELL

Mattstagraham has released his sophomore album after TikTok hit

By Ana Teresa Espinoza

MATT GRAHAM ROLLED UP to practice in what he called his “Beetlejuice” outfit.

He began to pull out his guitars and lavender guitar cabinet out of his black BMW to set up for practice. He’s really into lavender lately.

“I’ve just never seen anyone with a lavender cab before and I really wanted one so I figured I’d make it,” Graham, 30, said. He finished unloading his electric guitars and pedals for his band’s small practice space off 22nd Street.

During rehearsal, he kept trying to fit the intro to “Bye Bye Bye” by NSYNC into one of the songs he plans to perform.

It wasn’t vital or even remotely similar to his genre of music, which is mainly emo and punk, but he thought it would be funny.

In Graham’s eyes, he can’t really pinpoint what makes him unique—he’s just being himself. However, the social media sphere thinks otherwise. He has amassed almost 48,000 followers on TikTok after releasing a joke track titled “I’M SOFT.” He is set to release his sophomore album “Prescribe Whatever” on April 29, the next step in his self-exploration journey.

FIRST GUITAR FROM A FAIR As a boy growing up in Mira Mesa, a neighborhood in San Diego, Calif., Graham would practice on cheap acoustic guitars that his father got at a state fair.

It wasn’t until he was 12 years old that he received his first black Squire electric guitar with a small Fender amp for Christmas. He used it until he was 15, when he stripped the paint and attempted to paint it green. Since he had no prior experience on painting guitars, it began chipping and was borderline unusable.

“I ended up bringing it to a bonfire and throwing it in there. I regret it now but at the time I was very much like, ‘light that bitch on fire,’” Graham said chuckling.

When he was 14-years-old his family

moved to Vail, and he graduated from Cienega High School. He moved out of his parents’ house for the first time at 23 to pursue music. Phoenix was meant to be his start and big break, but after getting mixed with the wrong crowd and turning to heavy drinking and drug use, the dream faded. He returned to live with his parents after only a year, miserable that his plans didn’t work out.

“It was really embarrassing to move back in with my parents,” Graham said. “I just felt like a failure.”

CEMENT SHOES AND ADDICTION In 2017, Graham started the punk band Cement Shoes, but had to fold it by 2019 after several cease-and-desist letters.

Turns out the name was trademarked.

Graham is not one to shy away from his past and decides to learn from it. His past struggles with alcoholism taught him about what really matters to him.

“It tore me down in in a necessary way.

One day I woke up and I realized I was 28 and I had so many things I still wanted to do,” Graham said.

He gives a lot of credit to his girlfriend of three years who called him out on his habits. He decided he didn’t want to give her up and has been clean since 2019.

“I started drinking a lot of orange cream soda. One, because I like them but two, alcohol metabolizes as sugar so it gives my body a sort of placebo effect.

I’m holding something and although it’s not the same effect, it does the job,” Graham said.

Graham decided to take a break from music after Cement Shoes when he was getting clean. It wasn’t until the next year, when he had an abundance of time in quarantine, when he stumbled onto a new music outlet through social media.

QUARANTINE AND TIKTOK Graham figured the best way to pass the time quarantining in his downtown Tucson two-bedroom apartment was to

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write music. At first, he played around with some old riffs from a few years prior.

He found success on TikTok after uploading a song that wasn’t really meant to be a song. The track “I’M SOFT” was originally just meant to be a few seconds long and for fun. But after people on social media begged for it to be a full track, Graham decided to finish it and upload it to Spotify.

Soon after, people started using the sound, duetting his videos and eventually he had more than 1,000 uses on the platform and now sits at 354,000 streams on Spotify.

The track, which is an emo/punk tune about being too sensitive for the internet, is a testament to his tongue-in-cheek style of writing. Many of his tracks are self-deprecating but in a way that allows him to laugh at himself rather than pity his experiences.

