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MARCH 1-7, 2012 VOL. 29, NO. 2

OPINION He may speak for the trees, Tom Danehy 4 but the Lorax is not seen much in the film The Lorax. Renée Downing 6

Jim Hightower 6 Guest Commentary 8 Mailbag 8

CURRENTS The Skinny 9 By Mari Herreras, Jim Nintzel and Hank Stephenson

The Starting Gate 9 By Jim Nintzel

The race to finish Gabrielle Giffords’ term is formally under way Media Watch 10 By John Schuster

Arms Over Meds 11 By Tim Vanderpool

Conservatives in the Arizona legislature want guns galore on campus—but not a whiff of weed Weekly Wide Web 12 Compiled by Dan Gibson

Just missed the deadline to run for Gabby’s old seat.

Police Dispatch 12 By Anna Mirocha

Skin in the Game 13 By Alexandra K. Newman

A bill that would force students to pay $2,000 a year in university tuition passes a key hurdle

Rick? Really? By the time you read this, the Arizona presidential preference vote will be over—thank goodness—and off the candidates will go to the Super Tuesday states. As I watch the speeches and debates and whatnot, I keep coming back to one question: What kind of person would actually vote seriously for Rick Santorum? The fact that this man has actually gained any sort of traction shows just how far the Republican Party has gone off the rails. He’s a definite bigot—his repeated comments on homosexuality prove this without a doubt. He’s arguably sexist—while some have said his comments about women being too emotional to serve in combat were taken out of context, there’s no doubt that he doesn’t think women should have the right to serve in combat situations. And then there are his views on contraception—he doesn’t like birth control, period, and has even gone as far as saying he thinks states should have the right to ban contraception—which are so far out of mainstream thinking and so far from common sense that it’s troubling. Same goes for his stances on evolution, climate change and even basic environmentalism. Yet here we are, heading into Super Tuesday, and Rick Santorum is one of the final two real contenders for the Republican presidential nomination. I don’t get it. Fortunately, I believe the vast majority of people out there don’t get it, either, and that very soon, Santorum will fade back into relative obscurity—which is where he belongs. But in the meantime, I can’t help but shake my head at the fact that this bigoted sexist has gotten as far as he has.

Surviving and Thriving 15 By Mari Herreras

As HIV/AIDS enters its fourth decade, affected Tucsonans have a lot of help and support

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PERFORMING ARTS Women in Transition 28 By Sherilyn Forrester

Etcetera and the Rogue Theatre both turn in respectable performances of difficult plays

VISUAL ARTS Relationship to the Sublime 31 By Margaret Regan

Two varying exhibits show the beauty of nature—and the damage to it caused by man

BOOKS A Damaged Landscape 35 By Jon Shumaker

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Wok serves up tasty, inexpensive food—but don’t expect service with a smile Noshing Around 41 By Adam Borowitz

MUSIC Balanced Chaos 45 By Eric Swedlund

Celebrating a new album, Seashell Radio vow to continue—despite two members moving away Soundbites 45 By Stephen Seigel

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The Lorax is pleasant enough, but it does not do the Dr. Seuss book justice Film Times 37 Damn Hippies 38 By Bob Grimm

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Going Legit 54 By J.M. Smith

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o I got to the Sabbar Shrine Center on South Tucson Boulevard about 9 a.m. on Feb. 22, a full three hours before Right-Wing God’s favorite candidate, Rick Santorum, was scheduled to speak at a Tea Party rally. The doors were supposed to open at 10, and attendance would be cut off once the hall filled up. (It holds around 450 lost souls.) I figured that if I got there early, the true, capital-Z Zealots would be there, anxious to rush in and get a seat right down front, like Deadheads at a festivalseating concert hoping to get a contact high off Jerry Garcia. When I got there, the crowd size was decent, but not overwhelming. It was a Wednesday morning, after all.

Plus, the fact that both the rodeo and the golf tournament were in town would probably pull away some of the natural constituency of the White Boy Party, albeit from wildly divergent economic wings. I walked up by the door, and a heavy-set gentleman gave me a “No cuts!” glare. I assured him that I wasn’t trying to cut in line, perchance to bask in Santorum’s holier-thanthou-ness; I just wanted to ask some questions. The guy (who wouldn’t give me his name, so in my mind, I assigned him the name Biff) looked at me, and, with a straight face, asked, “Are you with the government?” Dressed as I was in my everyday ensemble of shorts and a T-shirt, I figured it would have to be mega-casual day at the Spying on Regular Americans Division of the federal government. I identified myself as a columnist for the Tucson Weekly, and this other guy said, “That’s a communist rag.” I asked, “Are there still communists around these days?” Biff, quite pleased with himself, replied, “There’s one in the White House.” “I thought he was a socialist,” I said. “What’s the difference?” Indeed. With less than a week to go before the Arizona primary at the time, Rick Santorum was riding a wave of popularity, making him this month’s Michele Bachmann/Rick Perry/ Herman Cain. (Really, do you think anybody in the Republican Party ever took Bachmann or Cain seriously?) Anyway, Santorum arrived in Phoenix on the same day that the loons in the state House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow the teaching of the Bible in public schools. What in the hell is wrong with people? If you aren’t getting enough religion in church, either you suck, or your religion sucks. The bill was sponsored by Terri Proud, the northwestside mom who regurgitated all the right-wing phrases at all

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the right times, and in doing so, parlayed her one term in office into a high-paying job in Phoenix. She’s leaving behind HB 2563 as a “screw you” to all of us who actually ascribe to Jesus’ line about rendering unto Caesar what is Caesar’s. I have no doubt that Santorum would find the idea of teaching the Bible in public school just peachy keen. Let me put it this way: People like Rick Santorum are the reason I don’t hold hands with others while saying the “Our Father” during Mass. Santorum was surging in the polls, not so much by attacking GOP front-runner Mitt Romney, but by attacking President Obama, in general, and Obama’s faith, in particular. It’s an especially smarmy tactic, but it appears to be working, at least in the short run. By the time this column comes out, the results of the primary from a couple of days ago will already be known (except for maybe the results from Pima County). Despite the surge in the polls, Santorum may not have caught Romney, because so many people voted early, which, as we all know, is an abomination. (Note to public-school kids: “Abomination” is a word in the Bible, and it applies to homosexuality, adultery, eating shellfish and planting two different crops in the same field. No, really!) I wish I could have asked Santorum some questions. They would have been: 1. If, as I assume, you support the teaching of the Bible in public schools, which Bible should they teach? The Catholic Bible is different than the King James Version. Heck, we Catholics even have a different Ten Commandments than the other Christians. 2. Is Mitt Romney a Christian? 3. Are black Christians the same as white Christians? I mean, except for the obvious difference of the music. Black Christian churches gave us Aretha Franklin; the people who sing at white Christian churches tend to sound like Lana Del Rey. Throughout this primary process, I’ve been hoping that Republicans would be crazy enough to nominate Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann or even Newt Gingrich. Now it looks like Rick Santorum is my best hope. I really don’t think any of them can beat Barack Obama in the fall, but I’d like their candidate to be somebody who will be a national drag on their party—an anchor attached to their necks, dragging them to the depths. This month, at least, that person appears to be Rick Santorum, the choice of this Catholic Democrat to be the GOP nominee.

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How the U.S. Supreme Court killed the TV networks HIGHTOWER BY JIM HIGHTOWER

CONGRESS CHOOSES TO KEEP POISONING CHILDREN

BY RENÉE DOWNING, rdowning@tucsonweekly.com

K, granted, they’re not dead yet. But in my recurring role as the Cassandra of the Santa Cruz— She Who Can See the Future, but to Whom No One Listens—I am here to tell you that this election year will go a long way toward finishing off ABC, CBS and NBC, and it’ll be the Supremes’ fault. This is because of something called the Citizens United decision. Let’s review: Citizens United is a political-action committee, otherwise known as an anonymous, evil, anti-democracy fat-cat cabal. It won a landmark case before the court in January 2010 arguing that corporations are people, and money is speech, and, therefore, the First Amendment precludes any limits on spending for political advertising by PACs. If you think this makes no sense, you’re not alone. Many observers feel that the justices need to carefully review the meaning of “corporations,” “people,” “money” and “speech,” and the usual sense of the verb “to be.”

Yes, we certainly need to cut unnecessary and frivolous federal spending, because … well, because it’s unnecessary and frivolous. So … Congress has targeted unnecessary oil subsidies and frivolous tax giveaways to billionaires, right? Uh … no. Instead, our learned solons have chosen to whack the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. Funding for this tiny, $30 million fund (not even a decimal point in the national budget) was slashed by 94 As a number of flaming radicals (such as John McCain) percent, to only $2 million. Gutting this contend, the Citizens United decision is not only stupid; it’s program will not save you and me a penny a catastrophe. Thanks to our esteemed justices, the floods on our tax bills. of money that have made wall-to-wall negative advertising Well, retort the whackers, who needs a national curse are now veritable tsunamis of cash—towerthis program, anyway? Some of the poorest ing tidal waves of pelf that have already generated hysterical families in America, that’s who. Lead poinew inundations of slander, insinuation and sarcastic voisoning from contaminated paint and soil is ceover in the early primary states. a silent epidemic in our country, afflicting a This has implications, I suppose, for the outcome of the half-million low-income children a year with 2012 elections. Or it would, if the Republican Party was not permanent brain damage and loss of IQ. currently tearing itself into bloody shreds while alienating The only safe level of lead in a child’s blood every sensible person within hearing distance. In just the is zero, which is why this program, which last few weeks, the geniuses in charge have clinched the monitors blood levels of lead and helps party’s loss of the votes of everyone who thinks poor state health departments inspect homes and contain the poison, was initiated. women need mammograms, everyone who thinks people Lead poisoning is entirely preventable. should decide for themselves how many children they have, America has the science and programs to and everyone who feels public schools have value. (Hey, stop this insidious destruction of babies’ brains. Yet even the miniscule $30 million budget the THIS MODERN WORLD By Tom Tomorrow program previously had couldn’t touch the crisis of lead contamination in the 4 million homes in which vulnerable children live— and now Congress has refused this dollop of funding, responding instead to the wails of Wall Street billionaires that federal spending be cut to preserve their minuscule tax rates. Imagine the national emergency declaration from Congress if 4 million homes of the superrich posed a danger to their children. But, then, we’re told that such thoughts amount to class war— and we can’t have that, can we? To fight this outrage, go to www.leadsafe.org.

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guys? That’s a lot of people!) Now they’re working on alienating everyone who thinks Medicare and Social Security are basically OK ideas. In other words, the GOP has locked up the support of pro-cancer, pro-teen-pregnancy, illiteracy-positive males who kind of like the idea of sick old people begging in the street—not what you’d call a dominant bloc, except in a few areas of Sudan and the Congo. (I think it would be superawesome if anti-government enthusiasts would immediately emigrate to these areas. How cool would it be if everyone who hates the idea of taxes and the rule of law got out there and enjoyed survival-of-the-fittest anarchy firsthand?! Let’s all take a moment to dream.) So I’m not that concerned about the future of the United States. What I am worried about is the future of the big three TV networks. I grew up in front of the TV, and in spite of the fact that I haven’t watched them much for years, I feel a lingering fondness for the networks and for antique habits of television viewing. It’s a nostalgia that has to do with Sea Hunt, Rocky and Bullwinkle, the moon landings, Watergate and staying up late watching old movies with my mother. Here’s what worries me: The same dynamic that’s killing the U.S. Postal Service and daily newspapers is doing the same for the networks. The post office lost our loyalty when actual communication shifted to the Internet, and first-class mail became rare. And we stopped loving the morning paper when it became hard to locate the news—not to mention the comics—among the full-page ads for hearing aids and weight-loss pills. Content has to outweigh advertising, or we simply turn elsewhere. The networks have entered a similar death-spiral of content erosion and ever-more-intrusive shilling, now poised to rapidly accelerate due to the money pouring into political ads. So far this year, ad spending by outside political groups is up 1,600 percent compared to 2008, according to one source. Which can only mean that watching TV is going to be 1,600 times more awful. More people will pop for TiVo, or wait for the DVD, or start cruising the Internet for their shows, or decide to pay a buck or two to get episodes streamed from Amazon—or just forget about the networks altogether, and find other sources of entertainment that remain free of the lizardbrain hellscape that is modern political advertising. Now brought to you, bigger and better than ever before, by your United States Supreme Court.

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The political career of Harvey Milk shows why city elections should be decided by individual wards

Chomsky Commentary Was Nice, but More Is Needed

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I appreciate your posting “Chomsky Occupies Centennial Hall,” the commentary by Britain Eakin (The Range, Feb. 11). It features incredible recall and is brilliant at connecting many of the major dots of the talk, and the title hints at Chomsky’s awareness of the importance of the Occupy movement! I’d only add that more of his statements connecting Occupy with current (and past) socio-political/ corporate-financial events are needed for better understanding of the situation—most especially the response by We the People. Leaving out anything resembling solution-oriented ideas and actualities only serves to perpetuate the system that Chomsky exposes and warns us about. Otherwise, Ms. Eakin’s reportage is impressively on target, and the headline, at least, begins to fill in a glaring gap.

ucson has a rather interesting—some would say odd—method of electing members of the City Council. As it’s described on the city of Tucson’s website, “Council members are nominated by the ward they wish to represent in the primary election and are elected to the City Council at-large in the general election.” In other words, the primaries are ward-only, and the general election is citywide. Let’s take a moment to look at the politics of this arrangement. Democratic politicians like it because their party has a roughly a 5-to-3 registration advantage over Republicans citywide. If you move the elections from ward-only for the primary to citywide for the general, Democrats have a better chance of winning in wards that tend to vote Republican. Not surprisingly, Republicans really don’t like the citywide general election—for the same reason that Democrats like it.

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Stegeman: Baker’s Speculation, Concerns About New Board Member Are Off-Base The Guest Commentary of Feb. 23 by Frieda Baker could leave inaccurate impressions surrounding Dr. Alexandre Sugiyama, the new member of the Tucson Unified School District board. First, he has an obvious motive for serving on the board: His child is about to enter first-grade in the district. Second, while he works in my unit at the Eller College of Management, I have never played any role in his work assignments or evaluations and am never likely to. Third, he and I have already cast opposing board votes on several important issues. Finally, as far as I know, the process which the county superintendent of schools (Dr. Linda Arzoumanian) used to select Dr. Sugiyama was clean and consistent with her past practice. She made the selection after personally interviewing candidates from a short list, and she was surely aware of their jobs, potential conflicts of interest and other relevant data from their résumés. Mark Stegeman President of the TUSD board

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elective office. However, by 1977, the deck had been shuffled: District elections were no longer citywide, but by district. Harvey Milk ran again and won handily. Finally, the residents within each district in San Francisco got to pick their own representative. What a concept! Those who argue the contrary often point out that a City Council member’s vote affects the whole city, not just the ward. This, of course, is true. But it is also beside the point: The issue is representation, not the effects of the representation. If the effects were an overriding concern, we would have nationwide elections for federal senators and representatives—since their votes on federal bills usually affect the country as a whole. We do not, and that is because the duty of those officeholders is to represent their constituents. Today, our city wards function more as a tool for dividing up the workload of constituent service than as distinct communities of interest. While we all identify as Tucsonans, our city is not quite as homogeneous as our council elections suggest. Does a resident of Ward 6 (midtown) have the same concern for maintaining a semi-rural lifestyle as a resident of Ward 1 (westside)? Does someone living in Ward 4 (southeast) have the same experience of “minidorms” as someone living in Ward 3 (north of the UA)? Whether one considers the practical notion of wards actually having their own interests, or the ethical notion of representation, residents of a ward should be able to choose their own representatives—and not those of the other wards. Tucson should change to ward-only elections for both primaries and general elections.

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The Starting Gate BY JIM NINTZEL, jnintzel@tucsonweekly.com half-dozen candidates are in the race to finish the term of Gabrielle Giffords, who stepped down from Congress in January to focus on her rehabilitation from a gunshot wound to the head suffered on Jan. 8, 2011. Barring some kind of successful petition challenge, four Republicans will battle it out in an April 17 primary election for the chance to face Democrat Ron Barber and Green Party candidate Charlie Manolakis. The Republican candidates are Jesse Kelly, who narrowly lost to Giffords in 2010; state Sen. Frank Antenori, who ran for Congress in 2006 before winning a seat in the Arizona Legislature in 2008; sports broadcaster and marketing businessman Dave Sitton; and former Air Force fighter pilot and squadron commander Martha McSally. Two other announced Republican candidates, John Lervold and Mark Koskiniemi, failed to turn in nominating petitions, which were due Monday, Feb. 27. The Republican candidates have a short window of opportunity to introduce themselves to the voters in Congressional District 8, which includes SaddleBrooke, Oro Valley, Marana, central Tucson, Green Valley, Sierra Vista and much of rural Arizona in the southeast corner of the state. Early voting in the race begins on March 22. Even as the Republican candidates reach out to the conservative voters who are likely to decide the primary, Barber is winning endorsements from moderate Republicans who could help generate crossover support from GOP voters and capture the independent voters who will likely decide the June 12 general election. Barber, who had served as Giffords’ district director since she took office in 2007, and was shot twice in the Jan. 8, 2011, shooting rampage, had already won the support of Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik. But he’s now picked up the support of former Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup, who is one of three honorary co-chairs of Barber’s campaign. Walkup says that Barber is “the best person for the job.” “He understands the issues; he understands Washington; he understands the common good; and he’s a real good guy,” Walkup said last week. “He’ll represent all of the people in the district, and I like that.” Barber also grabbed endorsements from former Sahuarita Mayor Lynne Skelton, former Sierra Vista Mayor Bob Strain and Cochise County rancher and veterinarian Gary Thrasher, who are all crossing party lines to support Barber. Skelton, who now serves as vice mayor on the

Democrat Ron Barber is picking up crossover support, with Republicans Bob Walkup, Lynne Skelton and Bob Strain endorsing him in the Congressional District 8 special election. Sahuarita Town Council, says that Barber understands the issues facing the district and “brings experience to the picture. He understands what’s going to work and how to bring jobs to our area. And more than anything else, he’s not a politician. … Ron is a true public servant. He’s solving problems and building consensus, and he wants to get stuff done.” The Congressional District 8 office has been “very, very responsive” to Sahuarita’s needs, even in Giffords’ absence, according to Skelton. “You never got turned away,” Skelton says. “You pick up the phone, and you could talk with someone in Congresswoman Giffords’ office. … If there’s a problem or a concern, we could most definitely get results from her office.” Strain says that electing Barber would ensure continuity. He says the Congressional District 8 office has been responsive to Sierra Vista’s concerns about supporting Fort Huachuca, protecting the local water supply and providing constituent service. “In my opinion, Ron Barber is the only person who can offer the continuity of service through this bootstrap election we’ve got coming up,” Strain says. While the winner of the special election will

complete Giffords’ term in Congressional District 8, most of the candidates will also be gearing up for an election later this year in the new Congressional District 2, which covers much of the same turf as Congressional District 8. But the new CD 2 has a smaller GOP edge than the current CD 8. The new CD 2 is 34.7 percent Republican, 34.2 percent Democrat, and 31.1 percent independent or other. While the four GOP candidates in the CD 8 special election have all said they’d like to also run in CD 2 in the fall, Barber has not said whether he’ll seek a full term later this year. Several Democratic candidates are preparing runs in CD 2, including state Rep. Matt Heinz, state Sen. Paula Aboud and state Rep. Steve Farley. A fourth candidate, Nan Stockholm Walden, is also expected to announce a run in the near future. Walden, who earned a law degree at Stanford, is a former chief of staff for former U.S. senator Bill Bradley who continued working in Washington, D.C., during the 1990s. She now lives in Southern Arizona and owns a pecan grove near Sahuarita with her husband, Dick Walden.

State Rep. Daniel Patterson doesn’t have many friends left in the Arizona Legislature. Most of his fellow Democrats in the state House of Representatives signed an ethics complaint filed Monday, Feb. 27, by Rep. Katie Hobbs, who said that Patterson had engaged in “conduct impugning the integrity DANIEL of the House of Representatives,” because “it appears that Rep. Patterson has engaged in a pattern of violence that may be considered domestic violence.” The only Democrats who didn’t join the complaint (besides Patterson, of course) were the two who might sit in judgment of him on the House Ethics Committee. The complaint came after Patterson’s messy personal life exploded over the weekend when he got into a fight with his girlfriend and campaign manager, Georgette Escobar, which was broken up when police arrived. A police report on the incident wasn’t available as of The Skinny’s Tuesdaymorning deadline, and Patterson and Escobar tell different stories about the fight, including why the police were there. Escobar said the cops were called by two Tucson Parks and Recreation employees who witnessed the fight, while Patterson said he called the cops after Escobar attacked him. Here’s Escobar’s story: She told The Skinny that her relationship with Patterson had soured, and that last week, she moved out of the downtown house she shared with him. (He owns the home.) She had moved some of her belongings into storage and returned to get additional items on Friday, Feb. 24. When she did, Escobar said, Patterson blocked her car in the driveway with his own car, and locked the gate. Escobar claimed Patterson told her he’d let her out when he wanted. Eventually, he did, but as she started to drive away, he flagged her down and told her she’d need to get permission from him to return to the property. When she started driving off again, she saw that her dog, Jake, was running through the alley, and she called him to get into the car. Escobar said that as she helped Jake into the car, Patterson allegedly ran up, grabbed the dog by the collar, and grabbed her, leaving bruises on her upper right arm—which she showed to us. He also allegedly bent her fingers back to remove them from her dog’s collar, and grabbed the dog by the collar, choking him and throwing him out of the car, before he twisted Escobar’s arms and threw her down to the ground. He then took the dog. Now, Patterson’s story: He said Escobar has serious mental problems and a history of felonies—and is trying to blackmail him. He said he and Escobar got into an argument when she told him about her history of mental illness and crime. She freaked out and hit him “at least

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‘TEMPO MAGAZINE’ MAKES ONLINE LAUNCH A group of local music-lovers hopes a new Web endeavor can help boost interest in the scene. Tempomagazine.net made its online debut last week. The project is the brainchild of a number of local music lovers who broke off from BSceneLive. The new website’s hook: providing a greater understanding of the personalities behind the music.

“We want to focus on getting to know the people,” said Stacy Fortson, Tempo’s artistrelations director. “We’ll be talking about who the musician is and the personality behind that musician. It’s not about covering someone who’s already been here, but getting to know more details about that musician or band.” Fortson and tempomagazine.net staff members have spent the past three months setting the stage for the project, hoping that what they produce online will catch the attention of potential advertisers while bringing recognition to the music scene. “Our goal is to make money, but we don’t plan to do that at the beginning. We want people to see what we can produce. People aren’t going to advertise with us if they don’t know who we are and what we can produce,” Fortson said. “We may not be perfect in the beginning, but our hearts are in it, and we do this because we love it. If we make some money down the road, it’s a bit of a bonus.”

COZMIK JON PLAYS MUSICAL GREATNESS ON KXCI It’s probably safe to say that prog-rock guitarist Steve Hillage isn’t going to pass through Tucson anytime soon, but there’s a chance you’ll be able to hear him on Mondays from midnight to 2 a.m. on Tempest Broog, the weekly prog-rock radio show hosted by John Paul Marchand, or, as he’s known on the air, Cozmik Jon. Standing in the shadows of communityradio stalwarts Kidd Squidd and the Blues Review, Tempest Broog, now in its 16th year, is among the longest-running programs on KXCI FM 91.3. A couple of months ago, Marchand reached out to me for guest-host purposes. It had been a long time since I’d stepped foot in the old South Fourth Avenue house converted into a radio station. About 20 years ago, I co-hosted a short-lived show called Movie Friday in a studio that’s now a dusty storage room. Upstairs, where the slightly updated studios are now located, there’s still plenty of dust, a mainstay from radio days of old. Other mainstays: records and turntables to play them. (Watching Marchand do the quarter turn to cue up a record so the turntable gets up to speed and doesn’t give that slowmotion “wahh” warping sound was quite a nostalgic image.) There’s also a ridiculously vast collection of CDs and a control board that must have been handed down from the mid-’80s. Damn it, this is what radio should be. Not the sterile, computer driven, empty-studio cleanliness the corporate behemoths demand today. And where else would I get to play German band Grobschnitt and some Swedish outfit I can’t pretend to pronounce while Marchand chips in with some cool local outfit called The Swigs and a delicious gem from Van der Graaf generator? Even though Marchand has been the twohour show’s DJ for 16 years, there’s very little concern about ever running out of material, because the average prog-rock song checks in at about 32 minutes. Much thanks to Marchand for letting me sit in. Meanwhile, KXCI is on the tail end of what appears to be another deservedly successful fundraising drive.

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Arms Over Meds BY TIM VANDERPOOL, tvanderpool@tucsonweekly.com kly.com ometimes, a parallel universe just smacks you upside the head. One such moment occurred recently, when the Arizona Legislature birthed a pair of bills that would—conversely—allow gun fanatics to pack heat on campus, and ensure that sick students can’t toke medical marijuana. One bill has the support of college mucketymucks; the other most definitely does not. But in this alternate reality called Arizona, neither measure is much of a surprise. The gun bill, Senate Bill 1474, yet another love child from our firearm-adoring lawmakers, would allow folks to carry weapons onto the UA and other campuses. It’s based on the notion that heavily armed students and faculty members could be perpetually poised to draw down on massacre-minded nutcases. This is the tweaked-up version of a measure vetoed last year by Gov. Jan Brewer—and it is still fiercely opposed by the campus establishment. By contrast, the marijuana bill—introduced by Phoenix Republican Rep. Amanda Reeve, and enjoying the endorsement of university chieftains—would ensure that the demon weed does not waft its way through Arizona’s halls of higher learning. That’s despite the fact that voters approved the use of medical marijuana statewide in 2010. The anti-pot measure, known as House Bill 2349, passed a House vote on Feb. 16. Reeve didn’t return numerous phone calls seeking comment for this article. But her effort follows several failed attempts by Brewer and state Attorney General Tom Horne to hogtie the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act. Their various maneuvers—from suing cannabis clubs to refusing to license dispensaries—hit a wall in January, when Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Richard Gama ordered Brewer to implement the new law. Thus, the people’s will was upheld—except perhaps on taxpayer-funded college campuses. While the original act prohibits medical marijuana in public schools, there were no such restrictions for universities. Reeve’s measure would change that, in a move likely to spark a pricey court challenge. Reeve was prodded along in her efforts by Kristen Boilini, a lobbyist working for several community colleges. A call to Boilini’s Phoenix firm, K.R.B. Consulting, was not returned. But C.J. Karamargin, a spokesman for Pima Community College, says there’s little ambiguity on his campus. “The federal position on this is pretty clear. And we’re not going to do anything to violate the law.” The restrictions were also strongly supported

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Michelle Graye: “What a schizophrenic position to put the university in. They say, ‘We don’t allow drugs on our campus.’ But in what world are alcohol and marijuana not the same things?” by the Arizona Board of Regents, which governs from their Arizona counterparts. “Most institutions will have a policy against marijuana use,” the state’s public universities. “Drugs don’t have he says, “and they can keep that policy in place a place in a university environment,” says board while not going after patients who have medispokeswoman Katie Paquet. cal-marijuana needs. They can make case-byTo flesh that out, Paquet forwarded the case exceptions for those cases, and many instiboard’s official statement. It cites the federal tutions do.” Drug-Free Workplace Act, and the Drug-Free In the meantime, the UA Police Department Schools and Communities Act, which announce treads a tenuous line. Department spokesman that “no institution of higher education shall be Sgt. Juan Alvarez didn’t return a phone call seekeligible to receive funds or any other form of ing comment for this story. But in an earlier financial assistance under any federal program, interview, he said students found with legitimate including participation in any federally funded medical marijuana would be referred to the dean or guaranteed student-loan program, unless it of students rather than face arrest. Associate has adopted and has implemented a program to Dean of Students Kendal Washington White also prevent the use of illicit drugs and abuse of failed to return several phone calls seeking comalcohol by students and employees.” ment. But in the past, her office’s stated policy But here’s the rub: That threat is pure hokum. was that students caught with medical marijuana In an earlier interview with the Tucson Weekly, would be placed on academic probation, U.S. Department of Education spokeswoman required to perform community-service work, Sara Gast told us that student loans hardly seem and run through a drug-education program. at risk. “I checked with our federal student-aid Longtime Tucson medical-marijuana advocate office,” Gast said, “and there has never been any Michelle Graye says these conflicting laws make school that has lost their eligibility for Title IV little sense on a modern campus. “What a schizofunds due to allowing medical marijuana.” phrenic position to put the university in. They Among other things, Title IV funds refer to say, ‘We don’t allow drugs on our campus.’ But in direct federal student loans provided to univerwhat world are alcohol and marijuana not the sities. Approximately $200 million of those same things? Then the crazy Legislature is using funds are awarded to the UA each year. the (federal funding) as a wedge against them.” Nor have schools seen their federal research Ultimately, the UA will probably face a lawsuit money cut as punishment for breaching federal to weed things out, says Jaime Gutiérrez, the drug laws, says Morgan Fox of the Marijuana school’s vice president for external relations. “I susPolicy Project, based in Washington, D.C. “I’ve pect that this is going to be litigated, and somenever heard of a case of federal funds being pulled back or restricted from campuses or their where along the line, the courts are going to have to decide. But it’s our position right now that the research programs with regards to medical marfederal law is supreme, absent a court decision.” ijuana. As long as schools have a drug-free poliIn the meantime, Gutierrez says the UA will cy in place, most schools are able to work out stick to its guns—regardless of whether research clauses where they can make exceptions to it.” funding or student aid is actually being withheld. According to Morgan, 17 states and the “I’m certain the University of Arizona is not going District of Columbia currently allow medical to make this a trial case to see if we can continue marijuana, and another 17 are considering such getting financial aid and allow employees and stua move. And in many of those states, he says, dents to use medicinal marijuana.” universities are taking an approach far different

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30 times.” He speculated that the bruises she displayed to reporters were self-inflicted, and added that cops didn’t see any marks on her Friday. As for the dog, Patterson said Jake belongs to both of them (although Escobar has paperwork showing she is the official owner of the pet), and he just wants Jake to be safe. “I’m happy to work something out with the dog,” he said. “I just wanted to make sure he had someplace safe to be right now.” In the wake of the fight, Escobar filed for a restraining order against Patterson, and then went to the media, claiming that Patterson was trying to evade service, just as he did when Patterson’s ex-wife, Jeneiene Schaffer, tried to serve him with an order of protection in 2010. As the Weekly reported at the time (see “The Family Man,” Sept. 30, 2010), Patterson was separated from his wife and was rumored to be living with Escobar, whom he was also paying to manage his campaign with Clean Elections public dollars. Earlier this week, Escobar confirmed that Patterson was indeed living with her then. She also said she now regrets allowing Patterson to move in with her while he was still married and while his wife was in the hospital having a double-mastectomy. She claimed Patterson told her his wife had a slight illness and was having a small procedure. “(Meanwhile), he was having the time of his life at my house,” she said. “I feel really guilty and bad about that.” Escobar asked for the restraining order over the weekend because Patterson has allegedly threatened to harm and even kill her, so she needs to have him off the property so she can get the rest of her belongings. She claimed most of the furniture in the house belongs to her. Escobar also claimed that Patterson owes her money, and that she pays rent to live at the house and had paid rent for February, which entitles her to access to the house to retrieve her belongings. She also wants to be paid the remainder of what he owes her for the work she’s done as his campaign manager. Patterson admitted on Monday that he was dodging service of the restraining order, because he said Escobar threatened to change the locks on his house after she had the order. He said Escobar has hinted that if he had paid her the “thousands of dollars” she claims he owes her, these allegations wouldn’t have become public. He said he doesn’t owe her money, and his position as a politician made him an easy target. “People wonder why good people don’t go into politics,” Patterson said. “It’s because of attacks like this.” Patterson said he worries about his own safety and the safety of his daughter, and doesn’t want any contact with

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A teenager had a bad reaction to a commercially sold substance that’s sometimes called synthetic marijuana, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report stated. Deputies received a call that a 15-yearold boy was “freaking out” after smoking the drug K2. A deputy went to the house and found two teens in the laundry room. One boy was holding the other—who was “not doing so good”—down on the floor. The boy on the floor was “mumbling stuff” that didn’t make sense, and his eyes were abnormally wide open, the report said. The boy tried to sit up, saying he wanted to put his feet on the ground, but the other boy, apparently a friend, seemed to think it better that he remain on the floor. When deputies asked what the boy had smoked, they were presented with a container whose label read “Mary Jane Potpourri.” It contained a green, leafy substance that smelled fruity and was said to have a peach flavor. The report said the boys bought it at a local smoke shop. The other boy said his friend had taken one hit of the substance and started hallucinating. The report said the deputy didn’t attempt to interview the boy on the floor, because he didn’t seem to be “in the right state of mind to answer any … questions.” Deputies were able to contact the boy’s mother, who said she had never known her son to use drugs. The boy, who did not appear to have any life-threatening symptoms, was taken to a local hospital.

