UA Visitor's Guide Spring 2015

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A unique student housing property with a “No Party policy” and innovative amenities and services thrives in Tucson also went to the Corn Maze for Halloween and to the “International Festival of Tucson”. And that was just for October!

Sahara is still the only student building in Tucson that will give every resident a FREE bicycle to ride while living at Sahara. We even maintain and repair the bikes for free. And Sahara is the only student building that takes its residents grocery and mall shopping every weeknight.

Sahara Apartments is in its 10th year of operation as a student housing project in Tucson. Ted Mehr, the owner of Sahara Apartments, has introduced a lot of innovations to the Tucson student housing market.

Ted, who still manages the building on a day to day basis, developed this project as the “paranoid” father of a college age daughter, who was concerned about his own daughter’s safety and comfort when she had gone to live on her own while attending college.

Some of Ted’s ideas have been duplicated by others, and some are still unique to Sahara.

For example, Sahara is still the only building that does not allow parties on site. Our motto is “The oasis for QUIET student living”. At Sahara you are guaranteed a quiet environment. If anyone violates the rules, the residents can call the owner, Ted, no matter what time of day or night. And he will drive down to the building to make sure the violators understand that the policy is really enforced.

When students move into Sahara, they get Ted’s cell phone AND home phone numbers, you know, just in case the cell phone runs out of battery right when someone needs to call. All residents are encouraged to call Ted if they feel uncomfortable about anything.

That sort of attitude is not something that you will get from the corporate-owned high rise competition.

In case you think our no party policy means no fun, you should know that Sahara has an activity director who organizes many group activities sponsored by Sahara where the residents get an opportunity to get together and do fun things as a group. For instance at the time of this writing, for the month of October, we took our residents to Mt. Lemmon for the October Fest, Sabino Canyon for a 13 mile hike, “Tucson Meet Yourself” event downtown, had a game night on site with free food and refreshments, and a movie night. We

Sahara is also the only student building that provides hotel accommodations on site, where visiting family and friends can stay when they come to visit our residents. The hotel also accommodates professors, researchers, workshop attendees and many groups of international students that are placed at Sahara by the University.

We treat our residents like they are expensive works of art in a museum. Our gated community is protected with an infrared beam system that alerts the owner with an automatic cellphone call if someone trespasses by climbing over the walls. Our 80 security cameras record all events at the perimeter of the building and in the public areas.

And our staff who live on site are ready to respond if required. These are some of the reasons why in our 10 year history we have never received a “Red Tag” from the police department.

Offering shuttle service to and from the campus is now standard practice for a lot of buildings, but we do it every half hour from 7 AM to 7 PM, on every school day.

At Sahara, you can enjoy the privacy of having your own studio apartment for a lot less than a single occupancy room at the Residence Halls, or to share an apartment at one of the high rise buildings with people whose lifestyles may not be compatible with yours.

While we admit we are not for everybody, nor do we want to be, there is a lot more that you should know about Sahara before you decide what your choice of student housing should be.

Check out our website and find out why Sahara has become more popular each year as the word has spread that you can have a safe and quiet environment and still have fun.

Sahara Apartments 919 N. Stone Ave. Tucson, AZ 85701 520-622-4102

Ted Mehr, Owner Ted@saharaapartments.com

Contents MCKALE RENOvATiON 10 UA calls the $30 million face-lift a ‘game-changer’ for players, recruits and fans.

UAPRESENTS 12 Spring shows include the hot Sardines, Flamenco Viva, Suzanne Vega, “Guys and Dolls” and “Once.”

SCHOOL OF DANCE 24 UA’s top-ranked program and its striking Stevie Eller Theatre help launch students’ careers.

STUDENT UNiON 30 Designed to honor the USS Arizona, UA’s student center features eateries, lounges and activities.

FESTivAL OF BOOKS 38 A band of famous authors, including Amy Tan and Scott Turow, headlines the seventhannual event.

DiSCOvERiNG UA 50 Our Take 3: Spring Fling on mall again; mobile apps to use on campus; Rec center honored.

Academic calendar

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college of science

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confluencenter 45 dance

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film

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galleries

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museums

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music

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poetry

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steward observatory

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theater

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tours

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UA Visitor Guide The University of Arizona Visitor Guide is published twice a year by Arizona Student Media in the Division of Student Affairs. Its purpose is to provide useful information about the UA for visitors to our dynamic community. wc.arizona.edu/ads/visitorguide

Copies of the UA Visitor Guide are available at many locations on and off campus, including the UA Visitor Center, the Information Desk in the Student Union Memorial Center and the UA Main Library.

Contributing Editor: Mike Chesnick Advertising & Distribution: Milani Hunt Marketing Coordinator, Arizona Student Media milanih@email.arizona.edu, 520-626-8546

The UA Visitor Center 811 N. Euclid Ave., 520-621-5130

Design & Production: Cynthia Callahan Creative Services Manager, Arizona Student Media cynthiac@u.arizona.edu, 520-621-3377

The University of Arizona www.arizona.edu, 520-621-2211

Director of Arizona Student Media: Mark Woodhams woodhams@email.arizona.edu, 520-621-3408

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Steward Observatory Mirror Lab Tours Have you

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tours are led by UA students and offered to prospective students and their parents by the Office of Admissions. The tours showcase Old Main, Student Union Memorial Center, Student Recreation Center and Main Library. Tours are offered weekday mornings and afternoons, and Saturday mornings during the fall and spring semesters. Call 520-621-3641 for more information. Prospective students can register online at admissions. arizona.edu/visit

Campus Arboretum

Join the Campus Arboretum tree tours and find out what we’ve learned from almost 125 years of desert landscaping and gardening. Discover some of the oldest, largest and most rare tree and cactus species in the state and explore the living heritage of the oldest, continually-maintained public green space in the state. Several docent-guided tours are scheduled each month from September-May. You can also schedule a group tour, or take a self-guided tour at your convenience.

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The campus is open 24/7 and visitor parking is free on the weekends. For more information, please see http:// arboretum.arizona.edu/tree_tours or call (520) 621-7074. Learn about other opportunities and resources available through the Campus Arboretum — subscribe to the Arboretum’s monthly newsletter or like the UA Campus Arboretum on Facebook.

Arizona State Museum

Visitors can explore the museum on their own or participate in guided tours. Docent-led tours through the museum’s exhibits highlight the indigenous cultures of Arizona and northern Mexico (afternoons OctoberApril, or by special appointment, free with admission). Curator guided tours give small adult groups a behind-thescenes look into labs and collections areas (advanced reservations required, Monday–Friday 10 a.m.–5 p.m., $20 per person). For more information, contact Darlene Lizarraga at dfl@email.arizona. edu or 626-8381.

ever seen a telescope mirror at is 28 feet in diameter? If not, come experience how we make the largest and most challenging giant telescope mirrors in the world, right here on campus, on the eastside of the UA Football stadium.

Learn how innovative engineering, pioneering optical technology and unparalleled manufacturing techniques are used to produce the next-generation of monolithic honeycomb mirrors that will be revolutionizing astronomy and exploring deep into outer space to produce cutting-edge scientific research.

The UA College of Science is ranked #1 among observational, theoretical and space astronomy programs in the U.S. Come see why! Tours are available Monday–Friday at various times and are 90 minutes in length. Participants must be 7 years or older. $15 for adults and $8 for students. Tickets required and may be purchased online at mirrorlab. as.arizona.edu.

UA visitor Center

During the fall and spring semesters, a variety of free, guided tours are available to the public through the UA Visitor Center.

Reservations are recommended. For information about tours or for a current tour schedule, visit arizona.edu/parents-visitors, call 520-621-5130 or email visitor@email.arizona.edu. The Visitor Center also offers free middle school tours to 6th-8th grade classes. Information can be found at externalrelations. arizona.edu/community_visitor.cfm

The Visitor Center

Make the UA Visitor Center your first stop when exploring campus and learn about the UA’s attractions, top-ranked programs and talented community of scholars and students. The Visitor Center offers UA and community publications, public Wi-Fi, information about campus performances, tour information, parking, and more.

The UA Visitor Center is located at the northwest corner of Euclid Avenue and University Boulevard and is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, closed weekends and UA holidays. For more information, call 520-621-5130, or visit arizona.edu/parents-visitors

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Getting To and Around Campus From Tucson international Airport Exit airport northbound on Tucson Boulevard. Turn left at Valencia Road, the first traffic signal. Take Valencia one block to the light at Campbell Avenue. Turn right onto Campbell, following the street through a midway name change to Kino Parkway. At Sixth Street, Kino will become Campbell again. You will see UA at the northwest corner of the intersection of Campbell Avenue and Sixth Street.

From interstate 10 Visitors approaching Tucson on I-10 should exit at Speedway Boulevard (Exit 257).

Turn east onto Speedway. The university will be on the right after Euclid Avenue.

Parking on Campus See the campus map (p. 26-27)

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for visitor parking garages. Parking in the Highland Avenue, Main Gate, Second Street, Park Avenue, Sixth Street, Cherry Avenue and Tyndall Avenue garages is on a space-available basis, 7 a.m.-12 a.m. For more information, visit parking.arizona.edu/visitors

visitor Garage Daily Rates Second Street garage: before 5 p.m. $2 per hr.; $10 maximum. After 5 p.m. $2 first hour, $1 each additional hour; maximum $5.

All other campus garages: before 5 p.m. $1 per half hour for the first two hours; $1 each additional hour, maximum $8. After 5 p.m. $1 per hour; maximum $4.

Garages are free on weekends, pending special event parking restrictions.

CatTran Shuttle A free campus shuttle. For maps and schedules, visit parking. arizona.edu

Tucson Modern Streetcar See campus map (p. 28-29) for campus route. www. tucsonstreetcar.info

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MUSEUMS

Arizona State Museum

art as you meet 200 Native artists from around the region all selling directly to you.

Ongoing Exhibits: The Pottery Project. Approximately 500 examples illustrate 2,000 years of pottery making traditions in the American Southwest.

Paths of Life: American Indians of the Southwest. Explore the origins, histories, and contemporary lifeways of ten Native American culture groups.

Current Exhibits: Curtis Reframed: The Arizona Portfolios Through July 31 This exhibit explores Edward S. Curtis’s work in Arizona from 1903 to 1928, featuring photogravures and narratives from his life’s work, The North American Indian.

Regarding Curtis: Contemporary Indian Artists Respond to the Imagery of Edward S. Curtis Through March 31 Contemporary American Indian artists respond, through their own work, to the early 20th century images of Edward S. Curtis.

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Hours Monday–Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Closed Sundays and federal and state holidays.

ARIZONA STATE Admission $5; free for MUSEUM members, CatCard holders, students vd .

University Bl and youth under 18.

Location 1013 E. ASM CENTENNIAL South HALL University Blvd., east of Park Avenue and northeast of UA’s main gate.

Parking Covered parking for a small fee at the Main Gate and Tyndall Avenue garages; free parking on Saturdays.

Contact 520-621-6302, statemuseum.arizona.edu Park Avenue

Experience the enduring cultures of Arizona, the American Southwest, and northern Mexico at Arizona State Museum through dynamic exhibits, engaging programs, and an educational museum store. Arizona State Museum is the region’s oldest and largest anthropology museum (est. in 1893), home of the world’s largest collections of Southwest Indian pottery and American Indian basketry, and an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.

Special Event: Southwest Indian Art Fair March 28 and 29 Southern Arizona’s premier Indian art show and market is on Arizona State Museum’s front lawn, rain or shine. Shop a wide array of top-quality, handmade

MUSEUMS

Current Exhibition: Astronomical: Photographs of our Solar System and Beyond Featuring works by a diversity of makers ranging from pioneering scientists to artists and amateurs, this exhibition surveys mankind’s ongoing efforts to chart and understand an expanding universe.

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As one of the world’s premier collections of modern American photography, the Center is a must-see destination for visitors to the campus. Rotating exhibitions feature works by famous artists as well as rising new stars in the photography world. Whether you are a professional photographer, aspiring photography student, or an ardent amateur, the Center’s exhibitions can inspire you. Exhibitions from the Center’s collections also travel around the world so your local museum may feature works from the Center’s collections. If you can’t visit the current exhibition while you are on campus, there are thousands of works illustrated at the Center’s website.

Hours Monday-Friday 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Gallery open Saturday-Sunday 1-4 p.m. during exhibitions. Closed major holidays.

Admission Free Parking Park Avenue Speedway Boulevard Garage, pedestrian ARCHITECTURE & LANDSCAPE underpass gives ARCHITECTURE direct access.

Parking directly behind center (off Second Street) is free on weekends, and weekdays after 5 p.m.

Contact 520-621-7968, www.creativephotography.org Location UA Fine Arts Complex, 1030 N. Olive Road Olive

Center for Creative Photography

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium/ UA Mineral Museum This science center explores our universe from earth to space and everything inbetween, bringing science alive for young and life-long learners alike. Changing exhibits through the year focus on biology,

mathematics, geology, astronomy and more, weaving in groundbreaking UA research and revealing the world of science careers for budding scientists.

