History revised and revised again at the Tumacacori ruins
History does NOT belong only to the victors at the Tumacacori National Historic Park in Tubac near the Mexican border. There, in a small museum …
Category: Tucson
Drive- through testing for COVID-19 in Tucson
Banner Medical Center (University of Arizona’s Med. School) launched drive-through testing for COVID-19 in the parking lot outside the Emergency entrance. People who think they …
A cool haven for scorching summer days now closed
A few days ago the Tucson Botanical Garden sent an email to members stating that their indoor facilities–mostly art galleries–would close because of the coronavirus, …
The Tucson Festival of Books and libraries in the time of CoVid-19–what’s next?
The annual Tucson Festival of Books is the third largest book fair in America and it was cancelled a couple of weeks ago because over …
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 …
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 …