14 Explorer and Marana News, September 7, 2022FALL ARTS PREVIEW 2022 Your look ahead at what’s happening in local museums, galleries and theaters! EXPLORER • MARANA NEWS • FOOTHILLS NEWS • TUCSON WEEKLY • DESERT TIMES
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Tucson Local Media In a world where little has seemed normal, Tucson arts organizations are preparing their fall seasons with a good, solid mix of music, comedy, drama, new works and familiar tales. While some organizations are still working on the upcoming season and have not yet made announcements, others are ready to share all that they are working on.
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“The Lion King,” Sept. 14 to Sept. 25 “Six The Musical,” Oct. 11 to Oct. 16 “Cats,” Oct. 20 to Oct. 23
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“The Broadway Experience: New Beginnings,” Sept. 10 and Sept. 11 ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY 343 S. Scott 520-884-8210Avenue|atc.org “The Lion,” Sept. 24 to Oct. 15
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“The Wizard of the Rings,” through Nov. 6 ROGUE THEATRE 300 E. University Boulevard, Suite 150 theroguetheatre.org520-551-2053 “Sweat,” Sept. 8 to Sept. 25 INVISIBLE THEATRE 1400 N. First “Lifespaninvisibletheatre.com520-884-0672Avenue,ofaFact,”Sept. 7 to Sept. 18 LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP 3322 E. Fort Lowell Road Mainstage:livetheatreworkshop.org520-327-4242
“Boston Marriage,” Oct. 13 to Nov. 19 Children’s Theatre: “Dia De Los Muertos the Musical,” Oct. 29 to Nov. 13 SCOUNDREL & SCAMP 738 N. Fifth Avenue, Suite 131 scoundrelandscamp.org520-448-3300 “Faustus: That Damned Woman,” Oct. 13 to Oct. 30
“Legally Blonde,” Oct. 2 to Oct. Stories,” Oct. 23 to Nov. Concord Voices and P.O. Box trueconcord.org520-401-265164912
GASLIGHT THEATRE 7010 E. Broadway Boulevard thegaslighttheatre.com520-886-9428
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Fortune Feimster: Hey, Y’all,” Sept. 11 Starship: Mother of the Sun Tour, Sept. 17 Bill Blagg Magic in Motion STEAM Show, Sept. 22 the Led Out: A Celebration of the Mighty Zep, Sept. 25 Weird Al Yankovic, Sept. 27 Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite Duo, Sept. 28 Lewis Black: Off the Rails, Sept. 30
PHOTOS (backround,: l - r ) Abby Mueller (Jane Seymour), Samantha Pauly (Katherine Howard), Adrianna Hicks (Catherine of Aragon), Andrea Macasaet (Anne Boleyn), Brittney Mack (Anna of Cleves), & Anna Uzele (Catherine Parr) in the Broadway production of SIX (© Joan Marcus); (above) Darian Sanders as Simba and Kayla Cyphers as Nala in THE LION KING ©Disney (Photo by Deen van Meer.
