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The Scraping of the Santa Ritas

Hudbay moves forward with Rosemont Mine

By David Abbott

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Local high-school organizers march for their lives against gun violence

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Tucson Improv Movement is back!

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Cook up shrimp and grits, the Travis Peters way

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The Fixx is in!

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EDITOR’S NOTE

ASSAULT ON THE SANTA RITAS Augusta Resource Co., the latest Canadian corporation to come down to Southern Arizona to with plans to devastate the Santa Rita Mountains, has finally found a way to move forward with plans to pull copper out of the ground. While they’ve been stymied by court decisions that have kept them from the original plan of digging an open pit mine on the eastern flank of the Santa Ritas, they can move forward with their new plans to dig Copper World on the west side, in full view of the residents of Green Valley and Sahuarita. And while their plans are on hold on the east side, Augusta may well eventually find a way to dig their open-pit mine on that side, too. Despite the efforts of groups like Save the Scenic Santa Ritas, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Tohono O’odham tribe, it looks as though the bad guys are going to forever scar our local mountain. Contributor David Abbott has the unhappy details starting on Page 8.

Meanwhile, staff reporter Katya Mendoza talks with organizers for this weekend’s March for Our Lives. The movement to prevent gun violence has a new urgency after the slaughter of 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas, last month, but Republican politicians seem to want to talk about anything—door control,

trap doors in schools, you name it—except for backgrounds checks and limits on anyone purchasing weapons of war. It’s astounding that more than eight years after Sandy Hook, mass shootings are still happening in our schools.

Elsewhere in the book this week: Mendoza also looks at how supporters of the Community Food Bank have a special show of sculptures for the new few months at Park Place; staff reporters Alexandra Pere and Nicole Feltman talk with Parish and Delta chef Gary Peters as part of the latest episode of their Prickly Pair podcast, focused on local chefs; Laughing Stock columnist Linda Ray shares the latest at Tucson Improv Movement; music contributor Christina Fuoco-Karasinski talks to The Fixx ahead of the band’s upcoming show at Rialto Theatre; and there’s plenty more in the book this week, including calendars about where to have fun this week, cannabis news, plenty of local cartoons and all our usual features.

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CHILDREN’S CRUSADE

Tucson teens organize March For Our Lives protest this weekend in response to nationwide gun violence

By Katya Mendoza Tucson Local Media

“I got started after I made this really long tweet,” Williams said. Both J.J. and his parents decided to create the Tucson rally after noticing the city’s listing missing after the announcement was made by the national organization.

COURTESY PHOTO Ellie Dorland, a rising Ani ver Burg, Ellie Dorland and J.J. Williams downtown on Fourth Avenue, Friday, June 4.

The three junior at City High School, City High School students walked around hanging posters for the upcoming March For Our Lives rally heard about March For on Saturday, June 11.

Our Lives from J.J. and his father. She is working on creating a “changemaker” Catalina Foothills High School, is the na in the way that it talks about gun vioclub at their school, to teach students state director for March For Our Lives lence, in the way that it considers factors step by step, how to enact change. and a movement organizer. She started like race, gender, sexuality in the context “I think a lot of people have a lot of real- as communications director in 2020 and of gun violence and who’s most at risk,” ly strong opinions and really think that was drawn to the movement’s intersec- Sunder said, “And it is very youth led.” there needs to be change in the world but tional approach toward gun reform.

“It is very different than a lot of gun vidon’t know how to do that,” Dorland said.

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J.J. WILLIAMS BELIEVES GUN violence has gotten out of hand. The 15-year-old City High School student took to Twitter on the day of the Uvalde school shooting. A 14-tweet thread that received more 14,000 impressions targeted the lunacy of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s solution to school shootings by arming teachers. “This means that if there is a kid with mental health problems that’s having a horrible day, they can walk up to the teachers desk and grab the fucking gun,” Williams said, “I should not have to go to school, wondering w[h]ether or not I’ll make it home that afternoon.”

Williams is one of several other local teens who are organizing this weekend’s second-ever March For Our Lives protest this Saturday, June 11, at 5 p.m. His father, Justin Williams, helped organize the 2018 march here in Tucson.

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TOWERS OF NEED

‘Canstruction’ sculptures turn spotlight on importance of aiding hungry Tucsonans

By Katya Mendoza Tucson Local Media

The We-Think-We-Cans team built a 9-foot-tall saguaro cactus, using cans of tuna fish, hominy and instant mashed potatoes as well as assorted tea bags for saguaro blooms.

“It took us maybe a week or so to come up with the concept,” said team captain Shawn Curtis, a senior project manager and architect at a.23 Studios.

Kathleen Hackathorn, who works in the engineering CIP department at TEP, said, “We are going to energize your ride.” Using roughly 2,000 cans, Tucson Electric Power built a replica of an electric vehicle charging station in the southwest.

Canstruction is a friendly building competition for local and corporate sponsors, allowing all proceeds to benefit the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. The event brings awareness to the issue of food insecurity during the summer months when Tucsonans have an increased need for food assistance.

Community Food Bank event coordinator Suling Lam said there is an increased demand for food during the summer months when kids are out of school.

In the last year, there was a 31% increase of meals served from school pantries in Southern Arizona, providing 551,970 meals to students. One in four kids in Arizona are at risk for hunger.

In a state that has the 14th highest rate of childhood hunger in the country,

IF YOU SEE A GILA MONSTER AND a rattlesnake inside of the Park Place Mall over the couple of weeks, don’t run away.

It’s just the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona’s summer fundraiser, Canstruction Tucson: Build for Hunger.

Four teams made up of local architects, engineers, builders and many volunteers assembled thousands of canned foods into Southwestern-themed sculptures.

The art installation will be on display through Saturday, June 18, allowing the public time to select their favorite “cansculpture” and vote online for a $1 donation. The team and sculpture who earns the most votes will receive the “People’s Choice Award.”

“Build day is always so much fun, getting together with your colleagues and working towards the same goal and helping the community,” said Laura Vertes, a CANSTRUCTION member of the AZ Wildcans. Her team, CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 which was a collaboration between Swaim Associates and DPR Construction, stacked about 4,500 cans together into an 8-foot A-Mountain backdrop and a largerthan-life Gila monster.

Shannon Shields, a project engineer for Lloyd Construction, pieced together approximately 1,800 cans into a “modified PHOTO BY KATYA MENDOZA Arizona Wildcat, A volunteer helps build a “canstructure” at the Community Food western diamondBank of Southern Arizona’s “Build Day,” at the Park Place Mall back rattlesnake” on Saturday, June 4. The summer fundraiser, Canstruction, is a named Daniela with friendly building competition among local architects, engineers her team, the Suste- and builders to raise awareness for food insecurity during the nance Strike Force. summer months.

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March For Our Lives’ focus on inclusivity as a youth-led organization is a culmination of diverse experiences, Sunder said. One of its attributes for its success is the way it utilizes social media as a platform for organizing young people.

As a way to reach “followers,” Williams has sent direct messages via Instagram from the March For Our Lives Tucson account.

“If it were during the school [year], word of mouth would have been a great thing,” Williams said.

Dorland created a poster and send it to everyone she knew.

“I think just talking to people personally and being like, ‘Hey, this is something I’m doing and I think it’s great’ has been the best way to get people to actually see it,” Dorland said.

Sunder, who started a March For Our Lives club at her high school, said she believes that students are tired of being talked over, ignored or being thought of as naive.

“I think that once we create this space where everyone has a place to shine and everyone has a space to talk, that is what makes people a lot more comfortable,” Sunder said. “I think that once you show people that they will have support, that we’re all a team and that there are so many different, amazing youth activists in Tucson alone, they suddenly get that confidence.”

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March For Our Lives is a nonpartisan organization but the students recognize the weight of specific keynote speakers.

Saturday, June 4, both J.J. and his dad, Justin, went to Sen. Mark Kelly’s Mission for Arizona campaign office opening in Tucson, hoping to speak with Kelly and former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.

The students recognize the influence the two would have for the rally as survivors of gun violence and well-known figures of advocacy for gun violence prevention.

The students are in conversation with different community partners such as the people who planned the recent school walk-out in support of Roe v. Wade, the Women’s March and other local gun violence activists.

“We are the executive team but it’s not just us,” Sunder said.

