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(she turns 3 in October) the park hasn’t changed much. The great Afghan pines, the cool expansive green, the swimming pool, it all feels the same, and so there is a potent nostalgic sway of countless and lasting early memories. I know there will be new ones here now, and I can already feel the yearning.

Mothers and dads collect in the distance around kids in youth football practice. There are no others here on the playground items at Palo Verde Park, just me and my daughter Rickie. It is her favorite park at the moment. It must be those monkey bars.

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the rain, swirls of scents on desert walks and a western sky blooming orange. The inspiration of books, songs, art and love. Such things are the hub of existence, not some starting point to exploit or move on from in a quest for money, recognition, or whatever. The hub is a kind of internal church, a home, built on a couple of corny-sounding simple truths, words I use too often: empathy and kindness. My wife knows the truths too, another reason I look up to her, as I often defer to her for guidance. A WOMAN ADVERTISED HER wares in an underground Phoenix adult magazine I edited and contributed to for a short while. It was in the mid-to-late 1990s. She’d come into the office with her ads and payments. She drove a nice car. I had met her there and got to know her somewhat. She knew routes to the things that mattered, poetics of the human condition. She was well-read, articulate, funny, and had a kind of opaque beauty reserved only for cameras. She had charity in her heart and a certain magic ﬂoated aboutOneher.night I was sitting in a bar with this woman. Over many drinks the nature of her existence revealed itself. She had been beaten and raped throughout

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THE LOVELY RAT-A-TAT-TAT RISES up and down. She sings in jittery syntax the chorus to Jackson 5’s “ABC” and bangs the underside of the slide with a stick in her own cool rhythm. She stops. Looks around, says, mixing near-words in Spanish and English. “Where’s my new friend?” “He’s not here today, Rickie.” “Oh. Maybe mañana?” “Yes, maybe mañana.” Rickie soon scrutinizes the monkey bars, places her hand on the highest rail she can reach and carefully pulls herself up, her face rapt, a toddler grimace with a little tongue sticking out. She balances her tiny feet and sandals upright on the under rail, nearly slips and catches herself. She lets her tiny body hang there for a few seconds, waiting, six or seven feet oﬀ the ground, her white dress ﬂuttering in evening breeze, until I step beneath her and let her drop into my arms.

Our other girl, Zuzu, who recently hit her first birthday, is home with mama nursing a fever. Their big brother Reece sweats in dance class. Evenings in this park grip hard, and quiet little meditations come easy. Like, I never expected any of this life. Here, balancing Rickie in my arms, I know without those four others, I would be nothing.

The park memories circle as melancholy ghosts. My big sisters trudging across the fields of green grass on weekday mornings to Fickett Junior High, my big brother fenced in playing Little League baseball, or later, my mom kissing a man who wasn’t my dad in a car parked along the side of the park. Between moments of absolute beauty here, compartments of dread reopen in my gut, the familiar fictions of the person I once was existing inside, still. If there are wisdoms honed from living a past life fraught with so much uncontrollable sadness and addictions, it is often invisible to me as someone’s dad. Yet things I’m actually good at appear to have no tangible application as a father, and I imagine my old man felt the same damn way. In many ways my children lead me, teach me. So much of this is pure intuition. The love and tenderness transcend data and files of someone else’s life, my former life. Even at my old worst, I, at least, remembered how the soul demands to seek out small wonders, the seasons and

The park sits directly across the street from Kellond Elementary, my first school. In the decades since I was Rickie’s age

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her childhood. Beaten and raped again as a young adult. Now she worked for her own little company, an escort service, and she lived with some guy, not really her boyfriend more like her security, she said. He would drive her all over greater Phoenix to visit with clients, and she had many. Lots of women did this work. It was a big business in Phoenix before the internet took over. He would wait out in the car with a cell phone while she went in to do her work. If things got ugly, she would send him a code. Things went south several times and the woman could not get to her phone. Burn scars trace up her thighs, one eye is forever blurred, that sort of thing. She would tell me her horror stories, the freebase pipes and male trios surprising her in hotel rooms and the grotesque cruel men in big Paradise Valley homes with gardeners. So many things that would terrify anyone oﬀ the cliﬀs. She had the keys to the church, that internal hub, which she’d discovered without help from anyone, not from her parents, certainly not from some random douchebag. Despite personal trust and emotional intelligence, she could not let herself in. She was not naïve and she had mounds of compassion, which shocked me. This from a person who had been let down in horrible ways by everyone her entire life.

I say this because I think of life cycles and human development while watching my daughter at the park, and the memory of this woman popped into my mind. I’d be horrified if I unconsciously tutored my children on the negative and the cynical, the very ideas that invite in countless ways living souls wound each other. Or the shut-in misanthropic tendencies I’ve worked hard to overcome.

I lost so much of my life, falling off what I now recognize as that hub, drunk and high searching for it. Fear and self-hatred or the thought of dying were the only instigators for change. We are damn lucky to share the poetics of life. Rickie sometimes bites, kicks and scratches. Her brain is exploding. It’s as if she is articulating physically the things she can’t actually say. It causes pause and pain. It takes patience to teach her. When I get tired or down, the world becomes a sequence of binaries, one and zeroes, wrong or right, based on my inconclusive studies of my own childhood, and observations of others. Comes down to my three children. Every movement a question, every reaction second and third-guessed. Now, an inner voice pipes in, “trust that hub.” It is not God or religion or 12-step or cult speak. It is just my home.IfI raise my voice at my children it frightens me. There is subsequent emotional backwash. It is the same sensation and shame I felt after my father would belt me. That hard, dead fear, as well as the shakes and heart shudders. My father could not contain his anger when we were young, his hands turned giant and bruising. I couldn’t imagine hitting one of my three children, and the regrets at even raising my voice enforce personal recalibration. Raising my voice flies in the face of everything I believe. Random parents appear at this park on most days. I admire them from afar, their pleasures and griefs veiled in the everyday moments, beyond the common language of parenthood. I watch other parents too, bored expressions usually cast to a screen, and it boggles the mind. They are almost always the same ones who scream at their children. How are they not transfixed? These lives from seed sprouting limbs and thoughts and desires, hungers and joys, perform before them. Sometimes when I surge down slides with Rickie and her new little friends, I am not her dad. I am someone she plays with, even when a boy comes up and says, “You’re too old to be on the playground!”Iamoverwhelmed at my children’s growth and curiosity. It is wonderment in their wonderment at all they confront. The education, for me, is endless. At Palo Verde park, dark clouds eat the light, and I straddle the monkey bars and barely make it across without pulling out my arm. Took real effort but worth it because Rickie watches. She jumps up and down, her face a firework of joy. GreenJoinSeptemberSaturday,10thusin-personinTucsonorValley—ORwalkvirtually!

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“She said, ‘Well we won’t know un til we get in the apartment and assess everything.’“Irenesaid,

She explained one of the maintenance workers came by and said they were cleaning up the place and getting rid of the lowlifes and the druggies.

“Theresa said to Irene, ‘Hypothetically speaking, if Marianne was not on section 8 how much would these apartments be?’”She was unaware that Patyk was listening to the conversation.

‘Is there somebody on the line with us? This conversation is over,’ and then she hung up,” Patyk said.Patyk said she believes she is being discriminated against because she is in section 8 housing.

Patyk did just that. She contacted the City of Tucson Housing and Community Development Department. Armida Chin, housing specialist, was assigned to Patyk as her case worker.

