Tucson Events & News

by Austin Counts on February 25, 2021 at 8:00 am

If you ask internationally known vintage goods dealer Robert "Slobby Robby" Hall, reselling high-end streetwear sneakers is a lot like being a luxury used car salesman. The Netflix star is opening his newest concept on Saturday, Feb. 27, Generation […]

by Jeff Gardner on February 25, 2021 at 8:00 am

The Tucson Museum of Art recently highlighted local multi-media artist Willie Bonner, whose work has appeared in the museum multiple times.…

on February 18, 2021 at 8:00 am

The Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance has announced three outdoor art and artisan markets to take place through March and April, with social distancing guidelines in place for each. The Sahuarita Creative Arts Market takes place Saturday […]

on February 18, 2021 at 8:00 am

Although this year’s Tucson Festival of Books will be virtual, there are still plenty of events taking place and dozens of authors hosting digital exhibits on their work. In addition to dozens of new writers, four “festival […]

by Margaret Regan on February 18, 2021 at 8:00 am

On March 13 last year, Arizona Theatre Company debuted The Legend of Georgia McBride at the Temple of Music and Art. Right after that opening night performance, the play closed down.…

by Margaret Regan on February 18, 2021 at 8:00 am

Last year around this time I was cheerfully writing about the great upcoming art exhibitions, dance concerts and plays scheduled for the spring: paintings at the UA’s Joseph Gross gallery by a talented young Liberian refugee; a modern dance in […]

by Jim Nintzel on February 18, 2021 at 8:00 am

We’ve missed so much of Tucson’s rich and vibrant arts community over the last year, from opening receptions at small galleries to big parties on the Tucson Museum of Art patio, from productions at the Temple of Music and Art to raucous […]

by Margaret Regan on February 11, 2021 at 8:00 am

Below the slopes of the Catalinas' north face, the Bachman Wash twists its way through thickets of mesquite and creosote. Given a German name loosely translated as "man by the brook," the beloved wash snakes through the Rancho Linda Vista artist […]

by Jeff Gardner on February 4, 2021 at 8:00 am

Musician and singer Seanloui is making sure Arizona will be well-represented this Black History Month by expanding his Black Renaissance project with a podcast and compilation album highlighting local creatives that will release throughout February. […]

by Margaret Regan on January 28, 2021 at 8:00 am

Brandywine Creek meanders through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the country.…

by Gary Paul Nabhan on January 28, 2021 at 8:00 am

Our deepest knowledge of most places in which we have lived and loved—a landscape or the edge of a seascape—may well come to us in waves. Yet, what if our recognition of desert nature comes to us in dowsing splashes, hot flashes, or […]

by Emily Dieckman on January 14, 2021 at 8:00 am

When I first heard about the Desert Museum exhibit hosted by the International Society of Scratchboard Artists, I thought immediately of the artboards I used to play with when I was a kid: Use a sharp point to scratch the ink off of a black board […]

by Margaret Regan on January 14, 2021 at 8:00 am

When artist Tom Kiefer first started working as a part-time janitor at the Border Patrol station in Ajo back in 2003, he was shocked by the agency's practice of throwing out perfectly good canned foods they took away from captured migrants. The […]

by Jeff Gardner on January 14, 2021 at 8:00 am

After 177 years of performing, the Zoppé Family Circus knows it will take more than a pandemic to keep them out of the spotlight. The Italian circus annually performs in Tucson at the Mercado District, and will continue that tradition this […]

on December 24, 2020 at 8:00 am

He comes over the wall and lands in my life. He's got the body of a convict who spent his time in the yard with the iron pile.…