Filmmaker, writer, photographer, musician and clothing archivist Cesar Padilla is in town as part of Tucson Fashion Week. Last night (Thursday, Oct. 13) he curated a micro rock ’n’ roll T-shirt art exhibit, held a meet-and-greet and book signing at Hotel Congress, and was featured in TFW’s City Chic: A Fashion Show, Art Exhibit and Party at Rialto Theater.

Some Padilla backstory: He earned street cred interning out of high school at punk label Frontier Records then later at Rough Trade. Before scribing and contributing photographs for LA Weekly, Index, The New York Times and Butt Magazine Padilla came up through filmmaking. He also co-owned Cherry, a storied vintage boutique in Manhattan, and has furnished wardrobe for film and TV projects such as American Gangster and American Hustle and HBO’s too-soon cancelled Vinyl.

Some stuff of legend: Padilla lived in Louisville, Kentucky back in the mid-’90s. When he split for greener pastures, he left behind–in the Louisville Visual Art Association offices at the downtown library–stacks of outtakes and old films he’d made. By chance, filmmaker Ryan Daly stumbled upon the canisters and created found-footage films.

Padilla has directed two award-winning shorts—Squaresville and Cindy—and directed three music videos by L.A. death-metal band Brujeria. He recently completed a horror screenplay that's reversely being adapted into a novel. He’s also singer/guitarist the Ritchie White Orchestra.

Padilla’s 2010 book, Ripped: T-Shirts From the Under-ground (whose introduction was penned by Lydia Lunch and words contributed by Thurston Moore, Betsey Johnson and Judy Nylon), paid loving homage to the rock ’n’ roll T-shirt while sort of telling a story on the history punk. Each tee (200 all told) in the pretty tome was photographed the way it was found—untempered or refined by art or taste, raw, sweat-stained.

Then, at the Rialto, for “City Chic: A Fashion Show, Art Exhibit and Party” models took to the catwalk with a minimalist music performance by Goat, a glammy-fuzzy duo of guitarist Clif Taylor (aka Chick Cashman) and drummer Daphna Ron. The spectacle was a street-y runway show featuring local, regional and national designers—with presentations from Esteban by Esteban Osuna, Kayzrly by Kimberley Lloyd, Generation Cool and Kreate by Carlos Osuna, designs from Able Gallegos, Anine Paulsen and Christopher Pape as well as a peak into Cesar Padilla’s sartorial work for Vinyl. The exhilarating show pretty much killed from start to finish.

The Tucson Fashion Week continues through Saturday night.

Go see Padilla perform with Chick Cashman Tonight (Friday) at 10 p.m., at Maynard’s, 400 N Toole Ave. 

My weekend plans: Read though my Voter Registration Guide, finish reading The Joy Luck Club and finally watch Swiss Army Man. What are you guys up to?

Here's your weekly look at the most popular movies at every Tucsonan's favorite video rental place:

1. X-Men: Apocalypse

A few RuPaul’s Drag Race favorites, including Tucson's own Tempest DuJour, bronzed up and donned Cheeto-dust wigs to lip sync some of Donald Trump's greatest hits from the campaign trail. 

Enjoy:

Your Weekly guide to staying busy in the Old Pueblo.

Pick of the Week

Blue Heritage Festival: It's been a long week, and we've all earned a day of Blues. This weekend the Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation is bringing us a Blues Heritage Festival, featuring Los Lobos, the Garcia Brothers and the Missy Andersen Band. Don't forget to get your tickets in advance to avoid the $2 increase at the door. 11 a.m -6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16 Reid Park Demeester Band Shell, 900 S. Randolph Way $10 online for adults 18+, $12 at the gate, 18 and under get in free.

Booze

Women's Whiskey Tasting: That's right! This is an event for just women, 21 and up, who want to spend the night learning about and drinking all different kinds of whiskey. Head on over to the Independent Distillery for an evening of whiskey, food and fun. You'll sample 3 different iconic whiskey brands and discuss what you like, what you don't like and what you love. Toby Hall, co-owner of the Independent Distillery, is hosting the evening and will educate everyone on all things whiskey.Tickets are $25 each online through the Eventbrite website. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19 Independent Distillery, 30 S. Arizona Avenue. $25 online.