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“The new owner doesn’t want section 8 in here,” Patyk said Saadeh told them.

“Ending a fixed-term lease without cause. When a tenant has a fixed-term lease, such as for six months or one year, the landlord can’t make the tenant move out until the term has ended. The land lord doesn’t have to provide the tenant with notice ending the tenancy unless the lease specifically requires it. Other wise, the landlord can expect the tenant to move by the end of the tenancy — and if the tenant doesn’t move out, the land lord can file an eviction lawsuit.”

“My lease is for a one bedroom, and I’m paying $913 for it,” Patyk said. “They won’t let me stay here until the end of my lease for $913?”

“‘We are going to do a beautification of this place,’ and they only tore down the OF LEASE

MARIANNE PATYK WAS COMFORTABLE living in her home of 24 years while on social security disability. Thirty days be fore her lease was up, it was taken away. The 61-year-old Tucson resident is fac ing termination of her tenancy and must vacate her home on Monday, Oct. 31. Her lease ends Wednesday, Nov. 30. On Aug. 9, she received a letter from the property manager, Irene Saadeh of Fort Lowell Realty and Property Man agement, stating, “Notice of termination of lease agreement.” The notice clearly states, “Your tenancy will terminate on Oct. 31, 2022, at the end of your lease pe riod,” which is incorrect. “A week ago Monday, I called Irene and she said, ‘You want the facts? I’ll give you the facts. We are not renewing your lease,’” Patyk recalled. “I called my DDS case worker Teresa (Wright) and she put me on a three-way call.

rusty shed,” Patyk explained they said. She said, “Teresa Wright told Irene, ‘The lease is up Nov. 30’ and Irene said, ‘I don’t care she needs to vacate 30 days fromWright,September.’”caseworker for Disability De termination Services (DDS), said she could not discuss Patyk’s case, due to HI PAA and other legal grounds. She did say she would refer someone in the same situation as Patyk to talk to section 8 legal housing department for aid and refer them to the Southwest Fair Housing Council.

Unless a landlord has cause to terminate a tenancy early, the landlord can’t make the tenant move out before the end of the lease or rental agreement. Whether the landlord has to give the tenant notice that the tenancy won’t be renewed de pends on the type of tenancy.

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Ernesto Portillo, the public informa tion officer for the Department of Hous ing and Community Development, said he would refer others in this situation to Southwest Fair Housing Council and Southern Arizona Legal Aid. However, Patyk did complete the S8 Resident Worksheet. Patyk said she be lieves they have found another section 8 housing apartment for her. When Saadeh was called for comment, she said, “This is something I won’t dis cuss.”According to the American Apartment Association, “In the U.S., landlords are obligated to comply with all federal laws in addition to landlord-tenant laws in their property state. Technically, a land lord can break a lease early, but not with out good reason. Unless the tenant vio lates the lease, a landlord’s grounds for early termination must be stipulated and agreed upon within the lease agreement.

(Left) Marianne Patyk has lived in her home for 24 years, now she must move before her lease is up. (Right) Mari anne Patyk keeps a tidy home, including the living room.

“For example, a landlord breaking a lease early to move into their property is legal, provided it is specified in a termi nation clause in the lease agreement. You cannot just show up at your tenant’s door and evict them on a whim. Good prac tice suggests you ensure your tenants are aware of the small print and that you give them sufficient time to find a new place to live. It’s vital to draw up a con cise and clear lease agreement to protect your rights and ensure each party under stands the repercussions should they vi olateAnnthem.”O’Connell, attorney for the inter net legal site NOLO.com, said, “Notice of termination without cause in Arizona.

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“Arizona constables perform difficult, often dangerous work,” Bronson said in a statement. “Our county constables perform a difficult and important job for the people of this county. They often encounter people at their most vulnerable and emotional, yet they all perform their duties with professionalism and compassion. I am heartbroken at this terrible tragedy, and I will keep Constable Martinez and all who knew and loved her in myBishopthoughts.”Edward Weisenberger asked for members of the Diocese of Tucson to remember in prayer all those involved in the“Ishooting.askthefaithful of our diocese to lift up in prayer Constable Martinez along with her family, friends, coworkers and all those who loved her,” he said. “I ask for prayer also for the other victims who died at the scene. Their families and loved ones now enter into a time of profound grief. May they all know the fullness of life.”Martinez had only been on the job sinceTheMarch.gunman has been identified as Gavin Lee Stansell. The other victims have been identified as Lind Commons Apartment manager, Angela Fox-Heath, and resident, Elijah Miranda. Sources say police believe Stansell died from a self-inﬂicted gunshot wound. OTHERS KILLED EVICTION NOTICE By Karen Schaﬀner Tucson Local Media

GOV. DOUG DUCEY ORDERED at half-staﬀ Aug. 26 in honor of Deborah Martinez-Garabay, a Pima County constable who was shot to death Aug. 25 while serving an eviction notice at a midtown apartment complex.

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“The loss of Constable Deborah Martinez is felt across our state,” Ducey said in a statement. “Whether it was serving in the U.S. Army or carrying out her duties as a constable for Pima County, she dedicated her life to helping others and her community.”Agraduate of Pueblo High School, Martinez joined the U.S. Army after the Sept. 11 attacks. She served for nearly 20 years and was wounded in Afghanistan before retiring as a senior noncommissionedFollowingofficer.retirement, Martinez worked with veterans and their families, and started a local chapter of the national organization, PGA HOPE (Helping Our Patriots Everywhere). The program introduces veterans with disabilities to golf. Pima County Board of Supervisors chair Sharon Bronson acknowledged the danger of a constable’s job.

“We are a definite startup community right now,” Keefner said. “We hope to embellish and create new ideas and come up with a new breath of life into Old Tucson.”AHR operates Old Tucson Studios under the subsidiary corporation Old Tucson Entertainment LLC and usually focuses on the preservation of American railroads.“They preserve pieces of American history and try to find ways to help audiences enjoy and experience (them),” Blair said.The Nightfall production has also hired new and former employees from the community, some of whom assisted Blair in creating its immersive “script,” which is about 250 pages. The Los Angeles-based Blair was hired by AHR in May, prepared to hit the ground running. He’s been traveling between LA to Tucson since.

“I’m excited to see where Old Tucson can go because it already has great roots. It’s a matter of building upon those to make it even more successful,” Keefner said.AHR is planning a Christmas-themed event, followed by a “Western experience” in the new year, Keefner said.

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“We have a studio that has been around forever in Tucson that is absolutely a Tucson institution and now we have the ability to make sure that it not only stays open, stays functional (and) that people can still enjoy it,” Blair said.

Old Tucson Studios, which was recently acquired by the American Heritage Railways (AHR) from Pima County in April, is looking forward tto new initiatives that include seasonal events, theatrical entertainment and film production, according to Kristine “Kiki” Keefner, Old Tucson Studios’ general manager.

Tucson Studios on Thursday, Oct. 6, to Sunday, Oct. 30, after a two-year hiatus. The spooktacular event closed its doors indefinitely in August 2020, due to the pandemic.Thisyear, the 30th annual spooky celebration has transitioned into an “interactive haunted Halloween experience,” inviting visitors to step into 1880s Tucson, while immersing themselves into a singular ongoing story. Nightfall creative director Erik Blair said while the event remains a haunt with plenty of scares and haunted mazes for those who want them, he encouraged park visitors to follow clues and engage with cast members to uncover multiple mysteries, allowing themselves to determine their night’s outcome.

