Flashback to the past at St. Xavier Mission near Tucson
Glancing off to the west from the 19 Freeway, I glimpsed what the St. Xavier del Bac mission must have looked like in the 1700s: …
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Now about that Garlic Soup recipe
At the Mission Garden’s 2023 Garlic Festival one group was giving away free garlic soup. I picked up a little cup, took one sip and …
What to wear to a Folk Festival
Boy, tie-dye has come a long way if the dyers can create a guitar image on the back of a T-shirt. Only I don’t think …
Elon Musk, your room is ready now
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 …
Bigger and better museum art fair
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 …
Elvis and Marilyn have vanished!
The somewhat bizarre mural of Elvis without hands, Marilyn Monroe, Selena and a floating Prince that ornamented a building on Ft. Lowell Rd. has been …
Thousands in Tucson show support of Roe v. Wade
The protest at Armory Park in downtown Tucson drew thousands of people: women, men and children. But the only person I saw wearing a “Pussy …
Is it Indian? German? Or Lower East Side?
Visual artist Brad Kalhamer credits his multi-cultural background for inspiration for his works. He was born of native American parents in Tucson at 11:59–that’s why …
African art in Tucson — who knew?
The biggest attractions in Tucson this month are the 20+ mineral and gem shows around town. There are 65,000 rock-hounds–both sellers and buyers–at these events …
(Almost) picnic perfect at Agua Caliente Park
It seemed to be the perfect escape. The online photos of Agua Caliente Regional Park showed towering, old palm trees surrounding a lake/hot springs — …