The student organizers have been meeting almost everyday and at times twice a day, in preparation for this upcoming weekend, from making posters and hanging them up on Fourth Avenue, to community outreach on social media.

“Gun violence is an epidemic, there’s no denying it at this point,” Williams said, “Thoughts and prayers aren’t enough.”

The March For Our Lives rally is 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at the Jan. 8 Memorial & El Presidio Plaza, 165 W. Alameda St.

PHOTO BY KATYA MENDOZA

The ‘A’ Mountain Sunset “cansculpture” at the Park Place Mall. Built by the AZ Wildcans team, the structure is made up of approximately 4,500 cans of food and 40 bags of rice.

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20% of children in the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona’s service area are food insecure, meaning that at some point during the year, a household will report difficulty accessing adequate nutritious food for all family members due to a lack of resources.

A food insecure household may find themselves having to make the decision of paying bills or having breakfast, said Rebecca Bommersbach, the Community Food Bank’s youth and family programs coordinator, during a presentation on May 26.

“Or not being able to afford to drive to a grocery store to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables,” Bommersbach said, “or a single mom sacrificing her meals so that her children can eat instead.”

Food insecurity and hunger are economic issues.

“Common causes are low wages, underemployment or unemployment, lack of affordable housing, lack of access to healthcare and systemic and racial discrimination,” Bommersbach said.

“Households of color are disproportionately affected.”

In the wake of COVID-19, the Community Food Bank has only seen those numbers increase. The outbreak has exacerbated existing disparities in poverty, hunger and health outcomes, according to Bommersbach.

Even before the pandemic, summer

time has always been a difficult time for families struggling with food insecurity.

“Children whose families do qualify for free and reduced lunch under the federal school nutrition program are able to receive free meals at school during the school year but when summer hits without those free meals to rely on, suddenly parents are faced with the extra cost of meals for their children on weekdays over the summer,” Bommersbauch said.

While some school districts throughout the country do provide summer meals during summer school programs, these don’t last the entire summer. Parents can also run into other problems preventing their kids getting a summer meal, such as issues with scheduling, transportation or child care.

Grant-funded programs such as the Summer Breakfast Program by the Nourishing Neighbors, sponsored by the Albertson’s and Safeway Foundation, are made possible by donations from shoppers at those stores. The foundation helps provide breakfast snacks and weekend breakfast packs for families during the 10 weeks out of the summer, providing relief for families experiencing food insecurity.

Fundraising events such as Canstruction seek to call attention to the issue of food insecurity and childhood hunger.

The Community Food Bank is always accepting donations and offers various opportunities for volunteering, contributing towards their vision of a “healthy, hunger-free community.”

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THE SCRAPING OF THE SANTA RITAS Hudbay wins latest court battle over the Rosemont Mine as heavy equipment continues to roll in the Santa Rita Mountains

By David Abbott tucsoneditor@tucsonlocalmedia.com

THE SAME JUDGE WHO PUT the skids on the Rosemont Mine project in 2019 has dismissed a pair of lawsuits attempting to halt mining activities in the Santa Rita Mountains filed by several environmental groups and three southern Arizona tribes.

On May 23, U.S. District Court Judge James A. Soto denied the groups’ request for a temporary restraining order to stop work at the Copper World site on the western slopes of the Santa Ritas and its lawsuit alleging Rosemont was violating portions of the Clean Water Act (CWA).

The judge ruled the lawsuit “moot” after the mining company voluntarily vacated a Section 404 permit granted under the CWA by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in March 2019. The permit would have allowed Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals Inc to “discharge dredged or fill materials into potential waters of the United States” on 3,653 acres of the Coronado National Forest.

Soto argued that, in the wake of the Rosemont mine voluntarily vacating its permit, his court lacked jurisdiction, since the absence of a valid permit precluded legal relief for the plaintiffs, who included the Tohono O’odham Nation, Pascua Yaqui and Hopi tribes in addition to Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity, Western Mining Action, Save the Scenic Santa Ritas and the Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon chapter.

“Because Rosemont has surrendered the Permit, avowed that it will not use it, and does not request that it be reissued, there is no longer a live case or controversy surrounding the propriety of the Corps decision, and the relief Plaintiffs request is no longer available,” Soto wrote. “Accordingly, these cases are moot and must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.”

The latest court decision in the 15-year battle to stop the Rosemont Mine project gives Hudbay free rein to continue work

on its property and may open the door for a future that joins two projects over the north ridge of the Santa Ritas.

“This is a disappointing ruling that allows Rosemont to evade the regulatory process and bedrock environmental laws,” said Stuart Gillespie, senior attorney for Earthjustice. “We all pay the price as Rosemont bulldozes tribal cultural properties and pollutes headwater streams in the Santa Rita Mountains.”

Copper World is a project proposed on the west side of the mountains that would be developed on land owned by Hudbay, part of the Helvetia Mining District, and would eventually consist of two large pits and three “tailings” piles, creating 64 million tons of waste.

Waste rock is material with no commercial value, while tailings are the materials left over from the extraction process that may contain traces of valuable minerals not worth processing.

Hudbay has quietly acquired 4,500 acres of land in the area and says it contains sufficient copper to support a 15year mine life.

ON MAY 12, A THREE-JUDGE panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling Soto handed down in July 2019 that overturned a June 2017 approval of the project by the U.S. Forest Service.

The ruling is based on Hudbay subsidiary Rosemont Mining Company’s intent to dump nearly 2 billion tons of mining waste on National Forest land.

In his earlier decision, Soto determined the U.S. Forest Service erred in its approval, citing the “arbitrary and capricious actions of the Forest Service.”

Hudbay appealed the ruling, but the panel voted 2-1 to uphold Soto’s decision.

While the courts do not dispute Hudbay’s right to mine on federal property where it holds valid mining claims under

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Arizona’s Mining Law of 1872, what Hudbay will do with the mining waste was at the heart of the lawsuit.

Hudbay submitted its preliminary mining plan of operations in 2007 for the proposed open-pit mining operation on land it has “undisputed mining claims” on, located partly in Coronado National Forest.

The resulting pit would be 3,000 feet deep and 6,500 feet wide, covering more than 950 acres, and producing more than 5 billion pounds of copper over the course of two decades or so.

The pit would puncture the aquifer below, requiring continuous water pumping throughout the life of the mine. Once mining operations ceased, the pit would fill with mineral-heavy, toxic water over the course of several decades.

The operation would produce an estimated 1.25 billion tons of waste rock and 660 million tons of tailings on 2,447 acres of National Forest land, creating a 700-foot-deep pile of waste that would “occupy the land in perpetuity.”

Rosemont has a legal right to dig the proposed pit, but because there are no “valuable minerals” on the federal property it proposes to use as a waste dump, the courts have halted the project, barring an alternative plan.

Hudbay had argued that the “proposed occupation” of the land would not be permanent, as eventually the Rosemont waste rock would be “earth mingled with earth.”

Judge William A. Judge Fletcher disagreed.

“The argument that the proposed occupation would not be permanent does vio-

lence to the English language,” he wrote, as “under any ordinary definition, the layer of waste rock will ‘occupy’ the land on which it sits, and will do so permanently.”

“No person or structure will ever again touch the surface of that land,” Fletcher wrote. “Rosemont’s 1.9 billion tons of waste rock will occupy that land forever, obstructing countless alternative uses.”

The Forest Service argued that, under mining law, it is not required to “assess the validity of Rosemont’s mining claims before approving Rosemont’s mining plan,” but the appellate court determined that the company’s claim to the property is not covered by Arizona’s Mining Law of 1872.

Fletcher further ruled that the Forest Service misinterpreted Section 612 of the Surface Resources and Multiple Use Act of 1955, effectively amending both the act and the mining law to give the mining company what it wanted.

“The Mining Law allows mining companies to occupy federal land on which valuable minerals have been found, as well as non-mineral federal land for mill sites, essentially free of charge,” he wrote.

“But amendment of the Mining Law is a task for Congress, not for the Service, and certainly not for us.”

Judge Danielle J. Forrest wrote in a dissenting opinion that she believed it was within the purview of the Forest Service to interpret mining law at its discretion to “fill in the gaps” of the law.

