Tucson's topics - tribe.net

Hair Designers

2008-07-24T00:58:39Z

Under New Ownership :
4400 HAIR SALON is under new ownership. We are looking for some new stylist. We have 4 stations left. 4400 HAIR is a RENTAL STATION SALON.

We are in the Newly Renovated Bank of Tucson building, There is a New Full Gym, and restrant in the building, 24hr security.

Check out our web site at: www.4400HAIR.com
Come by and say HI at 4400 E. Broadway #106 Tucson AZ. or call us at 520-322-5858 ask for Greg or Joel

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Dance Variety show in Tempe, AZ- AUGUST-

2008-07-06T07:40:25Z

Bohemian Cabaret
Danse de Cirque
Bellydancers, Tramps and Freaks!

Enter another place and time where world fusion bellydance company, NATIUM World Dance, known for Improvisational Tribal and Modern Fusion Bellydance, hosts Bohemian Cabaret Danse de Cirque Bellydancers, Tramps and Freaks.
This showcase of talent takes place August 16th 2008 at The Sets, in Tempe Arizona at 93 East Southern Ave, East of Mill.
As audience members wander in they are greeted with sights, sounds and scents evocative of exotic destinations, worlds away, and of times forgotten. From the lavish decorations of other countries and times in history, to the enticing sounds of worlds coming together under one roof, audiences will feel as though traveling to mysterious, foreign lands or eras long past. Wander through the mini bazaar to barter, haggle and bid on unique objects d’arte from artisans, vagabonds and tramps.
Bohemian Cabaret Danse de Cirque Bellydancers, Tramps and Freaks is brought to you and created by the same brainchild of Phoenix’s successful Romantasy Cababret, Lucy Morals. Her vision this time involves more of the dancing (who doesn’t like dancing girls!?) and brings you a unique showcase of cutting edge performance, bellydance tableaus, and theatrical dance entertainment. A blend of various aspects of vaudeville, historical and theatrical dance and saucy stage revues will bring Phoenix a unique entertainment event of the
summer.
Behold the mysticism of bellydance, the dangers of fire dance, the temptations of burlesque and the art of theatrical dance numbers as groups from around Arizona, Nevada and California come together to entertain you.
Prepare to enjoy 3 hours of entertainment followed by an after-show cast and crew dance party. After the show, we open up the dance floor for all to take part in the after party soiree. Performers from the show come out to dance and mingle with the audience and to do a meet and greet. The showcase becomes a party for all to participate.
This event is for people 21 and over only, as the venue serves liquor. Come hungry too as the menu has tasty treats from appetizers to delicious grilled burgers.
Gratuities and tips are always appreciated. Door proceeds will benefit Amazing Aussies at www.amazingaussies.com . Several raffles will be held throughout the night and raffle ticket sales will also be donated to Amazing Aussies. This is an organization Natium has benefited at past events to help the group fostering, adoptions, buying supplies, medical aid and educating the public about for these special Australian Shepherd dogs.
Bohemian Cabaret Danse de Cirque Bellydancers, Tramps and Freaks
Directed by K-Lee (aka Lucy Morals), Presented by NATIUM World Dance
Promotions, ticket sales and booking by Trash City Entertainment, Booking & Tickets: www.trashcityentertainment.com
Hosted by The Sets 93 East Southern Tempe, Location: www.thesets.com
August 16 2008 8:30 pm showtime, doors open at 8pm
$15 up close and personal with a table, $10 General Admission - First come first seated

Confirmed acts and more to be added:
Michelle Reynolds- San Francisco http://www.norulesdance.com/Site/Home.html
Ban-Dal-Orange County http://www.ban-dal.com/
Natium World Dance- Phoenix http://www.freewebs.com/thegoddessgarden/natiumworlddance.htm
Bedouin Tribe Dance Company- Tempe http://www.myspace.com/bedouintribe
Anaya Tribal- Phoenix www.anayatribal.com
Deja Dance Company-Phoenix http://www.dejadance.com/
Mahin- Phoenix http://www.mahinbellydance.com/
Troupe Shuvani- Flagstaff http://www.troupeshuvani.com/
Marjani- Tucson http://www.myspace.com/marjanidances
Epona- Phoenix http://www.myspace.com/epona_of_aretias
Rodassi- Yuma http://people.tribe.net/e7e22860-e74c-4007-8e8d-f5a02cd3455f
Najla- Phoenix http://www.gobellydance.com/AboutUs.html

More will be added! This is a full night of unique, entertaining, dance related theatrical, cutting edge and experimental dance. Open your mind and come on in.

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

The Art of Dance

2008-07-02T01:55:12Z

On July 19th, 9pm to 1am, Club Congress will be hosting "The Art Of Dance" in the Copper Room. All proceeds will be donated to From One Mother To Another. For more information go to www.from1mother2another.com. 10$ in advance 12$ at the door.

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Medicinal and Edible Plant Walk July 19, 2008 ,8 am -1 pm

2008-06-30T21:06:01Z

I'm leading a Edible and Medicinal Plant walk on Mt Lemmon on July 19.

We'll explore the higher elevations on this walk, where the air will be cooler. We'll discuss wildcrafting, preparation and medicinal, edible and other uses of the plants we see.

$20 per person. Please register by July 15, 2008.
blueturtlebotanicals@gmail.com

Carpooling suggested, I have room for a couple in my vehicle, and will arrange to meet somewhere in town for carpooling.

Be sure to bring plenty of water, snacks, sun hat or sunscreen and camera and note pad. The walk will be mellow paced, but the ground can be rocky and uneven. Good shoes are a must. We will stop in the shade from time to time to cool off and relax.

Looking foward to having you join me to enjoy the magic of the plants in our beautiful Southwestern home!

E mail me to register or with questions about either walk.

www.blueturtlebotanicals.com

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Black Rose Caffe Bellydance Show

2008-06-25T01:00:23Z

On Saturday, July 12th, Midriff Crisis and other talented, lovely, and awesome Tucson Bellydancers will be performing at Black Rose Caffe from 6:30-7:30pm.

This show will be all ages!

Dancers will be accepting tips, so show your appreciation for their skills by bringing your dollar bills!

Also, Black Rose makes some yummy food and super tasty drinks.

Don't forget to show your support for this local entity by sampling some of their good eats!

Detail Recap:
Who: Midriff Crisis and other Tucson Belly Dancers
What: Super Hot Performances!
Where: Black Rose Caffe, 1800 N. Stone Ave.

Tucson
When: Saturday, July 12th from 6:30 to 7:30pm
ALL AGES!!!

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

San Juan's Day, Native Seeds, Patagonia, SUNDAY 6/22

2008-06-19T05:31:24Z

Native Seeds/SEARCH (local non-profit dedicated to seed conservation of native agricultural crops and cultural heritage of the SW region) is celebrating San Juan's Day at their Conservation Farm in Patagonia, about 45 minutes south of Tucson.

Sunday, June 22, 10A-1P

Come tour the farm, jump into a project, and learn about this year's chiles, sunflowers, beans, and melons. There's a really great potluck that follows. Anyone is welcome. If you come, bring a hat, water and good shoes.

more info at www.nativeseeds.org or call 622-5561

Directions for those who can make the trek:
1. I-10 east for 25 miles, exit Highway 83 Sonoita/Patagonia exit
2. South for 25 miles
3. In Sonoita, turn right towards Patagonia on Highway 82
4. After 12 miles, look for the green "Welcome to Patagonia" sign on your right
5. Immediately take the next left onto San Antonio Road. The sign above the entrance reads "Red Mountain Rance"
6. Cross the wash

The big green barn will be on your right. Volunteers will direct you where to park.

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

June 6th at the Tucson Museum of Art

2008-06-06T00:50:02Z

For all of you that love art and love socializing the Tucson Young Professionals have organized and amazing event! On Friday night June 6th they will be opening the TMOA from 9pm to 1am for Tucsonians to experience art a whole new way. This month's night is called "Get Engaged" and will have featured artist engaging the guest with their art form. The lineup includes Elizabeth Caraballo one of Tucson new artist. For more information check out their website www.typfirstfridays.com. museum

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

peach/Yoga Retreat June 21st, 22nd

2008-05-26T18:19:23Z

Current Retreats
JUNE 20th, 21st and 22nd 2008
YOGA RETREAT with THE PEACH RETREAT
Instructor Joanna Carichner

My goal is to make each class a journey. We begin by creating safe, sacred space through intention, chanting and meditation. Then we share the experience of opening ourselves to prana and allow transformation to occur. We then close the journey and awaken into our lives, more free. Visit her site http://www.joannacarichner.com/
We will have an opening ceremony on Friday night to set our intentions and create sacred space. It would be great to have everyone there.

The summer is our main fruit season here at WSC although we have some kind of fruit available every month of the year. If the timing works we hope to have plenty of peaches so we are calling this THE PEACH RETREAT.

We have a small 18' above ground pool to cool off in and if needed indoor space for yoga. The sauna is available (some people like to do sweats this time of year) outdoor & indoor showers. We will also have areas with misters to take the heat off if needed.

Please bring a towel for the shower and another if you want to use the sauna. Bring your own tent, sleeping bags and flashlights for camping. There is limited indoor space If you want to rent a small dome for the weekend do it early, prices below in payment area.

