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The store has another time. It is quieting at first, orderly and self-contained as a museum. The veneer of craftsmanship and syrupy smell of woods with hints of lacquers, the gleaming finishes and reflections, and keyboards begging for fingers, trained or untrained. Revered signatures creep into sightlines, Steinway & Sons, Mason & Hamlin, Ritmuller,
Brian is in his early 40s, soft smile, finely trimmed facial hair, specs, droll humor. The single dad to three daughters appears unruffled. One of those extremely knowable gents with whom you couldn’t imagine anyone not getting along. It is a peaceful Saturday morning, no customers for at least an hour. He is sitting at a desk in the back of the main room. “We’re not a high-traffic business,” he says. After a moment of si-
I AM HERE TO TALK TO BRIAN Hachenberg, the store’s face and human centerpiece. He’s the first to say he’s neither salesman nor pianist, but a quick run on an old Steinway shows he knows his way around a keyboard. “I’d never let
lence, he glances around, adds, “You know a fire here would be bad.”
“Nah, we don’t do any of thatFinally,here.” a customer steps in, a pianist skilled in multiple genres. He and Brian move from piano to piano. The player is performative in his musical facts and playing. He sits and plunks tricky jazz riffs and Elton John melodies. He and Brian talk piano histories, tonal values and high-octave resonances. He leaves after an hour or so. It is all patience.
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Brian responds to customer questions with a formidable piano knowledge, does not inhabit their space, sort of drifts peacefully back into observer mode.
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anyone hear me play,” he’ll say.
Brian Hachenberg seated at an 1880s Steinway in for repair.
three connecting showrooms are swollen of acoustic pianos, from console uprights to concert grands, $499 to $110,000, all voiced, tuned or restored in house.One’s presence is quickly absorbed among the 100 or so pianos displayed, which is maybe the idea. New and used. Old and new. If the acoustic pianos here were living and breathing human beings they’d be coexisting in various degrees of sagacity and age, complimenting one another free of judgement. A world built on craftsmanship, love and patience.
MUSIC WORKS BEST WHEN IT hangs on a nostalgia for people, places and things, or if it allows deep cravings and unsettled thoughts to be nursed or consoled. It is the one thing that can simplify life down to the very moment in which I am breathing. I know when I lose sight of this I am not in a place where I can be of service to anyone, myself included. Such notions flooded my head as I stepped into Arizona’s oldest piano store, and the last remaining one in Tucson, Hachenberg & Sons.
Meanwhile, Brian’s uncle, Matt Hachenberg, a store co-owner, moves about from an office space in back to the floor, doesn’t say much, but grins often. He knows a lot but says little. There’s a mellowed-down quality to the place, and I wonder aloud if they all go in the back and get stoned. Brian laughs.
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There is a fading artfulness to his work and he knows it. The precision, the balance of tone, even adjusting said tones to offset bad room reflections.
As far-fetched as it reads, Hachenberg & Sons is gateway to a time fading like an al niente, a note diminishing. Who knows how long the note will sustain? It is an unpleasant thought of our time. New acoustic piano sales nationwide are grim, for retailers and builders. In 1909, a peak year, piano sales totaled 364,000, and by 2007, around 62,500 sold. In 2020, 21,000 acoustic pianos moved. Last year, sales saw an uptick after Coronavirus hit. Brian felt it in his store; at-home schooling, parents working at home and rediscovering music, some turning to digital or digital hybrid pianos for use with headphones. Here, there is a tangible humility that flies in the face of musical elitism, and so their reputation carries, even through harsh
Jesse Ormand philosophizes the piano.
He said something else that stuck. How his philosophy in sales extends to the troubled world, and it is simple: “Empathy,” he says, “it’s a lost art in world today.” He adds, “Not too many momand-pops left in any business.”
Few things or people in this life can be saved, and here they’re peddling wood and strings and ingenuity. But they’re also selling soul, musicality, and emotional connectedness.
He’s there if you need him. Says his father treated customers the same way, and he knows no other. Maybe grandpa Joe Hachenberg, store founder, employed more of a sales hustle, but Brian can’t be sure. He figures their treatment of pianos and anyone showing interest in them, has kept the store tinkling and alive. That and how their sales and loan programs are well-established with local piano teachers, schools, universities and venues, as well as moms, dads and musicians.Brian played bass and guitar in ’90’s rock bands. In high school, if trouble followed, or he got suspended, he’d be forced to dust and clean pianos here, no pay. He learned basic ins and outs of pianos that way, and, after working a series of crappy jobs, he interned here as a technician. To the surprise, he says, of both himself and others, it was soon discovered he had a great ear and knack for pitch, mechanics and histories of pianos. The work became a career. He went fulltime at 19 years old. Brian says, “I’m like the race car mechanic you wouldn’t want racing your car.”
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Jesse is the product of home-schooling, and began working here twice week-
The store’s history played out like this: The Hachenberg family lineage is said to trace back to Hachenberg, Germany. In the late-’50s and early ’60s, Brian’s grandfather, Joe Hachenberg, was a Fuller Brush Man in Oregon, switched to selling pianos, and would peddle them at booths in logging-town county fairs, and on house calls with a piano in tow. He later took over a store in the Bay Area, employed his son Mark, and the two partnered in ownership when they relocated to Tucson 43 years ago and opened Hachenberg & Sons. The other younger son, Matt, came aboard. Brian’s grandparents fell in love with Tucson after visiting, hence the move. Demand bloomed and soon the store purchased its current rectangular location with the square footage of a grocery store. Grandpa Joe stepped away, letting his sons take over. Joe died of a brain aneurysm in 2007. Mark retired from the business a few years ago.
He is fascinated by music theory, the science, math and physics of sound and dabbles in music production. Talks the complex waves of a note, the ratios of harmonic overtones and how such vibrations and sonics are found in nature.
Later, over the phone, I talked to that retired owner Mark Hachenberg, Brian’s dad. He tells me how his father began to step away from the store in the mid’80s. “He just said, ‘you’re going to run the place.’ So, I learned trial by fire. A lot
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of father-son businesses fail, because fathers tend to want to keep control. My dad was the opposite. Funny, I’m still learning from him. My son Brian doesn’t need my help.”
economic times. The overhead is high because they employ four full-time certified technicians, not including Brian.
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today is 24-year-old Jesse Ormand. Tall forehead, easily approachable, a slight bounce in his step. He’s the kind of guy who’d have a Dungeons and Dragons podcast. He’s effusive and lucid on piano anatomy and specs, and speaks often in the jargon of an audio engineer. He also talks how the piano note informs his life in the greater world around him, of human temperament and patience, and will drop a line like “I love the harmonic series,” while talking about his recent marriage.
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I can see the 24-year-old in 45 years, bespectacled, still piano-string thin, hunched over a little more, working the insides of the piano, his cared-for ears hanging on and guiding him.
Later, Brian and I step down a few stairs to the back rooms. There is a recital space, unused since Covid hit, now filled of stored rental pianos. In front of that is the airy workshop. Feels oldworld craftsman, lined with drills and hammers, tuning and countless unidentifiable piano-specific tools. The work done here is a core of the enterprise, for overhauls on trade-in uprights, complete restorations of 140-year-old gems or concert grands out of the box.
Among two Steinways in for restoration, one is a “model B,” dated from the 1880s. Brian opens the piano lid and the thing breathes. It has 85 keys (pianos moved to 88 keys in the late 1880s.) It is both intimidating and inviting; is it art or do you play it? No, you play it. Consider the rooms and lives it must have seen, the environmental changes in the years before climate-controlled homes and halls, the humidity, the heat; it houses an untold history of our time. The levels of details and perfectionism in its creation, from hand-carved dark woods scouted from the best possible trees in the world, the soundboard, the body, the bridges and backposts. It has lived and will continue to live. Even in its scruffy state it stuns upon a plucked melody.
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Yes, the store is built on acoustics pianos, but digital has its place in the sales. Brian says, staring down at the Steinway, he’s been “excited” about digital technology, how it can blend into acoustics, and
the digital hybrid pianos, silent pianos and digital add-ons to current acoustics, even those that incorporate streamers that can playback note for note a live concert, mistakes and all. Yet, as good as they can sound, he acknowledges, even the best high-resolution digital samples still cannot capture the warmth and aural persuasiveness of an acoustic.
Days later, a pair of movers from Hachenberg & Sons show up at the house in their big monogrammed truck. Maggie wipes tears as they quickly disassemble the Yamaha and haul it out the door. They place the comparatively humble Young Chang upright in its place. She sits down on the bench and keys a song she’s had in her head for more than a decade. She is consoled.
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ly as a high-school sophomore. Jesse’s parents taught him young. He became obsessed with the instrument, as a pianist skilled in multiple genres, and later as a technician. He’s been a tech here six years after a year internship. Here is a guy who applies a fierce intellect to the maintenance of the piano, the voicing, the tuning, the repair, even the cosmetics. His ear is attuned to nuances of pitch and timbres, of felt tips and hammers hitting strings, the intricate smaller parts that contribute. In short, the service, quirkiness and difficulties of the piano keep him busy; he heads all over Southern Arizona to maintain pianos.
I tell Brian how I felt the first time I walked into the store. He says, “Yeah, I wish I could step away for a while, come back and feel that.”
A Hachenberg & Sons gem.
At times the racket created by multiple folks either banging on or playing on pianos, with various degrees of skill, can create a damnable cacophony here, as I discovered one day when I was in here with my three children, who roamed free. Brian keeps composure, says, “Nah, you just get used to it.”
“Acoustic pianos sales are not going to shrink all the way,” he says, nodding to myriad boxes of new digital pianos and keyboards stacked nearby. “At least that’s our hope.”
Both Brian and Jesse talk of chief in-house tech Kirby Tucker, a piano genius, they say, who’s been employed here since the 1990s. He is president of the local chapter of the national Piano Technicians Guild and he once owned a store in the South. He’s an accomplished classical pianist. He’s not around today to talk, but Brian says, “Kirby taught me almost everything I know about pianos.”
THE YAMAHA PETITE GRAND HAS been ignored, mistreated. The piano is my wife Maggie’s lifelong partner in song, and her connection to it runs deep. Her parents gifted her the instrument brand new when she was five years old. It is too big for our house now, unsettled in its new role as tabletop storage for piles of clean diapers and coloring books. Children bang holy hell on the poor elegant thing and its keyboard shows evidence of crayon art. Maggie decided to trade the piano for a smaller upright, one more inviting to play, that would open up tumble space for our children. Hachenberg & Sons greeted her with a sensitivity that shocked her. She went in. They soothed pangs of loss in her heart.
With recent worldwide chip shortages, some keyboards are difficult to keep in stock, but if they could, digital might be half their sales.
Jesse says the same.
might be able to help set up an opportunity for me to face my fear and feed an anteater.Sounded terrible. I had to do it.
Nico’s tongue is different than I expected. I’d expected the flatness of a measuring tape, but it’s rounder, and sort of looks like a worm itself. Stoddard tells me he smushes them against his palate before swallowing them. I gulp, then ask, in a voice rather more accusatory than I mean it to be, why anteaters’ tails are so big.“They actually use it as a blanket,” Stoddard said. “When they’re sleeping, their body temperature goes way down, so their tail helps to keep them warm and camouflage.”Nico’stongue darts out to pull more worms out of my hand while I ponder this and try to relax my shoulders. That tail factoid is actually kind of cute. I find myself rubbing his nose a little with my thumb, like I’m petting him (the zookeepers ask me politely to stop, as they’re trying to use nose rubs in behavioral training.)Stoddard tells me anteaters use their claws to tear open ant and termite
About 6 to 7 feet long, giant anteaters have tiny eyes and ears perched on a footlong snout, which itself is attached to a beefy neck and body. Their tails grow long hair that makes them look absurd and disproportionate, like if you tied an industrial-sized broom to a dog’s tail. Their 2-foot tongues can move in and out 160 times per minute while eating.
MY DATE WITH AN ANTEATER
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To those people, I would first say, “’Well, have you ever seen how weird an anteater looks?” and then “Yes, I agree it’sMyridiculous.”phobiaof anteaters started in high school, when I saw a video of a pet tamandua anteater walking on its hind legs toward the camera. Its arms were outstretched, and it looked oddly human, and also like it was coming to get me. When I learned about giant anteaters, which are even weirder looking, forget it. As Jennifer Stoddard, education supervisor at the Reid Park Zoo, put it to me, “You look at an anteater and it’s like, ‘Why? Who put you together?’”
SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK IT’S ridiculous to be afraid of anteaters.
“They can stand up on their hind legs and present their claws and do a lot of damage that way,” she says, casually describing my worst nightmare. “Sometimes you might see on social media a picture of anteaters standing up, or of a smaller anteater, called a tamandua, and (the caption) is like, ‘Oh, it wants a hug.’ And, unfortunately, that’s a picture of the animal that’s frightened.”
mounds. In South America, these things can be as hard as concrete. However, their claws are also used for defense against their predators, including jaguars and feral dogs.
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This is validating because I don’t think it looks cute at all when anteaters do that. I think it looks terrifying, and, in fact, this image is what started my whole phobia. But it’s also, to my surprise, sort of sad. I look at Nico’s eye, which turns out to be cute-little, not beady-little, if you know what I mean, and imagine him being scared. “Poor little guy,” I think. I don’t like the idea of this creature, whose snout
Emily Dieckman feeds Nico the anteater at the Reid Park Zoo. (JEFF GARDNER/SUBMITTED)
is covered in sticky saliva as he harmlessly sucks down his mealworm snacks, being in Whendanger.I’mdone feeding him, we go around to the public side of Nico’s habitat and watch him walk around for a bit.
Want to have your own behind-thescenes experience at the Reid Park Zoo? They hope to reintroduce the anteater encounters soon, but for more information, check out reidparkzoo.org
I don’t feel as uneasy about him as I did before. Now I know that his oversized tail is just a blanket, and if he stood up on his hind legs, it would just be because he’s scared too. But I don’t think it’s these facts that made me feel better. It was looking Nico in the eye and seeing, firsthand, that he’s just another living creature trying to get by. I ask, jokingly, if the zoo sells any shirts that say “I fed an anteater and I survived” but they don’t, of course. Maybe I’ll get my own shirt made, instead. It could say “Face your fears, especially when they’re silly.”
Sometimes, of course, things are just weird, and that’s enough to give you the heebie jeebies. You know, like if you learn about the process behind how cheese is made, or see a picture of an infant with a photoshopped set of adult teeth. But anteaters really can be dangerous because of their claws, which are several inches long and are very scary. They use these claws to fend off jaguars. And, I am not kidding, to kill humans. Not often! There are just a few documented cases of giant anteaters killing humans, and most were hunters who were injuring or antagonizing the animals. But you can imagine learning this didn’t exactly make me feel lessOfafraid.course, I don’t encounter many anteaters — giant or otherwise — in my daily life, so this phobia is not something I’m too worried about. It’s sort of a fun fact to bring up at parties, or to laugh over with friends. But then, my friend Chelo, a former Tucson Weekly staffer who now works for the Reid Park Zoo, said she
The Reid Park Zoo doesn’t just have a giant anteater; it’s run a successful anteater breeding program for years. Its logo is an anteater. It’s also home to some especially large specimens. National Geographic’s website tells me giant anteater’s weight between 40 and 140 pounds. The zoo’s male, Nico, weighs 115 pounds. The female, Zola, weights about 160So,pounds.onemorning last week, I headed to the zoo to face my fear.
