Friday, April 6, 2018
The benefit is set for 7 p.m., Sunday, April 15, featuring comedians Daryl Felsberg and Steve Gillespie, who also perform at Laff’s Friday and Saturday, April 13 and 14 at 8 and 10 p.m. Felberg has been heard on Sirius/XM Radio and seen on ComedyBBQ; Gillespie has been see on Conan O’Brien’s show and Laughs TV.
Tickets for the benefit are $12, or $10 online at laffstucson.com. Tickets for April 15 all benefit the BBVN. Friday and Saturday shows are $12.50. There’s always a two-item minimum.
Anchored by the Josias Joesler-designed Broadway Village Shopping Center at Broadway and Country Club, Broadmoor was among the first planned subdivisions built after World War II. Its developers designed for walkability before that was a thing; nature trails along Arroyo Chico and the Treat Walkway feel far from any road. More historic details are at broadmoorbroadwayvillage.com.
So many asterisks! What are they hiding?
“It’s a high energy showcase of stand-up with a touch of storytelling, poetry and music,” Mo Urban explains, simply, regarding the one of her many comedy productions with the longest, most provocative name: “The C*nts Being C*nts Talking About C*nts Comedy Show. “It’s a showcase featuring a cast in which everyone identifies as female.”The show is not all about body parts, although they often surface with the artists’ whims. “I started out wanting a space to share hilarious things without fear of being dismissed as a cunt. It’s evolved to what it is now, a celebration of owning the word, cunt.” She quotes Inga Muscio, “There is no place for rape in a society filled with women who love our cunts.”
On Wednesday, April 18 at 9 p.m., Natalia Flores (Gabe Wing) is the featured storyteller. Wing produces the Drunk Drag Queen Storytellers at the Welcome Diner. The all-female surf rock band, Taco Sauce, is the musical feature. Rounding out the bill are Urban’s co-host Steena Salido, and local comedians and storytellers Amy Beson, Leigh Spencer, and newcomer Autumn Horvat. Phoenix guest comedians are Dana Whissen, Hannah Heard, Kimberly Jones, Nikkita Lee, Miss NoniShaney.
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Thursday, April 5, 2018
The Brews
The guys over at Sentinel Peak are bringing their Salida del Sol Amber beer, which is like a desert sunset in beer form, both because of its warm color and the way drinking it melts away the stresses of the day into the cool stillness of the evening. Equal parts smooth and spicy, it’s their most popular brew by far.
“If we brew five days a week, we brew that one four days a week, just to keep up with demand across the state,” said Sentinel Peak co-owner Jeremy Hilderbrand.
Whether you’ve admitted it to yourself yet or not, temperatures are starting to creep up, but Sentinel Peak’s crisp, light and local (some of the brew’s wheat grains are grown over in Marana) Heatwave Hefeweizen will keep you cool.
With a repertory of beers including "Señorwheata" and “Oats, Oats Baby,” the owners of Dillinger Brewing (all UA alumni!) knew they had to come to Baja Beer Fest prepared. So they’ve got the Boatshoes Hazy IPA, their entry into the festival's IPA competition, judged by the Tucson Homebrew Club, and named for their old college kicks that they still wear when they’re brewing.
Their second new offering is “The Notorious ESB.” The “ESB” stands for “Extra Special Bitter,” and the mild, malty brew is a part of Dillinger’s series of traditional beers. Said co-founder Aaron Long, "I mean, I think everyone likes old-school rap."
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. A full list of the beers available from the festivals' 40+ vendors can be found here.
The Bites
In partnership with our friends at KFMA, The Weekly has launched a new podcast to let you know where to have fun in this dusty burg—and man, is there a lot to do! (As you can see if you check out our City Week, Reel Indie, Quick Bites, Nightcrawler and XOXO columns.)
The Lineup feature Tucson Weekly Executive Editor Jim Nintzel and KFMA DJ Emil "Boy Wonder" Richardson. Give it a listen—and don't forget about KFMA Day on Saturday, April 14, at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Unscrewed Theater has moved to new space in Midway Office Park at 4500 E. Speedway, but for as long as the space is under construction, the company will perform shows at 7 p.m., Fridays at Dedicated Gluten-free Bakery, with which it shares a wall. “We’re calling it the Next Door tour,” he says, “but we also may be doing pop-up shows around town.” The way to keep up, he says, is to follow the events at facebook.com/UnscrewedTheater/.
