Finally the ice rink downtown froze
November 2021 has been the second warmest November on record here in Tucson and when the Holiday on Ice people flooded their outdoor rink a …
Author: carollightwood
The Tour de Murals Art Ride in Tour de Tucson
I was going to write a post about the Tour de Murals Art Ride for the annual El Tour de Tucson cycling event, but there …
Newest mural in Tucson (unfinished) plus 2 more
The weekly newsletter from District 3 City Councilwoman had a short article and a couple of pix of a new mural by Joe Pagac at …
Showing your stuff in a 17th Century kilt
I went to the Tucson Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games thinking I’d take photos of the women’s sports events. You know…sports that are usually …
Ofrendas altars at San Agustin Presidio
To honor the dead, there are now 7 Dia de los Muertos ofrendas at the Presidio in downtown Tucson. (Maybe eight by this weekend.) A …
Trashy Divas and climbing skeletons
After the massive amount of rainwater that flooded the Santa Cruz River during the monsoon, I’d hoped that all the trash and debris that gets …
New Dias de los Muertos mural
It’s one block west of the famous Whales in the Sky mural in the Jefferson Park neighborhood. This mural on Martin Ave. at Grant, finished …
Ghoulish Halloween fun in a Catalina Vista front yard
I was just driving through the upscale Catalina Vista neighborhood when I saw all these ghoulish decorations. I had to stop and get out my …
Smaller Tucson Meet Yourself festival
The goal of the 48 year old ‘Tucson Meet Yourself’ festival is to showcase all the nationalities, ethnic groups and tribes who live in Greater …
Can’t believe we’re having to do it again!
The first political march I went to was against the war in Vietnam back in the 1960s in San Francisco. Since then I’ve marched and …