Music

Wild Belle: Rising from the ashes of Michigan’s afrobeat kings Nomo, the blessed-gene sibs of Wild Belle have been on roll for three years now (two critically respected albums out, massive American following, and currently on the Band of Horses tour), and for good reason, they’re wickedly engaging. Theirs is a hip-swiveling poppy blend of world sounds, from Jamaican dancehall to Zimbabwe psych to soul-tripping hip-hop. Singer Natalie Bergman’s voice is as subtly convincing as Lana Del Ray on a great day and Dusty Springfield on a blue day. No joke. Their latest skull invader “Through Down You Guns” is a trippy-hippie protest lament whose chorus is so sticky you’ll never want to even see a picture of a gun again, much less Donald Trump’s chromatically hued mug. It’s killer like that. With Calexico, Danny Brown, DJ Mustard, Matt and Kim, Luna Aura, Gaby Moreno, A-Trak and lots more. Saturday, Oct. 22, at noon. Dusk Festival at Rillito Park Downs, 4502 N 1st Ave. Tickets start at $39. All ages.

The Exbats: The most famous band ever from Pinon, Arizona, and it just makes sense. This wry father/daughter combo—kid on drums and vocals, cool punk dad on guitar—do the stuff of greats. Crunchy pop chords ring out over spare beats, and heart-melting melodies offer words that detail everything from love and cultural outsiderisms to boredom and gender indifferences. The Exbats’ perfectly droll, punchy Burger Records’ cassette, A Guide To The Health Issues Affecting Rescue Hens, is just out, recorded by pop godhead Matt Rendon at his Tucson studios. Celebrate the tape’s release Friday, Oct. 14, at 10 p.m. La Cocina, 201 N. Court Ave. Free. All ages.

Rend Collection: This collective from Northern Ireland sings for the man upstairs, yet they exist mostly outside the staid world of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). They once defined themselves by saying they’re just a “group of confused twentysomethings trying to figure out faith, life, god and community.” Well, rest assured the Rends are more than just a collection of messianic complexes coalescing into organized noise. See, their rousing praise pop and foot-stomp folk soars in ways that recall secular combos Coldplay and U2, and is often centered on reliable themes of family and community, sometimes showing elements of old Irish storytelling. They’ve even released songs recorded live around a campfire! They sellout shows both stateside and in Europe, and this is a rare Old Pueblo appearance. With Urban Rescue on Friday Oct. 14, 6 p.m. Christ Community Church, 530 S. Pantano Rd. Kenyon Dr. $10-$50. All Ages.

The Struts: Struts singer Luke Spiller is more than some cheap Freddy Mercury knockoff, but man, if you’re a fan of Queen … But calling Spiller (and this aptly named band) a Queen knockoff is reductive thinking. But then no one really knows anymore what to say when a proper rock ’n’ roll band is discovered doing rock ’n’ roll properly—that is to say playing it with youth, verve, passion, attitude, joy, hooks, swimmer’s builds, sexual tension, intelligence and a stinking brilliant live show rooted in some vague forgotten idea of performance. It’s the kind of stuff Marc Bolan or David Bowie or Mott The Hoople was never afraid of. England’s Struts work hard at it and it shows. Their calling-all-destroyers anthem “Could Have Been Me” was, absolutely, the international rock ’n’ roll single of last year (16 million Spotify plays and counting). They make you wonder at what point did rock ’n’ roll turn colorless and schluby-looking? Go see them blow Weezer, Panic At the Disco!, Iration and The Holy White Hounds off the stage at KFMA’s Fall Ball on the Pima County Fairgrounds, 11300 S. Houghton Rd. Sunday, Oct. 22, noon. $40-$125. All Ages.

Back of Tricks Cat: Not only did this Phoenix emcee work with spiritual Detroit brothers D12 on his 2016 album Cat’s Out of the Bag (listen to ominous rager “Hometown Hero”), but he also popped out a 2015 split EP with nerdcore heavyweight Mega Ran, and toured all over god’s green earth. And dig this bit of harcore street cred: dude’s grandma, Ann Bennett, wrote and sang the theme song to the 1959 cartoon series Felix the Cat. That’s a lot of shit for a kid to live up to, to be sure. But D12’s Bizarre says Bag of Tricks Cat is the real deal, can handle it all, and adds that his banging shows yank down barriers and rattle rafters. With Stoner Jordan, Friday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m. Scratch Shake, 245 W Speedway Blvd. $15. All Ages.