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A troubled youth drew a pentagram in blood after becoming angry over a perceived iPod theft, according to a PCSD report. Deputies were called to a local live-in facility for at-risk youth, where they met the subject and noted that he had a bloody cut on his right hand. In his bedroom, they saw a large pentagram on the floor, apparently drawn in blood. It appeared that someone had also tried to write something on the wall using blood. The mattress was turned over; clothing was scattered; and a bedroom window was broken. The subject told deputies he’d caused the damage because he believed that someone had stolen his iPod and $30 in cash. The subject had also tried to spit on a counselor, the report said. A staff member later located the $30 in a pair of the subject’s pants; the missing iPod also was found. The subject was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct and assault.

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A Second Facebook? very few months, I end up saying that I’m going to stop discussing politics on Facebook—yet a few days go by, and I find myself in the middle of a digital fray over some social issue. I like to justify the behavior by saying that I’m limiting my comments to correcting inaccurate information, but deep down, I know that I’m no different than any other online crank who’s determined to convince the world of the accuracy of my opinions. While I think the civil discussion of political issues is generally a positive thing, even if it’s a somewhat rare occurrence online (see our Comment of the Week on the right), it might be time to stop discussing, say, abortion on Facebook. I don’t know if some sort of block can be set up that sends abortion-related status updates into an unseen void where no insults can be exchanged, but if not, my wife has an excellent proposal: a second Facebook, just for people who want to argue about the subject. There, people who actually think they’re going to change each other’s minds can go at it, 24/7, without the rest of us needing to be caught in the crossfire. Have erroneous statistics to share? Go for it—but not on the Facebook that the rest of us are trying to use as a distraction. Of course, my wife also suggested that Rick Santorum supporters be sent to the same alternate social network, but let’s take things one step at a time.

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THE WEEK ON THE RANGE We reported the results of the Arizona Presidential Preference Primary, including how the Project White House candidates performed; kept up with the domestic-violence allegations surrounding state Rep. Daniel Patterson; realized which fringe TV personality Jan Brewer reminds us of; recapped the Tea Party excitement at Rick Santorum’s stop in town; wondered if the recall effort against Tucson Unified School District board member Michael Hicks would be successful; studied up on the Bible with Terri Proud; tried to erase the memory of Russell Pearce talking about crushed scrotums; and watched the two heads of the major political parties in Pima County discuss the week’s events on Arizona Illustrated’s Political Roundtable, with your host, Jim Nintzel. We looked forward to the culinary programming at the Tucson Festival of Books; noted the opening of several new restaurants in town; reported on the opening of a medical-marijuana collective; pointed out a new option for glutenfree folks; and congratulated Janos Wilder on his semifinalist status for a James Beard Award. We tried (unsuccessfully) to contain our excitement about the forthcoming Freestyle Explosion show coming to the Tucson Convention Center; listened to a mix by two local DJs; visited a museum for purses; watched an old commercial for a long-gone local record store; kept up with the world of bicycling; shared some photos from the first night of the Desert Diamond Cup; enjoyed the sights and sounds of a bridge exploding; glimpsed the creative process at work with a time-lapse video of an Ed Muren III mural; continued our bittersweet tradition of noting David Foster Wallace’s birthday; tried to help you avoid the glare of Google’s new privacy options; asked you to consider adopting a dog; and got down to the new single by SWV.

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Skin in the Game BY ALEXANDRA K. NEWMAN, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com bill that would require nearly all students at Arizona’s state universities to pay at least $2,000 a year for their education—without relying on grants or scholarships—passed a key committee in the Arizona House of Representatives last week. House Bill 2675 was approved by the House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 22 on a 7-6 vote, with Republicans Vic Williams and Steve Urie joining Democrats to vote against the bill. If the bill becomes law, it would require students to pay a minimum of $2,000 of their yearly tuition out of pocket. Students could not use grants, scholarships or gifts from the university to cover the last $2,000, but could use outside sources such as student loans. Rep. John Kavanagh, a Fountain Hills Republican, said during the hearing that college students need to have more “skin in the game” when paying for their higher education. “The university gives out a large amount of unearned tuition subsidies,” said Kavanagh, one of the bill’s primary sponsors. “In difficult economic times, it didn’t make much sense to give away so much free college-tuition money. And in addition, there are other negative consequences of making tuition totally free.” Students who have a full academic scholarship or an athletic scholarship would be exempt from the requirement, because they contribute to making the school a better institution, Kavanagh said. “Academic scholars have earned the tuition aid, and by raising the intellectual level of the university, they improve the educational environment for everybody, and they raise the school’s national rating and enhance the value of everyone’s degree,” he said. “Athletic scholars contribute to the school’s spirit, and athletic teams bring in millions of dollars to the university. I’m not going to be the one who ends the football and basketball programs.” As for other students, he said, “I’m sure they contribute in terms of community service and school spirit, but we don’t pay for that.” Rep. Matt Heinz, a Tucson Democrat who voted against the bill during the Appropriations Committee hearing, said the legislation creates “an additional barrier for our young adults to get the university education that so many of them want and need.” Heinz attempted to amend the bill to spare veterans attending college with the help of the GI Bill from the $2,000 requirement, but Republicans on the committee shot down the amendment. “Kavanagh’s bill exempts athletes and people on full academic scholarship,” Heinz said. “The

least we can do is put in my amendment that protects active-duty members of our military, National Guard and those who have been honorably discharged from the Armed Services.” Brandon Patrick, an Air Force veteran and Arabic translator who served in Afghanistan and Iraq before leaving the service and enrolling at the UA with the help of the GI Bill, said “the whole thing is ridiculous.” “John Kavanagh thinks that you should exempt student athletes but not veterans, because athletes apparently give more,” said Patrick, who is planning a run for the state House this year on the Democratic ticket. “This kind of legislation hurts the entire state. It drives companies and employers away, because we continue to demonize education.” Kavanagh said his bill really won’t hurt students from low-income families, because if tuition is $9,000, “they’ll still be eligible for $7,000 of unearned tuition per year.” Kavanagh said he factored in another $1,500 per year for books and fees to come up with a total of $14,000 that students will need over four years, “which they could easily pay with outside help or loans.” “Given that you can’t buy a Chevy Sonic for $14,000, and university degrees are worth a lot more than Chevy Sonics, I think the assumption of a small amount of debt is reasonable,” he said. In difficult economic times, Kavanagh said, it’s not reasonable to expect taxpayers to be giving a university education to those who haven’t earned it. He said that when students don’t have to pay anything for their education, more of them will go to a university instead of a community college—and those students might be better served at a community college. “By luring them to universities, these students often wind up failing out or dropping out, and

that lowers the graduation rates of the universities, which lowers their standings in national ratings and lowers value of degrees,” Kavanagh said. Bob McLendon, chairman of the Arizona Board of Regents, called HB 2675 “totally unfair.” He said the bill means withholding a chance at higher education for some people, and added that students who put in the effort to obtain scholarships shouldn’t have to pay the $2,000. “I think it’s a discouraging piece of legislation when we’re trying to actually grow the number of people in Arizona who are educated with at least a bachelor’s degree, and to grow our work force,” McLendon said. Rep. Steve Farley, a Tucson Democrat, said the bill is a “horrible, horrible idea … that punishes kids because their families don’t have any money, and keeps kids from being able to benefit from education and help our economy.” Farley said the bill is shameful, because everyone needs to be contributing to the economy right now—just as every student who attends a university contributes to the school. “I would argue that the students in poverty are making more of a contribution,” he said. “They honor and treasure this more than the kids who may be from wealthy families and have gotten everything they ever wanted in their lives.” He said this bill would cut off a college education for motivated and hard-working people, and keep them trapped in a cycle of poverty. “It’s really, really disappointing. With our economy in the dumps, we need every possible advantage we have to be able to come back,” Farley said. Jim Nintzel contributed to this article.

Escobar. “I don’t feel safe around this woman,” he said. “I think she’s a threat; she’s threatened me before. She’s blackmailing me.” He vowed to now be more selective about his girlfriends. “I know I’m going to be much, much more careful with who I associate with in the future,” he said. Patterson is likely to have plenty of time to think about his love life, since he probably won’t have to spend much more time at the Legislature. His political support—already weak after a Christmastime incident in which his ex-wife contacted authorities after he left the state for a vacation with their child without clearing it with her first— collapsed almost as soon as the rumors starting swirling; by Monday morning, state Rep. Chad Campbell, the minority leader, told The Skinny he was talking to other lawmakers about calling for Patterson’s resignation. “His constituents deserve someone who can focus on the responsibilities of the office,” Campbell said. “He needs to be held to the same legal standard as every other citizen of the state.” Despite previous allegations that Patterson had been physically and verbally abusive at times, Campbell said he never had enough evidence to go after Patterson until now. By Tuesday morning, Patterson was not only facing the ethics complaint supported by nearly of all his Democratic colleagues in the House; he was also facing calls to step down from a seatmate, Sen. Linda Lopez, as well as Senate Minority Leader David Schapira, Assistant Senate Democratic Leader Leah Landrum Taylor, Arizona Democratic Party Executive Director Luis Heredia, and the local Latina organization Las Adelitas. Patterson called the demands for his resignation premature—because the truth will vindicate him. “This is the lynch-mob type of politics that we see from Phoenix, and I’m not going to listen to these cutthroat, throw-’em-under-the-bus politicians from Phoenix,” he said. “I’m responsive to my constituents in Tucson, period. … I’m not going to be blackmailed out of office.” But he did threaten to leave the Democratic Party: “I may become an independent.” Rep. Macario Saldate, a Tucson Democrat, said he’s heard the accusations, and if they turn out to be true, he wants Patterson out of the Legislature— through an ethics hearing, if necessary. “That’s an appropriate way to go,” said Saldate, who is facing a potential primary with Patterson this year as a result of redistricting. “I support that.” By Mari Herreras, Jim Nintzel and Hank Stephenson Find early and late-breaking Skinny at The Range, our daily dispatch, at daily. tucsonweekly.com. MARCH 1 – 7, 2012

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effrey Stewart learned he was HIVpositive in 1991. Two years later, his partner died of AIDS—and his whole world fell apart. Stewart, then living in San Diego, fell into a depression. He spent most of his time in bed, watching TV and rarely leaving his house. “It was the diagnoses and the loss, but it was also the fear of the unknown,” Stewart says. Stewart eventually got better—but it took almost two decades and a move to Tucson, where he discovered a community of resources and support for people living with HIV/ AIDS. On Thursday, Feb. 23, Stewart stood in front of a full room of Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network volunteers, care partners and supporters, and was honored for his volunteer work with TIHAN’s Poz Café, a project that allows people with HIV/AIDS to go to different area churches for a good meal, good fun and good will.

JEFFREY SCOTT BROWN: “I do feel lucky, and I know that sounds strange to some people, but I’m here. And after seeing a lot of friends die back then, I am glad to be here.”

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THRIVING continued from Page 15 When Stewart was diagnosed, he had already witnessed dozens of friends die from AIDS since the epidemic started in 1981. When looking back at the tremendous loss today, Stewart and others living with HIV/AIDS all agree that despite the suffering and sadness, they are lucky to still be on the planet, thanks to the development of life-saving drugs. Stewart says he was amazed at the level of resources available to him. While in San Diego, he received medications and took part in research trials at the University of California at San Diego. When he first moved to Tucson, he went to the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation and received a referral to the El Rio Community Health Center for his doctor, help with moving expenses, and aid with rent and his utilities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At (the El Rio) health clinic, someone kept telling me, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You need to go to Poz CafĂŠ,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Stewart says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In January of last year, I went to my first cafĂŠ. Even before you walk in, everyone is smiling. It was refreshing, and I said to myself, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I kind of like this place.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; It was very good food, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice place where you can feel safe.â&#x20AC;? Beyond the good meal and camaraderie, Stewart says everyone receives a festively decorated grocery bag filled with items that most people on disability are unable to buy with food stamps, such as soap, toilet paper, shampoo, sunscreen and lip balm. Stewart says the support has helped him blossom. He began volunteering at the cafĂŠ and

doing public speaking about living with HIV/ AIDS at various TIHAN congregations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew things were different when this one time, when I spoke to a congregation, I forgot all about living with AIDS, and it ended up all about my animals,â&#x20AC;? says Stewart, who does animal rescue and lives with an assortment of dogs and catsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;plus a few goats in the backyard. When he visited his stepmother and niece last Christmas, he noticed that his stepmother was especially happy. He asked her why she was â&#x20AC;&#x153;so giddy, and she said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I can see that you are happy, and that makes me happy.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a time when I felt a stigma, but that has changed,â&#x20AC;? Stewart says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel uncomfortable being out and telling people about AIDS.â&#x20AC;?

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he was in a short-term relationship, and he had unprotected sex—and that’s all it took for him to become HIV-positive. “My parents were devastated. They didn’t really understand how this could happen to someone like me,” he says. He went to see his doctor about what he thought was a venereal disease. The doctor also did an HIV test, and that’s how he found out. By then, the relationship had ended, but he did reach out to his ex to let her know. “I don’t know what happened to her, but I wanted to make sure I told her what happened. I wanted to make sure she wasn’t going to sleep with someone else,” John says. “At that point, I felt like, if anything, that was going to be the one responsible thing I could do out of all this.” For Barb Lock, a straight woman diagnosed as HIV-positive five years ago, it’s always a struggle to fight the notion that HIV/AIDS is a gay disease. She wants to help people understand that everyone is susceptible to this virus, especially women. “The idea that it’s a gay disease—well, that hasn’t been true in a long time,” says Lock, who was infected by her husband. According to the Arizona Department of Health Service’s HIV Epidemiology Program 2011 Annual Report, out of the 2,324 people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 2009 and into March 2010, 326 were women. The largest number of those infected remains “men having sex with other men,” at 1,424, compared to 226 via heterosexual sex. According to the Foundation for AIDS Research, in the United States, women account for one in four new HIV diagnoses and deaths caused by AIDS. Diagnoses of women have tripled since 1985; most women contract the virus through heterosexual sex. Those statistics should be enough to force changes in women’s health care and how women are treated when they want to be tested. Lock says her own experience, when she was living in Pinal County, helped her realize something is wrong with the system. Lock had a hunch that she might be infected, and she went to the county public health clinic to be tested for HIV. A nurse administering the test asked her a series of questions to determine whether she needed the test—and all of the questions involved the use of street drugs, she remembers. “Have you had ‘Special K’ recently?” Lock recalls the nurse asking her. “What? No, I don’t eat Special K,” Lock says she answered, thinking the nurse was talking about the breakfast cereal. When the nurse realized that Lock didn’t have a drug history, she told Lock that she didn’t need the test. But Lock insisted, and the nurse finally obliged. “I knew that I wouldn’t get the results right away, and I knew that because it’s a public health clinic, they had to tell me in person if I was infected,” Lock says. “So when the nurse called and asked me to come in, I knew I had it.” Lock says she was given two choices regarding where she could receive treatment: Phoenix or Tucson. So she moved to Tucson and took advantage of what she considers to be top services and resources; she even discovered help that most people in Tucson’s HIV/AIDS community don’t know about.

But she also discovered that when it comes to services for women—one of the fastestemerging groups with HIV/AIDS—there was a lack of support. She knows of only one support group set up specifically for women. It has a core group of six women who meet at the El Rio Community Health Center’s Special Immunology Associates Clinic, at 1701 W. St. Mary’s Road. “Yet I know about 50 women in Tucson who have HIV,” Lock says. “I want to reach out to more women in Tucson.” A self-described advocate for herself, Lock is working on starting a new organization that will be called PowerSourceTucson. She’d like to see it create a drop-in center for women with HIV and offer more support groups. The goal is “empowering women living with HIV and AIDS,” Lock says, adding that she is now recruiting members for the board of directors. She says more support groups for women are needed, because women face challenges that gay and straight men don’t. Lock says that because women tend to have lower incomes, they aren’t always able to qualify for better assistance. It’s also challenging for many women to find the time for support groups, because they have to juggle work and child care. What also could be keeping women away, Lock says, is the ongoing stigma of AIDS/HIV. The assumption is that if you’re an infected woman, you must be a prostitute or an intravenous drug-user. Lock says that many infected women who have children never tell their kids. “Many women don’t disclose status, and sometimes, it can feel like a heavy burden,” says Lock, who does not have children of her own. But as children get older, Lock says, women are faced with a need to tell, because “mom may not live further than 20 years.” Lock says most women learn they have HIV/ AIDS when they are very ill and have to be hospitalized. “Women don’t consider themselves at risk, unless they have risky behaviors,” she says. If a woman is married or in a monogamous relationship, a physician would not think of her as exhibiting risky behavior. Lock says that when she went to her doctor for her annual exam, the doctor never offered to test her for HIV/AIDS. It may be time for an HIV test to be part of routine health exams for all women, Lock says. Despite her wish that more services for women were available in Tucson, Lock says she is grateful for the help she has received here. She says the care she receives at El Rio is exceptional. In Pinal County, where she was diagnosed, there was only one caseworker for the entire county—and the caseworker’s office was in Florence. “El Rio is a model clinic recognized across the country,” Lock says, “and as holistic as a clinic can get. I feel very lucky.”

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THRIVING continued from Page 17 friends who died from HIV/AIDS. But Brown, who describes himself as the ribbon’s caretaker, says he also uses the ribbon to remind people how important it is to protect themselves and to get tested. “It’s important that as long as people keep getting infected, we never forget the loss we’ve suffered,” Brown says. “I’d like to think that reminding people about that loss would help, but people continue to get AIDS.” Brown says that last year, Tucson lost at least eight people in the HIV community—but what’s different now compared to when he was diagnosed in 1991 is that people are dying of things like heart failure related to the long-term use of the medications that suppress HIV. In the era when he was diagnosed, it was often shocking to see how gaunt many people became. “You knew they had AIDS, but nowadays, you can’t tell when some is HIV-positive,” Brown says. “I do feel lucky, and I know that sounds strange to some people, but I’m here. And after seeing a lot of friends die back then, I am glad to be here. “We call ourselves poz warriors,” Brown says of those who are living with positive HIV tests. “We’re in the battle. We’re in the trenches.” But don’t call him a “survivor.” “We are still people infected,” he says. Brown says that in the first decade of AIDS, it created a sound heard around the world: It was the “sound of millions of lives snuffed out during that time from the early 1980s to mid-1990s” before effective drugs finally came

along. First, it was AZT that everyone took, but “it rotted people’s brains out,” Brown recalls. “I couldn’t talk in sentences. It was mindnumbing. Now they put small amounts in other drugs, but at a much lower dosage.” While we talk, Brown’s cell-phone alarm goes off, and he begins to pull several prescription bottles from his pockets. “Time to take my morning meds,” he says. Four sizable pills are washed down with water. One is a combination of different medications; another pill keeps pneumonia away. One is meant to prevent yeast and fungal infections. “This is my breakfast,” Brown says. “But this is so much better than the 48 pills I used to take.” In addition to the pills, Brown says he also takes supplements including collagen, fish oil and vitamin B. In 2003, Brown moved back home to Tucson from Los Angeles on the day his grandmother celebrated her 100th birthday. He says he wanted to be closer to his family and to get a fresh start in his hometown. He grew up in Winterhaven, the neighborhood known for its over-the-top Christmas displays. The AIDS ribbon has been a saving grace for Brown, allowing him to recognize the loss of friends and deal with that loss in a way that seems to make sense for him and many others. Tucsonans help him carry the ribbon at special events, including the All Souls Procession and the Pride Parade. But Brown says it’s the resources in the town and the way people with HIV/AIDS have come together to form a community that help him

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most. Volunteers at clinics and organizations like the Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network, or TIHAN, and the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation provide massages and exercise classes. Those organizations are also an excellent source of help for people who run into roadblocks getting treatment. For example, when the state’s drug program dropped the ball last year on Brown’s prescription for a medication he must take every day, advocates at SAAF stepped in and helped him get the meds. “All of these people in the HIV community help make living the daily battle easier. If there are any challenges, it’s connecting people to all the resources—you have TIHAN, SAAF, the Pima County Health Department, the clinics, and the Pima County HIV/AIDS CARE Consortium,” Brown says. “We probably could do a better job of bringing all these resources together” and in “reaching out and connecting up with people in Nogales, Bisbee, Tombstone. There are a lot of people in rural areas that have HIV.” One group in town is focused on creating a sense of community for people with HIV/ AIDS; the group also attracts people from rural areas. About six years ago, Carl Stoeckel started BePositiveTucson to help HIV-positive people in Tucson connect socially. “We felt it would be worth our while to spend our time pleasantly taking field trips, such as hiking or going to view the annual crane migration near Willcox,” Stoeckel says. “Not everything appeals to everyone, so we try to keep it as varied as we can. One of the most-successful

things we’ve done is adopted Greasewood Park and worked with Tucson Parks and Recreation to clean it and plant trees.” Stoeckel, who was diagnosed with HIV in the early 1980s, says he had no idea he would still be alive today. “When I was first diagnosed and moved back to the East Coast, I figured in two years, I’d be dead. But then the medication came, and it literally changed everyone’s lives. It provided me with a second chance and a mini-teaching career. I retired, and now I’m happily on Social Security,” Stoeckel says, laughing. There are no dues to pay in BePostive, which has a core group of about 15 participants that attend the monthly hikes and potluck dinners. Stoeckel maintains a Yahoo! group, which is how people join and get information on monthly get-togethers. The gatherings can range from helping Brown with the AIDS ribbon to volunteering with Positively Beautiful, which provides a day of pampering for women with HIV/AIDS. “We’re trying to maintain ourselves as viable, productive individuals. It’s very, very hard when you’re on disability and have lost everything,” Stoeckel says. “Sometimes, people feel they can’t provide anything in return, so we’re here to say, ‘Look, this is what we have to offer and what you can do.’” There’s a tendency in the HIV community to offer support in the form of medications, rent, utilities and food. But what about fostering “a sense of joy?” Stoeckel oeckel asks. “Let’s Lets start with that.”

• BePositiveTucson: A grassroots social and support organization for HIV-positive people and their supporters throughout Southern Arizona. The group does a monthly potluck and a monthly hike; groups.yahoo.com/group/ bepositivetucson; cstoecke@yahoo.com. • El Rio Special Immunology Associates Clinic: Provides medical and behavioral services to people living with HIV/AIDS; 1701 W. St. Mary’s Road, Suite 160 and 150; 628-8287; www.elrio.org. • Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF): Offers clinical services and referrals, housing services, support groups and HIV testing and education; 6287223; www.saaf.org. • Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (TIHAN): Has volunteers who work on Care Teams that provide clients (Care Partners) with emotional and social support, errands, shopping, transportation and other services. TIHAN also runs the Poz Café, a monthly lunch for people living with HIV, at area churches and synagogues; 299-6647; www.tihan.org. • University of Arizona Petersen Clinics: Offer outpatient and inpatient care for HIV patients, and counseling services for families and spouses of patients; hiv.medicine.arizona.edu.

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If you’ve ever wished a few world-renowned musicians could appear in your living room to play you some Beethoven—or perhaps a brand-new piece of their own—consider attending one (or more) of the performances at the Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival. Chamber music is an intimate form of classical music, meant to be played by a small group of musicians in a cozy setting. The festival, in its 19th year, is put on by Arizona Friends of Chamber Music. Peter Rejto, an acclaimed cellist, has been the artistic director for each of the festival’s 19 years. He essentially creates each festival, selecting artists from all over the world and deciding which pieces they will play, said Jean-Paul Bierny, president of the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music. Bierny said he met Rejto after hearing him play the cello at the University of Arizona, where Rejto was a professor at the time. The two got to talking and decided a chamber-music festival would be an exciting addition to Tucson’s springtime. “Peter creates really brilliant programs that combine music that people know and recognize and love, with new pieces,” said Randy Spalding, an AFCM board member. A variety of musicians will perform throughout the weeklong fest. Some are new faces, and some have played at past festivals. passionate dances from Italy and Spain.” “It certainly is a rarified group,” Spalding said. “The same people “I call it a Baroque jam session,” Sorrell said. “Even people who are who perform in Carnegie Hall and great venues throughout Europe not really typical classical-music concertgoers usually like this concert. come here to perform as well.” … This would be a nice chance for them to give it a try, because the This year, two pieces will have their premieres at the festival, music is very lively, entertaining and accessible.” thanks to a commissioning program in which a supporter can “essenThe festival also includes classes, a gala dinner, a youth concert and tially hire a composer to write a new piece,” Spalding said. open rehearsals. The free youth concert is intended to get kids of all The brand-new pieces are a piano trio by Lera Auerbach, and a ages packing the theater to get piano quartet by Pierre Jalbert. an earful of chamber music. “We commission more new “What we hope is that some works than any organization young kid is going to sit there in the United States today,” and think, ‘Whoa, this is way Spalding claimed. more incredible than I imagJeannette Sorrell plays the ined,’ and develop an interest as harpsichord and directs for the a performer or future audience Baroque orchestra known as member,” Spalding said. Apollo’s Fire. She said she sees it Bierny said there has been a as her personal mission to conrise in attendance at his group’s nect with the festival crowds. Evening Concert Series, now in She strives to hook the younger its 64th season, and he’s hoping generation, and said her group that will mean bigger crowds is known to draw crowds that for the festival. are youthful, at least by classi“We’re presenting absolutely cal-music standards. top-notch chamber music,” he “Classical music is not going said. “You can’t get better than to survive if it’s only listened what were offering to Tucson— to by people who are 65 years old,” Sorrell said. “It should be Apollo’s Fire will be appearing at the festival for the second year not in New York, Paris, anywhere.” for everybody, and I think that in a row. The Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival’s performances will everybody really enjoys it if it’s presented in a way that is accessible.” Members of Apollo’s Fire play on period instruments from the 17th mostly be held at the Leo Rich Theatre at the Tucson Convention and 18th centuries. She said the musicians are well-versed in the historiCenter, 260 S. Church Ave., from Sunday, March 4, through cal background of the instruments. “But we do not seem scholarly when Sunday, March 11. Tickets are $25 per performance, with diswe’re performing. … It’s a very high-energy kind of performance.” counts. For tickets or more information, call 577-3769, or visit This is the second year in a row in which Apollo’s Fire will appear arizonachambermusic.org. at the festival. This year, a group of eight musicians and one dancer Alexandra K. Newman will perform Mediterranean Nights, described as “sultry songs and mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

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MUSIC Party Like It’s 1912 Music in the Canyon Noon to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 4 Near the Sabino Canyon Visitors’ Center 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road 749-8700; sabinocanyon.org

The walls of Sabino Canyon will ring with the sounds of Western, mariachi and bluegrass music this weekend at the 17th annual Music in the Canyon concert. The focus of this year’s concert is Arizona’s centennial, said Dave Bushell, president of the Friends of Sabino Canyon. To convey a sense of Arizona’s heritage and its 100 years of statehood, the musical lineup includes an old-fashioned Western band (the Lazy S Gang), Native American dancers (the Redhouse Dancers), mariachi (from Tucson High School) and bluegrass (Cadillac Mountain). The concept is to provide music that Arizonans of 100 years ago would have listened to, Bushell said. The concert will be held at the old Lowell Ranger Station, about a halfmile up the main road from the visitors’ center. Bushell said the station has a “ranch” feel, with a barn and corrals. The station usually maintains a low profile, because most canyon visitors are focused on the hiking, he said. Attendees are encouraged to wear Western wear and other outfits that would have been popular in the early 1900s. “I’m going to put on my cowboy hat and boots,” Bushell promised. In addition to enjoying the music, concertgoers can buy food catered by El Saguarito and eegee’s, Bushell said. If you plan to attend, you might want to get there early to nab a parking space. Past Music in the Canyon events have drawn from 1,500 to 3,000 people, Bushell said. The event is free, excluding regular canyon visitor fees, but there is a suggested donation of $5 per person, or $10 per family. —R.K.

Far Left: A moment from a previous Möda Provocateur. Left: A scene from I Am a Girl, one of the films in LUNAFEST at the Loft Cinema.

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High Fashion for a Cause

Women’s History on the Big Screen

Accomplished in Her Own Right

Main event at 6 p.m., Sunday, March 4

LUNAFEST: Short Films by, for, About Women

Lucie Arnaz: Latin Roots

Tucson Convention Center Grand Ballroom 260 S. Church Ave.

7 p.m., Tuesday, March 6

8 p.m., Friday, March 2; 3 p.m., Sunday, March 4

Loft Cinema 3233 E. Speedway Blvd.

Berger Performing Arts Center 1200 W. Speedway Blvd.

621-5656; lunafest.org

882-9721; invisibletheatre.com

March is Women’s History Month, and to help celebrate it, the Loft Cinema is hosting the short-film festival LUNAFEST: Short Films by, for, About Women. The festival spotlights works by female filmmakers that focus on women’s health, sexuality and body image, and how women can break boundaries, said Leigh Spencer, of the UA’s Women’s Studies Advisory Council. Spencer said 100 percent of the proceeds will go to charity: For every dollar raised, 85 cents will go to the Women’s Studies Advisory Council, and 15 cents will go to efforts to fight breast cancer. The festival consists of nine films that give viewers a glimpse into the lives of a diverse group of women. For instance, the main character in I Am a Girl is Joppe, a 13-year-old girl who wants to ask out a boy named Brian. Joppe’s problem: She doesn’t know how to tell Brian that she was born a boy. Every Mother Counts: Obstetric Fistula looks at a deadly birth complication that affects between 50,000 and 100,000 women each year. It’s a heartbreaking film that focuses on real women’s stories, according to the LUNAFEST website. “All of these films have won awards at various film festivals,” Spencer said. In past years, LUNAFEST has raised about $4,000 for Tucson charities, after expenses, Spencer said. On a national level, the festival has raised more than $456,000 for the Breast Cancer Fund, and more than $785,000 for nonprofit women’s organizations. The festival is sponsored by LUNA, a nutritional bar for women. Tickets are $10; or $5 for students. Advance tickets are available through the Women’s Studies Advisory Council, not the Loft. —R.K.

