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by Margaret Regan on August 15, 2019 at 8:00 am

Artist David Andres has long traveled to the Sea of Cortez for recreation and inspiration. In a Fine Art Prints summer show of 17 artists at Contreras Gallery, he’s exhibiting three alluring prints that evoke the sands and wildlife of the […]

by Betsy Labiner on August 8, 2019 at 8:00 am

Show People, by Paul Weitz, is a love letter to theatre. Or possibly hate mail. Live Theatre Workshop’s production dives whole-heartedly into the play. Show People, by Paul Weitz, is a love letter to theatre. Or […]

by Margaret Regan on August 8, 2019 at 8:00 am

At the Center for Creative Photography, 70 provocative images of 70 contemporary poets, from Pulitzer Prize winners to Instagram scribes, are filling the galleries. The poems that inspired the unconventional images hang on the walls next to the […]

by Margaret Regan on August 1, 2019 at 8:00 am

Acclaimed photographer Jack Dykinga spotlights his photos of the Grand Canyon. The first time Jack Dykinga saw the Grand Canyon he was a "typical, motorized tourist in a long line of cars driving from viewpoint to […]

by Leigh Moyer on July 25, 2019 at 8:00 am

The Historic Y's latest play "Identity Crisis" looks at mental health . You have amnesia so badly you can't even remember your name. You have no idea who you are or how to regain your memory. […]

by Jess Herrera on July 11, 2019 at 8:00 am

Tabitha Turnpike has a big imagination. But, for her parents, Tabitha’s imagination is nothing more than a big problem. Tabitha Turnpike has a big imagination. But, for her parents, Tabitha's imagination is nothing […]

by Jeff Gardner on July 11, 2019 at 8:00 am

While many locals may be surprised to know the Pima County Public Library hosts a “Writer in Residence” program, it is the writers in residence themselves who are surprised by the writing talent of those in their community. […]

on July 11, 2019 at 8:00 am

An excerpt from Tucson author Kimi Eisle’s new post-apocalyptic novel The Lightest Object in the Universe At the end of a long and narrow street not far from the sea, right around the time of the spring equinox, […]

by Margaret Regan on July 11, 2019 at 8:00 am

This week, Algonquin Press launched her first novel, The Lightest Object in the Universe. This is an email conversation with the Tucson Weekly. In the 22 years since Kimi Eisele came to Tucson to get a master's in […]

by Lena Quach on July 4, 2019 at 8:00 am

Live Theatre Workshop’s production of Things Being What They Are gives you the feeling that you are drop dead in the middle of an early 2000s sitcom. Live Theatre Workshop's production of Things Being What […]

by Logan Burtch-Buus on June 27, 2019 at 8:00 am

Gaslight Theatre writer/director Peter Van Slyke found plenty of inspiration in the adventures of James Tiberius Kirk when he wrote Space Trek. Captain's Log, Star Date 22.63: The crew of the Spaceship Excelsior is […]

by Margaret Regan on June 20, 2019 at 8:00 am

“Oregon Coast,” a bracing painting in Contreras Gallery’s Small Works show, is just the antidote Tucson’s heat calls for. The Sonoran summer is here. Never mind that the solstice—the longest […]

by Becky Masterman on June 20, 2019 at 8:00 am

Tucson author Becky Masterman’s new crime thriller, We Were Killers Once, is the fourth book to feature Brigid Quinn, a former FBI agent who has retired to Tucson. Tucson author Becky Masterman's new crime […]

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 […]