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium also offers southern Arizona’s only planetarium — with an all new digital projection system which allows visitors to launch from the Earth and fly through the solar system to visit planets, moons, asteroids or spacecraft, and then zoom all the way to the edge of the known universe. A variety of changing shows will explore all kinds of fascinating science, from dinosaurs to hurricanes, in vivid high definition 360º imagery. On the lower level, The UA Mineral Museum houses one of the top-five gem and mineral collections of the world. With a core collection dating back to 1892, the Continued on page 8

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Mineral Museum now holds more than 26,000 specimens. For the most up-todate information on planetarium shows and featured exhibits, including times and ticket prices, visit flandrau.org

Cherry Ave.

Location Corner of STEWARD Cherry Avenue OBSERVATORY and University Boulevard Parking Cherry FLANDRAU Avenue Garage.

Free street and UA MALL UA MALL surface lot parking on weekends (game days excluded).

Contact 520-621-4516; flandrau.org; facebook.com/FlandrauScienceCenter; twitter.com/FlandrauAZ

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UA Museum of Art

world history. With a collection of over 6,000 objects spanning seven centuries, the UAMA features works of renowned artists including Rembrandt, Pablo Picasso, Georgia O’Keeffe, Mark Rothko, and Edward Hopper. Throughout the year, rotating exhibitions and engaging programs provide an enjoyable experience for visitors of all ages. Educational programming includes lectures, demonstrations, tours, and artist talks.

A premier showcase for world class art, the UA Museum of Art (UAMA) collects and exhibits artworks representing many of the principal cultures and periods of

Exhibitions: Prism and Perspective: Landscapes, Compositions, and Bodies Through Wednesday, April 8

This is the second installment of Edward J. Gallagher, Jr.’s donation of twentiethcentury art to the UAMA in memory of his son. Gallagher’s collection consists of artistic explorations of the abstract and the figural, landscape and portrait, and line and color in modern art. The exhibition includes works by Mark Rothko, Raoul Dufy, Marino Marini, and Yukiko Katsura.

The Pfieffer Collection: Figures and Expressions in 20th Century America Through Wednesday, April 8 This exhibition features works from the UAMA’s permanent collection that were originally donated by C. Leonard Pfeiffer.

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MUSEUMS

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Hours Monday noon-5 p.m., Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., weekends noon-4 p.m.

Admission $5; free for UAMA members, CatCard holders, students, youth under 18 Location SE corner of Park Avenue and Speedway, facing into campus Parking Park Speedway Spe p edway y Blv Blvd. vd.

Avenue Garage; MUSEUM ART OF ART free parking on DRAMA weekends Contact 520-6217567, www.

MUSIC artmuseum. arizona.edu

Jim Click Hall of Champions Discover the heritage and traditions of Arizona Athletics. Visitors learn about their favorite Wildcats, view the men’s bas-

Hours Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday noon–5 p.m.

Pac-12 basketball game days: Hall closes two hours before game, reopens 15 minutes into start of first half and closes at start of second McKALE half.

MEMORIAL CENTER Football game days: Hall opens six hours before kick-off; closes one hour before kick.

Admission Free Location North side of McKale Memorial Center, 1721 E. Enke Drive Parking Cherry Avenue Garage is free on weekends, except during special events.

Contact 520-621-2331, arizonawildcats.com

The Arizona History Museum Discover Southern Arizona’s rich history with vibrant exhibits depicting events from Spanish Colonial times through territorial days. Explore the life of Geronimo, an underground copper mine, the Arizona Centennial Quilt, and much more! Plan your next event including banquets and weddings at our museum through our facility rental program. Visit our website to learn about upcoming community events and public programs hosted by the Arizona Historical Society.

Hours Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Closed major holidays.

Admission ARIZONA $8 adults; HISTORICAL SOCIETY $6 seniors 65+; 2nd Street $5 adult student; $4 ages 7–17; ages MARSHALL 6 and younger free with family; AHS members and veterans free; two-for-one admission first Tuesday of each month; no admission for the research library.

Location 949 E. Second St., between Park and Tyndall avenues Parking Main Gate Parking Garage. Free with museum validation in the Arizona Historical Society section.

Contact 520-628-5774, ArizonaHistoricalSociety.org

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Beauties: The Photography of Andy Warhol Saturday, February 14 – Sunday, June 14 One of the most significant artists of the twentieth century, Warhol changed the art world in the 1960s with his Pop Art paintings and screenprints. While photography had long been important to his work, it was not until Warhol was sued for copyright infringement that he began to take and use his own photographs.

Throughout the 1970s and up until his death in 1987, Warhol took Polaroids and made them into screenprints for commission. He also carried a small 35mm camera everywhere in order to capture his environment. Through a generous gift from The Warhol Photographic Legacy Program, the UAMA is able to present these photographs, which make up an important and commonly overlooked part of Warhol’s working process.

Salvador Dalí: Our Historical Heritage Saturday, February 14 – Sunday, June 14 Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) is most famous for the bizarre, dreamlike paintings he created as a member of the Surrealist movement. After having split from Surrealism in 1939, he began to explore religious themes in his art. In the portfolio Our Historical Heritage of 1975, he depicts events and figures of the Old Testament.

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Gifted to the museum in the 1940s, these paintings and watercolors present the figures and expressions of 20th century America in the format of portraits and landscapes. This exhibition features artists such as Isabel Bishop, Joseph Delaney, and John Sloan, among others.

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McKale face-lift UA upgrades seats, locker areas, lights in 1973-built arena

By Mike Chesnick Donning a hard hat, Arizona athletic director Greg Byrne gave reporters a tour of the nearly renovated McKale Center last year, showing off the arena like it was a new house.

In many ways, the venerable, 42-year-old facility does feel new.

After a $30 million renovation, McKale has all-new seating, with padded navy blue seats with cupholders making up all nonstudent areas below the upper concourse. The men’s and women’s basketball teams have upgraded locker areas — “as good as any in the Pac-12,” Byrne says — that include new film and coaches’ rooms and kitchens, while the indoor and sand volleyball teams each have new locker rooms.

Throw in the arena’s new LED lighting, more bathrooms and larger concession areas — with television sets, so fans won’t miss the action — and you can see why Byrne is smiling a lot these days.

School calls the $30 million renovation a ‘game-changer’ for players, recruits and fans “We’re getting a lot for our $30 million,” said Byrne, who thanked renovation donors such as Cole and Jeannie Davis, ex-Wildcat Steve and Margot Kerr and George Kalil. “It’s an exciting time for Arizona athletics as we continue to make progress and move forward.”

All the padded navy seats have a red “A” stitched in them. Unpadded red seats line the upper concourse and far upper seats, which used to be yellow. The “Zona Zoo” student section has unpadded seats alternating in navy and red, which makes up a big “A” visible to recruits when the arena is empty.

UA men’s basketball coach Sean Miller and women’s coach Niya Butts both called the “new” McKale a “game-changer” in terms of recruiting.

“We’ve always had an amazing atmosphere at McKale,” says Miller, who took the Wildcats to the NCAA tournament’s Elite Eight for the second time in four seasons in 2014.

“Now, in addition to our great fans, we basically have a brand-new arena.

It’s not an attempt to go overboard, but an attempt to compete for a national championship. … No player prospects will leave here with an impression that Arizona doesn’t have what so-and-so has.

“This is best of the best, across the board.”

About 155 seats have been added to McKale, bringing its capacity to 14,700, after seats in the southwest and southeast corners were added when two tunnels were eliminated.

Now, a single players’ tunnel is under the middle of the south stands. The other two entrances to the court remain the two corner exits in the northwest and northwest sides.

“It’s not often that I’m speechless,” Butts says. “But when it all came together, and I walked into the arena, I was speechless.”

background: McKale Center’s new padded seats have cupholders and a red “A” stitched into them.

Above: Hundreds line up to enter the zona zoo, UA’s rowdy student section, which when empty has a large “A” in red and blue visible to recruits. photos courtesy UA Athletics

REST OF UA 2014-15 SCHEDULE Jan. 22 at Stanford 7 p.m.

Jan. 24 at Cal 8:30 p.m.

Jan. 28 Oregon 8 p.m.

Jan. 30 Oregon St. 8 p.m.

Feb. 7 at ASU 2:30 p.m.

Feb. 13 at washington 7 p.m.

Feb. 15 at washington St. 4:30 p.m.

Feb. 19 USC 7 p.m.

Feb. 21 UCLA 7 p.m.

Feb. 26 at Colorado 7 p.m.

Feb. 28 at Utah TBA March 5 Cal 7 p.m.

March 7 Stanford 2 p.m.

March 11-14 Pac-12 tournament (in Las vegas) March 17-April 6 NCAA tournament TiCKETS: 621-2287, arizonawildcats.com

By the numbers 1973

year McKale center opened. UA, coached by the late Fred Snowden, beat Wyoming 87-69 on Feb. 1 in the inaugural game. construction, which began in 1970, cost $8 million.

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consecutive seasons McKale has led the Pac-12 in basketball attendance.

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Final Fours for Arizona, including the 1997 national title.

UA has 10 Elite Eight and 17 Sweet 16 berths.

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UA players selected in the first round of the NbA Draft.

Since 1988, the Wildcats are tied with Duke and Kentucky with the most overall draft picks (38).

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Retired basketball jerseys hanging in McKale: Sean Elliott (32), Steve Kerr (25), Mike bibby (10), Jason Gardner (22), Jason Terry (31)* and the late women’s star Shawntinice Polk (00) * To be retired Feb. 19

PERFORMANCES

UA Presents

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ThE hOT SARDINES 1/23 “Unforgettably wild” and “consistently electrifying… a live music powerhouse.” –PopMatters

UApresents UA Presents is the University of Arizona’s performing arts presenter, a nationally recognized host of worldclass performances and programs.

Park Avenue

Ticket Office Hours Monday–Friday 10 a.m.– 6 p.m., Saturday noon–5 p.m., Sunday noon–4 p.m. and two hours before every performance.

Admission Varies UA Locations Centennial vd .

Hall, unless University Bl otherwise noted. Crowder CENTENNIAL HALL Hall (Music Building); Stevie Eller Dance Theatre. See Campus map, p. 28-29.

For off-campus locations, see sidebar.

Parking (UA) Tyndall Avenue Garage Contact 520-621-3341, uapresents.org

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FRIDAy, JANUARy 23 The Hot Sardines 8 p.m., Fox Theatre Take a blustery brass lineup, layer it over a stride-piano virtuoso in the Fats Waller vein, and tie the whole thing together with a female vocalist whose style is from another era. The Hot Sardines manage to invoke the sounds of a near-century ago while staying in step with the current age.

Tickets: $40, $30 ThURSDAy, JANUARy 29 Susan Graham 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall Dubbed “America’s favorite mezzo” by Gramophone, Susan Graham has mastered an astonishing range of repertoire.

Her operatic roles span four centuries. She is recognized as one of the foremost exponents of French vocal music, and at the same time

is distinctly American. Praised by critics for her sophistication, flawless diction, subtle dynamics and exquisite top tones, she is equally admired for her impeccable comic timing. Graham appears with UA Presents as part of the Tucson Desert Song Festival. Tickets: $70, $50

ThURSDAy, FEbRUARy 5 A Far Cry 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall “Classical music infused with a fresh and fearless point of view… vigor and vitality to spare.” –Denver Post A Far Cry stands at the forefront of an

PERFORMANCES exciting new generation in classical music. Founded in 2007 by a collective of 17 young string players, it has developed an innovative structure that rotates leadership on stage and behind the scenes.

Through more than 200 performances across the United States, and three albums, the group expands the boundaries of orchestral repertoire.

Tickets: $50, $40 SUNDAy, FEbRUARy 8 Kodo 3 p.m., Centennial Hall “Superlatives don’t really exist to convey the primal power and bravura beauty of Kodo.” –Chicago Tribune For the whole family, Kodo turns traditional Japanese music into stunning spectacle, combining centuries-old techniques of taiko drumming with movement and costume. Tickets: $60, $45, $25 WEDNESDAy, FEbRUARy 11 Ray Chen 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall “Colors dance, moods swing, and Chen’s artistry blazes.” –The Times Charismatic Ray Chen is a violinist with cross-generational appeal. At 25 he has already released two critically acclaimed albums and debuted with several major orchestras. He looks to expand the classical music audience through social media, and is the first classical artist to be invited by a major publisher to write a regular blog about his life as a touring soloist.

Tickets: $50, $40 FRIDAy, FEbRUARy 13 Flamenco Vivo 8 p.m., Centennial Hall “This was a show of graceful, sensuous dance, expressing a host of raw human emotions—evocative of loneliness, pride, passion and joy.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana combines the powerful traditions of flamenco with the innovation of young artists.

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commissions new works to celebrate the history and mythology of Spanish culture and honor the influences of Caribbean, Latino, and Afro-Latino sounds. Tickets: $45, $35, $25

SUNDAy, FEbRUARy 15 “Sequence 8” Les 7 Doigts de la Main 7 p.m., Centennial Hall Based in French Canada, this cirque brings circus to a human scale. Set on a vertical canvas without specific time or place, Sequence 8 breaks down the wall between performers and audience, allowing individual personalities to emerge.