Blessedly, my appointment is not with Zola, but with Nico, who is smaller and would, I presume, have a more difficult time mauling me. We approach the back side of the anteater habitat while Stoddard, my guide for this experience, calls out to Nico so he can stick his long nose through the chain link fence and eat from my gloved hand. He ambles over, Stoddard passes me a handful of mealworms and it’s the moment of truth. I squeal.
ci’s work and instantly felt connected. It helped him to feel how accepting she was of him and the transgender community. “A lot of people who do this work, it’s just for breast cancer,” he said. “I’m kind of iffy on that because I don’t know how ac cepting a tattoo artist will be.”
Now, when Ross looks in the mirror, she doesn’t have to see scars that remind ed her of her battle, exhaustion or how sick she got. She feels “empowered.”
WALKING TOWARD THE BACK OF Black Rose’s Sixth Avenue tattoo shop, a set of stairs that leads up to Kerry Sora ci’s private room for medical tattooing awaits.The use of tattooing to create the ap pearance of the nipple-areola complex was introduced by Hilton Becker, plastic surgeon, in 1986 according to the Jour nal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery.Types of medical tattooing can vary from realistic nipples and areolas, the covering of scar tissue to realistic veins on a penis post-phalloplasty.
have that anxiety surrounding normal ac tivities.”Assimple as a pair of nipple tattoos may seem, they have changed Elam’s life… And he walks around shirtless a lit tle more often now.
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Ross couldn’t really feel the vibrations of the tattoo gun, which Soraci said is common when tattooing people who’ve had mastectomies. She could, however, still hear the relaxed humming of the tat too gun while Soraci hummed along to Nirvana that played in the background.
Tattooing comes naturally to Kerry Soraci of Black Rose World Class Tattooers. (NOELLE HARO-GOMEZ/CONTRIBUTOR)
Soraci is a 54-year-old tattoo artist, originally from St. Louis, and began her craft in 1994. She started getting a few re quests to do nipple tattoos, which is the tattooing of realistic nipples common after breast reconstruction surgery or af ter a mastectomy (areolas, Montgomery glands and all), but it wasn’t until 2014 Soraci started to focus on medical tattoo ing.“As a woman, I was getting more and more requests to do the nipples and as I did more, I really enjoyed doing them,” Soraci said. “Being able to capture some thing realistic like that, with all the tiny details was actually very fun and chal lenging, and each nipple is different so it’s not Asiderepetitive.”fromthe fun challenge, Soraci described her career in medical tattoo ing as incredibly emotionally gratifying. She’s worked with cancer survivors who have had to undergo mastectomies and transgender men who have undergone top surgery (removal of breast tissue and reconstruction of chest), both of which can result in scarring or the removal of nipples.BethRoss is a 61-year-old breast cancer survivor from Jefferson County, Missou ri, who was diagnosed with triple positive metastatic breast cancer, and underwent a mastectomy in addition to reconstruc tive surgery.
Soraci added deep purple and laven der magnolias accented with a light rose color, some of which are buds in growth, with lime green vines framing her inner breasts and below her nipples. These magnolias represent perseverance and strength because the magnolias itself have stood the test of time. Ross also likes how feminine the flowers look.
Penn considers Tucson one of her homes, though she currently resides in Wichita, Kansas, and here is where she first learned about medical tattooing be ing an option for her nipple reconstruc tion. Her quest for the right tattoo artist began.She didn’t want to undergo another surgery and instead to finally take back control and power of how she wanted her
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Elam had decided to remove all breast tissue including his nipples given that breast cancer runs in his family. For years, he had been looking for a medi cal tattooist who does nipples but they couldn’t convey dimension. The nipples lookedElamflat.saw two or three photos of Sora
“With the people transitioning, it’s just so emotional and gratifying,” said Soraci. “You could have someone closing a trau matic chapter in their life where they can feel they’ve taken a step forward and out of that chapter, or you’ve got someone where it can be more of a blossoming ex perience.”Amanda Penn, 48, was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer in her right breast in 2014 and decided to get a double mas tectomy and breast reconstruction. She had gotten breast implants leaving the final step to her reconstruction journey: Getting her nipples done.
It was only last summer when Elam went to the beach with his kids to swim, which was one of their favorite things to do together. But Elam felt uncomfortable and anxious taking off his shirt and hav ing the feeling people would stare or ask questions about why he had scars and no nipples.“Itfelt like I was still in hiding after having that gender confirmation surgery, because I felt like I still couldn’t live a full life the way I wanted to,” Elam said. “After having the nipple tattoos done, I was thinking of how excited I am for the summer because I don’t have to worry or
She was determined to get at least her nipples done, thinking it would be a step in the right direction. Soraci tattooed light pink areolas and nipples, and an assortment of flowers that each had sig nificance to Ross.
Between her two breasts rests a bright red rose which is similar in size to that of a real rose (unconditional love), green aloe can be found along some of the vines of the magnolias (for healing) and blow ing wheat (serenity). At the bottom of her right breast reads “Jimmy” and her left breast “Lynn” (her husband’s name), all of which build up to an orange and blue butterfly, which represents her transfor mation to who she is now.
Kori Elam, 29, traveled from Lexington, Kentucky, to get his nipples done and to camouflage a scar that had keloided after getting his top surgery.
First, Soraci took measurements of Elam’s chest to figure out the placement of his nipples. She mixed colors together to make a light sandy brown similar to that of his old nipples. Then Soraci drew circles to show Elam the size of what his new nipples would look like. After about 30 minutes, Elam had a new pair of nip ples, and a scar that’s barely visible now that it’s healed and the hair on his chest has grown to cover it.
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“The conversation took longer than the tattoo did. For about an hour we talked about the direction we were going to take, she took her time understanding my journey, perspective and how I got to this decision,” Penn said.
Penn felt understood by Soraci as another woman and what it meant to her psychologically and emotionally to be able to get her medical tattooing work
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“It’s been a physical and emotional change…When I look in the mirror I have a scar from the surgery that the nipple tattoo mostly covers up. I’m not aware anymore when I look in the mirror [of post-mastectomy scarring, and no nipples], I feel put back together in a beautiful way,” Penn voiced through a cry. “It’s a whole different tear now, it’s breakthrough and stepping forward tears.”
“It’s pretty awesome because I feel like not only are those women closing that door but are re-writing it. Instead of going back to try mimicking what it was [what their breasts looked like], and there’s nothing wrong with that obviously,” Soraci explained. “They choose to change the whole narrative to ‘I’m going to decide now what my body is going to look like, what is beautiful to me, what is feminine to me,’ and so they just take it as a turn as opposed to trying to get back on track, and I think that’s pretty empowering.”
Penn knows she was never broken, and she doesn’t want to recreate what she had pre-mastectomy. She’ll forever look back feeling grateful but continues to move forward in her journey, she’s even thinking of getting artwork around her breasts to feel more empowered.
Whether that be with or without breast implants, nipples constructed surgically or with a tattoo,” Penn said.
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breasts and nipples to look and feel, and Penn didn’t think she would get that with surgery. After stumbling across an article featuring Soraci, Penn decided to do some research and was sold after seeing her work for the breast cancer community.Soraci met Penn at the doors of Black Rose’s tattoo shop, walking her up to the private studio lit by lamps and together they sat on the couch to chat before tattooing.
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Penn didn’t bring a photo of what her nipples looked like before, so they collaborated on shades and coloring. After stenciling an idea of Penn’s new nipple size, Penn gave Soraci the free reign as an artist to free hand the rest of the tattoo.Empowering music and philosophical conversations filled the room for that hour of tattooing, and Penn knew she was exactly where she needed to be. Upon finishing, Soraci walked Penn back to the front doors, gave her a big hug and sent her on her way. The two still keep in touch about Penn’s healing process, as she just got them this February.
es in how they move forward in healing.
of people don’t like looking in the mirror, or feel like their bodies are theirs after undergoing top surgery or a mastectomy, Soraci added. As for women who’ve had mastectomies, they have special relationships to their breasts — to feeding their kids or something as simple as filling out dresses, she said.
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Tucson Comic-Con invaded the Tucson Convention Center Sept. 2 to Sept. 4 and photographer Rigby Benzenhoefer was there to capture the festivities.
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1. Disney princesses such as Ariel and Cinderella are an unusual sight at a comiccon. More commonly represented characters are from horror, pokemon, video games, and anime. 2. Bringing to life characters from a relatively new adult animation series, “Helluva Boss,” are, bottom from left, Josie Russell as Loona, Claire Russell as Blitz’o, and Sammi Shepler as Stolas. 3. Bruno Bucciarati, part of “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind,” is portrayed by Ana Lent. 4. Anna Marie Needham came to 2022 Tucson Comic-Con as Raven from Teen Titans. She added a bit of her own style with her glasses. 5. This cosplay is absolutely incredible, with a spinning mask and a built in speaker. 6. A few of the people who came in cosplay were available to pose with guests, as Tony Contreras/Buzz Lightyear did at 2022 Tucson ComicCon. 7. Ariana Cruz dressed as Scarlet Witch, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She showed off her costume at 2022 Tucson Comic-Con. 8. Capt. Jack Sparrow, aka Scott Martin, showed up at 2022 Tucson ComicCon. Martin completed the illusion by speaking in Jack Sparrow’s accent.
Emily Mohajeri Norris and Liam Norris are the first mother-son team on Fox’s “Lego Masters.” (FOX/SUBMITTED)
The third season of “Lego Masters” starts Wednesday, Sept. 21, and brings together teams of Lego enthusiasts to build items like a NASA-themed structure or a Lego dog show.
Emily said it was a thrill to watch her
“I should say, I was already a tween,” added Emily, who homeschools Liam’s
“I’m not just building sets from instructions. It’s really taken off and become such a huge part of my life. The thing I really love about it is it’s art and kind of a puzzle. It also has that engineering component as well, which I find super engaging.”Emily, however, didn’t grow up with Lego — at least none her brothers would share with her, she said with laugh.
“It inspired me to start sharing what I built more widely so, since then, I have done a number of videos. For example, one year, I tried to upload a brand-new model every day—and they all used only 10 pieces. It’s called ’10 Bricks a Day.’ No, I do a variety of builds and set reviews. I also offer tutorials to help inspire younger kids and even adults to try playing with them a little differently.”
son build and compete—not just on the show, but throughout Liam’s life.
8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, on Fox “Lego Brixter:fox.com/lego-masters/Masters:”youtube.com/c/BrixterBuilds
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“I discovered this incredible online Lego community,” Liam said.
“I’ve seen him in his younger years falling in love with Lego and building crazy, amazing things that always entertained us,” Emily said.
LIAM NORRIS HAS BEEN PLAYING with Legos since he was 6.
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with so many other amazing builders and make those connections as well. I heard feedback from Amy and Jamie, the Brickmasters who are straight from Denmark. They actually work at Lego. They’re the real deal. Getting to meet Will Arnett was such an amazing experience.”
As Liam got older, Emily coached a First Lego League team for him and helped mentor him through his teen activities in Virginia. The family also lived in LiamBeijing.is so into Lego that he has dedicated a YouTube channel to it. Brixter Builds has 2,100 subscribers — but expected to grow after “Lego Masters.”
“He quickly trained me to help him build and come up with ideas. I do have a creative side and I was able to add that. But to have a front-row seat while participating and see Liam in his dream environment that was such a dream for me. I was just super honored that he invited me to be his teammate.”
“Being on ‘Lego Masters’ was pretty incredible,” Liam said.
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Emily Mohajeri Norris has supported Liam’s Lego endeavors throughout his life.
Liam said he feels just as fortunate.
Starring on FOX’s “Lego Masters” with his mom, Emily Mohajeri Norris, the UA W.A. Franke Honors College freshman may parlay those talents into a $100,000 cash prize. They’re the first mother-son team on the show.
two brothers. “It wasn’t as attractive to young teenage girls back then. When I had Liam, I went to yard sales and found the first bin of Lego and encouraged and supported him and listened to all of his awesome stories.”
“I’m so lucky that my mom was able to take that time and come and do that,” he said. “There haven’t been other mother-son teams on the show. It was really special to be able to share that time.”
“It was amazing to be in that space
Besides $100,000, the competing pairs face off to earn a Lego trophy and the title of Lego Masters. The show is hosted by actor and executive producer Will Arnett. He is joined by judges, expert Brickmasters and Lego employees Amy Corbett and Jamie Berard.
The Tucson LGBT Chamber of Commerce teams up with Ben’s Bells in the latter’s ongoing commitment to engage individuals and communities in inspiring Tucsonans to practice kindness as a way of life. Among its many activities, Ben’s Bells hosts organizations, individuals and schools to create unique, handmade bells to be distributed throughout the community. Since 2003 the nonprofit Ben’s Bells has reached more than 1.3 million people with kindness education programs. All are welcome but registra-
“HAND TO GOD”
A museum at 196 N. Court Avenue is dedicated to the history of the Presidio San Agustín del Tucson. The fort’s ruins have been partially reconstructed on the site. The original was built by Spain in the late 1700s. Mexico liberated it from Spanish dominion along with the rest of its country on Sept. 16, 1821. The fort defended Mexico’s interests here for the next 33 years. The presidio joins in the celebration of Mexican Independence Day with a family-friendly celebration including re-enactors dressed as Mexican soldiers; a 4:30 p.m. lecture, “Tucson Under the Mexican Republic;” a 5:15 El Grito presentation by Carlos Otero Lopez, attaché of the Mexican Consulate, and performances and activities celebrating Mexican culture throughout the day. A 5:30 p.m. performance features Mariachi Pumas de Roskruge. The Presidio Cantina will offer alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks.
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COLOSSAL CAVE LADDER TOUR, OR MAYBE SOMETHING EASIER
HAVE A POOL PARTY!
It’s still hot enough to appreciate the cool underground of Colossal Cave. For a real adventure, the 90-minute Ladder Tour guides you through seldom-seen areas of the cave. Visitors climb natural ladders, squeeze through narrow passages and clamber over a rock bridge. Reservations are required for the $50 experience.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, Historic Pima County Courthouse, 115 N. Church Avenue, gertieswailamusic.com
10 a.m. to noon, and 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, Ben’s Bells, 40 W. Broadway Boulevard, chamber.org/events,members.tucsonlgbt-free
PRIDE BELL MAKING WITH BEN’S BELLS
It’s about time we gave ourselves a free dance night on the Hotel Congress Plaza. Forget homework, take-home work, housework and the home office, and take advantage of what Hotel Congress calls “Tucson’s legendary dance party without borders since 2013.” The beat of El Tambó can move what needs moving and embrace us into the cozy multi-culture that reminds us what we enjoy most about our town.
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7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, and Saturday, Sept. 17; 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, The Cabaret Space at The Temple of Music & Art, 330 S. Scott Avenue, arizonaonstage.org, $20 to $27, age 18 and older
If you’re not up for so much excitement, cool off with a Classic Cave Tour for $12 to $25. It’s a 40-minute, half-mile walk through the cave’s geologic features and its colorful history as a hideout for train robbers and ghosts.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday, Colossal Cave Mountain Park, 16721 E. Old Spanish Trail, Vail, colossalcave.com, attraction and tour prices vary. Advance registration is required, and age limits apply.
