Monday, March 7, 2016
That's right, Potter fans! Your wish has been granted. We American muggles are finally getting some answers.
In anticipation of the new film trilogy from the wizarding world, author J.K. Rowling will be releasing four new stories about the history of magic in the new world. The series, called Magic in North America, will be released in installments starting tomorrow March 8 at 7 a.m. Tucson time and continuing every day until Friday, March 11, according to the announcement on Pottermore.com.
The first of the films, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, will be released Nov. 18.
"Magic in North America will bring to light the history of this previously unexplored corner of the wizarding world in the run up to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. And you’ll want to get up to speed before the film comes around in November."Check the interactive Harry Potter site, Pottermore, tomorrow for the first story.
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The festival aims to illuminate women's issues, nationally unite women and highlight female filmmakers through a variety of film mediums ranging from animated shorts to fictional dramas. Topics explored include motherhood, body image, cultural diversity and breaking gender barriers.
Created and funded by LUNA (yes, LUNA as in the nutrition bar), LUNAFEST benefits Tucson's Breast Cancer Fund and the UA's Women's Studies Advisory Council. The event will also collect money and non-perishable food or feminine hygiene products for the Adult and Youth Programs of the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation as part of the YWCA Southern Arizona. Donors will get one voucher for buy-one-get-one free raffle tickets.
Featured LUNAFEST films include the following:
- Balsa Wood by Dominique Lecchi
- Beach Flags by Sarah Saidan
- Boxeadora by Meg Smaker
- Finding June by Anna Schumacher
- First World Problems by Hanna Maylett
- Raising Ryland by Sarah Feeley
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Friday, March 4, 2016
Yes, corned beef and cabbage is the most common dish served on St. Patrick's Day, but there are plenty of other delicious meals that are sure to wow your green-season party crowd. And they definitely do not include green food coloring.
1. Pan Fried Salmon with Citrus Vinaigrette (total cook time- about 45 minutes)
This healthy meal features one of the Emerald Isle's staple foods— Salmon. (It also happens to be one of my favorite foods as well.) Plus, this recipe is a perfect use for all of that citrus being forced on you by friends and family with fruit trees in their back yards.
What you'll need: asparagus, extra-virgin olive oil, fresh orange juice, fresh lemon juice, fresh lime juice, shallots, chives, Salt and freshly ground pepper, vegetable oil and, most importantly, skinless salmon fillets
Find the full recipe here.
Tags: Irish , Ireland , food , st. Patrick's day , stew , bundt cake , salmon , asparagus , yum , recipe , citrus
Thursday, March 3, 2016
The Physics Bus is a mobile platform chock full of do-it-yourself exhibits that awaken interest and creativity. We want to launch one out of Tucson and we need your help.The organization has started a crowdfunding campaign to reach their goal of $20,000.
The non profit Physics Factory, started by a group of educators with a sense of adventure, has offered tens of thousands of kids eye-popping, mind-bending experiences in science for over 10 years. Recently, we’ve developed a more effective way of getting kids thinking about physics: we bring a bus full of science for kids to explore extraordinary phenomena with ordinary things.
Piloted in Ithaca, NY, and Gainesville, FL over the past year, our interactive museum-on-wheels has been received with overwhelming enthusiasm and high demand. Now our team in Tucson is eager to launch a Physics Bus Southwest.
$10,000 buys us a solid bus with wheelchair access and air conditioningThey have raised $18,100 so far. Want to help them reach their goal or get some more information? Visit the Physics Bus West website.
$2,000 gets us insurance, licensing and registration
$3,000 allows us to reclassify it, convert it, and outfit it
$5,000 covers the first year of fuel and volunteer support
Tags: education , physics , bus , physical science , science education , STEM , science , experiment , solar powered , crowdfunding , Video
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Time to start clearing out your closet: the Body Revolution called, and it wants you to attend a Pop-Up Clothing Swap this weekend.
Never been to a clothing swap? The basic idea is this: Go through your wardrobe and pull out the gently-used clothes you never wear these days—you know, the clothes you're always surprised to see Buffalo Exchange pass on. Bring 'em to the exchange, go through somebody else's former favorites and come home with a bunch of new-to-you goodies.
Typically, clothing swaps are events organized between friends. The Body Revolution is taking it to the next level.
For starters, they're emphasizing inclusivity: clothing of any size or style, and the event is open to all genders.
In addition to whatever clothes people bring to swap, local designers and retailers will be hanging out in a Pop-Up Shop. Among them will be Erin Cox of Southwestern Belle Alterations & Design and Elizabeth Denneau of Candy Strike—our first and second place 2015 Best of Tucson finalists for Best Local Designer.
Cox is bringing something different to the mix—live alterations.
"That way, if you find something that doesn't quite fit, you can make some quick adjustments and still take it home," says Erin Jaye, one of the people leading the Body Revolution in Tucson.
Tags: clothing swap , body revolution , I never have anything to wear , lets get some new clothes and support a good cause
Monday, February 29, 2016
Even months after the official release of the documentary "Rape on the Night Shift"—an investigative piece that truly gave a platform to the voices of immigrant women who have been victims of sexual assault while working late-night janitorial jobs—the creators of the doc continue to feel the ramifications of putting an ignored issue of this caliber under a gigantic magnifying lens.