Tickets: $50, $40, $25 SUNDAy, FEbRUARy 22 Suzanne Vega 7 p.m., Fox Theatre “Thirty years after her debut, she examines new realms with grace, empathy and an explorer’s spirit.” –NPR.org Suzanne Vega picked up a guitar at age 11 and began to find her distinctive voice in American folk music. Her second album went platinum and was nominated for three Grammy Awards. Nearly 30 years later, she continues to produce new music and tour with artists as diverse as Moby and Bob Dylan. Hear her live in the Art Deco Fox Theatre. Tickets: $40, $30 TUESDAy, MARch 10 Murray Perahia 7:30 p.m., Centennial Hall In more than four decades on the concert stage, Murray Perahia has become one of the most revered pianists of our time. He has performed in all of the major international music centers and with every leading orchestra, including extensive touring as principal guest conductor of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

“His career is one for the ages, amongst the largest and most admired of his generation. An artist of uncommon poetry...”

–Examiner.com Tickets: $75, $60, $50 MARch 12-14 Richter Uzur Duo 3 performances, 7 p.m., Club Congress The Richter/Uzur duo plays a whimsical

mash-up of classical, world, and rock music. While developing into classical virtuosi, they were cutting their teeth in rock bands. Together they have composed and arranged the most expansive collection of music for cello and guitar duo in existence. Tickets: $40, $30 SUNDAy, MARch 15 Audra McDonald 7 p.m., Fox Theatre She won her first Tony Award a year after graduating from Juilliard. Five Tonys later, she has released five solo albums, received two Grammy Awards, and established herself as a dramatic actress in films and television. No living singer interprets the American songbook with the voice and the passion of Audra McDonald.

Tickets: $75, $60, $40 SUNDAy, MARch 22 Anat Cohen 7 p.m., Tucson JCC Sculpture Garden “With the clarinet she becomes a singer, a dancer, a poet, a mad scientist, laughing— musically—with the sheer delight of reaching that new place, that new feeling, with each chorus.” –JazzTimes. Clarinetist and saxophonist Anat Cohen has taken the jazz world by storm.

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UApresents Spring 2015 off-campus venues CLUB CONGRESS 311 E. Congress St., (520) 622-8848, hotelcongress.com Inside the historic landmark Hotel Congress, Club Congress is the center of downtown nightlife.

FOX TUCSON THEATRE 17 W. Congress St., (520) 547-3040 foxtucson.com This Southwestern Art Deco style theater and movie house, now fully restored, is an ideal venue for jazz. The 1,164-seat theater is located downtown on Congress Street between Church and Stone Avenues. Visit www.downtowntucson. org/get-around/parking for parking information.

TUCSON JCC SCULPTURE GARDEN 3800 E. River Rd., (520) 299-3000 tucsonjcc.org Enjoy music under the stars in this serene desert setting. Free parking.

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“Using the clarinet’s upper register, she can evoke infectious joy. In the lower register, her playing conjures a deep, soulful melancholy. Her improvisations aren’t just bebop fast; they have a clarity and deep intelligence that is really quite rare.”

This is an outdoor concert for the whole family. Tickets: $40 MARch 24-26 Aspen Santa Fe Ballet 3 performances, 7:30 p.m., Stevie Eller Dance Theatre Romantic. Radiant. Exuberant. Edgy.

These are words that describe this engaging dance company. With matinee idol beauty, Olympian athleticism, and Nobel laureate inventiveness, this is a company that delivers on its reputation.

Tickets: $60 SUNDAy, APRIl 12 Alvin Ailey Dance Theater 7 p.m., Centennial Hall Designated “a vital American cultural ambassador to the world” by the U.S. Congress, Alvin Ailey changed the perception of American dance. The company’s

Tucson program will include Ailey’s signature work, Revelations. Using spirituals, song-sermons, gospel songs, and holy blues, it is “one of the great works of the human spirit.” Tickets: $80, $70, $60, $50

SATURDAy, APRIl 18 Ladies Sing the Blues 8 p.m., Fox Theatre Channeling the independent spirits and pioneering vocalizations of Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Ethel Waters, vocalists Catherine Russell, Brianna Thomas, and Charenee Wade “find nooks and crannies in the material you may not have known were there.” Pianist Mark Shane leads a seven-piece band, enlivening this classic American music and demonstrating the ageless relevance of stomping the blues away. Tickets: $45, $35

Broadway in Tucson Performances at Centennial Hall. For times/ prices see www.broadwayintucson.com

FEbRUARy 24-MARch 1 Guys and Dolls Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, this romantic comedy introduces us to Sarah Brown, the “doll” who is out to reform the evildoers of Times Square; and Sky Masterson, the slick, high-rolling gambler who woos her on a bet and ends up falling in love.

MARch 31-APRIl 5 Once Winner of 8 2012 Tony Awards including Best Musical, ONCE tells the enchanting tale of a Dublin street musician who’s about to give up on his dream when a woman takes a sudden interest in his haunting love songs. Recommended for ages 12+, with some adult language.

APRIl 21-26 Newsies Set in New York City at the turn of the century, Newsies is the rousing tale of newsboy Jack Kelley, who leads a band of orphan and runaway newsies on a two-week-long strike against powerful newspaper publishers. Inspired by the real-life “Newsboy Strike of 1899.”

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Student housing properties offer many choices depending on your budget. But few offer safety, comfort, modern amenities, quiet environment, AND a low price. Yes, our lower monthly rents include all utilities, satellite TV hookup, and high-speed Internet.

Compared to the dorms:

Sahara offer many advantages compared to the dorms. While dorm rooms are just “rooms” Sahara studio apartments have their own private baths and kitchens. Whether you select single or double occupancy, you will be shocked by how much you can save compared to the dorms. When you consider that Sahara is only 1 mile west of the campus and offers free shuttle service every half hour, and free bicycles for you to ride, living at Sahara really is a no-brainer. How much will you save? Check our web site and click on “Floor Plans and Rental Rates” and then on “Sahara Versus UofA Rates”.

Compared to privately owned student properties:

At Sahara, you can rent a studio Apartment and live by yourself for a lot less than you would have to pay for a bed and bath in one of the new High Rise buildings. Or if your budget is the most important consideration, we can match you with a roommate so you will pay about 1/3 of what they would charge you at one of the High Rises.

There are other apartment buildings that also offer lower rates than the dorms and the High Rise Towers, but none offers the range of amenities and services that Sahara does. Some offer beautiful grounds but their beauty is only skin deep. Read the reviews about the apartments you are thinking of renting. One place to check is www.ApartmentRatings.com. The reason Sahara has such high ratings compared to most other buildings is that Sahara is the only major student property in Tucson that is locally owned and owner managed on a daily basis.

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Others are priced MUSIC from $5 to $30, with discounts for students, seniors 55 and over and UA employees Location Fine Arts Complex, southeast of Speedway Boulevard and Park Avenue, unless otherwise noted Parking Park Avenue Garage Contact 621-2998, 621-1162 (box office), www.music.arizona.edu; tickets.arizona.edu

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The University of Arizona School of Music offers concerts, recitals, and master classes, along with an array of conferences and workshops. In addition to performances by the school's worldrenowned faculty artists, celebrated guest artist musicians are also presented throughout the year.

JANUARy 15-FEbRUARy 1 Third Annual Tucson Desert Song Festival Special Collaborative Event This 18-day classical voice festival brings internationally known soloists and conductors to perform alongside many of Tucson’s leading arts organizations.

The UA School of Music will host lectures, recitals and master classes. Other participating organizations: Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Chamber Artists, UAPresents, Ballet Tucson, Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, Arizona Opera and the Tucson Guitar Society. Various venues Info: tucsondesertsongfestival.org UA School of Music Highlights: For updates please visit www.music. arizona.edu Thursday, January 15 Tucson Desert Song Festival Opening Concert and Lecture “Song: From Salon to Stage, the Journey of a Genre” Kristin Dauphinais assisted by UA voice students Crowder Hall, 7:30 p.m., Free Wednesday, January 21 “New Directions in Song” Featuring works of contemporary art song with new trends and new discoveries.

The program will be performed by top UA vocal students and hosted by Kristin Dauphinais.

12 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, Free SUNDAy, JANUARy 25 20th Annual Scholarship Luncheon Special Event hosted by the Music Advisory Board, featuring 2014-2015 Concerto Competition winners 12 p.m., The Arizona Inn, 2200 E. Elm St., $100 ($50 Tax Deductible) Reservations: 621-7023. Proceeds benefit the Music Advisory Board Student Fund Endowment SUNDAy, JANUARy 25 Amelia Rieman Opera Competition Student Competition 2 p.m., Crowder Hall, Free MONDAy, JANUARy 26 “Mozart’s 259th Birthday” Daniel Katzen, horn; Michael Dauphinais, piano; Carla Ecker, violin Raphael Lizama & Kathryn Harpainter, viola; Theodore Buchholz, cello—faculty, guests, alumni, students. The Horn Quintet is a particularly beautiful example of Mozart's writing for horn. It features an atypical string quartet (violin, two violas, and the cello) as well as lyricism and character that recall his operatic writing.

Come and enjoy a piece of Mozart’s 259th birthday cake following the performance!

7:30 p.m. Crowder Hall, $10, $7, $5 FRIDAy, JANUARy 30 Roy A. Johnson Memorial Organ Series Pamela Decker, organ, Faculty 7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $10, $7, $5 SATURDAy, JANUARy 31 Sixth Annual Tucson Cello Congress Special Event co-sponsored by ASTA Arizona. Directed by Theodore Buchholz.

Featuring cello ensemble performances and master classes by renowned guest artists, the Tucson Cello Congress exists to build friendship among cellists, enthusiasm for the instrument and its literature, and excellence in cello performance.

Co-sponsored by the American String Teachers Association.

Workshops and educational sessions: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Registration: buchholz@ email.arizona.edu Concert: 2 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, Free TUESDAy, FEbRUARy 3 “Facets of Love” Faculty Kristin Dauphinais, mezzo-soprano; Michael Dauphinais, piano Works by Mahler, Chausson, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin and others.

7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $10, $7, $5

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Some UA School of Music concerts are recorded for future broadcast on Arizona Public Media's Classical 90.5 Community Concerts Series, airing Sundays at 3 p.m. and Thursdays at 9 p.m., 90.5/89.7 or streaming audio at www.azpm.org

SATURDAy & SUNDAy, FEbRUARy 7 & 8 42nd Annual President’s Concert Arizona Symphony Orchestra with 20142015 Concerto Competition winners Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m.

Crowder Hall, $10, $7, $5 MONDAy, FEbRUARy 9 “Harmoniemusik” A concert of expanded wind literature Arizona Wind Quintet & Fred Fox Graduate Wind Quintet, Faculty, Students 7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $10, 7, 5 ThURSDAy, FEbRUARy 12 “Lincoln’s Birthday Concert” UA Wind Ensemble & Wind Symphony with Matt Tropman, euphonium 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $10, $7, $5 FRIDAy & SATURDAy, FEbRUARy 13-14 “Woodwind Weekend” Concerts, Master Classes, Workshops, Exhibits. bluce@email.arizona.edu Friday, February 13 Guest Artist Opening Concert: Diane Boyd Schultz, flute 7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $10, $7, $5 Saturday, February 14 Closing Concert & Ceremony: Arizona Wind Quintet & Fred Fox Graduate Wind Quintet 7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, Free MONDAy, FEbRUARy 16 “Lincoln’s Birthday Concert” UA Wind Ensemble & Wind Symphony with Matt Tropman, euphonium Special Series at Saddlebrooke Continued on page 18 UA VISITOR GUIDE SPRING/SUMMER 2015

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7:30 p.m. $22 ($25 at the Door) Desert View Performing Arts Center 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive Tickets & Info: 825-2818, www.dvpac.net Proceeds benefit the School of Music Tuesday, February 17 “Eccentricities of our Nature” Andrew Stuckey, baritone 7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $10, $7, $5 Stuckey’s opera and concert performances are widely acclaimed for their visceral power and rich beauty. This recital will explore vividly eccentric characters in opera and song and will feature music by Ravel, Wolf and Duke, among others.

Thursday, February 19 UA Wind Ensemble 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $10, $7, $5 Friday, February 20 Hong-Mei Xiao, viola, Tannis Gibson, piano, Faculty 7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $10, $7, $5 Saturday, February 21 Third Annual Larry Day Vocal Competition for advanced tenor, baritone, bass

voice majors Student Competition 1 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, Free Sunday, February 22 David Russell Bach Prize Finalists Recital 2:30 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $5 Sunday, February 22 “Reconciliation” Arizona Choir & UA Symphonic Choir Music of J.S. Bach and music honoring the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, including Jeffrey Van’s “A Procession Winding Around Me” and arrangements of spirituals and Civil War songs.

3 p.m., First United Methodist Church 915 E. 4th St., Free Wednesday, February 25 “3 Reeds and 88 Keys: Unknown Trios for Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano” Sara Fraker, oboe; Jerry Kirkbride, clarinet; Rex Woods, piano, Faculty Two French Romantic works of the early 20th century paired with current voices from our own time. Discover how timbral variations between the clarinet (a single reed) and oboe (a double reed), in conjunction with the unifying texture of the piano, have been used to create refreshing dialogues and dissonances.

7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $10, $7, $5

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Thursday, March 5 UA Philharmonic Orchestra 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $5 Friday, March 6 Arizona Symphony Orchestra with Rex Woods, piano, performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $10, $7, $5 March 8-13, Sunday-Friday 37th Annual AzJazz Week Concerts, Master Classes, Lectures Faculty, Guests, Ensembles Info: music.arizona.edu

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Saturday & Sunday, February 28 -March 1 David Russell, guitar, Guest Grammy Award winner David Russell, musician, scholar, teacher and humanitarian was bestowed the Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of Arizona in May 2014.

