Friday, February 2, 2018
Want to have fun this weekend? The Weekly has 25 recommendations for you. Surely there's something for you on this list!
American Flying Buffalo Pho Special. American Flying Buffalo will be at Button Brew House with a pho-nomenal surprise: A brand new pho menu! Get all the spicy, soupy goodness you can. And if you’re feeling pho-rugal, bring your own bowl and get $1 off. Apologies for all these aw-pho-l puns. 4-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2. 6800 N Camino Martin, suite 160.
The Loft Cinema First Friday Shorts. If you attended last month’s contest, you know what to expect, and if you didn’t, you better show up to this. This is an opportunity to see Tucson’s best and weirdest local shorts: horror, animation, comedy, documentary, a phallically murderous grizzly bear. See the true face of your city. 9-11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2. $6. 3233 East Speedway Blvd.
The Flame Off. It’s called the Flame Off, but it’s game on for the 18 glass artists who will race against the clock to create the best masterpiece out of molten glass this year. The artists come from all over the country, except for one international competitor, and have 90 minutes to create their entry pieces (which will be auctioned off the day after the competition) in front of an audience. For the 17th year of the annual festival, onlookers can enjoy the spectacle, along with Thunder Canyon Brewery beer, wine, live auctions, raffle prizes and food trucks. 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2. 633 W. 18th St. $20 will call, $50 VIP, with proceeds benefiting the nonprofit Sonoran Glass School.
World Premiere Meteorite & Laser Gem Show. It doesn’t seem like a talk by Geoff Notkin (one of the most popular live speakers in the world), an actual T-Rex skeleton and a light show done by Pink Floyd’s former laser designer should even be allowed to be in one place. Isn’t there some sort of safety regulation for having so much cool stuff in one place? Minds will be blown, heads could explode, you may be swept off your feet. Notkin’s talk will be called “Space Rocks, Nuts and Bolts: The Secret Science of Meteorites” and accompanying dino/laser extravaganza will take place in a 3,200 square foot exhibit space. BRING POPCORN. And bring the kids. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2. 22nd Street Show, 600 W. 22nd St. Free!
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Landry probably neither heard of that list nor gives a shit about it. (She might use more graphic language but wasn’t available for comment.) Still, it, and others similar, reflect a fairly recent surge in the number of women making a name in comedy.
Over the next three weeks, Laughing Stock will cover funny women exclusively, not to serve any agenda (not that we're above serving an agenda) but because women are legitimately the biggest comedy stories in town this month.
Landry will headline the weekend shows at venerable Laff’s Comedy Caffé, Friday and Saturday, February 9 and 10. She’ll return for a Valentine’s Day special, with roses for the ladies, on Wednesday, Feb. 14. Visit laffstucson.com for details, video and reservations. You should probably hurry.
Hurry faster for reservations for Landry’s headlining turn on Sunday, Feb. 11, in the Valentine’s Day edition of The Estrogen Hour, which almost always sells out. That (approximately) triennial event has launched almost every woman comic in Tucson. It’s hosted by arguably Tucson’s top woman comedian, Nancy Stanley. With Mary Steed, she invented the show a few years back to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Laff’s regularly hosts this show, but does not sell tickets. All reservations are handled via an LLS system at tinyurl.com/msmarylaffs. That site also includes all show details and a history of The Estrogen Hour.
Featured with Landry in the Feb. 11 lineup are Ben’s Bells founder Jeannette Maré, Surly Wench Comedy Open Mic host Roxy Merrari, photographer Nicci Radhe, FST!’s Mel Blumenthal and Tucson’s funniest cancer patient, Jennifer Finley.
Landry’s jokes are NSFW, but whip smart and real as pot smoke, motherhood and this morning’s continental breakfast at Rodeway Inn. As a single mom, she honed her craft in the overheated competition of New York City comedy clubs. Comedy Central gave her a solo special, and she won third place nationally on the network’s “Standup Showdown.” Craig Ferguson’s audience gave her a standing ovation. In Las Vegas, she has headlined nightly shows at The Stratosphere and Planet Hollywood, and on TV, she’s acted in a dozen series.