“The regulations that the USFS has adopted to fill in the gaps left by the Min-

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sidelines.”

ing Law make two things clear: (1) the lawfulness of waste-rock disposal does not depend on whether the mine operator has valid mining claims to the disposal area, and (2) it was not arbitrary and capricious for the USFS to apply [the law] to Rosemont’s proposed deposit of waste rock because on their express terms they apply to this activity as a matter of law.”

Forrest further argued that national forests were created to maximize economic activity and not to preserve public lands.

“Congress’s motivation in creating national forests was economic, not to promote ‘aesthetic, environmental, recreational, or wildlife-preservation purposes,’” she concluded.

Rosemont Mine would produce an estimated 1.25 billion tons of waste rock and 660 million tons of tailings on 2,447 acres of National Forest land, creating a 700-foot-deep pile of waste that would occupy the land in perpetuity.

In the wake of the court decision, both Hudbay and the National Mining Association (NMA) were quick to respond.

“We continue to believe that the Dis-

ONCE THE APPELLATE COURT’S decision was released, Hudbay doubled down on its intention to mine in the area, issuing a press release announcing it would continue to pursue development of Copper World.

In March, Hudbay informed Pima County that it would begin work on the property beginning on April 12.

Since then, the company has begun to aggressively work the property, creating roads and infrastructure that has already blocked washes and ephemeral streams in the area.

It is also preparing a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its investors to “demonstrate positive economics for this low-cost, long-life copper project,” a two-phase plan with the eventual goal to join the projects together.

“The first phase is expected to require only state and local permits,” Hudbay states. “The second phase … is expected to extend the mine life and incorporate an expansion onto federal lands to mine ROSEMONT MINE

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trict Court’s decision was fundamentally flawed, conflicts with more than a century of U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the Mining Law, and destabilizes the careful balance required between the vital need for responsible domestic mineral development and the preservation of certain federal lands,” wrote NMA President and CEO Rich Nolan. “More than 12 years and

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the entire Rosemont and Copper World deposits.”

In the wake of Soto’s May 24 decision, Hudbay has upped the ante, believing the decision opens the way for both projects to move forward.

“The District Court ruled in favor of Hudbay on all issues, including that Copper World and Rosemont are not connected actions under the National Environmental Policy Act and, therefore, that the Army Corps of Engineers does not have an obligation to include Copper World as part of its NEPA review of Rosemont,” the company wrote in a statement. “Hudbay expects the PEA to demonstrate robust economics for this low-cost, long-life copper project, delivering the copper needed for domestic supply chains while offering many benefits to the community and local economy in Arizona.”

While the courts see the properties as two separate projects, Hudbay intends to “incorporate a two-phase mine plan with the first phase reflecting a standalone operation utilizing Hudbay’s private land for processing infrastructure and mining portions of the deposits located on patented mining claims.”

On April 4, the Center for Biological Diversity, along with Western Mining Action, Save the Santa Ritas, and the Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon chapter, filed a notice of intent to sue over alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. Hudbay could still seek to overturn the appellate court decision, but according to

Earthjustice Senior Associate Attorney Caitlin Miller, the Ninth Circuit ruling still gives hope to the effort to stop the mines.

“That ruling is now going to require that mining companies, rather than externalizing their pollution and the cost of that pollution, they are going to have to figure out how to take care of it themselves,” she said. “It can be hard sometimes, especially when these cases go on for years. Sometimes, you take two steps forward, and then one step back, and that’s just the nature of it.”

Gayle Hartmann, president of Save the Scenic Santa Ritas, said the future is anyone’s guess.

“If the appellate court decision would have come out two years ago, I would have been ecstatic,” she said. “I don’t have much to say on the Soto decision except that I’m disappointed.”

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act regulates the discharge of fill material into “waters of the United States,” which can be defined at the discretion of the Environmental Protection Agency or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

In 2020, the Trump Administration halted federal regulation of many ephemeral streams in Arizona. But in August 2021, U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez vacated the Trump-era rule.

What that means for the Copper World project is not clear, but Miller said Earthjustice believes the Copper World project needs to have environmental impact reports.

“We’re not entirely sure what path this

will take at this point,” Miller said. “It depends a lot on how the Forest Service decides to react to this Ninth Circuit ruling, whether or not they’re going to decide if it’s time to comply with the law and make sure that Rosemont complies with the law, or if they’re going to continue to seek additional review.”

IN EARLY MAY, U.S. REP. RAÚL M. Grijalva (D-Tucson) announced legislative attempts to update anachronistic mining law.

During a May 10 press conference Grijalva announced that on April 26 he had introduced the Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act with companion legislation in the Senate by Senator Martin Henrich (D-N.M.).

“We cannot risk damages to our sacred places, our wildernesses and our health,” he said. “We cannot build a 21st Century clean energy economy using a 19th Century law.”

The bill proposes tougher environmental and reclamation standards, requiring mining companies to clean up abandoned mines, lease federal property on which they mine and pay royalties on revenues gained through the exploitation of public lands.

Grijalva also noted that the cost of cleaning up environmental messes falls on the communities that support the mines and that existing law “provides all the privileges and none of the responsibilities to the mining industry.”

“The transition to a clean energy future will inevitably involve mining, there’s no

question, but that doesn’t mean we should risk permanent damage to our sacred places, our wilderness, and our health,” Grijalva wrote in a May 10 press release.

According to a fact sheet released by Grijalva’s office, 50 million gallons of toxic wastewater flows from hardrock mining sites in the U.S. every day and “40% of the headwaters of western watersheds are polluted from abandoned mines.”

The extraction industry has removed more than $300 billion worth of metal from public lands, many of them being international mining interests not based in the U.S., without paying any royalties to the American people.

The fight over the fate of the Santa Ritas also comes at a time when reservoirs throughout the west are falling to historic lows and the Central Arizona Project, which distributes Colorado River water throughout Arizona, is cutting back allotments throughout the state.

Hudbay continues to move forward with its plans, though, despite widespread resistance from residents and politicians alike in southern Arizona, and the legal battles that will shape the landscape of public lands continue to make their way through the courts.

“We think they’re trying to do as much damage as possible so we’ll be disheartened and give up,” Hartmann concluded.

“If this goes through, it will alter the profile of the mountains forever.”

This article originally appeared in the Arizona Mirror, an online nonprofit news agency. Find more reporting at azmirror. com.

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A HEALTHY RETURN

Tucson Improv Movement is bouncing back from the COVID years

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IT’S AS IF A VARIETY SEED pack had been planted in the darkness of TIM Comedy Theatre. Imagine a retrospective time lapse revealing the COVID-long sprouting of it, almost every stem unique. Cut to the summer of 2022, it’s all starting to flourish, and (to strain the analogy to the breaking point), the theater now offers a veritable farmer’s market of comedy, most of it uniquely home-grown.

Tucson Improv Movement struggled with the constraints of COVID lockdown, but followed CDC guidance throughout. The company’s executive producer Justin Lukasewicz and other TIM company leaders decided early not to try live-streaming the theater’s regular programming. Instead, they prioritized maintaining an ensemble feel among players and inviting them to form teams around their own, fresh ideas for improv and other comedy formats.

Cast members played online in the spirit of “hang-time” with improv friends who had fun ideas to try.

The support for new show formats continued after the theater reopened in March 2021, carefully, mindful of CDC guidance. After some breaks for illness and switchbacks in COVID risk, Lukasewicz says, “We kind of got back up to regular strength in late summer, 2021, but we are just now getting up to our former numbers.”

As for programming, “We’re finding a good balance of what (our) people want to do, then making sure that we put good quality into it.” So now, if people come out on a Friday or a Saturday night, they’re going to see a show that feels put together and organized and right.

It’s still all improvised, but we’re going to control the controllables to put on a good show.”

Four of the new formats now have such dependable quality that they’re being rotated into the theater’s regular programming. Besides such popular staples as

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The Soapbox and The Dating Scene, TIM prime time shows now also include The Meeting (a conference-table-bound send up of The Office), LA Law (a faux true-crime-procedural podcast) and Your Favorite Movie, Improvised, based on suggestions of genres and plot points from the audience. On deck is a new LGBTQA+ team that debuted on June 4 to kick off Pride month with A Big Wet Throbbing Queer Comedy Show.

