Tucson Events & News

by Margaret Regan on April 9, 2021 at 10:38 pm

Bit by bit, the arts are opening up in Tucson. And the arts organizations are dreaming up clever new ways to keep their artists and fans safe from COVID-19.…

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

Throughout the pandemic, the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance has worked to provide opportunities for local artists—one of the hardest hit industries. Now, with Arizona’s COVID cases nearing their third straight month of […]

by Margaret Regan on March 25, 2021 at 8:00 am

On a hot Arizona day in 1940, a little girl climbed out of a filthy trailer on the old 87 road south of Chandler, when Chandler was nothing but cotton fields. The child’s dress was dirty, and her feet were bare.…

by Madison Beal on March 18, 2021 at 8:00 am

Mark and Kathleen Sublette will receive the 2021 Ambassador Circle Lifetime Achievement Award from the Tucson Museum of Art for their commitment to the preservation of the art of the American West and the role they’ve played in expanding […]

by Madison Beal on March 4, 2021 at 8:00 am

For thousands of years, humans in the Southwest have created art to express their experiences and imaginations. These practices were developed and passed down for generations, and they still persist today.…

by Margaret Regan on March 4, 2021 at 8:00 am

Ever since Laura Pendelton put a large painting of the singer Eartha Kitt in her living room, curious art lovers have been peering into the window to get a better look. And more often than you'd expect, they knock on the door and "ask me if they […]

by Leo W. Banks on March 4, 2021 at 8:00 am

Opal Sanchez was missing, snatched away by romance. I got the news after returning home late that afternoon and can't say I was surprised.…

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.…

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 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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]