Tuesday, June 19, 2018
The Derek Jarman-directed film will play at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 19 at The Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. Admission is free but there is a $5 suggested donation. For more details, please visit The Loft's website.
Tags: The Loft Cinema , Edward II , lgbt , film , movies , Video , Image
Monday, June 18, 2018
Based on what is going on right now at the U.S./Mexico border, the Trump administration has gone beyond the threat of eroding and ending human rights in the country. It has moved into action. We are staring directly into the abyss.
Anyone who condones or rationalizes what the administration is doing at the border to infants, toddlers, boys and girls up to the age of 18, and to parents whose children are being torn away from them, is aiding and abetting the destruction of this country as we know it. I'm sorry, but if you claim that you can retain your sense of decency and not condemn what is being done to children and families in our name, you have already lost part of what makes you a decent human being. You share the guilt with the monsters who put this zero tolerance immigration policy into motion and the border guards who are implementing it.
I have to be honest and admit, as a citizen of this country, I share the guilt and shame as well, even though I condemn what is going on with every fiber of my being.
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Marea Jenness, a Tucson High School biology teacher, keeps a megaphone in the trunk of her Mercury Mariner. With the Red for Ed movement becoming a staple these days, she stays ready in the event of more protests.
Jenness is one of thousands of Southern Arizonans who support a citizen-led ballot initiative that increases tax rates on high-income earners to address underfunding in public schools.
Proponents estimate the increase would raise $690 million annually. The proposal would increase taxes on individuals who earn more than $250,000 a year and couples who earn more than $500,000.
The coalition needs 150,642 valid signatures by July 5 to place the Invest in Education Act on the November ballot, but they’re shooting for at least 200,000. David Lujan, director of The Arizona Center for Economic Progress, said the group is on track to getting the signatures they need by the deadline.
Invest in Education organizers hadn’t released a statewide count, as of this week, of how many signatures they had gathered so far. But if they can get enough signatures to put it before voters in November, they stand a decent chance of winning at the ballot box, according to a recent poll discussed at a June 6 INVESTinED news conference in Phoenix with the Children’s Action Alliance and other education advocates.
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You sit down at a table, order beverages, and each beverage gets its own plastic straw. Then you order food, maybe something messy like wings or pizza, and the server hands you a tall stack of disposable paper napkins.
You eat until you’re full, then you take a couple of plastic or styrofoam to-go boxes with your meal preserved inside. When you eat those leftovers the next day, the boxes go into the trash and off to the landfill.
Multiply this routine by millions of American restaurant patrons each day, and there’s a major environmental problem laid out in front of you.
Amy Smith, the owner of Tucson’s Exo Roast Co., is fed up with the harmful effects of plastic and decided that her business won’t be a part of it any longer. So, she replaced all the plastic straws in her shop with paper ones.
Tags: Exo Roast Co. , coffee , environment , paper , plastic , ocean , pollution , planet , Earth , local , Image
A family gets their proverbial ass viciously, horrifically kicked in Hereditary, writer-director Ari Aster’s more-than-impressive feature debut. This is a horror movie that will bruise your brain, make your blood run cold and stay in your system well after you’ve left the theater.
Toni Collette plays a woman dealing with the recent death of her mom, and that mom’s strange obsession with the supernatural. The sins of that mom eventually take their toll on her daughter and, consequently, her family.
The movie is a ghost story, a demon story and a witch story rolled into one, with elements of The Witch, Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist and, yes, The Sixth Sense (that vibe owes a lot to the presence of Collette). It’s also one of the more powerful depictions of a family falling apart in recent years, making it an excursion into horror with an extra layer of depth.
The creeping dread factor starts early in Hereditary and never lets up. Aster proves to be a master of atmospheric scares, relying less upon jolts and gore, and more upon lingering shots in dark corners where you can sort of make out a ghost staring at you. Everything works up to a frightening puzzler of a finale that might have you initially asking, “WTF?” but eventually thinking, “Oh … that’s some messed-up shit right there.”
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“Do you think I could be a part of your family?”
-Fjord (854603)
Bring your family, including dogs, to meet Fjord at HSSA Main Campus at 635 W. Roger Rd. For more information give an adoptions counselor a call at 520-327-6088, ext. 173.
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Sunday, June 17, 2018
Island Claws. For Mondo Mondays at The Loft, June is Marine Monster Beach Party themed! This means you get to see giant, frazzled crabs running amok in a Florida beach city. It a classic cheesy monster movie: Nuclear plant spills onto docile animal, animals get big and angry, screams ensue, guy gets girl (probably). What’s not to like? 8 p.m., Monday, June 18. 3233 E. Speedway Boulevard. $3. Details here.
Events compiled by Emily Dieckman, Dylan Reynolds, BS Eliot, Ava Garcia and Jeff Gardner.
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Friday, June 15, 2018
No matter the time of day, it’s always a good time to have a cold one (or two).
Even if you're not a big soccer fan, you can’t deny that hanging out with a bunch of people having fun (while drinking) is always a good time.
Illegal Pete’s Tucson knows this simple fact and has made it a little easier to toss back a few drinks during early-hours World Cup games.
Through July 15, Pete’s (876 E. University Blvd.) will host Happy Hour through every single World Cup game. That's a lot of happy hours!
Here is the schedule:
Pima Animal Care Center is having a overcrowding problem. They have taken close to 180 animals in two days and the shelter is looking for help in the community to adopt or foster animals.
As of Thursday, June 14 the shelter had close to 350 dogs and over 250 cats.
“The situation at PACC is increasingly dire, as there is not one single space to put an incoming dog right now.” said PACC Director of Animal Services Kristen Auerbach.
PACC will be having a "Pet for Dad" adoption special, which will give community members the opportunity to name their own adoption fee for any pet. The special is running all weekend, through Father's Day, Sunday, June 17.
The pets will be spayed or neutered, microchipped, vaccinated and come with a vet visit voucher.
Dog licenses cost $18.
If you do not want to adopt, people can consider the option of fostering that does not come with any time limits if you fall in love with our new furry friend. You can foster for a day, a week or a month.
For the fostering and adoption application you can go to PACCs website.
To visit the shelter, business hours are noon to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the weekend.
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