A Day at the Rillito Horse Races
According to a notice on the Rillito Horse Races website, Quarter horse racing originated in at the Rillito Racetrack. As someone who has only been …
Category: Tucson
Artificial Intelligence can be dangerous to health
The Science College at the University of Arizona offers 4 free science lectures on Tuesday evenings in February. At the first lecture I attended a …
Tucson ice skating cancelled by a “rain day”
Wouldn’t you just know it. The first year that outdoor ice skating comes to downtown Tucson has turned out to be an exceptionally rainy year. …
Learning how to make ornaments at the Sonoran Glass School
The Sonoran Glass School is bringing stained glass to the masses. Whether you want to make shimmering glass balls or translucent glass Christmas trees, this …
The Saguaro Census is underway and the Park Service wants your help
It started in 1941 when park rangers spread out into what was then called the Saguaro National Monument and began counting and measuring the saguaros …
San Xavier Mission Church: warning or shelter?
Glancing off to the west from the 19 Freeway outside Tucson, I glimpsed what the San Xavier del Bac mission must have looked like in …
A pumpkin warning for all Tucson homeowners
Newcomers to Southern California are warned that wandering coyotes will eat your small dogs and cats and that in foothill communities brown bears will eat …
Mid-Century Modernism in Tucson? Who knew!
By the time I discovered that Modernism Week was going on in Tucson, it was almost over. I managed, however, to see the Trailer Show …
Street art gone gigantic: the monster murals of Tucson
As a newcomer to Tucson, I cannot tell you how long ago these huge murals were created, but the ones I’ll show you here, all …