“We all have a lot of hats right now, because it’s not only putting the haunt back up but it’s also getting Old Tucson back on its feet at the same time.” Blair said.

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“Ultimately, I think we’re really creating something here that brings Old Tucson back, that brings Nightfall back, continues the history of this location and of its events in a way that I think people are going to recognize and appreciate,” Blair said. “(It) also opens it up for a little more family friendly capability to Nightfall.”

Blair calls the Christmas special a more “intimate” experience set in the same 1880s period.

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According to Blair, “haunts” of this scale normally get about a year’s worth of preparation time. “We tapped into every resource and person we could find so that we could take and understand as much as we could about what has happened over the last years that happened before the pandemic,” Blair said. “There is a surprising amount of information that exists within both the data and people.”

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“Food is one of the magical substances,” Scott said. “It crosses borders, it crosses everything…You’re trying to put a local inﬂuence on a deep tradition. Everybody comes to the table with their personal background.

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“‘This is what I think bread should taste like.’” It’s really hard to meet those expectations because everybody has a different one. The binding quality is togetherness.”BlueFinch Bakery is one of Tucson’s many establishments celebrating the 10-day Sonoran Restaurant Week. From Friday, Sept. 9 to Sunday, Sept. 18, more than 100 restaurants will offer fixed-price menus, giving guests the opportunity to visit restaurants they’ve never tried or to check out old Tucsonfoodie.com,favorites.a digital magazine that writes about the UNESCO City of Gastronomy and its offerings, recently took ownership of the fourth event. It is aided in the endeavor by Visit“TheTucson.purpose of Sonoran Restaurant Week is to encourage people to go out and explore the restaurant scene in Tucson,” said Shane Reiser, who owns tucsonfoodie.com.“It’saweekwhere a lot of great restaurants — we now have 100 — offer a fixed-price menu, so all you have to do is go to any of the participating restaurants, ask for the Sonoran Restaurant Week menu. You’re going to get a delicious meal for a deal.” Ana Aguayo started Taco Fish as a food truck selling fish tacos 17 years ago. That business expanded to a brick-andmortar, casual restaurant. Want something besides fish or shrimp tacos? There are also manta ray, stingray, octopus and marlin coming in the forms of quesadillas, caldos, tostadas and cocktails.

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At Taco Fish on 12th Avenue, owner Ana Aguayo offers shrimp tacos and quesadilla de marlin, just a couple of seafood items available for lunch or dinner. Taco Fish is another of the more than 100 restaurants participating in Sonoran Restaurant Week. (PHOTO BY KAREN SCHAFFNER)

IT’S 1 A.M. SATURDAY AND WHILE most of us are having a good time or sleeping, Scott Martley is prepping his northwest Tucson kitchen for the hours of hot, hard work ahead. He turns on the commercial ovens he has at his home. He gives his commercial mixer a twirl. Then it’s measure, scoop, mix, grease, knead and everything else that goes into baking a fragrant, delicious loaf of crusty, German dark rye bread. Sometimes it’s diﬀerent. Perhaps today it will be a jalapeno and polenta loaf.At a more reasonable hour later in the morning, wife and partner Nikki Martley gets up to harvest her home- and lovingly grown microgreens. At the cottage bakery, Blue Finch Bakery — not a storefront — this is a weekly routine. It’s hard work, but satisfying.

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“I truly believe that this food is my blood,” he said. “These are the dishes that I grew up eating, but I want to put my own twist on them.” The menu reﬂects Otero’s interest.

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“I was born and raised here,” Otero said. “My mother’s family has been here for seven generations already.” It pairs with why he and his restaurant are participating in Sonoran Restaurant Week.“Ifeel that Tucson’s a part of the Sonoran Desert, and this is Tucson’s food right here that we represent here at Rollies,” Otero added. “I call it Tucson Chicano food. It’s our twist on Sonoran food.”

More than anything, however, Otero says that when he serves his food, he is oﬀering his Tucson heritage.

Look for Nana’s tacos, a Tucson specialty where a ground beef patty is fried right into a corn tortilla. There are also rolled tacos, street tacos, quesadillas, birria, ﬂat enchiladas and loaded fries. Quench your thirst with horchata and sodas. For the adults try a local brewski, michelada or Inmargarita.addition, a food truck will soon make its appearance at The Annex. Satisfy your hankering for freshly made pasta and pizza at Downtown’s Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink on Pennington, or in northwest Tucson at its second location at Oracle and Ina roads. Both locations are popping, but that’s no surprise. The food and drinks speak for themselves.

Eating there is like participating in Otero’s family tradition, and that tradition is long indeed.

“Reilly is a modern take on Italian cuisine,” said Courtney Fenton, one of the partner-owners. “We focus on quality ingredients, local ingredients and an elevated dining experience, so all of our pasta is made fresh in house. We make Executive chef Ralph Felix of Augustin Kitchen works with a rather large staff in his restaurant’s kitchen. Agustin Kitchen is just one of more than 100 restaurants participating in Sonoran Restaurant Week. (PHOTO BY KAREN SCHAFFNER) his

Chef Mateo Otero wants guests to feel they’re on his home patio.

A serve-yourself fresh garnish and pico de gallo stand waits on the side. These days, Aguayo manages the place but still helms the kitchen. “I like to cook food in my house, like homemade food,” she said, “and, yes, I have loved cooking here at the Justrestaurant.”afewblocks down the street from Taco Fish is another casual dining place, Rollies Mexican Patio. On this Saturday afternoon, finding parking was a challenge, but the atmosphere inside was full of fun.

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Scott credits his team with the success of the place. “I tend to give credit to the people who are actually performing it,” he said. “I may be here helping direct it but these are the guys that are putting it together every day.”

Cross I-10 at Congress to the west side, go just a little way down the road and you are in a diﬀerent Tucson, but that is where Tucson native Chef Ralph Felix runs the kitchen at Agustin Kitchen.General manager Neil Scott describes it as casual fine dining, tucked in a corner of Mercado San Agustin. The bar side has a large counter open to the outside courtyard. Food is graciously served in the wood-paneled dining room. The kitchen overlooks the dining room and, when he gets a second, Felix peeks past the large marble counter and the fresh oysters on ice to see how dining service is going. When he sees patrons enjoying what he and his staﬀ have created, he’s“Ithappy.makes all the work worthwhile,” Felix said. “When I’m working long shifts, long hours, long days, when I’m not spending the holiday with my family, but then I put out great food and people call me out to the table, and say, ‘Thank you, this is the best meal we’ve ever had,’ it just makes it worthwhile.”

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On the regular dinner menu find halibut crudo, lacquered duck breast or littleneck clams. There is also lunch service and a weekend brunch menu. It’s sophisticated food, but what does Felix like to eat at home?

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Come check us out for RestaurantSonoranWeek!ByMariaMazon our own sausage, really trying to have the best, freshest ingredients. I think that really translates well in the food.” Fenton and her brothers own both Reilly locations and a new restaurant, Bata, on Toole. She said their good memories revolve around food, which drew them to the industry.

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“There’s something innately unique in providing comfort for other people and being able to share in those moments,” Fenton said.“Food is a great way to show that you care; it’s a great way to feel comfortable and welcome.”