“I’m Like an egg: I have a soft gooey center and a slightly tougher exterior that’s still pretty sensitive,” Graham says in “I’M SOFT”.

His 30-second mini-song videos on YouTube and TikTok, shaking his shoulder-length Jesus hair, includes such lyrics as, “I’m on fire. No really. I’m on

fire. Please put me out. Holy $&@! Don’t you just stand there. Grab a damn water gun and call 911. I’m seriously asking for help.”

His sense of humor also translates to his stage name, Mattstagraham, which is a play on words of his name and the social media platform Instagram.

“I didn’t really like it and it was mostly a placeholder name, but the label loved it and when I got a larger following on TikTok, it just stuck,” Graham said.

‘PRESCRIBE WHATEVER’ Graham signed onto I Surrender Records in 2020, following his social media success.

“It wasn’t like in the movies where it’s this really big important moment,” Graham said. “It was just me in my living room, I signed some papers and mailed them in. One minute I wasn’t signed, and then I was.”

By April 2020, he had released his first album, I Get It, just after COVID-19 hit.

As Graham weathered the pandemic in his apartment, he eventually got to work on his second album.

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Although Graham says there’s no specific theme to the new album and it’s mostly a collection of songs, there is an air of the dread many felt during quarantine and the many stages of feeling unproductive, learning to self-love and selfcare, and being bored.

“It’s very much a quarantine album,” Graham said. “It was just me in my home office/studio. It was not a focused environment, and it took me about a year to finish it.”

Graham recorded most of the album in his home office that doubles as his at-home music studio. The room’s closet also doubles as a vocal booth and the rest of the room holds the bulk of his instruments. The only part not recorded and produced in house were the drums, which Graham outsourced to Cash Filburn, a drummer based in Phoenix who also did the drums for I Get It. “He recorded himself, he did minor time edits, and then he sent it to me. He is super talented and has definitely done awesome things for my records,” Graham said.

A stand out track from the album, “Not Everyone Is Gonna Love You” encourages the listener to love themselves, regardless of what others may think.

The lyrics, “Don’t act too tough but don’t be to see through,” relay the expectations put on people to act a certain way, but the pre-chorus comes in with “There’s always gonna be an audience so live like there isn’t.”

WHAT’S NEXT? Graham said he is taking his life in stride, enjoying the moment he has and not worrying too much about the future.

Although music has always been his main interest, he is not afraid to eventually branch out and try new things.

“I love building things, much like the lavender cab,” he said. “Maybe one day I’ll get into building drum sets or pedal boards. I just know that I definitely want to become a more well-rounded person.”

By overcoming his past difficulties, and being open to see the humor in them, he’s learned to love himself and move forward.

“Vulnerability is our best superpower,” Graham said. “Nobody gets better with shame.”

By Xavier Omar Otero tucsonweekly@tucsonlocalmedia.com

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Chrome, Smoke & B.B.Q. Prior to the passing of co-founding member Dusty Hill in 2021, “That Little Ol’ Band From Texas” laid undisputed claim to being the longest running major rock band with original personnel intact. The Texas trio was together 51 years. In keeping with Newton’s Laws of Motion, the band has hit the road in advance of a forthcoming album, RAW (slated for release in July 2022). Recorded in 2019, the classic lineup gathered for an intimate session at Gruene Hall, the oldest continually run dance hall in Texas. The album is an anthology that recalls the band’s early recording history. In a statement, Frank Beard says, “It was as bare bones as when we first started touring in a behemoth Chrysler station wagon, driving vast stretches between those early far-flung shows under blackened Texas skies and first hearing our records on the radio. We were bonded as brothers.