Each show will feature two of the theater’s house teams, the original Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed, the musical group From the Top, and two new teams, Leaky Faucet and Comedy Chaos, who debuted last weekend in the closing shows in the old space across from the Loft Theatre.
“We’re calling these shows ‘exclusive’ because we can only seat 30 people. Everyone who wants to get in should buy tickets in advance through our Facebook page or the website, unscrewedtheatre.org.” Dedicated will extend its hours for the show and offer a limited menu.
“Its going to be a lot of work,” Seidman says, “but we’re really excited about this location.” Heading the list of its benefits, he says, is a five-year lease. The Unscrewed organization held its collective breath every year, or less, when the lease came up for renewal at the old address. The next best thing, he says, is that, “We actually face the street so people can see us from the street. They can drive right up to our door.” The entrance to the former theater faced a parking lot behind its building. “Visibility is a really important thing, and there’s plenty of parking.”
The new space will have a classroom for workshops and classes, but Seidman says the dream is to expand further. We’re counting on the fact that (this complex) has so many vacancies, that a space close to us will open up soon that we can dedicate to our training center.
A volunteer-run nonprofit, Unscrewed is funding the construction, in part, with online donations and the sale of limited edition T-shirts. In addition to funding, Seidman says, the company is always looking for volunteers to help with administrative duties, marketing and behind-the-scenes theatre work.
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Shows
The Pajama Game. “7 1/2 cents doesn’t buy a helluva lot, 7 1/2 cents doesn’t mean a thing. But give it to me every hour, 40 hours every week, and that’s enough for me to be living like a king!” Tony Award-winning musical The Pajama Game is chock full of the sort of songs that will be stuck in your head for years to come. It’s a love story and laborer uprising story and a knife-throwing story all rolled up into one, and the Arizona Repertory Theatre is putting it on for your viewing pleasure. Previews at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 8 and 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 9. Full shows run Wednesday, April 11 through Sunday, April 29, with a varied selection of matinee and evening shows. Marroney Theatre on UA campus, 1025 N. Olive Road. GA $31, seniors/UA employees/alumni/military $29, students $15, preview $20.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018
He continued,
"I am a gun owner and an avid hunter. Over the years I have agreed with most of N.R.A.’s objectives, particularly your educational and training efforts, and your fundamental stance in favor of owning guns."Bush made it sound like the N.R.A was a good ol' association gone bad. But when we go back to the 60s and look at the way it fought gun regulation, it looks more like a bad ol' organization gone worse.
It was 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. had been shot and killed. Nine weeks later, it was Bobby Kennedy's turn. President Lyndon Johnson decided, if there was ever a moment to pass his Gun Control Act, this was it.
An article in the New York Times describes the events. To that point, the country's high rate of gun violence wasn't enough to prod Congress to pass gun regulation. California was one of the few states to pass gun control measures, but it wasn't because of the violence. The legislature was reacting to the sight of Black Panthers on patrol, carrying loaded rifles.
The mood in Congress changed after the King assassination.
The King assassination spurred the legislation not just because it horrified the nation, but also because it prompted unrest across the country, including in Washington, where lawmakers watched rioters come within blocks of the White House as thousands of federal troops were mobilized.After Bobby Kennedy's assassination, Congress made a small change in the law, raising the age when people could buy handguns to 21.
Mr. Johnson wanted something far more sweeping. He proposed to treat guns like cars: They would be registered and their owners would be licensed.Johnson knew he had no more than two weeks to get the bill through Congress or "the N.R.A. will kill us." Which is exactly what happened.
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018
The third annual Baja Beer Festival features more than 40 vendors, all from Arizona, with a special focus on India Pale Ales, or IPA’s, this year. In fact, the Tucson Homebrew Club recently judged the
first-ever statewide IPA competition, and the winners will be announced this weekend as well.
Another first? The fest has teamed up with the Gastronomic Union of Tucson (GUT) to keep your stomach full of something besides bubbles. No outside food is allowed, unless in the form of a stylish pretzel necklace.
The Baja Beer Festival takes place from 2 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 7 at Armory Park.
A $35 general admission ticket includes 20 tasting tickets (one ticket gets you one 4 oz beer tasting). $60 VIP tickets get you in at 1 p.m., an extra hour early, include 25 tasting tickets and a food voucher. Both come with a commemorative tasting mug, so you’ll have something to remember the afternoon by, even if you forget everything that actually happens. Designated driver tickets are available for 10 bucks.
Check out the full list of beers available at the event.
For more information, visit BajaBeerFestival.com