We will provide 5 simple vegan meals. A dinner on Friday, breakfast, lunch & dinner Saturday and breakfast again on Sunday. If you arrive early or stay longer you are welcome to cook additional meals in our community kitchen. Look around the website it will answer most of your questions. If you have questions about WSC you can email info@windspiritcommuity.org Driving directions can be found here DIRECTIONS TO WIND SPIRIT
We are willing to use a Sliding scale on prices if needed, call or email Joanna -

Joanna Carichner at 520-272-8171
joannayoga.retreat@yahoo.com
Pay online using PayPal buttons below -You can use a credit cards.

Or you can send a check or Money order payable to
Wind Spirit Community
4514 E. Dripping Springs Rd.
Winkelman, AZ 85292

Pay before June 12th - $90
or pay when you arrive - $110.

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Martial Arts for the little ones

2008-05-20T19:39:49Z

Anyone have a recommendation for a Martial Arts place that has classes for 4 year olds? I live in the center of town (speedway and craycroft) so something relatively close would be good.

There is one right around the corner from my place on Pima but they start letting kids in at 6 years old. I know there are Little Dragon classes available, somewhere!

Thanks.
Christine

posted in Tucson - 2 replies

Western Ceremonial Magick

2008-05-03T17:55:57Z

The Theseus Project - Western Ceremonial Magick

This is an introductory course on the theories, techniques and rituals of practice with some of the worlds most mysterious Orders and Secret Societies.

Date: Saturday, May 24, 2008
Location: Black Rose Caffe (blackrosecaffe.com)
Time: 2:00 PM

Topics include:
- Qabalah
- Astrology
- Tarot
- Meditation
- Divination
- Evocation/Invocation
- Ritual
- Healing and Energy work
- And much more..

This is a course for those sincerely interested in Occult practices and the Western Mystery traditions.

Contact: (AzaDio) odokikleqaa [@] aol [dot ] com -or- bodymaster@sevenspirits.org
E-Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theseusproject
Web Site: http://www.sevenspirits.org/theseus.oto

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

new jewelry pics

2008-04-29T23:36:22Z

bronze plugs and titanium pendant on profile

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Sunday May 4th, Baby Club Congress

2008-04-29T21:21:12Z

Put on your sombrero and grab your maracas, and head on down to the Congress Hotel this coming Sunday, May 4th from 2pm-5pm for our Cinco de Mayo themed Baby Club Congress event, and help us once again put the 'P' into Party!

Besides the usual:

**** Disco dancing

****Live band

****Face painting

****Rockstar hairstyling

****Small crawl area

****Sweet raffle

****Bottle specials

****Snack shack,

There will also be:

****Expanded outside activity area with KIDDIE TRAIN!

****Demonstrations by the Tucson Roller Derby brats

****More vendors with locally-made arts and crafts for families and kids

Vendors and entertainers scheduled to participate are: Arbonne, Art Knacky, Beauti Control, Cereal Boxx, Chameleon Faces, Diane Graham Photography, Disco Hairdressing by Barb, DJ David Ragland, Essem Design, Flowers by Pipa, Fun Farm Choo Choo Kiddie Train, Lilla Daisy Designs, Mama's Latte, Mary Kay, Monster Booty, Mr. Mocos Band, Party Animals, Pima County Public Library, Running With Scissors, Stork's Nest of Old Pueblo, Trader Joe's, Tucson Clowns, Tucson Moms, Tucson Roller Derby, and Upromise.com.

Also, save $2 on your entry price if you bring your gently-used baby items to donate to From One Mother to Another, a local non-profit who provides assistance to local mothers in need. (if you already purchased your ticket, receive a coupon good for $2 off the next event). Check out info about the organization and view their wish list at www.myspace.com/from1mother2another or www.from1mother2another.com.

Purchase tickets in advance online at www.hotelcongress.com or at the door. Prices are $10/adult or $15/couple - Babies and Kids FREE! Check out pictures from previous events at www.myspace.com/babyclubcongress.

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Junior League Rummage Sale

2008-04-24T19:51:19Z

There is a LOT of baby/toddler stuff at the Junior League rummage sale (strollers, breastpumps, highchairs, walkers, clothes, toys, you name it).
Again, the sale is Saturday; entrance Saturday is $1 or a can of food and doors open at 7:00 am. I would get there early if you go Saturday as things get picked over soon.

It is open for "Pre-Sale" Friday night. Entrance Friday night is $5. Doors open at 6:00 pm and from what I am told there is a line to get in Friday night. (There are a LOT of people that come to this every year and the popularity of the Friday night presale has mushroomed because people have learned over time that all of the good stuff - furniture, high end stuff, electronics, etc. - usually is sold Friday night.) The catch is that stuff is sold for twice the ticket price on Friday night (though still really cheap - dirt cheap in some cases).

The proceeds of the sale go to fund Junior League community projects throughout the year. For more information you can go to : http://www.juniorleagueoftucson.org/tucson/npo.jsp?pg=join

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Moving to Tucson!

2008-04-24T17:43:37Z

I've noticed that this tribe isn't super active, but it looks like people watch, so I decided to post.

I'm moving to Tucson in August, from North Carolina, and I'm interested in hearing about what kinds of fun festival-type things go on regularly in Tucson, or Southern AZ. (I am already looking forward to the all souls procession!). I'm originally from New Mexico, so I'm super stoked about coming out. The desert soothes me.

As is probably obvious from my tribe photo, I play with hoops and do fire, but am interested in whatever cool community things go on in the area.

posted in Tucson - 4 replies

Are you Going to Toast?

2008-04-23T08:54:04Z

Any Tucsonians going to Toast that have any extra space for one more? I can help with Gas. Peace :D

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

I miss Tucson!

2008-04-22T04:24:44Z

I moved to Las Vegas from Tucson about 6 years ago. I would like to keep in touch and posted on what is going on. I miss the monsoon season, thunderstorms, sunsets, my family, Cafe Congress, 4th Avenue, walks through U of A, downtown Tucson and I could keep going on. Go Wildcats !!

posted in Tucson - 3 replies

Madonnari Chalk Art Festival

2008-04-20T18:57:50Z

Tucson Madonnari Chalk Art Festival
Sat, April 26 11a-6p (same day as Radio Electra event at Nimbus, but way earlier. Come make a day of supporting and creating art)
@ the downtown library plaza

Check out this mission!
"Our mission is to utilize public spaces for the purpose of strengthening our communities through the visual arts. We are, a collective of artists who are committed to creating empowering multi-cultural and inter-generational environments through traditional art forms that are produced publicly. By introducing the Italian inspired I Madonnari sidewalk chalk painting festival to Tucson we are creating a progressive arts mentorship program with youth and artists directly and providing a forum for communities to further develop relationships with one another in a festival environment dedicated to art appreciation. We feel that through the model of the Madonnari artists who founded their art form on principles of community building and neighborhood beautification, we can create a vehicle for our expression to illustrate the streets and sidewalks of Tucson, a city rich in culture and art."

-Professionals/apprentices recreating renditions of Renaissance paintings and contemporary works on sidewalks
-music and poetry performances
-Madonna Art Car display
-Digital sound machine garden in the mesquite bosque
-Interactive Chalk Art areas
-Dessert bistro with Italian espresso, gelato, pastries, barbeque

I'll be there helping out.

http://www.tucsonmadonnari.com/
http://www.downtowntucson.org/chalk_art_festival/

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

From One Mother To Another

2008-04-20T14:46:40Z

Hello,

My sister and I are starting a non profit organization here in Tucson, AZ. It is dedicated to helping mothers provide for their children.. We accomplish that by giving them diapers, clothes, baby furniture, gift cards and more. Our web site is www.from1mother2another.com. We are in desperate need of all sizes of diapers and gift cards. We are just starting and are in the planning stages of fundraising. Any ideas or comments are appreciated!

Thanks again!
Naomi Caraballo

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Radio Electra Presents

2008-04-13T21:14:25Z

Ms Spyder’s Combustible Tea Party

What: A classic evening of Tucson’s brightest and boldest performance art and music at The 6th Annual Radio Electra Benefit!!!

When: Saturday April 26, Doors at 8pm

Where: Nimbus Brewing Company
3850 E 44th Street, Tucson AZ
(520) 745-9175

Why: A yearly event to sponsor Radio Electra’s work with the AZ Burners, and their public service to Black Rock City with 24 hr radio service. This years featured non profit is Burners Without Borders.

Who: Mission Creeps, Flam Chen, Verbabola (presents Sonidero-dance video spoken beat), Clown Band, Metrognome and an open invite for any and all circus, performance art and fire performance…

How much? $12 at the door - $10 in your best sideshow - circus - vaudevillian attire or costume

What is Radio Electra? Radio Electra FM is a theme camp and broadcasting station that participates at the Burning Man Festival every year since their launch in 2000.

Electra FM is community based radio with a staff of DJ's that play music from all parts of the globe and all genres-as well as a unique blend of music, news, weather, commentary and public service announcements for event attendees.

What is Burners With Out Borders? “Burners Without Borders (BWB) coalesced from a spontaneous, collective instinct to meet gaping needs where existing societal systems were clearly failing..” *

BWB is a subsidiary organization of Black Rock Arts Foundation-the non profit wing of Burning Man. They have used there organizational skills and playa expertise to help with such disasters as Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Peru’s 8.0 Earthquake in 2007 and projects like complete wood reclamation from Black Rock City for Reno low Income housing.

