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Morsels (Oct 24 2003 12:13 GMT) - Some of Tucson's favorite chefs get hot and spicy this weekend. |
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Restaurants (Oct 24 2003 12:13 GMT) - Buddy's Grill - 4821 E. Grant Road, at North Swan Road. Hamburgers, please, here - they're so good, Star readers voted them Tucson's best. High-Tucson casual. 795-2226. |
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- Mexican music wafts over the speakers and open-range-themed murals come alive on the walls of the 2-month-old El Presidente Family Restaurant. |
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- We've discussed different kinds of chiles in this column before. |
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- Scottish poet Robin Robertson has just two books of poems to his credit. But those books have won him some high-powered fans. |
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- Tuesday - "The Hulk," "City of Ghosts," "Whale Rider." |
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- October is filled with ghosts, goblins and ghouls - and arts. Autumn is one of the pinnacles of Tucson's fine arts seasons: theater, opera and classical music fill stages with richly textured, soul-touching performances. It's high season, and we have some classical music to share. |
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- 'Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle' PG-13 for action violence, sensuality and language/innuendo. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu return as the trio of sexy detectives who go undercover as nuns, extreme bikers and strippers to foil a criminal plot by an ex-Angel (Demi Moore). |
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- University of Arizona sports fans spell relief B-A-S-K-E-T-B-A-L-L. |
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Readings (Oct 24 2003 12:13 GMT) - TODAY |
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Top rentals (Oct 24 2003 12:13 GMT) - Last week's top-rented DVDs, according to online rental service Netflix: |
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- As you pass by Arizona Stadium on Saturday, roll down your windows and inhale the booming sounds of the Southwest's best marching bands. |
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- Gato Barbieri has become very smooth since recording the soundtrack to "Last Tango in Paris." Last year's release from the Argentine sax man, "Shadow of Cat," missed the Latin Grammy for best Latin jazz album by a whisker. "Latin" isn't as accurate as "smooth" for the 68-year-old Barbieri. |
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- One of bluegrass music's promising rising stars will perform in Tucson this weekend, marking the Old Pueblo debut of the Pine Mountain Railroad. |
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- In 1997, the members of the grupo norteño act Bronco packed in their fringed, pink-satin suits, cowboy hats and matching horse-head belt buckles and retired. But they were just kidding. |
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- Good musicians and chile peppers have a lot in common. |
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Concerts (Oct 24 2003 12:13 GMT) - TODAY |
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- One of the Old Pueblo's best singer/songwriters returns to North Fourth Avenue next week. Chris Holiman, at right, takes the stage 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at Plush, 340 E. |
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- New York City singer-songwriter Nadine Goellner has a voice that's hauntingly unforgettable: part Edie Brickell high on jazz, strongly influenced by Chaka Khan with remnants of Norah Jones. |
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Music Notes (Oct 24 2003 12:13 GMT) - Rasputina is a pseudo-classical, hard-core "positive goth" band. |
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- Oro Valley Jazz Festival & Artisan Market will celebrate its aluminum anniversary this weekend. |
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- Chris Conley's band name has never been more apt. The frontman of Princeton, N.J.'s Saves the Day said his fourth CD, "In Reverie," is all about peace, love and understanding. |
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- You can call me: Desert pupfish, aka Cyprinodon macularius. My Spanish-speaking friends call me "cachorrito del desierto." |
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- The new moon appears Saturday morning, and the young crescent will form a spectacular pairing with Venus right after sunset Sunday night. |
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- It's billed as a "big ballyhoo of bikes and beer" and will benefit a Tucson bicycle-building brigade called BICAS. |
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- Get a figurative, if not a literal, high at the Festival of Color hot air balloon festival in Sierra Vista this weekend. |
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- If you were a NASCAR driver, you might have trouble getting close to Kevin Harvick's #29 Chevrolet on the track: The up-and-coming star is currently second in the championship point standings and has finished in the top five in 10 races this year. But being a NASCAR fan, you can get as close as you want to the GM Goodwrench mobile from 8 a.m. to 8 p. |
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- Join Jack Skellington, the Hogwarts gang, the Lord of Darkness and Zorro for a Halloween celebration. Or not. |
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- "Snowbird" is a ski village in Utah. There's not a lot of snow in Tucson, so what's with the common colloquialism around here? |
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- You're not the only one who suffered through the long, hot summer - your car did, too. Now make sure that everything's A-OK at one of AAA Arizona's Car Care Clinics from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the AAA office at 8204 E. Broadway, just east of Pantano Road. |
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- Vroom, vroom. These handbags made out of seat belts really rev our engines. |
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- Sunstone Artisans' Fair isn't just about the shopping. The fair's motto: handcrafted works - heartfelt cause. |
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- Help the Tucson Mall celebrate its grand reopening Friday and this weekend. |
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- It features a "Waste-o-rama" section with lots of links to other time-wasting sites and an amusing message board that covers everything from rants about school subjects that suck to "boss out of town" stories. |
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- Comparing yourself to Justin Timberlake is a slippery slope. Really, what comes next? |
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- Ever wish you could dance like da pros in da club? Check out www.watchmedance.com . The free site is based in Eugene, Ore. |
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- Tired of singing solos in the shower? |
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- This poll reflects the opinions only of those Internet users who choose to participate. |
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Must Buy (Oct 24 2003 12:13 GMT) - We admit it - we're suckers for packaging. That's why these full-length CDs couldn't be passed up. |
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Box office (Oct 24 2003 12:13 GMT) - Movie Last Week Total Weeks Out |
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- Dylan McDermott is not the idealistic Boston attorney Bobby Donnell, the character he portrayed for seven years on David Kelley's long-running show, "The Practice." But his latest high-profile role is far from Donnell. |
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- Fangoria magazine has released a must-have book for horror-movie fans: "101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen" ($13). Written by Adam Lukeman, the book reveals lost classics such as "Dolls" and "The Dentist." |
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- With "Scary Movie 3," the spoofy "Scary Movie" franchise enters "threequel" territory today. The movie, co-written and directed by David Zucker, one third of the "ZAZ" trio (David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker), makes fun of anything and everything movie-related. Here's a look at previous ZAZ exploits: |
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- A movie written, directed and edited by John Sayles is always an opportunity for discussion of politics and culture, if not an occasion to celebrate the joy of honest, intelligent movie-making. |
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- Video may have killed the radio star, but a goofy script killed the "Radio" star. |
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- Funny thing about "Scary Movie 3:" Most of the jokes just don't work. The script is as goofy and discombobulated as you'll ever see in a wide-release motion picture. The special effects would have been out of date in the 1950s. |
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- Convincingly oblivious to the camera, Georges Lopez teaches kids ages 4 to 11 in a one-room schoolhouse in rural France in the French documentary "To Be and to Have." |
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- "Wonderland" is a steaming cesspool of a movie, oozing sludge made of misery and deception that creeps off the screen and sticks you to your chair. |
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