Dancing in Barrio Viejo to honor an emperor
One of the best things about living in a city is coming across an utterly unexpected event or people or place. On Saturday, Febuary 25th, …
Category: Festivals in Tucson
A Peace Fair where guns were stored?
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 …
Best dressed dogs and people at Pet Parade
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. …
Visit an Old West replica — no, not Tombstone
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. …
Skate, Sip Cocoa, Get a Dog
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 …
Not exactly a farmers market, but fun
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 …
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 …
Tears at a Day of the Dead altar
For years I photographed the Dia de los Muertos altars in Grand Park in Los Angeles and Pasadena. You can see some of them here …
Cycling the mean streets of Tucson
The car-free route for Cyclovia this year went right through some neighborhoods where streets are lined with light industry and vacant lots. The housing in …
Too many inflatables? Not for Halloween
In Los Angeles people celebrate Dia de los Muertos for most of the month of October. In Tucson Halloween with tales of a headless horseman …