Saturday 7 p.m., Sunday 2:30 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $30, $25, $15

PERFORMANCES Friday, March 13 Roy A. Johnson Memorial Organ Series Woosug Kang, organ, Guest Concert includes the Suite, Op. 5 by Maurice Duruflé.

7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $10, $7, $5 Friday, March 27 “The Percussion Music of Iannis Xenakis” featuring members of Malleus Iannis Xenakis is arguably the most important post-war avant-garde composer.

He was also an architect, engineer, mathematician and music theorist. His music for percussion instruments is inspired, brutal, beautiful, thought-provoking and challenging for both the performer and the audience.

7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $5 Saturday, March 28 “Quest for the Best” Opera Guild of Southern Arizona Special Event—UA student voice competition & reception This fundraising event allows the audience to determine the order of prizes by their votes, and to meet the singers during a hors d’oeuvres reception.

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Sunday, March 29 Schaeffer Memorial Guitar Competition 2:30 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $5 Sunday, March 29 Collegium Musicum, early music ensemble 7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $5 Monday, March 30 Arizona Wind Quintet Brian Luce, flute; Sara Fraker, oboe; Jerry Kirkbride, clarinet; William Dietz, bassoon; Daniel Katzen, horn joined by the Fred Fox Graduate Wind Quintet 7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $10, $7, $5 Tuesday, March 31 “Suites and Symphonies” UA Wind Symphony 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $5 Friday-Sunday, April 10-12 “An Italian Double-Bill” UA Opera Theater with the Arizona Symphony Orchestra Menotti: The Medium Puccini: Il tabarro (The Cloak) Part of Puccini’s masterpiece “Il trittico,” “Il tabarro” is a story of jealousy and rage, set on the Seine in Paris. Considered to Continued on page 20

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PERFORMANCES Tuesday, April 14 “Kaleidoscope: Virtuosic Vignettes for Cello and Piano” Theodore Buchholz, cello Faculty 7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $10, $7, $5 In his debut recital as cello professor at the University of Arizona, Theodore Buchholz presents an evening of vignettes.

Together they create a kaleidoscopic palette of musical styles, eras and characters. The program will include works

by Chopin, Debussy, Ravel, Cui, Mendelssohn, Bolcom, Satie, Bernstein, de Falla and others.

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be the finest work of Italian-American Gian Carlo Menotti, “The Medium” is the eerie story of a woman caught between two worlds. Introductory talk 45 minutes

Sunday, April 12 Sholin Guitar Competition 2:30 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, $5

Sunday, April 19 UA Steel Bands With music from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago alongside contemporary arrangements of popular tunes, this will be a toe-tapping concert. Under the direction of Chris Wabich, this UA Steel Bands concert comes just in time to usher in the summer vibe!

3 p.m, Crowder Hall, $5 Sunday, April 19 UA Wind Ensemble, Arizona Choir, Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus Vanessa Salaz, soprano; “Mass” by David Maslanka; Andrew Stuckey, baritone

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TUESDAy, APRIl 21 String Chamber Music Showcase Students 7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, Free WEDNESDAy, APRIl 22 UA Studio Jazz Ensemble 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $10, $7, $5 ThURSDAy, APRIl 23 UA Concert Jazz Band & Combo 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $5 FRIDAy, APRIl 24 Fred Fox Graduate Wind Quintet Final concert of the 2013-2015 Fred Fox Graduate Wind Quintet. Members of the ensemble will receive their Master of Music degrees, and the School of Music will welcome a new group of students in the fall to form the 2015-2017 quintet.

7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, Free SUNDAy, APRIl 26 Mildred Flood Mahoney Memorial Organ Recital Jacob Benda, organ Benda is organist and choirmaster at Grace Episcopal Church in St. Francisville, Louisiana. He will perform works by German, French and American composers, including a concerto for solo organ

by Clarence Mader, whose works Jacob Benda has studied in depth for the past three years.

2:30 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, Free SUNDAy, APRIl 26 University Community Chorus & Orchestra with the UA Symphonic Choir This concert features a pairing of two favorites – the sublime and introspective Requiem of French composer Gabriel Fauré, and Handel’s popular oratorio, “Messiah.” Part three, the least frequently performed portion of the work, features characteristically triumphant and virtuo-

WEDNESDAy, APRIl 29 UA Graduate String Quartet Emily Nolan, violin; JoAnna Park, violin Kathryn Harpainter, viola; Robert Marshall, cello In its inaugural season, the UA Graduate String Quartet is composed of master’s and doctoral students selected from a national search.

7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, Free

Arizona Repertory Theatre is the theatrical training company for UA theatre majors, including Acting/Musical Theatre, as well as Theatre Design and Technology (costume, scene, sound and lighting). The theatre produces six main stage productions each season for the public. Tickets vary in price and many discounts are available.

ThURSDAy, APRIl 30 UA Wind Symphony & Symphonic Band 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $5 FRIDAy, MAy 1 Arizona Symphony Orchestra & UA Philharmonic Orchestra 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $5 SUNDAy, MAy 3 UA Percussion Group 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $5 MONDAy, MAy 4 UA Chamber Winds with Philip Alejo, double bass performing Giulio Briccialdi’s Fantasy on Themes from “La sonnambula” 7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, Free TUESDAy, MAy 5 An Evening of Opera Scenes 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $10, $7, $5 WEDNESDAy, MAy 6 UA Wind Ensemble 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall, $10, $7, $5 SATURDAy, MAy 9 Outreach Band Youth Ensemble 1:00 p.m., Crowder Hall, Free SATURDAy, MAy 9 UA Wildcat High School Choir Youth Ensemble 4 p.m., Crowder Hall, Free SUMMER 2015 Arizona Cello Workshop Summer Program The workshop, led by faculty member Dr. Theodore Buchholz, is a week-long intensive program promoting excellence in cello-playing for high school and college level cellists. The workshop concludes with a free public performance.

Dates & venue will be announced For more information contact buchholz@ email.arizona.edu

Box Office Hours Monday–Friday 11 a.m.– 4 p.m. and one hour before showtime, Marroney Theatre, 1025 N. Olive Road Speedway Spe p edway y Blv Blvd. vd.

Admission Varies ART Location Tornabene, DRAMA Marroney MARRONEY Tornabene THEATRE Theatres, Theatre southeast corner of Park and MUSIC Speedway Parking Park Avenue Garage, northeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard Contact 621-1162, theatre.arizona.edu

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MONDAy, APRIl 20 UA Chamber Winds 7 p.m., Holsclaw Hall, Free

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SUNDAy, APRIl 19 Soirée Musicale: “Decidedly Romantic” Music Advisory Board Special Event 5:30 p.m., $100, Information: 621-7023

sic settings of texts on the resurrection of the dead, providing a fitting complement to the funerary texts of Fauré’s Requiem.

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David Maslanka’s Mass is a monumental work for large forces. It uses the Latin Ordinary, which is then interspersed with chamber works sung by the solo vocalists with poetry by Richard Beale.

7 p.m., First United Methodist Church 915 E. 4th St., $10, $7, $5 Tickets at box office until 4 p.m. Friday Day of event tickets at the door only

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by Melissa James Gibson UA Marroney Theatre Capturing the experience of life happening while we make other plans, This gives us a humorous, wise and honest story about fallible – but bright – people in midlife who know that desire and misfortune don’t automatically vanish after marriage.

MARch 8 – APRIl 5 Othello

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the story of a man who loves, yet cannot trust. Featuring some of Shakespeare’s most beautiful poetry, Othello tells a timeless, tragic tale of love, deceit, jealously and murder.

APRIl 12 – MAy 3 A Little Night Music Music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler UA Marroney Theatre This five-time, Tony Award-winning musical is a warm, humorous story of romantic attachments, detachments and mismatches, infused throughout with the flavor of a gorgeous waltz.

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Admission $7 ART Location Harold Dixon Directing DRAMA Harold Marroney Studio, Drama Theatre Dixon Directing Bldg., Rm. #116 Studio Parking Park Avenue MUSIC Garage, on the northeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard Contact 621-1162, tickets.arizona.edu

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The Studio Series supports original and contemporary performance pieces through a ‘bare essentials’ production format that draws primary focus to the artistic and intellectual labor of BA Theatre students. It provides creative learning opportunities for student artists, thought-provoking experiences for audiences, and occasions for productive dialogue about topics relevant to student populations and the broader Tucson community.

FEbRUARy 26 - MARch 1 Blu

by Virgina Grise Published by Yale University Press, Blu is a highly poetic, dream-like journey experimenting with multiple times and

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locations presented all at once. “Memory, history and culture collide with rooftop dreams as Soledad and her partner, Hailstorm, redefine family on their own terms after the death of their eldest son in Iraq.”

Thursday-Saturday 8 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m.

APRIl 23 – 26 The Caucasian Chalk Circle

by Bertolt Brecht (translation TBA) In the middle of a revolution, a woman rescues a poor, defenseless baby, and through their journey, the play becomes a parable for questioning our basic assumptions about what is right in the midst of a world that has gone wrong.

Thursday-Saturday 8 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m.

School of Dance Propelled by the work of award-winning choreographers, the UA Dance Ensemble is a professionally trained group of dancers that follow a triple-track program in ballet, modern and jazz. The Ensemble has performed in many venues, including the Joyce Theatre in New York City, the Kennedy Center in D.C., and venues in Hong Kong, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands and Scotland. Performances include works by UA School of Dance faculty, guest artists and adjudicated student works. All performances are a lively blend of ballet, modern and jazz dance.

Box Office Hours Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and one hour prior to performance Admission ELLER varies GITTINGS DANCE THEATRE Location Stevie Eller Dance UA Mall Theatre, 1713 E. University Blvd.

Parking Cherry Avenue Garage Contact 621-1162, tickets.arizona.edu

Campbell Avenue

Arizona Repertory Theatre

FEbRUARy 25 – MARch 1 Color Wheel While not meant to be a concert about love, Color Wheel will play during the Sonoran Desert’s spring season, with passion in all colors on display. The bill will include the return of UA visiting professor James Clouser’s vivacious Con Spirito, dressed in a rainbow of apricot, raspberry and lime. To the overture

of Bedrich Smetana’s Bartered Bride, this ballet quickly became Houston Ballet’s signature piece during Clouser’s time as artistic director. There will be a contemporary work by new faculty member Tamara Dyke Compton and a dance for three couples by Michael Williams, called Hearts a Mess. Also on tap is George Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, first performed in 1960 by dance icons such as Edward Villella, who visited UA last year to coach Tarantella.

Finally, there will be an award-winning group dance by UA professor Douglas Nielsen, first commissioned by Pasadena Dance Theater, with a score condensed and compiled, as Nielsen explains, with “every song on my ipod with the word ‘love’ in it.”

Wednesday-Saturday 7:30 p.m.; Sunday 1:30 p.m. Adult $29 / Senior, Military, UA Employee $26 / Student $12 APRIl 23 – MAy 2 Boundless – Student Spotlight UA students are part of the next generation of dance artists, about to break from the stage and fan out across a bigger world. The UA Dance Ensemble is part of the University of Arizona’s brand, or “at the intersection of history and culture and research and vision.” The young artists are bound by their dedication to dance, but boundless in their dreams about what their futures will be.

7:30 p.m. & 1:30 p.m. showtimes Adult $25 / Senior, Military, UA Employee $23 / Student $12 APRIl 24 – MAy 3 Spring Collection Aptly titled, this concert is always a collection of faculty and guest choreography to celebrate the close of another season of UA Dance. A new “bouquet” of works by faculty include a small ensemble modern piece by Amy Ernst, a large ensemble ballet by Elizabeth George, and a jazz dance by Michael Williams designed to close the concert. Sam Watson will contribute new jazz choreography; Barbea Williams will mount a dance with African roots; and James Clouser will stage an intimate ballet piece. Douglas Nielsen will present a new group piece, The Wrong Dance, inspired by artist John Baldessari’s photograph taken deliberately at a “wrong” angle. Breaking conventional logic, this dance explores the notion that in art (and dance) there is no wrong.

7:30 p.m. & 1:30 p.m. showtimes Adult $29 / Senior, Military, UA Employee $26 / Student $12

FILM

School of Theatre, Film & Television The UA Film & Television Program provides professional preparation in the art of filmmaking and in scholarly activity in Film & Television studies.

Public events include screenings of student work and Widescreen Wednesdays.

Widescreen Wednesdays: The Art of Detection Film Series—including a short lecture and discussion led by a UA Theatre, Film & Television faculty expert.

Olive

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Speedway Boulevard Admission Free ARCHITECTURE Time 7 p.m. & LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Location UA Center for Creative Photography Parking Park Avenue Garage. Pedestrian underpass gives direct access. Parking directly behind center (off Second Street) is free on weekends and after 5 p.m. on weekdays.

Contact 626-2686; tftv.arizona.edu

WEDNESDAy FEbRUARy 25 Widescreen Wednesday – The Falcon & the Co-Eds/Crime Must Not Pay preceded by the student short film, Less Than Three (directed by Chelsea Rayburn and Robbie Richardson, TFTV BFA class of 2015).