Tags: Lisa Landry , Nancy Stanley , Laff's Comedy Caffe , Jeannette Mare , Roxy Merrari , Nicci Radhe , FST , Mel Blumenthal , Jennifer Finley , Mary Steed , Leukemia and Lymphoma Society , Image
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Music to Your Ears
John Kamfonas & Eric Edberg. The Sea of Glass Center for the Arts is hosting Award-winning pianist John Kamfonas, known for his talent with improvisation and Eric Edberg, a Julliard and Peabody Conservatory-trained cellist. Spend a weekday evening watching these two powerhouses make gorgeous music. The Beer & Wine Garden will be open before, during and after the show, so you can take the edge off of your Tuesday. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30. Sea of Glass Center for the Arts, 330 E. Seventh St. $15 advance, $20 day-of. For adults, $12/$17 for teens 12 to 17, $4 for kids 11 and under.Bernstein Mass! Mass, formally known as Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers, is a big deal. Leonard Bernstein composed it, and wrote the lyrics along with Stephen Schwartz (he’s the guy who wrote Wicked, and did music and lyrics for The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Prince of Egypt). It’s loosely based on a Catholic mass, but it explodes into Broadway, avant-garde and classical styles at different times to explore the versatility of humanity’s relationship with god. This performance features the Grammy-nominated group True Concord, Baritone Jubilant Sykes, UA Dance and the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus. 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 26 and 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 28. Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd. $20 to $75.
Catalina Organ Festival. Maybe they call it organ music because you can feel it through your whole body—like it’s good for your own, internal organs. There’s just something striking about hearing grandiose chords echo throughout a room, like the chapel in the Catalina United Methodist Church. The church continues their 2017/2018 organ festival with a performance by Katelyn Emerson, first-prize winner of the American Guild of Organist’s 2016 National Young Artists’ Competition and associate organist and choirmaster at the Church of the Advent in Boston. She’ll be playing works by the likes of Reinberger, Bach, Escaich, Sowerby and Litaize. 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26. Catalina United Methodist Church, 2700 E. Speedway Blvd. $15 advance, $20 at the door.
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Friday, January 12, 2018
The prodigal returns to celebrate Seven Years of Mayhem at 6 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 14, at Unscrewed Theatre. Tickets are $7 via squareup.com/store/musical-mayhem-cabaret; $10 at the door.
As director, Cianciotto brings fresh perspective to the anniversary show, based on his recent experience directing and acting in off-Broadway productions. Among other projects, he produces the popular Trans Voices Cabaret at the legendary Duplex Piano Bar and Cabaret Theater in Greenwich Village. That show spotlights transgender, non-binary, and genderqueer musical theater performers.
Returning former members will bulk up the current Mayhem cast for the anniversary special. They’ll appear in person and via video, both live and recorded. Alumni featured include Jillian Mitchell, China Young, Morgan Smith and other audience favorites. The full cast includes Veronica Conran, Kirsten Cummins, Abigail Dunscomb, Cinder Elliot, Lety Gonzalez, David Gunther, Melanie Kersey, Tristan Kluge, Melanie Kondziolka, Katie Popiel, Alyson Precie, Jessica Pryde, Cameron Rau, Nathalie Rodriguez, Mandy Ressler, Nicolette Shaffer, Morgan Smith, Brin Wassenberg, Lani Villanueva, Deborah Witchey.
The company creates new musical skits for every show. For the anniversary, they’ve re-imagined songs from Rent, Wicked, Reefer Madness, My Fair Lady, Side Show, Book of Mormon, Les Misérables, Oklahoma and animated favorites Hercules, The Little Mermaid, Frozen and others. Expect classic tunes to show up onstage as puns, send-ups, dress-ups and even new story lines, under-rehearsed and over-dramatic in the Musical Mayhem tradition.
