Tucson Events & News

by Margaret Regan on December 13, 2018 at 8:00 am

One of the first things you see—and hear—when you go into MOCA’s Blessed Be show is a giant black box from which human screams are emanating. One of the first things you see—and hear—when […]

by Sherilyn Forrester on December 13, 2018 at 8:00 am

If you are a Broadway musical geek—and really, who among us isn’t?—you already know that Meredith Willson’s The Music Man opened in New York this month 61 years ago. If you are a […]

by Margaret Regan on December 13, 2018 at 8:00 am

Nollaig Shona, everybody! That’s Irish for Merry Christmas! And in Tucson, if it’s Christmas time, that means the rollicking crew performing Irish Christmas in America is on its way. Nollaig Shona, everybody! […]

by Margaret Regan on December 6, 2018 at 8:00 am

Forget silver bells this Christmas. This is the year of the silver Nutcrackers. Forget silver bells this Christmas. This is the year of the silver Nutcrackers. […]

by Margaret Regan on November 29, 2018 at 8:00 am

Conrad Wilde Gallery to shut doors, Philabaum to extinguish glass flames Tucson's premier contemporary galley, Conrad Wilde, is closing its doors in December after a 13-year run. "I've loved running the gallery," says […]

by Emily Dieckman on November 29, 2018 at 8:00 am

Arizona Theatre Company's production of the The Music Man opens this weekend, and runs in Tucson through Sunday, Dec. 30. Maybe a story about a con man rolling into a small town to take advantage of a group of […]

by Sherilyn Forrester on November 29, 2018 at 8:00 am

Even though the production limps a little, the mostly very young cast brings it on, embracing the songs fully and generously delivering them to us. I'm puzzled. Arizona Onstage Productions, which specializes in […]

by Margaret Regan on November 29, 2018 at 8:00 am

Danny Lyon’s Southwest photos and movie chronicle hard lives across decades Danny Lyon first photographed Ferny Jaramillo way back in the early 1970s, when Ferny was a beautiful young boy. A 1975 black-and-white […]

by Margaret Regan on November 22, 2018 at 8:00 am

One day long ago, in the Millville barrio of Tucson, a woman's entire wardrobe dangled from the telephone wires high above the street. One day long ago, in the Millville barrio of Tucson, a woman's entire wardrobe […]

by Margaret Regan on November 15, 2018 at 8:00 am

At a gallery reception, each of the artists described what art has meant to their lives. The acclaimed painter Bailey Doogan endured a debilitating bout of depression for more than a year a decade ago. She had dealt with […]

by Sherilyn Forrester on November 8, 2018 at 8:00 am

Rogue Theatre tackles an ambitious production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. When The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Simon Stephens opened on London in 2012, it quickly […]

by Margaret Regan on November 8, 2018 at 8:00 am

Revered classics by Graham and Balanchine highlight a busy week in the Dancing Pueblo Martha Graham is sometimes known as the Picasso of dance. But some admirers think that comparison is too generous to the painter. […]

by Margaret Regan on November 1, 2018 at 8:00 am

At Etherton, two peripatetic photographers document people and places world-wide A young girl with piercing green eyes and a rust-colored veil caught the world's attention back in 1985. She was an Afghan refugee, an […]

by Sherilyn Forrester on November 1, 2018 at 8:00 am

The jokes come fast and furious. Bombeck never lacked subjects that could be filtered through her wit. How dear. Perhaps this is damning with faint praise, which is certainly the weight this little tag often carries. […]

by Margaret Regan on October 25, 2018 at 8:00 am

Former Tucsonan Barbara Kingsolver is coming to town for a book reading and signing of Unsheltered, her first novel in six years. Former Tucsonan Barbara Kingsolver is coming to town for a book reading and signing of […]