Orchids, Frida and a dragon
The Tucson Orchid Society held their annual show way out at the Mesquite Valley Growers Nursery. It was quite a drive but I decided to …
Category: Art in Tucson
Spending a long weekend in Tucson
Conde-Nast Traveler magazine recently recommended Barrio Viejo in Tucson as a neighborhood to visit. That’s nice. The homes are historic and colorful, but one neighborhood …
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: …
Fun and free at the Tohono Chul gardens and bistro
While the Tucson Botanical Garden recently won an award as one of the best botanical gardens in the nation, it is in most ways a …
Visual deception at two newish murals
Two new murals in Midtown are both gorgeous to look at but each is more than it first appears. They are, in different ways, both …
A closer look at the historic Barrio Viejo
On Google Maps the area we all know as Barrio Viejo has the words “colorful homes” written on it in red. It’s so true and …
Muralists paint indigenous life
Washington St. near the Tucson Art Museum used to be pretty boring. Halfway down the block, there was a side entrance to Old Town Artisans …
Cyclovia: cosplaying fun and healthy cycling
The Rincon Heights hub for Cyclovia was super-busy with cyclists and their families hurrying through…or taking a break at one of the food trucks. The …
What’s wrong with this Zebra?
Currently at the Tucson Botanical Garden is an exhibition of LEGO(R) sculptures by Sean Kenney, including the zebra shown at the top of this post. …
No trees in the Tucson Sculpture Park
You can see the Tucson Sculpture Park when you cruise along River Dr. at the edge of the Foothills. It is that large, gravel-and-white-rock-covered lot …