Directed by William Clemens In the days of classic Hollywood, fastpaced & exciting “B-movie” mysteries would often play before the main feature.

These mysteries were typically part of a larger series starring famous “B movie” detectives like Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, and Boston Blackie. This screening will show the witty and sophisticated detective known as The Falcon (played by Tom Conway) investigating a scandalous murder at a women’s college. The Falcon must deal with sinister faculty, spooky psychics, and, of course, lots of co-eds in order to solve the mystery!

WEDNESDAy, APRIl 1 Widescreen Wednesdays—The Parallax View - preceded by the student short film, Soapocalypse (directed by Josiah Craig, TFTV BFA class of 2015).

Directed by Alan J. Pakula In this film, Warren Beatty stars as a jour-

nalist who investigates the assassination of a politician and ends up embroiled in a dangerous scheme involving brainwashing and murder!

WEDNESDAy, APRIl 29 Widescreen Wednesdays — Picnic at Hanging Rock - preceded by the student short film, The Let Down (directed by Ashley Foxx, TFTV BFA Class of 2014) Directed by Peter Weir Based on Joan Lindsay’s book of the same name, Peter Weir’s first film from Australia’s resurgent art cinema traded an all-too-convincing reputation as a “true story” 20 years before the Coen Brothers pulled the same trick in Fargo. Observing the alien landscape in all its watchful stillness, and the Victorian school girls so obviously out of place within it, it’s not hard to see why even today, people believe this to be a real-life, unsolved mystery.

SATURDAy, MAy 2 I Dream in Widescreen Senior thesis films by the BFA graduating class Time 7 p.m.

Location Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Cost $5 Contact tickets.arizona.edu; Box office: 621-1162

WEDNESDAy, MAy 13 Magic Hour Fiction film shorts by BFA and BA students Time 7 p.m.

Location The Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd Cost Free

Gallagher Theater Featuring films that have just ended initial box-office release, Gallagher is also a venue for the University Activities Board film series.

Location Student Union Memorial Center Shows ThursdaysUnion UofA Gallery Bookstore Saturdays Gallagher Theatre Admission $3 Contact 626-0370. See CAMPUS MALL www.union. arizona.edu/gallagher for current films UA VISITOR GUIDE SPRING/SUMMER 2015

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School of Dance

UA Dance Ensemble members Diane Diamond and Maxwell Foster in Ben Stevenson’s “Four Last Songs.”

Ed Flores photo

Putting their best feet forward

By Mike Chesnick Just off the UA Mall at the east end of campus stands the Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, a striking building named one of Arizona’s top architectural wonders.

It’s here, in a studio overlooking the mall, where dance students undergo rigorous training and dream of performing for prestigious companies one day.

The world is indeed at their feet.

Just ask recent graduates Laura Kaufman and Adam Houston.

Kaufman took advantage of UA’s versatile School of Dance — ranked as the nation’s top program among pub-

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Students use UA’s top-ranked School of Dance as a launching pad for professional careers lic universities — and landed a job with the City Ballet of San Diego for a season before moving to her “dream company,” the Odyssey Dance Theatre in Salt Lake City.

“The UA dance program is an incredibly special one,” Kaufman says.

“I would not be where I am today as a dancer or person without it. I was given countless opportunities to perform in pieces of all different genres of dance.”

UA’s program has about 125 dance majors, and more than a third are men, which is a higher percentage than most schools. Houston actually had no formal dance training when he came to UA as an 18-year-old freshman. But under his first mentor, UA visiting professor James Clouser, Houston went on to become the school’s “Outstanding Senior” for the 2013 graduating class and earned a contract with Giordano Dance Chicago, a jazz-based company in Chicago.

“The School of Dance essentially made me the dancer I am today,” Houston says. “At U of A, there are many performance opportunities which allow you to be comfortable on stage. Also, the way you are trained allows you to pick up choreography very quickly, a skill you need in a company.”

UA offers a tripletrack curriculum in ballet, modern dance and jazz dance, with equal emphasis on Adam Houston each, says Whitney Herr-Buchholz, assistant to the director in the School of Dance.

“This means that dancers in our program become well-rounded and have a wide spectrum of professional opportunities available to them upon graduation,” she says. “We offer about 40 performances a year, more than any other program in the country.”

Those performances still resonate with Kaufman and Houston.

As a sophomore, Kaufman danced

the lead role in Clouser’s production of “Carmina Burana” — “a life-changing role,” she says, that improved her technical and acting skills. As a senior year, she danced the principal role in a version of acclaimed choreographer George Balanchine’s “Rubies” and learned how to master the pas de deux, a duet in which two dancers perform ballet steps together.

“I was constantly pushed at UA,” Kaufman says, “and expectations were high, helping me to reach my fullest possible potential. The professors are truly invested in each dancer’s journey and help to transform and mold each individual.”

Her journey has taken her to Salt Lake for the time being, and it’s been a whirlwind for Kaufman, who began performing for the Odyssey Dance Theatre in September 2014. Let’s see, she toured for a month in the Halloween spectacular, “Thriller,” and did a “funky version” of the Christmas Nutcracker (“Redux-Nutcracker”), and it’s off to Europe this spring for a

Did you know?

The Ralphie Spirit Award, honoring slain UA dance student Ralph Romero Jr., is given annually to the student who best exhibits optimism, kindness, aspiration and a positive attitude. month-long tour.

“This company is incredibly wellrounded and has the most inspiring, positive energy,” she says. “I feel extremely fortunate to have found a company I love so much at such an early stage in my career.”

Houston’s company has tours planned to Italy, Austria and throughout the U.S., then a season at the Harris Theater in Chicago. His favorite production at UA was his last “Premium Blend,” one of the school’s Continued on page 27

IF YOU GO

What: UA School of Dance 2015 spring performances When: Color Wheel: Feb. 25-March 1 • Boundless — Student Spotlight: April 23-May 2 Spring Collection: April 24-May 3 Show times: 1:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $12 (students), $25-26 (seniors, military, UA staff), $25-$29 (adults) More info: www.dance.arizona.edu or (520) 621-4698

The Stevie Eller Theatre, named one of Arizona’s architectural wonders, was built in 2003.

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largest shows in which he performed in, among others, Balachine’s “Rubies” as the principal male; “Hi Jinx,” a comedic jazz piece by UA artist in residence Sam Watson; and Clouser’s “Beachers,” a story ballet. “It was an amazing experience to combine all of my training at UA into one show,” Houston says.

At UA, Houston and Kaufman honed their craft on stage at the Stevie Eller’s 300-seat, state-of-the-art theater. It’s part of a 29,000-squarefoot complex, built in 2003, that also has costume and scene shops, a Pilates studio, dressing rooms and the 3,500-square-foot studio with windows looking to the UA Mall.

UA’s 2015 spring schedule will open with “Color Wheel,” a fun and eclectic mix of choreography, HerrBuchholz says, that showcases new work by faculty members Tamara Dyke Compton and Michael Williams, and the return of works by Clouser and UA professor Doug Nielsen.

“While not meant to be a concert about love, it shows up as a subtle theme throughout,” says HerrBuchholz says. “On the program is a famous work by Balanchine called ‘Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux.’ Edward Villella, a legendary American ballet dancer and the originator of this role, is visiting to coach the dancers.”

“Boundless” is a program featuring student choreography. “I always love the student spotlight shows because they reflect diverse and innovative perspectives. The student work blows me away,” Herr-Buchholz says.

“Spring Collection” is the finale of the season. “It will be lively, fresh, and full of new works by almost all members of our faculty,” she says.

“This is the culminating concert for seniors ready to step into their careers, and like all good finales, it celebrates both the ending of the season and the beginning of what’s to come.”

Jory Hancock, director of the UA School of Dance, oversees the pro-

gram that has helped launch diverse careers for Kaufman, Houston and other graduates. Most recently, women and men from UA have gone on to the San Diego Ballet, Smuin Ballet, River North Dance Chicago and Rochester City Ballet. Former students have also gone onto Keigwin and Company, American Ballet Theatre, Radio City Rockettes, Houston Ballet, and Broadway productions of “Movin’ Out,” “Wicked,” “A Chorus Line” and “Phantom of the Opera.”

“We treat dancers in our program like professionals from day one,” Herr-Buchholz says. “They audition, train and rehearse like professionals, so when they graduate and go out into the world to audition they are often met with success. We’re very proud of our graduates.”

wHy BE A DANCER? “Like many young girls, my parents thought I might like ballet lessons as an after-school activity. But with me it really stuck.

I remember I was seven when I decided that I wanted to be a dancer. I loved the movement and the music, and the challenge of working every day to improve.”

“Dance has helped me in many ways in my life. One aspect in particular is that it requires you to work closely with fellow dancers and rely on their strengths and contributions, and for them to rely on yours, in order to have a successful performance. It doesn’t matter how long someone is on stage or what their part is. Everyone is integral to the end result. I think this is true for work and for life in general.”

— Whitney Herr-Buchholz assistant to the director at UA school of dance, who danced professionally for the san francisco and boston ballet companies and has a fine arts degree from UA.

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= Campus stops of Tucson Streetcar

$ = Garages with Visitor Parking and Parking Meters Contact Parking & Transportation at 626-PARK (7275) for more information

Locations of special interest, such as museums and performance halls, are included in the index below

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VISUAL ARTS GRADUATE RESEARCH CENTER

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MABEL STREET

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UAMC Staff Parking Lot (F)

reetcar Underpass

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UA BookStores AHSC

E. SECOND STREET

UA POLICE DEPT.

HELEN STREET

UAMC PATIENT/ VISITOR PARKING GARAGE (A)

ARIZONA CANCER CENTER

UAMC Employee Health/ Human Resources

UAMC Visitor Parking Lot (D)

ELM STREET

CAMPUS AGRICULTURAL CENTER Campbell Ave. & Roger Road (3 miles N)

E. FIRST STREET

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MEDICAL CENTER (UAMC)

DUVAL AUDITORIUM

DIAMOND BUILDING

EMERGENCY DEPT. (ED)

ED Patient/ Visitor Parking Lot (E)

UAMC Security

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BOULEVARD

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Abrams (UAHSC) ........................................... F-2 Administration ..............................................D-5 Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering ...........D-3 Apache .....................................................D, E-7 Arbol de la Vida .............................................A-7 Architecture & Landscape Architecture .........C-4 Arizona Cancer Center ..................................G-1 Arizona .........................................................A-7 Arizona Stadium ....................................... E-6, 7 Arizona State Museum ..................................B-5 Art and Museum of Art ..................................B-4 Babcock .......................................................G-3 Bear Down Gym........................................ E-5, 6 Bio. Sciences East.........................................D-6 Bio. Sciences West....................................B, C-6 Bioresearch, Thomas W. Keating ................... F-3 BookStores, UA Student Union (SUMC)............................D-5 Medical (AHSC) .................................. F, G-2 Gift Shop, Flandrau ................................ F-5 A-Store at McKale..................................G-6 A-Store at Main Gate .............................B-5 Wildcat Threads .................................D, E-7 Bryan Bannister Tree Ring .............................D-7

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Campus Health ............................................D-7 Centennial Hall (and Ticket Office) .............B-5, 6 Center for English as a Second Language .....C-5 Chávez, César ...........................................E.C-5 Chemical Science .........................................D-6 Chemistry .....................................................D-6 Civil Engineering .......................................C-4, 5 Cochise .......................................................B-6 Coconino .....................................................B-4 Colonia de la Paz .....................................D, E-6 Communication ............................................C-5 Computer Center (UITS) ................................D-4 Coronado .....................................................A-7 DeConcini Env. & Natural Resources .............B-7 Dermatology (UAHSC) ...................................G-1 Disability Resource Center ............................D-7 Douglass ..................................................C-5, 6 Drachman Hall .............................................. F-3 Drachman Institute .......................................A-4 DuVal Auditorium (UAHSC) ............................G-1 Education, College of ....................................E-5 El Portal ........................................................D-7 Electrical & Computer Engineering ................C-4 Eller Dance Theatre................................... F, G-5

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Engineering, College of .................................C-5 ER/Amb. Surgery (UAMC) .............................G-1 Esquire ........................................................B-3 Faculty Center...............................................D-3 Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium ........ F-5 Forbes, College of Agriculture & Life Sci. .......C-6 Gila ..............................................................B-5 Gittings ......................................................... F-5 Gould-Simpson, College of Science ...........B, C-6 Graham ....................................................D, E-6 Greenlee ...................................................D, E-6 Harshbarger / Mines & Metallurgy.................C-5 Harvill ...........................................................C-4 Haury (Anthropology) ....................................B-6 Herring .........................................................C-6 Hillenbrand Aquatic Center............................G-6 Hillenbrand Stadium ................................. F, G-5 Hopi..............................................................E-6 Hospital (UAMC) .....................................F, G-1, 2 Huachuca .................................................A, B-6 Human Resources (in USB) ...........................A-5 Info. Res. & Library Science ..........................E-4 Integrated Learning Center ...........................E-5 International Student Pgms. ..........................A-5