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17Explorer and Marana News, September 7, 2022 FALL ARTS PREVIEW 2022 September 30 - November 13, 2022 Surface Design Assoc. SW Regional Juried Exhibit Dolores Chiappone Tubac Historical Society: Tubac’s Early Art Colonists Plein Air on the Santa Cruz 2022 November 18 - December 31, 2022 Members’ Juried Exhibit Arizona Members’SculptureOpenWinners Group Exhibit Art Workshops Amazing Art Exhibits TubacArts.org * 9 Plaza Road, Tubac, AZ 85646 520-398-2371 Tubac School of Fine Art the adult education division of TCA TubacSchoolOfFineArt.org 9 Calle Iglesias D-6, Tubac, AZ 85646 520-398-2589
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The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute, Oct. 21 Ronstadt Family in Concert, Oct. 23 THE RIALTO THEATRE 318 E. Congress Street 520-740-1000 | rialtotheatre.com
Deconstructing the Beatles - the White Album, Sept. 8 Dwight Yoakum, Sept. 9 Circles Around the Sun, Sept. 13 John Mark McMillan, Sept. 14 Life with the Afterlife: A Supernatural Evening with Amy Bruni, Sept. 15 Marc Maron: This May Be the Last Time, Sept. Fontaines16 DC, Sept. 20 Rodrigo y Gabriela, Sept. 21 Brubeck Brothers Quartet, Sept. 23 Harry Rollins: Good to See You, Sept. 28 (spoken word) Nurse Blake, the PTO Comedy Tour, Sept. 29 Apocalyptica: Cell-O Tour, Sept. 30 Manchester Orchestra, Oct. 2 Kevin Morby, Oct. 3
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The Four Seasons, Reimagined, Oct. 8 and Oct. 9 Fairy Tales and Firebirds, Oct. 14 and Oct. Revolution:16 The Music of the Beatles, Oct. 22 and Oct. 23 “Coco” in Concert: Live to Film, Oct. 29 and Oct. 30 from page 15 Comedian Lewis Black goes “Off the Rails” at the Fox Tucson Theatre on Sept. 30. (Lewis Black/Submitted)
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Too Many Zooz, Oct. 4 Dirty Honey and Dorothy, Oct. 5 The Midnight, Oct. 6 DEHD, Oct. 7 Dayglow: People in Motion Tour, Oct. 10 The Afghan Whigs, Oct. 11 Bonobo: Fragments Live, Oct. 12 The War on Drugs, Oct. 13 The Black Moods, Oct. 14 Damien Escobar,” Oct. 15 Teddy Swims, Oct. 18 Vir Das’ Wanted World Tour, Oct. 21 La Dispute, Oct. 21 Deerhoof, Oct. 24 Black Jacket Symphony, Oct. 26 TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA For locations, visit the website tucsonsymphony.org Orkestra Mendoza & The Magic of Mexico, Sept. Fandango17Fabuloso, Sept. 13 and Sept. 25
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18 Explorer and Marana News, September 7, 2022FALL ARTS PREVIEW 2022 JANUARY 13 - 22, 2023 with The Heavy Hitters, Elliot Mason, Howard Alden, Diego Figueiredo, & Ken Peplowski DOWNTOWN JAZZ FIESTA featuring Gunhild Carling & Elliot Mason Emmet Cohen Trio • Vincent Herring & Jeremy Pelt Bossa Nova Wave - Diego Figueiredo & Ken Peplowski Tatiana Eva-Marie & Avalon Jazz Band - Djangology Alex Weitz Quartet • Arthur Vint performs Morricone Armen Donelian Trio • Tall Tall Trees The Black Market Trust • The Guide SPECIAL EVENTS ON THE PLAZA & MORE DOWNTOWN JAMS MEMBERSHIP INFO • CONCERT DATES • VENUES • FEATUREDTucsonJazzFestival.orgTICKETSARTISTS Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers • ABSENCE: Terence Blanchard featuring the E-Collective & Turtle Island Quartet Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kurt Elling, & more in Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour • Pedrito Martinez & Alfredo Rodriguez Pink Martini featuring China Forbes with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Samara Joy• Matthew Whitaker Quintet • Arturo O’Farril Quintet Special Thanks to Our Sponsors!
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The city’s only professional ballet company has made of lots of changes thisButyear.the future looks great. The new company director, Margaret Mullin, danced for years at the revered Pacific Northwest Ballet and rose to the coveted role of soloist. She’s young and energetic, a Tucson native who studied at Ballet Tucson as a child. She’s already created her own works, and she knows star choreographers. For the November concert, just for exam ple, she has lined up Justin Peck, the cho reographer at The New York City Ballet, to mount one of his pieces. Mullin has brought in a pair of married dancers, Danielle Fu and Liang Fu, who have danced for years in Kansas City and at Cincinnati before that. Liang has hit stages around the world. The two of them will take the stage as principal dancers and serve as co-directors of the school. Chieko Imada, long a main stay of the company, now also holds the title of choreographer in residence, in addition to associate artistic director. With the company now 31 dancers strong, the troupe is raring to dance. They will have plenty of chances in the company’s three concerts this fall. Here’s a brief list of the shows.
