Monday, February 11, 2019
"My name is Wyatt and I am a BIG boy! I am a 100lb boy who is on a special diet at the shelter. I am looking for an adopter who will help me get healthy with lots of walks and jogs! I hope I get to meet you."
- Wyatt, Male Dog 5 years old
Visit HSSA Main Campus at 635 W. Roger Rd. or call 520-327-6088, ext. 173
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330 S. Scott Ave.
Organizers describe the event:
With Love, Marilyn stars Erin Sullivan as Marilyn Monroe in a special one-woman tribute performance to one of the most iconic romantic ingenues.And here is your chance to go for free!
Show times vary starting Valentine's Day (Feb. 14) to Sunday, Feb. 17.
Enter with your name and email for a chance to see the show on us. Entrants must be 18 or older to participate. Good luck!
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Then, just as ghost children wave in the rear-view mirror, the story shifts, “I’ve been taught that I should wait to be chosen/That I haven’t known love until I’ve been destroyed by love.” The solace of the beguiling golden light becomes something dark-hued and cautionary.
Gibson expands, “I wanted the songs to feel like fables, to unfold with dream logic.” Her songs are haunted. Odd birds act as harbingers before transmogrifying into wolves.
“I’d known for a long time that I wanted to make a record about grief. In some ways, every song I’ve ever written has something to do with grief,” says Gibson, staring boldly into the abyss.
Perfused with ruminations about her distant past and uncertain future, the folk/indie rock singer wrote and recorded Goners during a time of personal upheaval and transition. Much of the album explores the loss of her father when she was a teenager and her wrestling with the decision of whether or not to become a parent herself. Gibson’s pen transforms a scar into a vessel for memory.
“If we're already goners,” she sings in the title track, “Why wait any longer for something to crack open?” The album carries weight and casts a broken spectre over the world at large.
Monday, Feb 11 sees Laura Gibson at The Rialto Theatre on a celebratory tour supporting singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov.
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The Pima Animal Care Center accepts homeless, stray, abandoned, surrendered and neglected cats and dogs from all over the county. An enormous undertaking, PACC cares for about 17,000 animals every year. That's an average of 61 pets arriving per day, according to their 2018 annual report.
This year was the first that PACC operated out of their brand new facility on Silverbell Road. The building was funded in 2014 by voter-approved bonds and features a new veterinarian clinic, pet housing areas, indoor and outdoor kennels, improved ventilation and separate lobbies for adoptions, pet support services and medical help.
The report states there were 10,893 animals adopted this year, which is a 15 percent increase from last year. 2,000 Pima County families fostered 5,080 cats and dogs as well. 90 percent of the animals that came to the shelter were placed in a home. Almost 2,000 lifesaving surgeries were performed by PACC's veterinarians and almost 9,000 spay and neuter surgeries were performed, which helps decrease the population of stray and feral animals. A record-breaking 90,584 hours of service were provided by 1,122 volunteers, which County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry said is equal to 39 full-time staff positions.
In his Friday memo to the Board of Supervisors, Huckelberry wrote that the new facility has contributed to zero disease outbreaks within the care center this year. Sick animals are now housed in separate medical rooms, preventing the spread of illnesses. Healthy animals have also seen an increased quality of life while staying in the center.
"Group housing rooms, play yards and indoor/outdoor housing for cats and dogs meant this year PACC pets were exposed to fresh air and natural light during their stay, and were able to interact with members of their own species, keeping them happier and healthier," Huckelberry wrote.
14 patrol officers and the animal protection and enforcement program cover the entirety of Pima County, responding to dog bites, cruelty and neglect complaints and licensure and leash compliance, according to PACC's report. This past year more than 26,000 calls were answered, regarding reports of animal cruelty, neglect, leash law violations and sightings of stray animals.
"In 2018 PACC had its most successful year yet by every measure," Huckelberry wrote. "This is clearly due to the investment of the Pima County Board of Supervisors, and the continued support of volunteers, staff, foster caregivers, the Friends of PACC, advocates, rescue partners and adopters."
The full 2018 annual report can be viewed here.
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As you can see by our calendar, there are loads of events happening around town that celebrate all things beer, but we have your chance to attend one special event for free!
Enter for your chance to win two free tickets to the Tucson Craft Beer Crawl on Saturday, Feb. 16. This year is number five for the crawl which organizers describe as a bar-crawl-meets-beer-festival that takes over downtown. Gear up to sample beer from 30 breweries!