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Yoga Retreat April 25th-27th, 2008

2008-04-08T03:06:57Z

Windpspirit Community will be hosting a wonderful yoga retreat weekend this April 25th-27th,2008

Cost is $70
Includes 5 vegetarian meals
Saunas
Tent Space
Limited indoor units available for small fee.

For more info please contact Ben Christiansen 520-408-7670

For directions and more info on Windspirit go to www.windspiritcommunity.org

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Roommate?

2008-04-06T15:49:20Z

I found this great house to move into for my daughter and myself. We were going to live with a friend of mine but unfortunately that fell through. So, I need to find a roommate OR just stay where I'm at. I'd really like to move!

Know anyone? I can tell you more about the place if you email me. The main info is that it's around the Speedway/Swan area and the rent is $350/month. A deal! It's a 3bdrm home with a pool. The roommate would live on one side of the house with their own living room. (well, there's a bathroom/laundry room between the bedroom and living room!) Super cool situation for the right person.

Spread the word. Being liberal, tolerant and cool is mandatory. And no keggers. Sorry, I'm old with a young child, what can I say.

The move in date would be May 1.

Thanks!

posted in Tucson - 2 replies

need a ride from Tucson to LA

2008-04-03T17:57:29Z

Myself and a friend are in Tucson, wanting to go to LA and then northern California. We would like to leave on 7th or after. Earlier could be possible too though.
Have money for gas, also music and good company to share :)
Please e-mail on tribe or call, leave a message because i don't turn my phone on very often.

303-854-8877

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Positively Beautiful- March 29th

2008-03-28T23:06:49Z

Silent Auction 4:00 p.m. - Hotel Congress Lobby, free and open to the public

Artist Elizabeth Caraballo donated a print of one of her most popular pieces to be in the silent auction!

Live Show 7:00 p.m. - Club Congress, over 21, $15.00 tickets available now

Live Show Lineup Includes:
Lucinda Holiday
Bunny Fu Fu
Ajia Simone
Janee Starr
Boys R Us
Homoneurotic

Positively Beautiful is a local organization providing free makeovers to women living with HIV/AIDS. Through makeup, hairstyling and fashion they help to erase identifying physical side effects of both the virus and the powerful medications necessary to keep the disease in check.

Founder Dr. Heather Moroso and her team of local hairstylists, fashion consultants, volunteers and generous business owners hold one-day events that include a great deal of pampering: makeovers, flowers, dinner and a photograph of the results.

(note: see http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/46215.php for a story about their first event.)

posted in Tucson - 1 reply

What are your favorite Mexican restaurants?

2008-03-18T18:44:40Z

We've got a whole slew of Mexican restaurants here in Tucson. What are your favorites?

Personally I really dig La Parrilla Suiza and Mi Nidito. Mmm.

Los Caramelos is a great taco stand if you're looking for some late night munchie action. I think I like it even more than El Guero Canelo.

posted in Tucson - 41 replies

Low Down on Tucson Arizona...

2008-03-18T18:31:46Z

Hello All...My boyfriend and I are looking to possibly relocate to Tucson. The cost of living seems very reasonable, not to mention the weather. I do need honest to god opinions on Tucson. We are both interested in art,music, bodywork, skating, exploring, and healthy eating. I have heard that Arizona has a lot of crime and the water situation is questionable. I currently live in Massachusetts now and I'm freezing my ass off. Health insurance is required and the heat bills are plumetting. We need a change, and some place warmer. We were going to move to San Diego, but when we got there we realized, holy shit CA is expensive! So please if anyone could give me pros and cons of Tucson without a biased opinion, I'd love that. Moving and being happy somewhere is very important to us.

posted in Tucson - 16 replies

Wild Animal Incidents...

2008-03-17T22:04:10Z

Hi all...I was reading earlier today about the different animals that live in Arizona. Apparently 13 species of rattlesnakes, coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, javelinas, etc....The website was a guide on things not to do such as feeding the wild, leaving children and animals unattended, water out, or gardens near your home due to the animals or creatures. I was wondering how common it was to encounter these critters or beasts living in the urban community. Has anyone had any experience with this or known anyone who has? Is it common to take these precautions? How serious is it?

posted in Tucson - 11 replies

Tucson to Disneyland

2008-03-17T22:00:44Z

I plan on taking my 4 year old to Disneyland when school gets out in May. I haven't been in years. I plan on driving but other than knowing where it is and how to get there, I have no clue on the best way to book the trip. Buy a package or purchase the hotel and park tickets separate? I saw that Costco sells park tickets, are they cheaper?

Are there any Disneyland experts on this tribe? Please give advice! I would like to stay for 3 or 4 days, if I can afford it. I would like to stay within walking distance from the park, so we can go back to our hotel to rest, swim and have meals and snacks.

Thanks in advance!

posted in Tucson - 6 replies

Need summer housing?!

2008-03-10T17:18:32Z

I am looking to sublet my room for the summer (we actually have two rooms available). BEAUTIFUL HUGE house right behind UMC, I've often walked to school (it only takes about 10minutes). Very large kitchen, and family room, downstairs has concrete floors with a awesome pebbled shower, stairs and hallway upstairs are dark hardwood floor, and bedrooms are carpeted . There are also two bathrooms in the house. This would be perfect for a responsible, studious graduate student. The rent is $500 dollars a month, starting in mid may and ending at the end of July. If you have any questions at all or would like to see pictures just let me know!

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Farewell Asylum

2008-03-04T04:16:01Z

Sadly it is an end of a great club
I am so sad to see this great place end.. it was the only goth/ industrial club in Tucson and the best on is AZ. It was a place that people could be them selves on a Friday or Saturday night.
I will miss it.
Asylum closes its doors this Thursday night unless by some miricale they raise 16k by thursday (unlikley)

The final schedule of events

This week Asylum Nightclub was served with a UCC foreclosure notice. This Friday & Saturday will be our last weekend. Thursday March 6th, will be our last night. Unless we come up with $16k. Please come out and enjoy the last few nights. We really appreciate everything you all have done for us. The club has always been you, and we'll miss you all.

Here is the remaining schedule of events as it stands:

2/29 - Friday - Evolution: The Leap Year Edition
3/01 - Saturday - 2 part night: 7pm-12am (LIVE: Terrorfakt, Alter Der Ruine, Cervello Elettronico, W.A.S.T.E) | 12am-2am regular Asylum Nightclub
3/02 - Sunday - Preview Night: Featuring DJs from the different weekly nights.
3/01 - Monday - 80's Proof with LSD.J & Disco Bomb
3/02 - Tuesday - Combustion with DJ Euthen8 & 5arah
3/03 - Wednesday - i.m.e.l.e.c.t.r.o with DJ Falcotronik
3/04 - Thursday - LAST NIGHT!!! - MUTINY with DJ NoirTech, Plastic Disease, and Black Flagg closing out the night.

We can't thank you all enough for the support you have given us.
Asylum Nightclub

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Sustaining Desert Porch Garden

2008-03-03T12:14:52Z

Hello all...I know the desert is hard to sustain a proper garden, but has anyone tried porch gardens? Is it just to hot even for that? Everyday Arizona is becoming more appealing to us due to its warmth, but I want to know I can have a little bit of control of growing things. I suppose I could just water them everyday. I know plants like natural rain too. What are your experiences with this?

posted in Tucson - 3 replies

347th B.S.U.R.H. CAMPOUT -Sat- .04.05.08

2008-02-29T12:16:43Z

Ok, we gonna do it again.

The 347th Blow Shit Up and Raise Hell campout/desert party.

date;
Saturday, April 5th, 2008

time;
I'll get there around 1-2 pm or so,
party goes until we come to again.

location;
call 480 306 0192 or pm me for directions and info

...brought to you by the kind folks at Stage6 Productions
and Camp Incendiary Nation @ BM'08.

Line up;

AzNdood

DJ Phx

Jayce

DJ CruKid

Psytek

...more T.B.A

Sound by Stage6 Productions, Lights by Psyteknology.

Weapons by Colt, S&W, Kalishnakov, Browning, Winchester, Savage
and Springfeild Armory.
Explosives by Doc Fyr.

...Ya'll know the rules;
Leave No Trace,
Old Enough Ta Know Better,
$5 buck per person strongly suggested donation,
and Bring everything ya need, I aint'yer momma.

Call, PM or e-mail me for the info,
that's the only way you get it.
480-306-0192
s_t_3@cox.net
http://www.stage6pro.org

Yardz, clear.
)*(

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

999 EYES IN ARIZONA!!!!

2008-02-28T00:03:07Z

Yardz, here, and there is something coming to your neck 'o the woods that just
HAS to be seen.

999 EYES AUTHENTIC HUMAN ODDITIES FREAKSHOW
http://www.999eyes.com/

The March Tour is about to start. Don't miss this!

The Dates and Venues;

03/21/2008 08:00 PM - Relics in sedona AZ
, sedona, Arizona - $11

03/22/2008 08:00 PM - Trunk Space
1506 NW Grand Ave, PHOENIX, 85007 - $11

03/26/2008 08:00 PM - Club Congress
311 E congress st, Tucson, Arizona - $11

03/28/2008 08:00 PM - The Orpheum theater
, Flagstaff, Arizona - $11-15

HERE'S THEE OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE!!!!!!!!