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Second St. .............................................D-5 Sixth St. .................................................C-7 Tyndall ...................................................A-6 UAHSC ...................................................G-2 Passport Facility............................................A-5 Pharmacy, College of ................................ F, G-2 Physics and Atmospheric Sciences ...............C-6 Pima House ..................................................D-4 Pinal .............................................................E-7 Police ..........................................................G-4 Posada San Pedro .........................................D-6 Psychology ...................................................E-5 Pueblo de la Cienega ....................................D-6 Roby Gymnastics ..........................................G-6 Rogers, James E., College of Law ............C, D-3 Rogers Rountree Hall ................................C, D-3 Saguaro Hall .................................................C-6 SALT Center ..............................................D, E-4 Santa Cruz ................................................D, E-7 Sarver Heart Center ...................................... F-2 Schaefer Center for Creative Photography .....C-4 Schaefer Poetry Center .................................E-3 Shantz .....................................................C, D-6 Slonaker .......................................................B-4

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McClelland, Eller College of Mgmt. ................C-3 McKale Memorial Center (Legacy Lane, Eddie Lynch Athletics Pavilion Plaza, Jim Click Hall of Champions).............. F, G-6 Medical Research ......................................... F-3 Medicine, College of .....................................G-2 Meinel Optical Sciences, College of ............... F-6 Mineral Museum ........................................... F-5 Mirror Lab................................................. F-6, 7 Mohave ........................................................B-4 Modern Languages .......................................E-5 Music (Crowder and Holsclaw Halls) .............B-4 Navajo ...................................................... E, F-7 Nugent..................................................C, D-5, 6 Nursing, College of........................................G-2 Old Main .......................................................C-5 Park Student Union ...................................A, B-6 Parker...........................................................G-4 Parking and Transportation ...........................C-7 Parking Garage Cherry ................................................... F-6 Highland ............................................D, E-3 Main Gate ..........................................A-4, 5 Park Avenue...........................................B-3

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Kaibab ......................................................A, B-6 Keating Bioresearch (BIO5) ........................... F-3 Key Desk (Facilities Management)............. E, F-3 Koffler...........................................................D-6 Kuiper Space Sciences ................................. F-5 La Aldea .......................................................A-6 Learning Services .........................................E-4 Library AHS ....................................................... F-2 Main .................................................. E-5, 6 Science & Engineering .......................D, E-6 Life Sciences North .......................................G-2 Life Sciences South ......................................B-6 Likins........................................................D, E-7 Little Chapel of All Nations ........................D, E-4 Manzanita.....................................................B-4 Maricopa .................................................B, C-5 Marley ..........................................................C-6 Marroney Theatre (Fine Arts Box Office)..............................B-4 Marshall ..................................................A, B-5 Martin Luther King Jr. Student Center............D-4 Marvel ......................................................C, D-6 Mathematics.................................................C-6

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MURPHEY STADIUM DRACHMAN STADIUM 15th St. & Plumer Ave. (1 mile SE)

ARID LANDS STUDIES 6th St. & Norris Ave. (1 block E)

JIMENEZ FIELD SAND VOLLEYBALL COURTS

Social Sciences.........................................C-5, 6 Sonett Space Sciences .................................E-5 Sonora ......................................................A, B-7 South........................................................B, C-6 Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences ......C-4 Staff Advisory Council ...................................C-3 Steward Observatory ....................................E-5 Student Recreation Center ........................D, E-7 Student Union Memorial Center ....................D-5 Swede Johnson (Alumni Association) ............E-3 Theatre Arts (Tornabene Theatre) ..................B-4 UA Visitor Center ...........................................A-5 Udall Center ..................................................A-4 UITS Classroom Tech Svcs. (Testing Office) ... F-4 University Services Building (USB).................A-5 Veterinary Sci./Microbiology..........................C-6 Villa del Puente .............................................D-7 West Stadium ........................................... E-6, 7 Yavapai .........................................................C-6 Yuma ............................................................C-5

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HILLENBRAND AQUATIC CENTER

DIVING POOL

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Unique Union

ArchitectUre honors Uss AriZonA

By Mike Chesnick In his travels to different schools, Jason Tolliver has seen some impressive student centers. But none can match the unique design, he says, of the University of Arizona’s Student Union Memorial Center.

Through its architecture and artifacts, the union’s building honors the USS Arizona and the 1,177 sailors and marines who died when the battleship sank on Dec. 7, 1941, during the Japanese surprise attack of Pearl Harbor.

“We model our program and our focus after the USS Arizona,” says Tolliver, director of Arizona Student Unions, who came to UA nearly two years ago from LSU. “Our military ties make the union a very unique place.

In terms of history, there are only two bells left from the USS Arizona, one in Pearl Harbor and one here.”

Looking north from the UA Mall, the union’s clock tower houses the famous bell, and a large metal sculpture in front of the tower resembles a mast and sail.

The bell is rung seven times on the third Wednesday of every month at 12:07 p.m. to honor the fallen and UA achievements. By tradition, it is also rung by the Wildcat Events Board president on the Sunday before Pearl Harbor Day, on the Student Union’s birthday (Nov. 18) and after Wildcat athletic victories (over any team except Arizona schools).

The structure of the union represents the battleship, with the bow on the south end and stern on the north end. “The Canyon,” an outdoor walkway between the east and west sides of the building, includes a massive circular stairway intended to mimic the shape of the USS Arizona’s main

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Paying tribute to the battleship’s fallen, UA’s Student Union bustles with eateries, lounges and activities gun turret. In this rotunda, water runs to fountain pools, intended to subtly remind people of the waters covering the ship, and anchor chains and rusting steel plates add to the abstract design of the ship’s hull.

“My favorite place is down in the rotunda,” Tolliver says. “I fancy myself a singer, without being a singer, and I love the acoustics. You can go down there and start bellowing out songs.”

The east wall of “The Canyon” is curved to replicate a silhouette of the ship — and the colors and rocks that make up the wall represent the layers of Arizona’s canyons. North of the canyon, in a traffic circle, stands an 18-foot ship’s mast sculpture by Susan Gamble. Hanging from the diamond-shape Gods’ Eye are 1,177 dog tags with the names of the fallen men. Tags of the 334 survivors hang above the tiled portion of the mast.

Southeast of the rotunda, on the union’s main level 2, is the USS Arizona Lounge, filled with photographs, uniforms and other artifacts from the ship. Heavy brass doors from the Union's original facility built in 1951 serve as the entryways to the lounge, where students can study and visitors can put on headsets and view several video interviews with men who survived the attack.

One man on the video, Donald Stratton, is among nine Pearl Harbor survivors still alive today. Now 92, he tells how a fireball engulfed the crew, “burning us real bad,” before he and five other sailors were thrown a rope and muscled their way, hand over hand, about 100 feet over fiery waters to safety.

The lounge was dedicated in early 2003, part of the grand opening of the “new” Student Union. Some exhibits are from the old Union, which UA tore down in a $60 million reconstruction project that began in 1999.

At the dedication, attended by Navy veterans, Capt. William Christman of the U.S. Navy ROTC spoke of the “long and deep relationship” between “a great ship and a great university,” and how the American people should never forget Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona.

“Frankly, it’s a story we don’t tell enough,” echoes Tolliver.

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left: visitors can view photos, uniforms and other memorabilia connected to the battleship in the USS Arizona Lounge.

By the numbers 9.3: Acres under the Student Union roof, or 405,000 square feet.

1,400: Employees at the Student Union, including about 1,000 students.

50,000: About how many people visit the union every day.

1944: The year Wilbur l. “bill” bowers, a 1927 UA alum, saved one of two USS Arizona bells from being melted down at naval yard in bremerton, Washington. he helped the UA acquire the bell in 1946 and in 2002, at age 99, rang it inside the new Student Union clock tower.

1951: When the original UA Student Union opened. The renovated union opened in early 2003.

4 a.m.: The time executive pastry chef Manja blackwood arrives to start making pastries and desserts, some of the 26,000 meals prepared at the union every day. “I love my job,” she says.

$34 million: The yearly operating budget for Arizona Student Unions.

For Union information go to union.arizona.edu

background: The rotunda on the Union’s west side includes a huge circular stairway to copy the shape of the USS Arizona’s main gun turret. Anchor chains and steel plates add to the abstract design of the ship’s hull. left: The clock tower facing the UA Mall houses a bell from the USS Arizona and represents a mast and sail. The bell rings seven times on the third wednesday of every month at 12:07 p.m. to honor the fallen. photos courtesy Arizona student Unions

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of 15 restaurants and cafes, a movie theater, a post office, art galleries, a 20,000-foot ballroom, 22 meeting rooms, a copy center — and a cellar with a computer lab, comedy stage and a video and game arcade.

The enormous UA Bookstore with a Starbucks, and other leased spaces that include a bank and Kaplan Test Prep, are not run by Arizona Student Unions.

“If Old Main is the ‘front porch of campus,’ we are the living room, dining room and den,” says Sara Rohde, assistant director of Arizona Student Unions for marketing and event services.

All right, then, here’s a quick look at what’s under the Union’s roof.

Food

In all, Arizona Student Unions operates 39 eateries, including those in Park Student Union and other sites like Arizona Stadium and Highland Market. A new food truck is set to move around campus this spring.

“At last count, we serve about 26,000 meals a day,” Rohde says.

That’s a lot of food, and all of the UA menus and catering fall under the direction of Michael Omo, the school’s award-winning senior executive chef who arrived in October 2013 after working at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and other hotels. Omo says he likes to work with young people and share fun, healthy food ideas. He recently won a creativity award for mini-grilled cheese sandwiches on lollipop sticks.

“I take what’s happening in the industry at the time and look at the seasonality of things …,” Omo says.

“I’m a very humble person. … I can’t take credit for the chocolate chip cookie — we’ve been doing it for thousands of years — but how can I make it better? That’s my goal.”

Before the union renovation, students had limited eatery choices.

Three curving elevator balconies mimic the USS Arizona's bridge.

Old places like Louie’s Lower Level and the Fiddlee Fig have given way to 15 current eateries or cafes. Some eateries use herbs grown in a greenhouse on top of the Union, and local produce from nearby UA gardens.

Students can eat inside or outside on several patios.

“Our Union is unique in the way it maximizes our Arizona weather,” Tolliver says. “Our students love to spend time outdoors.”

So much so that Tolliver hopes the union can some day extend eating areas outside so resataurants like Sabor Mexican Fare can open up to the mall.

Fun

On the first Friday of every month, the Union hosts “Live at 5” at the north plaza, where local and campus music groups play. The plaza is south of the Second Street parking garage.

The Gallagher Theater, on the main floor, across from the food court, is a 340-seat theater that shows blockbusters every Thursday and Sunday.

Midnight movies are still shown, just like in the early 1970s when the old Gallagher was built and had 630 seats.

The theater is named after Edward Gallagher III, who contributed films and art to the Student Union.

The Union also stages large-scale events for students, including Taste of the Union, Finals Survival Week

Paul O'Mara photo

Kick-Off and CatCrawl, which draws 1,600 students for late-night fun indoors, including free laser tag.

The Cellar game room boasts six pool tables, ping pong and Wii, X-Box 360, PlayStation and arcade games.

quiet time

Students tired of voices can study or wind down at seven lounges and two art galleries in the main union.

The Honors, Diamond Atrium and Kachina lounges are on the third level, with Alumni Heritage and USS Arizona on the second. The Cellar and TV lounges are on the first level.

During finals week, the Union holds free late-night pancake breakfasts at Cactus Grill, Park Avenue Dining and the Bear Down Kitchen at Arizona Stadium — and specials throughout the Union for stress relief.

The Union art gallery on the third level is ever-changing and includes art from students, faculty, alumni and traveling exhibits. Clubs and organizations also have their offices in the Union, including ASUA government.

“A student center at its core provides something for everyone on campus,” Tolliver says. “You can take a nap here, you can eat, you can study, you can look for a job, you can get counseling.”

Or you can sing in the rotunda. You have Tolliver’s permission.

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ThROUGh JANUARy 29 Mark Mulroney: Something’s Dripping Mark Mulroney describes his process of creating the site-specific installation, Something’s Dripping, as similar to writing a screenplay for a 1980s sitcom.

Recognizable characters inhabit his subversive Disney-like world, but they are teased into a bizarre Saturday morning cartoon. Mulroney’s paintings, drawings and sculptural works within Something’s Dripping illustrate a pubescent threshold between innocence and the loss of incorruptibility.

“why won’t anybody help me?” 2014, Acrylic on paper. Image courtesy of artist Mark Mulroney.

JANUARy 21–29 Internet Trash Anthony Luis Barron, Wilson Butterworth, Andrew Shuta, Alex Von Bergen FEbRUARy 3–12 28mm Aaron Crate FEbRUARy 17–26 Annual Graphic Design, Illustration and VIScom Juried Exhibition Reception and Awards event February 20 MARch 3–12 Annual 2D Division Exhibition MARch 17–26 Annual 3D Division Invitational

MARch 31–APRIl 9 Annual Juried Photography Division Exhibition APRIl 14–23 Annual First Year Experience Exhibition APRIl 28–MAy 7 Swipe Me Lindsay Baker and Brian Ganter

Union The Union Gallery offers a unique collection featuring a variety of media, which is on display year-round. The gallery has served the community since 1973 by exposing visitors to original art by regional and nationally prominent artists.

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JANUARy 31–MAy 17 Astronomical: Photographs of our Solar System and Beyond The evolution of photography has been inextricably bound up with the field of astronomy. Since photography’s earliest days, it has been used as a tool to advance astronomical observation and thought, yielding some of the most curious and compelling images in the medium’s history. Featuring works by a diversity of makers ranging from pioneering scientists to artists and amateurs, this exhibition surveys mankind’s ongoing efforts to chart and understand an expanding universe.