Lucie Arnaz, the daughter of enterntertainment icons Desi Arnaz and son Lucille Ball, is making her Tucson e debut with Latin Roots—on the resame weekend that she’ll be pretre’s sented with the Invisible Theatre’s “Goldie” award. The award, named for the mother of Invisible Theatre an managing artistic director Susan est Claassen, is given yearly to guest n artists—either from the Tucson — community, or from elsewhere— who excel in both their art and utheir investment in the community. “My mom really understood the unconditional love and supportt that o the it takes to dedicate your life to rnaz arts,” Claassen said. “Lucie Arnaz k and is so passionate about her work he’s living about education. By the way she’s her life with such passion and compasnts.” sion, she honors her own parents.” Arnaz began her career with a recurpposite ring role on The Lucy Show, opposite formed in her mother, and has since performed ghtclub film, on Broadway and as a nightclub edit. She act; she has two CDs to her credit. ries about has also produced documentaries her famous family. Latin Roots takes a look at her at show background, featuring clips that reer, as Arnaz’s early childhood and career, erforming. well as footage of her father performing. portunity “We don’t often have an opportunity to delve into the musical roots of an ally just artist, as we do with her. It really laassen pulsates through her veins,” Claassen said. “Even though she indeed comes e is herfrom entertainment royalty, she iences self entertainment royalty. Audiences e level.” are in for a treat on every single Admission is $42; discountss available for groups of 10 or more. —D.M.

Möda Provocateur

628-7223; saafmoda.org

Möda Provocateur, a charitable event benefiting the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF)—and known as Tucson’s answer to the high-fashion shows of New York and Los Angeles— will be held at the Tucson Convention Center’s Grand Ballroom for the first time in its nine-year history. Möda was created by Avalon Studio’s Kevin Casey, who began organizing it after a similar event organized by a for-profit organization resulted in a donation of $3,000 to SAAF. A native Tucsonan, Casey believed he had better connections to local salons and boutiques, and would be able put on an event that would increase the proceeds for SAAF. So far, it appears that he’s right. Möda, a 100 percent nonprofit event made possible by volunteers and in-kind donations, has raised more than $333,000 for SAAF through previous shows. Casey said previous Möda events have involved up to 200 models, 100 hairdressers, 20 makeup artists, 30 dancers and scores of technicians and engineers—all volunteers. “There are probably as many volunteers as audience members,” Casey said, exaggerating only slightly. He expects about 700 people to attend this year’s event “This year, we’ve auditioned nearly 90 (models) who wanted to donate their time,” he said. Those selected end up spending between six and 20 hours rehearsing in the days before the show, not to mention rehearsals on the day of the show. The theme of this year’s event is “Stand by Me,” which pays tribute to caregivers who spend their time helping people who have HIV/AIDS. Texas vocalist Rachel Avonne will perform at the pre-show dinner, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 to $135. —D.M.

Lucie Arnaz is showing off her Latin Roots in Tucson this weekend.

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Jerry Helm For 32 Southern Arizona high school students, it’s all about William Shakespeare as they compete in a monologue competition on Saturday, March 3, for a chance to compete nationally in New York City— and perhaps study in London. Retired teacher Jerry Helm has been involved in the competition for more than 25 years, first taking his Pueblo High School students to it, and later heading the local competition when he retired. The competition, which is open to the public, runs from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the UA’s Marroney Theatre. For more information, call 975-2437, or go to www.esuus.org.

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Mari Herreras, mherreras@tucsonweekly.com

How long has this competition been going on in Tucson? This is our 27th year, but I think it’s been going on nationwide about 30 years. Who organizes this nationwide? It’s sponsored by a group called the English-Speaking Union, which is headquartered in England and has a national headquarters in New York City. It’s not a political organization or something about Englishonly. It’s a group that started after World War I with the goal of trying to figure out a way to avoid future wars. The idea is that better communication would help, and the group is dedicated to the clear usage of English language. They feel Shakespeare is a good way to improve those skills. They’ve been sponsoring this in the U.S. and Canada, and they pay the expenses of the winners all around the country to fly to New York in April for the national competition. How did you get involved? Well, I’m a retired teacher. I taught English, French and swimming at Pueblo High School. I heard about it, so I had kids at Pueblo competing in it. When I retired in 1993, the people organizing it then came to me and asked me to run the (local) competition, so I’ve been helping with it now since 1993. 22 WWW.TuCsON WEEKLY.COM

What is the average number of students who compete? The average is around 30 from high schools from across Southern Arizona— from Sierra Vista and Sahuarita, Douglas and Nogales, but most of them are from Tucson. How do you get the word out? We send out information to all the high schools in Southern Arizona every year informing them what this is all about, (followed by) emails and phone calls to individual teachers. It’s been pretty successful. The teachers nowadays are overworked, and a lot of them who used to participate are finding they can’t because they don’t have the time. But when we lose a school, we pick up another one every year. How many schools and students this year? This year, we have 30 or 32 kids, and I think we have 19 or 20 schools involved. They have their in-school competitions—where kids memorize 20 lines from a Shakespeare play, and they do it in school—and we try to attend in-school competitions to lend support. Do you think overall interest in Shakespeare is growing? I think it is really growing. The level of participation and the quality of participants seems to get better every

year. Kids when I was in high school would have laughed at a thing like this, but these kids are just amazing. They really get into it and do wonderful jobs with their interpretations. I think it is growing in the schools that try to nurture it, anyway. You have to have a teacher that’s involved and believes. What is it about Shakespeare that still connects with students? Shakespeare is so universal, and (he) dealt with basic human emotions and human problems. We suggest monologues to (students), but they are free to choose any 20 lines they like. This speaks to people, and there’s everything— comedy, tragedy and lust and fear, death and life. Has Tucson ever had a student go on to London? No, but we’ve had several in the top 10, and we had one student one year who was written up in the New Yorker—a young man from Tucson High School, a Mexican-American kid who did a cholo version of one of the monologues. … The kids can be quite original and can come up with some unusual readings. The New Yorker reporter attended it and thought he was outstanding, but he came in second or third that year. … They kind of like us in New York. We just haven’t broken through with that ultimate winner yet.

AGES AND STAGES Tucson Convention Center. 260 S. Church Ave. 7914101. The Pima Council on Aging hosts a conference and expo devoted to the active-senior lifestyle, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday, March 2 and 3; free admission. Exhibitors offer information and opportunities for volunteering, leisure, travel, fitness, financial advice, assisted-living and retirement centers, health and wellness, new technologies and the arts. Parking in the TCC lot is $8 per car. BOOKMANS Bookmans. 6230 E. Speedway Blvd. 748-9555. Native healer and jazz musician Tony Redhouse performs healings and live music, and promotes his newest works, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, March 3; free. BURGERS, BINGO AND BLACKJACK Salpointe High School. 1545 E. Copper St. 327-6581. A $15 ticket includes a burger plate, two tickets for soft drinks, and 10 bingo games or 20 blackjack chips, at a fundraising event from 5 to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 3. DUETS AND DINNER Manning House. 450 W. Paseo Redondo. 770-0714. Celebrity duettists Jennie Grabel, Chris Edwards, Daisy Jenkins, Deb Dale, Angie Johnson Smith and Enrique “Hank” Feldman perform with the Tucson Girls Chorus at 5 p.m., Sunday, March 4; $100. Dinner is provided by the Manning House, Lerua’s Mexican Food, An del Sol and Roma Imports. Bobby Rich emcees; Lupita Murillo is the celebrity auctioneer; and a raffle features hotel getaways, brewery tours and tastings, concert and sports tickets, dinners and family outings. Call 5776064, or visit tucsongirlschorus.org for more info. FRUHLINGSTANZ 2012 Fraternal Order of Police Lodge. 3445 N. Dodge Blvd. 795-2101. Dancing to music by Norman Seiss and an optional dinner of leberkaese, kartoffelsalad and dessert are featured in a celebration of spring from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., Saturday, March 3; $8, $15 with dinner, $10 with coffee and cake. Reservations are required for dinner. Call 546-6663 for reservations and more info. THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD Hotel Congress. 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848. The Tucson Young Professionals celebrate Hollywood’s golden age with DJ Soo remixing contemporary dance music with the sounds of Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Cab Calloway and Billie Holiday from 7:30 to 11 p.m., Friday, March 2; $20, $15 by Thursday, March 1. Classic movies are shown on three giant screens, and the cocktail menu features swanky classics like the gibson, old fashioned, Manhattan and sidecar. Guests are encouraged to dress for the 1930s. Call 310-0124, or visit tucsonyoungprofessionals.com for more info. INNOVATION DAY AT UA UA Student Union Memorial Center. 1303 E. University Blvd. 621-7755. An expo and presentations about the UA’s technological innovations take place from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 6; $30, $20 UA faculty, staff or student. The event includes a luncheon and presentation of awards as well as a keynote video: 100+ Years of Science and Technology at the UA. Visit innovation.arizona.edu to register and for more info. MÖDA PROVÓCATEÛR Tucson Convention Center Grand Ballroom. 260 S. Church Ave. Hundreds of models, stylists, artists, dancers and volunteers raise funds for the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation with choreographed entertainment featuring original works by local fashion designers, hair stylists and makeup artists on Sunday, March 4; $35, $85 table seating, $110 to $135 VIP ticket includes dinner and a pre-show at 5 p.m. Visit saafmoda.org for details.

THE PHANTOM OF SHUSHAN Congregation Anshei Israel. 5550 E. Fifth St. 7455550. A Purim celebration includes music; hors d’oeuvres; desserts; and live and silent auctions for a Canyon Ranch Spa vacation, tickets to a live taping of NBC’s Today show in New York and other prizes; at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 3; $50. Party-goers are encouraged to wear masks and costumes. Proceeds benefit the congregation’s youth-education program. Reservations are requested. Visit caiaz.org for reservations and info. THE SIP FOR ST. GREGORY Skyline Country Club. 5200 E. St. Andrews Drive. 2990464. Wine-tasting, live and silent auctions, hors d’oeuvres, fine dining, live music and dancing are featured at the Sip for St. Gregory fundraiser at 6 p.m., Saturday, March 3; $125; $60 alumni. Reservations are requested; call 327-6395 for reservations or more into. TUCSON URBAN LEAGUE GALA Westin La Paloma. 3800 E. Sunrise Drive. 742-6000. Harry Belafonte, the legendary singer, actor, humanitarian and civil rights activist, is a special guest at a gala dinner-dance and silent auction at 5 p.m., Saturday, March 3; $150. The evening’s theme is “Empowering Communities and Changing Lives.” Call 791-9522, ext. 2241, or visit tucsonurbanleague.org for sponsorship opportunities, reservations and more information.

OUT OF TOWN FUN AND GAMES ON MAIN STREET Downtown Arivaca. La Gitana Cantina hosts horseshoes, darts, chess and pool; competitive games with prizes take place at the Arivaca Artists’ Co-op; and local restaurants, craft stores and a farmers’ market welcome visitors for Arivaca’s First Saturday event, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 3. Visit arivaca.net for info. INTERNATIONAL ANZA CONFERENCE Wyndham Canoa Ranch Resort. 5775 S. Camino del Sol. Green Valley. 382-0450. Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail scholars, regional historians, enthusiasts, genealogists and others gather for talks, field trips and entertainment, from Thursday, March 8, through Sunday, March 11; $35 to $180. Call 7971340, or visit anzasociety.org for more information.

BULLETIN BOARD EVENTS THIS WEEK ART IN THE PARK Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. A guided tour of the 1937 adobe home on the grounds examines the changing art and cultural exhibits that feature work by local and Southwest artists. The tour takes place at 11 a.m., every Tuesday and Thursday. Free with admission: A one-hour walking tour of the nature trails takes place at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., Monday through Saturday; $8, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with valid ID, $2 ages 5 through 12, free member or child younger than 5, includes admission to the park. Visit tohonochulpark.org for more info. ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR Cat Mountain Station. 2740 S. Kinney Road. 5788795. Local artists and craftspeople sell jewelry, woodwork, wrought iron, stained glass, bead work, recycled art, fabric art and more from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, March 4; free admission. BICAS BASIC MAINTENANCE WORKSHOPS BICAS. 44 W. Sixth St. 628-7950. A three-hour class teaches how your bicycle works and how you can prolong its life, from 4 to 7 p.m., the first Wednesday of every month; $20. Topics include fixing a flat, diagnosing problems and regular maintenance techniques. Visit bicas.org for more information. COMMUNIST PARTY USA CLUB MEETING Salt of the Earth Labor College. 1902 E. Irene Vista. 235-0694. A discussion of party activities takes place at 7 p.m., the first and third Monday of every month; free. Call 624-4789 for more information. DIVORCE RECOVERY 1 St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Trained volunteers lead a nonsectarian support group from 7 to 8:30 p.m., every Wednesday, through May 9; freewill donation. The group is closed after March 14. Call 495-0704, or visit divorcerecovery.net for more information. FLOWING WELLS LIBRARY SEED LIBRARY OPEN HOUSE Flowing Wells Branch, Tucson-Pima Public Library. 1730 W. Wetmore Road. 594-5225. Find out about the library’s seed-lending program, plant a seed and decorate a pot to take home from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 3; free.

FORDS ON FOURTH Fourth Avenue. Fords of all types line the streets from the University Main Gate to the Fourth Avenue bridge from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, March 4; free. Music is provided by pipe bands and the Catalina High School Color Guard marching and performing band. The car show, sponsored by the Southern Arizona Mustang Club, benefits the Blake Foundation and the El Rio Healthcare Foundation. Call 624-5004 for more information. JEWISH CULTURE SHUK Tucson Hebrew Academy. 3888 E. River Road. 5293888. Tucson rabbis, cantors and Jewish educators offer a “shuk” or “marketplace” of classes, lectures and seminars at 7 p.m., Sunday, March 4; $10. Dessert follows. Call 577-9393, or visit jewishtucson.org/shuk to register and for more information. NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR OUTSTANDING WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT Nominations are due on Tuesday, March 6, for the Tucson Women’s Commission’s annual Women in Government Day awards. Visit pimatucsonwomen.org for more information and a nomination form. Awards are presented in a ceremony from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Friday, March 23, in the Moore Courtyard of the Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave. A light lunch is served, and Jan Lesher presents a lecture, “Women Keep It Going,” free. PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION GROUP Metropolitan Grill. 7892 N. Oracle Road. 531-1212. Lively, friendly and civil discussions of philosophical questions old and new take place at 6 p.m., the first and third Monday of every month; free. Call 575-1743 for more information. PHYSICAL INDEPENDENCE SEMINAR Pima County Tucson Women’s Commission. 240 N. Court Ave. 624-8318. Participants learn six exercises that test whether a woman risks losing her physical independence, from 6 to 7 p.m., Thursday, March 1; free. Reservations are requested. Email drcampo@g. com, or call 762-1957 for a reservation or more info. QIGONG AND CHINESE CULTURE Himmel Branch, Pima County Public Library. 1035 N. Treat Ave. 594-5305. Seniors learn techniques for improving balance, coordination and flexibility with instructor Sifu Aaron Williams from 2 to 3 p.m., Friday, March 2 and 9; free. Registration is required; call 5945305, ext. 3, to register.

SOCRATES SATURDAY FORUM Ward 6 City Council Office. 3202 E. First St. 7914601. All are welcome to join a philosophical discussion at 9 a.m., the first and third Saturday of every month; free. Email lanamorgan1@yahoo.com for more info. SOUTHERN ARIZONA ARTS GUILD Miguel’s. 5900 N. Oracle Road. 887-3777. Local artists are invited to participate in meetings at 8:30 a.m., the first and third Saturday of every month; $13, $10 member. Meetings on the third Saturday include a casual critique session. Visit southernazartsguild.org to verify meeting location and for more information. WRITERS’ WORKSHOP Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Alexis Powers leads a workshop for discovering creative-writing techniques and discussing participants’ essays, short stories, novels, memoirs and stories for children, from 9 to 11 a.m., every other Wednesday, through June 27; free. Visit orovalleylib.com for dates. WRITING THE ETHICAL WILL Congregation Chaverim. 5901 E. Second St. 320-1015. Teachings by Rabbi Stephanie Aaron and writing exercises led by Deborah Mayaan help participants reflect on positive values in order to create a living ethical will as a legacy for their families, from 10 a.m. to noon, Sunday, March 4; free. Call 881-2534 for more info.

OUT OF TOWN DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF THE SANTA RITA AREA Green Valley Democratic Headquarters. 260 W. Continental Road. Green Valley. 838-0590. Current events are discussed from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., every Wednesday; free. Email acalkins10@aol.com, or visit gvdemocrats.org for more information.

UPCOMING RICHIE RAMONE OF THE RAMONES HOSTS FUNDRAISERS Richie Ramone and his wife, Tiffany, host two fundraising events: Thursday, March 8, at 9 p.m., they help raise money and awareness for Planned Parenthood at the Surly Wench Pub, 424 N. Fourth Ave.; on Saturday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m., they promote korylaos.com, a project to promote safe BMX cycling, at the Runway Bar and Grill, 2101 S. Alvernon Way.

ANNOUNCEMENTS BEAGLE RESCUE Several beagle-adoption events and play dates are scheduled throughout the month. Visit soazbeaglerescue.com for the schedule and to learn more about Southern Arizona Beagle Rescue. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: TUCSON CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL Community groups, businesses, religious groups, neighborhood associations and ad hoc groups of five or more volunteers are needed to adopt parks, streets, washes and other public areas on an ongoing basis. Call 7913109, or visit tucsoncleanandbeautiful.org for more information. COATS FOR CUBS Donations of real fur apparel, in any condition, can provide bedding and comfort to orphaned and injured wildlife. Buffalo Exchange has donated 6,331 used furs since 2006, and will take donations through Earth Day, Sunday, April 22. Visit buffaloexchange.com for a complete list of U.S. locations. THE COFFEE PARTY Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Friendly discussions of current events take place from 1 to 3 p.m., every Tuesday. Call 878-0256 for more information. DESERT CRONES Fellowship Square Villa III. 210 N. Maguire Ave. 8865537. Women older than 50 meet from 1 to 3 p.m., every Thursday except holidays, to enjoy companionship and creativity. Programs include guest speakers, writing workshops and drumming circles. Call 409-3357, or email hobbitmagick@hotmail.com for more information. DESERT SINGLES AND NETWORK SINGLES Desert Singles and Network Singles meet from 5 to 7 p.m., every Friday, at a different location. Free. Call 219-9985, or visit tucsondesertsingles.org for locations and more information. DIVORCE RECOVERY DROP-IN SUPPORT GROUP First Church United Methodist. 915 E. Fourth St. 6226481. An open support group for anyone ending a relationship takes place from 1 to 2 p.m., every Tuesday; free.

FOUNTAIN FLYERS TOASTMASTERS Coco’s Bakery Restaurant. 7250 N. Oracle Road. 7422840. Participants learn and enhance speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment, from 6:30 to 7:45 a.m., Tuesday; free. Call 861-1160 for more information. GAM-ANON MEETING University of Arizona Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. A 12-step support group for families and friends of compulsive gamblers meets in dining room No. 2500D at 7 p.m., every Monday; free. Call 570-7879 for more information. GREAT DECISIONS Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. This foreign-policy discussion group encourages thoughtful consideration of global challenges from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Monday, through March 19; free. Briefing books are $15, but a reference copy is available at the library. Registration is required; call to register. PIMA COUNCIL ON AGING INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE Free, one-on-one confidential information and referral sessions are offered at many locations throughout the city. For a complete list, visit pcoa.org. From 10 a.m. to noon, the second Tuesday of every month: Sahuarita Branch Library, 725 W. Via Rancho, Sahuarita. From 10 a.m. to noon, the second and fourth Wednesday of every month: Ellie Towne/Flowing Wells Community Center, 1660 W. Ruthrauff Road. From 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the second and last Wednesday of every month: Quincie Douglas Senior Center, 1575 E. 36th St. From 10 a.m. to noon, the third and fourth Wednesday of every month: Freedom Park Recreation Center, 5000 E. 29th St. From 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., the third and fourth Thursday of every month: Clements Center, 8155 E. Poinciana Drive. TAX VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Pio Decimo Center and the IRS seek volunteers to provide four to five hours a week of free tax-preparation services to low-to-moderate-income residents of Green Valley and the Tucson metropolitan area. Volunteers don’t need prior experience. Spanish-speaking volunteers are also needed as interpreters. Call 622-2801, ext. 127, or email rcamacho@piodecimocenter.org for more information.

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BUSINESS & FINANCE EVENTS THIS WEEK DOWNTOWN FAÇADE-IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM Applications are due by 1 p.m., Monday, March 5, for funding to restore and improve the façades of downtown buildings. Four finalists are announced Monday, March 12, and architects work with winners to present finalized designs, from which one will be chosen. Visit downtowntucson.org/facade for an application; call 8376504 for more information. FREE TAX HELP Seniors, disabled people, folks with English as a second language and any individual who earns less than $50,000 annually may get free tax help at several times and locations throughout Southern Arizona. For the nearest location and hours of operation, call (800) 9069887; seniors call (888) 227-7669. Visit irs.gov for more information. INDIVIDUAL JOB COUNSELING Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. A job counselor from Career Services Unlimited provides free one-on-one career counseling about resume-writing; choosing a career; and updating interviewing, networking and job-search skills, from noon to 3 p.m., Monday, through March 19, in the second-floor Santa Rita Room; free. No appointment is needed, but sessions are limited to 30 minutes. Call 791-4010 for more information. YWCA: VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE YWCA Frances McClelland Leadership Center. 525 N. Bonita Ave. 884-7810. IRS-certified volunteer tax-preparers provide free tax-preparation and electronic filing from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday; and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, through Thursday, April 19. Call 884-7810, ext. 113, or email lrabago@ywcatucson.org for more information.

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Join us for an orthopedic educational lecture series, presented by Tucson Medical Center and Tucson Orthopaedic Institute, as professionals give talks on various issues related to bone and joint health.

Thursday, March 8 5:30-6:30pm Russell G. Cohen, M.D. Get Moving: Latest Techniques in Hip and Knee Joint Replacements This event is FREE to participants. Light refreshments provided. RSVP required.

DROP-IN JOB HELP Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. A computer instructor provides one-on-one job help, including preparing a resume, researching careers and networking and job-search skills, from noon to 3 p.m., each Monday; and from 9 a.m. to noon, each Thursday, in the second-floor Catalina Room; free. Walkins are welcome. Call 791-4010, or email askalibrarian@pima.gov to register or for more info. JOB-SEEKERS’ GATHERING Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Former executive recruiter Beth Cole facilitates a gathering for adult job-seekers from 3 to 4 p.m., every Friday; free. SCORE BUSINESS COUNSELING Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Experienced executives give individualized advice about starting or building a business, from 3 to 5 p.m., every Tuesday; and from 9 a.m. to noon, every Saturday; free. Call for an appointment. TPAC SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR ‘LUMIES’ The Tucson Pima Arts Council welcomes nominations for its 2012 awards to arts groups and business organizations that support and promote the arts in Tucson. Nominations are due by midnight, Thursday, April 12. Visit tucsonpimaartscouncil.org for nomination guidelines and more information. TUCSON BUSINESS CONNECTION Lindy’s at Redline Sports Grill. 445 W. Wetmore Road. 888-8084. A free networking mixer takes place from 5 to 7:30 p.m., the first Wednesday of every month. Visit tbcnetworking.com for more information.

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rise of fascism in Europe screens at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 3; $3 suggested donation. Call 624-4789, or email selc@webtv.net for more information. LOFT CINEMA SPECIAL EVENTS Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Visit loftcinema.com for a complete list of forthcoming films and to reserve tickets. Thursday, March 1, at 7 p.m.: M*A*S*H*, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Michael Altman; $9, $5 member. Saturday, March 3, at 7 p.m.: Crazy Wisdom, a documentary about a pioneer of Tibetan Buddhism, with director Johanna Demetrakas in person; $9, $5 member. Tuesday, March 6, at 7 p.m.: Lunafest, a touring collection of short films made by, for and about women; $10, $5 student. Wednesday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m.: Harry Belafonte: Sing Your Song, a documentary. Thursday, March 8, at 7 p.m.: Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation. SALT OF THIS SEA UA Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Auditorium. 1130 N. Mountain Ave. A film dramatizes the story of a Brooklyn woman’s travels in search of the land of her Palestinian ancestors, at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 6; Free. Call 622-6419 for more information. TUCSON CINE MEXICO 2012 A screening of Miss Bala, with special guest Stephanie Sigman, highlights a film festival featuring narrative short and feature-length films and feature-length documentaries by Mexican directors, through Sunday, March 4; all screenings are free. Venues include the Fox Tucson Theatre, the Tucson Museum of Art and Harkins Theatres Tucson Spectrum 18. Visit tucsoncinemexico. org for a complete schedule of screenings and related events in both Spanish and English.

GARDENING EVENTS THIS WEEK CRAFTY BEE CONDOS Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Tucson artist and landscape designer Greg Corman discusses the importance of native bees and shares tips on how to make nesting habitats for them, from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 3; $8, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with valid ID, $2 ages 5 through 12, free member or child younger than 5, includes admission to the park. Visit tohonochulpark. org for more information. TUCSON ORGANIC GARDENERS’ SPRING FAIR St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church. 3809 E. Third St. 3251001. Get answers to gardening questions and shop for spring vegetables, compost, and composting and gardening supplies from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, March 3; free.

ANNOUNCEMENTS GARDENING CLASSES AT THE LIBRARY Master Gardeners from the Pima County Cooperative Extension Service conduct free classes the first Saturday of every month, at 10:30 a.m., Mission Branch, 3770 S. Mission Road; every Friday through April 27, at 1 p.m., Oro Valley Public Library, 1305 W. Naranja Drive; and every Wednesday at 1 p.m., at the Murphy-Wilmot Branch, 530 N. Wilmot Road. Visit ag.arizona.edu for more information. ORGANIC GARDENERS COMPOSTING EXHIBIT Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Tucson Organic Gardeners members answer questions in the composting-demonstration area from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., every Saturday, through May 26; $8, $4 age 4 to 12, free younger child or member, includes admission to the gardens. Call or visit tucsonbotanical.org for more information. PLANT LOW-COST TREES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY Customers of Tucson Electric Power Company qualify for native shade trees to plant within 15 feet of their homes on the west, south or east side. Trees are $8 including delivery. Call 791-3109, or visit tucsonaz.gov/tcb/tft.

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FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS Loft Cinema. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-7777. Max Cannon hosts a contest among filmmakers to win prizes or be gonged at the discretion of the audience, starting at 9 p.m., the first Friday of every month; $6, $5 Loft member. The maximum film length is 15 minutes; aspiring auteurs sign in with a DVD or Blu-ray that can be played on a regular player. THE GREAT DICTATOR Salt of the Earth Labor College. 1902 E. Irene Vista. 235-0694. Charlie Chaplin’s 1949 film satirizing the

HEALTH EVENTS THIS WEEK ARIZONA HEALTH FORUM: ACHIEVING AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE DuVal Auditorium, UA Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. 694-0111. “A National Strategy for Health Care” is the theme of a plenary session featuring former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona and J. Lyle

Bootman, senior vice president for health sciences and dean of the UA College of Pharmacy, from 1 to 2 p.m., Saturday, March 3. Participants attend their choice of panel discussions and Q&A sessions from 2:15 to 5 p.m. Topics are Access to Health Care, Quality of Health Care and Rising Cost of Health Care. A health-and-wellness fair, including screenings, educational booths and education about chest-compression-only CPR, takes place concurrently from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Refreshments are provided. All sessions are free, but registration is required. Call 477-1093, or visit azhealthforum.org to register or for more information. BE A LIFESAVER TUCSON UA Sarver Heart Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. 6266332. A citywide drive designed to train Tucsonans how to do chest-compression-only CPR, a method developed at Sarver Heart Center, continues through Sunday, March 25, at sites all over town. Visit bealifesavertucson.com for schedules and locations. COMMUNICATION TOOLS FOR HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS Villa Hermosa. 6300 E. Speedway Blvd. 298-6400. Oasis instructors teach â&#x20AC;&#x153;Communication Tools for Healthy Relationshipsâ&#x20AC;? from 1 to 2:30 p.m., Thursday, March 1; $9. Call 322-5607 to register or for more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS ALZHEIMERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SUPPORT GROUPS All meetings are free; call for reservations. Family members and others caring for people with dementia gather for discussion, education and support from 1:30 to 3 p.m., the first and third Tuesday of every month, at the Oro Valley Public Library, 1305 W. Naranja Drive, 2295300. An Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association Support Group meets at 4:30 p.m., the second Monday of every month, at Santa Catalina Villas retirement community, 7500 N. Calle Sin Envidia, 730-3132. An Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s caregiver support group and concurrent activity group for those with the disease meet from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., the second and fourth Tuesday every month, at TMCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s El Dorado Campus, 1400 N. Wilmot Road, 324-1960. A second Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s caregiver group meets there from 10:30 to noon, the first and third Thursday. FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP St. Philipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Any family caregiver who

needs a safe place to share highs and lows, learn about resources, ask questions and develop coping skills is invited to drop into this facilitated group from 10 to 11:30 a.m., the first and third Wednesday of every month; free. Participants may attend as often or as seldom as they like. Call 790-0504 or 891-3299. HIV TESTING The Centers for Disease Control recommend HIV testing for all people ages 13 through 64. Visit napwa.org for more information on AIDS testing and its benefits. Testing hours at SAAF, 375 S. Euclid Ave., are from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., every Monday and Wednesday; and 1 to 8 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday. Walk-in testing is also available at COPE, 101 S. Stone Ave., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. All testing is confidential; results are available in about 15 minutes; and counseling is available. Call for an appointment and more info. PCAP: AFFORDABLE MEDICAL SOLUTIONS FOR PIMA COUNTY RESIDENTS A representative from the Pima Community Access Program, a service that links uninsured Pima County residents with an affordable and comprehensive network of health-care providers, is available by appointment to enroll members of the community and give a free assessment. Call 309-2931, or email susa@mypcap.org for information or an appointment.

