"DOG MAN! Part dog, part man, ALL HERO!" Dog Man is one of the best selling series written by Dav Pilkey. The book is so good that it's already a musical and soon it will be a full length feature film. “Dog Man: The Musical” will be traveling all over the U.S., to 18 states and Canada over the course of eight months—including a stop in Tucson.
Have you ever experienced history being retold, but with a little twist? Well, meet Matthew Windham. Windham is the writer and main actor for the play “Simply Silly Shakespeare.”
Windham is from Flagstaff, Arizona, and went to college at the University of Utah. At a young age he was signed up for theater. He was interested in theater and the art of writing. He loved writing and sci-fi growing up. Later on, Windham came up with an idea to bring theater to younger audiences.
“The Wild Robot” is a children’s animation movie about a robot who gets lost while being delivered, and is now stuck in the wild. The robot is named “Roz 7134.” She finds animals while in the forest. The animals don’t like her very much, because they think she is a monster that will kill them all.
In reality, all Roz is trying to do is fulfill her task. Although, when she realizes no one wants her, she tries to go back to where she came from, but the animals won’t let her. They break her transmitter.
Smoke billows from a smokestack. Train tracks vibrate. A beam of light comes into view as a train, cars and all, rounds the corner. As it’s coming straight towards you, a bellowing shriek expels from the whistle, and the brass bell clangs. But then, it takes a sharp turn and disappears around a baby barrel cactus which looms over the passing cars like a towering saguaro. The train is as long as your arm and you could probably pick the steam engine up right off the tracks. This train and other miniature wonders are the newest exhibits at the Tucson Botanical Gardens.
I had the opportunity to visit Crayola Experience on Father’s Day weekend. My family and I had lots of fun together. We enjoyed many activities, such as wrap and name a crayon, drip art, and Melt & Mold. We won fun prizes! We even saw an owl from the Phoenix Zoo! It was a great experience.
Last year, Google added the AI Overview feature, which summarizes search results using generative AI. The problem is that it sometimes gets stuff wrong—really, really wrong.
Googling “health benefits of running with scissors” produced this response: “Running with scissors is a cardio exercise that can increase your heart rate...” Searching for “cheese not sticking to pizza” generated a Google AI Overview with this recommendation: “...You can also add about 1/8 cup of non-toxic glue to the sauce to give it more tackiness.”
“I got a golden ticket, I got a golden chance to make my way!” This exciting moment is from the musical “Willy Wonka,” about a boy named Charlie and his sugar-coated adventure in Wonka’s fantastic chocolate factory! It will be playing June 21–23 at the Berger Performing Arts Center.
We had the opportunity to interview Cherami Leigh, an actress who also does voices for anime and video games. We discovered that she has had a passion for acting since a very young age. She enrolled in her first acting classes at the age of 5 and landed her first professional job at the age of 7. Throughout her career, she has undergone a wide range of acting training, including film and television acting, stage and theater training, microphone work, singing, dance and gymnastics.
The Dragon Warrior is at it again in the new “Kung Fu Panda 4” movie! In the newest installment, Po (played by Jack Black), sets sail across the sea to Juniper City to defeat the newest and most nefarious villain yet, the Chameleon. With help from Po’s new friend Zhen the Fox (played by Awkwafina), and familiarcharacters like Po’s dads and Master Shifu, the duo faces bandits, monsters, and everything in between.
Ryan Stegman is a comic book artist/writer who is coming to the Phoenix Fan Fusion which will be held this year from May 24 to May 26. My classmates and I interviewed Stegman so that we could learn more about him and what he does.