********************************************************************************
***********

The 999 EYES Carnival of the Damned
The UN-politically Correct Tour
March 20 ý 30, 2008
For Immediate Release

Press Contact: Samantha Saladino, 999 EYES PR
(512) 628-0660,

999 EYES Photos available at
http://www.999eyes.com/promo-pressshots.htm

The 999 EYES authentic human freakshow tours the Southwest
ýThe 999 EYES won my heart. Their fun and raucous show stays true to the
carnival spiritý Sansa Asylum, Yard Dogs Road Show

Austin, TX. Month, Day, 2007. The 999 EYES Carnival of the Damned are on the
road again for their UN-Politically Correct Tour.

As the last authentic human oddities freakshow in the world (as seen on National
Geographic), the troupe offers a vaudevillian show so unique, you wonýt believe
your eyes. The troupe recreates the world, one freakshow at a time, as part of
the 10-day tour of the Southwest, March 20 - 30.

In Arizona, the 999 EYES plays;

03/21/2008 08:00 PM - Relics in sedona AZ
, sedona, Arizona - $11

03/22/2008 08:00 PM - Trunk Space
1506 NW Grand Ave, PHOENIX, 85007 - $11

03/26/2008 08:00 PM - Club Congress
311 E congress st, Tucson, Arizona - $11

03/28/2008 08:00 PM - The Orpheum theater
, Flagstaff, Arizona - $11-1

The 999 EYES Carnival of the Damned celebrates genetic diversity by showcasing
amazing feats by fabulous freaks. The show is complete with an attractive
backdrop of original hand-painted sideshow banners, a live Eastern European
circus band, and an authentic traveling dime museum, and instantly transforms
any venue into a carnival. This vaudevillian-style carnival extravaganza
displays the notion that abnormality is something to be celebrated, not
abominated.

Now in its fourth year, the 999 EYES has been selling out shows all over the
country to open-minded audiences of all persuasions and demographics. Do not
miss this show!

The 999 EYES UN-Politically Correct Tour brings the act to eight cities in the
Southwest.
For complete listings of venues, shows, and times, go to www.999eyes.com. .
All venues are wheelchair accessible and tickets range from $9 to $18 per
show.

For More Information Contact:
Laurent Martin, (914)388-4322, lowrenttheclown@gmail.com]
Or check <www.999EYES.com>
********************************************************************************
**********

THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!!!!!!!

Besides, I work with a bunch of these folk on DPW to build your City every year!

RIGHT!
THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!!!

If you need more info, hit me up.
We still need people to flyer in Sedona and Flagstaff,
and if anyone would like to offer a nights accomodations for the troupe (11
people), that would REALLY be cool!

The 999 EYES Carnival of the Damned.
HELL YEAH!!

Yardz, clear
)*(

(btw, my cel is 480 306 0192)

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

I know its early but I'll be out of town...

2008-02-25T05:19:08Z

and I need to find a SMALL studio or guest house to live in for August. I am a quiet college student and I am extremely interested in living in Barrio Viejo. The beautiful colors of all the row houses, the small streets, the overall atmosphere is amazing. If anyone has any information at all PLEASE let me know! Thanks so much! Take care!

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

I'm selling my sweet truck...

2008-02-12T23:01:59Z

She's an '86 Toyota 4Runner, 4 WD, good tires, great cond, 22-R engine that's in great shape. I'm second owner, bought 'er last year from a family in Denver. Dad was a mechanic, and truckie lived in garage, hence no rust. Taken wonderful care of, lots of new work. 180K miles, but whoever buys 'er will know that a 22R engine'll run forever. More details...
She's red, 2 door, fold down rear seat, 5spd manual, CD player n pretty good speakers, no sub tho, the back top can come off (which is sooo much fun), roll bar... Rear window is the only electric one and that motor's busted, so it doesn't roll up electrically. I've been pullin' it up n down and wrenching it shut (necessary wrench comes with truck)... though I imagine it'd be easy to find one at a junk yard and you could probably put it in yourself.
She's a great truck. I'll miss 'er, but what can I say, I'd rather be truckless in Hawaii than with truck in Tucson. :-)
PLEAAAASE spread the word as I need to sell 'er ASAP. I'm asking $3333.
Peace
Jodi 828.808.0452

I live in TUCSON not NC like my profile says... need to update. Hope to hear from you!

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Michelle Obama rally tonight

2008-02-04T17:40:10Z

Doors open at 3 p.m., and the event begins at 4 p.m. at the Fox Theatre, 17 West Congress St. The event is free and open to the public, although an RVSP is encouraged. To RSVP, call Obama's Tucson office at (520) 881-1124.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0203obama0203-ON.html

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

a club with a pole?

2008-02-03T23:45:27Z

I am really feeling the need to get on a pole lately, but do not want to bother doing it in a pro club... i just wanna play around, listen to some good music and dance... are there any "normal" clubs or bars in tucson that just HAPPEN to have a pole tucked away in a corner or something? Or a cage would be okay, but i really want a pole.

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

ismist djing out tomorrow (wednesday) in tucson.

2008-02-02T21:36:11Z

hey come out and support me djing out tomorrow (wednesday) in tucson.
dropping the heavy nasty ass breaks at asylum on congress from 12-1
be there
thanks

p.s. also playing at vaudeville on congress on sunday

posted in Tucson - 1 reply

Movin to Tucson Soon

2008-01-23T02:50:48Z

Howdy Tucson! I will be makin the move from my base here in southern kali just b4 the gem show...Been feelin like the desert in the spring is where its at and im just gonna go...I don't really have a plan or a place yet but I know everything will work out...everytime I visit everyone is just so kind...I'm up for just about anything you have in mind...any Ideas? I got wheels n funds to do what ever...let me know cus I will be there! <3<3<3

Peace, Bliss, n Happiness

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Humane Society Needs your Vote

2008-01-12T14:53:51Z

There is this contest going on where you can win a makeover for your local shelter. If you've been to our Humane Society off Fort Lowell, you know they can use one.

Please take a minute and vote a few times. I think they're in 35th place or something.

Here's the link: http://www.hssaz.org/

Click on the big banner on the right. Let's get them a shelter makeover!

(no, I don't work for the HS, I just love animals!)

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

SUNDAY, Jan 13: Family Arts Festival

2008-01-10T03:40:41Z

www.familyartsfestival.org/

The Glassman Foundation Family Arts Festival
Sunday, January 13, 2008, 11am to 5pm
FREE celebration of the arts and the rich cultural heritage of the region.
Downtown from Tucson Convention Center thru La Placita Village to El Presidio Park.

5 stages of ongoing live performances, ranging from Middle-Eastern dance to folklorico, local youth bands, and Hungarian folk music and dance. More than 100 artists and arts groups will be showcased throughout the daylong celebration. Food from around the world.

11am: Carnivale Parade featuring Batucaxé and an aerial balloon spectacular with Flam Chen.
11-5: continuous entertainment and interactive activities for children of all ages, all day.

The interactive activities of Kids Fest engage kids through hands-on activities and demonstrations such as alabaster stone carving, watercolor postcard painting, insect and spider crafts, and pin the tail on the ocelot! Nonprofit arts and service agencies are showcased to demonstrate the richness of the region's communities.

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

motherlode of videos of awesome tucson happenings!

2008-01-06T04:42:00Z

i'm betting quite a few of you know krishna personally. anyway, just discovered her youtube site and it's totally awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/krishnabright

greyhound soul concerts, puppet shows, day of the dead, flam chen and more - many of the things i miss all in one place - tucson.

posted in Tucson - 1 reply

Have a good Doctor?

2008-01-03T03:01:08Z

I am in need of a new doctor. Do you love yours? Mind passing on the name and number?

I would prefer a female doc, close to the TMC area and a huge bonus if it's a Doctor of Osteopath.

Thanks and Happy New Year!

posted in Tucson - 2 replies

CD duplication and replication

2007-12-17T19:24:07Z

Can any of you good people recommend a place that performs CD duplication or replication in Tucson? I need CD copies, printing, jewel cases, the whole shebang for some of my audio goodies. Anyone that can throw down a hip tip, that I use, will be rewarded with sonic booty!

Thanks!

posted in Tucson - 2 replies

Space Art Needed for Exposition in Tucson

2007-12-17T04:11:50Z

I’d like to convince you, whether artist, collector, or vendor, to bring at least one alien landscape to display at a Tucson space-themed event, still very much in its early planning stages. You will have the opportunity to mingle with attendees who will be paying to sample hors d’oeuvres and wine (and if not wine, then something equally entertaining), view space art by local artists, shop for exotic and fun items, and enjoy the off-world ambiance we will create for the event. In addition, you can check up on the progress of a proposed new television series about immigrants from Earth and their trek across the galaxy in colony ships (and, as well, about the people they leave behind). Actors will be present and in character. If interested, let us know, and we will keep you in the loop.

admin@alienlandscapes.biz

posted in Tucson - 1 reply

visiting tuscon in december by greyhound...

2007-12-10T14:55:02Z

i will most likely stay at the local youth hostel & was wondering if there is any way to get to Saquaro park or sabino canyon by bus? any info greatly appreciated.. thanx

posted in Tucson - 3 replies

hi ev-rey-buddy

2007-12-09T22:50:23Z

I LOVE THIS TOWN.. i was just in San Fran and yah it was nice but it sure is good to b back HOME

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Where to find good auto repair in Tucson?