“You know what?” he said. “As a chef we work so hard, such long days, sometimes you get home you’re happy just to eat a bowl of cereal.”

Reiser said it’s a joy to work with eateries like these during Sonoran Restaurant Week. He

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Meanwhile, at Blue Finch Bakery, Nikki is getting orders ready to go out to customers who have texted their arrival times. That’s how it works at Blue Finch.

The Martleys don’t do it for the money; they give a portion of their weekly earnings to nonprofits. It’s something else; the same thing that makes all restaurant workers do it.

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“The Tucson food scene is really exploding,” Reiser said. “A lot of new restaurants are really elevating the whole scene, and we’re increasingly a destination, a gastronomy and culinary destination.”

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TUCSONWEEKLY.COM SEPTEMBER 1, 202216 SIX NEW NONSTOP FLIGHTS TO AND FROM FORCANADA. TUCSON We’re excited to welcome our friends from the north. Starting this winter, Flair Airlines will offer nonstop service between TUS and six Canadian airports: Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Lethbridge, London, Prince George, and Windsor. Just another way Tucson International Airport is Nonstop for Tucson. PRETTY COOL, EH?

INVISIBLE THEATRE: ‘LIFESPAN OF A FACT’

‘THE WIZARD OF RINGS’ Hijinks and hilarity are hallmarks of Gaslight Theatre’s original comedy melodramas. They mash together our favorite tropes and lace them with pratfalls and puns. In Wizard of the Rings, the evil sorceress Gorgonelle pursues the power of The Great Ring, now in the hands of wobbit Froyo Robbins. Count on at least one character to fly across the room. By all means stay to sing along with the cast in the closing olio. 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1 to Sunday, Nov. 6, The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Boulevard, thegaslighttheatre.com, $27, $15 for kids

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Various times Friday, Sept. 2, to Monday, Sept. 5, Ramada by Wyndham, 777 W. Cushing Street, Tucson, rincongames.com, eventbrite.com, $10 to $85

The nonprofit Southern Arizona Gamers Association keeps the spirit of Tucson Comic-Con alive after closing time with dinner, headliner events and games from Friday, Sept. 2, to Monday, Sept. 5. They promise four full days of games including RPGs, board games, CCGs and Artemis. Along with dinner menus and daily event details, reservations for daytime gaming at Comic-Con are available at its RinCon 2022 page at eventbrite.com.

The musical performance will explore acoustic interpretations of South Africa’s legendary singer, Miriam Makeba. Music headliners include Kora instrumentalist Karamo Susso from Mali; guitarist Fernando Perdomo, best known from the popular Netflix music documentary “Echo in The Canyon,” and Congolese guitarist, Jason Tambo, who has performed with Bono, Ziggy Marley and Peter Gabriel, among others.Show hosts are musician and singer-songwriter Victoria Williams and Gayle Bass of the TV show “Right This Minute.” 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, Savoy Opera House, Trail Dust Town, 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road, Tucson, 520-729-7772, diasporashowcase.com, tickets start at $69

ARIZONA BIENNIAL CALL FOR ARTISTS

Those older than 18 can submit work to be considered for Arizona Biennial 2023 at the Tucson Museum of Art, April 2023 to Sept. 17, 2023. Find a link to the just-posted prospectus on the main page of the museum’s website. Included in its detailed schedule for artists is a public panel discussion by noted curators. Panelists include Taina Caragol, curator of painting and sculpture as well as Latino art and history, at the National Portrait Gallery. Submissions are accepted through 5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 16. Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Avenue, tucsonmuseumofart.org

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CHILLIN’ AT THE CHUL

Say goodbye to these fun summer evenings after the weekend, but there’s still time to enjoy the last of Tohono Chul’s first summer series, Chillin’ at the Chul. The shade of mature trees helps keep the gardens 10 degrees cooler than the surrounding area. Saturdays are family friendly with nature play provided by the Children’s Museum of Oro Valley. Live music in the Bistro features Derdog on Friday, and Steff and the Articles on Saturday. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, and Saturday, Sept. 3, Tohono Chul, 7366 N. Paseo Del Norte, Tucson, tohonochul.org, free

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THE BEST BEAD SHOW While gem and rock fans flock to the JOGS Fall Tucson Gem and Jewelry Show at Tucson Expo Center, a nearby event showcases billions of beads. There’s more to adornment than rockbased flash and dazzle, and a schedule of classes features ways to choose, craft and apply beads for maximum effect. Wholesalers are also welcome.

When has the relationship of fact to fiction been more paramount in American culture? Directed by Susan Claasen, with an assist from Fred Rodriguez, “Lifespan of a Fact” explores the nature of the distinction, its conditions, nuances and consequences. The play shows the dynamics of a millennial fact-checker challenging the work of a renowned essayist under an excruciating deadline and the commanding editor of an elite magazine. A special event accompanying the Sept. 8 show features former Arizona Daily Star editor Ann Brown. Based on her experience writing for and editing most sections of the paper, Brown’s advice is, “If your mom says she loves you, check it out.” Mature audiences only. Various times Thursday, Sept. 1, to Sunday, Sept. 11, except Monday, Sept. 5, Invisible Theatre, 1400 N. First Avenue, Tucson, invisibletheatre.com, tickets start at $20

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Sensational color and spice are on the menu of food, fashion and music planned for Sept. 3 in the 18th edition of the award-winning Diaspora Showcase. Directed and produced by Kwevi Quaye, the show features works by designers and artists widely acclaimed in Africa, including Ghanaian designer, Kwame Koranteng, who presented his collection recently at London’s Spring Fashion Week; Surinamese designer Else Hardjopawiro, who debuted at Milan Fashion Week and was featured in Vogue, and veteran Nigerian designer Maria K Adeeko.

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, to Sunday, Sept. 4, Best Western Tucson Airport, 6801 S. Tucson Boulevard, Tucson, bestbeadshow.com, free

ROBBIE FULKS Grammy Award nominee Robbie Fulks brings his own kind of jazz to Hotel Congress’ new Century Room as part of the popular Rhythm & Roots series. He came up rooted in roots music styles — acoustic, bluegrass, singer-songwriter — but his dazzling fingering and wide-ranging tastes span from Charlie Mingus to Abba and beyond. His “Upland Stories” album won high praise from Rolling Stone and NPR. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, The Century Room, Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress Street, eventbrite.com, $30 in advance, $35 at the door READY, SET, REC! Six Tucson Parks and Recreation vans full of outdoor toys and play structures, sports equipment and accessible games deliver playdates to neighborhood kids every weekend. From 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, they’ll visit Palo Verde, Limberlost and Lincoln parks. Their monthly schedules are posted on their website. Events always feature something special, like Golf SNAG or Race Car, but regularly include cornhole, board games, hula hoops, giant chess, giant checkers, giant connect 4, cards, music, Mexican train, dominoes, giant Jenga, giant ring toss and walking sticks. COVID-19 safeguards apply. Details: tucsonaz.gov/parks/readysetrec

“My shows are a diverse set,” said B.o.B., who scored the hits “Airplanes” with Hayley Williams, “Nothin’ on You” featuring Bruno Mars and “So Good.” “I’m bringing my live band back out. We spent a lot of time rehearsing and working on this set.” Calling from his tour bus on the way to Shreveport, Louisiana, B.o.B. said he’s been tweaking his set as he goes along. When he’s not doing that, he’s working on new music for the second part of his “Elements” series and another in his line of Halloween tracks.