‘The Dust’ may have left the building but he’s still very much with us.” With new bassist Elwood Francis, ZZ Top bring the Raw Whisky Tour to the AVA Amphitheater… “Making cathartic indie pop for weirdos, outcasts, queer folks, and anyone else who needs it,” synth-loving indie poppers Chateau Chateau celebrate the release of Grow Up (2022, Kill Rock Stars), the duo’s album debut. They are pulling out all of the stops—confetti cannons, disco balls, props—for this glitter-littered fête. Playboy Manbaby and Annie Jump Cannon add to the revelry. At 191 Toole… Hey Baby, Que Paso? Reminiscent of the Texas Tornados and Linda Ronstadt, the sound of Laura Denisse y Los Brillantes is that of a Mexican band that grafts American country music together with Mexican folklore, utilizing accordion and steel guitar. At Club Congress. With the Win-

THURSDAY, JUNE 16 Down at the Twist and Shout. Fresh faced and still in high school, this singer-songwriter found her voice on the Washington D.C. folk scene, during the late 1970s. A demo tape recorded with guitarist John Jennings found its way to Columbia Records execs and led to a recording contract, in 1987. While some execs were hesitant to add her soft, folky, feminist songs to radio playlists, Mary Chapin Carpenter found acceptance on mainstream country airwaves, during the late 1980s and into the ’90s. On The Dirt and the Stars (2020) the Hometown Girl returns to her folk roots. At Rialto Theater. Leyla McCalla opens… It has been said that listening to these Tucson musicians play is akin to being invited over for a spot of whiskey and a seat at the bar. Purveyors of fine Southwest Americana/roots rock, Barnaby and the Butcher. At Hotel Congress (plaza)…

Say What! With lyrics that explore redemption and relapse, and “twerking at the altar of one’s mind,” this emerging alternative R&B artist, coming at you straight out of LA’s Chinatown, has been compared to Al Green and Andre 3000, with a smattering of Grand Master Flash.

Tolliver is the son of a preacher, but his music is far from pious. His songs are as irreverent as they are confessional. At Club Congress… Where shafts of light fade into shadow. Late Night sees the Jakub Rojek Trio—a crossover artist whose repertoire pits free-form jazz improvisation against structured composition—lead the way into the dead of night. At The Century Room… The latest installment of Piano Bar takes place at Owls Club. Esteemed pianist Elliot

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ston McGuinn Band… The Queen of El Tambó, DJ Humblelianess—presiding over Tucson’s legendary Latinx dance party sin fronteras—holds court. At Hotel Congress (plaza)… Setting the tone for Father’s Day weekend, the Arthur Vint Quintet perform Horace Silver’s classic album Song for My Father (1965).

At the Century Room… Method To The Madness, Freddy Jay, Just Najima top the bill at Juneteenth Freedom Day: A Community Celebration. All are welcome. At Vista Del Pueblo Park… Beezy hosts Bar w/Friends. ADN Crae, Amazen, Kyrim, Jay Bailey and DuB set the musical vibe. Enzyme provides the sounds. At Thunder Canyon Brewery…

SATURDAY, JUNE 18 Giving voice to frustration and tensions on both a personal and political level, Ani Di Franco reflects on her latest album, Revolutionary Love (2021).

“As I started to come out of years of dealing with marriage problems, I saw my entire country in the same situation; the complete breakdown of communication and loss of empathy and connection. But after what seems like unforgivable damage, then where do you go? You can’t kick each other off the planet, you can’t change the past, so what then?” At Fox Tucson Theatre. Rainbow Girls—“A gang of sweet angels punching you in the heart”—kick things off… In 2009, after proclaiming My Shit Is Perfect (Voodoo Rhythm Records), this racy rocketman summoned women from the audience to “stir his whiskey with their tits,” according to NME. Brace yourselves for a mind-blowing set of finger-picked, steel-string blues and heavy rock played by a wildman in a human-cannonball jumpsuit and full-face racing helmet rigged with a telephone receiver as a mic. Yes, it’s Tucson’s own Bob Log III. At 191 Toole. Flanked by Shooda Shook It and Borts Minorts… Rock ’n’ roll with swagger. Led by dynamic frontman/guitarist Josh Kennedy, Tempe’s The Black Moods “Say It For the Last Time.” At The Rock… Since 1983, this sludge metal/hardcore band has been bludgeoning eardrums. Putting Zajonc’s Familiarity Principle of Attraction to the test. The Melvins return. At Club Congress. With Helms Alee and Harsh Mellow… Spinning everything from the classics to the