Mayhem found its permanent home at Unscrewed Theatre after spending its formative years at the former Colors Food & Spirits, New Moon and Fluxx Theatres. The last time Cianciotto performed with Mayhem at Unscrewed Theater was in their five-year anniversary show, just before he returned to his New York City hometown to star in a critically acclaimed musical and New York Times Critic’s Pick, Southern Comfort.
“It was quite the jump to go from under rehearsed and over dramatic to adequately rehearsed and appropriately dramatic,” says Cianciotto, “but performing at the world-renowned Public Theater (A Chorus Line, Hamilton) was a dream come true for me.” Cianciotto now lives in the Bronx with his wife, former Mayhem cast member Rebecca Cianciotto.
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Friday, January 5, 2018
Festival organizers had hoped to lure Green and her Rincon/University High theater students to the American High School Theater Festival portion of their month-long, 300-venue event the following year. That trip never happened, but Green’s first taste of fringe gave her the vision that now drives the eighth Tucson Fringe Theatre Festival, Jan. 11-14. Details are at tucsonfringe.org. The festival pass is $3; each show is $10.
Twenty-one artists each will perform one to three shows, and most are comical, Green says. “A lot of fringe artists are solo performers. I think it's hard to sell somebody on an hour of one person's tragedy, although for a good third of the artists that's their show. Most of them are very high-energy onstage. Almost all (the shows) are autobiographical, or semi-autobiographical, but there’s a story arc, and they’re very scripted.”
Two crowd favorites from prior Tucson Fringe events make a triumphant return. Beloved for his The Gay Uncle Explains It All To You, which filled the chairs for his Club Congress shows last year, Jeffrey Robert introduces The Gay Uncle’s Journey Through The Valley Of The Dolls. The set uses Jaqueline Susann’s hit novel as a launchpad for connecting a constellation of pop culture icons.
Catfish Baruni, harvested, via slideshows, the comic potential of a Mark Twain story about beef contracts and a catalog of European fairy tales in prior fringe outings. He’s lately plying his fascinatingly distorted worldview in partnership with fellow nerd Natalia Storie. When the pair started a busking enterprise to raise money, the result was Nickels and Dimes, a duo show which, we are told, may have won fictional awards at other fests.
Young parents, and anyone considering parenthood, might want to check out Tucson’s first foray into a common fringe fest format: Bring Your Own Venue. Feces on-da Face, by San Diego Playwright Joe Udall, features new parents in an Airbnb, where their notions about gender identification, relationships and roles play out over a hiking vacation with their seven-month-old daughter. The venue is their guest room at Elysian Grove Market.
We also like Confessions of a Delinquent Cheerleader, from St. Paul, Minnesota; Abeyance, an all-pantomime show by UA theater student Tyler West; and Audra Bachera’s A Glorious Day for Mrs. Sissy Fiz.
Tags: Tucson Fringe Festival , Maryann Green , Catfish Baruni , Tyler West , Gay Uncle , Jeffrey Rogers , Fringe Theater , Image
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
“Before I worked here, I was trying to work on movies as an editor,” says J.J. Giddings of The Loft Cinema. “So much work goes into making a film, even a not so good film, that you deserve a chance to see it on the big screen.” Gittings is marketing director for Tucson’s nationally acclaimed art house cinema, and producer of the theater's monthly gong show for new works, Friday Night Shorts.
First Friday Shorts offers any local filmmaker-manqué a chance to show a work up to 15 minutes long on the 50-foot screen in the Loft’s newly renovated main theatre. If the audience loves it, a film can run until it ends. But things end badly if the audience hates it; at the three-minute mark, they’re invited to try to get the emcee to gong the film and shut it down.
Either way, the audience feedback is an education the auteurs could never buy. “It's a platform for filmmakers where they can go and just get real feedback from live bodies in front of the screen,” says comedian and KXCI DJ Brigitte Thum, who co-hosts the show with her husband, comedian Mike Sterner, a former writer for Bill Maher’s Politically Correct.
