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Summit, AZ · Arts & Culture
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Collections: NYC miniature artist explores the line between collecting and hoarding disorder
LAUREN GILGER: This week on “The Show,” we’ve been talking about collections and collections of collections. Today we’ll talk about the line between collecting and hoarding. Amanda Kelly is an artist based in New York City. She has a new exhibition at The Mini Time Machine...
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Bloomstone – Locals Only
Performing: Grant Bloom (guitar, vocals), Rylande Dodge (drums, vocals), Joe Lessaro (fiddle, vocals), Chris Pierce (bass, vocals) Bloomstone fuses soulful grooves, rich harmonies, and desert-born energy to craft a memorable sonic experience. Their genre-fluid sound weaves indie rock, funk, and alternative pop together with a distinct Southwest influence. Through their dynamic and heartfelt approach, Bloomstone inspires listeners to feel, engage, and dance.
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Pairings blends Tucson music, culinary arts
Food and music will share the spotlight at the Fox Tucson Theatre as local chefs and songwriters turn a common theme into original dishes and songs during the third annual Pairings · Music & Morsels fundraiser. The Fox Tucson Theatre Foundation will host the event at 6 p.m. Wednesday,...
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Here’s where to see Big Bad Voodoo Daddy in Arizona
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has toured for 33 years, but the road never gets old for the swing and jump blues band. The long‑running swing band, Ventura, California-bred, returns to Arizona soon—Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, and Thursday, Oct. 8, at the Fox Tucson Theatre. Drummer Kurt Sodergren described it as “a retrospective with surprises built in.”
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Tucson Maker: Kath Macaulay teaches the art of capturing the world with Pocket Sketching
Tucson artist Kath Macaulay is almost never without her trusted travel bag of art supplies. The modified camera bag, which she carries with her in the field and in her daily life, holds her small pallet of water color paints, paintbrushes, the ankle of an athletic sock to blot her brushes on and film canisters filled with water. It also functions as a vital piece of artists equipment.
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New exhibit celebrates Tucson food culture
A new art exhibit centering Tucson’s food culture and its connection to the Sonoran Desert is coming to Oro Valley at the end of this month. The exhibition uses artwork across all mediums to showcase Tucson’s expansive culinary scene and how different systems work together to make it possible.
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John Green to celebrate new release "Hollywood, Ending," at Centennial Hall
For over two decades, author John Green has captivated audiences with his poignant stories about grief, guilt, finding meaning and the complexities of love. Green, the Internationally bestselling author behind books such as “Looking for Alaska,” “Paper Towns,” and “The Fault in Our Stars,” will be taking the stage in Tucson on Oct. 8, with New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Glasgow to celebrate the release of his debut adult novel, “Hollywood, Ending.”
Arizona Luminaria
What’s behind the calaca? Mask artist Zarco Guerrero tells the story
Masks, characters and stories that look death straight in the eye. Each of these masks has a distinct identity and its own way of understanding Día de los Muertos: what it means, what it reminds us of and, above all, what it has to tell us about life.
KOLD-TV
The Other Side of Okay: Constantly Caring
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - In an emotionally candid episode of The Other Side of Okay, host Allie Potter reunited with former colleague Al Mazeika to spotlight the often overlooked realities of spousal caregiving. For more than three decades, Mazeika has stood faithfully by his wife, Kathy. Their journey began...
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Tucson Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Latin American Music
The Tucson Symphony Orchestra is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with ¡Fiesta Latina!, a multi week series highlighting the music and traditions of Latin America. The celebration begins October 10 and continues through November 1, bringing music from Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela and Mexico to Tucson. The series opens with...
Patagonia Regional Times
A Witness to History: Border Monument 111 speaks to the then and now
For more than 170 years, Border Monument 111 has stood alone in the San Rafael Valley, a witness to the comings and goings of cattle, jaguars and people. Where once the indigenous music of native grasses and chestnut-collared longspur could be heard, now the drone of heavy equipment in the creation of a 30-foot steel bollard double-barrier system on the U.S./Mexico border drowns them out.
Patagonia Regional Times
37th Patagonia Fall Festival returns to Town Park on Oct. 10-11
The 37th Patagonia Fall Festival, an annual celebration of art, music, food and community, will be Oct. 10 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Oct. 11 (10 a.m.-4 p.m.). This year will feature 130 vendors in the Town Park, most from southern Arizona. Stellar Patagonia potter Martha Kelly will be among them.
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Fantastical creatures have arrived at Tucson Botanical Gardens 🐉
A jaguar-eagle, a coyote-fish and a rabbit-deer have made their way to Tucson Botanical Gardens. The unusual animal combinations are part of “Spirit Guides: Fantastical Creatures,” a new outdoor exhibit featuring eight brightly colored sculptures from the workshop of Jacobo and María Ángeles in San Martín Tilcajete, Oaxaca, Mexico.