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XOXO CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23 newest Latin hip-hop, trap and perreo, the hottest reggaeton dance party in the land Gasolina burns white hot. At Rialto Theater… The pianist and trombonist led Denali Kaufman Quartet make their debut. At The Century Room… Cuing up today’s hottest jams, turntablists Bex & Halsero drop napalm bombs on the dance floor. At Hotel Congress (plaza)…

SUNDAY, JUNE 19 Serving as a love letter to the desert borderlands that nourished them for over 20 years, “El Mirador (2022) is dedicated to family, friends and community,” says Joey Burns. “The pandemic highlighted all the ways we need each other, and music happens to be my way of building bridges and encouraging inclusiveness and positivity.” Calexico. At Rialto Theater. Molly Parden opens… Los Angeles blues rocker Dennis Jones fans the flames with his sultry guitar solos and soulful vocals. Congress Cookout. At Hotel Congress (plaza)…

MONDAY, JUNE 20 Virginia Beach emo/dream poppers Turnover bring Altogether (2019), the band’s fourth studio album. At Club Congress. Backed by Healing Potpourri and Temple of Angels…

TUESDAY, JUNE 21 Spinning funk, soul, hip hop, Latin, and anything else that fits the mood, old school vinyl turntablist DJ Buttafly soundtracks Taco Tuesday. At Hotel Congress (plaza)…

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 Led by Allman Brothers and Grateful Dead alumnus, Grammy Award-winning artist and guitar legend Warren Haynes, Gov’t Mule has become synonymous with the jam band scene over the course of their 12-album history. They present their latest, Heavy Load Blues (2021), a “soul bearing journey of the blues.” At Fox Tucson Theatre…

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SWEET AND SOUR

Two new products from Canna Confections deliver a smooth high

By Tucson Weekly Test Department

THE GANG AT CANNA CONFECTIONS stays busy! Canna Confections falls under the umbrella of Halo Infusions, which is also the parent of such brands as Pure & Simple (infused juices), Cannabliss (medicated snacks) Aunt Ellie’s (those amazing brownies and related baked goods) and Chronic Health (a collection of tinctures and topicals). If you’ve tried any of those products, you know that they know a thing or two about cannabis-enhanced edibles.

The latest product from Canna Confections is a 100mg white chocolate bar.

It’s scored into 10 10mg pieces to make for easy dosing. Keeping the total dose to 100mg means that the candy is available to both recreational users and medical card holders.

There’s a slight cannabis undertone in the white chocolate flavor. If you think weed pairs well with chocolate—the Test Department certainly thinks so—you’ll like the taste.

As far as effects go, 10mg will definitely be an uplifting experience for most cannabis veterans. (If you’re new to edibles, follow the sage advice of “start low, go slow.” You can always eat a little more if you’re not getting the results you want.)

The candy bar produces a solid buzz that will carry you for a few hours.

At a suggested retail price of $19, that comes out to less than two bucks for 10mg, which is a solid deal for a quality confection.

Also new from Halo Infusions’ Cannabliss brand is a pack of sour gummies. As with the chocolate bar, the sour gummies come in a 100mg package that includes 10 gummies, each dosed with 10mg of THC. When they say “pucker up,” they’re not kidding. These give a burst of sour flavor when they hit your tongue. If that’s your thing, you won’t be disappointed. They have a mix of fruit flavors, although the sour punch will be the dominate taste.

Like the chocolate bar, these gummies def will deliver an uplifting experience that will

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confident in myself, and if a guy wants to mess around with me during group sex, I figure it doesn’t hurt me any to make him feel good. I would rate these experiences on the positive side of neutral. I worry that using terms like “heteroflexible” or “mostly straight” contributes to bisexual erasure but calling myself bisexual seems appropriative because I can walk through life with all this heterosexual privilege. I would like to identify as bi because I think it helps normalize it but somehow don’t feel like I make the cut. If you could help me out, I would really appreciate it.