2007-12-06T00:13:08Z

I need to get a couple things fixed on my car. Anyone know a good foreign car repair shop in town? Preferably someone who specializes in Subaru's. There seems to be very good auto mechanics out there and very bad ones. So I try to pick the ones I go to very carefully.

posted in Tucson - 9 replies

Artist seeking info on life in the Barrios...

2007-11-30T07:13:02Z

Hey folks, I'm gearing up for a move to your fabulous city and on a recent scouting trip fell in love with Barrio Santa Rosa. It's quite possible i'm already priced out of that area, but am wondering what you might share with me about the spirit/energy/community vibe/friendliness of the barrios (Santa Rosa, Anita, Blue Moon, Hollywood, etc...)? The visuals and the colours and shapes of those old adobes just got right into me and I felt like I was home! I look forward to any thoughts you have to share about my plan to somehow move to one of these areas. Also, does anyone else in Tucson have chickens?
Thanks!!

posted in Tucson - 2 replies

AZ DUI laws have changed !!! Pay attention

2007-11-30T02:19:09Z

This was passed along many of you live in AZ or visit... looking at the weight scale most women I know can't even have one drink. Please be aware

This was passed on to me by a friend in my industry, that talks about the new DUI laws in AZ. Could you please pass it on to everyone.

Take the time to read. It will take 5 minutes.
To All,

I went to an YPO presentation this morning regarding DUI's and the new Arizona laws. At the presentation we heard from two highway patrol officers, a prominent DUI attorney and then a public relations firm. The police officers went through the new punishments and BAC (blood alcohol content) thresholds that were just passed. They also demonstrated to a sober person what happens when you do get pulled over for a DUI

My assessment is the new DUI rules have significantly changed the risk reward decision about drinking a few drinks and then driving. The main changes is they have significantly lowered the BAC (blood alcohol content) thresholds.

I used to think that it was no problem to have a couple of drinks with dinner and then drive home. The new lower BAC are now so low that someone who is a good citizen and just has two drinks has a lot of risk.

The thresholds and punishments for first time DUI offenses are as follows (second time offenses are drastically worse):

Standard DUI: BAC over 0.08 (three drinks for most men and two drinks for most women)
Mandatory jail time of 10 days - No plea bargaining (second offense - 30 to 90 days)
Mandatory suspension of driver's license for 90 days (second offense - one year)
Mandatory installation of ignition interlock device in car for one year (Cost: $1,000 plus $100 per month)
Court fees - $1,500 (second offense - $3,000), points, increased insurance, attorney fees, etc.
Extreme DUI: BAC over 0.15
Mandatory jail time of 30 days - No plea bargaining (second offense - 60 to 120 days)
Mandatory suspension of driver's license for 90 days (second offense - one year)
Mandatory installation of ignition interlock device in car for one year (Cost: $1,000 plus $100 per month)
Mandatory alcohol monitoring - 30 days (second offense - 90 days plus 30 days of community service)
Mandatory vehicle impoundment - 30 days
Court fees - $2,500 (second offense - $5,000), points, increased insurance, attorney fees, etc.
Super Extreme DUI: BAC over 0.20
Mandatory jail time of 45 days - No plea bargaining (second offense - 180 days)
Mandatory suspension of driver's license for 90 days (second offense - one year)
Mandatory installation of ignition interlock device in car for 18 to 24 months (Cost: $1,000 plus $100 per month)
Mandatory alcohol monitoring - 30 days (second offense - 90 days plus 30 days of community service)
Mandatory vehicle impoundment - 30 days
Probation - 0 to 1 year (second offense - 0 to 5 years)
Court fees - $3,000 (second offense - $6,000), points, increased insurance, attorney fees, etc.

Felony DUI - 0.08 or above but with a MINOR in the car less than 16 years old
Felony charge
Mandatory jail time of 30 days - No plea bargaining
Suspended driver's license for three years
Ignition interlock device - Installed in car for 18 months or possible loss of car ($1,000 plus $100 per month)
Fees (up to $150,000), points, increased insurance, attorney fees, etc.
Possible probation for up to 5 years
Note: If a person under 21 is pulled over and they have had ANY alcohol (even the day before they turn 21), they would be subject to the above rules plus will lose their drivers license for a minimum of two years with no plea bargain available and it will be on their record for 7 years.

Here is the even scarier part - it does not take that much to blow an 0.08! The following is a chart for the BAC of a person after eating food:
SEE Chart in photo in gallery
Other facts:
This BAC is not affected by whether a person can handle alcohol. It is a chemical formula based on your blood content, not how you act.
A person can get a DUI with lower than 0.08 BAC if they fail the field sobriety test
The BAC is at it highest 2 hours after the last drink is taken. The BAC will not start going down until 2 hours after the last drink (i.e. stalling at the police station will probably not help).
The police officer said that they are starting to see a very high incidence of woman DUI after social lunches.
The most common infraction people are pulled over for, especially at night, is the wide left or right turn
When the police department has a DUI task force in place in an area, they will basically pull everyone over that is driving through the area (i.e. regardless of whether a driver did something wrong). If they do not smell alcohol on your breath, they will give the driver a verbal warning. If they smell alcohol, they will say you were weaving.
Here is the advice from the DUI defense lawyer (besides don't drive even after you drink).

If you are ever pulled over and the officer asks you to get out of the car, there is a 90 to 95% chance you will be arrested unless you have had nothing to drink. The premise is he would not have asked you to get out of the car unless he suspected you were drinking or on drugs. The main purpose of the field sobriety test and the questioning (every question) is designed to gain evidence on you that you were 'even slightly impaired'.

As an example, you could fail the field sobriety test, go to the substation and blow a 0.06 and still get a DUI because they have proved that you were slightly impaired. The field sobriety test is very very difficult to pass even with no drinks. In addition it is a subjective test and no one knows, except the police officer, what really happened.
Here are the guidelines the lawyer gave us in the event you have been drinking and are pulled over.
One to two drinks (200 pound male)
Politely say, 'No, I do not know'. Give the officer your DL, registration and proof of insurance.
If the officer then asks you to get out of the car, politely tell the officer that you do not want to answer any more questions or do a field sobriety test until you have talked with a lawyer.
The officer will probably get upset and ask you many other trick questions and comments. Stay polite and firm (you are protected by the constitution to not speak and you not speaking cannot be used against you in court).
The police officer will then handcuff you and take you to the police substation.
Three or more drinks
There is a 99% chance that you will probably be going to a police substation for a blood or breath test. It is almost impossible to pass the field sobriety test after drinking three or more drinks (again, you might still be below 0.08 BAC).
Politely decline to answer any questions including 'do you know why I pulled you over?'. Your response should be that you want to speak to your lawyer before you answer any questions.
Stay polite and firm.
You should give the officer your drivers license, registration and proof of insurance card.
The police officer will then handcuff you and take you to the police substation.
When you get to the police substation, they will take away your cell phone and put you into a room with a phone and a yellow page book.
Do not take a breath, blood or urine test until talking with the lawyer.
You should then find a 24 hour lawyer from the yellow page book. You will probably get an answering service who will tell you that the lawyer will be calling you back shortly. You would tell the police officer that fact.
You would then follow the advice of the lawyer which will probably be to then take the test but not answer any questions or do any agility tests.
If they tell you that they are going to get a warrant, you should then submit to the blood test because the penalties are increased.
Ask to be released to obtain an independent blood test at a hospital. It probably will not help you defense but at least you probably will not spend that night in jail.
The world is changing!!!!!!!!!!!

The message they are sending me is to not drink and drive, have a designated driver or take a taxi home if you have been drinking (regardless of how far you are from home). Also, never have even one drink if you will be driving with a person under 16 years old in your car.

The other must is to have the phone number of a taxi company (Phoenix Orange Taxi and Car Service - 480-626-5334) or car service in your wallet or purse. My family has setup an account with Transtyle Transportation (480-948-6131) whereby we can use them without the minimum hourly charge. I am sure there are many more in the valley.

Sorry for the long email and bad news but I wanted to share my learning from today.

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

In Tucson.. Anything good happening tomorrow?

2007-11-24T07:29:59Z

Thought it would be worth a shot

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

NCEF! Media sabotaged! Hijacked by lone wingnut! Accused of fraud and embezzlement!

2007-11-07T04:26:52Z

NCEF! Media in Humboldt County, Ca. is accused of fraud and donation embezzlement. Caution! Do not support this lone wingnut's scam! Other legitamate groups exist in the area. Caution! Do not be fooled by NCEF! Media and his fraudulent outreach. Shunka Wakan exists completely seperate from any active affinity group. Read about how he perpetuated a lawsuit under the guise of EF! against a legitamate environmental nonprofit:

Dog Days
From: http://northcoastjournal.com/100407/cover1004.html
October 4, 2007
Money On Trees

Big cash nearly fell into Shunka Wakan's lap. Other Earth First!ers are kinda happy it didn't.

by Heidi Walters

As the jury trial for the civil suit Kathryn Miller v. the Trees Foundation puttered to a start last week inside Courtroom 3 at the Humboldt County Courthouse, Shunka Wakan — a key witness for the plaintiff — spent mornings sitting on the hard wooden benches in the long hallway outside the courtroom. During breaks, Miller's attorney Linda Mitlyng, would come out of the courtroom to join him. But otherwise, as other people and their legal affairs swirled around him in a warm, odiferous bath of humanity, Shunka sat alone. Or, sometimes, he stood alone, straight-spined, his small, stocky body swallowed by the huge, stiff blue suit out of which his newly shorn, razor-scraped bald head poked vulnerably — as if, at any moment, the suit could gulp once more and he'd disappear completely. Always, he clutched a paper folder with a wolf's face on its cover.