TIM already had experienced the benefits of cast-member-led innovations with Carcajadas, the company’s unique, all Spanish-language improv show, and the more recently developed Boast Battle, a standup show that puts a positive spin on a traditional Roast Battle.

Lukasewicz says TIM’s Thursday slots will continue to feature more experimental programming, including alternating weeks of standup open mics and tryouts for new improv ensemble concepts.

Meanwhile, he says, each of TIM’s rotating improv shows is different enough to have started attracting a unique following.

Lukasewicz notes that, ironically, “The standup show at 9 o’clock on Friday is one of our best-selling shows.” That may be partly because TIM also grows its own standup comics. The company’s comedy school curriculum includes two levels of standup taught by Tucson comedians and hosts Rich Gary, Rory Monserrat and Mo Urban. Standup 101 is now enrolling students for a 6-week course from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays, July 30, through Sept. 3. Registration is via tucsonimprov.com/school.

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Cast members of TIM’s improv show “The Dating Scene” create good times from audience members’ bad dates.

date night: dinner and a show featuring Pauly Casillas at Laff’s Comedy Caffe, Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11. Visit laffstucson.com for reservations.

Casillas has been Tucson’s top hometown comic for a decade. His appearances are rare though, because he’s a family man and he punches a clock. It turns out that’s all comedy gold.

He does occasionally get around. He’s played The Comedy Store in Hollywood and Caroline’s on Times Square. He’s shared stages with Russell Peters, Kyle Kinane and Maria Bamford, among other notables.

That’s not a shabby career for a guy who started his comedy life with a Gary Busey parody account on Twitter.

In an interview with tucsoncomedy. com, Casillas cited his early influences as

Martin Lawrence, ’90s BET ComicView and Apollo comics. Now what pulls audiences are his comedic and relentlessly good-natured insights into life as observed by a middle-aged, South-Tucson cholo. Lately, his wife inspires some jokes, too, but in a way that undermines the tropes feminists abhor.

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You can head back there at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 18, for comedy, mimosas and breakfast burritos at the Bisbee Pride Weekend Comedy Brunch.

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Nature Niños. Tohono Chul is partnering with the Oro Valley Children’s Museum this summer to offer themed programming for kiddos every Saturday.

This week is all about water, so kids can splash around in a fountain and do watercolor painting in the gardens. This activity is perfect for kids 10 and under, and sessions are tailored to the size and age range of the group. Best of all, there are two sessions every Saturday: a morning session in the ramada from 9 to 11 a.m. and an evening session in the garden from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 11. Tohono Chul, 7366 Paseo del Norte. Free.

Night Wings. The Pima Air & Space Museum features nearly 300 aircraft spread

over 80 acres and is home to the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame. If you’ve got a kid who loves aerospace, they won’t want to miss this one. An evening full of aviation talks, tram tours and seeing airplane silhouettes at sunset, plus plenty of activities for kids. 5 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 11. Pima Air & Space Museum, 6000 E. Valencia Road. Free for kids 11 and under, $10 for those 12 and up. Tram tours are $8 and first come first serve.

Art After Dark. With Tucson Symphony Orchestra. Did you know the Children’s Museum hosts local art groups every second Saturday for evenings full of art and play-based learning? This week, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Musicians As-

sociation is doing a presentation about the wonder of brass instruments. They’re also having a brass instrument petting zoo so kids can get up close and personal with trumpets, French horns, trombones, tubas and euphoniums. How cute is that?

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 11. Children’s Museum Tucson, 200 S. Sixth Ave. Free.

The Nina Variations. In Chekhov’s famous play “The Seagull,” the show ends on a scene between two lovers: Treplev, who is in love with Nina, and Nina, who is in love with someone else. In this show by Steven Dietz, Nina and Treplev live out 43 different possible conclusions of this story, the good, the bad and the ugly. It’s a lovely exploration of all the idealism, passion and possibility of young love. Get ready to go to the theater and FEEL. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 3 p.m. on Sundays, with a special final Saturday matinee at 3 p.m. June 9 to July 9.

Live Theatre Workshop, 3322 E. Fort Lowell Road. $23 general, $21 military/senior/ student, $15 Thursdays and previews.

Mezcal Sundays at the Century Room.

If you haven’t been to the new jazz club at Hotel Congress, you’re missing out on quite the treat! This new, exclusive tasting series is led by local agave spirits master Doug Smith, who will guide you though a tasting of a variety of agave spirits and small bites. This week’s focus is Bacanora. I know next-to-nothing about Bacanora because I have not yet attended this informative tasting, but I have been told it’s made specifically from Agave Pacifica, with a less smoky flavor than many mezcals. Doors open at 6 p.m. and event begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 12. The Century Room, 311 E. Congress. $35 per person. VIP booking for dinner at the Cup Café prior to the event is available for an extra $5.

A Black Futures Evening: AIR Artists in Conversations. The Southern Arizona Gender Euphoria House artists are spending a summer residency at Tucson MOCA. At this event, learn about how Black trans and gender nonconforming artists are leading the way to a liberated future. You’ll hear from artists Tyrell Blacquemoss, Kobe Aaron Guilford, Grey Miller and zen mills, along with moderator Zami Tinashe Hemingway. Music and food from the Curry Pot will follow

the panel. 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 11.

Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art, 265 S. Church Ave. Free. Masks required.

Tucson Pops Orchestra Music Under the Stars. This is the final summer concert in the park from the Tucson Pops Orchestra, and the final show for music director and conductor László Veres.

They are going all out, with everything from “The Lord of the Rings” and “West Side Story” symphonic suites to tunes from “La Traviata” and “How to Train Your Dragon” to Tchaikovsky’s iconic “1812 Overture.” They are also presenting “Rainstorm” from The Journey, by guest composer Peter Fine. Fine taught himself to score for orchestra as a teen and has been composing ever since. (He also played in a Led Zeppelin tribute band called Whole Lotta Zep for 10 years.) 7 p.m. Sunday, June 12. DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center at Reid Park, 900 S. Randolph Way. Free.

Summer Safari Nights. Anyone up for an evening stroll around the zoo? With cold drinks and animal encounters, kid’s activities and live music, this event is— cliché though it may sound—truly fun for the whole family. This week’s theme is Beach Party! It’s a long drive to the seaside, so the zoo is bringing the ocean to us with this celebration of waterways and the animals that rely on them. Wear your favorite Hawaiian shirt and come hang out with swimming otters, vibrant flamingos and poolside elephants. And, of course, don’t miss the beach-themed selfie station and the dolphin-themed wet slide. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 11. Reid Park Zoo 3400 Zoo Court. $10.50 adults, $8.50 seniors, $6.50 kids 2 to 14 and free for members and kids under 2.

Movie Scores Trivia night at Crooked Tooth. What are some of your favorite movie scores? Jaws? Star Wars? How about Psycho, or Gone With The Wind?

Come test your symphonic smarts with this trivia night at one of downtown’s coziest breweries. Head to the patio for a chance to win $10, $15 and $25 gift cards to Crooked Tooth, plus unlimited bragging rights if you win. And it’s a perfect excuse to spend the weekend “studying” aka watching a bunch of movies on the couch. 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 14.

Crooked Tooth Brewing Co., 228 E. Sixth St. Free.

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Chef Travis Peters has a shrimp and grits recipe for you Alexandra Pere and Nicole Feltman tucsonweekly@tucsonlocalmedia.com

OPENING A NEW RESTAURANT during the pandemic is a risky business decision, but Chef Travis Gary Peters thrives on taking chances.

Peters recently opened a gastropub, The Delta, at 135 S. Sixth Ave., in the space formerly occupied by Janos Wilder’s DOWNTOWN Kitchen + Cocktails.

Peters told Prickly Pair Podcast hosts Alexandra Pere and Nicole Feltman that The Delta is a chef-driven restaurant that reflects his vision, as well as the visions of co-owners Steve Dunn and Bryce Zeagler.

The restaurant is inspired by all things Southern, like New Orleans cuisine and Southwestern flavors, but don’t expect to find a standard gumbo. Everything on the menu is experimental with a dash of punk rock spirit.

“I think I’m gonna always sneak something in there, I think we’re pretty shocking for the Average Joe.” Peters said. “I think it’s fun, you know, as long as nobody says ‘I hate it,’ but it’s just not like my mom’s. I figure that’s a pretty good compliment.”