—Just Oppressed Enough

By Dan Savage, mail@savagelove.net

I’m a 29-year-old bisexual woman in a non-monogamous relationship. A few years ago, I wanted to explore my submissive side and met up a with a Dom I connected with on a kink site. We had a few drinks and hit it off. We discussed what we were comfortable with and our limits beforehand. I set a few hard limits.

In the middle of our first play session, he tried to renegotiate those limits. I said no a few times, but he kept asking and I eventually gave in. I should have ended it there, but it was my first time in a D/s situation, and I think he took advantage of that. The experience left me feeling terrible, but I didn’t communicate that to him at the time and just ended up ghosting him. I have since found a terrific and loving Dominant partner who has thankfully helped me explore my kinks in a way that makes me feel safe and cared for, and I know now that a good Dom ALWAYS respects limits, especially in the middle of play. Recently, I have seen this bad Dom on a few different dating apps and I’ve been thinking about sending him a message letting him know that what he did was wrong. I also worry that more women are going to have their boundaries violated by this guy. Will anything good come from this or should I just let it go?

—Bitterly Debating Sending Message You were an inexperienced sub when you played with this guy, BDSM, but you don’t say whether he was similarly inexperienced. But even if we give him the benefit of the doubt—even if he didn’t know that attempting to renegotiate limits during a scene is never okay—you have every right to be angry.

“When it comes to D/s dating, the question is almost never about a person’s intentions but rather about the effect,” said Lina Dune, host of the Ask a Sub podcast. “Even if this guy didn’t mean to put BDSM in this awful situation—which, let’s be real, challenging someone’s limits is as fundamentally red-flaggy as it gets—he still did that and BDSM’s feelings matter.”

Since you wound up having to ghost this guy, BDSM, I assume that means he continued to contact you expecting to play again. Which means he either didn’t realize he’d done something

wrong, BDSM, or he hoped that you, an inexperienced sub, would continue to submit to his manipulative bullshit, i.e., the consent violations he tried to pass off as consent-seeking “renegotiations” once play had started.

“The burden is never on the victim of bad behavior to change the perpetrator,” said Dune. “But if it would make BDSM feel better to dash off a quick message to him about the definition of ‘hard limits’ and explain how destabilizing it can be for a sub for a Dom to switch things up like this mid-scene, or challenge limits in general, I don’t see the harm.”

If this guy is a bad Dom—if he’s a truly shitty person who can’t be trusted— hearing from you isn’t going to magically turn him into a safe and trustworthy Dom. But it might make you feel better, BDSM, and who knows? Maybe he’ll start to worry about his reputation.

After all, you can do more than talk to him… you can talk about him. Now, if he’s the kind of shitty Dom who preys on inexperienced subs, he may not care what people in the kink scene think of him. But if by sharing the details of your lousy first kink experience—here in my column or elsewhere—you inspire other newbie subs to avoid this guy and/or immediately end a scene if some other shitty Dom pulls the same crap, it’ll have been worth the effort.

Lina Dune runs the BDSM meme page @askasub on Instagram, where she gives D/s relationship advice and serves as fairy submother to her 100K followers.

She recently released an online course about dating for subs, which is available at www.askasub.com/subsurvivalguide.

My husband and I were at a kink event that required pronouns under scene names. My husband is a crossdresser and wants “he/him” pronouns used when he is presenting as a boy and “she/her” pronouns to be used when he’s presenting as a girl. He does not want to use “they/them.” I suggested he go with “he/she,” but he doesn’t think “he/she” is an appropriate option because he wants people to use the pronouns assigned to what he is presenting as. He doesn’t want to be insensitive to those whose presentation isn’t obviously binary but

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feels it is obvious when he’s presenting as either masculine or feminine and that it should be easy for people to use the pronouns he would prefer without having to specify them. How do you opt out and ask people to read your current “presenting gender” and apply traditional pronouns in the moment?