The North Coast Earth First! Media guru had shaved off his woolly rust-tinged brown hair and beard the night before jury selection started, after discussing it with attorney Mitlyng. Now, it took an uncertain moment to recognize him. Then, of course: Shunka's light blue eyes in the pink-pale face, Shunka's closed-lip smile, Shunka's trademark husky murmur, "Mm-hmm, for sure," in response to a comment.

In Courtroom 3, the amiable but no-nonsense Judge Christopher Wilson's domain, the fate of a $185,000 donation dangled. Would the plaintiff, donor Kathryn Miller, prevail in her claim that the defendant, the Trees Foundation, was not in fact the intended recipient of her generous gift? That Shunka Wakan's NCEF! Media Center and the treesitters were? Or would the Trees Foundation convince the jury that, in fact, the money was intended all along for Trees, with no instructions attached for funneling it elsewhere?

Richard Idell, left, who is defending the Trees Foundation against a lawsuit filed by Kathryn Miller, confers with Doug Wallace, community support coordinator for Trees. Photo by David Lawlor.

In her opening arguments, Miller's attorney, Mitlyng, said the case came down to "fraud and broken promises." "She believed [Trees] would hold [the money] in trust, for the benefit of North Coast Earth First!" said Mitlyng. The defense's attorney, Richard Idell, countered in his opening argument that the donation was an unconditional gift and Miller never wrote letters of instruction — as Miller claims she did. "Ms. Miller ... didn't do anything. She took the check [from her mother's estate] and flipped it over and wrote on the back, 'Payable to the Trees Foundation,'" said Idell.

Miller's claim sought the return of her $185,000, plus interest.

Out in the hallway, Shunka waited to tell his side of the story. Maybe he thought about the magical donation that never materialized, and now probably never would. Maybe he thought about the other times he'd been in this courthouse — dozens of times, along with other activists, often before Judge Wilson, answering to charges of trespassing and other forms of civil disobedience in the woods. Likely, he wondered when they were finally going to call him in to testify — it was taking forever in there. He'd even sent out an e-mail prematurely to the several hundred subscribers to his NCEF! online group erroneously announcing he would be first up to testify.

By the end of Friday's court session, Miller was still on the stand. Perhaps Monday it would be Shunka's turn. Whenever it was, he would be testifying on Miller's behalf; but he wasn't a party to the lawsuit. And in the end, after hearing all of the evidence, the jury would be determining who was telling the truth about intentions and letters of instructions. Shunka was just there to provide context and evidence in a contract dispute.

But to a number of forest activists, including a half dozen or so who appeared in the audience last Friday to watch the trial unfold, that context matters more to them than the legal questions. They say this lawsuit has placed a strain on the environmental community that could do as much damage as an ill-felled redwood that takes down other giants in its descent. They disapprove of the lawsuit, and they blame Shunka for it. And, they say, it's just another example of how Shunka has commandeered the North Coast Earth First! identity and used it for purposes that nobody else in the amorphous but consensus-driven local Earth First! movement has agreed to.

"For a lot of us, when we read about the lawsuit, this is kind of like Shunka on trial," said long-time forest activist Deane Rimerman last Friday, calling from Olympia, Wash. "And, to what extent is he worthy of that money?"

Kathryn Miller wanted her money to go toward saving trees, she said on the witness stand last Thursday. The slender 59-year-old was dressed in a pink print skirt and white sweater, with her gray-streaked dark hair pulled back into a neat, thin braid tinted slightly green. (Little did the jury know that Miller had spent the night in jail, in blue jail duds, and then had been "dressed out," in court lingo, in her street clothes before being escorted into the court by the bailiff. Miller had been arrested the week before, on Sept. 17, when she arrived in civil court for the pre-trial readiness hearing; according to the misdemeanor criminal charges filed against her, Miller allegedly had made annoying phonecalls to Barbara Ristow of the Trees Foundation all hours of the day and night.)

On the stand, Miller described how she became an activist. She remembered how, when she was a child in Orinda, her mother decided to stop spraying the beautiful oak trees on their property after reading Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. "And then, when my son was 9, we were watching the news on TV about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown. And my son said to me, 'I wish I'd never been born. I don't think I'll get to live a full life.'"

She protested the building of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. She started a peace action group in the late 1980s in San Jose. She did nonviolent protests at the Nevada Test Site. And in 1990, she came up with some of her fellow protestors to help set up the camp for Redwood Summer, and to take part in demonstrations. She's been on and off involved in Earth First! actions in Humboldt ever since, she said, including huffing in supplies for treesitters and huffing out their garbage. She'd also, at one point, bought a condo in Arcata.

In 2004, Miller sold her condo and bought an acre of farmland, already planted with coffee, in Guatemala. She put in fruit trees to shade the coffee. That same year, her mother, who lived in Sonoma, died. "The last time I saw her was in 2003," said Miller. "She told me when she died, she was going to leave me some money. I told her I'd use it to further my work for the forest. And she was pleased, because she loved the treesitters and the forest."

Shortly after learning of her mother's death, Kathryn Miller sought out Shunka Wakan in front of the food co-op in Arcata, where he "tabled" to raise funds for the North Coast Earth First! Media office — selling T-shirts, and stickers, offering pamphlets, accepting donations. She'd known Shunka for about five years, she said.

"I said to him, I was going to inherit some money: What was the best way to get that to the North Coast Earth First!?"

In the spring of 2005, Shunka Wakan was floating above the treetops. "I was so excited," the 32-year-old said in an interview a few weeks ago, sitting inside his tiny but colorful North Coast Earth First! Media office in Arcata, walls covered in art and topo maps — including one of Buckeye Mountain, where in 2000-2001, during the "Mattole Free State" action, Shunka and others hiked 14 miles through waist-high snowdrifts to save trees.

Kathryn Miller, he recalled, had come up to him excitedly as he walked along the sidewalk outside the Arcata Co-op and said, "I just donated $185,000 to North Coast Earth First!'"

She'd talked to him the year before about making the donation — she'd said she was anticipating an inheritance from her mother's estate, and she wanted to make a big donation to his group. He'd told her to make it through the Trees Foundation, which handled the NCEF! Media office's finances through an arrangement that had been established years ago. (The Trees Foundation is an umbrella organization formed in 1991 to assist smaller environmental groups. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, it can accept large, tax-deductible donations on behalf of affiliates, and provide professional resources. And it can lead large campaigns, like the one to save the Headwaters Forest back in the '90s.)

Well, now she'd finally done it.

Miller and Shunka agreed to meet at Fiesta Café in Sunny Brae, so she could tell him how she wanted the money spent: She wanted, straight away, for someone to organize a mediated workshop for the local Earth First! activists on ageism and sexism, issues she thought were fracturing the movement. And, she wanted the bulk of the donation to help support the forest activists who blockade logging roads and hunker up in ancient redwoods to fend off loggers' saws.

Not long after, Shunka was on his way to have lunch with some folks from the Trees Foundation, where they'd talk about Miller's wishes.

"Our media outreach was going to get a big boost," Shunka said. "The donation would keep the EF! office going for many years. So I walked into the Wildflower Café feeling elated, thinking we got all this money."

Barbara Ristow and Doug Wallace of the Trees Foundation were there. "I was super excited," Shunka said, "and I said, 'This is great, this big donation. Isn't it wonderful?' We ordered food, and still I'm all excited, talking about the money, but I notice they're looking nervously at each other. [Finally], they said, 'Well, we're just shocked that you think this money was for you.' And I was like, 'I just met with the donor, and that's what she said.' And they're like, 'Well, let's go ahead and plan the workshop and deal with that later.' I remember that, because it put me at ease."

After that, Shunka said he gave Trees a list of people he thought might benefit from the mediator-run workshop. "Some were people I knew had beefs with me, but I was willing to bring 'em into the circle and talk about it."

According to some vague accounts, the workshop was a disaster. One person who was there claims that Shunka, at one point, pounded his fists on the floor, blustered, then got up and stormed out, yelling as he walked away. Shunka says that's overblown.

"The letter from Kathryn Miller to Barbara Bristow said she wanted the mediation to be a safe place, safe to be emotional," he said. "And I think people are saying 'I freaked out.' The freak-out reports are exaggerated. It's just part of this ongoing character assassination. People say I was 'red-faced.' But my face is naturally red."

In late 2005, while Shunka was in Seattle, a friend called him from Arcata to say a woman had come by asking for the office key. She had a list of equipment she wanted to take away. The friend didn't give her the key.

When Shunka got back from Seattle, he discovered his reimbursement funds from Trees had been "frozen." He also learned about a letter someone in the NCEF! movement had circulated for signatures and then sent to Mark Knipper, who handled the Trees Foundation transactions for the NCEF! Media office. It said, in essence, "We don't want Shunka running EF!"