7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11; 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, and Sunday, Nov. 13, Leo Rich Theater. ‘THE NUTCRACKER’
Left: Artistic director Margaret Mullin Right: School directors Liang and Danielle Fu (Ed Flores/Submitted) Associate artistic director and resident choreographer Chieko Imada (Tom Spitz/ Submitted) Ruby Mather (Ed Flores/Submitted)
This fun annual show gives the troupe’s dancers the chance to try choreography on for size. The dancers create original works and teach their creations to the eager young apprentices. After the final bow, audience members get to vote for their favorite bud ding choreographers. The winner gets to reprise their dance in the spring concert.
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Justin Peck’s “In Creases” brought him to national attention in 2012. The 15-minute modernist piece, with eight performers, shows off “his mastery of geometry with dancers,” Mullin says. The music is by Phil ip Glass, and Peck was the choreographer for Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story.”
In the final piece, “Felicity Found,” Mul lin has reimagined and expanded a digital piece created for film only that she choreo graphed for the Kansas City Ballet during the pandemic. The work is an affirmation of joy and beauty, and its 22 dancers are im mersed in the splendid music of Vivaldi.
BY MARGARET REGAN
This cherished holiday ballet will be even better: for the first time in years, the beauti ful music of Tchaikovsky will be performed live for Ballet Tucson as a part of a new part
On Your Feet Ballet season reveals new faces
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“Raymonda Variations” is a 19th century classical ballet choreographed by Chieko Imada, after Marius Petipa. Danielle Fu and Liang Fu play lovers who dance the famous pas de deux. The dance has with a big cast of dancers in fluffy white tutus.
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Next is “Pas de Deux” from “Klein Per spectives,” a work by Andrea Giselle Scher moly, with music by Olafur Arnalds. The dance is a short series of vignettes inspired by the French artist Yves Klein.
7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at Fox Tucson Theatre FALL CONCERT The fall concert’s four dances launch the company’s new direction.
21Explorer and Marana News, September 7, 2022 FALL ARTS PREVIEW 2022 STOLEN. RECOVERED. RESTORED. HOME. RESTORED T he Return of Woman-Ochre Willem de Kooning, Woman-Ochre, 1954–1955, Oil on canvas, Gift of Edward J. Gallagher, Jr. © 2022 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Restored: The Return of Woman-Ochre Opens October 8, 2022 The University of Arizona Museum of Art azart.fyi/WomanOchre See a free screening of the related documentary The Thief Collector at Centennial Hall on October 6.
22 Explorer and Marana News, September 7, 2022FALL ARTS PREVIEW 2022 Lewis Black9/30 Get the LED Out 9/25JeffersonStarship9/17 Mavis Staples 12/11 SERIES HIGHLIGHTS THIS FALL! JUST A FEW OF THE 50+ SHOWS NOW ON SALE! LEGENDS FOX TUCSON THEATRE THE PLACE TO BE • THE ARTISTS TO SEE LISTENINGTHEROOM JOURNEYSGLOBAL VINTAGESFINE &FAMILYYOUTH Clint Black 10/9 9/11FeimsterFortuneOUTBURSTCOMEDY Aida Cuevas & Mariachi Aztlan10/16Zucchero10/2 ReganBrian11/20 Elvin Bishop & MusselwhiteCharlie9/28 FromAltan Donegal to Tucson 11/19 FRIDAY, 9/9 14 MORE AMAZING SHOWS WILL BE ADDED TO THE FOX SEASON! DONORS PRE-SALE: 9/9 • PUBLIC ON SALE 9/19 Get first chance at grabbing some of the hottest tickets in town! Starting at just $75 per year, become a FOX DONOR and tap into some curtain-rising perks like first choice of seats, concession discounts, special event access, and more! Graham 10/18Nash 17 W. CONGRESS • FOXTUCSON.COM The Wallflowers10/11 The ZonePassing10/1 11/6ZephyrMechanicsCirqueDeck the Halls withD’CapellaDisney11/16
Various times Thursday, Dec. 22, to Satur day, Dec. 24, at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall. tuned for avalanche of that
Every year in September, hot jazz swings onto the UA campus. But that’s not all. The student dancers showcase their chops in modern dances and tap as well. The or ganizers promise nationally recognized choreographers in a fast-paced show. Stay tuned for more shows later in the fall. Various times Tuesday, Sept. 20, to Thursday, Sept. 23, at Stevie Eller Dance Theater on campus.