Pig Destroyer: Virginia’s grindcore vets Pig Destroyer actually do their name justice. And we mean that in the most positive metaphorical way. Their hyper-aggressive sound pummels—roiling power riffs uphold gore-mongering lyrics and bloody voicebox screeches. Then, when you least expect it, they’ll do something insane, like cover a Stooges tune. So, yes, we can say with absolute authority that Pig Destroyer can make The Stooges sound like balladeers. All you need to know, yo. With Final Conflict, Gay Kiss, Trench, Full of Hell, Wake, Vermin Womb, Sorrower, Despise You on Friday, Oct. 21, 5 p.m. At 191 Toole, 191 E. Toole. $30. All Ages. Part of the Southwest Terror Fest.

Kikagku Moyo: It wasn’t so long ago that the core members of this Japanese psych band were busking Tokyo streets. Then, since forming in 2013, they’ve released three albums and an EP. What’s incredible is their music can transcend space (and time) in the way that authentic California psychedelic did in the mid-to-late ’60s; we’re talking the singsong of The Byrds, the acid blot-out of Jefferson Airplane, the dreamy side of It’s a Beautiful Day. It has that feel of a sound that rises from drug-enhanced mind expansions. In other words, Kikagku Moyo are no strangers to hypnotic raga drones, dual guitar harmonies, chugging riffs and feedback. There’s glorious sitar work too, and even dub excursions and ambient soundscapes. There’s so much to love here it’s no wonder they’re relatively popular in the old Moldy Pueblo, and other places on the globe. With Tucson’s great Myrrors and Night Collectors, Thursday, Oct. 20. 9 p.m. At the Flycatcher, 340 E. 6th St. $5-$8. 21+.

Two Way Crossing Band at Metal Arts Village: A pop-country band called Two Way Crossing from Nashville is coming to perform for the second year at the Metal Arts Village (3230 Nn Dodge Boulevard) on Wednesday, Oct. 19. from 10am-4pm. It will be a night of great music along with craft beer from local food trucks. There will be limited seating, so lawn chairs are welcomed. This festival is all ages and admission is free, but donations are encouraged. 10am-4pm Wednesday, Oct. 19 3230 N. Dodge Boulevard Free music festival, family, community, food 

Fashion

Tucson Fashion Week: It’s a three-night, peacock-tailed explosion of sight, sound and vision, featuring works by greats in fashion, art and music. That sounds like hyperbole, but wait! Whole shindig kicks off with Thursday’s eclectic blowout, which includes cult-legendary Cesar Padilla curating a micro vintage rock ’n’ roll exhibit, meet-and-greet and book signing of his book, Ripped. There’ll be a street-cool fashion show featuring local, regional, and national designers, and killer musical appearance by Jason Maek & Zaena of Maekme. Then, Saturday’s main runway show at MOCA stars iconic designer Richie Rich, and the work of four local and regional designers. An afterparty will follow. Saturday night’s Maison De Mode by the Tucson Ladies Council begins with an art reception and fashion presentation where guests will meet designers Henry Picado and Shahida Clayton and dine on food presented by chef Janos Wilder. Later, a salon-style fashion show will feature regional designers, retailers, the launch of Shahida Parides’ luxury collection, and designer Henry Picado’s Prêt-à-Porter fall 2017 collection. There’ll be an afterparty with champagne and chocolate bonbons and you’ll be able to shop curated selections of designers Picado and Parides. DJ Corbin Dooley will spin. Thursday, Oct. 13-Saturday, Oct. 15 at various venues downtown. General admission and VIP Tickets are available for all events. All ages.