“They’re Coldplay then and they’re Coldplay now. Some artists, they have to put out a book, music, star in a TV show. It’s tricky to navigate it. I follow what I’m inspired to do. There’s a purpose for all of it. If fans are interested in what type of gluten-free bread I eat, that’s cool.”

“I have a lot of music in the pipeline,” he said. “I can’t sit still. I have to do something. Even when I retire from music, I’m going to have to do something. I’m going to fly drones. That’s what I’m going to Hedo.”understands that his extracurricular activities are of interest. He recently held an event for his Patreon subscribers and when he opened the floor to questions, fans asked about everything but music.“They all asked, ‘What’s up with you?’” he said with a laugh. “I feel like my path in life has extended beyond music. I just balance the two. It’s really interesting. Some artists, they can literally just do one thing — not that that’s bad. I’m a huge Coldplay fan.

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By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski Tucson Local Media GRAMMY-NOMINATED RAPPER B.O.B. is preparing to push chatter of a flat earth and moon landing conspiracies behind him and let his music do the talking once again.The Decatur, Georgia, entertainer born Bobby Ray Simmons will explain all in his forthcoming song, “TED Talk.” “I’ll be clearing the air on misconceptions about me and things that I’ve said,” he explained. “There’s been a lot of controversy. I was so frustrated with the music industry. I stepped away. I’m really looking forward to the next chapter. It’s sort of like we’re clearing the air. You hadn’t heard from me in so long. I’m so ready to put this chapter behind me.” B.o.B. is coming to Tucson to perform at 191 Toole on Thursday, Sept. 8. The set will feature a retrospective of hits and those from his new 12-song album “Better than Drugs.”

MUSIC WHEN:B.o.B. 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8 WHERE: 191 Toole, 191 E. Toole Avenue, Tucson COST: Tickets start at $27.50 INFO: 191TOOLE.COM B.o.B. is writing new music while on a tour that hits 191 Toole on Thursday, Sept. 8. (B.O.B./COURTESY) Become a Published Author with Dorrance. We want to read your book! Trusted by authors for nearly 100 years, Dorrance has made countless authors’ dreams come true. Complete Book Publishing Services FIVE EASY STEPS TO PUBLICATION: 1. Consultation 2. Book Production 3. Promotion 4. Distribution 5. Merchandising and Fulfillment Our staff is made up of writers, just like you, and we are dedicated to making publishing dreams come true. Call now to receive your FREE Author’s Guide 855-977-5138 or www.dorranceinfo.com/lovin

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“We encourage people of all ages to come in costume,” Pulido said. Guests will fit right in with others who are doing the same, as there are more than 25 costume groups attending that represent “Star Wars,” “Star Trek” and “Ghostbusters,” to name a few.

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HELM GREYCASTLE AND HIS BAND of outsiders must rescue the last dragon prince, who is being held captive by the unknown-to-them Aztec Mexica. In the process, they are recruited to be part of the resistance planning to overthrow Montezuma and free the people of Mexica. Can they, will they, succeed?Ask Tucson native Henry Barajas, the writer and creator of Helm Greycastle, a comic book and role-playing dice game that may or may not hold the answer. Penning the story allowed Barajas to dive into the history of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and explore alternative possibilities.“Helm Greycastle was a chance for me to escape and do a, ‘What if?’ ‘What if this happened?’ and be a little more creative and less restricted by the truth,” he said. Meet the Tucson native at the 2022 Tucson Comic-Con, set for Friday, Sept. 2, to Sunday, Sept. 4, at the Tucson Convention Center, where he will be showing and selling his work.Grab your cape and cowl and head to the con, where the everyday goes away.

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“What people will experience there is everything from some of the greatest artists and comic book artists in the world, includ-

By Karen Schaffner Tucson Local Media ing the former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, Jim Shooter; artists on some of the top comic books in the world; fine artists; and popular artists, including Chiara Bautista, a Tucson local,” Pulido added.

“Tucson Comic-Con is a pop cultural experience for the entire family,” said Brian Pulido, who owns the festival with his wife, Francisca Pulido, and Tucson resident Mike Olivares.

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Submerge yourself in scary and cute at the children’s costume contest, a Saturday, Sept. 3, event at the 2022 Tucson Comic-Con, beginning Friday afternoon and running through Sunday, at the Tucson Convention Center. There’s a costume contest for adults, too. (TUCSON COMIC-CON/SUBMITTED)

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Look for the 405th Division Infantry, part of the Halo universe; the 501st Legion Dune Sea Garrison–they’re part of “Star Wars;” the Arizona Ghostbusters; or the Arizona Avengers.There’s something else, too, and it’s coming directly from Gotham City.

“The character has influenced me in many ways,” he said. “People would always say, ‘What would Jesus do?’ I would always think, ‘What would Batman do?’ There is a lore, a history, morals, and things that I have gleaned from that character my entire life to this day.”

COMIC-CON CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19 Superhero and sci-fi fun won’t end when 2022 Tucson Comic-Con closes for the night. Keep the party going at the Fox Tucson Theater, 17 W. Congress Street, where there’s something to see each night the con is in town. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $7 for general admission, and $6.50 for seniors, military and students. Jump to lightspeed in the Millennium Falcon with Han Solo and crew in “Star Wars: A New Hope Episode IV.” Screening is at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.Travel2. the outskirts of space aboard the “Firefly,” set to take off at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3. Finally, accompany Michael Keaton as Batman as he saves Vicki Vale (Kim Bassinger) from the Joker (Jack Nicholson) in “Batman,” the 1989 version. The bat pole will be polished and ready at 5:30 p.m. For information, contact the Fox Tucson Theater at 520-547-3040 or visit foxtucson.com.

Say hello to old friends like R2D2 at the 2022 Tucson Comic-Con, Friday, Sept. 2, to Sunday, Sept. 4, at the Tucson Convention Center. Admission includes a live visit with the real 1966 Batmobile. (TUCSON COMIC-CON/SUBMITTED)

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Finally, here is some advice: Download the program guide and plan your experience because Pulido said they are taking over the entire convention center, and they are expecting 12,000 to 15,000 guests. If you can only come one day, come Saturday.Buy your tickets in advance online. It’s cheaper. Online prices are listed below.

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“Attendees will be able to take photos for free with the Batmobile.”

Bullying, name calling, just plain meanness will not be tolerated. They want everyone to have a good time.

WHEN: 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4

Helm Greycastle’s Barajas will be there all weekend. He’s well known in the comic book world, not the least of which is for his first graphic novel, “La Voz De M.A.Y.O. Tata Rambo,” about his civil rights activist great-grandfather. It put Barajas on the graphic novel map; it’s sold in the Smithsonian gift shop. He also wrote and published a story in the Batman franchise, titled, “Urban Legends No. 18.” That was a dream come true for him because ever since the first Batman movie, Barajas has seen the caped crusader as a kind of hero, someone to emulate.

“We also have a real live Batmobile from 1966,” Pulido said.

Both Brian and Francisca Pulido want guests to know that Tucson Comic-Con is a safe space for everyone, no matter who you are.

2022 Tucson Comic-Con

WHERE: Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Avenue, Tucson COST: 14 and older: $45 for the entire weekend; for Friday or Sunday only, $15; for Saturday only, $25.