Peters wanted this location to diverge from his last successful restaurant, The Parish, a New Orleans-style restaurant highlighting classic deep south menu items like hush puppies and fried catfish.

The Delta is a conglomeration of experimental flavors like monsoon oysters, queso birria burger and blackberry barbeque trout.

Prickly Pair hosts Pere and Feltman were specifically impressed with the cherry kool-aid pickles. Yep, you read that right. It’s a surprisingly delicious combination of sweet and spicy that leaves you wanting more.

The Delta’s hours are 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Tuesday through Thursday and 4 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday. The restaurant is open Sundays from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Check out their website for more insight on the menu at thedeltatucson. com.

Make sure to check out Peter’s interview on the Prickly Pair Podcast, linked at the top of the online version of this article and available on all streaming platforms.

Listeners, be sure to tag hosts Pere and Feltman on Instagram @pricklypairpodcast when trying the finished recipe!

Chef Travis Peters’ shrimp & white cheddar grits

Ingredients: White cheddar grits 5 cups chicken stock 1 cup old fashioned grits (polenta can be substituted in a pinch, follow maker’s cooking instructions) 5 pounds cubed unsalted butter 6 oz shredded white cheddar cheese 2 oz cream cheese 1 garlic clove pressed into paste, with salt Kosher or sea salt Fresh ground black pepper Shrimp large peeled & deveined shrimp (we like size 21-25), enough for everyone to get five or six Your favorite brand of creole seasoning, as needed 2-3 tablespoons neutral oil For sauce (optional) 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 1 cup heavy cream Toasted seasoning (optional) Toasted sesame or everything bagel seasoning to taste For the grits • Crush the garlic, sprinkle with a little salt and work into a paste on a cutting board with your knife.

• Combine the garlic, butter, and low sodium chicken stock in medium sauce pan and bring to a boil.

• Once boiling, immediately reduce heat

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to low simmer and slowly whisk in the grits to avoid clumping then cover.

• Remove lid every few minutes and stir to keep from sticking. Continue until grits are tender but still have a little grit in the chew “al-grite”. About 20-30 minutes.

• Turn off heat, stir in cream cheese, then cheddar until fully incorporated.

• Taste finished grits & adjust seasoning with salt & pepper For the shrimp (cook these directly after finishing grits) • Season shrimp generously with creole seasoning • Heat oil over medium heat in sauté pan until oil ripples • Once the pan is hot, carefully add seasoned shrimp to oil and cook for about

45 seconds, flip shrimp & cook for another 45 seconds. (if not making sauce, continue cooking until shrimp are fully cooked, then serve) • Add Worcestershire sauce to deglaze & reduce slightly for about 10 seconds, then add heavy cream, scraping bits off the bottom of the pan using a wooden spoon.

• Bring to a boil, then reduce to a medium high simmer and reduce by about 50% or until it coats the back of the spoon.

Careful not to boil over!

• Immediately take off heat and serve.

To serve Dividing evenly, scoop grits into bowls.

Next add shrimp, then sauce and finally sprinkle with toasted seasoning of choice. Enjoy!

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The Fixx 8 p.m. Monday, June 13 Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St. $29 and up, ticketmaster.com, rialtotheatre.com

to me, and locally, to what’s happening to me. Voters should pay attention to local elections. I will be voting. I’m just as entitled as one of you to speak my mind, and not be one of those preachy Brits.”

The Fixx is on tour, hitting stages in support of “Every Five Seconds.” The jaunt comes to Rialto Theatre on Monday, June 13.

“We were robbed of this date,” he said, reLIZ LINDER/CONTRIBUTED ferring to the pandemic. “We mean business The Fixx had to cancel its last Tucson date due to COVID-19. this time.”

They make up the show on Monday, June 13, at the Rialto Theatre.

The Fixx’s first new offering in nearly 10 years, “Every Five Seconds” was produced by Stephen W. Tayler for Chimera Arts (Kate Bush, Stevie Nicks, Peter Gabriel) and mastered by Alex Wharton (Paul McCartney, My Bloody Valentine, The Chemical The Fixx ‘means business’ in Tucson Brothers) at Abbey Road Studios in London.

“We were ready to go (record) right before everything

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski shut down,” he said. “Now was a good a time as any to christina@timeslocalmedia.com make new music,” he said.

“We’re not getting any younger. We’re still fit. We’re still chomping at the bit. To have a decent run doing this THE FIXX LEAD SINGER CY CURNIN HASN’T been shy about sharing his political beliefs from his and still being able to do it and have an audience turn start in 1979 through the English band’s new album, up every night is really remarkable.”

Curnin said “Every Five Seconds” fits perfectly with “Every Five Seconds.”

This spring, he became a U.S. citizen and he’s ready to the Fixx’s catalog.

“It’s perfect wine for the cellar,” he said. roll up his sleeves and advocate for change.

“It’s just a slightly more sour grape that becomes of “I felt like I was being handed a ticket to the Titanic,” drinking age as soon as we hit the stage. The last few he said about his citizenship ceremony.

“I can actually vote in the things that are important years have been crazy, and I feel that humanity deserves more of itself. We don’t ask enough of ourselves.”

Led by Curnin, the Fixx has spent four decades sharing complex, introspective songs. The band garnered three No. 1 hits, five more in the Top 5 and a dozen that reached the Top 10.

With millions of albums sold worldwide, songs such as “One Thing Leads to Another,” “Red Skies” and “Saved

by Zero” remain everyday staples on the playlists of the Rock, AAA and Alternative radio stations.

The Fixx’s classic lineup remains intact, with Curnin, guitarist Jamie West-Oram, keyboardist Rupert Greenall, bassist Dan K. Brown and drummer Adam Woods.

“The topics we were singing about way back then are still very much in the forefront of the political/philosophical debate today,” Curnin said.

Fans can relate, he said. The Fixx’s shows can raise spirits as, Curnin said, ticketholders can agree on one thing: they like the band.

“It’s time for the pendulum to swing through the center and celebrate the good things in life,” he said.

“We’re so divided for no reason. We need a shout out for the moderates.”

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A musical festival this fall will benefit science field station CEDO in Puerto Peñasco

By Jim Nintzel

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IF YOU LIKE SAND, CERVEZA the sea. and Sergio Mendoza, you’ll want to be The pandemic forced CEDO to close in Rocky Point at the end of September. its doors for about two years, according Orkesta Mendoza featuring Quetzal to CEDO Executive Director Nelida BaGuerrero will join Mariachi Nuevo rajas Acosta. But the organization was Azteca, Salvador Duran, Los Esplifs and Puerto Peñasco band Agua de Coco for a concert benefiting CEDO Intercultural, the longtime research lab on the shores of the Gulf of California.

The festival will take place over three nights from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 at CEDO in Rocky Point, aka Puerto Peñasco.

The beachside fishing village and tourist town is a four-hour drive from Tucson and Phoenix.

COURTESY PHOTO “I’m happy to be Sergio Mendoza with Quetzal Guerrero. a part of the concert to benefit a great organization,” Mendoza told The able to develop a protocol to continue Weekly. “CEDO has been doing real- field work and a program with the local ly amazing work for over 40 years. We fishing community. are super excited to bring our music to Acosta said that CEDO would be Puerto Peñasco for this special event.” working on several programs in the fuCEDO—which stands for Centro In- ture, including developing sustainable tercultural de Estudios de Desiertos y fisheries and aquaculture; community Océanos, or the Intercultural Center wellbeing; biodiversity conservation for the Study of Deserts and Oceans— and citizen science; and education, inhas been in operation for more than 40 cluding CEDO’s brand-new school. years. Legions of researchers, students “Now we are innovating on underand visitors have passed past the iconic standing the role that coastal ecosyswhale skeleton in front of its location in tems play on climate change adaptathe dunes of housing development Las tion,” Acosta said.

Conchas to learn more about the deliFor more details, visit musicforthesea. cate ecosystem where the desert meets mx.