Now in its 10th year performing the repertoire with founder Paul Kantner, Jefferson Starship’s current lineup puts on a great show. They deliver music and memories revered by fans of the band’s psychedelic rock predecessor, Jefferson Airplane, but also reward more recent fans with their performance dynamics and their arena-rock hits of the ’70s and ’80s. The band’s lineup has evolved with Kantner’s vision of a more accessible, more pop sound. Current members have grown to think of themselves as family, and their play is as tight as Donny Baldwin’s drums. He’s been in the band since 1982.
Dr. Fanya Lin, assistant professor of piano at the UA school of music, has achieved an international reputation for her commitment and charisma in performance. She performs Rachmaninoff ’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor in a free, casual performance under the direction of Toru Tagawa, music director and conductor of the Tucson Repertory Orchestra. A native of Taipei, Taiwan, Lin’s won multiple major piano competitions. At the UA she teaches chamber music and Yoga for Musicians. Guests are asked to wear black.
JEFFERSON STARSHIP “MOTHER OF THE SUN TOUR”
Mid-September overlaps the weather that it’s getting cool enough to be comfortable outside yet still warm enough to make a swim refreshing. Tucson has free public pools and splash pads all over town within parks that offer a range of amenities including shade trees, cool grass, sports fields, covered ramadas and outdoor barbecues. For a complete schedule of pools and other water features in city parks, visit tucsonaz.gov. Go here to reserve a ramada: parks/reservations-and-rentals.tucsonaz.gov/
DROP EVERYTHING! HERE COME GERTIE AND THE T.O. BOYZ
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Small-town boy Jason discovers Christianity, and the girl next door, in the wake of his father’s death. The instrument of his faith is, wait for it, a puppet ministry. Complications ensue with the town pastor and the school bully, but Jason’s puppet Tyrone churns the whole town’s morality. He tears into the plot like Johnny Rotten-meets-Ursula, sometimes violently, cursing flamboyantly, barely
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, foxtucson.com, $45 to $70
7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, Crowder Hall, 1017 N. Olive Road, music.arizona.edu, free
skirting sexual predation and hilariously breaking down the hypocrisy that’s held together the town’s wobbly sense of community. The New York Times calls the play, “ridiculously raunchy, irreverent and funny.”
4 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum and The Turquoise Trail, 196 N. Court Avenue, tucsonpresidio.com, $10 adult, $5 ages 6 through 13, $2 Pima County residents, seniors over 65 and members of the military
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10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress Street, free, 21 and older, hotelcongress.com
Various places, times and prices, Tucson Parks & Recreation, 900 S. Randolph Way, tucsonaz.gov/parks
Gertie and the T.O. Boys keep alive the music and spirit of Waila, the traditional social dance of the Tohono O’odham culture. The award-winning, first-call waila band in the Southwest, Gertie and the Boys are rarely seen outside celebrations in the life of the reservation. Waila music is loaded with bright notes, insistent rhythms and a sense of play for all ages. The sound reflects norteño roots but the influence of European immigrants has contributed tempos from polka, schottische, mazurka and a now-extinct Bohemian dance called the redowa. Traditionally fiddle-driven, in recent years, waila bands have added reed and brass instruments, accordion and drums. Here’s a link to a more thorough explanation of this irresistibly danceable music: parentseyes.arizona.edu/node/1242.
Wilson recently starred in the FOX
sitcom “Ghosted” and previously on “World’s Dumbest Criminals” and “The Greatest.” He’s performed standup on “Showtime,” “Comics Unleashed” and “Comedy TV.” He hosts the podcast “Fan tasy Football Harsh Reality” and co-hosts the podcast “MMA Roasted.”
A list of his prominent fans and men tors would be the envy of any Kardashian, but he is best known for his uncanny talent with impressions. He attributes that talent to having been raised by deaf parents. “I couldn’t learn how to talk by listening to them,” he recalled. “I learned words and sentences and sounds by copying the voices I heard on television.”
Details and registration information for Just Another Comedy Festival are edy-festival.orpheumflagstaff.com/jest-another-comat
Craig Gass headlines Flagstaff’s inaugural Jest Another Comedy Festival. (CRAIG GASS/SUBMITTED)
DJ Sandhu headlines at Laff’s Friday, Sept. 16, and Saturday, Sept. 17. (LAFF’S/SUBMITTED)
Before the show, “Carcajadas” always features local Latino artisans in the lob by. This month’s guest is Leyla’s Crafty Creations, a vendor of chocolate-covered treats and gift baskets for special occa sions.
By 2019, the team had created “Car cajadas: Una Noche De Comedia,” an hour-long show that includes Latino standup comedians, storytellers and special guests. The show returns to the TIM stage at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 17, to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Tickets are $7 via tucsonimprov.com.
Unscrewed Theater, 4500 E. Speedway Boulevard (presales at unscrewedthe atre.org). $5 kids, $8, live or remote; 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16. Saturday, Sept. 17: Family-friendly improv at 6 p.m. Un screwed Family Hour with Comic Chaos, 7:30 p.m. Into the Unscrewdiverse: Fami ly-friendly Comic-Con Show.
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The Screening Room, 127 E. Con gress Street (details and presales are at eventbrite.com). $15 to $40. 8 p.m. Thurs day, Sept. 22. “Gateway Comedy Show.” Stand-up comedians tell their best jokes, then get as high as possible and tell them again. Billy Anderson hosts.
It was around 2018 when Nafarrate and fellow Latina Sara Alcazar Silva found themselves speaking in Spanish to each other at a TIM improv rehearsal. The sentiment was spontaneous and simul taneous. Soon the pair were gathering fellow Spanish-speaking improvisers into a team called “Como Se Dice” (how do you say it). It was believed to be the first all-Spanish language improv troupe in the United States, so singular that they were invited to perform at The Second City’s diversity-themed festival the fol lowing year in Los Angeles.
Dice’s) native Spanish speakers occa sionally forget a word or concept, so they use whichever language comes to them first.”Como se Dice’s cast members for Sept. 17 include Nafarrate, Alcazar Silva and Vincent Dominguez. Standup comedy performers are Anthony Desamito and SteenaSpecialSalido.improv guests Verizon Quest are Jose Gonzalez and Marisol Chavez, two longtime players and instructors with The Torch Theatre company in Phoenix. Always high energy, Verizon Quest’s improv is fast and sometimes chaotic, merging and morphing with the speed of, say, a wireless connection. The team has performed in festivals in San Diego and Detroit as well as Tucson.
Asked how she feels the show has evolved over time, Nafaratte said, “We have definitely gotten to know our audi ence better. We’re focusing on making the show a Spanglish event to better re flect the reality of the community’s His panic“Wepopulation.wanttobe a safe space for all Lat inx and Hispanic performers,” she said. “The performers are (always) Latinx, and most are Mexican American this time around, but we’ve had Cuban Americans, Boricuas, and more. The goal is to accept the culture of first, second, and more gen erations Latinx performers, no matter their language skills.”
The good news is Flagstaff has a new festival in the works. Its timing is per fect to escape the last days of Sonoran summer heat, see hours of comedy, take workshops and make plans to apply to perform next year.
Tucson Improv Movement/TIM Comedy Theatre, 414 E. Ninth Street (pre sales at tucsonimprov.com). $7 each show, $10 for both shows, free jam. 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15: Harold Epsilon and Harold Zeta; Stand Up 101 Class Showcase, 8:30 Thursday, Sept. 15. Improv Jam! 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, free; 7:30pm, The Soapbox with sound editor and comedian Kyle Verville, 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16. Stand Up Comedy Show, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17. Carcajadas: Una Noche De Comedia, 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, 3v3 Tournament
Laff’s Comedy Caffe, 2900 E. Broadway Boulevard (presales, reservations and performer details are at laffstucson.com). $15, $20 preferred seating. 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, and Saturday, Sept. 17. DJ Sandhu. The more successful he becomes as a comedian, the more he disappoints his mother. She’ll just have to settle for that extravagant beard.
Glass performs at 8 p.m. at the Or pheum. A multi-dimensional performer, Glass claims his prowess also includes singing, songwriting and stripping. His comic genius has been documented re peatedly since 1993, the result, he says, of daily grinding in the unglamorous me chanics of the comedy business.
The Jest Another Comedy Festival is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 16, and Satur day, Sept. 17, in several downtown Flag staff venues. Headliners Greg Wilson and Craig Gass will perform at the histor ic Orpheum Theater on Friday and Satur day nights respectively. Workshops and curated shows will take place in three other venues around town.
“WOULDN’T IT BE COOL TO DO improv in our native language?” Ac cording to Tucson Improv Movement’s Czarina Nafarrate, that thought is what launched the popular “Carcajadas” (laughter) show now staged quarterly at the TIM Comedy Theater.
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Saturday afternoon Wilson will lead a workshop on “Crowd Work and Riffing.” Other Saturday activities include free laser tag and live podcast recordings including “The Mile High Show,” “An ger Management Podcast,” “The Art of Bombing” and “The Final Stop.”
By Linda Ray Tucson Local Media LAUGHING STOCK
It turns out that in fact there are Pon derosa pines around San Diego County, so we can’t make any more jokes about Flagstaff’s Big Pine Comedy Festival hav ing moved to the beach. Still, we might have to say goodbye to our chances of being chosen to perform there.
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Nafarrate acknowledged that language skills became something of a barrier in the show’s early days. “Spanglish is most ly used in border regions where speakers code-switch as needed. Even (Como Se
WHERE: Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Boulevard, Tucson
“‘The Circle of Life’ still brings me to tears because it is just so beautiful and it is this massively beautiful show and it is beautifully complicated backstage,” Scalpone
“This is the only department where I get to talk to everybody… it all kind of comes back to Thoughus.”stage managing is important to Scalpone, she also finds time to pursue her other passions.
“Thetown.Lion King” grew up in Tucson, she has worked in New York and for Disney, but is back in Arizona this upcoming July for the national tour of Disney’s Broadway show, “The Lion King.”
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Michelle Scalpone says she fuels up on Eegee’s when she returns home. She’s in Tucson as the assistant stage manager for “The Lion King” at Centennial Hall.
“It’ssaid.soamazing to be a part of a production where everyone is excited to be there.”
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Disney, she said, is her dream job.
As the stage manager, she travels to all of her destinations by car. That way, she isn’t restricted to luggage weight limits, and she can pack for her and her two cats, Jack and Maggie.
“You stay in it for the kind of show you’re on that brings passion to you,” she said. “I have always loved film and going to shows. I just love the art.”
“I will always try to find a hotel with a kitchen because I love to cook … I love to
She has worked on many shows throughout her theater career, but will tour with “The Lion King” for the time being.
“We had one of those seats where you could see backstage; they were so far over,” she said.
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“It’s amazing,” she said. “I count my stars every day. I get excited in a very Disney fan way, I’m like, ‘There’s a Mickey Mouse on my paycheck. There is a Mickey Mouse on my ID.’”
“It just hits home every day for me,” she says.
When Scalpone was 13 years old she saw a touring production of “Beauty and the Beast” and was inspired.
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TUCSON NATIVE FINDS HER HOME BACKSTAGE WITH ‘LION KING’
Being a stage manager helps Scalpone connect to her peers.
of do everything,” she said.
“The Lion King” stages at Centennial Hall through Sunday, Sept. 25.
“I remember more things that happened in that wing than what happened on stage and I immediately went to my middle school and went, ‘OK, how do I do that?’” she said.
One of the shows that made her stay was “The Lion King” — and its “The Circle of Life” scene.
She admitted the job can be difficult and there were times when she wanted to leave the field. But it never came to fruition.
TUCSON NATIVE MICHELLE SCALPONE worked in New York and for Disney, but she’s coming full circle as the juggernaut’s Broadway show, “The Lion King,” rolled into
University of Denver via the Disney AspireDisneyProgram.hired Scalpone 10 days before the pandemic. She was working on a different Broadway show when her mentor texted her, asking if she wanted to go on tour.“An hour later I was interviewing for ‘The Lion King’ and two days later I was hired,” Scalpone recalled.
bake. I’m an avid reader. I can read a book a week, so I try to read a chapter every day.”Scalpone does a lot of sightseeing because she drives. In her free time, she likes to explore the tour stops.
As assistant stage manager, Scalpone creates schedules, ensures everyone’s signed in, communicates with the crew and maintains safety.
“Can’t say we do everything, but we kind
WHEN: Various times through Sunday, Sept. 25
“We will close the show on a Sunday, as stage managers we get out somewhere between 10 or 10:30, maybe 11 p.m.,” she said.“I’ll get a good night’s sleep and do the rest of the packing. It takes about a day and a half or two days to get somewhere.”
In high school, she was a stage manager and then attended UA and Juilliard. Currently, she is working toward a master’s in arts management with an emphasis in outreach and advocacy online through the
“I’m a big fan of Eegee’s. I can’t get enough of Eegee’s,” she said. “Every time I come to visit my parents or come to town on a show, I might as well just be fueled onScalponeEegee’s.” also enjoyed visiting places with water features in Tucson, and heading north to the Valley to hang out at Lake Pleasant or the Salt River.
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On tour, Scalpone draws inspiration from her “Whenpeers.Isee my peers doing well, that inspires me to do well … in a help each other out kind of way,” she said.
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“I try to do something touristy or local in every Thoughspot.”she enjoys seeing new things, Scalpone can recall places in Arizona that are important to her.
