Winterhaven’s Christmas by daylight
For 74 years the neighborhood of Winterhaven has put on a show at Christmastime. It’s called the Festival of Lights and, as I understand it, …
Category: Festivals in Tucson
It’s time for ice-skating-in-the-desert
Christmas trees are lined up beside the ice skating rink against the backdrop of the St. Augustine Cathedral in downtown Tucson in the photo at …
Amal the Giant Puppet and Tucson lowriders
Amal, the giant puppet representing Syrian refugees, came to Tucson’s Armory Park on Saturday. She was accompanied by a group of what appeared to be …
Even Swifties pedaled slowly at Cyclovia
Lightning fast cycling wasn’t the rule at the Tucson Cyclovia open streets event on Sunday. Even Taylor Swift fans, like the one in the photo …
People watching at “Tucson Meet Yourself”
There were a lot of people to watch this year at “Tucson Meet Yourself“. On Saturday it was packed. There were more food vendors this …
Books by the Box in Tucson–$15
The Friends of Pima County Library is holding a book sale this weekend and one of the nifty deals is boxes of paperback sci-fi and …
4 plant sales and a quince tasting this weekend
Normally, Fall planting should only begin after the average daytime high temperature drops below 90F. That rule of thumb is not really about air temperature …
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 …
How to turn messy mesquite pods into pies
The Mission Garden at the foot of A Mountain held a mesquite pod milling session on Saturday. All you had to do was collect those …
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 …