KIDS & FAMILIES EVENTS THIS WEEK ALL TOGETHER THEATRE Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Original adaptations of popular childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stories are presented at 1 p.m., Sunday; $5 to $8. Goldilocks and the Three Bears continues through April 1. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for reservations. ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL ART INVITATIONAL Joel D. Valdez Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 5945500. An exhibit of works juried by art and photography teachers in Pima County opens Thursday, March 1, and continues through Friday, March 30; free. An artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reception takes place from 2 to 3 p.m., Saturday, March 24. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5

p.m., Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday. Call 791-4010 for more information. CARDEN PEACEBUILDER 5K FUN RUN/WALK Flowing Wells Park. 5510 N. Shannon Road. 8776000. A family-friendly event to benefit a K-8 charter school takes place at 9 a.m., Saturday, March 3; $15, $20 includes shirt. Call 572-4090 for more info. CRAFTY READERS Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Children ages 6 to 8 listen to and discuss a picture book and then create a related craft from 4 to 5 p.m., the first Thursday of every month; free. DADDY AND ME Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. A special storytime for fathers and their children takes place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 6; free. ERIK HITE FOUNDATION 5K RUN AND 2-MILE FAMILY FUN WALK Reid Park. Broadway Boulevard and Alvernon Way. A run-and-walk event hosted by the Erik Hite Foundation supports families of law enforcement and emergency personnel. It starts at 8:40 a.m., Saturday, March 3, at Ramada No. 31 near Hi Corbett Field; $30, $25 advance, free age 15 and younger. Visit erikhitefoundation.org to register or for more information. KIDS SAFETY CLASS Wildcat CrossFit. 300 S. Park Ave. 309-5293. A class for ages 5 to 8 features defense techniques to use against bullies and predators, at 3:15 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 26 and March 4. Call or visit tucsonradkids. blogspot.com for more information. MOCA PLAYTIME MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. Inspired by the exhibit Legislate Crazy, a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activity focuses on the idea of exploring, mapping, thinking spatially and reimagining a Tucson map, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 3; $10, $5 member, free child age 17 or younger. MOTHERS AND MORE Rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;n Babies Upscale Resale. 3951 W. Ina Road, No. 123. 579-2300. Moms meet from 7 to 9 p.m., the first Thursday of every month. Call (850) 227-4120, or visit mothersandmore.org for more information.

NATURE STORIES AT AGUA CALIENTE PARK Agua Caliente Regional Park. 12325 E. Roger Road. 877-6000. Pima County Natural Resources and the Tucson Audubon Society co-sponsor a story-reading and craft activity about the natural world from 11 a.m. to noon, Friday, March 2; free. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information. PFLAG EN ESPAĂ&#x2018;OL A Spanish-language meeting for parents, families and friends of LGBT folks is held at 6 p.m., the first Monday every month, at FortĂn de las Flores, 102 E. 32nd St. Call 624-1779 for more information. PFLAG TUCSON Ward 6 City Council Office. 3202 E. First St. 7914601. PFLAG Tucson (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) meets from 7 to 9 p.m., the first Wednesday of every month. The group provides support, education and advocacy on behalf of the LGBT community. Anyone needing help should call the hotline at 360-3795, or email pflagtuc@pflagtucson.org. Visit pflagtucson.org for resources on coping and helping. THE QUEST FOR THE GOLDEN KEY Valley of the Moon. 2544 E. Allen Road. 323-1331. A theatrical tour leads families through the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historic winding paths, statues and grottos to meet a fairy princess, a wizard and an orc on a magical quest at 6:20 and 7:20 p.m., Saturday, March 3; freewill donation. Visit www.valleymoon.info for more information. TEENZONE MOVIE AND POPCORN Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Teens enjoy eating popcorn and sitting in loungers to watch a movie from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., the first Saturday of every month; free. Beverages and other snacks are available in vending machines. TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: JUST FOR KIDS Tucson Symphony Center. 2175 N. Sixth Ave. 8828585. The TSO Wind Quintet presents If You Could Talk to the Animals at 10 and 11:15 a.m., Saturday, March 3; free. Kids are encouraged to dress in a favorite animal costume or bring a favorite stuffed animal to enjoy music about tigers, crocodiles, a rhinoceros, a gorilla and a dragon. Visit tucsonsymphony.org/kids. TUCSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RIVER OF WORDS YOUTH POETRY AND TRAVELING EXHIBIT Valencia Branch, Tucson-Pima Public Library. 202 W. Valencia Road. 594-5390. This exhibit of art and

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writing expressing local childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s understanding of watersheds and the natural world continues through Sunday, March 18. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday; free. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for info. YOUTH AND PEACE CONFERENCE Alta Vista High School. 5040 S. Campbell Ave. 2944922. Middle school and high school students and their families attend workshops, and experience performances, music and art about ending bullying and building healthy relationships, from 9:30 to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, March 3; free, $2 lunch. Call 991-6781, or email nvlp@cultureofpeacealliance.org to register or for info.

OUT OF TOWN ARIZONA TOUR FOR HOME SCHOOLERS Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Highway 60. Superior. (520) 689-2811. Home-schooling families explore geology, edible plants, wildlife habitats and state symbols from 10 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, March 7; $1 each student from pre-kindergarten through high school, $1 first two adults per family, $9 additional adult. Preregistration is required; call by Thursday, March 1. FRONTIER PRINTING PRESS DEMONSTRATIONS Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 1 Burruel St. Tubac. 398-2252. Arizonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first newspaper, The Weekly Arizonan, was published in Tubac on March 3, 1859. In honor of that event, James Pagels demonstrates the press on which it was printed and talks about the history of newspapers in Arizona, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, March 3. The demonstration is repeated from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thursday, March 8; Tuesday, March 13; and Thursday, March 15; $4, $2 youth age 7 to 13, free child, includes admission to the park. MY HEART CHANGES: YOUTH ART EXHIBIT Central School Project. 43 Howell Ave. Bisbee. (520) 255-3008. An exhibit of art created by students from rural schools in Cochise and Graham counties opens with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m., Saturday, March 3, and continues through Sunday, March 18. The works include animal masks, drawings, nature photographs and portraits of Apache community members and elders. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday through Sunday; free. Call or email info@centralschoolproject.org for more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FREE GUITAR LESSONS 17th Street Music. 810 E. 17th St. 624-8821, ext. 7147. Free beginner guitar lessons are offered every Thursday from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. for ages 6 to 12, and from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. for age 13 and older. Visit seventeenthstreetmarket.com for more information. PICTURE THIS: ART FOR FAMILIES Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. An art-education program for kids ages 6 through 12 and their family members takes place at 1 p.m., the first Sunday of every month; free, including admission to the museum. Sunday, March 4, following a tour of the Tesoros del Pueblo: Latin American Folk Art exhibit, families create animals from clay. TOGETHER WE THRIVE MURAL PROJECT Peter Howell Elementary School. 401 N. Irving Ave. 232-7200. Kids are invited to work on a mural with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Together We Thriveâ&#x20AC;? theme from 3 to 5 p.m., every Tuesday, through April 17. Visit tucsonartsbrigade.org. THE CREATIVE SPACE Tucson Museum of Art. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. An interactive space in the lobby provides materials and activities to encourage families to create museuminspired artwork; free with admission. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and noon to 5 p.m., Sunday; $8, $6 senior or veteran, $3 student with ID, free younger than 13 and everyone the first Sunday of every month.

OUTDOORS EVENTS THIS WEEK BIRDING AT SWEETWATER WETLANDS Sweetwater Wetlands. 2667 W. Sweetwater Drive. 7914331. Ages 12 and older see a variety of wintering and migrating birds and raptors from 8 to 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 7; free. Reservations are required; call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for reservations or more information.

CLIMB TO CONQUER CANCER PCC West Campus. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6042. A 3-mile, noncompetitive walk helps raise funds for prevention, detection, research and advocacy. Registration is at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, March 3; $40, $10 child age 7 through 12, free survivor. Visit community.acsevents. org/ctctucson, or call 320-6382 to register or for more information. SABINO CANYON STAR PARTY Sabino Canyon. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 7498700. The UA Astronomy Club operates several telescopes at the Sabino Canyon Visitor Center from 5:30 to about 9:30 p.m., the first Saturday of every month, weather permitting; free. The organization also typically has scale models to illustrate relative sizes in the universe. Email kevinkhu@email.arizona.edu to confirm or for more information. TUCSON MOUNTAIN PARK BIRDING WALK Tucson Mountain Park Ironwood Picnic Area. 1548 S. Kinney Road. Canyon towhees, rufous-winged sparrows, Gila woodpeckers and other birds of the desert Southwest may be found on this guided walk for ages 12 and older from 8 to 10 a.m., Saturday, March 3. Free. Call 615-7855, or e-mail eeducation@pima.gov for more information. WILDFLOWER TOURS Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Wildflower tours take place at 10 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday, through Thursday, April 26; $8, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with ID, $2 child, includes admission to the park. Free member. Visit tohonochulpark.org for more information.

OUT OF TOWN FORT BOWIE 150TH ANNIVERSARY Fort Bowie Visitors Center. 3327 Old Fort Bowie Road. Bowie. (520) 847-2500, ext. 1. A park ranger guides hikes focusing on the chronology of events that led to the establishment of the fort, including the Bascom Affair and the Battle of Apache Pass, at 10 a.m., every Sunday in March; free. The 3-mile round-trip hike begins at the Fort Bowie trailhead off Apache Pass Road near Willcox. SAN PEDRO RIVER WALK San Pedro House. 9800 Highway 90. Sierra Vista. (520) 508-4445. A 2-mile interpretive walk in the rich wildlife habitat along the San Pedro River takes place at 9 a.m., every Saturday in March; freewill donation. Visit sanpedroriver.org for more information. TOURS OF MISSIONS AROUND TUMACĂ CORI TumacĂĄcori National Historical Park. 1891 E. Frontage Road. TumacĂĄcori. 398-2341. Guided tours to the fragile ruins of the historic mission sites of Los Santos Ă ngeles de Guevavi and San Cayetano de Calabazas take place at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, through March 27; $20 includes transportation and admission to the TumacĂĄcori mission and national park. Visit nps.gov/tuma, or call (520) 398-2341, ext. 0, for reservations or more info.

ANNOUNCEMENTS BEGINNER BIRD WALK Mason Audubon Center. 8751 N. Thornydale Road. 744-0004. The Tucson Audubon Society hosts an introduction to birdwatching for all ages with a casual, guided stroll through the saguaro-ironwood desert at 8 a.m., every Saturday; free. Call 629-0510, ext. 7011 for more information. BOYCE THOMPSON ARBORETUM MAIN TRAIL TOURS Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Highway 60. Superior. (520) 689-2811. Guided tours of the main trail take place at 11 a.m., daily, through Monday, April 30; free with admission. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily; $9, $4.50 ages 5 through 12, free younger child. Visit azstateparks.com for a video tour and more information. SABINO CANYON WALKS Sabino Canyon Visitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Center. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 749-8700. Volunteer Naturalists lead walks in Lower Sabino Canyon every Monday through Thursday, through Thursday, April 26; free. Parking is $5 per day or $20 per year. Children younger than 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Monday, 2 to 4 p.m.: Secrets of Sabino Revealed. Tuesday, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.: plant and bird walk with photography tips. Wednesday, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.: nature walk with photography tips for insects and rock formations. Thursday, 8:30 to 11 a.m.: Gneiss Walk, a 2.5 hour walk looking at geology. Call or visit scvntucson.org for more information.

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SPIRITUALITY EVENTS THIS WEEK GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Walking the Mourner’s Path, a grief support group meets from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, through April 25, in the Desert Sage Room in La Parroquia, the small building south of the main church; $75 covers the cost of materials. IONS TUCSON MONTHLY PRESENTATION Unity of Tucson. 3617 N. Camino Blanco. 577-3300. Steven Gurgevich presents “Hypnosis House Call” from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Friday, March 2; $5. Call 299-8285, or visit ionstucson.org for more information. MEDITATION FOR STRESS RELIEF Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Learn and practice meditation to relieve stress from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m., every Thursday through March 22; free. TUCSON DOWSERS Unity of Tucson. 3617 N. Camino Blanco. 577-3300. Marjorie L. Moody presents “Taking Your Dowsing to a Higher Level” from 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, March 3; $5 requested donation. Call 544-8188, or visit tucsondowsers.org for more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS BHAGAVAD GITA STUDY Govinda’s Natural Foods Buffet and Boutique. 711 E. Blacklidge Drive. 792-0630. Shared reading and indepth study of the ancient Indian text takes place from 6:30 to 8 p.m., every Wednesday; free. A free light meal follows. Visit govindasoftucson.com for more info. BUDDHIST MEDITATION AND PHILOSOPHY Tara Mahayana Buddhist Center. 1701 E. Miles St. 296-8626. Buddhist nun Gen Kelsang Lingpur teaches about Buddhist meditation and philosophy at 10 a.m., Sunday, and 7 p.m., Thursday, at Tara Center. The lesson also is given at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, at A Rich Experience, 7435 N. Oracle Road, No. 101; and 6:30 p.m., Friday, at Sunrise Chapel, 8421 E. Wrightstown Road; freewill donation. Call or visit meditationintucson. org for more information. LGBT BUDDHIST MEDITATION AND PRACTICE Three Jewels. 314 E. Sixth St. 303-6648. Two 20-minute silent sitting meditations, readings from Buddhist spiritual texts, and discussion take place from 10 to 11:45 a.m., every Sunday; free-will donation. Bring a pillow or cushion. Call 287-3127 for more information. MEDITATION AND YOGA BY DONATION Yoga Connection. 3929 E. Pima St. 323-1222. Group meditation takes place from 7 to 8 p.m., every Monday. Meditation techniques alternate weekly among Mantra, Krya, Yoga Nidra and others. Yoga practice takes place from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., every Tuesday; 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., every Wednesday; and 8 to 8:30 a.m., every Thursday. Call for more information. MINDFULNESS MEDITATION Tucson Buddhist Meditation Center. 1133 S. Swan Road. 745-4624. A Theravada Buddhist monk guides exploration of mindfulness and peacefulness for all levels at 3 p.m., every Sunday. A silent sitting meditation takes place at 6 p.m., every Sunday. Both are free. Visit tucsonbuddhistcenter.org for more information. SINGING BIRD SANGHA Zen Desert Sangha. 3226 N. Martin Ave. 319-6260. Meditation and teachings in the Buddhist tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh take place at 4:45 p.m., every Sunday; free. Call 299-1903 for more information. STILLNESS MEDITATION GROUP Kiewit Auditorium, UA Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. Stillness meditation for patients, families, staff and the community takes place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., every Monday; free. Call 694-4605 or 6944786 for more information. SUNDAY FEAST AND FESTIVAL Govinda’s Natural Foods Buffet and Boutique. 711 E. Blacklidge Drive. 792-0630. Mantra chanting takes place at 5:30 p.m., every Sunday, followed by a spiritual discourse at 6 p.m., and a ceremony consisting of music, chanting and dancing at 6:30 p.m.; free. An eight-course vegetarian feast is served at 7 p.m.; $3. Call or visit govindasoftucson.com for more information. TIBETAN BUDDHIST PRACTICE HOUR Little Chapel of All Nations. 1052 N. Highland Ave. 623-1692. Meditation instruction and practice, chanting and a short dharma talk by Khenpo Drimed Dawa

(Dean Pielstick) take place from 11 a.m. to noon, every Sunday; free. Call 622-8460, or visit dharmakirti.org. WISE WOMEN DRUMMING Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 7481551. Mature women meet to drum and sing from 1 to 3 p.m., the first and third Saturday every month; free. Drums are available. Call 797-9323 for information.

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WINTER CIRCUIT HUNTER/JUMPER HORSE SHOWS Pima County Fairgrounds. 11500 S. Houghton Road. 762-3247. Hunting, jumping and equitation events take place in five show rings and several schooling rings from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday, through Sunday, March 11; free spectator. Winners of Sunday events compete for a slot in a $1 million Grand Prix in New York in September. Visit www.hitsshows.com for more information.

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FC TUCSON’S DESERT CUP CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC Westin La Paloma. 3800 E. Sunrise Drive. 742-6000. A scramble golf tournament to benefit Imago Dei Middle School begins with a shotgun start at 1 p.m., Thursday, March 1; $1,000. Each player is paired with two Major League Soccer players, coaches, owners or staff. Additional donations to a blind auction allow winners to pick their MLS partners. Drinks, hors d’oeuvres and a performance by Los Changuitos Feos de Tucson follow. Call 882-4008, or visit imagodeischool.org for reservations or more information.

UA WOMEN’S TENNIS LaNelle Robson Tennis Center. 900 N. Martin Ave. 6219902. Matches are free to spectators. Saturday, March 3, at 11 a.m.: Sacramento State. Sunday, March 4, at 11 a.m.: Saint Mary’s. Wednesday, March 7, at noon: North Carolina State. Visit arizonawildcats.com for more information.

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OUT OF TOWN BICYCLING: HOPKINS HAUL Longhorn Grill. 28851 S. Nogales Highway. Amado. 398-3955. A ride departs for the Mount Hopkins Visitors Center at 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 6, and includes an optional side-trip to the community of Elephant Head; free. Pack a lunch. Call 490-3997, or email garyfinke@pobox.com to confirm the ride and for more information. Visit bikegaba.org for more rides. BICYCLING TOMBSTONE LOOP Mustang Mountain Shell. 2222 N. Highway 90 (at Highway 89). Whetstone/Huachuca City. (520) 4562467. An easy-paced ride to Tombstone, returning via Charleston Road and Huachuca City, begins at 9 a.m., Sunday, March 4; free. Call 891-4661 to confirm the ride and for more information. Visit bikegaba.org for more rides. TOUR DE CURE Innovation Corporate Center. 12150 N. Oracle Road. Oro Valley. 722-9292. A bike ride to benefit the American Diabetes Association takes place on Sunday, March 4; $15. Routes of 5k, 10k and 100k are available with start times from 6:45 to 8:15 a.m. Call 7953711, or visit diabetes.org/tour to register or for more information.

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PERFORMING ARTS Etcetera and the Rogue Theatre both turn in respectable performances of difficult plays

Women in Transition BY SHERILYN FORRESTER, sforrester@tucsonweekly.com argaret Edson’s Wit is a simple yet complex piece of drama. It’s simple in the directness of its form and its unsentimental approach to a woman confronting the end of her life; it’s complex because this is, after all, life and death. If we have a map for our life’s journey, it is one of our own making, and one that needs constant revision. In the play’s 90 minutes, we are invited into the last several months of the life of Vivian Bearing (Toni Press-Coffman), a professor of English literature specializing in the early17th-century poetry of John Donne. She has been diagnosed with Stage 4 ovarian cancer and has agreed to take the full dosage of chemotherapy over a period of eight months, a brutal treatment rarely tolerated, but offering her the only slim hope for survival. It will also offer researchers an opportunity to collect data in the ongoing effort to solve the mystery of the dreaded disease. Etcetera, the late-night arm of Live Theatre Workshop, has mounted a respectable, though flawed, production of the piece. The group manages to deliver the play’s thoughtful and touching story successfully enough for us to appreciate Edson’s much-lauded drama, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999. Edson has Vivian, dressed in a hospital gown and a baseball hat covering her bald head, address the audience directly. There are brief flashbacks, like the moment when she is told that she has cancer, various interactions with medical personnel who treat her impersonally, and a peek into her classroom, where she is demanding, rigid and far from warm with students who show little understanding of the subject. A small cast plays these multiple characters, and it is a credit to director Christopher Johnson that these scenes blend together almost seamlessly. We are never confused about where we are, nor is the action weighed down by clunky transitions. Press-Coffman courageously attempts to communicate Vivian’s smarts and delightful wryness as she faces death in a cold and clinical environment. However, when she addresses the audience, she appears to be looking above our heads instead of directly at us, so she misses an opportunity to allow us to really feel connected to her. The character undergoes quite a transformation, from a self-sufficient smartass accustomed to leading with her head, to a human being traversing unfamiliar territory where her intellect is no match for her failing body. Press-Coffman gives us a character with whom we can sympathize; we can appreciate her emerging humanity, even as her human

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Cynthia Meier as Clara in the Rogue Theatre’s The New Electric Ballroom. form disintegrates. Director Johnson has the story march in a steady rhythm rather than allowing for moments of reflection. Perhaps he was trying to avoid sentimentality, which is certainly the right instinct. But there are moments—other than at the end of the play—when we want to breathe in the magnitude and mystery of what is happening. Edson’s piece is rich, and we want to relish its insights, its wisdom and its wit.

ontemporary Irish playwright Enda Walsh’s The New Electric Ballroom is a dark and sometimes delirious story of three sisters in a small fishing town in Ireland who are held hostage by their dreams and disappointments. It’s a challenging play, both in its approach and its subject, but it is often lyrical and quite funny, in a perverse sort of way. It’s hard to watch these damaged and desultory characters whose strange behaviors are so often bewildering. But at the same time, the world that Walsh creates is so curious—and intense—that it’s hard not to be fascinated. Brought to life by the Rogue Theatre, a dependable source of eccentric and edgy theater, The New Electric Ballroom takes us inside the dreary home of Clara (Cynthia Meier) and Breda (Cynthia Jeffery), sisters bound not just by blood, but also by hurt and fear and a compulsive, repetitive cycle of storytelling. These

Toni Press-Coffman as Vivian in Etcetera at Live Theatre Workshop’s Wit. elaborate monologues recount evenings, Wit decades ago, when each groomed herself for a Presented by Etcetera at Live Theatre Workshop night out at the New Electric Ballroom, prepared for a sexual encounter with a member of 10:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, through Saturday, March 10 the band. Both evenings ended badly, and the sisters have retreated to their home, from 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. which they seem to never leave. The stories, $10 complete with the sisters’ transformations from Runs 90 minutes, with no intermission their dowdy house dresses to the colorful, garish dresses worn on their big nights, seem to be 327-4242; www.etceteralatenight.com cautionary tales for the youngest sister, Ada (Laura Lippman), who has never experienced romance—or groping in a dressing room—and The New Electric Ballroom seems suspended between the relative safety of Presented by the Rogue Theatre the family home and the possibilities that 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; might lie beyond. 2 p.m., Sunday, through Sunday, March 11 The only visitor to their weird world is Patsy Historic YWCA (Joseph McGrath), a ragged and awkward fish300 E. University Blvd. monger who daily delivers fish (which is never Runs 90 minutes, with no intermission eaten). His attempts to connect with the sisters $30; $15 on Thursday are usually dismissed, but one day, Clara and 551-2053; Breda invite him in to participate in a fairy-talewww.theroguetheatre.org like fantasy for Ada’s benefit. As he is transformed by donning the shiny blue suit that the sisters use as part of their oft-repeated memoBreda says, “the sort of lull that can get you worries, and by entering a reverie into which he rying about other things.” And inside their walls, invites Ada, might Ada be transformed herself? that must be avoided. They will “keep safe Director Bryan Rafael Falcón has managed to inside,” where they “don’t feel anything.” take Walsh’s poetically dark world and translate This is not a show that will delight everyone, it into an emotionally comprehensible one. but the Rogue does well with a difficult piece. These characters talk and talk to fill their emptiIf you enjoy adventurous theater, you will be ness. “There’s a terrible lull in the conversation,” rewarded.

DANCE EVENTS THIS WEEK SALSA EXTRAVAGANZA John Valenzuela Youth Center. 1550 S. Sixth Ave. 7929251. Safos Dance Theatre hosts a salsa dance from 7 to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 3; $8, $12 for two, cash or check only. Call 481-1656, or email safosdance@gmail. com for more information. UA DANCE UA Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. 1713 E. University Blvd. 621-4698. Still Here: Student Spotlight presents choreography by graduate and undergraduate students at 7:30 p.m., Thursday and Friday, March 1 and 2; and 1:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4; $12 to $25. Visit arizona.tix.com for tickets or more info. UAPRESENTS UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company performs at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 3; $27 to $59. Call or visit uapresents.org for tickets or more information. ZUZI DANCE COMPANY ZUZI’s Theater. 738 N. Fifth Ave. 629-0237. No Frills Dance Happenin’: Gotta Have HeART takes place at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, March 2 and 3; $10. Friday is youth night, featuring, among others, Ballet Rincon, Pistor Dance Ensemble, and ZUZI! Many Limbs youth aerial and apprentice companies. Saturday is the Adult Choreographers Showcase, featuring original works by independent Southern Arizona artists and choreographers. Visit zuzimoveit.org for more information.

OUT OF TOWN DESERT VIEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Desert View Performing Arts Center. 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. SaddleBrooke. 825-5318. Simply Ballroom features the Utah Ballroom Dance Company at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 7; $24, $22 advance. Visit tickets.saddlebrooketwo.com for tickets or info.

MUSIC EVENTS THIS WEEK 17TH STREET MUSIC 17th Street Music. 810 E. 17th St. 624-8821, ext. 7147. The Outlaw Rebels perform music influenced primarily by rockabilly from noon to 2 p.m., Saturday, March 3; free. Visit seventeenthstreetmarket.com. BACH MARATHON St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. The 21st Annual Bach Marathon begins at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 3, and continues through the 9 and 11:15 a.m. services on Sunday, March 4; $15 to $25 suggested donation. Sets performed by six organists on the church’s Holtkamp pipe organ are interspersed with sets by solo vocalists and a quartet, and performances on harpsichord, cello, oboe and violin. Lunch may be ordered at the morning session. DRAKE TCC Arena. 260 S. Church Ave. Rap and hip-hop artist Drake headlines a concert with Kendrick Lamar and A$AP Rocky at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, March 4; $47 to $77 plus fees up to $13.55. Call or visit ticketmaster. com for tickets. FOX TUCSON THEATRE Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. A simulcast of Amos Lee’s Live From the Artist’s Den performance with Calexico takes place at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 3; free. A live performance at 9:30 p.m. features the Silver Thread Trio and special guests. Lee’s performance was taped at the Fox Theatre on Aug. 23, 2011. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for tickets or info. GASLIGHT THEATRE FAMILY CONCERTS The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. Concerts are at 7 p.m., Monday; $12 to $22. March 5: Monday in the Park presented by Todd Thompson and Friends. March 12: Big Band Express. March 19: Manhattan Dolls, Rockin’ With the Dolls: A ’50s/’60s Revue. Visit thegaslighttheatre.com. LAVA MUSIC Abounding Grace Church. 2450 S. Kolb Road. 7473745. Doors are at 6:30 p.m.; shows are 7 to 9 p.m., Saturday; $20, $15 advance unless otherwise noted. March 3: Way Out West and Katy Creek’s Wes and Nancy Ruybal. Email bonnie@lavamusic.org, or visit lavamusic.org for tickets or information.

LENTEN RECITAL SERIES St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. Concerts are from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m., every Thursday, through March 29; freewill donation. March 1: Soprano Mary Paul. March 8: Pete Fine, original works for 12-string guitar. LUCIE ARNAZ Berger Performing Arts Center. 1200 W. Speedway Blvd. 770-3762. Daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Lucie Arnaz mixes music and storytelling in concerts at 8 p.m., Friday, March 2; and 3 p.m., Sunday, March 4; $42. Call 882-9721, or visit invisibletheatre.com MUSIC AT THE UA UA School of Music. 1017 N. Olive Road. 621-1655. Saturday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m.: Arizona Symphony Orchestra, Crowder Hall; $5. Sunday, March 4, through Friday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m.: 34th Annual Arizona Jazz Week, featuring Quite a Night O’ Dixie, Faculty Jazz Night, Studio Jazz with Guest Artist, and Studio Jazz Ensemble with the Arizona Symphony and jazz singer Sue Rainey, all in Crowder Hall; $5 to $9 Sunday through Thursday, $10 to $15 Friday. Call 621-1162, or visit arizona.tix.com for tickets or more information. MUSIC IN THE CANYON Sabino Canyon Visitors’ Center. 5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road. 749-8700. Live music, dances from several cultural traditions, kids’ activities and local food are featured from noon to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 4; $5, $10 family suggested donation, free parking. Proceeds support enhancements to the site via the Friends of Sabino Canyon. Visit sabinocanyon.org for more information. PCC MUSIC PCC Center for the Arts. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 2066986. Tickets are $6. Visit pima.edu/cfa for details. Tuesday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m.: Chorale and College Singers, Proscenium Theatre. Thursday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m.: Wind Ensemble, Proscenium Theatre. SACRED HARP MEMORIAL SING AND CONVENTION Sonora Cohousing Common House. 501 E. Roger Road. All skill levels are invited to sing American shape-note hymns, fuging tunes and anthems in unaccompanied four-part harmony from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, March 3; and from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Sunday, March 4; freewill donation. Visit tucsonfasola.org. SOUTHERN ARIZONA WOMEN’S CHORUS Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation. 3182 N. Swan Road. 299-4545. An event featuring singing, wine-tasting and a raffle raises funds for the Southern Arizona Women’s Chorus from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Saturday, March 3; $40, $35 advance. Tickets for a 50-50 split raffle are $100. Call 404-3248, or email talsings@aol.com for reservations or more information. ST. PHILIPS PLAZA St. Philip’s Plaza. 4280 N. Campbell Ave. 529-2775. Quantum Nites performs upbeat jazz at 4 p.m., Saturday, March 3; free. TUCSON SYMPHONY AT CATALINA FOOTHILLS HIGH SCHOOL Catalina Foothills High School. 4300 E. Sunrise Drive. 209-8300. Clarinetist Laura Stoutenborough performs music by Mozart and Beethoven at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 3. Tickets are $33 to $78. Call 882-8585, or visit tucsonsymphony.org for tickets or more information. WINTER CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Leo Rich Theater. 260 S. Church Ave. 791-4101. A series of six chamber-music concerts begins Sunday, March 4, and continues through Sunday, March 11; $26, $12 student for each concert. Open dress rehearsals are from 9 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, March 7; Friday, March 9; and Sunday, March 11; free. A youth concert takes place from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, March 8; free. Visit arizonachambermusic.org for a schedule of guest artists and tickets.

OUT OF TOWN ARIZONA FOLKLORE PRESERVE Arizona Folklore Preserve. 44 Ramsey Canyon Road. Hereford. 378-6165. Performers of traditional music are featured at 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; $15, $6 younger than 17. March 3 and 4: Dolan Ellis. Visit arizonafolklore.com for reservations, information about the folklore preserve and a schedule of performances. DESERT VIEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Desert View Performing Arts Center. 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. SaddleBrooke. 825-5318. Friday, March 2, at 4 and 7:30 p.m.: Daily and Vincent Sing the Statler Brothers; $30. Visit tickets.saddlebrooketwo. com for tickets or more information. SHOPPES AT LA POSADA Shoppes at La Posada. 665 S. Park Centre Ave. Green Valley. 648-7870. Concerts take place from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., every Saturday, through March 17; freewill

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TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. 100 Quality Hill Road. Bisbee. (520) 432-5753. TSO performs a program titled Mozart and Beethoven at 4 and 7 p.m., Thursday, March 1; $20, free student in grades K-12 accompanied by a school group or paid adult. Call 432-2121 for tickets or more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL FOR MUSICIANS St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church. 4440 N. Campbell Ave. 299-6421. St. Philip’s Friends of Music seeks applications from professional soloists and chamber musicians to perform in the 2012-2013 concert series. Submissions are due Thursday, March 1. Visit stphilipstucson.org for requirements, an application form and more information.

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THEATER OPENING THIS WEEK ARIZONA OPERA Tucson Music Hall. 210 S. Church Ave. 791-4101. Aida is performed at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 3; and at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 4; $30 to $118. The opera is sung in Italian with English surtitles. Visit azopera.com for tickets or more information. HIGH SCHOOL SHAKESPEARE COMPETITION UA Marroney Theatre. 1025 N. Olive Road. 621-1162. Students from 20 high schools across Southern Arizona compete from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Saturday, March 3, for an all-expense-paid trip to New York City for a national competition. The public is invited, free. Call 975-2437 for more information. LAUGHING LIBERALLY COMEDY SHOWCASE La Cocina Restaurant, Cantina and Coffee Bar. 201 N. Court Ave. 622-0351. Phil Gordon, Mike Sterner, Gary Hood and several others, including former Tucson City Councilmember Fred Ronstadt, present a comedy show to benefit the Community Food Bank at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 6; free. La Cocina donates 10 percent of food sales.