You cannot touch it, however, but “you can get pretty darn close,” Pulido added. “I hear that the Batmobile is pretty sensitive. That’s why.”Pulido listed several other activities to look for at the con, such as scads of role-playing games to play (or learn to play), tournaments to win, and pinball machines to tilt. There will even be a UA-sanctioned esports tournament. Then there are panels by guest speakers, workshops, writing workshops for wanna-be comic book writers, shopping, movies, parties and a stand-up, after-hours comedy show.Perhaps most important of all is an inclusive quiet room, “for people looking for a softer experience. That ranges for people with those types of challenges and others,” Pulido said. The room comes equipped with professional support staff, low-stimulation activities and silent video games. This is the place to come when guests or their family members need to rest, feed a baby or yearn the quiet. There’s more, so much more. Look for a costume contest for adults and children, and the children’s workshop put on by the Flam Chen Circus Arts Three Ring Circus. Of course, there’s a kid’s epic scavenger hunt, too. “That is just a tip of the iceberg of what people will experience at Tucson Comic-Con 2022, America’s friendliest pop culture event,” Pulido said.

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One of her most memorable, hilarious and ultimately metaphorical stories is about her plucky venture into compet itive swimming. Ever zaftig, Feimster loved the snack bar, but she said the only way she could get through a lap was to stroke with her arms . . . and walk along the bottom. She allows that she and swimming soon parted ways “by mutual agreement.”Feimster’s physicality, remarkably di verse and fluid, is of a piece with her jokes. It’s impossible to imagine one without the other. Her gestures and strides, and the fluency of her expressions, ground her material and bring it to life. And all’s well that ends well. By mid set we learn she wound up a college ten nis champ, an unsurprising detail given what we now know of her intellect, ambi tion and Feimstertenacity.released her first hour-long Netflix special, “Sweet & Salty” in 2020 and now tours regularly. Although she launched her comedy career as a member of improv’s vaunted Groundlings Sunday Company, she first became known as a writer and panelist on “Chelsea Lately.” She went on to star as a series regular on “The Mindy Project” and had roles in “Glee” and “Dear White People.”

A recurring guest on Showtime’s “The L Word: Generation Q,” and CBS’ “Life in Pieces.” She’s also been tapped to judge “Ru Paul’s Drag Race.” She was found to be an ideal fit for the voice of Evelyn on “The Simpsons” and Ava on “Summer Camp Island” for the Cartoon Network. Feimster has performed standup sets on “The Late Show with Conan O’Brien” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” and her half-hour specials on Comedy Cen tral were included in the first season of “The Standups” on Netflix. She currently stars opposite David Spade on the new Netflix series, “The Netflix After Party” and she chats with her friend Tom Papa every morning on “What A Joke with Papa and Fortune” on SiriusXM’s chan nel 93 for Netflix. The pair have inter viewed scores of comics, talking about all-things comedy. For all of that it’s Feimster’s writing that may most affect her future for tunes. When she starred in her own Ti na-Fey-produced pilot, “Family Fortune,” for ABC, she attracted the attention of Steven Spielberg’s production compa ny, Amblin. The company has since ac quired two of her feature film projects, both including her as a star. Fortune Feimster, 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Con gress Street, Tucson, foxtucson.com, $42.50 to $62.50

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FOR A CHILD OF THE BOURGEOIS south, Fortune Feimster has toed right up to, and sometimes crossed, many borders of her childhood culture. With the merest hint of a Carolina cadence, she opens her set relating how she grew up not quite like the Havingothers.hadonly brothers, she said she was always a tomboy. She translates that, with a wink, as “future lesbian.”

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• 6:30 p.m. signup, 7 p.m. start. The Screening Room, 127 E. Congress, Chris Quinn hosts.

• 8 p.m. signup, 8:30 p.m. start, Tucson Improv Movement, 414 E. Ninth Street, Jen Blanco Thomas and Kurt Lueders host. Three Thursdays/month.

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FRIDAY • 6:30 p.m. signup, 7 p.m. start, The Kava Bar, 4376 E. Speedway Boulevard, Con nor Hannah hosts.

EUNICE GONZALES MAKES NO SMALL PLANS A UA administrator by day, Eunice Gonzales spends the rest of her waking hours thinking of ways to build commu nity, or, more accurately, communities. It couldn’t be a nicer goal. So to play on her name, and the nature of her dreams, she calls her side gig “Mi Vecina Nice Pro ductions.” Roughly translated, it means “My Nice BringingNeighbor.”peopletogether to share re sources and support each other is her passion. And she’s got the skills to do it. She’s personable, articulate and commit ted, and experienced in organizing and promoting community events, specifical ly, The Great Tucson Beer Festival. That event benefited Sun Sounds of Arizona, a news service for the blind. At the time, she was on its board. Now she’s trying to leverage her leadership and promotion skills to put a little cash in people’s pockets, including, perhaps, herToown.that end, she created a new kind of comedy show on the Tucson scene. She named it Wild Cardz and road-tested it on Aug. 6. She’s hoping that her Sept. 4 show, “Wild Cardz presents Comic Com ics,” will bring a costumed influx of Con attendees to move her closer to her goal.

What made it especially tough was a mom who “didn’t get the memo” that her family’s fortune had been lost to gam bling. Feimster was raised as a delicate flower, as refined as possible. She notes the irony that the term for her debutante season of fancy dresses and dance par ties was known as “coming out.”

“Everyone will be in costume and we’re encouraging comedians to consider put ting character jokes in their sets,” Gonza lesShesaid.said what sets Wild Cardz shows apart is her emphasis on onstage inclu siveness and audience participation. “It’s not like shows where the producer invites the headliner and the lineup,” she said. “Anyone who signs up ahead can get three minutes of stage time in the show’s first half. They’re encouraged to do their best because the audience will vote for four favorites to do 5-minute sets in the second half.”

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Headlining on Sunday, Sept. 4, will be Connor Hannah, winner of the show’s Aug. 6 debut. Joel Martin and Cati French host and Frank Lopez will handle sound. So far, the show’s starting lineup includes Allana Erickson Lopez, Amie Amelia Gabusi, Steven Black, Jesus Ota mendi, Sylvia Remington, Brady Evans, Liam Williams. Manny Lugo, Jen Blanco, Justin Pinzon, Victor Rodriguez, Sarah Mirasol, Anthony Jenkins, Elmer Espino za, Marcus Ray, Adrian, and Elmer Espi noza. 6:30 p.m., doors at 6 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 4, Wild Cardz presents “Comic Comics,” The Screening Room, 127 E. Congress Street, eventbrite.com/e/ comic-comics, $10 online, $12 at the door. THE REST OF THE WEEKEND Tucson Improv Movement 6:30. Friday, Sept 2, improv jam; free; 7:30 p.m., The Soapbox featuring Tom Heath, Radio Host at Life Along the Streetcar, tucson improv.com, TIM Comedy Theatre, 414 E. Ninth Street, $7 Unscrewed Theater (presales at), 7:30 p.m., Friday, Sept.2, From the Top musical improv; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, Fam ily-Friendly Improv Comedy, Unscrewed Theatre, 4500 E. Speedway Boulevard, unscrewedtheater.org, $8, $5 kids, live or remote Peggy’s Variety Show, 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 5, Unscrewed Theatre, 4500 E. Speedway Boulevard, eventbrite.com, $10. New York comic Michael Bevin hosts a comedy show featuring his mother’s tap dancing troupe, The Tucson Prime Time Dancers, improv ensemble All Ready and Tucson comedians Jen Blanco, Kyle Ver ville, Mo Urban and Paul Fox.

