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Author: carollightwood

A Peace Fair where guns were stored?
Festivals in Tucson

A Peace Fair where guns were stored?

by carollightwoodFebruary 27, 2023March 31, 20241

There is definitely irony in holding a Peace Fair at a site, Armory Park, that at one time held guns, bullets and U.S. soldiers until …

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Best dressed dogs and people at Pet Parade
Festivals in Tucson / Tucson

Best dressed dogs and people at Pet Parade

by carollightwoodFebruary 21, 2023January 21, 2025

The Pima Animal Control Center, which I visited a few weeks ago, held a Parade of Pets in the West University district on Sunday morning. …

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Grow your own eggs, but it will cost you
Nature in Tucson / Tucson

Grow your own eggs, but it will cost you

by carollightwoodFebruary 6, 2023March 31, 2024

With the price of eggs at Albertsons ranging up to $8 a dozen, it may have occurred to you to buy chickens to produce eggs …

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Visit an Old West replica — no, not Tombstone
architecture in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson

Visit an Old West replica — no, not Tombstone

by carollightwoodJanuary 23, 2023January 21, 2025

Once upon a time, Tombstone was a real town. Not anymore. As I wrote elsewhere, it is a fading theme park for aging cowboy fans. …

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480 free dogs are waiting for you
Nature in Tucson / Tucson

480 free dogs are waiting for you

by carollightwoodJanuary 10, 2023January 21, 2025

It is sorta like an after-Christmas sale at the Pima Animal Care Center on north Silverbell. Use the coupon on the PACC website and you …

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Skate, Sip Cocoa, Get a Dog
Festivals in Tucson / Sports around Tucson / Tucson

Skate, Sip Cocoa, Get a Dog

by carollightwoodDecember 19, 2022January 21, 2025

Outdoor ice skating is back in Tucson and this year the weather co-operated. It’s been chilly and below freezing at night, unlike previous years when …

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Elon Musk, your room is ready now
architecture in Tucson / Arizona / Near Tucson

Elon Musk, your room is ready now

by carollightwoodNovember 30, 2022January 21, 2025

Back when rocket guy and space-voyager-wannabe, Elon Musk, was a still a teenager rattling around South Africa, a group of Americans decided to build a …

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Not exactly a farmers market, but fun
Festivals in Tucson / Food in Tucson

Not exactly a farmers market, but fun

by carollightwoodNovember 28, 2022January 21, 2025

The Sunday market beside the Rillito Race Track is called a farmers market, but there are more venders selling prepared foods than farmers selling fresh …

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Bigger and better museum art fair
Arizona / Art in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson / Tucson

Bigger and better museum art fair

by carollightwoodNovember 19, 2022November 8, 2023

Well, it’s not just earrings and earrings and more earrings! The Tucson Museum of Art‘s Fall Artisans Market is not only larger this year, it …

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Walking my new favorite neighborhood
architecture in Tucson / Art in Tucson

Walking my new favorite neighborhood

by carollightwoodNovember 13, 2022January 21, 2025

After watching volunteers from the Living Streets Alliance paint 6th Avenue by Armory Park in late October, I drove around the area and discovered a …

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