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With a guitar in hand, a harmonica around his neck and stomping box under foot, Mexican gypsy troubadour Salvador Duran y amigos — Sergio Mendoza, Esther Valverde y Mexican folk harpist Adrian Perez — kick off Hispanic Heritage Month on the plaza at Hotel Congress… In partnership with the Consulate of Mexico the Tucson Symphony Orchestra presents the Mexican Independence Day Concert. This annual event, conducted by maestro José Luis Gómez, features a program overflowing with traditional melodies popularized by esteemed Mexican composers María Grever, Agustin Lara and others. Soprano Mónica Ábrego and baritone Octavio Moreno, Mariachi Aztlán de Pueblo High School and Compañía de Danza Folklórica Arizona join the Tucson Symphony Orchestra for this celebracion espectacular at the Fox Tucson Theatre… Pete Swan presents Andaluz: The original flamenco music of guitarist Nathaniel Burnside. Accompanied by violinist Nick Coventry, bassist Evan Dain and trapsman Pete Swan, they perform two sets at The Century Room…
bassadors of the mariachi tradition — joined by Mexican star Lupita Infante — granddaughter of Mexican icon Pedro Infante — performing a tribute to the golden age of Mexican music on the plaza at Hotel Congress. Followed by El Tambó, Tucson’s legendary dance party sin fronteras…
Formed by guitarist Paul Kantner and singer Grace Slick from the ashes of seminal San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane — noted for ’60s psychedelic rock classics “Somebody to Love” and “White Rabbit” — between 1974 and ’84, Jefferson Starship reached its commercial apogee, releasing eight gold or platinum selling studio albums, to become one of the most successful arena rock bands of the era. In the early days, Kantner envisioned the band as a cast of musical adventurers. As Jefferson Starship approaches its 50th anniversary, the group continues to find inspiration in the now-deceased Kantner’s words, particularly “Onward.” Guitarist Jude Gold reflected, “To me that exploration, that Paul Kantner thing of just getting on a rocket ship and firing it as hard as it will go, taking off and exploring the cosmos and the music, and everything in between. That is the spirit of Jefferson Starship, and it’s very much alive in the band today,” In support of “Mother of the Sun,” the band’s 11th studio album, Jefferson Starship lands on the stage at the Fox Tucson Theatre… Boasting an unparalleled musical career, Los Tigres Del Norte is the only norteño group to win six Grammy awards, 12 Latin Grammys and sell 60 million albums. The New York Times refers to them as “the genre’s greatest statesmen.” Founded in Mocorito, Sinaloa, Mexico, the legendary Los Tigres Del Norte remains one of norteño music’s most socially outspoken voices. The band is famous for its political corridos, some of which have been censored, even in Mexico, and is heralded for its role as “the leading voice of the immigrant community” in the di-
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The voice of the world-renowned Count Basie Orchestra from 19771984, jazz vocalist Dennis Rowland lends his rich baritone to his favorite love songs handpicked, like a rose, from the American songbook. “Songs in the Key of Love” unfolds at The Century Room… Originally from Kitamaat Village, British
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Columbia, First Nations hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids — first connecting as writers during high school, one a poet and the other a storyteller — formed in 2016. They released their self-titled debut in 2017. A single from the album, “Skoden” — the word means “let’s go then” — was named one of the year’s 100 best songs by CBC Music. The song received renewed attention in 2018 when a graffiti artist spray painted “Skoden” on the water tower in downtown Sudbury, the largest city in Northern Ontario, cementing their street cred. Now, out on the Sink or Swim Tour, Snotty Nose Rez Kids bring their hard-hitting new album “Life After” to 191 Toole… After years of performing, “one rock star pose after another,” Johnny Zapp took a hiatus from the stage to record an album. In the studio, the Huntington Beach native laid down the majority of the tracks himself, with a few friends — members of The Jack Rollers, Bullet Boys and Gene Loves Jezebel — lending a hand. The result: “More Rock & Roll Less Assholes,” a “four-on-the-floor, straight up, shaken not stirred” record that captures a swaggering rock ‘n’ roll sound that has all but vanished from the prevalent pop culture. Like a runaway train on a collision course, Johnny Zapp — backed by members of The Pistoleros, Dead City Love, The Jack Rollers and special guest Daniel Henzerling of the Gas Giants/Grievous Angels — brings “The More Rock & Roll Less Assholes Tour” to Club Congress. With very special guests Paisley Prine and Loren Dircks’ Classless Chaps… Honoring the rich legacy it inherited, Cuando México Canta features the Latin Grammy-nominated Mariachi Herencia de México — recognized as the new am-
scend one’s understanding of jazz, the Tucson Modern Jazz Quartet — featuring keyboardist Keaton Wilson, percussionist Zach White, bassist Patrick Morris and saxophonist Trey Bryant — plays a mixture of original compositions as well as “nonstandards” by new guard composers: Robert Glasper, Dave Holland and Kenny Garrett. The Tucson Modern Jazz Quartet carries the torch into the Late Night at The Century Room…
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Emerging from Springfield, Massachusetts in 1995, Staind’s aggressive alt-metal sound and lyrical narrative — covering issues of depression, addiction, betrayal and death — resonated on the alternative rock airwaves. In the years that followed, Staind charted megahits with singles “It’s Been Awhile,” “Fade” and “Price to Pay” earning a multiplatinum pedigree before calling timeout in 2012. “We’re not breaking up. We’re not gonna stop making music,” announced frontman Aaron Lewis. “We’re just going to take a little hiatus. We put out seven records in 14 years. We’ve been pretty busy.” Since then, the band has worked only intermittently. Staind’s last studio album came out over a decade ago. In just as many years, Lewis has released four solo albums as a country music artist. Staind return to the AVA Amphitheater… “The Race is About to Begin.” With white hot flames licking at their heels, like penitents attempting to escape the threats of “Hellfire” and damnation, London’s wildly experimental prog-rockers Black Midi — consistently upending the tropes of rock ‘n’ roll to make some of the most unique and technically masterful music within their genre today — perform on the Hotel Congress plaza. Black Country and New Road lend their support…
aspora. Now, “Los Jefes de Jefes” return with their new album, “La Reunión.” Los Tigres Del Norte are at the AVA Amphitheater… Celebrating our region’s unique cultural heritage, Tucson Symphony Orchestra presents Orkesta Mendoza & the Magic of Mexico: A multimedia feast for ears and eyes. Featuring musical performances by troubadour Salvador Duran and the indie-mambo stylings of Orkesta Mendoza in a first collaboration with TSO. All backdropped by Nicholas Bardonnay’s vibrant photographs of Mexican landscapes at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall… Orange County post-hardcore/metalcore outfit, Dayseeker perform in the penumbra of a “Dark Sun,” the title of its soon-to-be-released album, at 191 Toole… In addition to having recorded 35 albums, singer-songwriter, essayist, painter Tom Russell’s songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Doug Sahm, Nanci Griffith, K.D. Lang, Joe Ely and others. Truly a songwriter’s songwriter, Russell was dubbed by Rolling Stone “the greatest living folk-country songwriter.” In a rare performance, Tom Russell performs on the plaza at Hotel Congress… Performing songs that will either leave you flailing awkwardly on the dancefloor, crying bittersweet tears, or thrashing in a mosh pit with a bloody nose, Annie Jump Cannon — with Diva Bleach and Nica — takes the audience on an emotional rollercoaster at Club Congress… DJs Bex & Halsero soundtrack the last days of summer dancing on the plaza at Hotel Congress… Aiming to tran-
Since leaving Mexico City in 1999 for Ireland, classical guitar virtuosos Rodrigo Sánchez and Gabriela Quintero have established themselves as a preeminent acoustic/instrumental act worldwide. Turning another page in the next chapter of their remarkable 20-year career — embracing Buddhism, the history of human evolution and the human potential for liberation with two acoustic guitars functioning as a conduit — they present “Mettavolution,” the duo’s Grammy-winning fifth studio album. Open hearted with abounding passion, nuevo flamenco artists Rodrigo y Gabriela perform at the Rialto Theatre… Taking the listener on a sonic journey into the polarized reality of the borderlands, ultimately searching the horizon for a moment of peace, for the recording of “Dragoon,” sound designer/ producer Kevin Larkin’s, aka Pineross, recruited a wide range of local talent — members of Los Esplifs, Sharkkheart, Katie Haverly, Desert Fantasy and bass clarinetist Charles Du Prez — to create a digital and organic sound collage. Sharing the bill with Pineross: Desert Fantasy. Sounding something like an old video game, Desert Fantasy, led by Jake Ransom, mash up acoustic instruments — vibraphone, marimba and percussion — with analog synths, drum machines and electronic processing to create ethereal soundscapes as gorgeous as the desert sunrise. Pineross and Desert Fantasy celebrate the release of their new albums with a multimedia performance — featuring visual projections and shadow puppetry by Red Herring Puppets — at Club Congress…
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reinvention, for their decidedly danceable new album, the Chicago-via-Bogotá indie artists upended the way they approach songwriting; steering clear of endless practice room jams for collaborative beatmaking sessions brimming with heavy doses of trap, electro-pop and reggaeton to form the foundation for their most adventurous work to date. What began as an experimental project — while guitarist Santiago Casillas was in Boston studying at the Berklee College of Music — soon morphed into a legit band after a trip to Mexico City to perform with Mexican dream popper Matilda Manzana inadvertently brought several like-minded musicians together. Sharing the stage, Little Jesus’ trajectory was set in motion with the release of its first single, “Berlin,” a song that quickly grasped the attention of Mexican radio stations and music websites with its fresh tropipop sound. Little Jesus and Divino Niño perform miracles at Club Congress… Vibraphonist Joel Ross’ virtuosic playing has not gone unnoticed. His Blue Note Records debut, “KingMaker,” garnered an Edison Award — an annual Dutch music prize honoring innovations and innovators — a coveted distinction to hold among his many accolades. An adept improviser, Ross plays the moment. Rather than imposing himself persistently upon the music — allowing moods to linger then take new shape — Ross transitions seamlessly between the roles of storyteller, protagonist and supporting character. On the heels of his new album, “The Parable of the Poet,” Joel Ross and his band Good Vibes perform at The Century Room…
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A buzz is quickly building around Divino Niño’s soon-to-be released album, “Last Spa on Earth.” Based on the heat generated by advance single “XO,” the LP recently made the list as one of The A.V. Club’s “23 albums we can’t wait to hear in September.” No strangers to bold
Who better than renowned sonic alchemist Steve Roach to open the shadowy portal to ancient times when black scrying mirrors were used. Drawing from a world of instruments and soul infused technology, electronic pioneer Roach premiers his Ambient Lounge series. Joined by accomplished ambient/electro-acoustic artist Serena Gabriel and sound sculptor Jeff Greinke at The Century Room… Laying claim to a résumé that details a formidable career working with a host of jazz giants — including Art Farmer, Jimmy Heath, Slide Hampton and Wynton Marsalis — New York City pianist Michael Weiss — accompanied by bassist Scott Black and drummer Arthur Vint— perform at The Century Room… This Canadian “punk” band began on a whim two years ago when brothers James and Jared Priestner took an impromptu trip to the Caribbean. James recalled jokingly saying to Jared, “We should write some songs together.” To which Jared responded, “A song? Fuck that, let’s write an entire album.” A week and a half later, they had 15 songs that would later become their self-titled debut album. On the road in support of their latest LP “You’re Not a Bad Person, It’s Just A Bad World,” Rare Americans tell crooked and catchy stories at Club Congress… These Tucson veterans play blues, Motown and everything in between. The George Howard Band ignites a flame. The Congress Cookout takes place on the Hotel Congress plaza…
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“One of the things I kept telling her was, ‘I’m not quitting on you and you’re not quitting on me.’ I told her to promise me to be the best Debi that she can be. That’s it. Don’t worry about anything else. It took a while to tell our friends what was going on.”The Tucson couple volunteers with the Walk to End Alzheimer’s set for Saturday, Oct. 22, at Reid Park, 900 S. Randolph Way. Walkers have a choice of 1- or 3-mile routes.
“We’re so excited to welcome thousands of people to the events,” said Morgen Hart ford, Southern Arizona community execu tive with the Alzheimer’s Association, Des ert Southwest Chapter.
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“We had 1,200 last year and this year, we’re hoping to have between 1,500 and 2,000.”According to the nonprofit, in 2020, 150,000 Arizonans older than age 65 had Alzheimer’s. By 2025, that number is ex pected to balloon 33.3% to 200,000.
That said, there are 92 geriatricians in Arizona. There needs to be a 294.6% in crease to meet the demand in 2050.
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“Arizona has the fastest growth rate in the country,” Hartford said. “It’s the epicenter of the crisis. If you stand in a room and ask
“We were one of the largest in-person events that the city of Tucson welcomed last year after the pandemic. We did do a walk-at-home opportunity during 2020 and that was phenomenal, but nothing like the in-person event.
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hen Debi Hall was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in March 2020, she wanted to end it all.
Hearing those words, her husband, Mark, called the Alzheimer’s Association’s 24/7 Helpline, whose staff immediately contact ed her neurologist. Debi was prescribed an antidepressant that lifted her mood.
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“It took her probably a year before she just came to accept it,” Mark said.
“I got a call saying she was lost,” Mark recalled. “I figured she made a wrong turn because it was dark and, a lot of time, she uses the mountains for directions.”
The two visited their primary care physician in March 2020 for their annual checkups. The doctor gave Debi a rudimentary dementia test and she didn’t fare well.
“She went to a neuropsychologist, and it tanked her for about a week,” Mark said.
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Debi was diagnosed at age 67, but Mark witnessed symptoms — unknowingly — previously. He was at a baseball game while his wife went to a sewing class at Cathey’s Sewing and Vacuum.
“We need people to stay socially engaged and not as isolated. That’s really important. Whatever the disease, people just can’t do it alone. Even if they’re the only ones providing that care, they’re not the only one going through that. Support groups and outings do provide a level of comfort.”
“They were scheduled to talk for four hours, but after three hours, she came out just crying. She couldn’t answer the questions. She didn’t care after a while. She just started answering so she could get out of there.”
how many people are impacted by Alzheimer’s, 90% of the room will raise their hand.”
Hartford said his organization offers free programs and services throughout Southern Arizona and Pima County, including the helpline with a clinical social worker staff that speaks 200 languages between them.“They’re there just to vent or for access to local resources,” Hartford said.
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A retired nurse, Debi started having headaches, so she went to a neuro ophthalmologist, that ruled out any eye issues. At the end of 2020, a neurologist at Banner Alzheimer’s Institute ordered a PET scan, which detects early signs of cancer, heart disease and brain disorders.
“Earlier, there were smaller things. She had always done the checkbook. When we moved back to Arizona (from California), she said she’d done the checkbook long enough. Why don’t I do it.”
That confirmed the Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
“Another time, we played cards, rummy 500, and she would always beat the pants off of me. We were camping at Big Lake and playing cards. She couldn’t get the suits straight. She would confuse diamonds and hearts. She couldn’t figure out sequential numbers. Those were probably the biggest clues.
“They’re available 24 hours a day. That’s a big touchpoint for us. People attend our education programs throughout the area, too, whether it’s at libraries, churches or places of business. Our business partners have lunch and learn programs for employees, too. The education programs are core to what we do.”
Key to the programs is the list of warning signs, which include increased memory loss and confusion; inability to learn new things; difficulty with language and problems with reading, writing and working with numbers; difficulty organizing thoughts and thinking logically; shortened attention span and problems coping with new situations, according to the National Institutes of Health’s
“I do not want to diminish what everybody’s doing for other things. What they’re doing is absolutely fantastic. But patients sit down and hear devastating news, ‘I’m sorry. You have cancer.’ At least you’re able to step back, take a deep breath and hear the physician say, ‘Let me get you with so and so to determine what course of treat-
He knew something was wrong, though, when they played cards.
“Since then, we’ve been trying to find voices who will talk about Alzheimer’s because, on TV, you see ads for cancer or Parkinson’s or cystic fibrosis. I don’t know why there’s this stigma with Alzheimer’s. It’s not part of the daily conversation like other diseases.
Part of the activities, too, is El Tour de Tucson set for Saturday, Nov. 19. The Alzheimer’s Association is a beneficiary of the bicycling event. For information, visit eltourdetucson.org.
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Debi Hall, shown here with her husband, Mark, promotes Alzheimer’s awareness by wearing an Alzheimer’s Association ballcap on vacation, even at Disneyland. (Mark Hall/Submitted)
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To help families, caregivers and friends, the Alzheimer’s Association offers support groups.
“The first year was really hard because we kept getting our hopes up that it was something else. She had a CT done and they thought they saw high pressure in the spinal cord.”
“Tucson is just rich with cultural events,” Hartford added. “One of the things we really strive to do is keep people connected with the community. We have early-stage social engagement programs where we come together and, say, tour the Tucson Museum of Art together and witness art making. Or we go to the zoo together or attend music-making programs where we come together and jam.
“When she told her she had signs of dementia, she flipped out and fell apart,” Mark recalled. “They gave her Aricept (donepezil) right then and there. It was really hard. She was a nurse for 40 years. She knew what this meant.
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The two saw a neurologist, who performed a lumbar puncture and MRI, but the pressure was fine.