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ODYSSEY STORYTELLING UA Museum of Art. 1031 N. Olive Road. 621-7567. Six storytellers share tales from their lives on the theme (Neither) Here Nor There: Stories From Life in the Borderlands, at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 1; free. This storytelling is one of many events, symposia and exhibits featured in connection with The Border Project: Soundscapes, Landscapes and Lifescapes, which continues through Sunday, March 11, at the UA Museum of Art. Visit artmuseum.arizona.edu for details of all the related activities. Anyone can ask to tell their story; the six are chosen in advance. Call 730-4112, or visit storyartsgroup.org to sign up or get more information. RED BARN THEATRE Red Barn Theatre. 948 N. Main Ave. 622-6973. Oliver! continues through Sunday, March 25. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $16, $10 Friday, $13 senior, student or military. Call or visit theredbarntheater.com for more information. UA THEATER UA Marroney Theatre. 1025 N. Olive Road. 621-1162. This Is Our Youth opens Thursday, March 1, and continues through Sunday, March 4, in the Directing Studio, Room 116, behind Marroney Theatre. Showtimes are 8 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $7. Visit arizona.tix.com for tickets; see cfa.arizona.edu for more information about the plays. UAPRESENTS UA Centennial Hall. 1020 E. University Blvd. 6213364. Sunday, March 4, at 8 p.m.: Patty LuPone; $36 to $104. Call or visit uapresents.org for tickets or info.

CONTINUING ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-4875. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby continues through Saturday, March 17. Showtimes vary; $31 to $56 plus fees, $10 student with ID. Call or visit arizonatheatre. org for tickets or more information. BEOWULF ALLEY’S OLD TIME RADIO THEATRE Beowulf Alley Theatre Company. 11 S. Sixth Ave. 8820555. A reading of radio scripts from the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s takes place at 7 p.m., the first and third Tuesday of every month; $10, $5 ages 4 through 12.

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ETCETERA Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Margaret Edson’s Wit continues through Saturday, March 10. Showtimes are 10:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; $10. Visit etceteralatenight.com for info.

AGUA CALIENTE PARK RANCH HOUSE GALLERY Agua Caliente Park Ranch House Gallery. 12325 E. Roger Road. 749-3718. West by Midwest ... and Places in Between, an exhibition of water media by Karen Shanahan and Sandy Walker, opens Friday, March 2, and continues through Wednesday, March 28. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday; free. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for more information.

SOUTHERN ARIZONA WATERCOLOR GUILD Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild Gallery. 5605 E. River Road, Suite 131. Simply Art, an exhibit of members’ works submitted for judging, opens Wednesday, March 7, and continues through Sunday, April 1; free. An awards reception is held from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, March 16. Visit watercolor-sawg.org for more info.

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LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Live Theatre Workshop. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 3274242. Shirley Valentine continues through Sunday, March 18. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $18, $16 student, senior or military. Call or visit livetheatreworkshop.org for tickets and more information. THE ROGUE THEATRE The Rogue Theatre. 300 E. University Blvd. 551-2053. The New Electric Ballroom continues through Sunday, March 11. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $30, $15 Thursday. Visit theroguetheatre.org for tickets and more information. THE GASLIGHT THEATRE The Gaslight Theatre. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 8869428. Two Amigos, the comic adventures of circus performers Reynaldo and Paco, continues through Sunday, March 25. Showtimes are 7 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday; 6 and 8:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 and 7 p.m., Sunday; $17.95, $7.95 child age 12 and younger, $15.95 student, military and senior. Visit thegaslighttheatre.com for reservations or more info. UA THEATRE UA Marroney Theatre. 1025 N. Olive Road. 621-1162. Julius Caesar continues through Sunday, March 25. Dates and times vary; $17 to $28. Visit arizona.tix.com for tickets; see cfa.arizona.edu for more information.

LAST CHANCE COMEDY PLAYHOUSE Comedy Playhouse. 3620 N. First Ave. 260-6442. “A Pair of Plays by J.M. Barrie,” The Old Lady Shows Her Medals and A Well-Remembered Voice, closes Sunday, March 4. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 3 p.m., Sunday; $18, $16 senior or student. Call or visit thecomedyplayhouse.com. PCC THEATRE ARTS PCC Center for the Arts. 2202 W. Anklam Road. 2066986. The musical murder-mystery Curtains closes Sunday, March 4, in the Proscenium Theatre. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday; $18. Call 206-6986, or visit pima. edu/cfa for tickets or more information.

UPCOMING FOX TUCSON THEATRE Fox Tucson Theatre. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Thursday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m.: Ed Asner performs a one-man show as FDR; $25 to $48. Call or visit foxtucsontheatre.org for tickets or more information.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL FOR ACTORS St. Francis in the Foothills Church. 4625 E. River Road. 299-9063. Auditions for Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite take place at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, March 3. Callbacks are at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, March 4. All roles are open. Bring a headshot, resume and a 2-minute comedic monologue. Call 329-3707, or email smbishhop11@gmail.com for more information. MAGICAL MYSTERY DINNER THEATER El Parador. 2744 E. Broadway Blvd. 881-2744. Murder at the Vampire’s Wedding, a 2 1/2-hour, interactive comedy whodunit that includes a three-course dinner, takes place most Fridays and Saturdays; $29 to $42, includes dinner. Doors open at 7 p.m. Call for reservations or more information. NOT BURNT OUT JUST UNSCREWED A comedy troupe performs family-friendly improv for freewill donations at 7:30 p.m., the first Friday of every month, at Revolutionary Grounds Coffee House, 616 N. Fourth Ave.; and the third Friday of every month, at Rock N Java, 7555 Twin Peaks Road, Marana. Call 8612986, or visit unscrewedcomedy.com for more info.

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ART SAFARI: FIRST SATURDAY ART WALKS Member galleries of the Central Tucson Gallery Association and related venues are open from 6 to 9 p.m., the first Saturday of every month; free. Visit ctgatucson.org for a map of participating galleries and more information. BICAS ART ANNEX GRAND OPENING AND STUDIO TOUR Citizens Warehouse. 44 W. Sixth St. 628-7950. A studio and gallery featuring bike-themed and recycled art by local and international artists opens with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 3; free. Works include jewelry, photography, limited edition prints, sculpture and functional objects. Refreshments are served. CONTRERAS GALLERY Contreras Gallery. 110 E. Sixth St. 398-6557. Hackneyed Taboos and Tin Ears Too, an exhibit of Gary Aagaard’s paintings interpreting socio-political concerns, opens with a reception from 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday, March 3, and continues through Saturday, March 31. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. Visit contrerashousefineart.com for more info. THE DRAWING STUDIO The Drawing Studio. 33 S. Sixth Ave. 620-0947. Arizona Encaustics 2012, a juried show representing artists throughout the state, opens with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 3, and continues through Saturday, March 31. Hours are noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. Call or visit thedrawingstudio. com for more information. KIRK-BEAR CANYON LIBRARY Kirk-Bear Canyon Library. 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road. 594-5275. Abstract Fantasies of a Desert Artist, acrylic paintings by Sheryl Holland, opens Thursday, March 1, and continues through Saturday, March 31. An artist’s reception takes place from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 11. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday; free.

STONE DRAGON STUDIO Stone Dragon Studio. 1122 N. Stone Ave. 405-5800. American Daze/Russian Haze, an exhibit of new paintings by Alex Arshanskly, opens Friday, March 2, and continues through Saturday, April 28. An artist’s reception takes place from 4 to 7 p.m., Saturday, March 3. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, and by appointment; free. Visit holyjoestudio. com for more information. TEMPLE GALLERY Temple Gallery. Temple of Music and Art. 330 S. Scott Ave. 624-7370. Dirk Arnold: Endangered, an exhibit of framed shadowboxes featuring iconic Tucson buildings including Little Poca Cosa, Loft Cinema and Lucky Wishbone, opens with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 2, and continues through Tuesday, April 3. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; and before Arizona Theatre Company performances on Saturday and Sunday; free. Call 622-2823, or e-mail info@ethertongallery.com for more information. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 7481551. An exhibit of works in oil and collage by David Rowland Zaher and Lisa Scadron opens Tuesday, March 6, and continues through Sunday, April 1; free. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, and Tuesday through Friday.

CONTINUING ARTSEYE GALLERY ArtsEye. 3550 E. Grant Road. 325-0260. Please Don’t Tell, an exhibit of Chris Gall’s comic-book-inspired illustrations for a cocktail book by mixologist Jim Meehan, continues through Friday, March 16. A closing reception takes place from 5:30 to 8 p.m., Friday, March 16. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; free. Visit artseye.com for more information. ATLAS FINE ART SERVICES Atlas Fine Art Services. 41 S. Sixth Ave. 622-2139. An exhibit of works on paper continues through Saturday, March 24. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday; and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday; free.

MARK SUBLETTE Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery. 7000 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-7798. Howard Post: New Works opens Saturday, March 3, and continues through Tuesday, May 1. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday; free. Visit medicinemangallery.com for more information.

BEMINE: WRITERS AND ARTISTS COLLABORATE UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. Curated pairs of Tucson writers, visual artists and musicians collaborate to re-invent the valentine in BeMine, an exhibit that continues through Friday, March 30. Visit poetry.arizona.edu for more information. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday; free.

PAINT OUT IN THE PARK Sweetwater Preserve. 4000 N. Tortolita Road (south of Camino del Cerro). 877-6000. Robert Goldman of the Tucson Plein Air Painters Society shares techniques for painting landscape scenes, from 8 to 10 a.m., Saturday, March 3; free. Painters at all ability levels are welcome. Reservations are required. Call 615-7855, or email eeducation@pima.gov for reservations or more info.

BENTLEY’S HOUSE OF COFFEE AND TEA Bentley’s House of Coffee and Tea. 1730 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-0338. An exhibit of new work by painter and printmaker Wil Taylor continues through Thursday, March 15. Hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday; free. Visit wiltaylor.com for more information.

PORTER HALL GALLERY Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 3269686, ext. 10. Barbara Smith: Landforms and Lepidoptera, an exhibition of colorful nature paintings, opens Thursday, March 1, and continues through Sunday, April 8. Gallery admission is free with paid admission to the gardens. Regular hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., every day; $8, $4 child age 4 to 12, free younger child or member. Call or visit tucsonbotanical. org for more information. QUANTUM ART GALLERY Quantum Art Gallery. 505 W. Miracle Mile, No. 2. 9077644. Hidden Agendas, an exhibit of contemporary art by Devin Kelly and Citizen Zane, opens with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, March 2, and continues through Sunday, May 27. Hours are 3 to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday; free. RAICES TALLER 222 GALLERY Raices Taller 222 Gallery. 218 E. Sixth St. 881-5335. Indian Born, American Made, an exhibit of traditional and contemporary artwork by invited Native American artists representing more than 20 North American tribes, opens with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 3, and continues through Saturday,

BLUE RAVEN GALLERY AND GIFTS Blue Raven Gallery and Gifts. 3054 N. First Ave., No. 4. 623-1003. Crazy for Color, an exhibit of works in a range of media by local artists, continues through Saturday, March 10. Hours are noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday; noon to 5 p.m., Friday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday; or by appointment; free. Visit blueravengalleryandgifts.com for more information. CAMPUS CHRISTIAN CENTER ART GALLERY Campus Christian Center Art Gallery. 715 N. Park Ave. 623-7575. A Shared Passion for Color, an exhibit of mixed-media works by Santy Brittain and Carol Chambers, continues through Friday, March 9; free. CONRAD WILDE GALLERY Conrad Wilde Gallery. 439 N. Sixth Ave., Suite 195. 622-8997. A reception takes place from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 3, for The Seventh Annual Encaustic Invitational, which continues through Saturday, March 31. Hours are noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday; free. Visit conradwildegallery.com for more information. DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY Davis Dominguez Gallery. 154 E. Sixth St. 629-9759. Into a Large Place: Paintings of the National Parks, an

exhibit of plein-air paintings by Duncan Martin; and The End of Time, abstract sculpture by Barbara Jo McLaughlin, continue through Saturday, March 17. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday; free. Call or visit davisdominguez.com for more information. DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun. 6300 N. Swan Road. 2999191. Portraits of DeGrazia, an exhibit of photographs and paintings of Ted DeGrazia, including works by Louise Serpa and Thomas Hart Benton, continues through Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Ted DeGrazia Depicts the Life of Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino: 20 Oil Paintings is on permanent display. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily; free. Call or visit degrazia.org. DESERT ARTISANS’ GALLERY Desert Artisans’ Gallery. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4412. Painted Spring, an exhibit of pieces in a range of media by a variety of local artists and artisans, continues through Sunday, June 3. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Sunday. Visit desertartisansgallery.com. DETAILS ART AND DESIGN GALLERY Details Art and Design. 3001 E. Skyline Drive, No. 139. 577-1995. The Purse Museum, an exhibit of antique to contemporary purses and handbags that represent unique styles and designs, continues through Friday, April 20; free. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and noon to 4 p.m., Sunday. Visit thepursemuseum.com for more information. ETHERTON GALLERY Etherton Gallery. 135 S. Sixth Ave. 624-7370. Don’t Look Now: Craig Cully, Chris Rush and James Reed, an exhibit of painting and mixed media highlighting the way the ordinary is made exotic, continues through Tuesday, March 27. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and by appointment; free. Visit ethertongallery.com for more information. FLORENCE QUATER GALLERY Southwest University of Visual Arts’ Florence Quater Gallery. 2538 N. Country Club Road. 325-0123. Transmission, an exhibit of diverse approaches to the video medium, continues through Thursday, March 22. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. GEORGE STRASBURGER ART GALLERY George Strasburger Art Gallery. 172 N. Toole Ave. 8822160. People and Places, an exhibit of paintings by George Strasburger and photographs by Alfonso Elia, continues through Saturday, March 31. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday through Saturday. Visit georgestrasburger.com for more information. INDUSTRIA STUDIOS Industria Studios. 1441 E. 17th St. 235-0797. The Artists of Industria, featuring paintings and sculpture by Marc David Leviton and fusion modeling by Brian Carlton, continues through Sunday, March 25; free. Hours are by appointment. LOUIS CARLOS BERNAL GALLERY Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery. PCC West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road. 206-6942. East/Pacific/West: Confluence, featuring works by Claire Campbell Park, Nancy Tokar Miller and Mary Babcock, continues through Friday, March 9. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday and Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday; and before most evening performances in the Center for the Arts. Visit pima.edu/cfa for more information. MADARAS GALLERY Madaras Gallery. 3001 E. Skyline Road, Suite 101. 615-3001. Diana Madaras’ “Flowers for Susan” and other floral paintings are featured through Thursday, March 15. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday. Visit madaras.com for more information. PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY AND STUDIO Philabaum Glass Gallery and Studio. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Glass 30-40-50, an exhibit celebrating the 30th anniversary of Philabaum Glass Gallery, the 40 years the gallery’s exhibiting artists have worked in glass, and the 50th anniversary of the American Studio Glass Movement, continues through Saturday, April 28. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; free. Call or visit philabaumglass.com for more info. PIMA AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM Pima Air and Space Museum. 6000 E. Valencia Road. 574-0462. Round Trip: Art From the Boneyard, an exhibit of military airplanes and parts recycled into art works, continues through Thursday, May 31. Round Trip features works by more than 30 artists from around the world, including popular graffiti and street artists, and Tucsonan Daniel Martin Diaz. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last admittance, 4 p.m.), daily; $15.50, $9 ages 7 to 12, free younger child, $12.75 senior, military, Pima

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VISUAL ARTS Two varying exhibits show the beauty of nature—and the damage to it caused by man

Relationship to the Sublime BY MARGARET REGAN, mregan@tucsonweekly.com ucson painter Nancy Tokar Miller travels frequently, often going west to Asia, where she translates jungles and lagoons into gorgeous abstracted landscapes. Not long ago, she flew—twice—in a helicopter over Hawaii, zigzagging over the pristine north side of the island of Molokai. Much of Hawaii, of course, is overdeveloped, littered with tourist hotels, fast-food joints and all the other raffish construction of modern life. But judging by the evidence of Tokar Miller’s Hawaii paintings in the exhibition East/Pacific/West: Confluence at Pima Community College, Molokai is not. Here, lush green vegetation still covers the giant cliffs that drop down to the sea, and the ocean thrashes pure white foam against clean beaches. “Over Molokai,” a 2011 acrylic on canvas, offers a dizzying view of the island from way up in the wild blue yonder. Far below, in a corner, is a tiny cliff, the red of its rock muted by distance and the humid air. Up at the top, a lemon-yellow nose cone edges into the picture, letting us know just how high in the sky the painter is. Past this poetically rendered airplane, the pale-gray sky drops down and merges almost imperceptibly with the deeper blue-gray of the sea below. As always, Tokar Miller uses layers of paint so thin that they almost stain the canvas. Yet her colors are immeasurably deep and rich. “Coastline, Molokai,” another 2011 acrylic on canvas, is densely colored in greens and blues of every description. A long sweep of cliffs is crazily angled along the whole left side of the painting, giving you the impression that Tokar Miller’s pilot was doing some risky sideways moves up there. The cliffs’ plants go from deep, shadowy maroon-green to medium-green to light-spring-green. A streak of bright yellow sunlight careens down toward the blue sea. Tokar Miller has long followed a Zen aesthetic, simplifying what she sees in the real world. But each of these paintings—from the most representational, “Palms/Ginger,” depicting nearly every frond in a single palm, to the most abstract, “Reef Pools,” reducing the lush islands to shape and color—powerfully create a sense of place. The other two artists in this lovely show do the same thing, but they conjure up Hawaii through fiber. Claire Campbell Park is a distinguished weaver who “paints” with high-quality strands of linen. A longtime professor at Pima, she took a sabbatical in Hawaii in 2010, and in five richly colored tapestries, she, too, conveys its natural beauty. Her abstract weavings are tall and skinny, and their rows of horizontal bands can be read

as a schematic representation of the landscape. If Tokar Miller sees Hawaii from up in the air, Campbell Park has the ant’s-eye view down on the earth. She’s on the horizon line, and her bands of color suggest, in descending order, sky, sea and land. “Lava/Vog/Sky” is a typically radiant work, filled with twilight colors. The colored bands shift from deep violet at the top to yellow and soft orange in the lower sky, just above the blue-violet sea. Finally, they turn the dark brown of the earth, already slipping into night. “In the Reef; Wrasse,” from 2011, is less an abstracted landscape than a pure celebration of Hawaii’s gloriously tropical colors. It evokes the bright flora and fauna on land and sea in orange, peach and pink, and a gorgeous band of canary yellow. Campbell Park’s meditative works are meant to evoke the holiness of the unspoiled land. By contrast, the show’s third artist, Mary Babcock, makes art out of the debris that’s despoiling that land. The head of the fiber department at the University of Hawaii (who earned her master’s of fine arts the UA), Babcock collects fishing nets and other trash that wash up on Hawaiian shores, as well as similar rubbish along the Columbia River in Oregon. She weaves this junk into bristly wall-hangings. The nets and plastics have surprisingly

“Lava/Sea/Sky,” handwoven linen, by Claire Campbell Park (cropped).

“From Myth to Rational Thought,” desert sumac, string, redwood and stain, by Barbara Jo McLaughlin (cropped). delicate colors, “softened over time by the water,” as she puts it: pale seafoam and grays, punctuated by occasional flares of orange. But these fake fibers are not well-behaved like the linen threads that Campbell Park uses. They’re prickly and unruly, and when Babcock hangs the weavings on the wall, the strands jut out, wriggling and swaying in the breeze. Their movement suggests not only the crashing of waves, but the creatures swimming through them—the elements of the environment this sea trash puts at risk.

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ver at Davis Dominguez Gallery, two artists also seek to convey a sense of place. Duncan Martin is an accomplished landscape painter at the beginning of an enterprise he’s calling the 58 in 58 Painting Project. He intends to make paintings of all 58 U.S. national parks. For this inaugural show, he has already tackled Yellowstone, Canyonlands and Rocky Mountain National Park. His paintings are near-realist, painted in a loose, appealing style, with thick patches of oil paint brushily applied. They capture nature’s unabashed beauty: We see sublime snowcapped mountains, and canyon gorges that go on for miles. These classic views are near-clichés, so often have they been pictured, going all the way back to the 19th century. The more-interesting works go for a small detail or an unexpected angle. “Winter, Slate” is a tiny beauty, with a deep gray ravine breaking up a field of snow. The lovely “Winter High Road” captures mud season in the mountains. Beneath a golden, glowing sky, a rutted road snakes its way in from the distance. A view of Yellowstone, rendered first as a study and then as a finished painting, delights, because the complicated mountainscape has been reduced to a series of rhythmic shapes, painted rust and green. Martin is a master of light, and these Yellowstones are illuminated at the center by a flash of brilliant yellow ochre. In the face of all this natural beauty, Barbara Jo McLaughlin delivers an environmental warning, keyed in to the doomsday year of 2012. Her floor sculptures, she says, were inspired by her recent studies of Mayan iconography and a road trip into Honduras,

Duncan Martin Paintings; Barbara Jo McLaughlin Sculpture

Works by Claire Campbell Park, Nancy Tokar Miller and Nancy Babcock 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday and Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, through March 9; open before most evening performances at Pima Center for the Arts Pima Community College West Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery 2202 W. Anklam Road Free 206-6942; www.pima.edu/cfa

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where she learned of land-damaging practices that helped doom the high Mayan culture a millennium ago. Some works lined with ceramic death heads drive home the point. Her works are parables in wood and steel, drenched in metaphors that are a little heavyhanded. “From Myth to Rational Thought” juxtaposes a sphere made of sumac branches (the natural world) with a harsh geometric construction of planks (the artificial world). “Layers: History and Humanity on the Brink” has a teetering pile of thinly sliced pieces of lumbered wood, poised to fall off a solid mesquite block. The real message of 2012, she says, is not that the world is going to end, but that the world still has a shot at redemption, if only its inhabitants would start living in harmony with nature. Paired with Martin’s celebratory paintings of our nation’s greatest beauties, McLaughlin’s sculptural warnings silently make their point: If we don’t shape up—if we don’t stop covering Hawaii with strip malls, or keep a pipeline from scarring Montana’s slopes, or prevent a mine from despoiling Southern Arizona—we will lose not only nature, but our relationship to the sublime. MARCH 1 – 7, 2012

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County resident and AAA member. Visit pimaair.org for more information. THE PROCESS MUSEUM The Process Museum. 8000 S. Kolb Road. (646) 7139793. David A. Clark: The Point, featuring the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest series of monoprint encaustic paintings, continues through Wednesday, April 18. Hours are 10 a.m. to noon, every Tuesday and Thursday. Visit processmuseum.org for more information. SOUTHERN ARIZONA ARTS GUILD Sheraton Hotel and Suites. 5151 E. Grant Road. 3236262. An art show juried by SAAG members continues through Monday, April 30. The exhibit is always open; free. Visit southernazartsguild.org for more information. THE STUDENT ADDY EXHIBITION Art Institute of Tucson. 5099 E. Grant Road. 318-2700. An exhibition of work that students submitted to the Tucson Advertising Federationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Addy Awards competition continues through Saturday, March 24. Hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday; free. TINY TOOLE GALLERY Tiny Toole Gallery. 19 E. Toole Ave. 319-8477. Sculpture, painting and contemporary bronze works are displayed from 8 p.m. to midnight, the first Saturday of every month; free. TOHONO CHUL PARK Tohono Chul Exhibit Hall. Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Arizona Centennial Exhibit continues through Sunday, April 22. The exhibit features works highlighting the landscapes, historic locations, culture and wildlife of our region. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily; $8, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with valid ID, $2 ages 5 through 12, free member or child younger than 5. Visit tohonochulpark.org. TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Tucson International Airport Gallery. 7250 S. Tucson Blvd. Journey West: Elliptical Stories, Tom Kieferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibit of black-and-white photographs of Arizona road scapes, continues through Saturday, March 31, in the Main Gallery between the Southwest and Delta Airlines

TUCSON PIMA ARTS COUNCIL Tucson Pima Arts Council. 100 N. Stone Ave., No. 303. 624-0595. An exhibition of mixed-media paintings by Barbara Brandel and Lorrie Parsell continues in the lobby through Wednesday, March 28. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; free. ZOĂ&#x2039; BOUTIQUE ZoĂŤ Boutique. 735 N. Fourth Ave. 740-1201. Peep Show, an exhibit of paintings and drawings by local artists employing diverse media and techniques, continues through Monday, April 30; free.

LAST CHANCE FLUXX STUDIO AND GALLERY Fluxx Studio and Gallery. 414 E. Ninth St. 882-0242. An exhibit of paintings by Michelle Stuttgen closes Saturday, March 3. Viewing is by appointment. Visit fluxxproductionsstudioandgallery.tumblr.com for info. SOUTHERN ARIZONA WATERCOLOR GUILD GALLERY Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild Gallery. 5605 E. River Road, Suite 131. Experimental and Innovative Works in Water Media closes Sunday, March 4. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday; free. TOHONO CHUL PARK Tohono Chul Exhibit Hall. Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. The exhibit Art of the Guitar closes Sunday, March 4. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily; $8, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with valid ID, $2 ages 5 through 12, free member or child younger than 5. Visit tohonochulpark.org. TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Tucson International Airport. 7250 S. Tucson Blvd. 5738100. Spirit of the Rodeo Shared in Images, an exhibit of photographs by Louise Serpa and her daughter Mia Larocque, closes Saturday, March 3, in the Lower Link Gallery. TIA galleries are open 24 hours, daily; free. Visit flytucsonairport.com for more information. TUCSON TAMALE COMPANY Tucson Tamale Company. 2545 E. Broadway Blvd. 3054760. Guideposts and Anchors, an exhibit of mixedmedia works with Asian and Middle Eastern influences,

closes Saturday, March 3. Regular hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday; free.

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UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH Unitarian Universalist Church. 4831 E. 22nd St. 7481551. An exhibit of collages, watercolors and oils by local artists Marie Miller and Doreen Graver closes Sunday, March 4; free. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, and Tuesday through Friday.

EVENTS THIS WEEK ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM Arizona State Museum. 1013 E. University Blvd. 6216302. Join Janelle Weakly, photo collections curator, for coffee and a discussion about highlights from the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extensive photographic collections from 3 to 3:45 p.m., Wednesday, March 7; free. An exhibit of 20 Hopi quilts continues through Monday, Aug. 20. Many Mexicos: Vistas de la Frontera continues through Friday, Nov. 30. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday; $5, free youth younger than 18, active-duty military and their families, people with business in the building and everyone for public events. Visit statemuseum.arizona.edu for more information.

OUT OF TOWN GREEN VALLEY VILLAGE Green Valley Village. 101 S. La CaĂąada Drive. Green Valley. 625-6551. An exhibit of paintings by members of the Tucson Plein Air Painters Society closes Friday, March 2, in meeting room No. 13. Except when meetings are in progress, hours are 8 a.m. to noon, and 1 to 5 p.m., daily; free.

CENTENNIAL QUILT EXHIBITION Arizona History Museum. 949 E. Second St. 628-5774. 100 Years: 100 Quilts continues through Saturday, Dec. 29. Quilts created for the centennial depict Arizona landscapes, cultures, historical places and unique events. The official Arizona Centennial Commemorative Quilt is featured through Saturday, March 3, after which it will tour the state. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday; $5, $4 senior or ages 12 through 18, free younger child.

RANCHO LINDA VISTA GALLERY Rancho Linda Vista Barn Gallery. 1955 W. Linda Vista Road. Oracle. 603-9077. Meditations on the Sea of Cortez, selections from Andrew Rushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10-year span of painting in a coastal estuary, opens with a reception from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 4, and continues through Friday, March 30. The artist is also present from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 18 and 25. Hours are from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, or by appointment; free.

CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY Center for Creative Photography. 1030 N. Olive Road. 621-7968. Frida Kahlo and Her Circle, a collection of portraits made by friends and acquaintances of the artist, including Edward Weston, Diego Rivera and others, including poets and actors, is available for viewing in the Print Viewing Room from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Friday, March 2; free. Images of Mexican folk toys and utilitarian goods are included.

UA BIOSPHERE 2 GALLERY Biosphere 2 Center. 32540 S. Biosphere 2 Road. Oracle. 838-6200. Earth and Mars: Stephen Strom, a collection of diptychs that juxtapose abstract desert landscape images with photos of Mars from the NASA archives, continues through Friday, March 30; free with admission. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily; $10 to $20. Visit b2science.org for more information.

LA PILITA MUSEUM La Pilita Museum. 420 S. Main Ave. 882-7454. An exhibit of barrio scenes painted by members of the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild opens Saturday, March 3, and continues through Friday, March 30. A reception including wine and music takes place from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 10. Regular hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and 5 to 7 p.m., the second Saturday of every month; $2 suggested donation.

UPCOMING TUCSON CONTEMPORARY ARTS Tucson Contemporary Arts. 439 N. Sixth Ave., No. 171. 622-8997. UA graduate students in visual artists and creative writing gather to collaborate on new work in a program called Infuse from 7 to 9 p.m., the second Thursday of every month, through May 10; free. Call 622-8997 for more information.

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ARIZONA: A HISTORY Tohono Chul Park. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455. Thomas Sheridan, author of Arizona: A History, Revised Edition, signs his book at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 3; $8, $6 senior, $5 active military, $4 student with ID, $2 child, includes admission to the park. Visit tohonochulpark.org for more information.

ANNE LOWE: THE CENTENNIAL OF HADASSAH The Jewish History Museum. 564 S. Stone Ave. 6709073. Past president of the Tucson chapter Anne Lowe keynotes a centennial celebration at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 4; free. Visit jewishhistorymuseum.org for info.

GUY MCPHERSON: WALKING AWAY FROM EMPIRE Antigone Books. 411 N. Fourth Ave. 792-3715. Guy McPherson discusses his book Walking Away From Empire: A Personal Journey, about how he transformed his life and became a social critic, at 7 p.m., Friday, March 2; free. Refreshments and a Q&A follow. MOCA BOOK CLUB MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. The intersection of art and politics is the topic of four books the club covers in 2012. Meetings are from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., selected Thursdays; $10, $5 member, includes wine. March 1: The Selling of the President, Joe McGinniss.

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POETRY-OUT-LOUD REGIONAL FINALS UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. High school students give dramatic readings of poetry at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 1; free. Political cartoonist David Fitzsimmons hosts, and winners proceed to the state finals competitions. Visit poetry.arizona.edu for info.

OUT OF TOWN CATHY HUFAULT: DEATH CLOUDS ON MT. BALDY Joyner-Green Valley Branch, Pima County Public Library. 601 N. La Cañada Drive. Green Valley. 594-5295. Cathy Hufault tells the true story of the largest searchand-rescue mission in Arizona, from 2 to 3 p.m., Tuesday, March 6; free.

UPCOMING A CLOSER LOOK BOOK CLUB UA Poetry Center. 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765. George Saunders’ Pastoralia is discussed at 6 p.m., Thursday, March 8; free. Email knowles@email.arizona.edu.