"I called the Trees Foundation," Shunka recalled. "I was sick, it was the middle of the winter, I'm trying to table, it's raining, it's cold. And Barbara Ristow told me, 'You just need to have a meeting [with the other Earth First!ers] and come to a group consensus on what the Trees Foundation funding should be used for."

The meeting never happened — nobody could agree to meet, said Mark Knipper, also in an interview last week. Knipper is a social worker and a long-time activist who had been the contact person between Trees and NCEF! Media. "So it ate itself," Knipper said. "And although I'm former Navy, a mariner, I said I'm not going down with this ship. So I divorced myself from it ... and signed it all back to Trees."

The NCEF! Media office was dropped from the Trees Foundation altogether.

Shunka and the NCEF! Media office never did see any of the big donation. Miller didn't even know that, he said, until she phoned him up in the summer of 2006, more than a year after she made the donation, to ask about a guy named "Jungle," who had been reported as missing on the NCEF! hotline. Miller was spending much of her time in Guatemala now, where she was raising fruit trees; after she'd made her big donation, Hurricane Stan had struck — she spent the ensuing year mopping up the mess.

First, Shunka told her Jungle was still missing. Then he told her about the money.

"I said, 'Yeah, they told me it wasn't for us,'" said Shunka. "And she said, 'I meant for all of it to go to you guys.' She sounded real upset. And I was like, 'I knew it! I knew it!'"

Shunka tried to sue Trees in small claims court, but it went nowhere.

Miller filed a claim against the Trees Foundation on Oct. 5, 2006, in Humboldt County Superior Court, seeking the return of the $185,000 plus interest so she could distribute the money herself.

And if she wins? "She may just spread it out more," said Shunka. "She's got tree planting ideas. Maybe she could buy a grove. She'd maybe not give it all to Earth First! this time. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that Trees blew for us."

On an uncomfortably hot afternoon last week, four forest activists who'd agreed to an interview for this story — Jeff, Shaggy, Sparrow and Farmer — sat on the ground at the Arcata Marsh next to a log bench on which a teeming crew of red ants worked a splintered notch. Someone had come along here in 1999 and carved a grouping of faces — bearded, grimacing, possibly mourning faces — onto the log and signed it Daniel. The carving had been drenched in red paint, and burnished by years of sitters.

"It kind of reminds me of the memorial for Gypsy," said one of them. "With the red paint."

Gypsy was the forest name of David Nathan Chain, who in September 1998, during an Earth First! action at Grizzly Creek, was crushed to death by a tree felled by an enraged logger. Farmer, actually, was there — he was just 16, but had a year of activism already under his belt. And Shunka was there — it was Shunka's first forest action.

Farmer, Shag, Sparrow and Jeff first made it clear that they spoke for themselves alone, although they participate in various forest defense affinity groups: Farmer works for the Mattole Wildlands Defense Group now, watchdogging the California Department of Forestry for new timber harvest plans, and keeping an eye on a Pacific Lumber Co. watershed analysis. Shag, who saw his first redwood about five years ago, helps keep the Fern Gully treesit village in Freshwater functioning. Jeff, who grew up in the high desert, and fell in love with the woods, works with the Nanning Creek treesit just outside of Scotia, as well as other groups. Sparrow, who was drawn to forest action because the cultural landscape was "like a folktale" he couldn't resist, is with the Fern Gully affinity group. These groups are all part of the Humboldt Forest Defense Association, a collective with a website but no formal structure.

The HFDA sprang into being six years ago — about the time the entity called North Coast Earth First! had essentially dissolved. It would take a book to describe that drawn-out dissolution — a book of lost causes, won causes, waning media interest, Judi Bari's death, Gypsy's death, ego-spurred squabbles, interpersonal catastrophes, a war overseas, hurricanes. And while the HFDA activists might still cherish the Earth First! name — the movement — in their hearts, it's now been further complicated by what you might call the Shunka effect.

"I still feel in many ways solidarity with the greater Earth First! movement abroad," said Farmer. "But in this county, in this climate, if you say you're with the North Coast Earth First!, many people associate you with North Coast Earth First! Media."

Shunka revived the North Coast Earth First! office around 2002. And he did what previous office managers had done — tabled, put out news releases, wrote articles for other publications. But it wasn't like the old days, in the '90s, when hundreds of people were getting arrested in forest actions and the jail support phone and legal resources were in constant use.

Shunka first worked in an office in Eureka, then later moved to Arcata. He called his outfit the NCEF! Media Center. For a time, he and other "affinity groups" tried to work together. But he alienated some people. He took over the North Coast Earth First! website. He controlled the North Coast Earth First! email list of 300 or more subscribers to the news alerts. He sent out press releases on his own.

"I felt the North Coast Earth First! Media Center was a unilateral effort on Shunka's part," said Farmer. Whereas, in the old days, "spokespeople were decided on by the group. And if you wrote an article it was passed by everyone. I feel Shunka appointed himself spokesperson at some point."

Many also claim they've been subject to a lashing anger from Shunka.

"I won't work with him because I pledge nonviolence in my actions," said Shag. "I don't believe he pledges the same thing. He has exhibited violent behavior towards me and towards other activists in my presence."

"He's a bear," said Jeff, making claw-fists with his hands.

But the sad thing is, all of this infighting probably has done nothing to help the actual trees. And the mediation workshop Kathryn Miller wanted didn't fix matters. Now, there was her lawsuit.

"When I heard about this lawsuit, I thought, the Trees Foundation does not deserve to be attacked in that way," said Farmer. "There's much bigger issues that need to be dealt with — with Maxxam and old-growth logging. ...If you look at Fern Gully and Nanning Creek (the Bonanza timber harvest plan), there's hundreds of old growth acres still standing whose fate is unclear."

Shag put it more bluntly: "If [Miller] knew Shunka and wanted to get the money to North Coast Earth First! Media, she should've given it to Shunka. But if she was trying to get it to treesits and forest defense, then the money went to the right place.

"My problem is this whole representation thing. There's people in the trees — how do you know who to get the money to, to help them?"

Shunka knows that a lot of fellow activists aren't happy with his role in the donation dispute. He also knows how some people talk about him and say he's hard to get along with. "I'm just standing up for the truth," he said. "And people don't like it. To me, it feels like a small clique of people who don't like me. I feel a lot of love and support in this community."

He certainly doesn't come off right away as someone who's angry, or who lashes out, or who locks the office and doesn't let people in. Why, recently, he helped a young woman hook up with the treesitters so she could learn the ropes. (Shaggy said that's proof Shunka doesn't have direct connections with the people doing direct action; but you can't deny it's a connection.)

It's probably a bad idea to ask Darryl Cherney, one of the founders of the local Earth First! movement, what he thinks of Shunka Wakan, whose real name is Jason Wilson. (Shunka tells a story of how he was named by a Lakota medicine man on the banks of the Cheyenne River in South Dakota in 1995. "Shunka Wakan," meaning "great dog," is only part of it. There's a secret part after that — altogether, his name means "the humble man called horse.")

"Shunka's a wingnut," Cherney said over the phone last Friday, sounding cheerfully vitriolic. "I have a 10-verse song about Shunka."

Here are the last few verses:

Who's at the co-op spanging a donation
Shunka, Shunka
Who's got a lawsuit 'gainst the Trees Foundation
Shunka, Shunka
Shunka, Shunka
Who's gonna keep on fighting the fight
Shunka, Shunka
With four of his friends at swimmers delight
Shunka, Shunka
Shunka, Shunka (Shunka voice: It's the last of the revolution)

There's no other word for it but "mean." But Cherney and Shunka have history — not all of it sour. Cherney said Shunka laughed when he heard the song, at least the first time.

"I met Shunka in 1998," Cherney said. "And I know he knew Julia ["Butterfly" Hill, whom Shunka had come west to find]. That was a good thing, helping Julia. That was good Shunka."

Cherney had even pushed for Shunka to go to Houston to talk with Charles Hurwitz, whose Maxxam Corp. bought out the old Pacific Lumber company back in 1985 and quickly became the forest activists' number one villain. Shunka went.

But now? "The current status of Shunka and me," Cherney said, "is that Shunka has sent me five or eight or nine e-mails threatening to sue me. Shunka is a joke."

Cherney can talk for hours about the problems he's had with Shunka over the years. His main point, though, is what has Shunka done for the trees lately?

"My question is, where's your topo maps?" he asked. "Where's your wilderness preservation proposal? Where's your lobbyist team in Sacramento?"

It has to be that, on some level, even the people in the movement who don't like Shunka understand somewhat where he's coming from. So he's emotional. Passionate. Perhaps he's caught up so completely in the cause he can't let go. Or, who knows — maybe he's a phony, like he accused Knipper of being back in 2005.

But being a forest activist comes with perils beyond the obvious physical ones.

"I'm really trying to have compassion for Shunka, even though he's kind of attacked us," said Susy Barsotti by phone from Laytonville a couple of weeks ago. Barsotti is president of the Trees Foundation board, and she says the lawsuit has held Trees hostage, unable to function fully. "I've been mystified and dismayed that he's participated like this in the suit. But Shunka witnessed Gypsy's death. And I think he may have post-traumatic stress syndrome. I don't think he's recovered from it. And that can affect your behavior."