WEDNESDAY • 6 p.m. signup, 7 p.m. start, Lady Ha Ha at The Rock, 136 N. Park Avenue, Priscil la Fernandez, Mo Urban host. (women, LGBTQA+ and allies)

THURSDAY • 6:45 p.m. writing workshop and signup, 8 p.m. start, Laff’s Comedy Caffe, 2900 E. Broadway Boulevard, Casey Bynum hosts.

• 6 p.m. signup, 7 p.m. start, Spark Proj ect Collective, 4349 E. Broadway Bou levard, Ernie Celaya hosts 10-minute sets.

“The audience votes again after the second round, and that winner will head line the next show. Headliners earn a double share of the show’s earnings. Everyone else gets an equal share after Gonzales’ production company,’ Mi Veci na Nice, pays the show’s expenses. Gonzales said the prospect of earning even a small share can encourage a new comic to stay motivated to become a headliner one day.

Gathering storm clouds rumbling with sound are set to sweep through Downtown Tucson. This year Mexican rock ‘n’ rollers Los Apson, Tuareg modern rockers Mdou Moctar, legendary renegade guitar stylist Kid Congo Powers, retro R&B soulsters Brainstory y un chingo mas kick off HOCO Fest 2022 — a fourday boutique festival that showcases innovative talent while celebrating the vibrancy and culture unique to the Sonoran Desert borderlands — at Hotel Congress. See hocofest. com for full details… Promoting Latino culture, good vibes and self-identification, Fayuca’s music has appeared on MTV, Univision and FOX Sports. These Phoenix Latin-tinged reggae rockers’ instrumental track “La Venganza” was selected by director Robert Rodriguez as the title theme to El Rey Network’s “Matador.” Fayuca turn a “Barrio Sideshow” into a spectacle at 191 Toole. Special guests Miles To Nowhere, ZeeCeeKeely and Los Streetlight Curb Players add to the lineup… Bringing songs to life since she was a toddler, serenading lizards and honey bees in her childhood backyard, singer-songwriter Natalie Pohanic displays her decades-long dedication to her artistry at R Bar… Prior to relocating to Tucson jazz guitarist Joe Weinberg taught at Berklee College of Music and was one of the most in demand jazz guitarists on the Boston music scene. He displays his mastery of the instrument at Pastiche Modern Eatery…

L.A. indie rockers Warpaint — NYC hip-hop duo Armand Hammer, indie electronic musician Huerco S., Brooklyn producer/ DJ Aurora Halal, Bronx producer/ DJ Kush Jones — headline HOCO Fest day three at Hotel Congress… Piecing together an album reflective of the present, 2020’s “Good Luck Everybody” is “pessimistic and sad, with small pockets of love and grace.” Despite an aversion to writing political songs, songwriter Sean Bonnette mused, “Basic human connection is the path to our collective return to sanity.” Phoenician indie/folk punks AJJ usher in a “New World” at 191 Toole. Why? — performing as a stripped down duo — open the show… Karamo Susso, acclaimed Malian kora instrumentalist Jason Tambo, who has collabed with notables Bono, Ziggy Marley and Peter Gabriel, among others, headlines The Diaspora Showcase Africa, Koras and Guitars. The kora is a 22-string instrument which combines elements of the lute and harp. The showcase is an evening of fashion, music, dance and the culinary arts, featuring an all-star cast of designers and artists, from around the world at the Savoy Opera House… Melding together elements of rock, world and cinematic, five-time Grammy-nominated composer David Arkenstone — accompanied by a string quartet and percussion — will perform selections from his newest album, 2022’s “Native Heart: A Native American Music Odyssey,” providing the soundtrack for your imagination, at The Sea of Glass Center for the Arts… After cementing their place in the Austin’s roots rock scene, Micky & The Motorcars bring “Long Time Comin’,” an album of plainspoken alternative-country grit laid smooth by the Braun brothers’ signature harmonies, to The Rock. Local Red Dirt country singer Drew Cooper opens the show… Lugo, Eremsy, Null Sleep, 520 Tucker, Antichrist Buﬀalo and Tiger Millionaire are slated to perform for the latest installment of Pushing Buttons: A monthly beatmaker showcase at Thunder Canyon Brewery… Gigi & the Glow cover 1970s and ’80s hits and a smattering of jazz on the patio at St. Philip’s Plaza… Lacing up the skates, so as to glide behind the turntables, DJ Herm curates the 2000s edition of Spinning Wheels: An outdoor roller disco and dance party at MSA Annex…

The bacchanal continues. Cuban American rapper La Goony Chonga, experimental Latin/folk artist Helado Negro and NY alternative R&B collective Michelle top the bill at HOCO Fest day two… “Indulgent emo with a twist” artist NoFace reveals his true self at Thunder Canyon Brewery. Thy Nightmare, Cofﬁn Hotbox and Noah Martin round out the lineup… Local singer-songwriter Mike Kanne has been said to possess “the voice of an angel in the body of a steel worker.” He sings the “Rillito Blues” at Crooked Tooth Brewing Company… Specializing in music from the late ’50s to early ’70s, R*A*W Band provides the accelerant for the All Shook Up Dance Party at The Gaslight Music Hall… Out on tour promoting their new release “Love Is Yours,” Washington, D.C., indie rockers Flasher make a stop for some all-ages fun at Groundworks. The Sinks and New Misphoria lend their support…

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Gloria Trevi’s 2019 album “Diosa de la Noche” was hailed as “gutsy and relevant as ever” by Rolling Stone. Now, the Mexican pop superstar follows up with “Isla Divina.” Unafraid to show her experimental side, Trevi dabbles in EDM, urban beats and flamenco flourishes, adding a fresh twist to her core pop

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Showcasing some of Tucson’s finest experimental artists, Desert Drone brings together Nullsleep, Black Baptist, Sand Circuits and Bridle for an uncanny evening filled with liminal ambient washes and jarring walls of noise at Club Congress… Honing his particular brand of high-octane Americana and outlaw country in the rough and tumble honkytonks of California — pursuing the path of redemption — singer-songwriter Mark Insley spills out gut wrenching truths at R Bar… For The Sake of the Song Sessions is a weekly series that finds singer-songwriter Mamma Coal trading off songs with guest artists. Coal kicks off the series with song man Joshua Butcher at Borderlands Brewing Company… Until next week, XOXO… During

• 6:30 p.m. signup, 7 p.m. start, Bumsted’s, 1003 N. Stone Avenue, rotating hosts.

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Born in York, Pennsylvania, and raised in a half-dozen small towns, Robbie Fulks learned guitar from his dad and banjo from listening to Earl Scruggs and John Hartford records. He taught music at Old Town School of Folk Music and worked as a staff songwriter on Music Row in Nashville before striking out on his own. Fulks’ early solo albums — 1996’s “Country Love Songs” and 1997’s “South Mouth” — helped define the alternative country movement of the 1990s. Led by Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, the Robbie Fulks Bluegrass Trio extend the boundaries of tradition at The Century Room… Like the mythological spirits inhabiting the earth but unseen by humans, Vancouver indie/grunge trio The Jins manifest at Club Congress. Alt-indie rocker Rivers Ventura and Soakset lend support… Swathed in patches of blue and fitfully an eerie sun-scorched melancholia, alternative-country folkies Tammy West & The Culprits — Matt Bruner, Mitzi Cowell and Syndenn — bring their latest release, “Little Saint” to the Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Cafe… Blue-

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TUESDAY • 6:30 p.m. signup, 7:15 p.m. start, House of Bards, 4915 E. Speedway, Cory Lytle hosts.