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS… THURSDAY, JUNE 9 On her debut album, We’ve Only Just Begun (2019), NYC jazz vocalist Ashley Pezzotti conjures the essence of a bygone era. Is it the elegance of her phrasing, timeless melodies and mastery of scat singing (à la the great Ella Fitzgerald) that make her original compositions feel like classics torn from the pages of the American songbook? At The Century Room… In Spanish these Nogalenses’ band name refers to a gossipmonger whose slander is typically untrue. Shit-talking aside, the truth is that Lenguas Largas are a badass genre-crossing amalgamation, delivered with a punk rock sneer. Absorbing the cross-cultural communication that overlaps two worlds—psychedelic, norteño, indie, rock en Español, soul—Lenguas Largas’ sound uniquely reflects life in the borderland. Live & Free. At Tap & Bottle - Downtown… Debutants on the local scene, indie rockers Thanks Again (featuring Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier on drums) come out into formal society.

Opti Club. At Club Congress…

FRIDAY, JUNE 10 “Ay ay ay ay ay, que bonito es el amor pero me gusta más el vino.” In “La Cumbia del Vino,” seemingly possessed of gypsy spirit, Jenny Ball professes her affinity for wine over the beauty of love.

Ten years after walking into a Madrid tablao—when this trumpet-wielding firebrand of an English singer joined forces with a Mexican rockabilly double bassist and the “best flamenco/punk guitarist” in Spain—it remains the seductive rhythm of the music that will not release Ball from La Diabla inside. Like Romani

nomads possessing an untamed spirit ill-suited to the conventions of society, the band has never been under contract with any record company. They function independently: No borders, no labels, no prejudices, and no shortcomings. Jenny and the Mexicats promise a Fiesta Ancestral. At Rialto Theater. With Santa Pachita… Violin tsunami. Kaoru Ishibashi (aka Kishi Bashi), in an interview with NPR (April 2021) addressed the rise in anti-Asian hate. “If you’re not a part of the dominant culture, then you’re always on the outside. So, at times, you could feel included,” Ishibashi says. “But at other times, I’m still afraid to walk into a full bar of drunk people. Because I know that one thing they can say to me might set me back; remind me of my place in society.” Ishibashi commemorates the 10th anniversary of 151a (2012), his critically acclaimed debut album. At 191 Toole… Keepers of a foregone sound. In the first of two nights, the coronet-driven NYC septet Mike Davis & The New Wonders venerate the Jazz Age of the 1920s. At The Century Room… Rocketing the audience back to the halcyon days of the 1980s, L.A.’s Strangelove: The Depeche Mode Experience honor the elder statesmen of English electronica. At Hotel Congress (plaza)… On Here and Back Again (2019)—processing the death of his mother—this country-tinged rocker takes the listener on a journey of love, heartache and hope. Armando Moreno & The Revival. At Saint Charles Tavern… Since 2013, El Tambó has celebrated the rich cultural diversity of the borderlands, on the dance floor. DJ Humblelianess adds spice to create the perfect mezcla. At Hotel Congress (plaza)… Blazing through the thermosphere upon re-entry to Earth, The AmoSphere return with groove-laden sounds from their voyage to the fourth planet from

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XOXO CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 the sun. At The Hut… Drawing from a setlist of classic and contemporary funk, soul and R&B, Soul Essential hold the key. At Union Public House…

SATURDAY, JUNE 11 Frail words collapse. In 2013, while on house arrest, vocalist Tim Lambesis posted a blog confirming that he “no longer believed in God.” After Lambesis was sentenced to six years in prison for soliciting the murder of his estranged wife, the band went on an indefinite hiatus.

Backpedaling, the band issued a statement (in 2014), “After much brokenness and repentance [Lambesis] sees things differently, [and] considers himself a follower of Jesus.” As I Lay Dying return, Shaped by Fire (2021). At Rialto Theater… Uniting in perfect harmony. Music & Movies sees South Western Stars (featuring Mamma Coal and Charlie Hall) kicking off 2nd Saturdays Downtown with a set of classic country. Followed by a screening of James Mangold’s Walk the Line (2005). At Fox Tucson Theatre…

Devil’s gate. Minneapolis rapper Jacob Anderson (aka Prof) has made a career attitudinizing and pushing buttons. In 2020, Anderson was dropped by his record label (Rhymesayers). XXL reports, “Rhymesayers did not specify details of encounters, but they did release a statement saying that ’abuse of women is not acceptable and is not in alignment with our values.’” Anderson returns with Powderhorn Suites (Stophouse Records, 2020). At 191 Toole… Jangle poppers River Roses headline a bill shared with Joe Peña & Joe Novelli and Eugene Boronow At Hotel Congress (plaza)…

Putting an electrified twist on acoustic covers—from retro hits to the indie underground—husband and wife, guitar and violin duo Dos Sueños entertain.

At MotoSonora Brewing Company…

Maná La Historia pays homage to one of Mexico’s most successful rock bands.

At The Rock… Micro-broadcaster KMKR-LP 99.9 FM presents Live and Loud 2022. Featuring performances by Method To The Madness, Rovina and Then When. At Steinfeld Warehouse (Scott

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J. Kerr Memorial Stage)… Three Dollar Bill: A Tribute to Limp Bizkit, take a look around. At Encore… Cuing up today’s hottest jams, turntablists Bex & Halsero drop napalm bombs on the dance floor.

At Hotel Congress (plaza)… Santa Pachita perform Latin-fusion inspired cumbia, salsa and ska. At Monterey Court…

Executing note-for-note renditions from Slippery When Wet (1986) to New Jersey (1988), Ultimate Bon Jovi come close to the real deal. At The Gaslight Music Hall…

SUNDAY, JUNE 12 A musical wunderkind, equally adept at performing on both brass and woodwinds, composer and multi-instrumentalist Max Goldschmid hosts the Jazz Jam Session. At The Century Room…

Sharing the joy of live music with audiences of all ages since 1955, Tucson Pops Orchestra presents a program featuring works by Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Marquina and debuts a piece by local composer Peter Fine. Music Under the Stars. Maestro László Veres is at the podium. At Demeester Outdoor Performance Center (Reid Park)… Boasting Arizona Blues Hall of Famer Mike Blommer on guitar, this Sunday’s installment of Congress Cookout sees Tucson blues institution Bad News Blues stoking the fire. At Hotel Congress (plaza)… “Say, hey good lookin’, what you got cookin’?”

Your Cheatin’ Heart: A Tribute to Hank Williams spreads a dose of the honky tonk blues. At The Gaslight Music Hall…

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Heralded as one of the most innovative bands of the MTV era, 40 years have elapsed since these Londoners first landed on the Billboard Hot 100 charts with hit singles “One Thing Leads to Another,” “Saved by Zero” and “Secret Separation.” With classic line-up intact, new wave/art rockers The Fixx return with a fresh new album, Every Five Seconds (2022). At Rialto Theater…

TUESDAY, JUNE 14 Hellbound. After a DUI arrest in Orange County, at an AA meeting, Buckcherry frontman Josh Todd had a moment of clarity. “I knew this was the last stop.

I was heading to jail, institutions or death,” Todd told Blabbermouth, “I had been doing crystal meth and drinking

for three days straight. At one point my hands were paralyzed. It scared the shit out of me.” Now, 28 years sober, Todd reflects, “Staying sober isn’t the hard part.

The hard part is managing your mind.

The mind of an addict is the problem.”

At Rialto Theater… Love fuzz. Saturated with distortion, down-tuned guitars and concussive poundings, Levitation Sessions (2021) is an unabashed foray, riding the knife edge between controlled chaos and searching for something new. Ty Segall & Freedom Band. At 191 Toole. Shannon Lay opens… Formed in 2019, by college kids who met at jam sessions. Bastardane is a hard-hitting rock trio from Savannah out to make their own mark. Castor Hetfield, the band’s drummer, like other rockstar progeny, finds comparisons to his father (Metallica’s James Hetfield) “a little annoying.”

At Club Congress…

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 A soldier in the army of the lord. This Texas musical legend’s insightful wordsmanship—like the simple act of sharing a meal at the same table—shoots straight to the heart of who we are as humans.

“And this old porch is like a steaming, greasy plate of enchiladas/With lots of cheese and onions/And a guacamole salad/You can get ‘em down at the LaSalle Hotel/In old downtown.” Acclaimed singer/composer/actor Lyle Lovett and his Large Band. At Fox Tucson Theatre… Mighty like mountains. From the Ozarks, indie-folk duo National Park Radio’s banjo, fiddle and soaring vocal harmonies (emotional, yet hopeful) echo off of granite canyon walls. At Club Congress… “We are like clouds over heaven, floating by.” Bay Ledges is the project of Maine via L.A. singer-songwriter Zach Hurd as a vehicle for his chill, lo-fi bedroom pop. At 191 Toole… Love junkies.