To award-winning doc-maker and journalist Andrés Cediel, one of the producers of the film, it's rewarding to know that janitorial corporations like ABM, which was featured in the documentary, agreed to change some of their internal policies to ensure sexual assault allegations are handled with transparency and dignity. "In other words, they are pledging to take this issue more seriously. [It's] a big deal because they are the industry leader," Cediel says. "The fact that we have that response should have effects throughout the industry as well."
He also refers to the more-than-a-handful of times other news outlets have referenced the documentary, as well as janitorial startups that have pledged to protect their workers—again, citing "Rape on the Night Shift" as the foundation.
Tags: rape on the night shift , Violación de un Sueño , rape in the fields , Andrés Cediel , Daffodil Altan , Nina Rabin , Steve Fisher , frontline , PBS , univision , reveal , center for investigative reporting , Investigative Reporting Program UC Berkeley , KQED , immigration , sexual assault , labor trafficking , university of arizona , gallagher theater , tucson , Video
Filming of Little Brother started back in 2010. Each 15-minute chapter explores black boys' lives—as well as their fears and hopes for the future in various communities, ranging from Camden, New Jersey, to Chicago, to here in Tucson. Franklin says the documentaries highlight race issues in wake of recent police violence aimed at black boys and teenagers, but that she and Tigget didn't originally want to tell these boys' stories for that reason.
"We gotta give everyone a chance to be aware of their humanity," she said. "We have to give them that acknowledgement—you know, that, 'I really need to understand who you are,'"
Little Brother: Manchild in the Promised Land, set here in the Old Pueblo, tells the untold history and present of Tucson's black boys and illuminates southwest race relations at large, according to Franklin, who directed this chapter of the docu-series. She says people often forget that black men and women in the southwest were pioneers and conquistadors, but that Tucson Heritage Tours teach this to the local young black community.
"Our history doesn’t have to be one where we’re just slaves—which is true—but there's so many different aspects to our history. Different colors, different riches. It's just something we can highlight, especially in this chapter."
Tags: race , little brother film , little brother chapter five , nicole franklin , jai tigget , tucson , tucson heritage tours
Thursday, February 25, 2016
School of Authentic Journalism: Where Media and Social Movements Meet (It Needs Your Financial Help)
To Greg Berger, reporter and filmmaker with the Mexico-based Narco News, there is no such thing as neutral journalism. There never has been and there never will be.
He runs The School of Authentic Journalism out of Cuernavaca, Morelos, about an hour from Mexico City. It's pretty much the only program in the world that founds itself in the collaboration that burns between media outlets and social movements. The Tucson Weekly's very own editor, Mari Herreras, is an alumni.
"Those of us who have practiced journalism of any kind, believe in supporting social movements and democracy from below," Berger says. "Stories have a big impact with what happens with [a] movement; how movements grow, who is attracted to it, how it gets defined in the court of public opinion."
Berger's voice lights up when he speaks about the school and what it contributes to journalists, social advocates, and the audience overall, around the world. Through the years, the school has trained hundreds of people from the U.S., Latin America and as far as Egypt.
The school was founded in 2002. Since the inception, it's had shaky finances—as many grassroots programs that do not rely on corporate money do. The school has had its share of big donors and little donors. It went into a hiatus from 2004 until 2010, which is when the school got a major boost from donors. But that money's been invested, and last year was the first time after that six-year recession that the school created a Kickstarter campaign to rely on.
In the next few days, the school needs everyone's help more than anything. They are trying to raise $30,000 to host its 2016 program.
They are not quiet half way there, with roughly $13,000 and seven more days to go. The deadline is March 4. It makes Berger nervous, but all he can do is keep pushing. If anything, his passion for what he does fuels the hustling mind.
"We have people doing freestyle rap battles on the streets of Mexico City to raise money for the school, people hosting brunches in New York," he says. Berger's is a New Yorker by birth. He's lived in Mexico for more than a decade now. "We don't just want money from people, we want to bring people into the stories we are doing."
Help the school out and be a part of a movement that pushes for pure, humanistic journalism.
Visit the school's Kickstarter page. Anything counts.
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Expect deals 20 to 50 percent off normal pricing and lots of cool, Vogue-esque vintage finds. Get a feel for Desert Vintage's fashion aesthetic online here, or check out their Instagram page.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Licensed and certified fitness instructors from across Arizona will teach a laundry list of exercise classes, ranging from more popularized fitness regimens such as P90X, yoga and Zumba, to newer ones like PiYo and Turbo Kick. Fit Fest offers attendees a range of low and high impact workouts so everyone can participate—meaning, don't be discouraged to attend if you can't run in and out of Sabino Canyon in an hour.
All ticket-sale proceeds will fund the Zoo's construction of a new Animal Health Center that's been in the works since May 2014. The new center will be around 7,500 square feet and update the Zoo's current resources to reflect current veterinary technologies and standards. New technological additions include a surgical suite, intensive care unit and diagnostic laboratory, to name a few.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children ages 2 to 14 pre-sale, and $25 at the door. Find more info and grab your tickets here.
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