Russell Malone will be appearing tomorrow night at Centennial Hall as part of the Monterey Jazz Festival. UApresents tells us:

The Festival returns with an all-new line-up. Elegant playing, sensitive melodies and infectious rhythms inspired Jazz Weekly to call Kenny Barron “the most lyrical piano player of our time.” TIME writes that violinist Regina Carter “creates music that is wonderfully listenable, probingly intelligent and, at times, breathtakingly daring.” With a rich baritone voice that spans four octaves, Kurt Elling is the 2008 winner of JazzTimes Readers' Poll for male vocalist of the year and is regarded as the preeminent young male jazz singer today. Versatile and commanding swing jazz guitarist Russell Malone rounds out an unforgettable evening of 21st century jazz.

We've got two tickets for the first person to email [email protected]. UPDATE: We have a lucky winner, Donna.

Details on the show here.

Politico reports that Democrat Rodney Glassman may have company in the primary for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican John McCain:

An Arizona civil rights advocate jumped into the state's Senate race Monday, pointing to the strict anti-illegal immigration law just signed by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer as a central theme of his campaign.

Randy Parraz joins a Democratic primary field that includes just one other candidate, businessman and Tucson City Councilman Rodney Glassman. And Christina Martinez, a spokeswoman for Parraz, said the new immigration law was a major factor driving his decision to run.

"This was the straw that broke the camel's back," she said. "For many of us, our spirit has become broken. People don't have the will to take the lead and challenge these folks, so we're relying on Randy to do it."

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Friend of the Range Timothy Archibald photographs robots being built by David Hanson for this month's Discover magazine. Discover photo director Rebecca Horne notes on her blog:

David Hanson’s robots are by now somewhat familiar faces, including his Einstein robot currently being used as a research tool at Javier Movellan’s Machine Perception Lab at UCSD, and the punk rock conversationalist Joey Chaos. A less familiar face is that of Bina Rothblatt, the blonde at the end of the table in the above photograph. Bina is a robot commissioned by Sirius Satellite Radio inventor Martine Rothblatt to look like her beloved wife. Take that, uncanny valley!

Alex Tichauer, a UA School of Journalism junior, talks to Fathead employee Kate Ritter. Ritter talks about how she got started and what she does at Fathead, a popular blown-glass retailer.

Throughout the week, we'll be posting slideshows of some of the sights at this year's Pima County Fair, which is concluding today, Sunday, April 25. See all our photos at Flickr.com/TucsonWeekly. Here's the food.

"Untitled from the Saguaro Rubbing Series" is among the works on display by David Kish, from March 1 through June 19 at the Tucson International Airport, 7250 S Tucson Blvd.
There is an artist reception from 1 to 5 p.m., today, Sunday, April 25 in the Upper Link Gallery. (There is free parking for those attending the reception)

From today's New York Times:

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Mr. McCain did his share of contortions to win over a right-wing base that never trusted him. Now he is fighting for survival against a radio host endorsed by border vigilantes.

But this pandering is tragic for a man who was one of the architects of the humane, comprehensive approach to immigration he has now disowned — threatening a filibuster to prevent its even coming to a vote.

Mr. McCain has long said border control must be a prelude to larger reforms. But he always insisted on realistic solutions, on respecting immigrants’ humanity and giving them the chance to become legal. He never played the rancid, dangerous game of portraying Latinos as criminals, as Arizona’s new immigration bill does.

Read the whole thing here.

KUAT-TV's Arizona Illustrated's Roundtable gang talk about the events of the week, including the illegal-immigration crackdown bill signed by Gov. Jan Brewer today, the Senate race between J.D. Hayworth and John McCain, and the upcoming vote on the sales tax.

Watch it after the jump.

Owen "Buz" Mills stopped by the Arizona Illustrated's Friday Roundtable. He promises to balance the state budget with more cuts. Watch the segment after the jump.

I was one of the guests on Warren Olney's To the Point radio show to discuss the "battle for the soul of the Republican Party." You can listen below or download a podcast from his Web site.