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23Explorer and Marana News, September 7, 2022 FALL ARTS PREVIEW 2022 — fall exhibition schedule — Now Showing Trenchard and Steep Street in Victorian Bristol, U.K. Now Showing Japanese Netsuke: Upholding Cultural History of Japan September 27 Buzzard Creek Ghost Town October 6 Tales from Min‘Umbra November 8 Tucson Miniature Society’s Show and Sale, Best in Show November 22 Holidays Around the World and Through Time 4455 E. Camp Lowell Drive theminitimemachine.org520-881-0606 FEATURED NETSUKE Ono No Tofu and the Frog Unknown Artist and Date, Ivory Collection of Patricia Arnell
MUSCARELLOMICHAELPHOTO: with the Tucson Symphony Orches tra. The Snow Queen, the Sugar Plum Fairy, Clara and all will usher in the joyous season at the newly christened Linda Ronstadt Mu sic Hall (and how sweet that name is!).
Potpourri of Events
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Born in 1942, Iturbide will give a lecture at the Center for Creative Photography at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23. It’s free but you will need go early to get a seat. The next night, Saturday, Sept. 24, Iturbide will at tend the opening reception; the fun will be at the gallery from 7 to 10 p.m. Some of her books will be for sale. The show runs through Nov. 26. Coming up in December, artists Alice Briggs and Albert Chamilard will grace Etherton’s gallery in Barrio Viejo. ethertongallery.com
Tucson Local Media From a famed Mexican photographer’s first major show in Tucson to the re turn of a stolen painting, the art season is chock full of landmark moments.
The lovable gallery in the middle of a beautiful garden is blazing with fiery art. “The Elements: Fire” has gorgeous works. Check out Anne Muñoz’s quilted “Perfect Storm” raging flashes of golden lightning against a blue sky. Carrie Seid’s silky work simmers in orange red and Brian Hook er’s blackened sky is pierced with strings of light. The show of 70 pieces by 50 artists is the third in a series of artwork mixed with science and the environment; the first shows examined earth and air. The fire show runs through Nov. 9. Water is still to come. tohonochul.org
Known especially for photography, the revered gallery provides a spectacular launch to the fall art season. Famed Mexi can photographer Graciela Iturbide is com ing to Tucson in honor of her first major show in the city. The exhibition, “Sueños, Simbolos, y Narración (Dreams, Symbols and Storytelling),” will be showing some of her greatest pics, Her beloved “Mujer An gel, Desierto de Sonora” is just one treasure among the 35 gelatin silver prints on view.
The vibrant glass gallery in the hap pening 5 Points neighborhood is getting ready to celebrate its 40th anniversary. The proprietor since 2019, Alison Harvey will showcase sparkly works by giants in the field: gallery founder Tom Philabaum, Mi chael Joplin, Carole Perry, Dan Enwright and Louis Via. All are “legendary Arizona artists,” Harvey says. In the meantime, she’s adding new artists to the gallery, includ ing Joseph Ensno and his glistening wall works. The festive party rocks on from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. philabaumglass.com
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24 Explorer and Marana News, September 7, 2022FALL ARTS PREVIEW 2022 Throughout October Call for (520)Appointment884-7814 Explore the magic of glass Experience live glassblowing Create your very own glass pumpkin Pumpkin Fiesta 633 W. 18th Street, Tucson www.sonoranglass.org
The excellent art gallery at Pima Collage West begins the season with “A Tribute to Clay.”The nine ceramic artists in the show in clude the late Marcy Wrenn, an award-win ner who taught at the college and got this show in motion, as well as the late Maurice Grossman, another beloved Tucson artist. The reception is 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8. Aurore Chabot, a UA prof, will give a lecture at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15. Joy Fox McGrew, an artist at Rancho Vista speaks at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22. The show runs through Oct. 7. Next comes “Invisible Borders: Women Photographers from Fotógrafas del Norte and MAPA, Mexico City, and BorderLens Southwest”Organized by photographer Alejandra
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25Explorer and Marana News, September 7, 2022 FALL ARTS PREVIEW 2022 SIX NEW NONSTOP FLIGHTS TO AND FROM FORCANADA. TUCSON We’re excited to welcome our friends from the north. Starting this winter, Flair Airlines will offer nonstop service between TUS and six Canadian airports: Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Lethbridge, London, Prince George, and Windsor. Just another way Tucson International Airport is Nonstop for Tucson. PRETTY COOL, EH?