A number of people mentioned this, actually, about Shunka. And he often refers to Gypsy's death himself. In an article titled "What Luna has taught me," posted on the website of Julia "Butterfly" Hill's organization, Circle of Life, Shunka writes: "I decided to commit to doing ground support after witnessing the death of David Nathan "Gypsy" Chain on September 17, 1998 ... I remember looking across the valley as we hiked up that day, seeing the rolling hills of forests and clear-cuts, and thinking out loud, "That's why we're here!" Seeing Gypsy's life taken from him, and then seeing the corruption and lies of the Humboldt County Sheriffs ... really opened my eyes to the situation our old-growth forests face."

Later, he did ground support for Hill in her second year in Luna. And in the same article on her website, something else Shunka writes indicates how ready he was to devote himself to a cause: "Being on the support team was the top priority in my life, and I was happy knowing that everything else revolved around when I'd be needed for the next supply run. I never felt lost because I knew what I was doing. That was a feeling I had not felt in years, between feeling dissatisfaction with life in college, and then more dissatisfaction with life as a minimum-wage worker after college. Before joining Julia's ground support team I was unhappy, even to the point of tears, wondering if my entire life was going to be a minimum-wage nightmare ...."

Pure devotion, without benefit of a little hypocrisy, could drive anyone batty. Deane Rimerman, the activist from Olympia who said it is Shunka who is on trial, said it's not uncommon for intense, stressful movements like Earth First! to produce an army of walking wounded. And he's been around, in forest actions up and down the coast, for long enough to know; he was the one, in fact, who "got the maps and led the first hikers up to the hill" to the Gypsy Mountain campaign and Luna treesit.

"In the forest activist movement, there's very little that's rewarding," Rimerman said. "There's a lot of post traumatic stress syndrome. All of us get it. Once you've been through the court process, and the jail process, and seen 1,000-year-old trees get cut down that you really cared about and thought you could save — it's devastating."

That alone, setting aside the troubles with Shunka, could explain the many rifts that have occurred within the local EF! ranks over the years. Josh Brown, who moved to Humboldt in 1995 right before the peak of the Headwaters campaign, said one of the unique qualities of Earth First! is that it "is primarily a youth movement."

"A lot of people that come through are young, are passionate — and it's a wonderful thing," he said. They get thrown into leadership positions quickly — and then they get burned out. Many move quickly on to other things. Brown stayed in longer than most. "When I left [in 2001], I was 30 years old. And I'd been a full-time activist since I was 18."

Paradoxically, said Brown, the youthful draw and the departure of seasoned activists leaves the movement with "no elders to kind of sit around and coach the [new kids]."

The movement also draws strong personalities, he said. Tenacious ones, too, like Shunka's.

"Shunka, I think he really does have a big heart," said Brown. "And I think he does care for the forest."

Last Friday, following the morning session of Miller v. Trees, a group of the Humboldt Forest Defense Association activists stood on the courthouse steps talking. The door opened, and Shunka walked out and down the steps toward the group. They didn't greet him. After a time, he tried to talk to one of them, Jeff. Jeff walked away. Shunka followed him, then stopped and talked to another guy. Then he stood alone again.

From: http://northcoastjournal.com/101107/news1011.html

Trees Foundation Wins

October 11th, 2007

The jury in the civil case Kathryn Miller v. the Trees Foundation decided in favor of Trees, after deliberating all day Tuesday. (See "Money on Trees," Oct. 4).

Miller is the long-time forest activist who inherited a bundle from her mother and then signed $185,000 over to the Trees Foundation. In her lawsuit, she claimed she had intended the money to be passed through Trees to one of its affiliates, North Coast Earth First! Media, run by Shunka Wakan. She claimed she had made her intentions clear, verbally and in writing, and that Trees had agreed to the conditions, then broken its promise and kept the money. Trees denied making such promises, and said it had never seen any letters or heard of instructions to give the money to NCEF! Media. (Also, somewhat relatedly, in criminal court on Tuesday Miller pleaded no contest to charges that she had made annoying phonecalls to Barbara Ristow of the Trees Foundation.)

So, that's that. Now, there are only the pieces to pick up.

For Shunka Wakan — featured in last week's Journal as a central figure in a messy nest of infighting that has fractured the current ranks of local Earth First!ians — it could be a long, lonely patching together of lost friends and broken alliances. Not only did he and Miller lose their attempt to retrieve her donation, but now he's been banned from the North Coast Co-op.

Yes, that happened last week. It was Thursday, around 4:15 in the evening, and two activists with the Humboldt Forest Defense Association were tabling — hawking brochures and such — outside the Co-op. It's an activity Shunka himself has spent many a day doing in that very same spot, raising cash to pay for his NCEF!Media outreach work and other causes. And, well, these two fellows, Jeff and Farmer, were on Shunka's shit list, now. They'd spoken gently, but unfavorably, about Shunka's doings in the North Coast Earth First! arena — said he lashed out at people, said he commandeered NCEF! resources, and so forth. Here's a snippet of Jeff's account of what happened, which he sent to the NCJ in an e-mail on Friday:

"Shunka was removed from the Arcata Co-op yesterday after a scuffle with myself and another activist around 5 p.m. Well, he wasn't exactly removed, but APD was called. He was asked to leave after threatening to flip over the HFD donation table while stating he was 'like Jesus in the marketplace ...'"

Sue Coulter, manager of the Arcata Co-op, recounted on Friday how an employee walking by heard the argument and went inside to get her. "So I went out to talk to [Shunka], because it's not the first time we've had problems," she said. "Most of the time, he's fine. Most of the time, I stick up for him." One time, she said, she even called the police to protect Shunka after someone had threatened him. "But he gets into arguments. I tried to talk to him. I told him to leave. ... He was causing a scene, right by the door, and I can't have it. He refused to leave. ... I said, fine. I went into the store. He followed me into the store, and he was still yelling at me, 'Oh, now you're going to call the police on me.'" Coulter called the police, but Shunka left before they arrived.

Shunka, waiting in the courthouse for the jury verdict Tuesday, said Coulter did indeed ask him to leave and he did, indeed, refuse to. As for the HFD tablers, he said he merely asked them why they had Trees Foundation literature on their table. "I said, 'Why do you want to represent these people?'" And then, he said, "Jeff accused me of embezzling — he said this in public. He said, 'You've embezzled thousands of dollars from the Earth First! movement through the years.' And I complained to one of the employees who was walking by. Because that's serious, accusing someone of embezzling."

But Shunka said the whole thing's yet another attack on him. "I don't consider I was yelling. We were talking. I'm an emotional person, I concede to that. I speak from my heart. I don't scream at people. I would love to — but I don't."

In his email, Jeff with HFD predicted Shunka would leave town within weeks, if not sooner. But at the courthouse, even before the verdict, Shunka said he wasn't going anywhere.

"I'm just going to continue to run the Earth First! office and continue to call Humboldt County home," he said. He's also going to write a letter to the Co-op, complaining about how he gets scapegoated and booted out of there even when other people, he says, are the culprits. And, as for the Miller v. Trees case, he said, he and Miller may now take their complaint to another venue.

-- Heidi Walters

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Vote!

2007-11-05T22:00:45Z

Don't forget to get out and vote Tuesday.

On the ballot is the mayor, three council members, and two important propositions.

For more information see the pamphlet here: http://www.tucsonaz.gov/clerks/pdf/CIY_english.pdf

Other election info here: http://www.tucsonaz.gov/clerks/elections.php

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

Tucson Art Galleries?

2007-11-05T05:37:13Z

Can anyone suggest some galleries in the area? We're looking for more "obscure" or "alternative" things to go see. What can we find around here that might be sort of Giger/Escher-esque? I already have the "Solar Culture" gallery on my list.

posted in Tucson - 1 reply

All Souls Weekend begins tonight

2007-11-01T18:11:07Z

Please join us this evening at the Hotel Congress to view the Photo Exhibit and Competition from 7pm on then at 8pm there will be a candle lighting for the Evolving Community Altar, both events are free and open to the public. We look forward to seeing you there.

posted in Tucson - 0 replies

garage/yard sale permits

2007-10-28T00:11:16Z

So my wife and I just moved into a new house like 2 months ago. Last week some guy moved into the house next door. He seemed OK, we met him, he said that he "handles estate sales" and that there may be people "coming and going". We didn't really think anything it, we figured he'd meet with people every now and then to help organize their estate sales. We figured we would never even notice.

It turns out, the estate sales are at in HIS driveway. Next to our house. It's a HUGE eye sore, there is a ton of traffic, cars blocking the street, blocking our driveway, etc. This has only happened once so far, but judging by what he said, we're assuming worst case that there's going to be a giant tacky loud annoying garage sale next door every weekend for the rest of our lives.

I don't see how it could be legal to have a garage sale every weekend. It seems like you would need to be in a commercial zoned area to do it so frequently? This is a huge nuisance. Does anyone know if there's some sort of legal precedence here, what the laws are in Tucson for permits, what the limit on permits are, etc.? Any help is appreciated before I go freaking ballistic.

posted in Tucson - 4 replies

Critical Mass tonight... Friday

2007-10-26T15:38:47Z

Word on the street:
.
. Critical mass will be happening
.
. Friday Oct 26, 2007 at 6:00 PM
.
. riding bicycles, skateboards, rollerskates, non-motorized vehicles, etc -- Welcome
.
. El Presidio Park, Downtown
. Tucson, AZ 85701 United States

posted in Tucson - 0 replies