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Arizonan Bandstand: Sergio Mendoza y la Orkestanew
Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta, a Latin-jazz big band now just reaching the age of six months, has already grown to become an increasingly popular draw in Tucson nightclubs and around the Southwest.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-25-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bullock and Reynolds Have Great Chemistry, But the Movie Around Them Falls Apartnew
Hopefully, The Proposal won't be the only time Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds share the screen—because the movie isn't half as good as the stars occupying it.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
06-25-2009 |
Reviews
A Perfectly Charming Rom-Com Couplenew
Away We Go is no masterpiece, and it aims far lower than it thinks it does, but for all that, it's passably decent.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-25-2009 |
Reviews
Rational Ignorance: Q&A with Elections Expert David Schleichernew
David Schleicher, a law professor at George Mason University, talks about partisan branding and why voters don't know much about politics.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
06-25-2009 |
Politics
Robert Colescott, Artist Provocateur: 1925-2009new
Tucson's most critically acclaimed artist was laid to rest in Sierra Vista last weekend.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
06-25-2009 |
Art
Tags: Robert Colescott, painting
Aerosmith's Joey Kramer Lets Loosenew
The drummer steps out from behind the kit to talk about his new book, Hit Hard.
Boston Phoenix |
The Sandbox |
06-24-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Is Twitter Driving the Ongoing Political Crisis in Iran?new
If the question seems premature, that's because it is: we still don't know how the unrest that followed Iran's contested June 12 presidential election is going to end. But it's already being debated.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
06-24-2009 |
Media
It's Time Obama Moved Vigorously to Advance Gay and Lesbian Rightsnew
If you are gay or lesbian, or if you care about realizing social justice, you must be wondering when Obama is going to turn his attention to the fact that one in 10 of the nation's more than 230 million adults are second-class citizens.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
06-24-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: Barack Obama, same-sex marriage
How Cheap, Mass-Produced Food Is Killing Our Environment, Our Economy — and Usnew
The food we eat today is making us fat. It's making us sick. And the vast, government-subsidized system of agribusiness and mechanized corporate food production is inefficient and unsustainable, slowly ruining our environment, our economy, and our culture.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-24-2009 |
Science
'Little Ashes' Burns Time Instead of Blazingnew
Little Ashes is as pretty as an illustrated picture book, with wind-blown fields of Andalusian grass and gorgeous cliff-side seascapes, but has only about as much to say.
Boise Weekly |
Jeremiah Wierenga |
06-24-2009 |
Reviews
Portland Singer-Songwriter Laura Gibson's Meditation on Mortalitynew
Though somber at points, Laura Gibson's second full-length, Beasts of Seasons, never edges toward macabre. The album emerges as more of a tribute to the plights and longings of the living than a fixation on the inevitability of death.
Boise Weekly |
Tara Morgan |
06-24-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
San Antonio Film Festival Turns 15new
San Antonio Film Festival curator Adam Rocha says he's grown up over the past 15 years, and the festival has, too.
San Antonio Current |
Christine Stanley |
06-24-2009 |
Movies
The New San Antonio Mayor Takes a Page Out of Rival's Staff Playbooknew
What draws attention about San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro's administration is how closely the new mayor's team adheres to the template established by his one-time rival, former Mayor Phil
Hardberger.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
06-24-2009 |
Politics
Long-Running House Radio Show Returns to San Antonio's Limelightnew
Though it's been a decade since glow sticks ruled the night, the long-running KSYM House Nation radio program is marking nearly 15 years as the voice of San Antonio's electronic dance scene.
San Antonio Current |
Johnston Farrow |
06-24-2009 |
Music
'Objectified''s Subjects Plot a User-Friendly Universenew
Gary Hustwit's Objectified is more an appreciation than a critique of something utterly ubiquitous -- in this case product design -- and a few stellar personalities behind it.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
06-24-2009 |
Reviews