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Platt-Torres and gallery director David Andres, the show features 31 female pho tographers from both sides of the border, primarily northern Mexico, Mexico City andTheTucson.reception is 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2. A panel discussion will begin at 6 p.m. in the recital hall. Show runs from Oct. 24 to Dec. 9. pima.edu/arts
This collective gallery typically exhibits its own artists’ work in the Steinfeld Ware house. This time around, for a show called “Still,” they’ve invited more than 40 guest artists who work in a variety of mediums. untitledgallerytucson.com
26 Explorer and Marana News, September 7, 2022FALL ARTS PREVIEW 2022 ARTISAN MARKET ORO VALLEY FALL OCTOBER 1 & 2 FREE ADMISSION ORO VALLEY MARKETPLACE 12155 N Oracle Rd, Oro Valley, AZ 85737 Saturday 10am-5pm / Sunday 10am-4pm OVER 100 ARTISTS EXHIBITING FOOD INTERACTIVEVENDORSARTS STATIONS GRAB AND GO ART ACTIVITIES PATAGONIA TOWN PARK 325 McKeown Ave, Patagonia, AZ 85624 Saturday 9am-5pm / Sunday 10am-4pm FREE ADMISSION October 8 & 9 OVER 100 ARTISANS FOOD VENDORS LIVE COMMUNITYMUSIC EXHIBITORS ART ACTIVITIES MORE INFORMATION & EVENTS AT WWW.SAACA.ORG Fine Art Festival OCTOBER 22 & 23 2905 E Skyline Dr, Tucson, AZ 85718 Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 11am-4pm Free Admission ONE OF THE LARGEST FINE ART FESTIVALS IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA ORIGINAL ARTWORK FROM 45+ INTERACTIVEARTISANS ARTS LEARNING LIVEARTISTEXPERIENCESDEMOSMUSICAND EXHIBITING ARTISTS AT THE SAAG GALLERY ONSITE FALL FESTIVAL PREVIEW
In the Arts Warehouse District just north of downtown, Contreras has mounted a show of 17 artists who make all kinds of fine art prints. At least nine types of prints are on view, including woodcut, etching, engraving, and more. Among the cavalcade of artists you can find are Jo Andersen, Julia Andres, David Andres, Neda Contreras and Glory Tacheen ie Campoy. Show runs through October 22. contrerashousefineart.com
“Hole in the Fence” is an exhibition of five artists at Everybody, a young, con temporary gallery at 437 E. Grant Road. Standouts among are stoneware by zenas proa, and colored pencil on paper by Drew Miller. The show runs until Sept. 17. In Oc tober, they’ll open up a show named “Flor.” everybody.gallery
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The big news at the museum is the re turn of “Woman-Ochre,” the Willem De Kooning painting that was a stolen from the museum in 1985. This is the first time Tucsonans will get to see it after its recov from page 24 Graciela Iturbide, “Mujer Angel, Desierto de Sonora México,” 1979 gelatin silver print, © Graciela Iturbide, (Etherton Gallery/Courtesy) see ART page 28
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RAICES TALLER 222 ART GALLERY & WORKSHOP Up the stret from Contreras, Raices Tall er has reopened after a long pandemic hi atus. The new show, running from Sept. 10 to Oct. 15, is all about paper. But paper can take different forms. There are draw ings and photos, of course, but you will also find paper sculptures, paper paintings and mixed media using — you guessed it — pa per. The hybrid show will have every piece on view in the gallery, but some will also be online. raicestaller222.com
27Explorer and Marana News, September 7, 2022 FALL ARTS PREVIEW 2022 Fuel your creative spirit with Art of the American West, Modern Art, Indigenous Arts, Latin American Art, and Contemporary Art. OPEN THURSDAY–SUNDAY, 10AM–5PM PLAN YOUR VISIT AND ESCAPE THE HEAT TucsonMuseumofArt.org 140 N Main Avenue · 520-624-2333
MOCA continues with a potpourri of exhibitions that opened earlier in the year. They range from the big, colorful canvas es of Grace Rosario Perkins, a Diné and Akimel O’odham artist (until Oct. 16), to the playful video art of Kenneth Tam on about immigration and masculinity in the Amer ican West (Feb. 5). Intimate watercolors of the great outdoors by the Tucson Plein Air Group (Feb. 5) nicely fill another corner of the museum. moca-tucson.org
