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Adrienne Young Tours to Help the Local-Foods Movementnew

Young makes acclaimed homegrown music and is a vocal activist for sustainable agriculture and the movement supporting the growing, buying and consuming of organic and locally grown foods.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 06-19-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: food, organic, locavores, Adrienne Young, Room to Grow

New Rule May Allow Loaded Guns into National Parksnew

The NRA's motive for pushing the law is two-fold: consistency with state laws and giving gun owners the ability to protect themselves and their family. But guns in national parks don't seem necessary to most park advocates.

Tucson Weekly | Brian Park | 06-19-2008 | Policy Issues

Tags: guns, NRA, public policy issues, national parks, The Department of Interior

The Feds Want You to Think They're Controlling the Border. Think Againnew

Nothing on the border is what it seems, and the pedestrian fence is another illusion. If you ask most Americans about it, they'll say its intent is to stop people from crossing the border. It isn't. Even Border Patrol admits it only slows them down.

Tucson Weekly | Leo W. Banks | 06-19-2008 | Immigration

Tags: Border Patrol, Arizona, Mexico, Immigration, border, border fence

The Patterned Lyricism of School of Languagenew

Somewhere between Elf Power or Sparklehorse and the jukebox in the Mos Eisley Cantina is an adequate reference point for School of Language.

Tucson Weekly | Linda Ray | 06-11-2008 | Reviews

Tags: School of Language, Sea From Shore

Al Green Unleashes His Best Material in Decadesnew

Although he reunited with famed producer Willie Mitchell for his previous two albums, legendary R&B singer Green has delved into the world of neo-soul to create his latest CD, and the resulting songs sound both classic and contemporary at the same time.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 06-11-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Al Green, Lay It Down

Hayden's Newest Album is Original, Interesting and Government-fundednew

Part of the reason we're seeing so many talented Canadian bands these days has to do with the fact that they can actually get government funding for making music.

Tucson Weekly | Annie Holub | 06-11-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Hayden, In Field and Town

Martin Dosh: Creatively Satisfiednew

Dosh's mad-scientist alchemy results in a compelling instrumental alloy.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 06-11-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Dosh, Wolves and Wishes

'Kung Fu Panda' Tests Martial Arts Selling Powernew

Jack Black + an animated panda + martial arts = box-office gold!

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 06-11-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Kung Fu Panda, John Stevenson, Mark Osborne

Adam Sandler's Latest Has Good Intentionsnew

In terms of laughs per minute, You Don't Mess With the Zohan is notably funnier than most films about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

Tucson Weekly | James DiGiovanna | 06-11-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Dennis Dugan, You Don't Mess With the Zohan

Border-Area Rapes Challenge a Stumbling Systemnew

According to immigrant-advocacy groups, nearly all women and female children smuggled north face some degree of sexual abuse, including rape. It is now considered "the price of admission." And since these horrid crimes occur in a murky milieu, law-enforcement officials consider them among the toughest to pursue.

Tucson Weekly | Tim Vanderpool | 06-11-2008 | Immigration

Tags: Immigration, rape, sexual abuse, crime & justice, smuggling

Married? Then Do Not Read This Columnnew

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I've been communicating with a lot of divorced people lately. I've read tons of books on the sociology, psychology, morality and religiosity of the process, and I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that nobody knows a goddamn thing about marriage.

Tucson Weekly | Catherine O'Sullivan | 06-11-2008 | Comedy

Tags: humor & satire