Harmony-driven indie poppers Jacklen Ro shine like a ray of sunshine through overcast skies. Weekend Lovers, Space Junk and Dogbreth share the bill. At Club Congress… Enemy of ease. While clawhammer banjo and acoustic guitar remain the beating heart of The Lowest Pair’s sound. The Perfect Plan (2020) finds this folk duo adding subtle new colors to their palette to paint a new horizon. At The Century Room…

Until next week, XOXO…

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STUDY STALL

Federal bills languish as researchers ask for more money

By David Abbott

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AS TWO BILLS SUPPORTING cannabis studies stall in Congress ,regulatory hurdles and funding deficiencies continue to delay clinical trials of the plant for all but the most established researchers in the U.S. Earlier this year ,the House approved the Medical Marijuana Research Act) H.R. (5657and the Senate passed the Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act) S ,(253 .but both are now languishing in the heat of the summer.

S ,253 .sponsored by Sens .Dianne Feinstein) D-CA ,(Brian Schatz) D-HI (and Chuck Grassley) R-IA ,(is intended to ”ensure that research on CBD and other potentially beneficial marijuana-derived substances is based on sound science while simultaneously reducing the regulatory barriers associated with conducting research on marijuana “,according to a February press release from Feinstein‘s office.

H.R ,5657 .sponsored by Reps .Earl

Blumenauer) D-OR (and Andy Harris) RMD ,(seeks to do away with regulatory barriers and allow researchers to use cannabis products from state-sanctioned dispensaries ,among other regulatory fixes.

While the bills have been touted by cannabis advocates as steps toward facilitating needed research on a drug that has become legal in a majority of states based on its medicinal qualities ,some legal minds and researchers see the bills as unnecessary and believe that funding and descheduling would be far more effective ways to achieve that goal.

Arizona NORML Director of Politics Jon Udell says the biggest selling point from NORML‘s perspective is that if passed ,the bill would facilitate clinical research by establishing a process where scientists and researchers can use commercial weed rather than the pot that‘s compared to” lawnmower clippings “available through the University of Mississippi. ”H.R 5657 .specifically allows scientists to access flower and other products that are manufactured in accordance with the state-approved market “,Udell said. ”That‘s what it should be because then

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you have a more realistic representation of cannabis that is used by consumers and patients“.

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws is a consumer advocacy organization that has been fighting for cannabis legalization since ,1970acting as a watchdog for policy that advances that goal.

Until recently, the only cannabis that has been legal for research is the U Miss dirtweed ,but that has changed in the past year .There are now five independent research facilities that have been licensed by the Drug Enforcement Agency to grow commercial quality pot for research.

The Medical Marijuana Research Act would allow researchers to purchase commercial weed through the auspices of the Attorney General‘s office instead of U Miss and DEA-licensed growers.

It would also impose deadlines on the FDA and DEA for processing applications for research ,a process that is as much a deterrent to quality research as the scheduling status of marijuana.

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But the real barrier to effective clinical trials is the lack of funding for research that can run into the tens of millions of dollars. ”The issue is that the congressional bill not only doesn‘t correct anything ,but it gives people false hope that it‘s fixing research barriers “,former University of Arizona professor Dr .Sue Sisley said” .If we had serious government or private funding ,research would progress at a rapid pace“.

She added that a study involving 300 individuals can cost upwards of 13$ million, but that kind of money is rarely available without the necessity of jumping through hoops inexperienced researchers may not have the stomach to deal with.

The founder of the Scottsdale Research Institute ,Sisley has devoted her recent professional life to the study of the plant, particularly for the benefit of the veteran community.

SRI was the first facility in the U.S .to get a license to grow its own cannabis for research.

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The study also concludes that those charged with creating the regulatory structure are usually in the dark about the latest research. ”Often these research conclusions are not appropriately translated and/or communicated to policy makers ,health-care providers ,state health officials ,and other stakeholders who have been charged with influencing and enacting policies ,procedures ,and laws related to cannabis use“, the study states.

Because of the arcane rules set forth on the study of cannabis and its many derivatives ,including hemp-derived cannabidiol) CBD ,(researchers must navigate a web of rules and approvals through the DEA ,an institutional review board) IRB( and the Federal Drug Administration ,as well as state agencies where the research

is to take place .The process can take months just to get approval to begin a study that may not have funding to move forward anyway.

Another issue is the confusing scheduling of cannabis and hemp derivatives, which can change depending on the” origins “of the material to be studied.

The study cites the example of synthetic delta-9-THC ,dronabinol ,which has three schedules ,III ,II and I depending on whether it is derived from a hemp plant or cannabis and how it is produced. ”Without proper guidance and support from people in the field ,a researcher is likely to get lost in the regulatory quagmire that is rapidly evolving “,the study states.

For anything that is Schedule I ,meaning it has been deemed to have no” currently accepted medical use “and a high potential for abuse ,the researcher must have approval from all other regulatory agencies plus a mountain of additional information ,including the researcher‘s qualifications and academic history plus extensive descriptions of the research project and how and where the product would be handled and stored.

If any agency requests modifications to submitted protocols ,each agency is required to review amendments .Proof of institutional approval and funding sources are required as well .The process can take months even if no modifications are required.

The amount of time it takes just to get the study off the ground may also provide a barrier to effective research. ”Private funding seems limited because investors have little appetite to pay for drug development pathway that could take over 10 years to reach FDA approval“, Sisley said” .Cannabis research is stagnating and even U Miss admits that the demand for research cannabis is declining year after year“.

According to Shane Pennington ,a Houston-based lawyer who helped Sisley successfully sue the DEA and DOJ for the right to grow her own ,so many people are using cannabis now that it only makes sense to create a body of research on the safety and efficacy of the drug. ”It costs tons of money :I‘m talking

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SAVAGE LOVE JUDGMENT DAY

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I’m trying to date again after back-toback negative relationship experiences.

Experiences that have made me question my own judgment and ability to set good boundaries. My friends and therapist all pointed out the red flags, but I was apparently blind to them. I love what you’ve said about how there is no “The One” out there for us, only .72s and .83s, and that we have to “round someone up to The One.” But it seems like I’ve been “rounding up” some numbers that were too low.

As things stand now, I’ve never felt so mistrustful of people, and I’ve never doubted by own choices so strongly. Basically, my walls have gone up. But I love being in a relationship and I want to be in one again. What things should I be mindful of as I venture back into that world? What’s a good way to be deliberate without moving at a glacial pace? What should I be asking myself as I begin to form new attachments, especially after showing such bad judgment in the recent past?

—Understandably Nervous Since Upsetting Relationships Expired First, let’s put things in perspective: you had two shitty relationships in a row.

While that was no doubt unpleasant, UNSURE, and while it’s understandable you might hesitate to put yourself back out there, two shitties in row isn’t evidence your judgment is flawed. Very few of us can say we haven’t had two shitty relationships in a row, if not more. A shitty person is often the common denominator in a string of shitty relationships, but sometimes shitty relationships happen to good people—and sometimes they happen with good people, i.e., a shitty relationship can happen without a shitty person being involved.

Still, there’s shitty, and then there’s spectacularly shitty. There are also shitty patterns. If you keep picking the same basic kind of shitty person and/or making the same basic kinds of shitty mis-

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “It takes a spasm of love to write a poem,” wrote Aries author Erica Jong. I will add that it takes a spasm of love to fix a problem with someone you care about. It also takes a spasm of love to act with kindness when you don’t feel kind.

A spasm of love is helpful when you need to act with integrity in a confusing situation and when you want to heal the past so it doesn’t plague the future. All the above advice should be useful for you in the coming weeks, Aries. Are there any other variations you can think of? Fill in the blank in the next sentence: It takes a spasm of love to _____________.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our badness as what is best in us,” wrote philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. When I read that ambitious epigram, I didn’t know what he was referring to. By “badness,” did he mean the ugly, pathological parts of us? That couldn’t be right. So I read scholars who had studied the great philosopher. Their interpretation: Nietzsche believed the urges that some religions seek to inhibit are actually healthy for us.

