Tucson Weekly

Tucson has long been known for its Sonoran food traditions, but anyone who has spent time eating around the city knows the story doesn’t end there. tucsonweekly.com/chow-2/a-world…

According to a new Washington State University study, researchers discovered that cannabis intoxication impacts the way memories are recalled, along with specifically impacting prospective memory, the capacity to remember tasks needed at future dates. tucsonweekly.com/newsopinion/ca…

Through the end of March, Northwest Healthcare is hosting its fourth annual Jars of Love Peanut Butter Drive to support the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. tucsonweekly.com/artsculture/ja…

The Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition’s annual festival started as a New Year’s mochi pounding event and has grown to a larger scale with taiko drumming; traditional dancing; martial arts; origami; food; a marketplace; tea ceremonies and more. tucsonweekly.com/newsopinion/cu…

Train lovers in the Old Pueblo have an opportunity to talk all things vintage locomotives at the 2026 Silver Spike Railroad Jubilee set for 10 a.m. Saturday, March 21. Of course, nonvintage train lovers are also welcome. tucsonweekly.com/artsculture/al…

Hotter temperatures combined with record-low rain and snowfall have fire officials worried about a longer wildfire season. tucsonweekly.com/newsopinion/cu…

Oral arguments have begun for U.S. v. Hemani, a legal moment that will define gun ownership among marijuana users. tucsonweekly.com/newsopinion/ca…

Public response to Twilight Sonoran, Ignacio Garcia’s blue, black and white, 1,200-square-foot, eye-level painting of a Sonoran Desert night, has been “beyond imagination positive,” according to Jamie Maslyn Larson, president and CEO of Tohono Chul Park. tucsonweekly.com/artsculture/98…

Arizona Theatre Company’s production of Jen Silverman’s play “The Roommate” tells a story of an unlikely friendship between two very different middle-aged women: a recently divorced empty nester from Iowa and a vegan lesbian from New York. tucsonweekly.com/artsculture/pe…

After a season full of close games and near misses, Arizona almost had it in the final game of its season. tucsonweekly.com/newsopinion/cu…

Quesos on 4th is the latest addition to Fourth Avenue’s selection of delightful, sometimes curious, food fare. tucsonweekly.com/chow-2/you-che…

Union members at a dispensary in Pennsylvania voted unanimously in favor of striking, following the company’s failures to provide employees with a contract that imposes fair wages. tucsonweekly.com/newsopinion/ca…

It took seven years for the Smithereens to become an overnight success. At least that’s what the group’s guitarist, Jim Babjak, said. Now in their late 60s, the members still know how to bring it. tucsonweekly.com/music/smashed-…

Celebrate matcha’s origins and culture at “Zen and the Art of Matcha,” a free screening of the movie of the same name next week at @TheFoxTucson.

Arizona State Sen. J.D. Mesnard has been frustrated by the smell of weed in his own neighborhood. So much so, that he introduced new legislation that would make residential consumption of marijuana a crime, if it is deemed to be publicly disruptive. tucsonweekly.com/newsopinion/ca…

When co-founders Nanette Robinson and Nancy Mellan opened ZUZI! Dance in 1999, their mission was to make dance accessible to everyone across all ages, ability level and experience. tucsonweekly.com/newsopinion/cu…

Each winter, one of Tucson’s busiest events forces the city’s youth hockey scene to hit pause. It’s a boon for the city, but not for the Tucson Junior Roadrunners, the city’s premier youth hockey association, as they search for available ice. tucsonweekly.com/newsopinion/cu…

Look up into the night sky and there are more than just stars and planets. Writer and night sky watcher Jeff Woolwine says that’s not all there is. tucsonweekly.com/artsculture/th…

For nearly two decades, the “Happy Together” Tour has brought a lineup of 1960s and 1970s hitmakers back to stages across the country. In 2026, the nostalgia-driven summer package returns for its 17th year. tucsonweekly.com/music/happy-to…

John Cariani’s play “Almost, Maine” explores love and relationships in an honest, open way through couples living in the same small town in Maine. tucsonweekly.com/artsculture/un…