—Helping Everyone Seeking Help Everywhere Are we talking nametags here?

Because if we’re talking nametags, HESHE, then your husband can wear a “he/him” nametag when he’s presenting as a man and “she/her” nametag when he’s presenting as a woman. But if this is a kink event run by anal weirdos who require attendees to preregister their scenes and list the names of all players involved in those scenes and itemize the pronouns those players intend to use during their scenes and stick to those pronouns under threat of expulsion… then your husband will just have to pick a team, i.e., pick the gender he will present as that night and the pronouns that go with it.

I am a white American cis-gendered paramilitary-looking heterosexualseeming guy who happens to be in a polyamorous relationship. In the kink community, I am considered a “service top.” I enjoy group sex with my partner and in a group sex setting I will sometimes play with other men. But I am not interested in playing with men outside of those hypersexual situations. How am I supposed to identify? I ask because for those of us who grew up in the 1990s, a person was considered gay if he performed even a single gay act. I am comfortable/

I think you’re perfectly entitled to identify as bisexual, JOE. But just to be sure, I got a second opinion from Zachary Zane, the bisexual sex-advice columnist for Men’s Health.

“I often receive questions from bi folks who don’t feel ‘queer’ enough to claim a bisexual label,” said Zane. “Typically, I hear this from cisgender women married to straight cis men who haven’t experienced the same level of oppression as, say, femme gay men in relationships with nonbinary individuals.”

But your own personal experience with oppression—or your lack thereof—doesn’t invalidate your queerness or disqualify you from identifying as bisexual.

“How sad is it that our understanding of queer identity is inextricably linked and dependent on having experienced oppression,” said Zane. “That is so wildly fucked up. Being queer and/or bisexual is about your attraction to genders,” and not about being or feeling oppressed.

“So I would say yes, JOE can identify as bisexual because he enjoys, in certain situations, playing sexually with men,” said Zane. “At the same time, I think JOE can and should also acknowledge his privilege from how he presents—which he’s already doing, and should continue doing—and hopefully, he will use that privilege to support other bisexuals who don’t experience the same heteropresenting privileges he does.”

Zachary Zane is the co-author of Men’s Health Best. Sex. Ever. Follow him on Twitter @ZacharyZane. questions@savagelove.net Listen to Dan on the Savage Lovecast.

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What?! Is she serious? Her number one aspiration is to keep transforming and transforming and transforming? I guess I believe her. It’s not an entirely unexpected manifesto coming from an Aries person. But I must say: Her extra bold approach to life requires maximum resilience and resourcefulness. If you think that such an attitude might be fun to try, the coming weeks will be one of the best times ever to experiment.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus poet May Sarton relished “the sacramentalization of the ordinary.” What a wonderfully Taurean attitude! There is no sign of the zodiac better able than you Bulls to find holiness in mundane events and to evoke divine joy from simple pleasures. I predict this specialty of yours will bloom in its full magnificence during the coming weeks. You will be even more skillful than usual in expressing it, and the people you encounter will derive exceptional benefits from your superpower.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): In August 2021, a Canadian man named Jerry Knott bought a ticket for a lottery. He stuffed it in his wallet and lost track of it. Two months later, he found it again and checked to see its status. Surprise! It was a winner. His prize was $20 million.

I propose we make him your role model for now, my fellow Crabs. Let’s all be alert for assets we may have forgotten and neglected. Let’s be on the lookout for potentially valuable resources that are ripe for our attention. More info on Knott: tinyurl. com/RememberToCheck LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Hundreds of years ago, people in parts of Old Europe felt anxiety about the Summer Solstice. The sun reached its highest point in the sky at that time, and from then on would descend, bringing shorter and shorter days with less and less light. Apprehensive souls staged an antidote: the festival of Midsummer. They burned great bonfires all through the night. They stayed awake till morning, partying and dancing and having sex. Author Jeanette Winterson expresses appreciation for this holiday.