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The nonprofit operates Rescue Me Marana, a collaborative-based pet adop tion center that aids multiple Tucson and Southern Arizona rescues and shelters.
The activities include a “Be a Superhero for Pets” photo booth; door prizes; dis counts on ID tags; samples from Dogs n’ Donuts; and dog and cat adoptions from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
“We get calls every day, ‘Please help me. I don’t know what to do.’ We have a referral service. We do try to give people ideas and solutions. Still, people are crying. I wish I had a master’s in social work.”
“Everybody’s just dancing together in a big swirl out there,” Wright said.
Rescue Me Tucson’s Marana model is based on the Best Friends No Kill Cen ter in Los Angeles. Rescue Me Marana is the first collaborative-based pet adoption center in Arizona. Best Friends and the Humane Society of the United States pro vided COVID-19 relief grants to keep the nonprofit alive.
“I used to be on the HSUS Arizona State Council. I started getting involved with vet erinarians to go on reservations and host clinics.”Wright is passionate still about helping the overflowing number of animals on res ervations. The animals come to Rescue Me Tucson and it helps adopt them out.
Since it opened, it has adopted out more than 440 animals.
“I always cared about them from grow ing up in that area. I realize how difficult it is for people to access basic vet care.”
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escue Me Tucson’s board and volun teers want to help all animals find their forever homes.
Something Glitzy Tattoos will offer tempo rary tattoos for a donation benefiting Res cue Me Marana from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Nancy Young Wright holds puppy Clyde at Rescue Me Tucson’s Rescue Me Marana, a collaborative-based pet adoption center. Below, the center offers accessories and supplies, too. (Photos by Noelle Haro-Gomez)
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“If that doesn’t work, we tell them ev erything we know and how to search for them,” Wright said.
“Ours is for more than one group to use. We wanted to make it a little easier for peo ple to find the animals. People say it’s more ‘pleasant.’ Not everybody feels comfortable in a big shelter. The concept was to make it more accessible for people who want to seeItthem.”willcelebrate its first anniversary on
Saturday, Sept. 17, and Sunday, Sept. 18, at its Rescue Me Marana, Tucson Premium Outlets, 6401 W. Marana Center Boule vard, Suite 902.
in rural New Mexico where she grew up with“Thatanimals.doesn’t mean they had proper vet care or lived inside,” she said.
The public is asked to bring dontions of dry or canned dog, puppy, cat and kit ten food for Cody’s Friends Charity, which distributes food to rescues, shelters and in dividuals in need. Rescue Me Marana will continue collecting after the event.
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Rescue Me Tucson board president Nan cy Young Wright said the center provides consumers with a compassionate alterna tive to pet stores selling mill-bred puppies and kittens at its Rescue Me Marana Pet Adoption Center at Tucson Premium Out lets in OpenMarana.since Sept. 18, 2021, it features eight cat condos, five large dog suites and five small dog kennels that allow board ing for animals from participating rescue groups.“We’re here to help more than the tradi tional (centers),” she said.
If prospective pet parents don’t see a dog or cat they like, Rescue Me Tucson con nects them with a list of regional resources to help them find a rescue animal.
Wright’s passion comes from growing up
Rescue Me Marana celebrating its first anniversary
Some must make 50-mile trips each way for their animals to be seen by a vet.
“They (Best Friends) proposed that we try it in Tucson,” Wright said.
“It’s heartbreaking to see what people are faced with in these areas,” she said. “There’s a lot of discussion out there on how to help more.”Summers are the hardest time for animal welfare folks as many animals are born, but residents are gone. Pima County Animal Control is struggling with 450 dogs, which is an incredible load, she said.
“We’re really interested in what we can do to help these areas,” she said. “You can raise money in Phoenix or Tucson for res cue needs. It’s hit really, really hard in rural areas. They’re just isolated from vet care and things like that.”
The animals arrive via High Desert Hu mane and Pima Paws for Life (Saturday); and Valley Humane Society (Sunday).
“We’re doing about what we hoped we would do,” she “Nationwide,said.theaverage length of stay is three days in a place like this. Ours is about four days. We feel pretty good about that. We’re small. We don’t have a big advertising budget. We’re a smaller place. We’re an ex tension of a shelter, but we’re not a shelter.”
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Martin, who serves as president, said the goal was to try and establish a government agency that would provide survivors with a method to report sexual assault or domestic abuse without a police investigation.
Since its incorporation in September 2021, Survivor Shield Foundation has reached about 40 people. Using a discrete questionnaire on Survivor Shield Foundation’s website, survivors can apply for “The Grow Back Program,” which provides monetary aid. Martin said his organization has paid bills ranging from hospital and therapy invoices to new tires.
"After a lot of negotiating, we sort of came to the conclusion that that legally could not happen,” Martin said. “Especial-
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Survivor Shield Foundation relies on donations made through its website, and from fundraising events like its monthly art show at El Jefe Cat Lounge. Martin said on the first Saturday of April, which is sexual assault awareness month, the organization hosts a larger art show with 30 to 40 artists, live music and food.
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He said the low conviction rates of abusers within the criminal justice system disincentivizes people from reporting and getting the help they need.
Founded by 19-year-old Jake Martin, a UA sophomore studying history and Spanish, Survivor Shield Foundation started as a lobbying organization to meet with governmental entities about policy change.
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“It can be very challenging to overcome the stigma of not speaking about it publicly.”
Through “destigmitization,” Survivor Shield Foundation seeks to create change by creating a safety net, one that works toward ending the stigma surrounding sexual assault, promoting reform and offering financial aid.
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The organization pivoted to assisting survivors without forcing a police investi-
“You bestow honor upon them, much like a well-decorated military official and really honor that journey,” Gibbon added.
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Invoking the roaring courage of the “Year of the Tiger,” activities include a sponsored bead station, art card decorating station, bead stringing and a raffle from 4 to 8 p.m. The event will be held at the Beads of Courage headquarters, located next to the Tucson Hop Shop at the Tucson Metal Arts Village.“It’struly our Tucson community and through their volunteer efforts that help us package a lot of the program materials that we distribute,” Gribbon said.
(Above) Beads of Courage founder Jean Gribbon is a former pediatric oncology nurse and graduate from the University of Arizona College of Nursing, earning a Bachelor of Science and Ph.D. in nursing. (Bottom) Beads of Courage’s “Carry a Bead” program is an interactive kit with two identical beads in which a participant can record and experience and return the second carried bead, to sick children who need a little extra encouragement. These are offered for a $15 to $20 donation at the Beads of Courage HQ. (Katya Mendoza/Staff)
WHAT: World Beads of Courage Day
WHEN: 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15
With an extensive background in human caring as a graduate from the University of Arizona College of Nursing, she also earned a doctorate in nursing science from the UA. Most recently, she began the Wat son Caring Science postdoctoral program under renowned nurse theorist Jean Wat son at the Watson Caring Science Institute.
At Beads of Courage’s genesis, Gribbon was working at the University Medical Center, now known as the Diamond Chil dren’s Medical Center. She was taking care
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Tucson-based Beads of Courage has no other volunteer stations elsewhere in the United States. Out of the 14 million beads that are distributed annually to children in nine countries, roughly 2 million of them are individually packaged by local volun teers.The
ment Beads of Courage and the hospitals and units that they work in to think about every bead they give as a dose of narrative medicine,” Gribbon said.
of children going through treatment for cancer and other serious illnesses.
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organization, which relies on finan cial donations from the public, allows them to cover the cost of beads that are freely gifted to children coping with long-term illnesses.“While I was working as a pediatric on cology nurse, I was really seeking ways to better support the patients that I was caring for and created Beads of Courage as a way to honor that courage that nurses and clini cians witness every day and caring for kids going through treatment,” Gribbon said.
ocal nonprofit with a global impact, Beads of Courage, celebrates its fourth World Beads of Courage Day on Thursday, Sept. 15, during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
The beads become powerful metaphors that children and families can ascribe meaning to across the world. Their global outreach supports over 300 worldwide hos pital partners and over 180 in the United States.From silver stars to fishes and golden origami cranes, children can receive their respective bead prescriptions consisting of courage, hope and resilience.
COST: See website
INFO: beadsofcourage.org
The organization, which offers an inno vative “arts-in-medicine” approach to im prove the quality of life of children coping with serious illnesses, was founded in 2003 by Jean Gribbon. The festivities also kick off its yearlong 20th anniversary celebration.
“The things that you do as a nurse may not always be experienced as caring, but there are things that you do that can really strengthen that feeling (that) a patient has been cared for,” Gribbon said.
What Beads of Courage accomplishes is justThroughthat. colored beads made of glass, polymer and other materials, children can document their individual experiences throughout their medical diagnoses. Ac cording to program guidelines, each bead carries a specific meaning. For example, a black bead represents every needle poke, a fish for an “upstream battle,” or travel-re quired care or a purple heart for the com pletion of treatment in oncological care.
Beads of Courage hosts fourth annual celebration
WHERE: Beads of Courage HQ, 3230 N. Dodge Boulevard (Metal Arts Village)
In February 2003, Gribbon launched the pilot Beads of Courage program at the Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Two years lat er it would be incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
“We educate nurses who help imple
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“(It is) just as important as all the medi cations that they might be giving through anMostIV.” children who participate in the Beads of Courage program receive well over 500 beads a year, Gribbon said.
“We try to bring as much fairytale magic to our communities so all kids, like underprivileged kids, can experience that,” Bosworth said.
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“We help out local community efforts for fundraisers, awareness, community outreach that brings everyone together,” said leadership member Nikki Padgen, whose alter ego is Elsa from “Frozen.”
At the recent Pima County Police Department event, Badges and Backpacks 2022, several princesses came to share a bit of magic. From left are Candice Carr as Aurora, Kim Covelli Goodell as Raya, Marina Sharpe as Ariel, Leo McDowell as Merida and Nikki Padgen as Elsa. (Timeless Enchantments Arizona/Submitted)
“They’re both dark like me with long dark hair, and they love their families,” she added.
“We can usually hear them down the hallway,” Bosworth added. “We can hear them from a pretty far distance screaming at us, and then sometimes we have to brace ourselves for a tiny person running into our legs and hugging (us).”
Bosworth proves that Disney princesses are real, or at least sort of real. At the nonprofit Timeless Enchantments Arizona, a number of Disney can princesses step out into the community to appear at business
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The princesses seem to be a welcome sight. Kids get loud when the princesses are spotted.
hen Jeka Bosworth goes out, she takes on a new name: Isabela, just like the character from Disney’s “Encanto.” She can identify with her.
“I know what it’s like being the oldest daughter, the child who needs to be the perfect child,” Bosworth said. “In the movie, Isabela breaks out. She lets go of the perfectionist and it’s nice having that being translated that it’s OK to do that, and also, it doesn’t hurt to have someone who looks like me: brown skin, dark Sometimes,hair.”however, Bosworth likes to be Jasmine from “Aladdin” or another Disney princess, Elena of Avalor.
They travel throughout the state, not just
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openings or fundraisers. It’s a way to serve the community, which is really their purpose.
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“(Kids) like to yell out the character’s name,” Padgen said. “‘It’s Isabela!’ ‘It’s Elsa!’”
“They can’t travel out of town or state, so we bring the magic to them.”
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In its 33rd year, the 2-mile pro cession starts at 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, at Grande Avenue and Speedway Boulevard, and they walk to the MSA Annex, 267 S. Avenida del Covento.
The procession averages 100,000 partici pants.The ceremony ends with a ceremonial burning of an urn, where wishes, hopes, offerings and prayers are gathered.
he All Souls Procession draws thou sands of people to Tucson to honor and grieve for the dead.
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“There are musicians who bring Balinese gamelan. There are musicians who bring Japanese obon, which is part of their ances tral ceremony. There are Brazilian baterias. They bring the sounds from Brazil. There are groups that are from the Pascua Yaqui and Tohono O’odham. There are a lot of groups of Aztec dancers. We encourage for people to come with something that feels authentic and real to them.”
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Those who can’t make it to the proces sion can watch the livestream via the Many Mouths One Stomach and Visit Tucson websites. Hagen said last year the proces sion drew its largest crowd, 150,000 people.
“It’s many artists, many nonprofits and many organizations coming together to create All Souls, to create this weekend,” said Nadia Hagen, artistic director.
Events and workshops lead up to All Souls Procession. The season kicks off
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“Certainly, because we live in Tucson, the Mexican tradition is really strong because there are so many people that that is their ancestry and culture,” Hagen said.
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It is the flagship event of Many Mouths One Stomach, a Tucson nonprofit collec tive of artists, teachers and community activists who create, inspire, manifest and perpetuate modern “festal culture.”
Hagen said that various cultures are rep resented during the procession.
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WHERE: Starting point Grande Avenue and Speedway Boulevard, and walk to MSA Annex, 267 S. Avenida del Convento
WHERE: MSA Annex, 267 S. Avenida del Convento, Tucson
PRICE: Free.
On Tuesday, Oct. 11, Wednesday, Oct. 12, and Friday, Oct. 14, Red Herring Puppets will have mask workshops at its studio in Tucson Mall at 4500 N. Oracle Road.From Tuesday, Oct. 18, to Sunday, Nov. 6, community members can add to an altar in the All Souls Mausoleum in the MSA Annex. The altar was designed by Jose Duran and his crew.
Sunday, Sept. 25, with a mixer at the MSA Annex, where community members can learn how to get involved and meet the event’sAmongdirectors.theworkshops is Xerocraft’s LED event from Thursday, Oct. 13, to Thursday, Nov. 3, at 101 W. Sixth Street, Suite“They111. have graphic-rendering bays. They have woodworking shops, metal working shops, costume shops, robotics tools, 3D printers… It’s an incredible re source,” Hagen said.
WHEN. Gather at 4 p.m. and start walk 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6
Procession of Little Angels
Artist Susan Johnson started the All Souls Procession in 1990 as a ceremonial performance piece following her father’s
Day of the Dead-themed concerts are Friday, Nov. 4, and Saturday, Nov. 5, the latter of which features a cacao ceremony and ancestral liberation.
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All Souls Procession Mixer
WHERE: Armory Park, 220 S. Fifth Avenue, Tucson
PRICE: Free
WHEN: 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5
PRICE: Free
INFO: sionWeekend.facebook.com/AllSoulsProcesallsoulsprocession.org.
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death.Founded in 2006, Many Mouths One Stomach has continued Johnson’s tradi tion. The group is the organizing body for the event and serves as a “vehicle” for or ganizations to come together.
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A small event geared toward families known as Procession of Little Angels is Saturday, Nov. 5, at Armory Park. This event will feature glowing altars dedicat ed to children who have died; a children’s community altar; stories about grief and death, collected from local school chil dren and told by the “Stories that Soar” cast; and upcycled mask-making, sugar skull and angel wings art projects.
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WHEN: 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25
During the All Souls Procession, people can honor and celebrate their lost loved ones. (Photos by Warren Van Nest)
Community members can also join the procession at any point in the route. Ha gen said it is important that those taking part in the procession are respectful of others.“We just encourage everyone who is participating to be sober, respectful and safe.”
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“I relate to Elsa in her journey of self-acceptance and self-discovery,” Padgen said. “I really connected to Elsa on that level.”
As with Bosworth, the people who don the costumes choose their characters because they understand their characters’ journeys.
