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by Margaret Regan on June 13, 2019 at 8:00 am

TMA’s Travelogue traces the intersection of art and tourism in countries around the world Meet Tseng Kwong Chi, world traveler. Tseng stands at the entry of TMA's big summer show, Travelogue: Grand Destinations and […]

by Meredith O'Neil on June 13, 2019 at 8:00 am

They had their spot in the stairwell. They were Chicano kids—Mexican Americans—growing up in Tucson in the 1950s. They were the Chasers. They had their spot in the stairwell. They were Chicano […]

by Margaret Regan on June 6, 2019 at 8:00 am

Artists at Etherton evoke past and present in their works of “visual language” In the intricate show A Patterned Language at Etherton, three sets of artists grapple with of what the gallery calls "visual […]

by Marguerite Saxton on June 6, 2019 at 8:00 am

In the recent Live Theater Workshop production of Appropriate, written by Branden Jacob-Jenkins, the audience is presented with a plethora of things to tackle. In the recent Live Theater Workshop production […]

by Emily Dieckman on May 30, 2019 at 8:00 am

More than 80 artists from across the United States and from several other countries are exhibiting more than 90 pieces of art in the gallery's 15th annual Mujeres Mujeres Mujeres exhibit. The walls of the Raices Taller […]

by David J. Del Grande on May 23, 2019 at 8:00 am

A Well-Read Woman: The Life, Loves and Legacy of Ruth Rappaport archives the harrowing, and at times brazen, tale of a librarian who championed access to information and balked at sexism in the workplace years before the Western feminist movement […]

by Margaret Regan on May 23, 2019 at 8:00 am

Some 81 artists made it into the invitational show, with petite paintings, wee weavings and small-scale sculptures and photos. In these dismal times, when our democracy seems to be cracking apart, war is threatened and […]

by Margaret Regan on May 16, 2019 at 8:00 am

Aaron Bobrow-Strain's new book about the border, The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez, combines the life story of a young undocumented woman, told in extraordinary detail, with a history of the U.S. border enforcement regime. […]

by Aaron Bobrow-Strain on May 16, 2019 at 8:00 am

An excerpt from The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez Netflix and Redbox hadn't quite killed the video store business yet, particularly on the low end of the industry. Jack's shop clung to a loyal band of customers […]

by China Young on May 16, 2019 at 8:00 am

Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire is a wonderfully scripted story that explores five individuals processing the loss of a child. Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire is a wonderfully scripted story that explores five […]

by Margaret Regan on May 9, 2019 at 8:00 am

A new play told through language and dance and music opens with an homage to still another art form: the visual arts. A new play told through language and dance and music opens with an homage to still another art form: […]

by Leticia Gonzalez on May 9, 2019 at 8:00 am

We are in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692. The scene opens with Reverend Paris carrying a limp Betty Paris (portrayed by Christopher Younggren and Flories Rush respectively), who's passed out after being discovered dancing in the middle of […]

by Margaret Regan on May 2, 2019 at 8:00 am

Arizona History Museum honors resilience in tales of Jan. 8 and the Bisbee Deportation Shortly after the Tucson massacre of January 8, 2011, an unknown mourner planted six crosses across the street from the Safeway […]

by Betsy Labiner on May 2, 2019 at 8:00 am

Switzerland delves into the complicated life and legacy of author Patricia Highsmith Switzerland, by Joanna Murray-Smith, is a dark comedy with razor sharp commentary on literature, creativity and society—and it […]

by Rebekah Thimlar on May 2, 2019 at 8:00 am

In this heartbreakingly funny play by Andrew Bovell, we watch as members of the Price family struggle to make room for their true selves within their predetermined family roles. It can be a difficult thing, to introduce […]