City Chic, a Fashion Show, Art Exhibit and Party: Get ready for not one but three days of art, fashion and rock 'n roll at Hotel Congress and the Rialto Theatre. Join artist and musician Caesar Padilla as he show cases his micro-vintage rock 'n roll t-shirt collection at Hotel Congress event for VIP ticket holders only. This vintage fashion collector is the owner of Cherry Vintage and supplied clothing for major films like "American Hustle" and "American Gangster." Later, head on over to the Rialto Theatre for a super chic fashion show featuring works from local, regional and national designers. A peak of Padilla's fashion on HBO's Vinyl will also be a special highlight at the event as well as musical guest Jason Maek and Zayna of Maek. Hotel Congress with Caesar Padilla (VIP tickets holders only): 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Rialto Theater Fashion Show: 7:30 - 10 p.m. Oct. 13 Hotel Congress 311 E. Congress St., Rialto Theatre 318 E. Congress St. GA Tickets: $20- $50 fashion, community 

Cinema

Sing-A-Long A Grease movie night: The Hearth Foundation is hosting a sing-a-long version of the classic film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton at the Fox Tucson Theatre
(17 W. Congress Street) on Friday, Oct. 14th. The doors open at 6:00pm and will begin with a silent auction. Then, the movie will start at 7:30pm and end around 10:00pm. The host will lead a vocal warm-up and you'll even get a chance to learn how to hand jive. Then for the rest of the evening, you'll be able to kick-back, relax and watch Grease while singing and dancing along to the lyrics shown on the screen, dressing up is strongly encouraged! Be sure to get your tickets online for $20 each to secure your spot." 6pm-10pm Friday, Oct. 14 Fox Tucson Theatre (17 W. Congress Street) $20 each online Music, community 


Starwars Under the Stars: Experience Rey and company from Star Wars: The Force Awakens kick ass under that actual stars at The Loft Cinema's free, outdoor screening of the hit movie. Brought to you in part by UA Residence Life and UA Campus Health Service, get ready to grab a blanket, some popcorn and a parent — since it is UA Parents' Weekend — then take a seat in the grassy parts of the Highland Bowl to enjoy the show. 9:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 Just outsid of UA Campus Health Building, 1224 E. Lowell St. Free parents, movies, community 

Nightlife

The 3rd Annual Arizona Burlesque Festival: Escape reality for the weekend and immerse yourself in two nights of some of the worlds best Burlesque, right here in Southern Arizona. For the third year in a row, Tucson will be the host for the Arizona Burlesque Festival. The first night of festivites will be held at The Hut and the last hoorah will be at Pima Community College West Campus. Don't miss a weekend to see the best and brightest of Burlesque with your own eyes. For more information and tckets visit http://azbfest2016.bpt.me Friday 8 p.m. - Saturday 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 - Saturday, Oct. 15 Friday: The Hut (305 N. 4th Ave) Saturday: Pima Community College West Campus (2202 W. Anklam Rd.) Friday: VIP $15 GA $10 Saturday $25.

Nature

Raptor Free Flight Opening Day: Hawks, Ravens, Falcons, oh my! Enjoy a day full of a few feathered friends by joining the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum as it brings back Raptor Free Flight. The day consits of a bird walk, bird-themed activities, and two flight shows. Don't miss out on this high flying event! 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 2021 N Kinney Rd, 85743 Regular Museum admission entertainment 

Fitness

Glow Up with Session Yoga: Get your glow on at Club Congress with Session Yoga. This light-show event will give some of its proceeds to Beads of Courage, a philanthropic organization that provides children with serious illnesses artsy and supportive care programs across the globe. Wave a glowstick and get limber to the beats of the featured DJ HERM and if you show up early enough, Aveda can even hook you up with professional body paint. Don't forget about that rad raffle that will spew out prizes from Lululemon, Onzie and much more. Doors at 4 p.m., Yoga class 6-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 Hotel Congress 311 E. Congress St., Rialto Theatre 318 E. Congress St. $25 fitness, community 

Community

QTPOC Fest: Tucson is great in a lot of ways, but there really aren't that many queer spaces—let alone queer spaces made for and fun by people of color. Enter QTPOC Fest, a two-day festival making space for locals who identify as a queer, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, gay, asexual, intersex, femme, genderqueer, gender nonconforming people of color. Anyone is welcome to attend the second day of the event (day one is a mix and mingle for QTPOC people only), but are respectfully asked to make space for persons who identify along the aforementioned spectra. There will be workshops (learn how to do stenciling and how to keep your finances in order), entertainment and free food. Want to throw some support towards the event organizers? Here's their GoFundMe page. Read more about the event in this week's Weekly. Oct. 14-15. La Pilita Cultural Center, 420 S. Main Ave. Free.