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ART LECTURES AT ORO VALLEY LIBRARY Oro Valley Public Library. 1305 W. Naranja Drive. 2295300. Docents from the UA Museum of Art discuss art topics from 2 to 3 p.m., the first Wednesday of every month; free. CELEBRATE NURSES SHAPING OUR FUTURE UA College of Nursing. 1305 N. Martin Ave. Lectures, presentations and town-hall-format discussions based on the 2010 Institute of Medicine report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health take place from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, March 3; $50 includes course materials, seven continuing education units and lunch. Visit nursing.arizona.edu to register. DENI SEYMOUR: GERONIMO’S WIKIUP Himmel Branch, Pima County Public Library. 1035 N. Treat Ave. 594-5305. Archaeologist Deni Seymour presents “Geronimo’s Wikiup: Archaeological Perspectives on the Cañon de los Embudos Surrender Site” from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, March 1; free. HENRY HALEM: ART GLASS Tucson Museum of Art Education Center. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Studio Glass Movement, glass artist Henry Halem presents “From the Ground Up” at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 3; $8, $6 senior and veteran, $3 student with ID, free younger than 13, includes museum admission. KENNETH R. CHIEN, M.D.: TOWARD HEART STEM-CELL THERAPEUTICS Kiewit Auditorium, UA Medical Center. 1501 N. Campbell Ave. Dr. Kenneth R. Chien, director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cardiovascular Research Center and member of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, is available for a meet-and-greet following a lecture taking place from noon to 12:50 p.m., Tuesday, March 6; free; $1.50 parking. Call 626-6177 for info.

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LECTURES

BOOKS William deBuys forecasts the death of one of his longtime loves—the American Southwest

A Damaged Landscape BY JON SHUMAKER, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com illiam deBuys’ 2007 book The Walk begins: “A species of hope resides in the possibility of seeing one thing, one phenomenon or essence, so clearly and fully that the light of its understanding illuminates the rest of life.” This is the fundamental idea behind his latest book, A Great Aridness. With the subtitle Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest, there’s initially a sense of fear and loathing that—uh oh—here’s another addition to that mindnumbing new genre of books ranting about climate change. Fortunately for us, this thoughtful, sophisticated book is a completely different animal. Before I go any further, I want to say something to any climate-change deniers out there: Please, for the sake of the rest of us (not to mention the planet), pull your heads out of your ponderous asses. There is no doubt that climate change is happening. It is directly tied to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, an earthshaking development in human history that led directly to a massive increase in the combustion of fossil fuels and thus their combustion products. It is supported by an irrefutable body of scientific facts. Not believing in climate change is like not believing in gravity, or not believing that the Earth is round. End of lecture. DeBuys is a much kinder and gentler person than I am, and his book reflects a deep and passionate concern for where he lives—the greater American Southwest—and what has been happening to his home place these past several years. He writes of dramatic changes that are happening all around us. If you’re not seeing them, you’re not paying attention. I went into this book with certain expectations, which turned out to be completely wrong. It is put out there as a book about climate change and how the American Southwest is on the front lines of that change. At a deeper level and between the lines, it is also a personal love story about a man and the region where he has chosen to take his stand, and how the places he has known intimately for decades are changing and going away. DeBuys’ longtime love is dying, and he is hurting in the face of

TOP TEN Mostly Books’ best-sellers for the week ending Feb. 24, 2012 1. Left for Dead J.A. Jance, Touchstone ($25.99)

A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest

2. One for the Money

By William deBuys

Suzanne Collins, Scholastic ($8.99)

Janet Evanovich, St. Martin’s ($8.99)

3. The Hunger Games

Oxford University 384 pages, $27.95

4. Catching Fire

this reality. I feel his pain. A talented, skilled writer, deBuys deftly deploys his considerable historical and journalistic tools to bring back the story. He has come to see and understand the phenomenon of the Southwest’s tragic and violent environmental history so clearly and fully that he perfectly illuminates how we are affecting the future of all life on the planet, including our own. Various chapters describe how, as things change and the place slowly dies, the earthrapers are looking to squeeze out every last drop of water and every crackling megawatt of electricity before the whole thing dries up and blows away. Other species and the natural world as a whole are simply collateral damage. You have to wonder: Are we inherently evil? Or just thoughtless? Arizona is a major character in this book, and it seems a lot of bad stuff is in store for us. From the beginning, A Great Aridness causes you to stop, close the book and ponder what you have just read. It opens with a crime: the murder of trader Charley Hubbell at the Cedar Springs trading post on the Navajo Reservation in 1919. A pair of Navajo trackers followed the murderers for 80 miles across rock and sand, through washes and canyons, before running them into the ground. At this point, you’re asking: What the hell? But then you discover deBuys is cleverly using this story as a metaphor for the study of climate change. The two trackers sort through a complex universe of data and clues and false leads in order to tease out the trail of the murderers. This is exactly the process climate scientists use to extract the facts from the noise that is weather and climate and history. Climate-change deniers are black-and-white thinkers in a world filled with shades of gray. The gift of deBuys’ writing is that even people who hurt their heads when they think should be able to understand the issues after reading this book. This strange, lovely, troubling and sometimes infuriating book defies any attempt to categorize it. Wandering around the history map of the American Southwest, deBuys brilliantly narrates the stories of this gorgeous, damaged landscape he knows and loves.

5. Pride and Prejudice

Suzanne Collins, Scholastic ($17.99) Jane Austen, Bantam Classics ($4.95)

6. A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1 George R. R. Martin, Bantam ($8.99)

7. Mockingjay Suzanne Collins, Scholastic ($17.99)

8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest Stieg Larsson, Vintage ($9.99)

9. The Distant Hours Kate Morton, Washington Square ($15)

10. Those in Peril Wilbur Smith, St. Martin’s ($9.99) Kate Morton

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KRISTEN SWANSON: THE SWANSON THEORY OF CARING UA College of Nursing. 1305 N. Martin Ave. Kristen Swanson presents “Caring: From Experience to Treatment to Organizational Change,” a discussion of principals that promote dignity, respect and empowerment for nurses and patients, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Friday, March 2, in Room 470; free. The event is broadcast live at nursing.arizona.edu. LORI RIEGEL: THE KOSHER CONNECTION Murphy-Wilmot Branch, Tucson-Pima Public Library. 530 N. Wilmot Road. 594-5420. Lori Riegel of Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging discusses Jewish dietary laws and the growing popularity of eating kosher foods, at 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 6; free. Samples are provided. MARY VIRGINIA SWANSON: ANSEL ADAMS Center for Creative Photography. 1030 N. Olive Road. 621-7968. An associate of Ansel Adams’, Mary Virginia Swanson, presents “Ansel Adams: Advocate for American Photography” in the auditorium at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, March 1; free. Visit centerforcreativephotography.org for more information. MUSEUM STUDIES MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. The public is invited to lectures in the Museum Studies Internship Program at 3:30 p.m., on Friday, March 2 and April 6; $10, $5 member. March 2: “Reality, Hyper-reality, Virtual Reality, Relative Reality: Museums and Authenticity.” PAUL IVEY: CONTEMPORARY ARTS AND CULTURE SINCE 1980 MOCA. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019. Paul Ivey hosts lectures in a salon-like setting with wine and snacks at 6:30 p.m. on selected Wednesdays; $15, $10 member. March 7: “Identity Politics and the Culture Wars.” PCC SPEAKERS’ SERIES Pima Community College District Office. 4905 E. Broadway Blvd. 206-4500. Mathematics faculty member Anne Franklin presents “Making a Difference Worldwide” at 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 6; free. UA SCIENCE CAFÉ UA Science presents a series of free lectures for all ages at 6 p.m., unless otherwise indicated. Wednesday, March 7: Steve Delong presents “Biosphere 2: The Landscape Evolution Observatory” at Tumamoc: People and Habitats, 1675 W. Anklam Road; call 621-3661 for information. Thursday, March 8: Lynn Nadel, regents professor of psychology and director of the Cognition and Neural Systems Program, UA Department of Psychology, presents “Memory: How It Works, or Doesn’t” at Mountain View Country Club Ballroom, 38759 S. Mountain View Blvd.; call 626-5888 for more information. Daniel Apai, UA assistant professor of exoplanetary systems, presents “The Hunt for Other Earths: Searching for Exoplanets in the Habitable Zone” at Cushing Street Bar and Restaurant, 198 W. Cushing St.; call 621-7827 for more information. WOMEN IMPACTING TUCSON: IMAM HAKIM Manning House. 450 W. Paseo Redondo. 770-0714. Dr. Imam Hakim, dean of the UA’s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, speaks at a luncheon from 11:20 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday, March 5; $25, $20 with a reservation by Thursday, March 1. Call the Manning House for reservations and more info. YIDDISH FESTIVAL LECTURE UA Hillel. 1245 E. Second St. Nancy Sinkoff, associate professor of history and Jewish studies at Rutgers University, presents “Arch Rivals in The Archer’s Voice: Revisiting the Origins of the Hebrew-Yiddish Language War Among East European Maskilim” at 4 p.m., Monday, March 5; free.

UPCOMING DENI SEYMOUR: CORONADO’S EXPEDITION North County Facility. 50 Bridge Road. Tubac. (520) 398-1800. Archaeologist Deni Seymour presents “New Understandings of Coronado’s Route Through Arizona and East to Quivira,” to an open meeting of the Santa Cruz Valley Chapter of the American Archaeological Society at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 8; free. Call 2077151, or visit azarchsoc.org for more information. JEFF SCHLEGAL: ENERGY CONSERVATION IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona. 924 N. Alvernon Way. 881-3300. Jeff Schlegal of the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project describes energy-efficiency programs available to customers of TEP and Southwest Gas, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, March 8; free. Call 326-7883 for more information.

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CINEMA ‘The Lorax’ is pleasant enough, but it does not do the Dr. Seuss book justice

Speaking for the Trees

TOP TEN Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending Feb. 26, 2012

BY COLIN BOYD, cboyd@tucsonweekly.com he town of Thneedville is devoid of plant life. It’s been that way for quite a few years, since an entrepreneur called the Once-ler (the voice of Ed Helms) chopped down every last Truffula tree to manufacture his catch-all invention, the Thneed. You can’t miss the Truffula, if you’re lucky enough to see one: It looks like cotton candy on a stick. Though the Once-ler raped the land, another enterprising businessman began selling air in the walled-in plastic city, so Thneedville could thrive again. Ted (Zac Efron) has heard of trees, but he’s never seen a real one. The girl of his dreams, Audrey (Taylor Swift), loves the idea of trees so much that she’s painted the back of her house like a Truffula forest. And as it often is for a young boy’s quest, the possibility of a girl’s affection sets him on a course to find— somewhere, somehow—a real, live tree. That bit about Ted and his girl is a muchdifferent backdrop for Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax than the legendary author used in the book 40 years ago, but the book isn’t very cheerful and probably wouldn’t be fertile ground— pardon the pun—for singalongs. Things begin to resemble the book in time, although elements from the book are always framed in a more here-and-now version of events, with Ted at the center. Tipped off by his grandmother (Betty White) about what the residents of Thneedville call Outside of Town, Ted makes a daring escape from his plastic preserve and finds the Once-ler, now a Howard Hugheslike recluse who grudgingly tells the boy his story, and the story of the trees, and that of Thneedville. Just when he finds that missing ingredient that would make his Thneed all the rage, the Once-ler is visited by the Lorax (Danny DeVito), a curious, potato-shaped little guy with Sam Elliott’s mustache. He warns the Once-ler against killing everything in the forest and says he speaks for the trees, although, certainly, they could have picked a more-serious spokesman (or spokescreature, as it were). The book was published at the dawn of the modern environmental age, which, 40 years on, hasn’t progressed much at a policy level. Of course, there is significant opposition to the very idea that the planet is in trouble. Just last week, Lou Dobbs said on his Fox Business Channel show that Hollywood is trying to “indoctrinate” children to care about the environment. Indoctrination is an ironic charge from the House of Murdoch, but there you go. One of Dobbs’ guests

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1. Tower Heist Universal

2. J. Edgar Warner Bros.

3. The Rum Diary FilmDistrict

4. Drive Sony

5. In Time 20th Century Fox

6. The Way Arc

7. London Boulevard Sony

8. Take Shelter Sony

9. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 Summit Danny DeVito voices the Lorax, based on the opined that America is creating “occu-toddlers” with films like The Lorax and The Secret World of Arrietty. Well, the overall message might be there, but The Lorax mutes it with the storyline involving Ted and Audrey and all the musical numbers. Really, the sermon that is left boils down to this: “If you kill all the trees, you’ll screw up things for all the animals that rely on those trees. So don’t do that.” Hollywood, of course, has a long history of indoctrination. There’s Birth of a Nation, Reefer Madness, a plethora of better-dead-than-Red B-movies like I Married a Communist and I Was a Communist for the FBI, the mental-hygiene classroom films of the 1950s and ’60s that promoted mostly unproven science through scare tactics, and so on. So, if a tiny dude with a big mustache tells kids that their favorite furry animals need trees to live, it’s hardly the first time Hollywood has resorted to brainwashing. As Seuss films go, The Lorax, perhaps because so much of it is created for the purposes of this film, isn’t as accomplished as Horton Hears a Who! The voice work is not very relevant outside of that of Ed Helms, who sings and plays the Once-ler as essentially two characters: the young, wide-eyed capitalist, and the old man who has seen the error of his ways. In contrast to most of the book, the Once-ler is never truly unrepentant, and in that sense, he isn’t really even the antagonist. Instead,

Dr. Seuss classic.

10. Anonymous

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax

Sony

Rated PG Featuring the voices of Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Danny DeVito and Ed Helms Directed by Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda Universal, 94 minutes Opens Friday, March 2, at AMC Loews Foothills 15 (888-262-4386), Century El Con 20 (800326-3264, ext. 902), Century Park Place 20 (800-326-3264, ext. 903), Century Theatres at the Oro Valley Marketplace (800-326-3264, ext. 899), Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18 (806-4275) and Tower Theaters at Arizona Pavilions (579-0500).

that’s the greedier O’Hare (Rob Riggle), the shrewd tycoon who sold air to the citizens of Thneedville. Helms is terrific, but everyone else—DeVito included—is only passable. At least Taylor Swift doesn’t sing. Speaking of singing, there’s a failed attempt to make The Lorax a musical extravaganza. None of the songs make much of an impression, but they do break up the indoctrina … er … action a bit. Mostly, The Lorax (presented for no artistic reason in 3-D) is lukewarm. The environmental message is shifted somewhat, and it’s more pleasant than truly engaging. Therefore, this is probably the first time that something based on a Dr. Seuss book can be accused of being less scandalous than the book itself.

Michael Shannon in Take Shelter.

FILM TIMES Film times reflect the most current listings available as of Tuesday evening, with screenings beginning on Friday for most opening titles. As schedules at individual theaters frequently change post-press, we recommend calling ahead to avoid any inconvenience.

AMC Loews Foothills 15 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd. 888-262-4386. Act of Valor (R) Thu 11:30, 1:10, 2:15, 3:45, 4:50, 6:30, 7:30, 9:15, 10:10; Fri-Wed 11:50, 2:40, 4:05, 5:20, 7, 8:05, 10:45 The Artist (PG-13) FriWed 11:10, 1:50, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 Chronicle (PG-13) Thu 3, 5:10, 7:40, 10; Fri-Wed 5:40, 7:55, 10:20 Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax (PG) Fri-Wed 11:45, 2, 4:15, 6:30, 8:40, 10:50 Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Sun 10:45, 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10; Mon-Wed 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (PG-13) Thu 2:10, 7:10; Fri-Wed 2:25, 7:25 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 3D (PG-13) Thu 11:45, 1, 3:25, 4:35, 5:50, 8:15, 9:35, 10:45; Fri-Wed 11:50, 5, 9:45 Gone (PG-13) Thu 12:50, 3:10, 5:35, 8, 10:30; FriWed 11:20, 1:40, 9:40 The Grey (R) ends Thu 10:20 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) Thu 12:30; Fri-Wed 2:05, 7:10 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island—An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) ends Thu 11:25, 2, 4:25, 7 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) Fri-Wed 11:30, 4:40, 9:40 Project X (R) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Sun 10:40, 12:55, 3:15, 5:30, 8, 10:15; Mon-Wed 12:55, 3:15, 5:30, 8, 10:15 Red Tails (PG-13) ends Thu 11:05, 1:50, 4:45, 7:35 Safe House (R) Thu 11:35, 2:20, 5:05, 7:50, 10:35; Fri-Wed 11:15, 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:30 The Secret World of Arrietty (G) Thu 11:55, 2:35, 5, 7:20, 9:45; FriSun 10:25, 12:40, 2:55, 5:15, 7:30, 9:50; MonWed 12:40, 2:55, 5:15, 7:30, 9:50 Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace 3D (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05; Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:35 This Means War (PG-13) Thu 11:50, 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55; Fri-Wed 11:55, 2:30, 5:05, 7:35, 10:10 Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds (PG-13) Thu 11:20, 1:55, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55; Fri-Wed 11:05, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 The Vow (PG-13) Thu 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:35; Fri-Sun 10:10, 12:40,

3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:40; Mon-Wed 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:40 Wanderlust (R) Thu 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15; Fri-Sun 10:15, 12:35, 3, 5:25, 7:50, 10:25; Mon-Wed 12:35, 3, 5:25, 7:50, 10:25

Century El Con 20 3601 E. Broadway Blvd. 800-326-3264, ext. 902. Call for Fri-Wed film times Act of Valor (R) Thu 11:30, 12:45, 2:15, 3:30, 5, 6:20, 7:45, 9:15, 10:30 The Artist (PG-13) Thu 11:45, 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 Chronicle (PG-13) Thu 12:30, 3, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 The Descendants (R) Thu 11:25, 2:05, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax 3D (PG) Fri-Wed 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 3D (PG-13) Thu 1:15, 2:25, 3:45, 4:55, 6:15, 7:25, 9:55 The Godfather (R) Thu 2, 7 Gone (PG-13) Thu 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 Iron Lady/My Week With Marilyn (Not Rated) Thu 1:05, 5, 8:55 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) Thu 11:50, 2:15, 4:40, 7:05, 9:35 My Week With Marilyn/ Iron Lady (Not Rated) Thu 3:05, 7 Pina 3D (PG) ends Thu 11:45 Project X (R) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35 Safe House (R) Thu 11:30, 12:45, 2:10, 3:30, 5, 6:15, 7:45, 8:40, 9, 10:30 The Secret World of Arrietty (G) Thu 12, 2:25, 4:55, 7:15, 9:40 Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace 3D (PG) ends Thu 1, 4:10, 7:20, 10:25 Thin Ice (R) opens Fri This Means War (PG-13) Thu 11:30, 12:40, 2, 4:30, 5:50, 7, 9:30, 10:45 Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds (PG-13) Thu 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 The Vow (PG-13) Thu 11:25, 2, 3:15, 4:30, 7:10, 8:15, 9:50 Wanderlust (R) Thu 11:20, 1:55, 4:25, 7, 9:30

Century Gateway 12 770 N. Kolb Road. 800-326-3264, ext. 962. Call for Fri-Wed film times The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Thu 2:30, 7:35 The Adventures of Tintin 3D (PG) Thu 12, 5 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Thu 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:15 Big Miracle (PG) opens Fri Contraband (R) Thu 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:45 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (PG-13) Thu 12:40, 4, 7:10 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) opens Fri

Haywire (R) Thu 12:45, 3, 5:20, 7:40 Jack and Jill (PG) ends Thu 7:25 Joyful Noise (PG-13) Thu 12:30, 4:10, 7:30 The Muppets (PG) Thu 12:55, 3:50, 7:20 Puss in Boots (PG) ends Thu 12:20, 2:45, 5:05 Red Tails (PG-13) opens Fri Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) Thu 12:25, 3:55, 7 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) ends Thu 12:35, 3:45, 6:55 War Horse (PG-13) Thu 12:05, 3:15, 6:30 We Bought a Zoo (PG) Thu 12:50, 4:05, 7:05

Century Park Place 20 5870 E. Broadway Blvd. 800-326-3264, ext. 903. Call for Fri-Wed film times Act of Valor (R) Thu 11:15, 12:40, 2:05, 3:30, 4:55, 6:20, 7:45, 9:10, 10:25 Chronicle (PG-13) Thu 12:10, 2:25, 4:45, 7:20, 9:40 Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax (PG) Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 3D (PG-13) Thu 11, 11:50, 12:40, 1:25, 2:15, 3:05, 3:50, 4:40, 5:30, 6:15, 7:05, 7:55, 8:40, 9:30, 10:25 The Godfather (R) Thu 2, 7 Gone (PG-13) Thu 12, 2:30, 5, 7:35, 10:15 The Grey (R) ends Thu 2, 7:45 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:05, 5:40 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) Thu 11:10, 1:50, 4:25, 7, 9:35 Project X (R) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri-Wed 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:40, 10 Safe House (R) Thu 11:20, 2:10, 5:05, 7:50, 9, 10:35 The Secret World of Arrietty (G) Thu 11:35, 2:05, 4:35, 6:55, 9:25 Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace 3D (PG) Thu 12:45, 4, 7:10, 10:20 This Means War (PG-13) Thu 11:05, 12:15, 1:30, 2:40, 3:55, 5:05, 6:20, 7:30, 8:45, 9:55 Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds (PG-13) Thu 11:05, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10 Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) ends Thu 11:30, 5:10, 10:30 The Vow (PG-13) Thu 12:05, 2:45, 5:25, 8, 10:30 Wanderlust (R) Thu 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:25, 10:10 The Woman in Black (PG13) Thu 12:35, 3, 5:35, 8:05, 10:35

Century Theatres at the Oro Valley Marketplace 12155 N. Oracle Road. 800-326-3264, ext. 899. Call for Sat-Wed film times Act of Valor (R) Thu 11:15, 1:55, 4:30, 7,

9:40; Fri 10:50, 1:30, 4:20, 7, 9:40 The Artist (PG-13) Thu 11:10, 1:40, 4:15, 6:55, 9:45; Fri 11:10, 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:45 The Descendants (R) ends Thu 10:45, 1:35, 4:25, 7:20 Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax (PG) Fri 10:45, 3:25, 8:05 Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax 3D (PG) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri 11:55, 1:05, 2:15, 4:35, 5:45, 6:55, 9:15, 10:20 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 3D (PG-13) ends Thu 11:55, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 Gone (PG-13) Thu 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20; Fri 2:45, 7:50 The Iron Lady (PG-13) Fri 11:30, 2:05 Iron Lady/My Week With Marilyn (Not Rated) Thu 1, 5:40, 10:20 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (PG) Thu 11:35, 2, 4:35, 7:10, 9:35; Fri 11:35, 2, 4:25, 7:10, 9:35 My Week With Marilyn/ Iron Lady (Not Rated) Thu 10:50, 3:30, 8:10 Project X (R) Fri 12:01 a.m.; Fri 11:25, 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:30 Safe House (R) Thu 11, 1:50, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25; Fri 11, 1:50, 4:45, 7:35, 10:15 Thin Ice (R) Thu 10; Fri 12:05, 2:35, 5, 7:30, 10 This Means War (PG-13) Thu 11:25, 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50; Fri 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds (PG-13) Thu 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30; Fri 12, 5:10, 10:10 The Vow (PG-13) Thu 11:20, 2:10, 4:50, 7:25, 10; Fri 11:20, 2:10, 4:50, 7:25, 10:05 Wanderlust (R) Thu 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30; Fri 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:20, 9:55

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Crossroads 6 Grand Cinemas 4811 E. Grant Road. 327-7067. Call for Thu film times *Reel Arts 6 film The Adventures of Tintin (PG) Fri-Wed 11:20, 4:35 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Fri-Wed 2:25 Contraband (R) Fri-Wed 10 *The Dynamiter (R) ends Thu 10:45, 12:25, 2:10, 6, 7:45 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (PG-13) Fri-Wed 11:40, 4:30, 7:15 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (R) Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:45, 6, 9:15 *Hello Lonesome (R) ends Thu 3:55 Joyful Noise (PG-13) FriWed 11, 4:25 *Machine Gun Preacher (R) ends Thu 9:30 Red Tails (PG-13) Fri-Wed 1:50, 7:05, 9:50 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13) FriWed 1:40, 7, 9:45 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) Fri-Wed 10:50, 6:55 War Horse (PG-13) FriWed 12:15, 3:15, 6:15, 9:20

The Way (PG-13) Fri-Wed 4:15, 9:40 We Bought a Zoo (PG) Fri-Wed 1:35

Fox Tucson Theatre 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515. Miss Bala (R) Fri 7 Amos Lee and Calexico: Live From the Artists Den (Not Rated) Sat 8

Gallagher Theater UA Student Union, 1303 E. University Blvd. 626-0370. Contraband (R) Thu-Fri 10; Sat 7, 10

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a year after her own escape from captivity. What are the chances? The cops think Jill is goofy, so she begins her own investigation into her sister’s disappearance. The movie seemingly leans its case one way, so it can take a sharp left turn in the end, which is a pointless exercise built around trying to outwit the audience instead of entertaining them. Boyd

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Navy SEALS go on a couple of missions involving kidnap victims, drug lords and terrorists. The film’s big draw is the real military types who are cast in major roles. Many of them look the part, but they have flat line deliveries. Still, that would be forgivable had directors Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh possessed the abilities to put together a decent action scene and find themselves an acceptable plot. This is a mess of a movie, yet it made a ton of money in its first weekend. Shows you what I know. Grimm CRAZY WISDOM

Crazy Wisdom is a documentary about Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a key person in bringing Tibetan Buddhism to Western shores. He was extremely radical in his ways: He smoked, drank and had a voracious sexual appetite. He taught and inspired many people, but was extremely self-destructive, especially when he became inebriated. The film touches briefly upon his early years before he and other Buddhists were cast out of Tibet, but focuses mostly on his adult life and his eccentric ways of educating others in the ways of Buddhism. Unfortunately, despite an obviously interesting subject, this is one tedious documentary. The subject is handled poorly, and the interviews are unfocused and repetitive. It’s a shame. You’d get more information and be far more entertained by taking 15 minutes and reading the Wikipedia entry on him. Allen GONE

Though it isn’t quite yet time for a career intervention, Amanda Seyfried is driving the treacherous road toward Kate Hudson country. She’s a budding starlet, but can you name any good movie she’s done? Gone is one of those rote psychological thrillers that Hollywood pumps out as “star vehicles,” because the only thing that could possibly propel them is the face on the movie poster. Seyfried plays Jill, a recovering kidnapping victim whose sister gets abducted about

Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, the funny duo behind the show Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, bring their disgusting, sloppy humor to the big screen with mixed results. They play two Hollywood losers who make a very bad film for a billion dollars, upsetting the guy who gave them the money (Robert Loggia). When their movie fails, they agree to take over a deteriorating shopping mall owned by Will Ferrell, or at least a guy played by Will Ferrell. The movie has plenty of good laughs and will more than likely result in fun for fans of the duo. However, the uninitiated will probably fail to see the humor, and might even chuck footwear and vegetables at the screen. Appearances by Jeff Goldblum, Zach Galifianakis and especially John C. Reilly are fun. Grimm TYLER PERRY’S GOOD DEEDS

Well, I’ll be goddamned: Tyler Perry finally made a decent movie. In Good Deeds, Perry stars as Wesley Deeds, a seemingly mild-mannered dope who has a beautiful fiancée, Natalie (Gabrielle Union), and a great job running the company started by his deceased father. His life, by all accounts, is perfect, but he merely goes through the motions. This life of monotonous privilege is shaken up after he meets widowed-mother Lindsey (Thandie Newton). She is angry at the world, but she and Deeds strike up an unlikely friendship. After Wesley finds out about her homelessness and sees the pain and suffering she goes through while trying to make a decent life for her daughter, he decides to help her. While the story is by-the-book, the acting by Perry and Newton is good enough to keep the film from sinking. The gorgeous San Francisco setting certainly helps things, and the movie looks amazing, as captured by cinematographer Alexander Gruszynski. Now, Perry needs to make sure he continues to keep that damn Madea out of his films. Allen

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Damn Hippies BY BOB GRIMM, bgrimm@tucsonweekly.com irector David Wain tends to make great comedies that take a while to settle in. I liked Wet Hot American Summer just fine when I first saw it, and I gave it a happy, if not glowing, review. With repeated viewings, it is now one of my five favorite comedies of all time. It’s a classic. As for The Ten, I ripped into it when it first came out. In preparing for this review, I watched it again … and laughed hard. So it took about five years for that one to win me over. Then there’s Role Models, the only Wain film I loved instantly. (It was probably because of Seann William Scott’s minotaur suit.) It’s like most Wain movies come in a slow-release capsule, and I start laughing more and more as the years pass. I imagine I will have a stroke from laughing when I watch The Ten five years from now. Now comes Wanderlust, with the immortally funny Paul Rudd, who has—thankfully—played a major role in all of Wain’s films. Rudd plays George, a politely frustrated Wall Street worker living in a microscopic Manhattan apartment with his documentarian wife, Linda (a funny Jennifer Aniston, Rudd’s co-star in The Object of My Affection and Friends). When George loses his job, and Linda’s penguin-cancer documentary is passed over by HBO, they must high-tail it to Atlanta, where George’s brother Rick (the alwaysfabulous Ken Marino, who co-wrote the film with Wain) has promised George a job. After a funny driving montage, George and Linda wind up spending the night in Elysium, a bed-and-breakfast/commune. After a fun night of pot-smoking and skinnydipping, they head off to Rick’s house—but not for long. Rick’s bastard behavior drives them out fast, and they retreat to Elysium to take a crack at dropping out of society. The great gag here is that George is the one most open to the Elysium idea at first, but that changes as the film progresses. Rudd gets to show that awesome “Evil Rudd” side when George gets frustrated. Rudd seems to be such a nice guy, so it’s hilarious whenever he gets nasty and dirty … and the screenplay allows plenty of this. Rudd’s general disdain for Elysium’s leader, Seth (Justin Theroux), is comic gold. As for a Rudd moment with a mirror—practicing dirty-talk for possible sexy time with commune resident Eva (Malin Akerman)—it’s the best mirror acting since Travis Bickle picked a fight with himself in

Paul Rudd in Wanderlust.

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Taxi Driver. And it only gets funnier when George actually attempts dirty-talk with Eva. While the premise of Wanderlust is a little tired in spots, it gives Wain a platform to gather a great ensemble, Wet Hot-style. The cast features many members of The State, the legendary comedy troupe that Wain was a big part of. Best of all are a couple of scenes featuring The State offshoot, Stella (Wain’s other troupe with Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter), as members of a goofy news show. I would like a whole movie of Stella as news guys, please. Theroux, who played a memorable Jesus in The Ten and has been writing some big screenplays (Tropic Thunder, Iron Man 2, Rock of Ages) these days, gets a chance to show that his best asset might be his comedic acting ability. His Seth is a classic comedic creep. And it’s always good to have Alan Alda in your cast, so huge props for scoring Hawkeye. The main reason to see Wanderlust is the almighty Rudd, who doesn’t disappoint. If my usual pattern for Wain films plays out, I imagine Wanderlust will be making my nose bleed from laughter five years from now.