There is no telling what an audience will see. Filmmakers begin delivering their work to the Loft on Friday morning, and the first 15 in the door are shown. Recent entries have been documentaries, music videos and animated films. “There's always going to be something really goofy,” Thum says. Giddings adds, “Comedy usually goes over well, because it's just a simple idea to get across. Drama is a lot harder to communicate.”
Sterner and Thum keep the mood light and fun, trading spontaneous quips with fimmakers and each other. Thum covers the theater with her wireless mic, interviewing filmmakers about their work. “It kind of gives humanity to it,” she says, “like, this is a film made by a person. their blood, sweat and tears. This is the filmmaker you are gonging.”
Sterner offers low-key, practical tips, like, “You might want to get a tri-pod.”
First Friday Shorts takes place at 9 p.m., on Jan. 5, and the first Friday of every month. Admission is $6; $5 for Loft members; $1 more for online reservations. There is no fee for entering a film. Each month the audience picks a winner to receive a $200 check. All the year’s winners are screened in May to compete for a $1000 prize.
Tags: The Loft Cinema , J.J. Giddings , Bridgitte Thum , Mike Sterner , First Friday Shorts
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Featured are two of Tucson’s most popular visiting comedians – Andrew Rivers and Jade Esteban Estrada. Both perform twice on New Year’s Eve: a dinner show at 7 pm, $30; and a champagne-included dessert show at 10:30 pm., $25. Tax and tip are extra, but included in online reservations. The three dinner options include garden salad and sides; they are braised short rib, chicken Françoise and salmon filet.
A free weekend in Las Vegas goes to the luckiest door prize winner at each show.
Both headliners are proven Laff’s laugh-makers. Last December we wrote about Esteban Estrada the Prada Enchilada, with his “Las Vegas style and Palm Springs sass.” NBC news called him “The Prince of Pride.” He sends up the very stereotypes he creates with swishy bravado and a smile.
Rivers reprises his hit appearance last New Year’s Eve at Laffs, but, he promises, “Every time I visit a club, I bring new material.”
Turning to comedy when he lost his job a year out of college, Rivers says, “It was the best thing that ever happened,” he says. “It throws you out of your comfort zone to get crazy. You want to contribute to society in some way.”
His critically acclaimed YouTube series, “Don’t Quit Your Night Job,” in which he tries to do other people’s jobs, proves that comedy was his best option. “People are always, like, ‘I could never do comedy’. I could never do anything else.” His work ethic helps. “I've performed in 40 states, all over Europe and Canada, and on cruise ships,” he says, “there's nothing in ten years of comedy that I haven't done.”
If you have other New Year’s plans, you can still see Rivers and Esteban at 8 and 10:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 29; and 7 and 9:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 30. Visit laffstucson.com for details and reservations.
New for Comedy News
Here’s a new bookmark for comedy fans: tucsoncomedy.com. Chad Lehrman has expanded his site from a resource for local comedians to a calendar of all the comedy shows in town. Soon he expects include comedians’ profiles.
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Friday, December 8, 2017
Fake News? Fun Tradition!
Cartoonist and comedy impresario David Fitzsimmons reprises his Arroyo Café Holiday Radio Show at the Rialto Theatre on Saturday, December 16 at 1 p.m. Tickets are $15 via rialtotheatre.com, in advance or at the door.It’s become such a popular Old Pueblo tradition that even the POTUS has noticed. Trump went so far as to tweet to organizers that he’s not interested in making an appearance. “Lame. Why drag me into your Christmas spectacular? Sad, really.” Naturally, Fitzsimmons and crew immediately added him to the bill. Fitzsimmons suggests, however, “Trump supporters may want to skip this one. Ho,ho, ho!”