Show & Tell at Playground: Celluloid Pueblo: UA’ arts, humanities and social sciences research center is returning this fall with another season of Show & Tells on Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 6pm at The Playground (278 E. Congress Street). The events feature presentations by UA faculty and graduate students, as well as collaborations with local non-profits, public intellectuals and activists. There will also be a book release for Jenkin’s “Celluloid Pueblo: Western Ways Films and the Invention of the Postwar Southwest.” 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19 Playground, 278 E. Congress Street. Free.

A Talk with Jonathan Hess: Part of the Tucson Humanities Festival, Jonathan Hess will discuss the roles that theatre played on shaping Jewish identity and the relationships between Germans and Jews in the decades leading up to the Holocaust. This free event will be held at the UA Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen St., from 7- 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 17.

Tucson Classics Car Show: The Rotary Club of Tucson is holding its annual show of over 400 antique, sport, classic and hot rod cars on the Gregory School lawn (3231 N. Craycroft Road) on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 10am-4pm. The show includes awards for favorite cars, raffle prizes, as well as music. Each admission ticket serves as a raffle entry with a chance to win a 2006 C-6 Corvette Convertible prize car, $15,000 cash or other prizes. Admission is $5 each for adults. 10am-4pm Saturday, Oct. 15 Gregory School lawn, 3231 N. Craycroft Road. $5.

Brian Wilson, the man who shifted culture and gave us several of the 10 most beautiful songs ever written, has recently extended his tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, and by some miraculous fluke the tour is coming to Tucson, to the lovely, historic Centennial Hall specifically. The show is May 19 next year, and the tix go on sale tomorrow here. Tickets start at $45.

Note that Wilson's winning I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir just came out last week, and a solo album, No Pier Pressure, last year. This tour promises to be the last time you'll hear Wilson perform Pet Sounds live. We're sure it'll sell out. 

On Thursday, Oct. 6, Dr. Richard Carmona held a press conference to act as a spokesman for Pima County Sheriff's Deputies who have allegedly been blacklisted, threatened, harassed, had their wives harassed and who have been improperly reassigned and demoted by Sheriff Chris Nanos and his cronies. As Carmona put it, the Pima County Sheriffs Department is taking actions that are "immoral, unethical, and possibly criminal;" or more generally speaking," a reign of terror," a phrase he repeated at least twice.

Carmona began his press conference in the early afternoon in a small conference room at the Viscount Suite Hotel. standing behind him were some of the people for whom he was speaking—fifteen members of Pima County Deputy Sheriffs Association. They wore tee shirts with a small PCDSA logo. A representative of the Tucson Police Officers Association, Officer McGinnis, was present and at one point declared the union's solidarity with PCDSA. The corrections officers representative was not present, but they too stood in solidarity with the deputies. The audience filled the room, there were about as many people standing as seated. Television media was present.

Carmona identified Nanos, Chief Deputy Chris Radtke and Chief of Staff Bradley Gagnepain, as those whom he believed to be responsible for the "reign of terror." Nanos was originally appointed by the Pima County Board of Supervisors to the post of Sheriff after Clarence Dupnik resigned, he is now running for election to that post. Bradley Gagnepain had retired from the Sheriffs Department, but was brought back by Dupnik to be a "special advisor;" later, Nanos appointed him to fill a position newly created by Nanos called "Chief of Staff." Gagnepain died of a gunshot wound in June of this year, around the time he was named in an FBI corruption investigation of the Pima County Sheriffs Department.

Specifically, the FBI was looking at possible misuse of funds acquired through the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act. The funds come from money and property seized under the act and may be spent by law enforcement but only on a narrow list of areas. Illegal spending of RICO money is a felony. On Oct. 10, Chris Radtke was indicted by the FBI for just that. Radtke immediately resigned his post. Sheriff Nanos declined to comment on the matter.

Speaking of the death of Gagnepain, Carmona reported that he received phone calls from deputies at the scene who told him that Nanos and Radtke showed up, took command of the crime scene, and "kept them from doing their job;" specifically, they were not allowed to establish a chain of custody regarding evidence or interview witnesses.

Before I discuss my choices for the TUSD board, I want to make it clear that these are my personal picks. The Weekly will make its endorsements sometime in the future, and I have no input in those decisions.