N O W S H O W I N G AT H O M E All Quiet on the Western Front (Blu-ray) UNIVERSAL MOVIE A SPECIAL FEATURES B BLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 7.75 (OUT OF 10)

The timeless World War I movie classic gets a beautiful restoration for Universal Pictures’ 100th anniversary. This 1930 movie has lost none of its sting over the years. As a kid, I was more familiar with the Ernest Borgnine/Richard Thomas version of the film— it was good—but this is clearly the superior version. The movie offers a sympathetic portrayal of German soldiers and a distinct antiwar message. The film opens with some words on how the film isn’t an “adventure,” and while it boasts some amazingly elaborate battle scenes, it certainly doesn’t boast the glories of war. It’s a very bleak film in which all of the main characters die by the end. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, it had a surprising amount of gore and violence for its time. In part, that’s because films didn’t really start getting censored until a few years later. There are surprising and shocking moments of bloodletting and even severed body parts. Having not seen this film in a long time, those moments shocked me. This film came out during the dawn of movie sound, so some of the performances are overdone physically. Still, much of the work here by the actors is so good that their approach to the parts would work in a movie on the same subject today. (Another remake is currently kicking around, but hasn’t gotten off the ground yet.) SPECIAL FEATURES: While this version doesn’t have a lot of behind-the-scenes or archival stuff, it does come with the silent-movie version of the film. Since “talkies” had just started, some studios were making silent versions of their big movies, especially for foreign markets. You also get a nice booklet with an

essay by Leonard Maltin, an interesting and angry letter from the film’s director about people altering his movie, and some featurettes about Universal’s 100th anniversary.

J. Edgar (Blu-ray) WARNER MOVIE DSPECIAL FEATURES CBLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 3 (OUT OF 10)

This is a shockingly bad film— especially when you consider the talent involved. Leonardo DiCaprio is woefully miscast in this confused biopic from director Clint Eastwood. Eastwood usually makes good to great movies, but when he blows it, he really blows it. DiCaprio employs an annoying voice that grates during the film’s narration. The movie covers the man’s early years, moves through his brushes with the Kennedys, and goes all the way to his death. It also deals with the possible homosexual relationship between Hoover and Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer). Both actors are buried under pounds of often-terrible makeup, which distracts from the proceedings in a big, sloppy way. With this and the awful Dream House, Naomi Watts had a terrible year. SPECIAL FEATURES: One featurette that examines Hoover’s life.

Tower Heist (Blu-ray) UNIVERSAL MOVIE C SPECIAL FEATURES BBLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 4.5 (OUT OF 10)

Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy star in this routine heist film from director Brett Ratner that starts strong but has a real dud finish. Stiller plays the manager of a building where one of its inhabitants, a rich Bernie Madoff-like skunk

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(Alan Alda), has stolen his pension—and the pensions of his fellow employees. Stiller conspires with a group that includes a funny Michael Peña, Matthew Broderick and Murphy to steal their money back from Alda’s penthouse. While it’s cool to see Murphy in a streetwise role, he overdoes it a bit. I couldn’t help but wish the film were R-rated so he could drop some mighty F-bombs. The final heist gets way out of hand, to the point of stupidity. Pairing Murphy and Stiller was a good idea. Making their vehicle run-of-the-mill was not. SPECIAL FEATURES: Some alternate endings and deleted scenes, a gag reel, a feature commentary with the director, and a few other things.

The Rum Diary (Blu-ray) SONY MOVIE CSPECIAL FEATURES BBLU-RAY GEEK FACTOR 4 (OUT OF 10)

Johnny Depp has his second go-round with the late Hunter S. Thompson in this flat adaptation of one of the author’s earlier novels. Depp plays Kemp, a wannabe journalist (a Thompson alter ego) who moves to Puerto Rico to drink, use drugs and— oh, yeah—take a freelance newspaper job. The film has its share of interesting supporting characters, including Giovanni Ribisi as a raging alcoholic and Aaron Eckhart as a shifty entrepreneur. But the film never goes anywhere, with Amber Heard offering nothing besides her awe-inspiring beauty as the romantic interest. Only true Thompson fans will find any interest, and even they will have their patience tested. There’s a good hallucination scene, and I like the Ribisi stuff, but this is a stale affair. It cost $45 million to make and brought in $13 million at the domestic box office, so it was a bomb. SPECIAL FEATURES: Some pretty good making-of featurettes.

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There are purists who rankle at the very notion of a Best Animated Feature award at the Oscars—an award born because the cartoons nominated for Best Picture could be counted on one finger prior to 2001. But without it, we very likely wouldn’t have a chance to see Chico and Rita, a beautiful, jazz-loving piece of hand-drawn Spanish animation that charts two star-crossed lovers through Cuba and New York City in the decade before the Castro revolution. Directors Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba have created a stirring film about a young piano player and a singer, and the music that moves through their lives. The story is not terribly unique, but the infusion of Cuban jazz and the sublime animation makes Chico and Rita a great film— one that’s better off with the attention that comes from an Oscar nomination. Boyd CHRONICLE

There’s a good movie and a great idea buried in the stagey muck that clogs up Chronicle, the latest entry in the found-footage craze. A film about three high school kids finding some kind of meteor and absorbing a strange energy that gives them telekinetic superpowers is a magnificent idea. But hampering the movie with the idiotic premise that everything is being filmed by the characters—an attempt for a new twist on the now-tiresome fake-documentary gimmick—is a terrible mistake. There are moments of brilliance, making this a near-miss; the foundfootage gimmick is so tired and strained that it kills the film. That said, the finale is a real winner. Sneak in for the last 15 minutes. Grimm GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE

Nicolas Cage returns as Johnny Blaze, a cartoon character who is having a very hard time translating to the big screen. The first film was an origin story, establishing the fact that Blaze sold his soul to the devil. This one picks up a few years down the road with Blaze not adjusting well to the life of a guy whose head occasionally explodes into flames. He’s hiding out in Eastern Europe, has let his hair grow out and—because he is being played by Nicolas Cage—suffers from crazy mood swings. This time out, it’s as if directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor realized they had a dud on their hands and told Cage to go into psycho mode to attract his diehard fans. This results in random scenes of Cage doing his patented cuckoo act, something that can be amusing on some levels, but seems odd and out of place when poorly directed. This time out, it’s odd and out of place. Grimm JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND

Josh Hutcherson returns as Sean for Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, a sequel to 2008’s Journey to the Center of the Earth. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson takes over yet another franchise from Brendan Fraser, this time playing Sean’s new stepfather, Hank. Sean and Hank figure out that three classic books—The Mysterious Island, Treasure Island and Gulliver’s Travels—are all about the same place, and that Sean’s grandfather (Michael Caine) has found

it. They set off to locate the island, and in doing so team up with tourist pilot Gabato (Luis Guzmán) and his daughter, Kailani (Vanessa Hudgens). This is moderately entertaining kiddie fare, with some decent chuckles, mostly provided by Johnson and Guzmán. Why Michael Caine decided to give it a go is beyond me; I can only guess it was to get the cash to build an extension on the house he constructed with the money he got from Jaws: The Revenge. Either way, this film is decent throw-away material for a February matinee with the kids. Allen SAFE HOUSE

Ryan Reynolds plays Matt Weston, a CIA operative who has spent a year sitting in a safe house, bouncing a ball against a wall and listening to tunes. He longs for a big assignment in the field, but the organization seems content to keep him out of the way and performing menial tasks. Things change when Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington) is brought to his house for some questioning—and some good oldfashioned waterboarding. Frost is a former agent gone rogue who has been selling secrets to enemy countries. He’s also a dangerous, murderous son of a bitch. Throw into the mix that he’s also virtuous, and you have a typically complicated Washington character. Reynolds and Washington complement each other well in this action thriller. Grimm THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY

The animated films of Hayao Miyazaki have been successful in limited runs in the U.S. Even though the great director almost certainly doesn’t consider American audiences when he begins to work, Spirited Away won an Oscar, and he has devotees all over the map. The Secret World of Arrietty provides Miyazaki a broader reach, since the film is based on the popular children’s book The Borrowers. The legendary filmmaker is in the background this time around, though, passing the baton to his protégé, rookie director Hiromasa Yonebayashi. The story about little people who live in the walls of homes, borrowing from humans those things they need to survive, takes on a fairy-tale quality thanks to the dreamlike animation of Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli. There is a message underneath it all, but it’s not necessary to enjoy the simple story and the rich, detailed animation. Boyd A SEPARATION

There’s not much of a case that can be made for keeping A Separation out of the Best Picture race when so many inferior but more heavily-marketed movies made the cut. It’s distasteful, actually. This film did wind up on the Foreign Language list (coming from Iran, that alone is quite an achievement), and the screenplay was rightly nominated … but are there nine movies better than this from last year? No. Ostensibly a domestic drama about the difficulties of a couple on the outs, A Separation details in a beautiful way the cultural challenges of an Iran crawling inch by inch out of its pit of fundamentalism. The film’s complexity extends to society, religious mores, gender roles and, as it happens, filmmaking. A quiet masterpiece, and a film that deserves more attention. Boyd

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CHOW Hot Wok serves up tasty, inexpensive food quickly—but don’t expect service with a smile

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BY RITA CONNELLY, rconnelly@tucsonweekly.com irst off: Hot Wok Asian Bistro is not a bistro. The word “bistro” conjures up an evening in a quiet, intimate setting; comfortable conversation that stretches over several hours; and handcrafted food from a tiny kitchen in the back. Hot Wok has none of these things. The room is far from quiet; there is sort of an open kitchen, and the room is filled with plastic-topped tables. The floors are tiled, and the walls to the outside are all windows; there’s nothing to absorb the clatter of all that wok-cooking coming from the kitchen. The tables seem to turn over at a steady pace, so I doubt there are many long, comfortable conversations at Hot Wok. In fact, you barely have time to settle in before your food arrives. No matter; Hot Wok, which offers a mix of Asian cuisines, is a popular place. On the night we dined there, most of the tables were full, and there was a steady stream of customers picking up dinner to-go. There are good reasons for this: The food is inexpensive and, for the most part, tasty. The menu choices are numerous, with offerings from different parts of Asia— although most of it is Chinese, at least as we Americans know it. The choices are listed on the wall along with big, bright photos of just about every item, so you get an idea of what to expect. We sampled the Hot Wok egg rolls (95 cents, or four for $2.95), crispy green beans ($3.95) and Hot Wok beef ribs ($4.95) as appetizers. Our entrées included beef with pan-fried noodles ($6.95), black-pepper chicken ($5.95), pad Thai ($6.95) and kung pao shrimp ($6.95). The servings, including the appetizers, are good-sized—and leftovers are almost a given. Everything arrives at the table pipinghot, albeit one dish at a time. And here, the service must be mentioned: The food was unceremoniously plunked on the table without a smile or howdy-do. (In fact, the cashier didn’t even make eye contact.) When food is brought to the table in such a hurried manner, diners feel rushed, and almost unwelcome. Why not smile or have someone pass by the table to see how diners are doing? There’s surely a better way to serve the food than to plop it on the table and rush off. The egg rolls, although served sizzling, were merely OK, in part because they were a bit greasy. The green beans, served with a kicked-up mayo sauce, also failed to impress. (It must be noted that both tasted much bet-

Going Gluten-Free If you’ve gone gluten-free, consider checking out the newish Gourmet Girls Gluten Free Bakery and Bistro at 5845 N. Oracle Road. Susan Fulton and Mary Gibson opened the place in November and are currently offering both take-away baked goods and sitdown service from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. Their goal? To replicate as many traditional baked items as possible using only gluten-free ingredients. They’re working on expanding the number of eggand dairy-free options as well; www.gourmetgirlsglutenfree.com.

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The Hot Wok beef ribs from Hot Wok Asian Bistro. ter the next day while eating them cold. I think the chill allowed the flavors to come out.) The beef-rib appetizer could easily have been an entrée. Four big, meaty ribs were cooked in a sweet and smoky sauce. That sauce was delicious, although there was too much of it. The ribs were tasty and nicely charred, but could have used a little more time in the oven, because they were unevenly cooked—tender one bite, chewy the next. Entrées were hit-and-miss. The pan-fried beef-noodle dish looked good—it was a plate full of noodles topped with stir-fried vegetables and pieces of beef. But it also had too much sauce, which made the noodles soggy. The black-pepper chicken fared better. A huge mound of white rice was served alongside good-sized bites of tender, battered chicken. The sauce was rich and thick, and heavy on the hoisin. Serving rice on the side worked nicely, because it didn’t get soggy under all that sauce.

Hot Wok Asian Bistro 7755 E. Golf Links Road, No. 101 751-6374 Open Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Pluses: Inexpensive food served piping-hot Minuses: Service needs a little work

The shrimp in the kung pao was perfectly cooked. It, too, came with lots of white rice on the side. The pad Thai was probably the best of the entrées we sampled. It contained both shrimp and pork. While it could’ve used a bit more tamarind tang, it would certainly satisfy any craving for this wonderful dish. Hot Wok isn’t the kind of restaurant that you’d drive across town for, but were it in my neighborhood, I would keep it on my list of places to enjoy a decent, inexpensive meal.

All five of the El Charro Café locations have a new signature beer on tap. 1922 Amber Ale is brewed by Barrio Brewing Co. and is described as “a premium two row malt with two levels of American crystal malt and touch of light chocolate malt, which gives the beer a slightly caramel taste, balanced with Columbus and Cascade hops for a great finish.” In other beer news, 1702 now brews its own beer. The menu says the brewery portion of the restaurant and brewpub at 1702 E. Speedway Blvd. is called The Address. The house-made beer available on our visit was a stout going for $2.50 per 5-ounce glass. If you’re into craft brew, keep tabs on what they’re doing; www.1702az.com.

New: Adobo Island There’s a new Filipino restaurant to check out: Adobo Island, at 2023 S. Craycroft Road. There, you will find homemade adobo dishes—which are traditionally made from a sauce containing soy sauce, garlic, bay leaves and other spices—pancit, soups and a variety of other authentic Filipino dishes. The big portions, and prices ranging from $4.75 to $6.50, are nice, too; 747-2233.

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KEY PRICE RANGES $ $8 or less $ $ $8-$15 $ $ $ $15-$25 $ $ $ $ $25 and up. Prices are based on menu entrée selections, and exclude alcoholic beverages. FORMS OF PAYMENT V Visa MC Mastercard AMEX American Express DIS Discover DC Diner’s Club checks local checks with guarantee card and ID only debit debit cards CatCard University of Arizona CatCard. TYPE OF SERVICE Counter Quick or fast-food service, usually includes take-out. Diner Minimal table service. Café Your server is most likely working solo. Bistro Professional servers, with assistants bussing tables. Full Cover Multiple servers, with the table likely well set. Full Bar Separate bar space for drinks before and after dinner. RESTAURANT LOCATION C Central North to River Road, east to Alvernon Way, west to

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V. Mr. K’s décor isn’t much to look at—OK, it’s downright ugly—but the sweet, juicy meats and the peppery barbecue sauce, along with tasty sides and desserts, makes this one of Tucson’s best barbecue joints. And you can get a bottle of sauce to go if you’d like. (11-13-03) $ R&R BAR-B-QUE COMPANY E 1101 N. Wilmot Road, Suite 119. 886-1900. Open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Also at 8270 S. Houghton Road, No. 140. (574-9166). R&R Bar-B-Que Company brings a little bit of the South to Tucson with an array of barbecue flavors, featuring meats from pulled pork to smoked sausage to beef brisket. The sweet signature sauce isn’t one for lovers of spicy or vinegary barbecue, but the smoked sausage steals the show. The sides are so-so, and the burgers need work—but stick with the traditional dishes, and you’ll be in hog heaven. (11-25-10) $$

BREW PUBS BARRIO BREWING COMPANY C 800 E. 16th St. 791-2739. Open Sunday-Tuesday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Wednesday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; ThursdaySaturday 11 a.m.-midnight. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This brewery, operated by the same folks who own Gentle Ben’s, is a down-home kind of joint. There are usually about 10 beers on tap, all of which are brewed right in the building. The food is pub fare done well, often using one of the house-made ales in the preparation. While burgers are the highlights, the other sandwiches are tasty and complement the beers. The service is friendly, as to be expected. (3-6-08) $-$$ FROG AND FIRKIN C 874 E. University Blvd. 623-7507. Open Sunday-

Thursday 11 a.m.- 1 a.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.2 a.m. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. A Britishstyle pub with the heart of an outré bohemian, Frog and Firkin is not only a great place to grab a tasty brew, but a fine place to sate your appetite as well. $$-$$$ GENTLE BEN’S BREWING COMPANY C 865 E. University Blvd. 624-4177. Open Monday-

Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday noon-9 p.m. Café/ Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Better-than-decent food and a heavenly selection of 10 brews just ripe for the sampling make Gentle Ben’s a welcome respite from your wearying day. $$ IRISH PUB NE 9155 E. Tanque Verde Road. 749-2299. Open daily

11 a.m.-midnight. Café/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. This friendly, neighborhood pub is just what the doctor ordered for a bit o’ fun and food. Daily specials range from an all-you-can-eat Friday-night fish fry to steak dinners on Saturday night. Burgers come with all the usual sides, but you can also find interesting toppings—olive mayo, anyone? Dining on the patio is a pure pleasure. You may even make a new friend or two. (7-10-08) $-$$

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Sunday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Counter/Beer Only. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. The microbrewed beer is tasty, cheap and plentiful; the food is quite satisfactory and likewise inexpensive; and the close-up look at a microbrew operation is as entertaining as the live music that can frequently be heard there. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not to like? (2-17-00) $ NOBLE HOPS GASTROPUB NW 1335 W. Lambert Lane. 797-4677. Open SundayThursday 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-midnight. Bistro/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Noble Hops Gastropub is bringing beer to Oro Valley with class. A plethora of gourmet entrĂŠes, presented without pretention, will entice your palate, and the selection of more than 100 beers will keep you coming back to try something new. The view from the patio is spectacular, and the chic, modern dĂŠcor makes Noble Hops a perfect place for a cozy romantic evening, or a fun spot to meet up with friends. (9-1-11) $$-$$$ THUNDER CANYON BREWERY NW 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd. 797-2652. Open Sunday-

Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Bistro/CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Spacious, gracious and blessed with a seemingly endless supply of bona fide brew wonders, Thunder Canyon is the perfect antidote to a trip to the mall. The food canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite match the excellence of the beer, but the fish and chips with the red potato wedge fries make a valiant attempt at equity. $$

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LA COCINA RESTAURANT, CANTINA AND COFFEE BAR C 201 N. Court Ave. 622-0351. Open Monday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m.10 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. With creative fare thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually good for you, a little history and some unique, nifty shopping, La Cocina offers a most wonderful experience. Vegans, vegetarians and those with gluten issues have a full array of goodies. The world is the inspiration here: Corn cakes with maple syrup, sweet potato and corn enchiladas, edamame hummus and pad Thai are just a few of the choices. The courtyard is lovely; the cantina is funky and fun. And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brunch on weekends. (2-10-11) $-$$ CRYING ONION CAFĂ&#x2030; NW 3684 W. Orange Grove Road. 531-1330. Open Tuesday-Sunday 6:30 a.m.-2 p.m. CafĂŠ/No Alcohol. MC, V, Cash and checks. Big breakfast portions and friendly service are two reasons why this northwest-side eatery draws such big crowds. The baked goods from scratch are another reason. Try a scrambler or the cinnamon roll French toast for a real treat. You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t walk away hungry, and your wallet wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be depleted. (12-8-05) $

and the people-watching along the avenue canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be beat. (1-20-00) $$ THE ECLECTIC CAFĂ&#x2030; E 7053 E. Tanque Verde Road. 885-2842. Open Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.-8 p.m. CafĂŠ/Beer and Wine. AMEX, DIS, MC, V, Checks. A longstanding local cafĂŠ, the Eclectic excels at serving legendary breakfasts that feature fresh ingredients in robust portions. While service can be harried during peak hours, breakfast is worth the wait. Lunch and dinner are available, and while the menu dedicates itself to fresh ingredients, some of the other offerings arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as consistently solid as breakfast. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss the habit-forming chilaquiles, worth getting up and waiting in line for. (8-30-01) $ EPIC CAFĂ&#x2030; C 745 N. Fourth Ave. 624-6844. Open daily 6 a.m.-

midnight. Counter/No Alcohol. AMEX, MC, V. This is as close as you can get to Berkeley without leaving Tucson. The inexpensive, healthy food with fresh vegetables. The diverse crowd. The casual, occasionally cranky counter service. The art on the walls. The straws in the Viagralabeled container. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all there. (5-15-03) $ FEAST

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Sunday-Thursday 7 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 7 a.m.-midnight. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DIS, MC, V. Variety offered in an energetic environment. The Cup makes for one of the best reasons to eat downtown. (1-23-03) $-$$ DAKOTA CAFE AND CATERING CO. E 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-7188. Open

Monday 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.-3 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, MC, V. Fresh salads, hot grills and taste-pleasing combinations make this casual setting a continuing favorite. $$-$$$ DELECTABLES RESTAURANT AND CATERING C 533 N. Fourth Ave. 884-9289. Open SundayThursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. CafĂŠ/Full Bar. AMEX, DC, DIS, MC, V. The bohemian atmosphere of Fourth Avenue is enhanced by the lasting presence of one of the most consistently delicious eateries in town. Delectables specializes in simple dishes elegantly prepared and is perfect for either fine dining or after-game snacks. Desserts are extraordinary,

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BY ERIC SWEDLUND, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com com he early story of Seashell Radio was how four Tucson songwriters came to share a single band. Chapter 2 is how those four songwriters grew close—overlapping each other’s musical styles, shedding comfort zones and arriving at a place where freewheeling collaboration allows for so much more than simply learning each other’s songs. “When we started, we were eclectic, because that’s who we were, coming from different places musically, and we each had a body of songs,” says cellist Esmé Schwall. “As we’ve grown to trust each other more, we brought each other things that were not finished yet. We’ve become more similar in our vision and purpose, rather than the other way around.” While the band’s new album, Slick Machine, was born of departures, with some of that turmoil and sadness coming through in the music, it’s not Seashell Radio’s closing chapter. To a person, Seashell Radio’s members say this has been their favorite band. So while Schwall has moved to Seattle, and drummer Fen Ikner is bound for New York, look for future collaborations. Guitarist Courtney Robbins and keyboardist Cassie Van Gelder admit there was crying in the studio while recording Slick Machine, but say Seashell Radio will find a way to go on. The band’s diverse and ever-shifting sound is too rewarding to give up. “We’ve always done stuff that we liked, and that’s all that matters,” Van Gelder says. “When our earlier stuff came out, that was always the first complaint: ‘I don’t really get it; you have four different things going on, and it’s kind of weird.’ But it didn’t take long before people would then say, ‘That’s my favorite thing about what you do.’ It was strange at first, but it’s what people like most.’” Schwall is flying back from Seattle for a special Slick Machine album-release show on Friday, March 2, at Plush. Silver Thread Trio will be the only opener, allowing Seashell Radio an extra-long set. “Playing with these guys is one of those rare privileges in life, and I would hate for that to vanish entirely. We have a ton of fun doing what we do, and that’s what it’s about,” Schwall says. “I know it’s going to change with half of us gone. But it’s totally reasonable to plan on doing some touring together.” To follow up the band’s debut record—2010’s What Do You Have Against Happiness?— Seashell Radio let the lines blur a bit, taking on some weirder instrumentation and a few guest musicians (pedal steel from Calexico’s Paul Niehaus; Christabelle Merrill on violin; and Joe

GET READY, GET SET … It’s yet another crazy-busy week during one of the most log-jammed musical seasons of the year, and you know what that means: We’re only going to be able to scratch the surface in this here column, so be sure to check out our listings sections for more options. Now, where to begin …?

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Novelli on guitar). “We were playing around with being much sparser in places, letting there be more stripped-down places, not feeling like we had to fill all the space with notes or sounds,” Schwall says. “Having Fen as the engineer all the way through, and the mixer and everything, has meant he’s really gotten to bring in some weird, quirky sounds.” The recording began with a burst in August, first laying down drum tracks and some scratch keyboard tracks, just so there was enough of a framework for Schwall to fill in all of her parts before moving. All four band members were together in the studio only once. After the initial burst, the band didn’t return to complete the album until December, with mixing and mastering extending through January. “On our first record, the four of us had only been a band for three or four months. This one, we know each other more, and there are more songs we worked on together to flesh out,” Robbins says. “Sometimes, I hear this keyboard part or this harmony, but one of the great things about this band is you don’t have to think about it. You can just write a song and trust they’ll do something awesome on it.” Slick Machine is an eight-song odyssey fitting a band that describes its sound as something that “could be an art-punk band, could be chamber pop, could be folk-blaster noisecore.” Percussive experimentations color the stark “Iodine,” while “Cleaner Lines, Smoother Services” manages to simultaneously be poppy and spaced-out. A haunting spookiness runs through “Watching You Sleep.” The sweeping ballad “Lewis y Clark” leads right into the soft country shuffle of “Nothing but Alone.” “This new one veers even more wildly,” Ikner says. “On this new record, we did consciously say, ‘Let’s not just do what we’d do playing in a room.’ We took a lot of stuff out. We put a lot of things on and then removed them.”

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Slick Machine is the result of much more collaborative songwriting, with each member leaving the box of his or her own process to become more reliant on the rest of the band. Song ideas were shared when they were less fully formed, while the arrangements emerged through playing together. “It’s the most balanced chaos we’ve created,” Van Gelder adds. With Ikner doubling as the recording engineer, the band saved money on studio time, but turned to Kickstarter to fund the CD manufacturing, the T-shirt design and printing, and expenses for the upcoming six-week Robbins and Ikner tour (jokingly known as the “Drop Fen Off in New York” tour). The Kickstarter page shows the band’s odd (and oddly shared) sense of humor: an opportunity for donors to get their pictures on the actual CD, as well as a music video that playfully presents all four band members as “the protagonist.” The band also takes some laughter from an overheard comment after a performance in Flagstaff. “They either quit the symphony, or they got kicked out,” was the assessment from a drunken new fan. And now it’s a quote Seashell Radio brandishes proudly on Facebook. “It just suited our whole deal. We all have a bit of that classical training, but it’s not for us,” Van Gelder says. “We play music we like; we write songs we like; and we also have this weird similar sense of humor.”

Since everyone loves a benefit, here are two worthwhile ones this week. You’ve likely heard by now that Bohemia, the funky boutique opened by Tana Kelch in 2003, has closed its doors. Originally located in the Lost Barrio, and more recently in the spot on Broadway Boulevard previously occupied by Austin’s Ice Cream, Bohemia gathered the works of Tucson artists—and pretty much only Tucson artists—under one roof, for simple one-stop shopping for those who valued buying locally. Plus, there was just tons of cool stuff there. Nine years later, Kelch has decided to move on, but, as expected, she’s doing it in style. Bohemia Marches Forth … The Bon Voyage Party and Benefit will take over La Cocina from 4 to 10 p.m., Sunday, March 4. From 4 to 7 p.m., works by artists who showed at Bohemia will be on display and for sale. During that same period, raffle tickets for art and other trinkets will be sold for a 9 p.m. drawing. There will, of course, also be music—lots and lots of local live music, including performances by Combo Westside, the Awkward Moments, Hans Hutchison, The Cordials, Amy Rude and Ryen Eggleston, Vannessa Lundon and Jazz Telephone. In a press release issued by Bohemia, Kelch writes: “We would love to see you there to say thanks and have a sweet goodbye. We hope that artists and supporters can make connections and continue to spread the love we began nine years ago.” Bohemia Marches Forth runs from 4 to 10 p.m., Sunday, March 4. La Cocina is located at 201 N. Court Ave. Admission is a suggested donation of $5, and raffle tickets will be $2. For more information, call 622-0351, or head to bohemiatucson.com. The Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association, the entity that puts on the Tucson Folk Festival each spring (this year, it’s on May 5 and 6), holds a series of benefits throughout the year in order to keep admission to the Folk Fest free for all. While most of those benefits feature only local acts, this week’s show is a bit different. Headlining the event is Portland, Ore.-based Tony Furtado, master of banjo and acoustic and slide guitar, and man of many genres: Bluegrass, electric and acoustic blues, old-timey, swing jazz, pop and Celtic folk are just some of the styles in which Furtado is proficient. He’s set to release Live at Mississippi Studios, a DVD/CD combo pack, any day now on Tucson’s Funzalo Records. At this weekend’s show, he’ll be joined by sideman Luke

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2. Man Bites Dog Man Bites Dog (self-released) Price on fiddle and electric guitar. Opening the show is Heather â&#x20AC;&#x153;Liâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;l Mamaâ&#x20AC;? Hardy, who will be joined by Sabra Faulk and Ed DeLucia for an acoustic set of Hardy originals. It all goes down from 5 to 9 p.m., Sunday, March 4, at Boondocks Lounge, 3306 N. First Ave. Admission is a donation of $10. For more info, call 690-0991, or head to boondockslounge.com.

SHORT TAKES With a distinctive laid-back style, rapper Drake, onetime star of Degrassi: The Next Generation, launched his musical career six years ago by issuing and appearing on a series of mixtapes that caught the attention of the likes of Kanye, Jay-Z and Lil Wayneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a pretty good trio of dudes to have in your corner when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re launching your rap career. After a label bidding war, Drake signed to Universal Motown in 2009, releasing an EP, So Far Gone, that culled songs from his mixtape of the same name. It went to No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart, but was bested by his debut full-length, 2010â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thank Me Later, which featured collaborations with the trio of backers already mentioned, plus The-Dream and Kings of Leon, and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. His latest album, Take Care, was released in November. On his current Club Paradise Tour, which drops into Tucson this week, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be joined by up-and-comers Kendrick Lamar and A$AP Rocky, both of whom are currently being hyped as Next Big Things. The Club Paradise Tour hits the Tucson Convention Center Arena, 260 S. Church Ave., at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, March 4. Tickets, available through Ticketmaster, run $47 and $77 before massive service fees. For more information, call the box office at 791-4101. John Hodgman, whose brand of funny manages to be at once droll and goofy, is perhaps best known for his spots on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and his personification of a PC on Apple ads. But heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also an actor (Battlestar Galactica, Flight of the Conchords, Bored to Death), an accomplished author of a trio of humor books, a contributor to NPRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s This American Life, and editor of the humor section of The New York Times Sunday Magazine. So, yeah, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a renaissance manâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and a damn funny one at that. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll bring his current stage show, That Is All: An Evening With John Hodgman (named after his most-recent book), to the stage of the Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St., for an all-ages show on Saturday, March 3. How could this event get any better? By adding John Roderick, the frontman for the incredible band The Long Winters, as the opening act, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how. Roderick will kick things off at 8 p.m. Tickets are $36 for gold circle, $26 for reserved floor seats, and $21

for reserved balcony seats. For further details, call 740-1000, or head to rialtotheatre.com. For the discerning modern-rock fan looking to get maximum bang for the buck, might I suggest two shows? First up, at Plush, 340 E. Sixth St., on Monday, March 5, Ty Segall collaborator Mikal Cronin headlines a triple-bill with his winning brand of catchy garage-pop. The middle slot is occupied by Bleached, the new jangle-punk outfit from sisters Jennifer and Jessica Clavin, veterans of the post-punk band Mika Miko. And opening is the blooze-punk of another pair of sisters, Marina and Leann Cornelius, aka Acorn Bcorn. The show begins at 9 p.m., and cover is $8. For more info, head to plushtucson.com, or call 798-1298. Meanwhile, over at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St., on Wednesday, March 7, the Modern Art Tour, featuring four experimental indie-pop actsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;former Phoenicians Miniature Tigers, Geographer, The Chain Gang of 1974 and Pretty and Niceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that record for the titular label, will make a stop to show off its collective wares. The all-ages show starts at 8 p.m., and tickets are $11 in advance, or $13 on the day of the show. Head to hotelcongress.com/ club, or call 622-8848 for more information.