The production has an old-time radio show format, a la Prairie Home Companion, chock-a-block with Tucson celebrities. In addition to Fitzsimmons, the Arroyo Café Players include KVOA’s Lupita Murillo; American Idol contender Crystal Stark; long-time radio announcer Bobby Rich; and comedians Elliot Glicksman, Jay Taylor, Nancy Stanley, Nick Seivert, Josiah Osego, Mike Sterner and Bridgitte Thum. The Grandsons of the Pioneers, comprising members of Reveille Men’s Choir, round out the bill, along with Wilbur Wildcat and the President of the United States, all under the musical direction of soprano soloist and sound designer Lindsey McHugh.
Light Family Fare at Gaslight
Sweet and smooth as the froth on your eggnog, Christmas in the Big Apple is a grand time for any family gathering that includes both the youngest and oldest members. The villainy is paper-thin and the survival of the Santa spirit is never in doubt. Lots of opportunities for interactive play include in simple, repeated lines and hilariously groan-worthy jokes, straight out of the third-grade joke book. Costumes are as spectacular as we’ve come to expect of the Gaslight Theatre. The red dresses in the olio all but stole the show for this scrivener.Hurry to book this holiday treat as some performances have been sold out since May. Visit thegaslighttheatre.com for details; call for reservations.
Tops and Bottoms at Borderlands Brewery
Ten dollars buys a beer and a show on from 7 to 10 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 10, when Borderlands’ monthly showcase Brew Ha Ha presents The Tops and Bottoms Tour featuring Carmen Morales and Anthony Desamito. Morales’ has won fans on Punchline, Sirius XM radio, two seasons of Laughs on Fox and multiple festivals. She also co-hosts a New York Times comedy podcast. Desamito has appeared on Laughs on FOX and The Doug Stanhope Podcast. He co-hosts a podcast recapping episode of the Golden Girls, and a monthly show at the Hollywood Improv Lab.
Tags: Desert Diamond Casino , Borderlands Brewery , Gaslight Theatre , Carmen Morales , Anthony Desamito , David Fitzsimmons , Fitz , Lupita Murillo;Crystal Stark; Bobby Rich; Elliot Glicksman;Jay Taylor; Nancy Stanley; Nick Seivert; Josiah Osego; Mike Sterner; Bridgitte Thum; Grandsons of the Pioneers; Reveille Men’s Choir;Wilbur Wildcat;Lindsey McHugh.
Friday, December 1, 2017
Holly Jolly
Holiday Choirs at Tubac Luminaria Lights. TaliasVan’s Bright & Morning Star Choir & Orchestra are here to wish you a merry Christmas, wish you a merry Christmas, bring good tidings for you and your kin and to wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Their performance in Tubac will be preceded by the CosmoYouth choir’s melodic stylings, and holiday refreshments, holiday cheer and holiday gifts will be available throughout the night for purchase (the cheer is free). Rumors are flying about a possible appearance by the big man in red himself, and who wants to be the one who has to say they skipped out on an opportunity to meet the real Santa Claus? 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, and Saturday, Dec. 2. Tubac Plaza next to Sacred Treasures, 29 Tubac Plaza. Donations appreciated.Smile with Santa. It’s truly astonishing that Santa Claus has never won TIME’s Person of the Year Award. He travels all around the world making children happy, provided jobs for the elf population before it was required by affirmative action, and eats cookies in households across America so that Americans won’t, thus helping to keep obesity levels down. In between all of this, he’s finding time to let children (even the four-legged variety) pose for free pictures with him at Tucson Premium Outlets, and to host a story time on Saturdays. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays have storytime from noon to 1 p.m. and photos from 1 to 5 p.m., Sundays have pet photos from 4 to 5 p.m. and on Sunday, Dec. 24, there will be Santa Photos only from 10 a.m. to noon. Tucson Premium Outlets, 6401 Marana Center Blvd. Free.
