Girls rock, flat documentaries do not. ...
Bonnie Raitt is one of the early modern-day girls with guitars — fierce, feisty and blessed. ...
The first thing you may notice about Clinic is that its members wear surgical masks. ...
Brothers David and Howard Bellamy played their first gig together 40 years ago. ...
Ernie Kellett is a street-maintenance crew chief for Tucson's transportation department. ...
Pam Reed knows heat. ...
Jennifer Senger opened Sigi's Boutique nine years ago, after previous stints as a retail buyer and hairdresser. The boutique sells high-end women's clothing (dresses range from $50 to $300). Senger's "hot five" for this summer: ...
Summer in Tucson is a mind-set that starts kicking in right about now. May 26, on average, is the first day we see 100 degrees each year. The following Web sites are loaded with ways to fill the 14 hot weekends ahead. ...
Usually when something is cheesy, it's silly and ridiculous. ...
The Wingstop, a Dallas-based chicken chain, ruled the roost in our Food Fight over buffalo wings. ...
There's hot food and then there's hot food. ...
Here's a list of shows coming to Tucson and Phoenix...
There's no better place sip cocktails than by the pool. Unless, of course, you're in the pool. ...
This just might be the summer of music that's worthy of the drive to Phoenix. ...
KFMA Day with Metallica is finally here, though for a time it seemed like it was never going to happen. ...
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for what is likely to be the most intriguing country pairing of the summer concert season: ZZ Top and Brooks & Dunn Aug. 2 at Phoenix's Cricket Wireless Pavilion. ...
Kelby Laabs moved to Tucson in April, just in time to watch his beloved Phoenix Suns make their playoff push. ...
A blue moon is a common term for a rare event — as in "once in a blue moon." ...
When visiting a foreign land, there could be some homespun comforts you miss. ...
Tucson has plenty of hot film series set to light your cinematic fire this summer. ...
Those nagging "minor" problems that burdened "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" take center stage in "Prince Caspian," the second of seven "Chronicles of Narnia" to make it to the big screen. ...
The premise of Helen Hunt's romantic comedy "Then She Found Me" is reminiscent of "Rocky IV," when Rocky tells his wife the circumstances in which he'll fight Ivan Drago, his revelations increasingly awful. ...
Jaymes Thompson wants to be a trailblazer for gay film. He's looking to reach what he sees as a vast, wealthy, largely untapped market....
As gas prices climb ever higher, so does the cost of packing the family into the car and driving to the beach. Fortunately, you don't have to go far to have a great vacation. ...
We may not be swimming in a sea of fan favorites from now until late August, but the summer months aren't the doldrums of television they used to be. ...
Restaurant specials are some of the best perks of a Tucson summer — prices start to fall about the time the mercury climbs beyond 100. The following specials generally start June 1. Deals don't include tax or tips. We'll keep this list posted, and updated, on aznightbuzz.com through Labor Day. ...
After a lengthy absence following 2005's "X&Y," Coldplay returns with a new album and a stop in the desert. ...
The Second Annual Meet Me Downtown 5K Night Run/Walk is June 7. ...
Next week in Caliente, look for a rundown of Mars-themed movies, most of which are remarkably awful. We've found that a trip into orbit with the likes of "Ghosts of Mars" and "Species II" is as harrowing as attempting a flight to the red planet. ...
Widescreen dreams Friday with student films at Fox ...
To search the Star's restaurant review database, go to go.azstarnet.com/restaurants. ...
Professor Henry Jones Jr. is offering a refresher course on his past achievements before you join the throng to see his latest, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," which hits theaters next Thursday....
* Denotes complexes in which at least one theater has equipment for the hearing-impaired.
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In my humble opinion, I think you overlooked ("Rating George," April 3) in your ratings one of George Clooney's "very good" performances in "O Brother, Where Are Thou?" which, incidentally, received two Academy Award nominations. ...
Opening Friday ...
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Roma Caffé, 4140 W. Ina Road, is hosting a bake sale from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. next Thursday to benefit the Children's Miracle Network. ...
Concerts Classical ...
FLAGSTAFF — I trekked the wildlands of Northern Arizona for years — never bothering to visit a long-fizzled-out volcano called Red Mountain. ...
1. Berger Performing Arts Center at the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind
www.asdb.state.az.us/berger/home.html
1200 W. Speedway
770-3690
Parking: Free in lots on the east side of the school and one on the west. Disabled parking in the West lot, closest to the theater....