“Call it a wild perversity or a wild optimism,” she writes, “but our ancestors were right to celebrate what they feared.”

Winterson fantasizes about creating a comparable ceremony for her fears: “a ritual burning of what is coward in me, what is lost in me. Let the light in before it is too late.” I invite you to do something like this yourself, Leo. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo author Elizabeth McCracken says, “I don’t dream of someone who understands me immediately, who seems to have known me my entire life.” What’s more meaningful to her is an ally who is curious, who has “a willingness for research.” She continues, “I want someone keen to learn my own

strange organization, amazed at what’s revealed; someone who asks, ‘and then what, and then what?’” I hope you will enjoy at least one connection like that in the coming months, Virgo. I expect and predict it. Make it your specialty!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran author Stig Dagerman said that when he was sad as a child, his mother kissed him until his mood lightened. When he was older and sad, his mama said, “Sit down at your desk and write a letter to yourself.

A long and beautiful letter.” This would be a good task for you right now, Libra.

Whatever mood you are in, I invite you to write a long and beautiful letter to yourself. I further recommend that you carry out the same ritual once every six weeks for the next nine months. This will be a phase of your life when it’s extra crucial that you express soulful tenderness toward your deep self on a regular basis.

You may be amazed at how inspirational and transformative these communications will be.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Sometimes, the arrival of a peculiar event in your life is a good sign. It may mean that Fate has sent an intervention to disrupt a boring phase of inertia or a habit-bound grind.

An unexpected twist in the plot may signal a divine refreshment. It could be a favorable omen announcing a helpful prod that’s different from what you imagined you needed. I suspect that an experience or two fitting this description will soon materialize in your life story. Be alert for them. Promise yourself you’ll be receptive to their unexpected directives.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarius author Edna O’Brien long ago shed the strict Catholic faith in which she was raised. But she still harbors spiritual feelings colored by her tradition. She says, “Ideally, I’d like to spend two evenings a week talking to [novelist] Marcel Proust and another conversing with the Holy Ghost.” I suspect a similar balance of influences will be healthy for you in the days ahead, Sagittarius. My advice is to connect with an inspiration you drew sustenance from while growing up.

Spend time equal time consorting with deep-feeling smart people who will stimulate you to rearrange the contents of your rational mind.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’ve composed a message for you to deliver to your best allies. It will help you be clear about the nature of your energy exchanges. Say something like this: “I promise to act primarily out of love in my dealings with you, and I ask you to do the same with me. Please don’t help me or give me things unless they are offered with deep affection. Let’s phase out favors that are bestowed out of obligation or with the expectation of a favor in return. Let’s purge manipulativeness from our dynamic.

Let’s agree to provide each other with unconditional support.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Author Lauren Collins tells us, “Bilinguals overwhelmingly report that they feel like different people in different languages. It is often assumed that the mother tongue is the language of the true self. But if first languages are reservoirs of emotion, second languages can be rivers undammed, freeing their speakers to ride different currents.” I bring these thoughts to your attention, Aquarius, because the next 12 months will be an excellent time for you to begin becoming bilingual or else to deepen your fluency in a second language. And if you’re not ready to do that, I encourage you to enhance your language skills in other ways. Build your vocabulary, for instance. Practice speaking more precisely. Say what you mean and mean what you say 95 percent of the time. Life will bring you good fortune if you boost your respect for the way you use language.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean-born Robert Evans has been an amateur astronomer since he was 18. Though he has never been paid for his work and has mostly used modest telescopes, he holds the world record for discovering supernovas—42. These days, at age 85, he’s still scanning the skies with a 12-inch telescope on his back porch. Let’s make him your role model for the coming months.

I have faith you can achieve meaningful success even if you are a layperson without massive funding. PS: Keep in mind that “amateur” comes from the Latin word for “lover.” Here’s the dictionary’s main definition: “a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons.”

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