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An exhibition of wonderful photographs by Alanna Airitam, “The Golden Age,” con tinues until Oct. 29. An African American who moved to Tucson, Airitam makes richly colored photographs of African Americans. She pointedly dresses them in fine aristocrat ic clothing, cleverly appropriating imagery from the old Dutch masters’ portraits to cele brate the power and beauty of contemporary Black women and men. ccp.arizona.edu
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Frances Murray and Harold Jones, two photographers formerly of Tucson, are being feted in their old stomping grounds with a year-long exhibition of their work titled “Simpatico.” The pair were part of a 1970s wave of notable photography in Tucson. Murray is known for her striking nudes and still lives. And Jones, the found ing director of the Center for Creative Photography, created, among other works, hand-colored photographs.
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“I would like (Tucson residents) to know how important it is that there hasn’t been an African American-owned and -oper ated radio station in Arizona for over 20 years,” Davis-Paige said. “These two young men have been working on getting a sta tion for four years. This has been their goal and their dream.” The benefit evening will have two parts and patrons can buy tickets for either just the concert or the concert and VIP event. The concert will be $30 in advance and $35 at the door and the VIP event is $250. The
One-Woman Show Ada Redd Austin croons her way into the city’s soul Ada Redd Austin is thrilled to be performing in the city where she made her career sere nading Tucson’s jazz lovers. (Noelle Haro-Gomez/Contributor)see ADA page
The museum is also featuring a dramat ically different exhibition devoted to a sin gle painting from the early 19th century. It’s a portrait of a well-off young woman, painted by José Gil de Castro, a celebrated artist with an unlikely pedigree in time of racial conflict: he was an Afro-Peruvian born to an enslaved mother. tucsonmuseumofart.org
Tucson Local Media Ada Redd Austin has come a long way since the days of singing songs from Dionne Warwick, Sarah Vaughan and Nancy Wilson into herThehairbrush.Tucsonjazz artist is looking forward to packing the house on Saturday, Sept. 10, at The Dunbar Pavilion when she’ll per form the R&B songs that made her famous in a concert titled “An Evening of Beautiful Music.”Theevent is a fundraiser, produced by Jennifer Davis-Paige, the founder of Boom Goddess Radio, Tucson’s top Black wom an-owned podcast company. The bene ficiary is KRDP Radio, a public station of Desert Soul Media. The two women have a lot in common. Both have blazed trails for women of color and pursued their dream with passion and perseverance. They met a year ago when Davis-Paige was doing a podcast on June teenth. Austin, in addition to being a musi cian, is a retired schoolteacher with plenty of knowledge about the holiday celebrating the day the last enslaved people in Texas got word of their liberation. “When I was looking for people to inter view to talk about it, her name came up,” Davis-Paige said. “I have a four-part inter view and that’s how she and I met. At that time, she told me she was a singer. I went to a couple afternoons that she was perform ing, and I loved her voice. Then COVID came and nobody could go anywhere or do anything.”Whenthe opportunity came up for this fundraiser both jumped at the chance to make it a concert featuring Austin. KRDP Radio is Arizona’s first Blackowned radio in more than 20 years and they are raising money to pay for their FCC licensing. While they are based in Phoenix, they have plans to expand to Tucson and people can listen to the station online.