Jenny Flynn is president and CEO of the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona.
Night to Shine is a prom night at hundreds of churches in 39 countries centered on “God’s love, for people with special needs.”
There is no charge for the appearances, but there are “Mainlyguidelines.wedooutreach programs,” Padgen said. “Say, it’s Lugo Charity’s Bike in a Box event. Basically, they raise their own funds. We’re there to help them with their event, so we don’t do (private) parties. We don’t do funerals. We don’t do paid gigs.”
Yes, they have been requested for funerals; it’s just not something they do.
“We are there strictly for charity events, fundraising events, anything to help our local community,” Bosworth said.
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as funding partners interested in learning more about trust-based philanthropy.
If you are looking to contribute to our nonprofit sector as a volunteer, our Center for Healthy Nonprofits is hosting a highly interactive BoardConnect event from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25. This event offers community members throughout Southern Arizona the opportunity to meet with over 30 local nonprofits and learn about the different volunteer opportunities they have available. From working directly with clients to helping with essential tasks to serving on a committee or board of directors, there are many ways to contribute your time and talents to help serve our community and improve the quality of life in Southern Arizona.
Beyond the numbers is the social impact of investing in our nonprofit partners. A thriving nonprofit sector increases educational attainment, food security, housing affordability, and many other factors essential to creating a vibrant and equitable community that I am proud to join my neighbors in supporting.
To learn more about CFSA’s services, funds, and initiatives, visit cfsaz.org or call us at 520770-0800. Together, we can have a greater impact for good in Southern Arizona.
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In addition to collective impact funding, CFSA is also committed to an intense focus on general operating support grants and other tenets of trust-based philanthropy, which increases the capacity and strength of nonprofit organizations and partnerships throughout Southern Arizona. CFSA recognizes that an effective philanthropic community is one
Tucson.“Oneof our events that we do is Tim Tebow’s Night to Shine,” Padgen said.
where nonprofits receive sustained, flexible funding and one where donors are directly connected to the causes they care about most.
If you are interested in learning more about the principles and practices of trustbased philanthropy, I would like to personally invite you to join us for a special event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Community Foundation Campus. CFSA leadership will discuss our foundation’s journey in implementing trust-based philanthropy and how we are actualizing our commitment to building grantee and funder relationships grounded in transparency and mutual learning. Local nonprofit leaders from across Southern Arizona will also be present to share how trust-based funding has allowed them to maximize their impact within the communities they serve. This event will be informative for current and prospective CFSA donors, as well
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Yearning to still be active, Debi volunteers with the Alzheimer’s Association’s walk
raise funds so sometime in the future people won’t have to go through what she goes through,” Mark said.
WHERE: Reid Park, 900 S. Randolph Way, Tucson
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WHEN: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29
COST: No registration fee, however, donations are suggested INFO: act.alz.org
Flagstaff, started as a volunteer “about this time last year,” assisting with events and networking. She shadowed Martin before becoming an official board member a few months ago.
“I would like to see this frame of social service where we provide financial aid to replace the old system,” Martin said. Instead of using a “group home support hotline,” he said he would like to see more survivors provided with what they actually need — funding.
After the diagnosis, the couple chose to take
remained that way,” Mark said.
COST: $10 at the door
WHEN: 9 a.m. ceremony; 9:30 a.m. walk begins Saturday, Oct. 22
can to be in a venue in which sexual assault is the primary reason that they’re there because it’s a great way to open up the dialogue,” Martin said.
“We also go camping all the time, picnic at Mount Lemmon. We try to get out and do as many things as she can.”
Siegel, who recently moved from Tucson to
“I (started) this month trying to bring a lot of what we do in Tucson up to Flagstaff,” Siegel said. “At this point that means networking with small businesses to try and plant roots for what we are doing and spread awareness of our mission in the community.”
She said she hopes to begin hosting
WHAT: Walk to End Alzheimer’s
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Born at St. Mary’s Hospital and a graduate of Sahuaro High School, Debi is a caring person, according to Mark, and that hasn’t changed.
“With the diagnosis and this thing progressing as fast as it’s progressing, she has
ment we have for you.’
As a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the organization is not affiliated with the UA, but relies on student volunteers like Eliana Siegel, its director of operations.
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a lot of photos and create new memories. Mark and Debi traveled to Hawaii in 2019 before her diagnosis and “she had a blast.”
“She said she wanted to come back,” Mark said. “I said we could afford to go every other year. Then she had the diagnosis. I told her I would do whatever it took to take her back every year. We went back earlier this year.
“When you hear you have Alzheimer’s, you don’t get to take a breath. It’s a death sentence. There are no treatments. There’s not a cure. There’s not a physician across from you saying, ‘Now that this is out, let’s get you with a specialist.’ There’s never going to be that conversation until we find a treatment or cure for this. That’s what differentiates Alzheimer’s from all these other diseases. You don’t have that secondary conversation. It’s just they want you to come back in six months to see how you’re doing.”
“When she was first diagnosed, she was doing dresses for girls around the world. I don’t know how many she did, but then she couldn’t do that. So, we teamed up with Mending Souls and we started doing masks during the pandemic. We did 1,500. She got to the point where she couldn’t do that. She started doing lap blankets and baby blankets. She did 250 of those. Now it’s to the point where she can’t do it by herself. I sit down with her, and we do it together.”
events in Flagstaff by next spring.
“Shecommittee.wantstoget out there and help and
WHAT: Survivor Shield Tucson Art Exhibition
Martin said he hopes to see a continued growth in business partners and people who work with the organization.
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WHERE: El Jefe Cat Lounge, 3025 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson
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With wins come setbacks, such as access to quality ingredients, buying power and discriminatory vendors, which affect production.“The mistreatment, misjudgment and overarching theme that women’s collaborations need to be explained and justified is a problem in itself,” Saldate said.
Theresaid.are few women and fewer minority women who hold upper-level production positions, Kapahi said. She was and still is the first female head brewer in Tucson.
Ayla Kapahi and Savanna Saldate pictured with other Las Hermanas participants at Voltron Brewing Co. They brewed Las Hermanas West Coast IPA debuting on Friday, Sept. 16, at the Borderlands Brewing Co. release party. (BORDERLANDS BREWING CO./SUBMITTED)
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“Tucson is a special place for female brewers,” Saldate said. “Whether it’s borrowing a bag of grain or having full-on collaborative efforts to achieve a goal, the women that I have met have the same goal, to make the best beer possible and work with each other to create the environment that we want for each other, our patrons and the entire city of Tucson.”
INFO: borderlandsbrewing.com or on Instagram @borderlandsbrewing
This year, some of the participants of Las Hermanas are members of the Pink Boots of Southern Arizona, the Tucson chapter of the internationally recognized nonprofit the Pink Boots Society. Kapahi and another local female brewer established the chapter in 2021, which supports women in fermentation sciences in alcohol that has over 30 members.Beinga woman in this field and in her position, Kapahi said this experience has forced her to examine the complexities of what it means to be a woman not only in the craft beer industry but any other male-dominated industry. Progress, she said, isn’t defined by a black-or-white answer, but how women deal with challenges and roadblocks that aren’t necessarily faced in the states.
Kapahi and Saldate have been traveling throughout Mexico over the past three years to work on craft beer collaborations with other brewers. Kapahi said that collaborations such as these allow everyone involved to share more than ideas, but best practices, knowledge and passions.
Las Hermanas Beer Release Party
Ayla Kapahi, who has been the head brewer and director of operations at Borderlands for four years, said in a male-dominated industry, projects like Las Hermanas offer opportunities for women to learn from each
“All of the extensive efforts of so many people, in so many geographical locations and industries coming together to complete the goal of a binational craft beer collaboration has been so special to be a part of,” said Savanna Saldate, lead brewer at Borderlands.Proceedsfrom the sale of Las Hermanas
Borderlandssaid.Brewing Co. will be opening multiple taprooms later this year.
Kapahi and Saldate developed the first Las Hermanas beer collaborative project, co-led with Borderlands, in 2019.
“Especially seven years ago, it took me many years to find another woman, much less anyone who looked like me who was brewing in the industry,” Kapahi said. “Even though in the last five years, women and Latinas have increasingly become part of the craft beer industry.”
“We’veMexico.always wanted this beer to be sponsored, because we want to use those funds to make it easy for women to travel on both sides of the border so that money is
“The need for this project is visibility and awareness,” Saldate added.
“I always say until the surprised looks stop, whatever is causing the surprise reaction, there’s a lot of different factors at play,” Kapahi said. “There’s still a gap to bridge.”
“That’s the true meaning of diversity,” sheSaldate,said who started at Borderlands around the same time as Kapahi, said she has been empowered by other women in taprooms, craft beer bars, breweries and festivals.
About 30 female brewers arrived at Voltron Brewing Co. on Aug. 26 to participate in the second binational project. The brewers collectively designed the recipe for the West Coast IPA, which was brewed at Cerveceria Morenos in Mexico City on Sept. 8.
The collaboration was made possible through partnerships with Borderlands Brewing Co., Visit Tucson, the Consulate of Mexico in Tucson, Country Malt Group, Yakima Chief Hops and other craft beer supporters and suppliers of donated ingredients and upfront costs.
She was brewing craft beer at home as a hobby before ultimately pursuing a job at the now-closed local brewery, Public Brewhouse, to start her commercial brewing journey. Almost four years later, she was hired on as a contract brewer for Borderlands in 2018, before being offered the fulltime head brewer position.
so many women and brewers who are classically trained and have high education in fermentation sciences and brewing,” Kapahi said. “There is still so much that the U.S. craft beer industry has to learn from the Mexican craft beer industry.”
“We brewed the same beer on both sides of the border, just one week apart,” Kapahi said.The beer launched multinationally in January 2020, before the pandemic shutdown. The project remained on pause until this year and utilized the proceeds from the sale of the first beer to provide accommodations and affordable travel for women coming from
WHEN: 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16
WHERE: Borderlands Brewing Co., 119 E Toole Avenue, Tucson
“Las Hermanas means many things to me,” Saldate said. “From friendships among peers that share a passion for cultivating great beer, all the way to making cultural statements and an impact on everyone who comes across this project in the United States, Mexico and beyond.”
BORDERLANDS BREWING CO. WILL release its limited edition Las Hermanas, or “the sisters,” beer on Friday, Sept. 16, at a public release party.
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Kapahi moved to Tucson to pursue a graduate degree in family studies in human development from the UA in 2013 and, two years later, she wanted to switch careers to do something with her hands.
Las Hermanas is a collaboration between Hispanic female brewers hailing from both sides of the U.S./Mexico border.
“We’veother.met
not a barrier to participating,” Kapahi said.
Kapahi said with this collaboration, she wants people to understand that there is still so much to learn from Mexico in general, but especially in craft beer and from women.“Myhope now is that this project continues to promote positive work environments and continues to shed light on women’s capabilities and roles in the craft beer industry,” Saldate
will go toward future binational brewing projects and collaborations.
Still, most production employees, especially in upper management, are men, Saldate
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“We have started to have more conversations about where the women’s movement (is) going in craft beer,” Kapahi said.
“It’s kind of a relief because I know it’s a privilege to get to work in music,” Deegan said.“We have been working hard at it to try and get a bit of a foothold in places so that we can have a sustainable career. We can live off of the fact that we’re getting noticed and we can sell out venues.”
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WHEN: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20
The bassist for the Irish band Fontaines D.C. was crossing a street in Detroit when a car’s passenger shouted a compliment.
“I’m really into westerns and cowboy music,” he said. “Driving around Arizona and New Mexico was brilliant for me.
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“On the live side, it’s something that we needed because our second album as exactly what we wanted to make at the time. It’s kind of a bit dour and lethargic. This one has a bit more groove to it and is a bit vibier. It gives the live set a bit of an up and down. But ‘Skinty Fia’ is really a culmination of what we’re trying to do. We found a nice middle ground between the first and second albums. It isn’t a child of compromise. It’s a child of a concrete vision so that’s a great thing.”
“When you grow up in rural Ireland, there’s a fascination with Western culture and country and western radio dominates radio there. Everyone my parents’ generation would go country and western dancing as a social thing that doesn’t involve just going to the pub. So, they go out and they go dancing, which is lovely.”
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“It was really nice to experience going around America, to go to places like Detroit and actually meet the people and realize that they’re so nice. But then, there are the crazies.“ButI had just left a hotel in Detroit and a guy started shouting. I’m like, ‘Here we go.’ But he said, ‘Excuse me. You look great. Isn’t that a nice jacket.’ Then he waved and said, ‘Have a great day.’ I thought, ‘What the hell is this? Where am I?’ I heard that a couple times. I think they’re just extremely polite.”Fontaines D.C. will give Tucson a whirl when it plays 191 Toole on Tuesday, Sept. 20. The gig is in support of Fontaines D.C.’s newest album “Skinty Fia,” which debuted at No. 1 on the U.K. charts. It follows its sophomore album, “A Hero’s Death,” which saw it become only the second Irish band to receive Best Rock Album Grammy nomination.“Ithink ‘Skinty Fia’ fits in really, really well in the catalog,” Deegan added via Zoom from Germany.
Playing U.S. venues is inspirational to Deegan, who grew up with parents who enjoy country western music.
Fontaines D.C. are, from left, bassist Conor Deegan III, guitarist Carlos O’Connell, vocalist Grian Chatten, drummer Tom Coll and guitarist Conor Curley. (FILMAWI/CONTRIBUTOR)
“Americans are underrated for how nice they are in general,” Deegan said.
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Some of the songs make Deegan laugh; others he called ingenious, like 1983’s “Pancho & Lefty” by Merle Haggard and Willie
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Nelson“There are extremely humorous country songs,” he added. “They sometimes put you off because they’re very generic. How many more songs am I going to hear about driving a truck around? But then there are some that are take the simplicity to a genius level.
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Positive reviews have poured in about “Skinty Fia.” The critically acclaimed band isn’t affected by the buzz surrounding it. If anything, Deegan said it’s refreshing.
“When you get a bit older and you discover outsider country music like Marty Robbins or Townes Van Zandt, that when you see the edge to it. I think there’s something really desolate about the frontiers. From a contemporary standpoint, it’s a very dark thing. But that song ‘Pancho & Lefty,’ the lyrics are absolutely incredible.”
He also was raising his family, which includes a 26-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son.
The group’s singer and guitarist, Ryan Rosoff, moved to Tucson briefly in the ’90s to attend school at UA and recently returned to Tucson in August 2020.
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Personally, Rosoff has been sober for three years, since he had a DUI.
A guitarist since high school, Rosoff founded Little King in November 1996 in El Paso, after honing his skills with the eclectic rock group Tweed Quickly.
“There’s something about that vibe there,” Rosoff said about El Paso.
The band’s newer songs are challeng ing because of unconventional time sig natures. He’s written a new track, “Silver Tongue,” in honor of Little King’s anni versary. Rosoff has been putting a lot of effort into getting ready for live perfor mances.“Irealized how hard some of these songs were. I’m like, ‘Damn it. You’ve made it too hard on yourself.’ But now, I’ve got it. The band is rehearsed,” Rosoff said.