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ON THE BANDWAGON Leslie and the Lyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Pennyhawk and Ramona and the Swimsuits at Club Congress on Friday, March 2; Typhoon and Motopony at Solar Culture Gallery on Tuesday, March 6; Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brother, Junius, Sleep Driver and Standby Red 5 at Club Congress on Tuesday, March 6; Willie Nelson and Family and Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real at the Diamond Center at Desert Diamond Casino on Tuesday, March 6; Sublime with Rome and Everlast at the Rialto Theatre on Sunday, March 4; EMA, Dream Sick and Womb Tomb at Plush on Saturday, March 3; Lagwagon, Cobra Skulls and Nothington at The Rock on Tuesday, March 6; Deadmeat Tour with Steve Aoki and Datsick at the Rialto Theatre next Thursday, March 8; Ivan and Alyosha, Kaia Chesney and Clinton Rice at Plush on Wednesday, March 7; Hack the Planet Tour with Dwntwn, Skeet Skeet, Rony and others at The Hut on Friday, March 2; screening of Live From the Artists Den featuring Amos Lee and Calexico, plus live music by Silver Thread Trio at the Fox Tucson Theatre on Saturday, March 3; Katie Haverly at Plush next Thursday, March 8; Attaloss and more at The Rock next Thursday, March 8; Opti Club with Anoraak at Club Congress next Thursday, March 8; Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular at the Rialto Theatre on Friday, March 2; Black Cherry Burlesque at Surly Wench Pub on Friday, March 2; Patti LuPone at UA Centennial Hall on Sunday, March 4; Dailey and Vincent meet-and-greet at Cracker Barrel on Friday, March 2.

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CLUB LIST Here is a list of venues that offer live music, dancing, DJ music, karaoke or comedy in the Tucson area. We recommend that you call and confirm all events. AMADO TERRITORY STEAKHOUSE 3001 E. Frontage Road. Amado. 398-2651. ARIZONA INN 2200 E. Elm St. 325-1541. ARMITAGE WINE LOUNGE AND CAFÉ 2905 E. Skyline Drive, No. 168. 682-9740. THE AULD DUBLINER 800 E. University Blvd. 206-0323. AZUL RESTAURANT LOUNGE Westin La Paloma, 3800 E. Sunrise Drive. 742-6000. THE BAMBOO CLUB 5870 E. Broadway Blvd., No. 524. 514-9665. THE BASHFUL BANDIT 3686 E. Speedway Blvd. 795-8996. BEAU BRUMMEL CLUB 1148 N. Main Ave. 622-9673. BEDROXX 4385 W. Ina Road. 744-7655. BEST WESTERN ROYAL SUN INN AND SUITES 1015 N. Stone Ave. 622-8871. BLUEFIN SEAFOOD BISTRO 7053 N. Oracle Road. 531-8500. BOJANGLES SALOON 5244 S. Nogales Highway. 889-6161. BOONDOCKS LOUNGE 3306 N. First Ave. 690-0991. BORDERLANDS BREWING COMPANY 119 E. Toole Ave. 261-8773. BRATS 5975 W. Western Way Circle. 578-0341. BRODIE’S TAVERN 2449 N. Stone Ave. 622-0447. BUFFALO WILD WINGS 68 N. Harrison Road. 296-8409. CACTUS MOON 5470 E. Broadway Blvd. 748-0049. CAFÉ PASSÉ 415 N. Fourth Ave. 624-4411. CAFE TREMOLO 7401 N. La Cholla Blvd., No. 152. 742-2999. THE CANYON’S CROWN RESTAURANT AND PUB 6958 E. Tanque Verde Road. 885-8277. CASA VICENTE RESTAURANTE ESPAÑOL 375 S. Stone Ave. 884-5253. CASCADE LOUNGE Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive. 615-5495. CHICAGO BAR 5954 E. Speedway Blvd. 748-8169. CLUB CONGRESS 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848. LA COCINA RESTAURANT, CANTINA AND COFFEE BAR 201 N. Court Ave. 622-0351. COPPER QUEEN HOTEL 11 Howell Ave. Bisbee. (520) 432-2216. COW PALACE 28802 S. Nogales Highway. Amado. (520) 398-1999. COW PONY BAR AND GRILL 6510 E. Tanque Verde Road. 721-2781. CUSHING STREET RESTAURANT AND BAR 198 W. Cushing St. 622-7984. DELECTABLES RESTAURANT AND CATERING 533 N. Fourth Ave. 884-9289. THE DEPOT SPORTS BAR 3501 E. Fort Lowell Road. 795-8110. DIABLOS SPORTS BAR AND GRILL 2545 S. Craycroft Road. 514-9202. DRIFTWOOD RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE 2001 S. Craycroft Road. 790-4317. DV8 5851 E. Speedway Blvd. 885-3030.

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ECLIPSE AT COLLEGE PLACE 1601 N. Oracle Road. 209-2121. EDDIES COCKTAILS 8510 E. Broadway Blvd. 290-8750. EL CHARRO CAFÉ SAHUARITA 15920 S. Rancho Sahuarita. Sahuarita. 325-1922. EL CHARRO CAFÉ ON BROADWAY 6310 E. Broadway Blvd. 745-1922. EL MEZÓN DEL COBRE 2960 N. First Ave. 791-0977. EL PARADOR 2744 E. Broadway Blvd. 881-2744. ELBOW ROOM 1145 W. Prince Road. 690-1011. ENOTECA PIZZERIA WINE BAR 58 W. Congress St. 623-0744. FAMOUS SAM’S BROADWAY 1830 E. Broadway Blvd. 884-0119. FAMOUS SAM’S E. GOLF LINKS 7129 E. Golf Links Road. 296-1245. FAMOUS SAM’S SILVERBELL 2320 N. Silverbell Road. 884-7267. FAMOUS SAM’S VALENCIA 3010 W. Valencia Road. 883-8888. FAMOUS SAM’S W. RUTHRAUFF 2480 W. Ruthrauff Road. 292-0492. FAMOUS SAM’S IRVINGTON 2048 E. Irvington Road. 889-6007. FAMOUS SAM’S ORACLE 8058 N. Oracle Road. 531-9464. FAMOUS SAM’S PIMA 3933 E. Pima St. 323-1880. FLYING V BAR AND GRILL Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive. 299-2020. FOX AND HOUND SMOKEHOUSE AND TAVERN Foothills Mall, 7625 N. La Cholla Blvd. 575-1980. FROG AND FIRKIN 874 E. University Blvd. 623-7507. LA FUENTE 1749 N. Oracle Road. 623-8659. FUKU SUSHI 940 E. University Blvd. 798-3858. GENTLE BEN’S BREWING COMPANY 865 E. University Blvd. 624-4177. GILLIGAN’S PUB 1308 W. Glenn St. 623-3999. GLASS ONION CAFE 1990 W. River Road, Suite 100. 293-6050. GOLD Westward Look Resort, 245 E. Ina Road. 917-2930, ext. 474. GOLDEN PIN LANES 1010 W. Miracle Mile. 888-4272. THE GRILL AT QUAIL CREEK 1490 Quail Range Loop. Green Valley. 393-5806. GUADALAJARA GRILL EAST 750 N. Kolb Road. 296-1122. GUADALAJARA GRILL WEST 1220 E. Prince Road. 323-1022. HANGOVER’S BAR AND GRILL 1310 S. Alvernon Way. 326-2310. HIDEOUT BAR AND GRILL 1110 S. Sherwood Village Drive. 751-2222. THE HIDEOUT 3000 S. Mission Road. 791-0515. HILDA’S SPORTS BAR 1120 Circulo Mercado. Rio Rico. (520) 281-9440. THE HOG PIT SMOKEHOUSE BAR AND GRILL 6910 E. Tanque Verde Road. 722-4302. THE HUT 305 N. Fourth Ave. 623-3200. IBT’S 616 N. Fourth Ave. 882-3053. IGUANA CAFE 210 E. Congress St. 882-5140. JASPER NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT AND BAR 6370 N. Campbell Ave., No. 160. 577-0326. JAVELINA CANTINA 445 S. Alvernon Way. 881-4200, ext. 5373.

JEFF’S PUB 112 S. Camino Seco Road. 886-1001. KINGFISHER BAR AND GRILL 2564 E. Grant Road. 323-7739. KON TIKI 4625 E. Broadway Blvd. 323-7193. LAFFS COMEDY CAFFÉ 2900 E. Broadway Blvd. 323-8669. LAS CAZUELITAS 1365 W. Grant Road. 206-0405. LEVEL BAR LOUNGE 4280 N. Campbell Ave., Suite 37. 615-3835. LI’L ABNER’S STEAKHOUSE 8500 N. Silverbell Road. 744-2800. LINDY’S AT REDLINE SPORTS GRILL 445 W. Wetmore Road. 888-8084. LOOKOUT BAR AND GRILLE AT WESTWARD LOOK RESORT 245 E. Ina Road. 297-1151. THE LOOP TASTE OF CHICAGO 10180 N. Oracle Road. 878-0222. LUNA BELLA ITALIAN CUISINE AND CATERING 2990 N. Swan Road, No. 145. 325-3895. M&L AIRPORT INN BAR AND GRILL 2303 E. Valencia Road. 294-1612. MALIBU YOGURT AND ICE CREAM 825 E. University Blvd. 903-2340. MARGARITA BAY 7415 E. 22nd St. 290-8977. MAVERICK 6622 E. Tanque Verde Road. 298-0430. MAYNARDS MARKET AND KITCHEN 400 N. Toole Ave. 545-0577. MCMAHON’S PRIME STEAKHOUSE 2959 N. Swan Road. 327-7463. MIDTOWN BAR AND GRILL 4915 E. Speedway Blvd. 327-2011. MINT COCKTAILS 3540 E. Grant Road. 881-9169. MR. AN’S TEPPAN STEAK AND SUSHI 6091 N. Oracle Road. 797-0888. MR. HEAD’S ART GALLERY AND BAR 513 N. Fourth Ave. 792-2710. MUSIC BOX 6951 E. 22nd St. 747-1421. NEVADA SMITH’S 1175 W. Miracle Mile. 622-9064. NORTH 2995 E. Skyline Drive. 299-1600. O’MALLEY’S 247 N. Fourth Ave. 623-8600. THE OFFICE BAR 6333 S. Sixth Ave. 746-9803. OLD FATHER INN 4080 W. Ina Road. Marana. 744-1200. OLD PUEBLO GRILLE 60 N. Alvernon Way. 326-6000. ON A ROLL 63 E. Congress St. 622-7655. THE ONYX ROOM 106 W. Drachman St. 620-6699. O’SHAUGHNESSY’S 2200 N. Camino Principal. 296-7464. LA PARRILLA SUIZA 2720 N. Oracle Road. 624-4300. PEARSON’S PUB 1120 S. Wilmot Road. 747-2181. PLUSH 340 E. Sixth St. 798-1298. PUTNEY’S 6090 N. Oracle Road. 575-1767. RPM NIGHTCLUB 445 W. Wetmore Road. 869-6098. RA SUSHI BAR RESTAURANT 2905 E. Skyline Drive. 615-3970. RAGING SAGE COFFEE ROASTERS 2458 N. Campbell Ave. 320-5203. RED SKY NEW AMERICAN CUISINE AND CATERING 2990 N. Swan Road. 326-5454. LE RENDEZ-VOUS 3844 E. Fort Lowell Road. 323-7373. REVOLUTIONARY GROUNDS 606 N. Fourth Ave. 620-1770. RIALTO THEATRE 318 E. Congress St. 740-1000.

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NINE QUESTIONS Dave Paiz Dave Paiz is the host of Bat Country Radio, a scorching two-hour romp of metal, punk and rock that airs from 2 to 4 a.m., Saturday mornings, on KXCI FM 91.3. He can often be found at the Loft Cinema, where he holds court as the facilities manager. Casey Dewey, mailbag@tucsonweekly.com

What was the first concert you ever saw? Kiss. Phoenix. 1979. My mom bought me a ticket for my 13th birthday, and my life was forever changed. Almost got trampled when the crowd forced the doors open a few hours early, and ended up in front of Gene for “God of Thunder.” I actually used to bring fake blood to school and re-enact his infamous bloodspitting routine during recess. What are you listening to these days? Mostly late-’80s Rush, and the latest from Puscifer, Wild Flag, Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters, Mark Lanegan, and Peter Murphy. What was the first album you owned? Back in ’77, I collected a small mountain of bottles and cans and sacrificed many hours of pinball to buy Kiss’ Alive II. What artist, genre or musical trend does everyone seem to love, but you just don’t get? Pretty much any kind of music behind those maddening displays of vibrating vehicular vapidity that continue to plague our fair city. What musical act, current or defunct, would you most like to see perform live? Current: Faith No More. Defunct: Wall-era Pink Floyd. Musically speaking, what is your favorite guilty pleasure? Being a recovering Texan, I do loves me some Waylon and Willie on occasion. What song would you like to have played at your funeral? “The Long Road” by Eddie Vedder and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, immediately followed by the Dropkick Murphys’ “Going Out in Style.” What band or artist changed your life, and how? Philosophically, Rush, because they opened my mind to a universe of intellectual possibilities. Musically, Jane’s Addiction, for broadening my myopic focus on metal to include punk, goth, industrial and other stuff I’d probably never have listened to otherwise. Figurative gun to your head, what is your favorite album of all time? Rush, Signals.

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Sharon Van Etten’s in-yourface songwriting has severed all ties with folk music on her third album, an edgy and moody burst of guitar rock. The shift is evident right from the album cover, a close-up photograph of Van Etten in starkly contrasting black and white. Compare that to the wispy orange and yellow lines that made up the portrait on her previous album, 2010’s Epic. Though Van Etten’s lyrics are again intimate, detailed and direct, the music has grown into a taut and muscular beast, not unrecognizable from her previous work, but clearly the mature version. The National guitarist Aaron Dessner shares Tramp’s production with Van Etten, adding colors and textures that provide a whole other level of emotional support for her lyrics and voice. First single “Serpents” is a sharply strummed song about failings, temptations and betrayal, with haunting lines of guitar feedback slicing through Van Etten’s wailing vocals: “Serpents in my mind / Looking for your crimes / Everything changes / I don’t want mine to this time.” “Give Out” is a tense meditation on self-reliance and reinvention, about what to do and where to move after the heartache. It’s about moving forward, whether out of desperation or confidence. Though that familiar sense of vulnerability isn’t entirely absent from this batch of songs, Tramp has a much more prevalent confidence— sometimes angry, sometimes fearless, sometimes reckless. It’s that sort of swagger that most exemplifies the artistic progress on Tramp. For the first time, Van Etten’s voice sounds like it can sling bruises as effectively as it chronicles them. Eric Swedlund

On first listen, this deeply talented singer-songwriter’s third full-length album is almost overwhelming, such is its embarrassing wealth of beguiling melodies, effervescent arrangements and endearing almost-love songs. But each time I press “play,” it gets better, and now I find myself looking forward to each new track as the previous one fades. It’s just a lot to take in. Produced by longtime collaborator Dan Romer (who has also worked with Ingrid Michaelson, among others), An Unwavering Band of Light is Youngs’ first independent album after two on the label Nettwerk. It was financed by a modest Kickstarter campaign. The tunes vary from straight-ahead power-pop to punky, riff-laden barn-burners, with occasional detours for Tom Waits-style junkshop blues. Throughout, her sense of melodic invention is intact. So is an outlook that seems balanced between healthy pessimism and abiding hope. She often cannily cloaks dark lyrics in cheery tunes. As pop-shiny and upbeat as “Love for Long” is, her message is to enjoy love while it lasts, which is not forever—at least not this time. On “Born to Lose,” Youngs plays spaghetti-Western-style guitar while mariachi horns share space with a vaguely ethnic groove that seems to somehow find common ground between a Balkan stomp and calypso. “Sleep Machine” alternates dainty melodic passages with booming cacophony, like a nightmare that is unsettling, but somehow inviting. Gene Armstrong Jenny Owen Youngs plays with Little Hurricane at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 3, at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St. $8 advance; $10 day of; 622-8848.

Sleigh Bells’ debut was gimmicky, and I say that with no malice. What’s wrong with a little bit of Barnum and Baileystyle showmanship? What’s wrong with sequins and tassels? What the hell, after all, is wrong with trying to draw a crowd? Treats (2010) was a sequined carnival-barker’s outburst. It took a big idea, wrapped it in showy production, and jammed it the fuck down our throats. I admire the chutzpah. But who expects to be playing Treats in 2020? Or 2013? Now along comes Reign of Terror—and it’s a really good record, with good songs! Indie-darling bands that ride in on the back of a gimmick tend to fade into irrelevance rather quickly. Scissor Sisters, anyone? Cansei de Ser Sexy? Bonde do Rolê? Um … Salem? (It may be too soon to tell on that one.) But Reign of Terror harnesses the snotty, noisefucky intensity of Treats and channels it, as if the great ’90s shoegazers Lush timetraveled to today, ate a hearty electroclash breakfast, washed it down with a frothy pint of Beach House, and sweated out a record. “Comeback Kid” takes the band’s quadruple-kick-pedal mania and uses it to give us a lovely sort-of ballad. “Crush” takes one of Treats’ silliest tropes (the dance-brat cheerleader chanting lifted straight out of Kathleen Hanna’s toolbox) and frames it intelligently. “End of the Line” takes Mark Robinson’s late-Unrest pop sensibility and spins it into amphetamine cotton candy. This record’s great fun. Sean Bottai

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY HOROSCOPE 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700 $1.99 per minute. 18 and over. Touchtone phone required. ARIES (March 21-April 19): At one point in his book The Divine Comedy, the Italian poet Dante is traveling through purgatory on his way to paradise. American poet T.S. Eliot describes the scene: “The people there were inside the flames expurgating their errors and sins. And there was one incident when Dante was talking to an unknown woman in her flame. As she answered Dante’s questions, she had to step out of her flame to talk to him, until at last she was compelled to say to Dante, ‘Would you please hurry up with your questions so I can get on with my burning?’” I bring this to your attention, Aries, because I love the way you’ve been expurgating your own errors and sins lately. Don’t let anything interfere with your brilliant work. Keep burning until you’re done. (Source: “A New Type of Intellectual: Contemplative Withdrawal and Four Quartets,” by Kenneth P. Kramer.) TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you’ve been holding yourself back in any way, Taurus, now’s the time to unlock and unleash yourself. If you have been compromising your high standards or selling yourself short, I hope you will give yourself permission to grow bigger and stronger and brighter. If you’ve been hiding your beauty or hedging your bets or rationing your access to the mother lode, you have officially arrived at the perfect moment to stop that nonsense. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the cult blaxploitation film The Human Tornado, the main character Dolemite brags about his prowess. “I chained down thunder and handcuffed lightning!” he raves. “I used an earthquake to mix my milkshake! I eat an avalanche when I want ice cream! I punched a hurricane and made it a breeze! I swallowed an iceberg and didn’t freeze!” This is the way I want to hear you talk in the coming week, Gemini. Given the current astrological configurations, you have every right to. Furthermore, I think it’ll be healthy for you. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Astrologer Antero Alli theorizes that the placement of the sign Cancer in a person’s chart may indicate what he or she tends to whine about. In his own chart, he says, Cancer rules his ninth house, so he whines about obsolete beliefs, bad education and stale dogmas that cause people to

shun firsthand experience as a source of authority. I hereby declare these issues to be supremely honorable reasons for you to whine in the coming week. You also have cosmic permission to complain vociferously about the following: injustices perpetrated by small-minded people; short-sighted thinking that ignores the big picture; and greedy self-interest that disdains the future. On the other hand, you don’t have clearance to whine about crying babies, rude clerks or traffic jams. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): LA Weekly praised the music of drone-noise band Barn Owl. Its review said that the listening experience is “akin to placing your ear against the Dalai Lama’s stomach and catching the sound of his reincarnation juices flowing.” That sounds a bit like what’s ahead for you in the coming week, Leo: getting the lowdown on the inner workings of a benevolent source … tuning in to the rest of the story that lies behind a seemingly simple, happy tale … gathering up revelations about the subterranean currents that are always going on beneath the surface of the good life. It’s ultimately all positive, although a bit complicated.

surely, I think you’ll find that the frustrating impediment will be drained of at least some of its power to lock up your energy. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A few years ago, the Hong Kong company Life Enhance sold briefs and boxer shorts that were supposedly designed by a master practitioner of feng shui. On the front of every garment was an image of a dragon, which the Chinese have traditionally regarded as a lucky symbol. To have this powerful charm in contact with your intimate places increased your vital force—or so the sales rap said. By my estimates, Scorpio, you’re not going to need a boost like that in the coming weeks. Without any outside aids whatsoever, your lower furnace will be generating intense beams of magical heat. What are you going to do with all that potent mojo? Please don’t use it on trivial matters. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There are times in your life when you do a lot of exploring in the outer world, and other times when your pioneering probes are directed primarily inward. In my astrological opinion, you’re currently more suited for the latter kind of research. If you agree

with me, here’s one tack you might want to take: Take an inventory of all your inner voices, noticing both the content of what they say and the tone with which they say it. Some of them may be chatty and others shy; some blaring and others seductive; some nagging and needy; and others calm and insightful. Welcome all the voices in your head into the spotlight of your alert attention. Ask them to step forward and reveal their agendas. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The Oxford English Dictionary, an authority on the state of the English language, adds an average of two new words every day. In the coming weeks, Capricorn, I’d like to see you expand your capacity for selfexpression with equal vigor. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re due for an upgrade in your vocabulary, your clarity and your communication skills. Here’s one of the OED’s fresh terms, which would be a good addition to your repertoire: “bouncebackability,” the ability to recover from a setback or to rebound from a loss of momentum. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): We turn to Dr. Seuss for help in formulating your

horoscope this week. He told a story of dining in a restaurant with his uncle, who was served a popover, which is a puffy muffin that’s hollow on the inside. “To eat these things,” said his uncle, “you must exercise great care. You may swallow down what’s solid, but you must spit out the air!” Drawing a lesson from these wise words, Dr. Seuss concluded, “As you partake of the world’s bill of fare, that’s darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air. And be careful what you swallow.” I expect your coming week will be successful, Aquarius, if you apply these principles. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You should be like a rooster, Pisces: dispensing wakeup calls on a regular basis. You should be nudging people to shed their torpor and shake themselves out of their stupor. What’s your personal version of, “Cockadoodle-doo!”? It shouldn’t be something generic like, “Open your eyes!” or, “Stop making excuses!” Come up with attention-grabbing exclamations or signature phrases that no intelligent person can possibly ignore or feel defensive about. For example: “Let’s leap into the vortex and scramble our trances!”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the coming days, you could do a lot to develop a better relationship with darkness. And no, I don’t mean that you should do bad things and seek out negativity and be fascinated with evil. When I use that word “darkness,” I’m referring to confusing mysteries and your own unconscious patterns, and the secrets you hide from yourself. I mean the difficult memories and the parts of the world that seem inhospitable to you, and the sweet dreams that have lost their way. See what you can do to understand this stuff better, Virgo. Open yourself to the redemptive teachings it has for you. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Jessica, a character in Frank Herbert’s Dune books, says, “The greatest and most important problems of life cannot be solved. They can only be outgrown.” I encourage you to use that theory as your operative hypothesis for the foreseeable future. Here are some specific clues about how to proceed: Don’t obsess on your crazy-making dilemma. Instead, concentrate on skillfully doing the pleasurable activities that you do best. Be resolutely faithful to your higher mission, and feed your lust for life. Slowly but

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¡ASK A MEXICAN! BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO, themexican@askamexican.net et Dear Mexican: Aunqué soy Boricua, mi corazón está al lado del pueblo mejicano, aquí en Arizona. ¿Porqué no hablas contra “La Bruja Mala del Oeste” Gobernadora Jan Brewer, “El Leon Cobarde” Ex-Senador Russell Pearce, “El Hombre Hecho de Lata” Alguacil del Condado Maricopa Joe Arpaio, “El Hombre Hecho de Paja” Abogado General Tom Horne y en final, “El Brujo de OZ” Superintendente de Instrucción Pública John Huppenthal? Somos Quien Somos Dear Gabachos: You don’t need a SpanishEnglish dictionary or your pocho co-worker to figure out what the question above refers to: the continued insanity that is Arizona. We’ve covered its pendejos throughout the years, especially Horne and Huppenthal, who earlier this year declared the MexicanAmerican studies program at the Tucson Unified School District illegal, because it doesn’t hew to the traditional view in American history, which teaches that Mexicans are shiftless, lazy rapists. Part of that effort was to boot out of Tucson schools books ranging from Shakespeare’s The Tempest to Pulitzer Prizewinner Junot Diaz’s Drown to works by authors ranging from Sandra Cisneros, Sherman Alexie and even Howard Zinn. They’re banning American history in certain classrooms in Tucson! In other news, Satan called: The Prince of Darkness wants his disciples to join him back in hell. BUY BANNED BOOKS! On that level, let me turn the columna over to two worthy projects designed to blast past this Tucson pendejada. The first plug goes to the SouthWest Organizing Project, the fine cabrones y cabronas from Albuquerque behind 500 Years of Chicano History, one of the books targeted by the Arizona Know Nothings for daring to show that Mexican history in the Southwest wasn’t all about sleeping peons under cactuses or Spanish missions. They’re selling the book at a 50 percent discount rate to all Arizonans and will give the book away for FREE to any Arizonan student who writes a letter “describing why they

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think the teaching of Chicano and Native American history accurately to young people is essential,” according to their website. More information is available at chicanohistory.org. The other great effort is by my Houston amigos over at Nuestra Palabra (which you can read about in the Feb. 23 TQ&A by Mari Herreras). One of them, Tony Diaz, has assumed a new persona: El Librotraficante, who’ll set up underground libraries in Houston, San Antonio, Albuquerque and Tucson that’ll host the banned books and other books by writers of color and their down gabacho compatriots. They want to collect a complete set of banned libros for each underground library, and donate extra copies to public libraries once each community is safely set with a collection that the Gestapo can’t access. People who want to help—and chingón writers who want to donate a set of their work— can learn more at librotraficante.com. PREORDER TACO USA! The Mexican will donate muchos copies of his two previous books to the Librotraficante’s efforts—how’s that for a segue into my obligatory plug for the latest one? Gentle cabrones: My much-promised Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, will finally hit bookstores April 10, but that doesn’t mean you can’t already order it. Place your order with your favorite local bookstore, your finer online retailers or your craftier piratas, but place it: My libro editor has already promised to deport me from the publishing industry if we don’t sell enough copies! And stay tuned for book-signing info! Ask the Mexican at themexican@askamexican. net; be his fan on Facebook; follow him on Twitter @gustavoarellano; or ask him a video question at youtube.com/askamexicano!

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I had a threesome with my husband and another woman, because I am GGG, and that’s always been a fantasy of his. I laid out my ground rules, and they were violated. (I said I was uncomfortable with his P in her V, and I ended up watching them fuck.) I didn’t stop it at the time, because I didn’t want to ruin it for him. It’s been some time, and my heart is still broken. I was completely down with every other aspect of the threesome, but I feel like a line was crossed. Am I wrong to feel hurt? Heartbroken Please hand this column to your husband. My response is for him. You are one stupid motherfucker. Here’s how you’re a motherfucker: Your wife agreed to have a threesome on one condition—no penis-in-vagina intercourse with the other woman. That’s a fairly common ground rule for first-time threesomes, and you agreed to honor that ground rule. But you went ahead and stuck your penis in the other woman’s vagina anyway. Maybe you felt your wife’s no-penis-in-ourthird’s-vagina ground rule was arbitrary. Maybe it seemed like a distinction without a difference— you were already sucking and fondling and kissing and rolling around, so why should fucking be against the rules?—but it mattered to your GGG wife. And your wife consented to that threesome only after you agreed not to stick your penis in the other woman’s vagina. And when you went ahead and stuck your penis in the other woman’s vagina anyway, you stupid motherfucker, that threesome suddenly became a nonconsensual sexual experience for your wife. And now she feels violated. Because you violated her. Adding to her feelings of violation, she felt obligated to play along and pretend she was fine with your penis in the other woman’s vagina, because she didn’t want to ruin the experience for you, for starters, and she probably didn’t want to make your third feel uncomfortable—a third who either didn’t know about the no-penis-in-her-vagina ground rule, or knew about it and didn’t give a shit (which makes her a malicious motherfucker)— and as a result, your wife may feel complicit in her own violation. Talk about mind-fucks! That’s how you’re a motherfucker. Here’s how you’re stupid: If you had demonstrated to your wife during your very first threesome that you could be trusted, if you had cheerfully observed the ground rules, this threesome would very likely have been the first in a whole series of sexual adventures. If you had kept your penis out of the other woman’s vagina, you stupid motherfucker, your wife might have trusted you with more, and allowed you to do more during a future threesome. You might have gotten to penis-in-vagina intercourse with another woman with your wife’s enthusiastic consent! To others out there with partners who have agreed to have a threesome: Sometimes, a nervous wife/husband/boyfriend/girlfriend sets ground rules for an inaugural threesome that seem arbitrary, because they are arbitrary. (Don’t use tongue when you kiss the other person; don’t use my favorite tit clamps on the other person; you can put your penis in the hole in the other person’s face but not in the hole[s] in the other person’s swimsuit area.) When your partner declares a particular kiss/toy/orifice out of bounds, he or she isn’t just holding something back because it’s special. They are also measuring your ability to respect their boundaries. Respecting your partner’s boundaries—honoring those ground rules—sends a message: “I may be messing around with someone else with your OK, but I love you, and your emotional and sexual needs still come first.” And once a nervous wife/husband/boyfriend/ girlfriend sees with their own eyes that their

ground rules are going to be respected—once they see that their partners can mess around with someone else without forgetting who matters to them most—those ground rules tend to become less restrictive. But that’s not gonna happen for you now, you stupid motherfucker, because you couldn’t honor your wife’s ground rules during your first—and most likely last—threesome. You violated her; you violated her trust; and you screwed yourself out of future sexual adventures. If you ever hope to have another threesome, or to realize some other sexual fantasy, or if your wife has a sexual fantasy that she would like to realize (one that you might enjoy helping her realize), you’re going to need to offer her a plausible explanation and an abject apology. I’m in love. But my boyfriend of more than a year is REALLY into the fantasy of an MFF threesome. I’m as GGG as girls get, but I’m one of those rare types who was sexually abused by an adult woman when I was a young girl. He knows this. And though I was a bit slow in telling him, just because it’s so fucking hard to talk about, he knows that ever since I realized that I was attracted to other women, I’ve felt like a guilty pervert. Thanks to copious amounts of alcohol, I’ve gotten about as far with another girl as a stereotypical college student, but the abuse still haunts me. (And, yes, I go to therapy when I can afford it.) My question is this: If I may never be capable of fulfilling his fantasy by bringing another chick into our bed, am I an asshole for wanting to remain in an LTR with this guy? He knows I’m into women and that I would like to explore that somehow, eventually, but I don’t know if he gets how hard that could actually be for me. I have no idea how to even broach this subject with him, as I’ve described it to you. Should I even try? Should I set him free?

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