We should celebrate, not suppress, our inclinations to enjoy sensual delights and lusty living. In fact, we should define them as being the best in us. I encourage you Bulls to do just that in the coming weeks.

It’s a favorable time to intensify your devotion to joy, pleasure and revelry.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’s an excellent time to correct and uplift your self-image. I invite you to speak the following affirmations aloud: “I am not damaged. I am not on the wrong path. I am not inept or ignorant or off-kilter. The truth is, I am learning how to live. I am learning how to be a soulful human and I am doing a reasonably good job at that task.

I do a lot of things really well. I’m getting to know myself better every day. I constantly surprise myself with how skilled I am at adjusting to life’s constant

changes. I AM AMAZED AT HOW MUCH PROGRESS I HAVE MADE IN LEARNING HOW TO LIVE.” CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the Tibetan language, the term nyingdu-la means “most honored poison of my heart.” Many of us know at least one person who fits that description: an enemy we love to hate or a loved one who keeps tweaking our destiny or a paradoxical ally who is both hurtful and helpful. According to my analysis, it’s time for you to transform your relationship with a certain nyingdu-la in your life.

The bond between you might have generated vital lessons for you. But now it’s time for a re-evaluation and redefinition.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Don’t pray for the rain to stop,” advises Leo poet Wendell Berry. “Pray for good luck fishing when the river floods.” That’s useful advice for you, my dear. The situation you’re in could turn out to be a case of either weird luck or good luck.

And how you interpret the situation may have a big impact on which kind of luck it brings. I urge you to define the potential opportunities that are brewing and concentrate on feeding them.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo writer Julio Cortázar (1914–1984) once remarked, “How tiring it gets being the same person all the time.” That’s surprising. In fact, Cortázar was an innovative and influential author who wrote over 30 books in four genres and lived for extended periods in five countries. It’s hard to imagine him ever being bored by his multifaceted self. Even if you’re not a superstar like Cortázar, Virgo, I expect you will be highly entertained and amused by your life in the coming weeks. I bet you will be even more interesting than usual. Best of all, you will learn many fresh secrets about your mysterious soul.

takes—such as ignoring red flags, committing too soon, or “working on it” too long—then you need to make changes.

And the single most important change you can make—the thing you can do differently as you head back into the dating world—seems obvious to me, my readers, your friends, and your therapist: listen to your friends and your therapist! They saw the red flags, UNSURE, and pointed them out. The problem wasn’t that you LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The blogger Frogbestfriend says, “One of the biggest problems with society nowadays is that I am so, so sleepy.” Frogbestfriend is humorously suggesting that his inability to maintain good sleep habits is rooted in civilization’s dysfunctions. He’s right, of course! Many of our seemingly personal problems are at least partially rooted in the pathological ways the whole world operates. Our culture influences us to do things that aren’t always healthy and wise. I bring this to your attention, Libra, because now is a favorable time to meditate on society’s crazy-making effects on you. Now is also a pivotal moment to heal yourself of those crazy-making effects.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Poet Maggie Smith writes, “We talk so much of light. Please let me speak on behalf of the good dark. Let us talk more of how dark the beginning of a day is.” I offer her proposal as a fertile theme for your meditations. Of all the signs in the zodiac, you Scorpios are most skilled at teasing out the good stuff from shadows and secrets and twilight. And your potency in these matters is even higher than usual right now. Do us all a favor and find the hidden redemptions and potential regenerations.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When actors and other creative people in film win Oscars at the Academy Awards ceremony, they come on stage and deliver short talks, acknowledging their honor. These speeches often include expressions of gratitude. An analysis revealed that over the years, Sagittarian director Steven Spielberg has been thanked by winners more often than anyone else—even more than God. Based on my reading of astrological omens, I believe you deserve that level of appreciation in the coming weeks. Please show this horoscope to everyone you know who may be willing to carry out my mandate. Be proactive in collecting tribute, credit, and favors.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the ancient Greek story of Odysseus, the hero leaves his home in Ithaka to fight in the Trojan War. When the conflict is over, he yearns to return to the beloved life he left behind.

couldn’t see those red flags—you’re not blind—but that you looked away and/ or attempted to explain them away. (I’m not blind to the fact that using “blind” to mean “can’t understand or comprehend” is ableist, and I promise not to use it like this again.)

Anyway, UNSURE, the lesson to learn from these two shitty relationships isn’t, “No more relationships for me! I can’t trust my own judgment!”, but instead, “The next time everyone in my life tells me that the person I’m with is shitty or that we’re shitty for each other, I’ll end it.” To be clear: I’m not telling you to substitute the judgment of your friends and therapist for your own, UNSURE, but to supplement your judgment with theirs— unless you wanna empower your friends and your therapist to make an arranged marriage for you, in which case you can substitute their judgment for your own.

I don’t have a super high sex drive, so I generally have sex once or twice a week

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But his journey takes 10 years. His tests and travails are many. The 20th-century Greek poet C. P. Cavafy offered advice to Odysseus at the beginning of his quest: “As you set out for Ithaka, hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery . . .

Keep Ithaca always in your mind. Arriving there is what you’re destined for. But don’t hurry the journey.

Better if it lasts for years, so you’re old by the time you reach the island, wealthy with all you’ve gained on the way.” As you begin your new phase of returning home, Capricorn, I invite you to keep Cavafy’s thoughts in mind. (Read the poem: tinyurl.com/ HomeToIthaka. Translated by Edmund Keeley.)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I have never, ever, EVER met anyone who has regretted following their heart,” writes life coach Marie Forleo. But what exactly does she mean by “following their heart”? Does that mean ignoring cautions offered by your mind?

Not necessarily. Does it require you to ignore everyone’s opinions about what you should do? Possibly.

When you follow your heart, must you sacrifice money and status and security? In some cases, yes. But in other cases, following your heart may ultimately enhance your relationship with money and status and security. Anyway, Aquarius. I hope I’ve inspired you to meditate on what it means to follow your heart—and how you can do that intensely during the coming months.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Actor and author Jenny Slate testifies, “As the image of myself becomes sharper in my brain and more precious, I feel less afraid that someone else will erase me by denying me love.” That is the single best inspirational message I can offer you right now. In the coming months, you will earn the right and the capacity to make the same declaration. Your self-definition will become progressively clearer and stronger. And this waxing superpower will enable you to conquer at least some of your fear about not getting enough love.

Homework: What part of your life would most benefit from redemption and regeneration?

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On the other hand, there is plenty of money available to address perceived social ills related to pot.

“There’s always funding to see how intoxicated people are in the car wrecks and how kids are gonna die ”,Pennington added“ .There’s lots of funding for that ,but there’s not a lot of funding to figure out if it has medical utility ,according to whatever standard”.

Given the rate at which states are legalizing ,the existence of so many cannabis bills in the past few years has propelled legalization to the point where national politicians are being forced to pay attention.

To Arizona NORML Director Mike Robinette ,the fact that H.R 5657 .passed the House with a comfortable majority and S 253 unanimously ,means the tide is turning on the conversation and is another positive sign that federal legalization could happen soon.

“It clearly demonstrates the changing attitudes relative to cannabis when you have a 343-75 vote in the House toward sanctioning good research ,as well as a unanimous Senate vote ”,Robinette said“ .At least the attitudes toward the desire to research cannabis and to understand the plant are changing”.

But to Pennington ,who said S 253 has no redeeming qualities and the House version is not much better ,his fear is that it is all theater and fodder for the next elec-

tion cycle.

“To be polite about it ,you could say they mean well, and they’re doing the best they can,” he said“ .If you want to be a little bit more cynical ,there’s a good interpretation here that what they want isn’t really research, what they want is a ribbon cutting ceremony and a nice photo op and then for everybody to shut up”.

NEWS NUGGETS BEST BUDS: Cannafriends will gather in Tucson at the Annabelle Studio ,located at 630 E Ninth Street ,on Thursday ,June ,16 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Hosted by Amethyst Kinney ,Cannafriends is a networking event geared towards connecting cannabis-friendly individuals with new friends ,brands and jobs in the industry .The event is held monthly .Tickets are 20$ and can be purchased on EventBrite, wwww.azcannafriends.com or at the door.

Follow Cannafriends on Facebook or Instagram at@ azcannafriends.

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