Little King rarely performs together as the musicians are spread throughout Tucson, El Paso and Delaware. Outside of the trio, Little King plays and records with cellist/violinist David Hamilton and vocalist Jessica Flores, who will be at the TucsonOthershow.collaborators include Rosoff’s son, Asher, on keyboards, singer Monica Gutierrez and violinist Christina Her nandez.Since 1997, the group has released sev en albums, all of which were recorded in El Paso. The latest releases are 2021’s “Amuse De Q” and the 2019 five-song EP “Occam’s Razor.” During the Tucson show, the setlist will include tracks from Little King’s last five albums.
“Amuse De Q” looks at the experience of living through the pandemic.
“But the goal is always to make records and record with my friends. It’s kept it
at the Pima Air and Space Museum. The video, which takes an introspective look at the pandemic, garnered over 100,000 views.“Itseemed fit to have these bombers and these old jets with graffiti on them as the backdrop for the video,” Rosoff said.
“It feels like home. I know so, so many good musicians that live there. Imagine having a Rolodex of whatever instrument you are looking for. I wanted strings on the last couple of albums, a cellist and a violin player. I knew four of them that were all really good. I’ve got drummers and bass players, everything that I need. I’ve been making music there for so long that now it’s easy to connect with people.”
For the first time since 2006, Little King — which includes Rosoff, drummer Eddy Garcia and bassist Manny Tejada — will perform in Tucson on Friday, Sept. 16. This time, it’s to celebrate its 25th an niversary at Edge Bar.
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fun. I love the process of writing, record ing, getting that CD in the mail when it’s getting ready to come out, putting it in your car and hearing it all the way through for the first time.”
fore returning to Tucson two years ago to be closer to his mother. Over the years, the city had left an impression on him.
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Alongmusic.with music, Rosoff has worked in the past as a high school English teacher, publicist, hip-hop promoter and musicRosoffcolumnist.chalked up Little King’s longev ity to dedication and commitment.
“It’s important to me to leave a legacy. I created the name of my band ‘Little King’ as a joke back in the day because I knew that I was going to be the driver in terms of making projects come together…My name in Gaelic means ‘little king…’ So, I named it after myself without naming it after myself,” Rosoff said.
In his life, he has been influenced by rock groups like Pink Floyd, Rush, Steely Dan, Led Zeppelin, the Who, Iron Maid en, the Talking Heads, Judas Priest and the Rolling Stones. He also has an appre ciation for reggae, jazz, classical and hiphop
“The last album is all about living in quarantine and different issues people were going through, isolation, domestic abuse, substance abuse, lack of romantic relationships because of the isolation, the BLM movement and all the social media stuff going on,” Rosoff said.
The artist recently began pursuing music full time after running and doing sales and marketing for his corporate team-building company.
“We had been coming back every Thanksgiving probably for the last 15 years. Before that, when I was living in El Paso, it’s a 4.5-hour drive on I-10. I spent a lot of time in Tucson… Even though I hadn’t lived here since ’92, I still stayed in touch with it,” he said.
The progressive/dynamic rock trio Little King will bring a new lineup when they play their first show in Tucson since 2006. (PHOTOS BY TIM SCHUMANN)
The group filmed conceptual videos for every song on its newest album, which they plan to play during their upcoming performance.In2021,Little King shot a video for the first song from the album, “Bombs Away,”
“There are a lot of things I love about Tucson. I love the big-town, small-city feel down here. Definitely, there’s enough stuff going on to make it interesting, but it doesn’t feel like a big city like San Fran cisco or Seattle. I dig that, and of course I love the weather,” Rosoff said.
“Once I made up my mind, and I was done with alcohol, it was really easy. I’m around it a lot. My friends and half of my family members drink. I’ve lost my taste for it. I look at it, and I have no desire to do that anymore,” Rosoff said.
“I’m a desert rat. Living here and liv ing in El Paso for like 16 years, it’s in me. The desert beauty to me…I’ve been every where, all over this country, and I think Tucson is spectacular.”
“I think what we are trying to do is cre ate an experience that touches a lot of different moods,” Rosoff said.
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FROM THE START, PROGRESSIVE/ dynamic rock trio Little King has had a connection to Tucson.
The singer grew up in Seattle and lived in in Tucson for two years for school be fore moving to El Paso to be with his first wife. He graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with creative writing degree.Helived in San Jose and Delaware be
“My life has been being a dad first be cause that’s my responsibility. And I’ve always worked… I’ve always had to sup port a family…So, it’s been really hard to make music a full-time gig. My thing was if you have the time and energy to keep recording songs, make records. Just keep making records, and one of these days, you will have the time to tour. I did the last four records knowing that someday we would go out and support them live,” Rosoff said.
For the last few months, he has been working on music in a studio space in Downtown Tucson.
It takes listeners on a journey through anger, sorrow, sadness, love, joy and bliss, and different tempos.
Ayala is best known for coining “Jazz Menco” — a fusion of flamenco and jazz that he plays in solo and band formations. Although, his style is broad-spanning and broaches the worlds of classical and tango performance.Thisbroad
I’d be like, ‘Hey, I’m going to play something in the key of whatever and I would talk with the audience during my com position. I’d say, ‘What do you guys think about this melody?’
Back at home, Ayala is preparing for the release of an all-new album: the aptly titled “Quarantine.” Encompassing com positions written during the pandemic, “Quarantine” is a reflection on positive moments spent with family, friends, and fans during lockdown.
Gabriel Ayala is keeping busy. The maestro is designing ledger art, jewelry and tattoos while preparing for his album release this November.
GABRIEL AYALA HAS BEEN WOWING crowds with his masterful guitarwork for decades. Graduating from the University of Arizona with a master’s in music per formance in 1997, the Yaqui maestro has been honing his craft as a performer and composer since.
Long past are the dog days of canceled bookings for Ayala. Since venues have opened again and festivals are back on the calendar, the maestro has been touring in ternationally like “old times.”
His multidimensional pursuit of vari ous art mediums is inspired by a longtime ideology of self-improvement. “I should
musical identity has made Ayala a choice performer at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and has even gained him audience with Pope Benedict XVI, whom he played for at the canonization of Blessed Keteri Tekak witha in Rome. He has shared the stage with the Temptations, Richie Havens and more.These days, the world-touring guitarist is also revered for art of other mediums. Following the height of the pandemic, Ayala’s self-expression has flourished to encompass ledger art, jewelry-making, and more. Tattooing is the latest art form to en ter his portfolio.
Ayala is also looking forward to kick ing off the New Year with a performance spotlight with the Tucson Jazz Society in January.Having just returned from a show with Keith Secola at Indianapolis’ Eiteljorg Mu seum, Ayala now sets his sights on Canada for his next set of touring shows. The mae stro is as well-respected across borders as he is in the States for his work as an allaround indigenous renegade.
He will also have an opportunity to pres ent his music and other artwork at Tuc son Meet Yourself. He plays the Alameda Stage at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, and will be selling wares at a vendor tent on all three days of the festival.
“For over 18 months during the pan demic, I had almost nothing booked and it sucked,” Ayala reflected. “But it gave me a lot of time to create new music, new art work, and to teach myself to cut shells and make earrings and practice tattooing.”
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tially improvised — a result of Ayala’s dedicated concert streams during the pandemic’s height. Every Monday night for months on end, Ayala would livestream performances and interact with his fans online. Ultimately, he gave over 150 free concerts throughout the pandemic’s initial course.
“It’s better to use the stage for those that maybe don’t have a voice, or don’t know how to use it,” Ayala says. “I try to be an advocate for that.”
Ayala has established his tattoo busi ness online as Sikiyoka Redink. His work spans designs that recall southwestern themes reminiscent of indigenous up bringing to French couture and Hawaiian floral.Ayala said, “I just put it on there on Facebook: ‘If I was to tattoo, who would let me tattoo them?’ The response was pretty overwhelming, and I decided to get seri ous about taking this endeavor on.”
Ayala recalled, “I would im provise during every concert.
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“The titles of each composition were based on the emotions I felt as I was writ ing them, or what I’d felt through oth er people experiencing their emotions during this complex time.”
“It was such a different ex perience, trying to connect with an audience that wasn’t physically there. But they were watching, and they were still in teracting.”“Quarantine” os Ayala’s ninth album since 2008, and the first to en compass each of his varying musical styles in a single CD. It is set to release sometime towards the end of this November.
And there’d be thumbs up on the screen, and people sharing their input, and I’d say, ‘Alright, let’s roll with this.’”
always be progressing. I’m always prac ticing. I need to make sure that I’m going past my own expectations.
Here in Tucson, Ayala will be playing with the Tucson Pops Orchestra as part of its “Music Under the Stars” series. On Sunday, Sept. 25, he takes the stage at Reid Park’s DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center along with Jeffrey Haskell, Kather ine Byrnes, and the orchestra now led by musician and educator Khris Dodge. He will present an original composition at the family-friendly event, which starts at 7 p.m.
“It’s a soundtrack to my pandemic sto ry,” Ayala stated. “Everything’s in it. It was so experimental! You’ve got some blues in there, some jazz, some ‘JazzMenco,’ some classical. There’s everything.”
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Besides his award-winning guitar perfor mances and foray into new art mediums, Ayala is a revered activist and educator. He is a long-time critic of the federal gov ernment’s encroachment of Native land for pipeline projects, for instance.
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Gabriel Ayala is a musician, composer, educator, activist, ledger artist, jeweler and tattooist. Between international tour dates, recording his next album, and creating his next piece of art, Ayala is consciously working to expand his world with his next great artistic pursuit.
Jeffrey Haskell and Katherine Byrnes and featuring Gabriel Ayala
During the Dakota Access Pipeline pro tests, Ayala not only joined activists at Standing Rock but used his shows local ly and abroad as an educational moment for fans. Accentuating the importance of accessibility to clean water, Ayala morphs this message of protest back into an over arching philosophy of respect — toward his culture, and towards all people.
Many of the compositions were ini
At the center of it all is his trademark catchphrase. Encompassing Ayala’s phi losophy of respect and determination is his main go-to, whether he is educating young people or closing out a concert: “Love your children, honor your elders, and respect your women.”
“I’ve always hated to live within stereo types, both as an indigenous person but also as a musician. Just because I do mu sic doesn’t mean I can’t create other art, as well. Now I’m getting asked to be a fea tured musician and a featured visual artist at the same festival. There’s no reason why you can’t do both.”
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They used equipment such as a Dr. Rhythm drum machine, a Farfisa organ and a Portastudio. The project had mini mal instrumentation and featured his late wife’s vocals.
“Mattwell.is very process-driven and knows exactly how we wants this stuff to go. He knows the order that we go in, and he knows what to do next…He’s also a task master when it comes to harmonies... Where I’m loose and messy, and I em brace it, he is very disciplined…He’s been a really good influence on me, and he’s also taught me to keep things simpler than I usually do,” Owens said.
With Wyn, he recorded the single “Sun day on Wheels,” which was released in June under the “Blunt Objects” moniker.
“I use lots of interesting sounds and textures that I find and incorporate them into what I’m doing,” Owens said.
Owens said his musical style hasn’t changed, but he has a lot more tools available to him than he did in the ’80s. He often uses the music production soft wareManyCubase.Blunt
“You could sing your lungs out while you were out in the field,” Owens said. “My first audience was cows and pigs. The chickens ran.”
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Along with writing and recording mu sic, Owens also hosts the 99.1 FM radio program “Music You Should Know,” where he often plays obscure music.
One of his recent projects, Blunt Ob jects is meant to highlight how, although Owens plays multiple instruments, he’s not a virtuoso.
Previously, he only dabbled in music a little since the mid-1980s.
“Sharper than Some…” reflected on changes in his life. With the album, he hoped to express a sense of redemption andOwensoptimism.said he often tries to bring hu mor into his music.
Owens said the two of them have very different styles, but their shared love of similar music has made the collaboration work
In the late ’80s, Owens continued mak ing DEO Toy music under the band name Beatrix Treazy. The new iteration was in fluenced by the music of the time and was more instrumental.
Owens said he has a difficult time char acterizing his music because it doesn’t fit into one solid box, especially with the dif ferent projects.
“I like to write with a sense of humor and not take myself too seriously……My songs are kind of weird and sometimes surreal, with a fair amount of irony and satire in there,” Owens said.
In the music, Rendon plays many of the instruments and sings, while Owens plays the keyboard and provides vocals.
Owens became a fan of The Beatles when he saw the band on “The Ed Sulli van Show” at age 10.
As part of his newest collaboration, Owens has been working with local artist Rev Wyn, who he met while out at one of hisHeshows.helped Owens to rework songs from the Beatrix Treazy days.
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His interest in the Beatles led him to other British invasion and American rock groups and artists, including the Velvet Underground, the Kinks, Robert Wyatt, the Pretty Things, the Zombies, the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, the Talking Heads, the Smiths, the Cure, Arcade Fire and the Magnetic Fields.
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cently retired from an administrative job in the education sector.
“I sit down and make myself mess with the computer, the keyboards and the gui tar for a couple hours every day just to see what happens,” Owens said.
Rendon’s studio is set up with equip ment designed to recreate a ’60s rock/ pop/psychedelic sound.
“It’s just a little bit out of tune, just a little bit out of time. The harmonies ar en’t quite perfect, but it all just comes together,” Owens said. “It can be uncom fortable to listen to because I enjoy dis sonance, but I also love The Beatles, the Beach Boys and the Mamas & the Papas and their harmonies. There’s all of that in thereWhentoo.”Owens is inspired, he often re cords ideas on his phone or writes them
With Blunt Objects, he has been col laborating with Jim Waters from Wa terworks West Studio. The songs were recorded at home and then mixed and mastered at Waters’ recording studio.
Owens is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter with an interest in ’60s British invasion and ’80s alternative mu sic.While living in Minneapolis and San Francisco, he led an alternative rock band called ME.
Local musician Bill Owens has recently been putting out music through different proj ects, including Blunt Objects. (GENESIS SUBLETTE/SUBMITTED)
He said he has had to get back into the habit of writing regularly again.
He started in music at a young age, tak ing piano lessons at around 6 years old. When he was older, he turned to brass in struments such as the trumpet, trombone and tuba, before embarking on the guitar as a Owensteenager.grew up on a farm in South Dakota, listening to music and singing along while out on a tractor.
“DID NOT!,” Owens has partnered with Matt Rendon from Midtown Island Stu dio, reworking songs he wrote in the ’70s when he first lived in Tucson.
Music has been a passion of Owens since he was young.
The Blunt Objects project began around March 2020 when he started writ ing again at home during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. He had also re
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Objects songs feature cre ative sounds he recorded, such as trains coming through on railroad tracks near Owens’ Downtown home.
He has also used a guitar riff recorded in 1977, the sound of cardboard boxes and background conversations recorded at a bar.The album “Safe at Home??” especially was a reflection on feelings he was expe riencing because of the pandemic and political/social unrest in this country. He also threw in a few lighthearted songs about his children and about roommates.
These songs are reminiscent mid-1960s rock, with jangly guitars and harmonies packed into 2- to 3-minute pop songs.
doesn’t stick to one sound with his music. With his recent projects Blunt Objects, DEO Toy and DID NOT!, he has been showcasing different sides of himself as an artist with various collaborators.
Thus far, one single and one album have been released under the DID NOT!
The musician started to write music while living in Tucson in the early to mid 1970s, before heading to Minneapolis and Seattle. He returned to Tucson in 2017.