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Reading and rocking

festiVAl of books finds its grooVe

By Mike Chesnick When Brenda Viner helped conceive the Tucson Festival of Books, she hoped one day to coax an oldies rock band of famous authors to open the event at the University of Arizona.

“Having the Rock Bottom Remainders perform has been a dream of mine for seven years,” Viner says.

“I first started contacting them in 2008.”

Her persistence paid off. The Remainders will open the seventhannual festival Friday, March 13, at 8 p.m. in the Student Union’s Grand Ballroom.

Expected to play include New York Times best-selling authors Amy Tan (vocals), Mitch Albom (keyboards), Dave Barry (guitar), Scott Turow (vocals), Ridley Pearson (bass), Ray Blount Jr. (crowd pleaser) and Greg Iles (guitar). Two of the band’s founders, Stephen King (guitar) and “The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening (cowbell), are not scheduled to play.

Barry, Albom, Iles and Pearson have some musical experience, but the band relies on a few ringers to help out.

Tan usually wears a wig, knee-high boots, fishnet stockings and carries a whip on stage.

What really makes Viner and other organizers giddy is the band members’ agreement to each speak and sign books on Satur-

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The Rock Bottom Remainders, a band made up of famous authors, will open the event, then speak and sign books the next day

day, March 14. That’s when the free festival kicks off on the UA Mall and across campus, featuring nearly 400 authors and 320 presentations at 36 venues. Attendance over the weekend is expected to equal or surpass last year’s 130,000, making TFOB the nation’s fourth-largest book festival.

The band and TFOB have similar goals, Viner says.

“They play to raise funds for literacy and we put on a book festival … to promote reading for all ages … and raise funds for Tucson literacy programs,” she said. “‘Play’ is probably a strong term for what we do with our instruments. … I would say a better term is we hold our own instruments,” Barry jokingly said in the Arizona Daily Star, one of the original sponsors of the event.

Through shows like the UA event, the Remainders have raised $2.6 million for literacy programs over the past 22 years, and the book festival has raised $1.05 million for local reading programs in six years, Viner says.

Viner and her husband, Bill Viner, and fellow founders John Humenik, Frank Farias and Bruce Beach came up with the idea for a festival in 2007 and “gathered an amazing group of committed volunteers all with their own skills and contacts to make the event happen,”

Brenda Viner said.

More than 200 committee members volunteer year-round to put on the event, which began in 2009 with 50,000 attendees.

“The committee invites wellknown and up-and-coming authors, so it’s never the same event twice,” says Marcy Euler, TFOB executive director. “This committee creates the author panels and puts interesting combinations of writers or topics or ideas in a way that is unique to this event.”

During the week of the festival, nearly 2,000 volunteers help set up tents and venues, drive authors around town, answer questions and herd large groups of attendees.

This year, the festival has added a second food court just east of Cherry Avenue near Science City, and the

public for the first time can prereserve complimentary tickets to selected venues. Details are at tucsonfestivalofbooks.org — the event’s website.

“The reward is watching Tucsonans spend their weekend at the book festival and the thousands of families who bring children to a college campus to learn,” Brenda Viner says. “It was important to all of us to keep the event free to the public. Our sponsors also share our mission to do whatever we can to spread the love of reading and learning. Plain and simple.”

Now, if only Viner can coax King and Groening into playing in the band again — the festival needs more cowbell.

“Possibly local book lovers have been writing to Stephen and Matt (to come to UA),” Viner says. “I hope so.”

Facing page: Caricature by David Horsey – The Rock Bottom Remainders’ original lineup, including Amy Tan (center, front). Stephen King (behind Tan) is not scheduled to play with the group at UA. left: A father and son meet wild Thing at the 2014 Festival of Books, which includes activities for kids.

Top: visitors browse through the Bookman’s tent at the 2014 Tucson Festival of Books.

Photos courtesy Mike christy / Arizona Daily Star

IF YOU GO What: Tucson Festival of Books When: March 14-15, 2015, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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FRIDAy, JANUARy 16 5 p.m. Roundtable: The Force of What’s Possible features the anthology’s editors Lily Hoang and Joshua Marie Wilkinson as well as contributors Brian Blanchfield, Carmen Giménez Smith, TC Tolbert and Aurelie Sheehan.

TUESDAy, JANUARy 20 6 p.m. A Closer Look Book Club—Plainwater: Essays and Poetry by Anne Carson Led by Poetry Center Events Coordinator Hannah Ensor ThURSDAy, JANUARy 22 7 p.m. Faculty Reading: Ander Monson and Kate Bernheimer UA Creative Writing Program faculty members Ander Monson and Kate Bernheimer read from their new books, Letter to a Future Lover (Graywolf Press, 2015) and How a Mother Weaned Her Girl from Fairy Tales (Coffee House Press, 2014).

FRIDAy, JANUARy 23 4 p.m. Conversation: Survival Skills for Writers Katie Dublinski and Chris Fischbach, editors of two of the best small presses in the country (Graywolf Press and Coffee House Press, respectively), join UA Creative Writing faculty members Ander Monson and Kate Bernheimer for a conversation about publishing.

FEbRUARy 23 – MAy 22 Art Exhibition—Shame Every Rose: Images from Afghanistan Photographs by Seamus Murphy that illustrate the landay, a clandestine oral folk poetry practiced by the Pashtun women who span the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

TUESDAy, FEbRUARy 24 6 p.m. A Closer Look Book Club— Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine Led by Poetry Center Marketing Director Annie Guthrie SATURDAy, FEbRUARy 28 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Family Day at the Poetry Center

ThURSDAy, JANUARy 29 7 p.m. UA Prose Series Reading: Willy Vlautin is a singer-songwriter and the author of four novels: The Free (2014), Lean on Pete (2010, a recipient of two Oregon Book Awards), Northline (2008) and The Motel Life (2007).

SATURDAy, JANUARy 31 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Family Day at the Poetry Center SATURDAy, FEbRUARy 14 1 p.m. Southern Arizona Poetry Out Loud Regional Finals Competition Watch and listen to great poetry performed by high-school students from throughout Southern Arizona as they compete for the chance to proceed to state and national finals.

TUESDAy, FEbRUARy 17 6 p.m. Shop Talk—The Work of Fady Joudah Led by Jon Riccio ThURSDAy, FEbRUARy 19 7 p.m. Reading: Fady Joudah received the Yale Series of Younger Poets prize for The Earth in the Attic. His other poetry collections are Alight (2013) and Textu (forthcoming). Joudah’s translations from the Arabic have earned him a PEN prize and the Griffin International Poetry prize. Co-sponsored by the UA Center for Middle Eastern Studies

ThURSDAy, MARch 5 6 p.m. Artists’ Talk and Screening: “Shame Every Rose: Images from Afghanistan” (See exhibition information above, February 23-May 22) Co-sponsored by the UA Center for Middle Eastern Studies TUESDAy, MARch 24 6 p.m. A Closer Look Book Club—The Complete Maus: 25th Anniversary Edition by Art Spiegelman Led by Poetry Center Digital Media Coordinator Cybele Knowles Continued on page 43

Workshops/Clubs A Closer Look Book Club: In-depth conversation in an informal setting. The club meets in the Dorothy Rubel Room. Over the 2014-15 academic year, we’ll be reading nonfiction. Cybele Knowles, knowles@email.arizona.edu

Family Day: A Poetry Center open house for youth of all ages and their families! Once a month, the Center’s world-renowned collection of poetry opens its aisles to visitors of all ages. Activities are designed to inspire youth and their families to explore their internal and external landscapes through language.

Shop Talks: A "round table" approach to scholary investigation of poetic works. Sessions begin with a mini-lecture on the featured author, followed by conversation about the author and the work. Study packets available. Dorothy Rubel Room. Wendy Burk, wlburk@email. arizona.edu

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ThURSDAy, MARch 26 7 p.m. UA Prose Series Reading: Elizabeth Evans is the author of six books of fiction, including the new novel As Good As Dead (Bloomsbury, 2015).

presented by the Somatechnics Research Network , UA Institute for LGBT Studies, UA Center for Critical Studies of the Body, UA Department of Gender and Women’s Studies and the Poetry Center, as part of the “Open Embodiments: Bringing Somatechnics to Tucson” conference.

SATURDAy, APRIl 25 10 a.m. High School Bilingual Corrido Concert Farewell Performance Join us in celebrating the 2014–15 High School Bilingual Corrido Contest winners and semi-finalists.

SATURDAy, APRIl 18 2 p.m. Panel: Poetic Embodiments At this panel discussion and Q&A, we address what it means to explore open embodiments in terms of poetry and poetic performance. This conversation is

TUESDAy, MAy 5 6 p.m. A Closer Look Book Club—The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World by Lewis Hyde Led by Poetry Center Executive Director Tyler Meier WEDNESDAy-ThURSDAy, MAy 6-7 7 p.m. Creative Writing MFA Graduate Readings Students graduating from the University of Arizona MFA in Creative Writing program read from their work.

SATURDAy, MARch 28 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Family Day at the Poetry Center ThURSDAy, APRIl 16, 7 p.m. Reading: Persona Issue Release Established in 1978, Persona is the University of Arizona’s undergraduate literary journal. Contributors to Persona read at this celebration of the new issue.

ings, from New Directions, selected as a Best Book of the Year from Times Literary Supplement, Hyperallergic and The New Yorker.

TUESDAy, APRIl 28 6 p.m. Shop Talk—The Work of Emily Dickinson as Seen by Jen Bervin Led by Bree Sheaffer ThURSDAy, APRIl 30 7 p.m. Artist’s Talk: Jen Bervin Poet and visual artist Jen Bervin has published four books, most recently, Emily Dickinson: The Gorgeous Noth-

ThURSDAy, MAy 14 7 p.m. Poetry Center Classes & Workshops Reading Students and instructors who participated this spring in the Poetry Center’s Classes & Workshops Program read from their work.

JUNE 1 – AUGUST 12 Art Exhibition—PaperWorks: Between Word and Image This text-activated/juried exhibit includes drawings watercolors, prints, photographs, collages and sculptural forms by members of PaperWorks, the Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Artists.

The Poetics and Politics of Water: Readings by American Indian Writers This four-part series features four major American Indian poets who will read their work this spring, offering insight into the central role that the character of water plays in contemporary American Indian literature.

Co-sponsored by the American Indian Language Development Institute, the Institute of the Environment, the Southwest Center, the Confluencenter, and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

ThURSDAy, FEbRUARy 12 7 p.m. Reading: Sherwin Bitsui Bitsui is the author of two collections of poetry, Flood Song and Shapeshift. He

is Diné of the Tídích’ii’nii (Bitter Water Clan), born for the Tlizílaaní (Many Goats Clan).

ThURSDAy, FEbRUARy 26 7 p.m. Reading: Simon J. Ortiz Ortiz—poet, fiction writer, essayist and storyteller—is a member of the Acoma Pueblo Nation and author of Woven Stone, from Sand Creek, Out There Somewhere and other books.

ThURSDAy, MARch 12 7 p.m. Reading: Ofelia Zepeda Zepeda

is a Tohono O’odham poet and professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and whose works include Where Clouds are Formed, Ocean Power, A Papago Grammar and other books.

ThURSDAy, APRIl 2 7 p.m. Reading: Natalie Diaz Diaz’s first book, When My Brother Was an Aztec, was published by Copper Canyon Press and directs a language revitalization program at Fort Mojave, her home reservation.

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Creative Collaborations—Confluencenter’s Senior Fellow, Professor Emerita and pianist Dr. Paula Fan performs monthly on her 1901 Steinway Grand Piano, inviting a distinguished guest to join her in dialog on a range of topics.

Admission Free Union UofA Day/Time Select Gallery Bookstore Gallagher Saturdays, 11 a.m.

Theatre Location UA BookStore, CAMPUS MALL Student Union Memorial Center, lower level (unless otherwise noted) Parking Second Street Parking Garage.

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Show & Tell at Playground: A multi-media learning experience with UA Faculty and affiliates.

Admission Free Day/Time Select Wednesdays, 6 p.m.

Location Playground Bar & Lounge, 278 E. Congress St. Contact 520-621-4587; confluencenter. arizona.edu; ervin@email.arizona.edu

SATURDAy, JANUARy 31 Creative Collaborations —“Behind the Battle Hymn” University of Arizona School of Music, Room 232 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. What was accomplished and at what cost? What is

Dr. Paula Fan Photo courtesy confluencenter for creative Inquiry the legacy of the conflict that divided a nation? Professor J.C. Mutchler focuses on the human cost of the conflict, devastating in its magnitude and unprecedented horrors. Vocalists will bring to life the individuals who suffered through the conflict in songs by Carter, Kanter and Kurt Weill.

librarian stereotype has been popularized in film, TV and books, but what are these stereotypes and how did they originate?

Nicole Pagowsky and Cindy Elliott, faculty librarians at the UA Main Library, will discuss these stereotypes, their implications, and how they diverge from the actual work of the profession.