I want to see Cam Juarez and Kristel Foster reelected to the board because I believe TUSD should continue in the direction it is heading, which is mostly positive—though it's clear, of course, that there are areas in need of improvement which they and the district must focus on and address. I want Betts Putnam-Hidalgo to serve on the board because she will be a source of informed, intelligent dissent. Though I often disagree with Betts—not so much in what she wants for the district as the way she wants to go about it—her input will promote valuable discussion of difficult issues, pushing the board to make decisions which will help move the district forward. I agree with all three candidates in their overall beliefs in promoting progressive ideas regarding social and educational issues.

It would be foolish not to recognize that Tucson's school district has areas of weakness, many of them longstanding. Superintendent Sanchez and the three board members who generally support him have made progress in addressing some of the issues facing the district, but there is obviously more that needs to be done. However, these problems are not unique to TUSD, nor can they be fixed easily.

I spend a great deal of time and effort keeping up with what's going on in education across the country. Over and over, I read about districts with glaring problems and passionate, vocal critics. Most of them are in urban centers with large minority populations. That shouldn't be a surprise. The problems facing our urban centers are of a magnitude and complexity you rarely find in other parts of the country, and the problems extend far beyond the realm of education. In that context, it shouldn't be surprising that TUSD, which is in a reasonably large city and serves a majority-minority student population, has its share of challenges and a wide range of critics.

I think my shockingly lustrous eyelashes got singed watching Deepwater Horizon, director Peter Berg’s harrowing account of the worst oil rig disaster in American history. That’s because Berg’s film drops the viewer into a situation where fire and explosions are so realistic, you can feel the heat and disorientation of the 2010 disaster, which claimed the lives of 11 men and led to an oil spill eclipsing all other oil spills.

Mark Wahlberg is first-rate as Mike Williams, a man who was actually on the rig at the time of the disaster. Kurt Russell equals his power as Jimmy Harrell, who questions the integrity of the rig, and then proceeds to have the worst shower in cinema history since Janet Leigh had a showdown with Anthony Perkins.

Berg puts his film together in a way where the mere sight of mud oozing from a pipe is terrifying. When the stages of the disaster go into high gear, it’s as scary as any horror film to hit screens this year.

There’s a true sense of isolation and disorientation when the action goes full throttle. Props to the editor for creating a sensation of being utterly lost in the mayhem that escalates until the final two survivors jump many stories to the ocean below.

South Carolina-born Don Covay grew up on gospel (dad was a Baptist minister), but it was Little Richard who convinced him he’d find the true light by going secular. (Richard had also helped Covey supercharge his live show—it became rife with sexual tension for girls—and even christened him “Pretty Boy.”)

By 1965, the year this ditty and its same-titled album dropped, The Stones had already tackled Covay’s sweet “Mercy Mercy” on Out of Our Heads, and Chubby Checker took his “Pony Time” to numero uno. But it was the stunning confluence of Covay, Stax studios, Booker T. & the MG’s and this tune (co-written by Steve Cropper) that set the album's tone and feel. (The album contains other Covay-Cropper killers including dirty grinder “Sookie Sookie” [huge for Steppenwolf in ’68] and northern soul raver “Iron Out the Rough Spots,” which spotlights a true soul takedown by the Memphis Horns.)  

With its injured-pride lyric of gender misunderstanding and a classic New Orleans-via-Allen-Toussaint bounce (that bass!), the brash “See Saw” lands hard. Its guitars stutter, its horns blip, and that frog-swallowed answer-back vocal is an hilarious hook that'd stand on its own. Covay’s lung-bursting shouts and swoons will always be a sublime showcase for a voice Jagger had always wished he’d had.

Aretha Franklin made a funked-up hit of “See Saw” in ’68.

 
Want to drive up with Phoenix and spend the weekend learning all about the cannabis business? We've got tickets to the Southwest Cannabis Conference + Expo where you can do just that.

SWCC Expo will be an electric environment for industry members, entrepreneurs, local leaders, companies, job seekers and curious individuals to come learn about the rapidly expanding cannabis industry and our changing culture. This years convention will focus on the potential transitions and changes coming in Arizona marijuana policy in 2016.  

The conference will be at the Phoenix Convention Center (100 N. 3rd Street). 

If you want attend, swing by our office (7225 N. Mona Lisa Road #125) and pick up some tickets. Our office is open Monday through Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m.

While you're at the event, find the Tucson Weekly booth, where we'll be giving out the rest of our stash of environmentally conscious condoms.