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When she applied to be on “MTV’s The Real World,” 27-year-old Scottsdale resident Tovah Marx didn’t expect everything to be — well — so
so quickly.
She sent in an application after watching 2016’s “Real World Seattle: Bad Blood,” the 32nd season of MTV’s reality TV show that puts strangers in a house while cameras film every moment. In November 2018, Marx got an email confirming that she moved on to the next round of applications. She had to Skype, do phone calls and in-person interviews. And in March 2019, she finally learned that she was chosen as one of seven contestants for “MTV’s The Real World” in Atlanta, which premieres exclusively on Facebook Watch, Thursday, June 13.
Within 48 hours, the University of Arizona alumna got her life together to fly to Georgia for filming.
“I’d never been to Atlanta,” Marx says. “I love ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta,’ but that’s the closest I’d ever been.”
JULY 18
Arizona Storytellers: Stories About Stories
Want to know the behind-the-scenes scoop about being a reporter? Join The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com with a handful of their journalists for stories behind the biggest stories from their coverage. It’s also the Storytellers Project’s seventh birthday.
7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 18. The Van Buren, 401 W. Van Buren St., Phoenix. $12 general admission, $8 for students. 602-444-8764, tickets.azcentral.com.
— Samantha Incorvaia
JULY 27 Harvestfest 2019
Kick off harvest season in southern Arizona at Harvestfest. At the all-day event wine lovers can take winery tours either with the Sonoita Vineyards winemaker or by wagon and participate in grape stomping starting at 1 p.m. Six wine tastings and four food and wine pairings also are included with general admission.
10 a.m.-4.m. Saturday, July 27. Sonoita Vineyards, 290 Elgin-Canelo Road, Elgin. $25-$85. 520-455-5893, sonoitavineyards.com
— Lauren Saria
AUG. 24 Teo González
González is billed as “”El comediante de la cola de caballo,” which lets you know about the comedian’s impressive ponytail. It doesn’t tell you that the Mexican entertainer is a master of clever wordplay, silly sounds and rubber-faced impersonations of Spanish-language entertainers. It’s made the Batmanloving comic a genial, familiar presence on TV.
8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24. Orpheum Theatre, 203 W. Adams St., Phoenix. $35-$95. 800-282-4842, phoenix.ticketforce.com
— Randy Cordova