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Thursday, November 16, 2017
Music
2017 International Tucson Guitar Festival. The guitar is one of those things that allows space for infinite improvement: You can practice for years and still only beginning to unlock your potential, because there are just that many possibilities. But the world-class guitarists coming to this event will blow you away with what looks and sounds a whole lot like mastery. Three-time Grammy Award nominee Berta Rojas performs at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18 and Grammy Award winning composer/guitarist Sérgio Assad and Grammy Award nominated pianist/vocalist Clarics Assad perform at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 19. Cuban guitarrista Iliana Matos opens the festival at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11 and the Beeston competition is at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 12. Holsclaw Hall, Fred Fox School of Music, 1017 N. Olive Road. Ticket prices vary.A Celebration of Joni Mitchell with Kimberly Ford. It goes without saying that every day is a celebration of Joni Mitchell in its own way, or at least it should be. But treat yourself to an evening jam-packed with Joni by seeing this six-piece SoCal based band headed by Kimberly Ford on vocals. Let Kimberly and Joni remind you that we’re all stardust, and that sometimes sadness, when sung about in just the right way, can be overwhelmingly beautiful. 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17. Gaslight Music Hall of Oro Valley, 13005 N. Oracle Road, No. 165. $25.
April Verch Band: Canada’s Finest Fiddle & Stepdancer. Not many adults are doing the same things today that they were doing when they were 3, or 6 and a half. But those are the ages at which April Verch learned to stepdance and fiddle, respectively, and she’s been steppin’ and fiddlin’ away ever since. Also, she sings. And sometimes she does all three at once. She fiddled at the 2010 Olympic games, she’s fiddled in Vienna Austria, and she’s fiddled her way onto the pages of Rolling Stone magazine. Now, it’s time to let her fiddle, stepdance and fiddle her way into your heart. With Matt & Bekah Rolland of Run Boy Run. 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19. Monterey Court, 505 W. Miracle Mile, Tucson. $15.
The Spirit of Argentina. They move quickly, dramatically and sensually, to the music composed by some of the most legendary figures in the world of tango. They are Tango Buenos Aires, known internationally as one of the most talented and authentic Tango dancers in the world. Contrary to popular belief, it doesn’t take two to tango. It takes a whole expert company of musicians, vocalists and dancers to bring you the cultural experience of a lifetime. (And don’t worry. You don’t have to tango.) 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21. Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress. $24 to $39.
Shopping
Made in Tucson Market. They say home is where the art is, and at this festival, you can find art and goods from dozens of vendors who make their goods locally. And while you’re picking up art prints, candles, jewelry, ceramics, kitchen supplies and other Tucson-made treats, you can chat with the artists (all of whom are Tucson residents) and learn about their processes. How sweet it is to stock up on holiday gifts, treat yourself and support local artists all at once. 10 a.m. to dusk. Saturday, Nov. 18. On Seventh Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. Free.Tags: International Tucson Guitar Festival , Iliana Matos , Beeston Competition , Duo Assad , Berta Rojas , Joni Mitchell , Kimberly Ford , stardust , April Verch Band , fiddle , fiddler , stepdance , stepdancer , Run Boy Run , Spirit of Argentina , Argentina , tango , Tango Buenos Aires , Made in Tucson Market , Market on the Move , local , shop local , TMA Holiday Artisans Market , holiday shopping , Kwanzaa quandary , Old Paints Records , record swap , MOCA , Third Thursdays , Vox Urbana , Wee Winter Wonderland , weein’ in a winter wonderland , 50 Years of Music , Dan Aters , library , star party , library star party , Meteor Mania! , Leonids , Kitt Peak , El Tour , El Tour de Tucson , El Tour Ride Day After Party , yoga , yoga for all body types , Pir Zia Inayat Khan , Inayati Sufi , peace , love , coyote classics dog shows , dog shows , Tucson Kennel Club , Greater Sierra Vista Club , dogs , hockey , the birds , bird v. bird , the supreme court case that shook a nation , Rally for Ironwood Forest , San Diego Gulls , Tucson Roadrunners , ikebana , Yume Japanese Gardens , flowers , floral , floral arrangement , Japan , yay , Barns Courtney , The Cabin Project , Rhymesight , Anna McClellan