As part of this project, he released the albums “Safe at Home??” and “Sharp er than Some…” in April and the single “Lonely Together/Cloudy with Storms” in HeJune.released the newest Blunt Objects album, “Round Points,” on Aug. 12.
Owens plans to continue to release sin gles throughout the summer and fall for different projects.
As part of another new project called
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moniker, in the spring, respectively. Ow ens released “Again?,” on Aug. 12. His other project DEO TOY is a contin uation of work that he started in the ’80s with his late first wife, Diana DeGraeve. They started to record together at home when they wanted to move away from a local music scene riddled with drugs.
“For the next album, we are bringing in some new instrumentation and production stuff that is going to push it in a totally different direction,” Rosoff said.
“I think for bigger shows like this, I like to have that element, something that’s a little bit different, something that complements the music.”
Larkin also worked with Tucson-based musicians from Los Esplifs and Sharkk Heartt, along with Katie Haverly.
or collaborate. Most of them said yes,” Larkin said.
Last November, he recorded in the music lab in the CATALYST creative space in the Tucson Mall and at Dust and Stone Recording Studio.
Desert Fantasy is a music project led by and featuring compositions from Jake Ransom, with a revolving group of musicians.Theinteractive show at Club Congress will feature visual projections and shadow puppetry by Red Herring Puppets, run by puppeteer Lisa Sturz.
The sounds are just as organic. Larkin used ambient noise such as bird recordings, and recreated with drums sounds such as the crunching noise of caked-up mud in Northern Arizona.
A three-year Tucson resident, Larkin has released three albums — recorded in Colorado, Arizona and Mississippi — and
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Larkin said although the area has had a turbulent history, the natural landscape is
For the next record, Rosoff expects the band will continue to push the musical boundaries while staying true to Little King’s identity.
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“It has some beauty that you’ll never find anywhere else… It really is a magical place. The natural world there is so special and unique. At the same time, there is an underlying layer of sadness there. A lot of people have been at war for a long time or are struggling to have a better life, and that’s the place that they cross. There’s definitely that layer there, but part of the concept of ‘Dragoon’ is Chief Cochise was able to die and be buried in the Dragoon Mountains. He died on his own tribal land, which was pretty rare for a chief in the late 1800s. The concept for me is it is a place of refuge, where you can lose yourself in the beauty.”
“It’sredeeming.beena constant place of struggle, but it’s also at the same time one of the most biodiverse places in the entire country,” Larkin said.
“I’m sure at the end of the day, it will always sound like Little King because of what we are, what our backgrounds are as musicians.”
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“For me, music is always just one angle of the conversation,” Larkin said. “I’ve always thought of it as a bigger experience of the art when you bring in the visuals and you bring in more storytelling elements.”Theshadow puppets will add more of a storytelling element, Larkin said.
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Du Preez recently moved away, and Larkin is working with bass clarinetist Daniel Becker for the upcoming show. A number of percussionists will perform with him during the party. Larkin will join them on mandolin and synth.
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design and field recordings.
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“It was a very natural process. I sent the songs to people to see what they thought, if they wanted to add something
KEVIN LARKIN HAS ALWAYS TAKEN an experimental, unconventional approach to music, including with his solo project Pineross.
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Like his other Pineross projects, the newest album was a collaborative effort with Jake Ransom on drums and Charles Du Preez on bass clarinet.
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His newest Pineross album, “Dragoon,” has a similar focus as his previous work, blending history and mythology with current experiences of humankind. To create it, he used a revolving group of musicians.Larkinwill celebrate the Aug. 19 release of his new album on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at Club Congress. Joining Pineross is Desert Fantasy, who will fete its new album, “Donde Duermes.”
The Sonoran Desert also inspired him.
“I don’t know what it is about it,” Larkin said.“Even my first album, I had never been to the Sonoran Desert, but I put a saguaro on the album cover. I just have been drawn to it…The more I learn about it, the more amazing it is.”
In his music, Larkin often uses Ableton Live electronic music software for sound
He also represents sonically the experience of immigrants having their belongings taken by Border Patrol agents when they are detained.
His new album “Dragoon” is the third album in Kevin Larkin’s Pineross solo project. (PHOTO BY ERICA PRATHER)
“I like to have elements that are a little bit unexpected and more multidisciplinary,” said Larkin, who designs Pineross’ album covers and music videos.
Larkin started writing the album early in the pandemic in a cabin at the foot of the Dragoon Mountains, the traditional home of the Chiricahua Apache on the Mexican border. The mountains have been the site of wars waged against the Apache and are now a part of a major human trafficking route.
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Pineross, the artist also creates music through the AAmateur AAstronomy ambient/sound collage project.
an EP as Pineross. His first release was in 2006, making Pineross his longest-running project.
the group, he has written original ballets for contemporary dance company Wonderbound, arranged for and performed with the Colorado Symphony and collaborated with Colorado Public Radio on an immersive experience.
turn into life-long friends through the creative process, whether it’s my project or someone else’s project. It’s a way that I’ve often found my community,” Larkin said.Recently, he was part of a “Monsoon Mixtape” project commissioned by Tucson Water. Larkin and other artists spanning multiple genres created music for a site-specific installation underneath Cushing Street Bridge.
He has found that living in these areas, he has been influenced by styles that are prevalent, such as Appalachian bluegrass and Cajun in Mississippi and mountain, hip-hop and heavy metal in Colorado.
When putting together albums, usually Owens doesn’t have a single concept in mind. He just approaches one song at a time.“To me, the song is the art of the thing. A song is like a little painting. It’s a standalone thing that lives on its own. So, I don’t ever write in the context of an album or a concept. It’s really just to get a complete song that begins and ends,” Owens said.
“My house has got little scraps of paper all over the place with five to six words or a couple of lines,” Owens said. “Every once in a while, I gather them up and throw them in a box. When it’s time to write lyrics, I dump out the box. It’s like assembling a jigsaw puzzle.”
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Larkin had an unconventional journey as a performer, educator, composer and producer. He took piano lessons as a kid and was in band in school.
He helped found the Denver-based folk-art band/music collective Chimney
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Larkin has spent his career collaborating with creatives ranging from filmmakers to environmentalists to dancers and poets.“Imeet people through doing performance projects. I meet collaborators that
“I can go from jazz to country to pop to down-and-dirty rock and roll,” Owens said.
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Although he is no longer based in Denver, Larkin has continued to work with the group. They are producing a new project.Larkin has also done sound installation for Great Sand Dunes National Park and works part-time as operations manager for the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra.Alongwith
He also doesn’t try to adhere to one style with his music.
The songs all incorporated storm sounds from the monsoon season.
“Connecting with the sounds of a place through the ambient noise of field recordings is something that I love. Just being able to work that into a composition is a very cool experience,” Larkin said.
He said that bluegrass continues to influence him, especially in how he incorporates harmonies into his music.
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“I think of bluegrass like I think of cumbia or samba. It’s just this aesthetic and this history that’s in my subconscious at this point. I’m sure it rears its heads in the projects and shows up in ways I don’t even know,” Larkin said.
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After high school, he discovered bluegrass, which inspired him to play the mandolin. For a time, he toured with bluegrass bands before turning his attention to folk and then electronic music.
The group also helped lead Colorado Creative Industries’ Detour project, which offered performance opportunities and songwriting workshops.
market was not too great. But this was right around the time that dispensaries were beginning to sell cannabis recreationally. My best friend had just gotten hired at Hana Meds and she encouraged me to apply. It was definitely an interesting work of fate, because I do feel like this is where I am supposed to be.
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For me, nothing will ever beat flower. As much as I love a good concentrate, the ritual of smoking is one that will always be my favorite. I love learning about the genetics of a particular strain and familiarizing myself with its terpene profiles.
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Budtender Eva Halvax of Hana Med in Green Valley says she enjoys helping others. “I constantly hear how people no longer rely on opioids or alcohol. That is incredibly rewarding and has easily become my favorite aspect of being behind the counter.”
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As part of Tucson Weekly’s Budtenders series, we chat with Eva Halvax, budtender and floor manager for Hana Meds dispensary. She shared her experiences working in this rapidly growing industry.
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job. I constantly hear how people no longer rely on opioids or alcohol. That is incredibly rewarding and has easily become my favorite aspect of being behind the counter. Hana Meds is a small space, and we are able to foster deeper relationships with our regulars that feels really unique within the industry.
The difference between an indica, sativa and hybrids ranges per person. But, typically, we like to tell people that indicas give you a body high, meaning they help with pain, relaxation and insomnia. Sativas are known for their head highs and can help with energy and focus levels. Hybrids are a great middle ground. They can be an even hybrid, or they can be dominant in either an indica or sativa strain.
I don’t love to yuck other people’s yums, but I have gotten a request for infused chocolate milk. Not really my jam, but to each their own!
That’s tricky! I’ve noticed the people who order sativas tend to be gamers, musicians and artists; people who are looking for a good daytime high that stimulates their mood and creativity. People who like indicas are usually looking to unwind and relax. They offer a great body high and help with depression and anxiety, so I’d say a good amount of our patients come in looking for a nice heavy indica. Hybrids are a mixed bag. I think it shows that someone is looking for a good balance between the two.
My best piece of advice for people wanting to get into the business is to be educated in the rules and expectations of the industry. All dispensaries require you to have a facility agent license, which can be expensive. I hate telling people about that part. And at the end of the day, it is still a retail job and that is an industry that comes with its own set of hardships.
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Budtender Eva Halvax says her favorite cannabis product is flower in the Dutchie six pre-rolls pack; with her go-to flavor Tangerine Kush (not shown in photo). Dutchies are six pre-rolls for $35 per pack. (HOLLY HARRIS/CONTRIBUTOR)
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SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) Now and then, you slip into phases when you’re poised on the brink of either self-damage or self-discovery. You wobble and lurch on the borderline where self-undoing vies with self-creation. Whenever this situation arises, here are key questions to ask yourself: Is there a strategy you can implement to ensure that you glide into self-discovery and self-creation? Is there a homing thought that will lure you away from the perverse temptations of self-damage and self-undoing? The an swers to these queries are always yes—if you regard love as your top priority and if you serve the cause of love over every other consideration.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) “Some times serendipity is just intention un masked,” said Sagittarian author Eliz abeth Berg. I suspect her theory will be true for you in the coming weeks. You have done an adroit job of formulating your intentions and collecting the infor mation you need to carry out your inten tions. What may be best now is to relax your focus as you make room for life to re spond to your diligent preparations. “I’m a great believer in luck,” said my Uncle Ned. “I’ve found that the harder I work, the more luck I have.” He was correct, but it’s also true that luck sometimes surges your way when you’ve taken a break from your hard work.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) “I am lone ly, yet not everybody will do,” observed Piscean author Anaïs Nin. “Some people fill the gaps, and others emphasize my loneliness,” she concluded. According to my reading of the astrological omens, Pi sces, it’s your task right now to identify which people intensify your loneliness and which really do fill the gaps. And then devote yourself with extra care to cultivating your connections with the gap-fillers. Loneliness is sometimes a good thing—a state that helps you renew and deepen your communion with your deep self. But I don’t belief that’s your assignment these days. Instead, you’ll be wise to experience intimacy that enrich es your sense of feeling at home in the world. You’ll thrive by consorting with al lies who sweeten your love of life.
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opening. Now all you have to do is cre ate a big crisp emptiness where the next phase will have plenty of room to germi nate. The best way to do that is to finish the old process as completely as possible.
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) My reader Monica Ballard has this advice for you Aries folks: “If you don’t vividly ask for and eagerly welcome the gifts the Uni verse has in store for you, you may have to settle for trinkets and baubles. So nev er settle.” That’s always useful counsel for you Rams. And in the coming weeks, you will be wise to heed it with extra in tensity. Here’s a good metaphor to spur you on: Don’t fill up on junk snacks or glitzy hors d’oeuvres. Instead, hold out for gourmet feasts featuring healthy, de lectable entrées.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) Please promise me you will respect and revere your glo rious star power in the coming weeks. I feel it’s important, both to you and those whose lives you touch, that you exalt and exult in your access to your magnifi cence. For everyone’s benefit, you should play freely with the art of being majestic and regal and sovereign. To do this right, you must refrain from indulging in triv ial wishes, passing fancies, and minor attractions. You must give yourself to what’s stellar. You must serve your holi est longings, your riveting dreams, and your thrilling hopes.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) According to Libran poet T.S. Eliot, “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” Those are your guiding thoughts for the coming days, Libra. You’re almost ready to start fresh; you’re on the verge of being able to start planning your launch date or grand
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VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) It’s impossi ble to be perfect. It’s neither healthy nor productive to obsess on perfectionism. You know these things. You understand you can’t afford to get bogged down in overthinking and overreaching and over polishing. And when you are at your best, you sublimate such manic urges. You transform them into the elegant in tention to clarify and refine and refresh. With grace and care, you express useful beauty instead of aiming for hyper-im maculate precision. I believe that in the coming weeks, dear Virgo, you will be a master of these services—skilled at per forming them for yourself and others.
who prods and inspires. Organize as you uplift. Encourage others as you build ef ficiency. 2. Don’t take other people’s ap parent stupidity or rudeness as personal affronts. Try to understand how the suf fering they have endured may have led to their behavior. 3. Be your own father. Guide yourself as a wise and benevolent male elder would. 4. Seek new ways to experience euphoria and enchantment, with an emphasis on what pleasures will also make you healthier.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) “Poetry is a life-cherishing force,” said Pulitzer Prize-winner Mary Oliver, who published 33 volumes of poetry and read hundreds of other poets. Her statement isn’t true for everyone, of course. To reach the
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) Aquari an author Richard Ford has advice for writers: “Find what causes a commotion in your heart. Find a way to write about that.” I will amend his counsel to apply to all of you non-writers, as well. By my reckoning, the coming weeks will be prime time to be gleefully honest as you identify what causes commotions in your heart. Why should you do that? Because it will lead you to the good decisions you need to make in the coming months. As you attend to this holy homework, I sug gest you direct the following invitation to the universe: “Beguile me, mystify me, delight me, fascinate me, and rouse me to feel deep, delicious feelings.”
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) Your mind is sometimes a lush and beautiful maze that you get lost in. Is that a problem? Now and then it is, yes. But just as often, it’s an entertaining blessing. As you wander around amidst the lavish finery, not quite sure of where you are or where you’re going, you often make discoveries that rouse your half-dormant potentials. You luckily stumble into unforeseen insights you didn’t realize you needed to know. I believe the description I just articulat ed fits your current ramble through the amazing maze. My advice: Don’t be in a mad rush to escape. Allow this dizzying but dazzling expedition to offer you all its rich teachings.
point where reading poetry provides our souls with nourishment, we may have to work hard to learn how to appreciate it. Some of us don’t have the leisure or tem perament to do so. In any case, Canceri an, what are your life-cherishing forces? What influences inspire you to know and feel all that’s most precious about your time on earth? Now would be an excellent time to ruminate on those treasures—and take steps to nurture them with tender ingenuity.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) I will re mind you about a potential superpower that is your birthright to develop: You can help people to act in service to the deepest truths and strongest love. You can even teach them how to do it. Have you been ripening this talent in 2022? Have you been bringing it more to the forefront of your relationships? I hope so. The coming months will stir you to go further than ever before in expressing this gift. For best results, take a vow to nurture the deepest truths and strongest love in all your thoughts and dealings with others.
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