Wednesday, November 13, 2013
It's getting easier to be green.
Here's your chance to experience Park(ing) Day this Saturday, November 16th, at Exo Roast Co. and Tap & Bottle located near the intersection of North Sixth Avenue and East Seventh Street. The event will be in conjunction with the Greater Arizona Bicycling Association’s annual Fall Bike Swap at 400 North Fifth Avenue.
Park(ing) Day is made possible by Living Streets Alliance (LSA), the Sustainable City Project (SCP), and the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA), and the participation of local businesses Exo Roast Co. and Tap & Bottle.
“Parklets create cost-effective, quality, mini-parks that enhance business districts and ‘green’ the streets,” says Emily Yetman, Executive Director of Living Streets Alliance. “They give shoppers a comfortable place to relax in between activities, and create a unique focal point for passersby, improving the attractiveness of the area as well and the quality of the pedestrian space. They’re a great way to increase walkability and in doing so, attract more customers to local businesses.”
Tags: Local Business , Park(ing) Day , Living Streets Alliance , Sustainable City Project , and the University of Arizona College of Architecture , Planning and Landscape Architecture , GABA Fall Bike Swap
Friday, November 8, 2013
Good excuse to use the song from 'Dirty Dancing.'
Friday, November 1, 2013
Tomorrow at 10:40 a.m., V Lundon and Tell Me Something Good will be shooting a video for their son "Santa Fe," at Club Congress
It's not too early and it's kinda cool the band is welcoming folks and children of all ages to participate. The Facebook announcement says it's only going to take about an hour. Get some breakfast, show up and dance and then do a downtown stroll.
Tags: V Lundon , Tell Me Something Good , Santa Fe , Club Congress , video shoot , everyone welome , Video
Thursday, October 31, 2013
If you can't make it tonight then check out the All Souls pre-party from noon to 9 p.m.
Tags: Borderland Brewing Company , Night of the living dead , All Souls , Halloween
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Whose joke is it anyway?
Happy Tuesdays presents a special show honoring dead famous stand up comedians at The Loft Cinema in Mooney's Back Lot behind screen #3. In the spirit of the Day of Dead and Halloween, tonight's show is titled "ComeDia de los Muertos."
Tags: stand up comedy , the loft cinema , happy tuesdays , dead comics society , Video
Monday, October 28, 2013
KRS-One will be in the 520 tomorrow, October 29 with local hip hop artists at the Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress Street. The opening acts are some of Tucson's most prolific rappers: Jivin Scientists and Big Meridox.
Tags: thuganomics , rialto theatre , Jivin Scientists and Big Meridox , KRS-ONE , Video
Friday, October 25, 2013
There's going to be a big Monster Mash at Hotel Congress tomorrow starting at 8 p.m. There's going to be fun games, prizes and live music. Click here to buy your tickets.
Bring your locally grown tomatoes to throw at me.
You might have seen Clark on TNT's The Closer, or Outsourced or the hotdog vendor at this year's Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2013. I know him because of his voiceover work on the Blade II video game from 11 years ago. Steve Poggi will be the featured act, and there will be some local comedians doing some guest spots as well.
I'm hosting all 4 shows all weekend. You might have seen me at Tucson Meet Yourself doing the Cupid Shuffle. It's going to be a lot like that but I think I'll do the Electric Slide instead. There's an early show at 8 p.m.and late show at 10:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. You should come down and get a drink with me at the bar. Dingo the bartender will take care of us.
Email me at [email protected] to win some tickets to the show. Click here from more information then you need.
Tags: come and tell me how much you love my writing , blade II , The Closer , TNT , Henry Barajas , Tom Clark , Steve Poggi , Laffs Comedy Caffe , Video
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Do you want to play a game with Tucson Roller Derby?
It's that time of the year when you get to dress up as a sexy cat, and I'm not talking about the sexy feral cats that cry at my door for food. I know a lot of you have been dying to show off your costumes that you have spent months or hours making. Halloween is like comic-con with out all the clearasil and Big Bang Theory jokes. The Tucson Roller Derby is having their ninth annual ABC Halloween Party Fundraiser at 8 p.m. this Friday, October 25 at The Hut, 305 North Fourth Avenue.
I have attended a roller derby bash in Phoenix once and those girls know how to party. I felt like the pretty girl at the prom because there were more (tough) ladies than guys there.
Tickets are only $20 and you get five drink tickets. There will be a costume contest with cash prizes. All the proceeds go to the Tucson Roller Derby. For more information click here for their Facebook event page.
It's not the typical cat videos we pick-up. This cutie isn't walking upright and doing the cha-cha or popping his head in and out of a cardboard box. No. This cat was caught smuggling marijuana into a prison. Cats are amazing creatures.
Prison workers apprehended the cat late last week after they noticed it wearing a suspicious purple collar.In a video posted to the Department of Prisons website, officials can be seen lightly caressing the animal as they carefully untie two polyurethane bags wrapped around its neck. They cut open the bags to find a green "herbal" substance with "the distinct odor of marijuana."
Investigators have concluded that the cat was outfitted with the collar outside the internment facility and sent to deliver its contents to inmates through a small hole.
Tags: dope smuggling cat , happy prisoners are now sad prisoners , Video