WEDNESDAy, FEbRUARy 11 Show & Tell @ Playground—“Walking the Spirit: Augmenting the Paris Experience” Augmented Reality is a relatively new technology that is set to change the way we see the world. Through specialized software and mobile devices, we are now able to digitally tag the world, allowing others to see that which we have left, and in some cases, contribute. Presented

by Africana Studies Assistant Professor Bryan Carter, Ph.D.

SATURDAy, MARch 21 Creative Collaborations —“You’ve Come a Long Way, ______” Once upon a time, men ran things. There were no women in the police force and precious few in professional fields. The ambition of many a girl was to find the perfect man and get married. Then, from the middle of the 20th century, things began to change. American women of the Baby Boomer generation have seen cataclysmic shifts in circumstances, opportunities and attitudes toward life and love. In celebration of National Women’s History Month, the incredible journey is examined in discussion and song, featuring travelers from the fields of journalism, law, medicine and the arts.

SATURDAy, FEbRUARy 14 Creative Collaborations —“What’s Love Got to Do With It?” Poets can’t escape it, songwriters are smitten by it. But what is IT? Is it simply chemistry, how does it change with time, and why does it all fall apart? The science and psychology behind Cupid’s arrow is examined by Professor David Sbarra in observation of St. Valentine’s Day. Beginning with Cecil Doughtery’s witty “Love in the Dictionary,” the musical offering is of course, all about romance!

WEDNESDAy, MARch 11 Show & Tell @ Playground—“Shushing the Librarian Stereotype” What does a librarian looks like? The

WEDNESDAy, APRIl 8 Special Event In collaboration with Confluencenter’s Contemplative Traditions Working Group, Confluencenter is hosting Sports-Psychology Consultant and Buddhist George Mumford. Location and time TBA. WEDNESDAy, APRIl 15 Show & Tell @ Playground— Grad Jam with Confluencenter’s Graduate Fellows presenting projects funded by the center.

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The 2015 UA Science Lecture Series explores our Universe at molecular, biological, planetary and cosmic scales to ask ‘What is life?’ and how do we recognize it?

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Guy J. Consolmagno, SJ, Planetary Scientist, Vatican Observatory Research Group Throughout history, our definition of ‘life’ reflects our assumptions about how the Universe works—and why we ask the question. The ways different human cultures, ancient and current, have talked about life provide some sense of how we have defined life, and illustrate the aspects of life that fascinate us. Ulti-

mately, we may not really know what life is until we have discovered more than one independent example of it on places other than Earth—we need many diverse examples before we can generalize. But without a definition of what we’re looking for, and why we’re looking, we may have a hard time recognizing life when we find it.

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LECTURE SERIES It is generally accepted that planets or their satellites are required for life to originate and evolve. Thus, in order to understand the possible distribution of life in the Universe it is important to study planet formation and evolution. These processes are recorded in the chemistry and mineralogy of asteroids and comets, and the geology of ancient planetary surfaces in our Solar System. Evidence can also be seen in the many examples of ongoing planet formation in nearby regions of our galaxy. Finally, the variety of observable extra-solar planetary systems also provides insight into their origins and potential for life.

Monday, February 9 Life on Earth—By Chance or By Law? Brian J. Enquist, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Life on Earth is amazing and multifaceted. Ultimately all of life has descended from one common ancestor and has been guided by evolution by natural selection. On the one hand, the evolution of modern-day diversity and ecosystems may have been contingent on the initial chemical building blocks of life and the historical events that have characterized our planet over geologic time. On the

other hand, there are numerous aspects of life pointing to regular and deterministic processes that shape the complexity and diversity of life. This talk will touch on those examples where the laws of chemistry and physics, in addition to evolutionary rules, have resulted in general properties of life.

Monday, February 16 Complexity and Evolvability—What Makes Life So Interesting?

Anna R. Dornhaus, Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Life is particularly fascinating in its ability to create complex and ever-changing forms out of simple building blocks. How does such complexity arise, and what are the conditions that allow never-ending evolution of new and more intricate forms of life? We now know that one of the main processes that allows this is that life consists of modules that interact with and feed back on one another. In the history of life on Earth, new levels of complexity have often arisen out of new types of such interactions, and continued evolution has been driven by life interacting with other life. We even find that man-made systems can develop a ‘life’ of their own when such feedback interac-

tions among many modules occur. Life, it seems, is more about rules of interaction than special materials. We have only begun to understand the power of this algorithmic nature of life.

Monday, February 23 Searching for Life in the Solar System Timothy D. Swindle, Professor and Head, Planetary Sciences/Lunar and Planetary Laboratory When Renaissance scholars figured out that the planets are, like Earth, orbiting the Sun, an immediate assumption was that they are inhabited worlds. In the last 50 years, spacecraft have determined that life on the surfaces of planets and moons in the Solar System is rare – if it exists at all. However, there are places where a search for life in the Solar System may still be fruitful. Although the current surface of Mars is a hostile environment, early Mars may have been much more clement to life. Jupiter’s moon Europa is almost certainly barren on the surface, but has an ‘ocean’ of liquid water underneath a crust of ice, where some terrestrial organisms might be able to thrive.

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Monday, March 2 Amazing Discoveries: A Billion Earthlike Worlds Laird M. Close, Professor, Astronomy/ Steward Observatory One of the most fascinating developments in the last two decades is humankind’s discovery of alien worlds orbiting stars near our Sun. Since the first such discovery in 1995 there has been a truly exponential growth in the detection of these new planets. Scientists have been puzzled and surprised by the diversity and extravagance of these new extra-solar systems. Recently, the space-based NASA Kepler Mission has discovered thousands of new worlds and suggests that one in five Sun-like stars may harbor an Earth-like planet. We will take a grand tour of some of these amazing new worlds, specifically noting where life might already exist, beyond our Solar System.

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MONDAy, MARch 9 Intelligent Life Beyond Earth Christopher D. Impey, University Distinguished Professor, Astronomy One question rises above all others when it comes to our place in a vast and ancient Universe, ‘Are we alone?’ With a billion habitable locations in the Milky Way galaxy, and more than ten billion years for biological experiments to play out, a search for intelligent life beyond Earth is well-motivated. Unfortunately, the single

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With carnival rides from A (Alien Abduction) to Z (the Zipper), Spring Fling made a triumphant return to UA campus in 2014 after being held off-site for 15 years.

This year will mark the 41st anniversary of the three-day event, scheduled to run April 10-12 on the east side of the UA mall, featuring 35plus rides and games, more than 20 food booths and entertainment. Put on by the Associated Students of the University of Arizona, Spring Fling is the largest student-run carnival in the nation, attracting more than 25,000 people.

Times are 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. April 10, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. April 11, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 12. Go to springfling.arizona.edu for more information.

Whether you’re a student or a visitor, navigating the University of Arizona’s 380 acres and keeping up with the school’s news and sports happenings can be a daunting task. Just as intimidating can be computer or wireless problems that might affect students’ ability to get their academic work completed.

Luckily, there are several mobile apps that can help out, and students can get technical support 24/7 for all their digital needs through UITS, or University IT Services.

UA mobile app: For iPhone and Android, the free app is a portal to a plethora of information: Arizona Daily Wildcat and UANews; campus maps; schedule of classes; UAccess Student (grades, financial aid, student notices); campus phonebook; CatTran (shuttles, routes); events;

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dining (menus, takeout, delivery) and meal plans; social media (Facebook, Twitter); videos; campus libraries; campus tours (self-guided, with audio/video, of buildings and landmarks); photos, UA alumni; emergency info; campus health; and UA Savvy (deals, happenings on campus). Get the app at www.arizona.edu/apps Daily Wildcat app: The Daily Wildcat, UA’s student newspaper since 1899, has its own free app for iPhone and Android at app stores. Students and parents can keep up on news, arts and entertainment, sports, police beat, money, opinions, Facebook, KAMP radio, Twitter, Campus Recreation, classifieds and the print edition. Web access: dailywildcat.com University IT Services: IT staff are on call seven days a week, except university holidays, to address computer or technical concerns.

The UITS Student Services webpage is a good place to start at www.uits. arizona.edu/studentservices. Consultants can provide technical assistance about computers, printers and online access via phone (520-626-8324), at the 24/7 IT Support Center lobby (1077 N. Highland Ave.), via webchat and remote desktop, or questions submitted online at 247.arizona.edu

3. campus recreation The accolades keep coming in for the UA’s Campus Recreation Center, recently ranked No. 1 among the nation’s top 20 most impressive college gyms and student rec centers

by University Primetime. The study looked at size (108,000 square feet at UA), student activities and how often students use the facilities.

The 108,000-square-foot rec center, at Highland Avenue and Sixth Street, is a LEED Platinum-certified green building, with three basketball courts, an Olympic pool and a lobby with stores, food, a computer lab and tutoring service. This spring break, UA’s Outdoor Adventures offers sea kayaking on Lake Powell or mountain biking in Moab, Utah. There’s also hiking, caving and wilderness yoga retreats in the Tucson-area. Go to rec. arizona.edu for more information.

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Home/Land: Visual Art in the North American Borderlands. Internationally recognized artists and scholars address aesthetic responses to contemporary relations between Mexico, the United States and Canada. Examining issues such as location, territory, human rights and environmental politics within aesthetic experience, speakers will demonstrate how art practice and scholarship can produce critical awareness in a transnational age.

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WEDNESDAy, FEbRUARy 4 Raul Cabra—Lecture: Oax-i-fornia: The Craft of Design and the Design of Craft Cabra will examine Oax-i-fornia as a model for visual production in cross-cultural contexts, showing how the confluence of craft, art, and design—when engaged through a collaborative process of “making” between culturally diverse individuals—cannot only serve as a powerful generative force for innovation, but more importantly, can also create deep and meaningful connections not commonly associated with brief encounters where verbal communication is not easy or even possible. In fact, in Oax-i-fornia, cultural and language differences between collaborators are not obstacles to be overcome, they are catalyzers for the creative process. They push participants to forge common ground through the act and language of “making together,” a complex physical and emotional process that not only bridges difference but awakens a kindred spirit shared by makers everywhere.

WEDNESDAy, MARch 4 Ila Sheren—Site, Non-site, Re-site: Border art and Boundaries since 1984 The politics of immigration and trade

LECTURE Series policy on the U.S.-Mexico border are as complex as they are compelling. Artists have been drawn to the physical site of the frontera, the human rights concerns it presents, and the overarching question of the ethics of globalization. Beginning in 1986, performance artists used the border region to interrogate well-established ideas of site-specificity and, in conjunction with the developments of the early 1990s, altered the definition of “site” to parallel the fluidity of international borders. This talk will discuss the shifts from site-specificity to what I term “portabil-

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Wednesday, March 31 Dinh Q. Le—Obdurate History Dinh Q. Lê was born in Ha-Tien, Vietnam. He received his BA in Art studio at UC Santa Barbara and his MFA in Photography and Related Media at The School of Visual Arts in New York City. In 1997 Lê settled down in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Lê’s artistic practice consistently challenges how our memories are recalled with context in contemporary

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Our advertisers welcome you to Southern Arizona 1 Adobe Rose Inn, p. 19

2 Aloft Tucson University p. 46 3 Amtrak, p. 48 4 Arizona Inn, p. 14 5 Arizona Stage Coach, p. 20 6 Best Western Inn Suites, p. 47 7 Best Western Royal Inn & Suites, p. 18 8 Big Blue House Inn, p. 9 9 Campus Athletic, p. 49 10 Catalina Park Inn p. 53 11 Comfort Suites, p. 18 12 Country Inn & Suites, p. 5 13 Doubletree Hotel at Reid Park, p. 53 14 Doubletree Suites by Hilton, p. 40 15 Embassy Suites Hotels, p. 20 16 Fairfield Inn, p. 8 17 FlyTucson.com, p. 6 18 Hampton Inn Tucson Airport, p. 7 19 Hotel Tucson City Center, p. 47 20 Hughes Federal Credit Union, p. 48

21 JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass, p. 42 22 Kitt Peak National Observatory, p. 8 23 La Quinta Inn & Suites, p. 5 24 Radisson Suites Tucson, p. 15 25 Riverpark Inn, p. 35 26 Sahara Apartments, inside front cover & p. 16 27 Sam Hughes Inn, p. 37 28 Sheraton Tucson Hotel & Suites, p. 35 29 Staybridge Suites, p. 52 30 SunLink, p. 4 31 The District on 5th, p. 44 32 Tierra Antigua Realty, Lori Hahn, p. 46 33 * UA Athletics — Jim Click Hall of Champions, p. 32 34 *UA Bookstores, inside back cover 35 *UA Disability Resources, p. 40 36 * UA Eller, Management Information Systems, p. 35 37 UA Mount Lemmon SkyCenter, p. 19

38 *UA Museum of Art, p. 7 39 * UA Navy ROTC, p. 27 40 *UA Nutritional Sciences, p. 23 41 *UA Parking & Transportation Services, p. 40 42 *UA Residence Life, p. 26 4 3 *UA School of Government & Public Policy, p. 40 44 UA Science: Biosphere 2, p. 25 45 *UA Steward Observatory Mirror Lab, p. 52 46 *UA Zipcar for Universities, p. 51 47 University Villa Apts., Back Cover 48 Varsity Clubs of America, p. 40 49 Wildcat Canyon Village, p. 52 50 Zona Properties, p. 37 * Campus location. See map ( pages 28-29) for building locations.

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