Entrants must be 21+ to participate.
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Remember back when getting rid of teacher tenure was a thing?
The reasoning was, if we don't give teachers tenure and put them all on one year contracts, principals can fire lousy teachers without having to jump through legal hoops. All those old folks sitting in the classroom crossing days off the calendar until retirement can be booted out, the reasoning went, and be replaced with new, excited, vibrant young teachers who can't wait to have classrooms of their own.
Of course, those were never the real reasons the privatization/"education reform" crowd, which was behind the anti-tenure movement, was pushing this so hard. It was just another way of attacking teachers unions' bargaining power and furthering the "failing teachers in failing schools" stereotype.
The anti-tenure movement had a few years of prominence starting around 2010, when some state legislatures passed laws restricting teacher tenure. But three years later, the new big education story was teacher shortages: too few teachers in the classroom, too few college students in the teacher-education pipeline. By 2015, people were calling it a crisis. In 2019, it's being called a nationwide epidemic.
When schools are desperate for teachers, it sounds ridiculous to say we should look for more ways to fire experienced teachers. Schools are begging teachers to stay. They're holding local teacher fairs and trying to lure teachers from around the country and from other countries.
In Arizona, we've lowered our standards so far, people who are willing to teach can get something called a Subject Matter Expert Standard Teaching Certificate with nothing more than a Bachelor's Degree. Actually, a high school diploma will do. Hell, a high school dropout with relevant work experience can get one of those credentials and begin teaching the next day.
Attacking tenure is a dead issue these days. The irony is, the push to end tenure is one of the reasons we don't have extra teachers hanging around we can afford to fire. It's one of many reasons teaching is looking less attractive to college students thinking about their careers, and why young teachers are leaving the profession in droves. Most of the reasons can be traced back to the privatization/"education reform" crowd which is doing whatever it can to harm public schools.
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Valentine's Day Card Making. There is just something so special about a handmade gift, no matter your artistic ability, your loved one is sure to appreciate a great Valentine's Day card. Drop in and make a beautiful Valentine's Day card for that special person in your life. Mary Ellen Palmeri will help you create an imaginative and colorful card. Supplies will be provided. Woods Memorial Library 3455 N. First Ave. 594-5445. 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Details here.
Class of ’69! The Greatest Hits from 50 Years Ago. This annual salute to the Billboard top songs from 50 years ago features chart toppers from 1969! Join Crystal Stark and Alex Mack with the Lonely Street Band and think back to a time when you could sing along and didn’t want to change the dial when they played a new hit song. Concert tickets range from $15-$25. 6 p.m. The Gaslight Theatre 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 886-9428 for reservations. Details here. Details here.
Monday House Party with DJ Sid the Kid. Retrolution, the longest running dance night in the history of Tucson featuring all your favorite hits of the 80’s, is finally being dragged, kicking in screaming, into the 90’s. Get your dance on this Monday night and get the week off to a great start. 10 p.m. Hotel Congress. 311 E. Congress St. 792-6366. Free, 21+. Details here.
Events compiled by Briannon Wilfong, Emily Dieckman, B.S. Eliot and Jeff Gardner.
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Outside of music, this indie-folk artist labors on his three-acre farm growing medical-grade marijuana and vegetables for market. When not farming, the Colorado-based singer-songwriter recorded Evening Machines, his seventh album, in a studio housed in his barn. Gregory Alan Isakov will be “Raising Cain” at The Rialto Theatre. Details here.
Gutter Town, Clementine Was Right and The Cactus Pricks tumble and twirl at The District Tavern. Details here.
From Welland, Ontario, Juno-nominated musician, poet and visual artist Daniel Romano “delivers mosey croonin’” at Club Congress. With buttressing by Casey Golden and Buxton. Details here.
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Friday, February 8, 2019
The pair also took time to break down the proposed dismissal of Arizona assistant basketball coach Mark Phelps and what his ouster means for Sean Miller's future in Tucson.
They also discussed the state of the Pac-12, covering ASU's 21-point loss at home to Washington State, who the Wildcats play on Saturday night.
The pair finished their podcast with a breakdown of games to bet on on Saturday, with Vondrak highlighting his picks to win each contest.
Tune in to the Weekly's newest show each Friday, as Boan and Vondrak break down all the hard-hitting subjects that are near-and-dear to your heart as a Tucson sports fan.
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