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sound. “The Supreme Diva of Mexican Pop,” Trevi brings her firebrand intensity and spectacle to Centennial Hall for a night of glam and glitter… Magically fusing ancient Sufi traditions, jazz and folk with a minimalism aesthetic, Pakistani indie artist Arooj Aftab — along with Canadian punk provocateurs Fucked Up, Phoenix electronic/deep house artist Kareem Ali, Mexican garage rock legends Los Dug Dug’s and others — bring HOCO Fest 2022 to a close… Guitar maestro Stan Sorenson fills his sets with jazz, blues, Latin and laughter at Pastiche Modern Eatery… Gene Holmes, Liz Fletcher and Connie Brannock are stirring up some funky tunes for Funky First Sundays at Arte Bella On 4th Ave…

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): Author Zadie Smith praised Sagittarian writer Joan Didion. She says, “I remain grate ful for the day I picked up Joan Didion’s “Slouching Towards Bethlehem” and realized that a woman could speak with out hedging her bets, without hemming and hawing, without making nice, with out sounding pleasant or sweet, without deference, and even without doubt.” I encourage Sagittarians of every gender to be inspired by Didion in the coming weeks. It’s a favorable time to claim more of the authority you have earned. Speak your kaleidoscopic wisdom without apol ogy or dilution. More fiercely than ever before, embody your high ideals and show how well they work in the rhythms of daily life.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): “Now that I’m free to be myself, who am I?” Vir go-born Mary Oliver asks that question to start one of her poems. She spends the rest of the poem speculating on possible answers. At the end, she concludes she mostly longs to be an “empty, waiting, pure, speechless receptacle.” Such a state of being might work well for a poet with lots of time on her hands, but I don’t rec ommend it for you in the coming weeks. Instead, I hope you’ll be profuse, active, busy, experimental, and expressive. That’s the best way to celebrate the fact that you are now freer to be yourself than you have been in a while.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): A blogger who calls herself HellFresh writes, “Open and raw communication with your part ners and allies may be uncomfortable and feel awkward and vulnerable, but it solves so many problems that can’t be solved any other way.” Having spent years studying the demanding arts of intimate relationship, I agree with her. She adds, “The idea that was sold to us is ‘love is effortless and you should commu nicate telepathically with your partner.’ That’s false.” I propose, Pisces, that you fortify yourself with these truths as you enter the Reinvent Your Relationships Phase of your astrological cycle.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Cap ricorn novelist Marcia Douglas writes books about the history of her peo ple in Jamaica. In one passage, she writes, “My grandmother used to tell stories about women that change into birds and lizards. One day, a church-go ing man dared to laugh at her; he said it was too much for him to swallow. My grandmother looked at him and said, ‘I bet you believe Jesus turned water into wine.’” My purpose in telling you this, Capricorn, is to encourage you to nurture and celebrate your own fantastic tales. Life isn’t all about reasonableness and pragmatism. You need myth and magic to thrive. You require the gifts of imagi nation and art and lyrical flights of fan cy. This is especially true now. To para phrase David Byrne, now is a perfect time to refrain from making too much sense.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Blogger Scott Williams writes, “There are two kinds of magic. One comes from the heroic leap, the upward surge of energy, the ex plosive arc that burns bright across the sky. The other kind is the slow accretion of effort: the water-on-stone method, the soft root of the plant that splits the side walk, the constant wind that scours the mountain clean.” Can you guess which type of magic will be your specialty in the coming weeks, Leo? It will be the laborious, slow accretion of effort. And that is precisely what will work best for the tasks that are most important for you to accomplish.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): In his poem “Autobiographia Literaria,” Ar ies-born Frank O’Hara wrote, “When I was a child, I played in a corner of the schoolyard all alone. If anyone was look ing for me, I hid behind a tree and cried out, ‘I am an orphan.’” Over the years, though, O’Hara underwent a marvelous transformation. This is how his poem ends: “And here I am, the center of all beauty! Writing these poems! Imagine!”

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SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): As a Scor pio, novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky was rarely guilty of oversimplification. Like any intelligent person, he could hold contradictory ideas in his mind without feeling compelled to seek more superfi cial truths. He wrote, “The causes of hu man actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our sub sequent explanations of them.” I hope you will draw inspiration from his exam ple in the coming weeks, dear Scorpio. I trust you will resist the temptation to reduce colorful mysteries to straightfor ward explanations. There will always be at least three sides to every story. I invite you to relish glorious paradoxes and fer tile enigmas.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): “The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time,” said philosopher Bertrand Russell. I will add that the time you enjoy wasting is of ten essential to your well-being. For the sake of your sanity and health, you peri odically need to temporarily shed your ambitions and avoid as many of your re sponsibilities as you safely can. During these interludes of refreshing emptiness, you recharge your precious life energy. You become like a fallow field allowing fertile nutrients to regenerate. In my as trological opinion, now is one of these revitalizing phases for you.

5. Just for fun, walk backward every now and then. 6. Fall in love with everything and everyone: a D-List celebrity, an oak tree, a neon sign, a feral cat.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): In his poem “Auguries of Innocence,” William Blake (1757–1827) championed the ability “to see a World in a Grain of Sand. And a Heaven in a Wild Flower. Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Tau rus, you are primed to do just that in the coming days. You have the power to dis cern the sacred in the midst of mundane events. The magic and mystery of life will shine from every little thing you encoun ter. So I will love it if you deliver the fol lowing message to a person you care for: “Now I see that the beauty I had not been able to find in the world is in you.”

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): In her book Tales From Earthsea, Libra-born Ursula K. Le Guin wrote, “What goes too long unchanged destroys itself. The forest is forever because it dies and dies and so lives.” I trust you’re embodying those truths right now. You’re in a phase of your cycle when you can’t afford to remain un changed. You need to enthusiastically and purposefully engage in dissolutions that will prepare the way for your rebirth in the weeks after your birthday. The pro cess might sometimes feel strenuous, but it should ultimately be great fun.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): “My own curiosity and interest are insatiable,” wrote Cancerian author Emma Lazarus (1849–1887). Inspired by the wealth of influences she absorbed, she created an array of poetry, plays, novels, es says, and translations—including the famous poem that graces the pedestal of America’s Statue of Liberty. I recom mend her as a role model for you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. I think you’re ripe for an expansion and deepening of your curiosity. You will benefit from cul tivating an enthusiastic quest for new in formation and fresh influences. Here’s a mantra for you: “I am wildly innocent as I vivify my soul’s education.”

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): To be the best Aquarius you can be in the coming weeks, I suggest the following: 1. Zig when others zag. Zag when others zig. 2. Play with the fantasy that you’re an extraterrestrial who’s engaged in an ex periment on planet Earth. 3. Be a hopeful cynic and a cheerful skeptic. 4. Do things that inspire people to tell you, “Just when I thought I had you figured out, you do something unexpected to confound me.”

In the coming months, Aries, I suspect that you, too, will have the potency to outgrow and transcend a sadness or awk wardness from your own past. The shad ow of an old source of suffering may not disappear completely, but I bet it will lose much of its power to diminish you.

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