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Fun and free at the Tohono Chul gardens and bistro
Art in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson / Nature in Tucson / Tucson

Fun and free at the Tohono Chul gardens and bistro

by carollightwoodMay 15, 2023July 30, 2025

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 …

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Visual deception at two newish murals
Art in Tucson / Tucson

Visual deception at two newish murals

by carollightwoodMay 8, 2023July 30, 2025

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 …

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Muralists paint indigenous life
Art in Tucson / Food in Tucson / Tucson

Muralists paint indigenous life

by carollightwoodApril 23, 2023October 28, 2025

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 …

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Cyclovia: cosplaying fun and healthy cycling
Art in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson / Tucson

Cyclovia: cosplaying fun and healthy cycling

by carollightwoodApril 17, 2023July 30, 2025

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 …

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Free Books, Free Books…Everywhere
Art in Tucson / Historical Tucson / Tucson

Free Books, Free Books…Everywhere

by carollightwoodMarch 28, 2023July 30, 2025

Little Free Libraries have been around for a while and, over time, some here in Tucson have become works of art containing free books. So …

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Is there a downtown Tucson? Not exactly…
architecture in Tucson / Art in Tucson / Historical Tucson / Tucson

Is there a downtown Tucson? Not exactly…

by carollightwoodMarch 14, 2023July 30, 2025

About a year ago I spent an hour or so on a Sunday walking around and looking at what was happening along Congress Street. There …

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Dancing in Barrio Viejo to honor an emperor
Art in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson / Tucson

Dancing in Barrio Viejo to honor an emperor

by carollightwoodMarch 3, 2023January 7, 2025

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, …

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Best dressed dogs and people at Pet Parade
Festivals in Tucson / Tucson

Best dressed dogs and people at Pet Parade

by carollightwoodFebruary 21, 2023July 30, 2025

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. …

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Grow your own eggs, but it will cost you
Nature in Tucson / Tucson

Grow your own eggs, but it will cost you

by carollightwoodFebruary 6, 2023July 30, 2025

With the price of eggs at Albertsons ranging up to $8 a dozen, it may have occurred to you to buy chickens to produce eggs …

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480 free dogs are waiting for you
Nature in Tucson / Tucson

480 free dogs are waiting for you

by carollightwoodJanuary 10, 2023July 30, 2025

It is sorta like an after-Christmas sale at the Pima Animal Care Center on north Silverbell. Use the coupon on the PACC website and you …

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