28 Explorer and Marana News, September 7, 2022FALL ARTS PREVIEW 2022 ery in Silver City and its restoration at The Getty in Los Angeles. A new movie about the heist will screen on Oct. 6 at Centenni al Hall on campus. The painting itself goes on public display on Oct. 8. The galleries will also display other mid-century abstract works in the museum’s collections, includ ing a precious painting by Mark Rothco.
Davis-Paige’s podcast is carried on the station every Sunday from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Her podcasts are also broadcast in Tucson Sundays at 3:30 p.m. on KXCI. KRDP launched after years of effort on the part of the founders, Kaja Brown and Calvin J. Worthen, who are also the top executives for Desert Soul Media. They re cently secured their FCC license.
29Explorer and Marana News, September 7, 2022 FALL ARTS PREVIEW 2022 Lo ng Real t y Co m panies, The Fr iends of the P ops and Tucson P arks & Recreation D epart m en t P r esen t D eMees t er Outdoor Perform an c e Center - R eid P ar k Addi t ion a l pa r king at the R a ndolph P ar k G olf C ourse parking lot on Al ver non, jus t no rt h of 22nd St r ee t With supp o rt f rom th e Ar iz on a Com mission o n the A rts (funding f r om the Na t ional End o wmen t fo r t he A rt s) and The Bettinger Family Trust tuc sonpops.o rg TUCSON POPS O RCH EST RA 2022 FREE CONCERT SERIES CONCERT I: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2022, 7PM CELEBRATE TUCSON! CONCERT II: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2022, 7PM THE CLASSICS CONCERT III: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2022, 7PM A TUCSON POPS NIGHT OF JAZZ WITH KHRIS DODGE CONDUCTOR, MUSIC DIRECTOR Legally Blonde The Muscial OCT. 2-16, 2022 Music and Lyrics by Nell Benjamin and Laurence O’Keefe. Book by Heather Hach Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture Polaroid Stories OCT. 23 - Nov. 6, 2022 By Naomi Iizuka Dec.Vaud1-4, 2022 Created by Wolfe Bowart in collaboration with BA students. Inspired by the American Vaudeville Museum archive at the University of Arizona Libraries Romeo + Juliet Feb. 26 - March 19, 2023 By William Shakespeare Head over heels April 9-23, 2023 Songs by The Go-Go's Based on 'The Arcadia' by Sir Philip Sidney Conceived and Original Book by Jeff Whitty Adapted by James Magruder New Directions Festival April 21-30, 2023 New directions, new voices. Annual festival of new works by BA students. More information and tickets are available at theatre.arizona.edu
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An Evening of Beautiful Music with Ada Redd Austin and musical director Doug Martin
WHERE: The Dunbar Pavilion, 325 W. Second Street, Tucson COST: $30 in advance; $35 at the door INFO: krdp-quarterly-fundraiser/https://listen2krdp.com/
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The Dunbar has been remodeled since Austin last performed there in 2017, but she said it will build a smaller stage for her designed in a crescent so that she can be closer to the audience.
WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10
VIP event starts at Urban Grove at 4 p.m. with wine and hors d’oeuvres. The Tucson Jazz Institute is sending over African American twin brothers who are in 11th grade. One plays the sax and the oth er the bass and they have agreed to donate their music for the VIP reception. The pres ident and vice president of KRDP Radio will talk about the studio’s history and goals. A luxury van will then take participants to the Dunbar where the concert will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. The concert will feature about 18 songs that are jazz and R&B classics and stan dards. Austin said she will likely sing songs from Billie Holiday, Bonnie Raitt, Nancy Wilson and even some stylistic interpreta tions of Marvin Gaye. Austin has a long history in Tucson. She began singing as a child with Mount Cal vary Baptist Church choir. Then, when she was 11, she competed in a talent contest at the Dunbar — the site of this month’s event. She took first place. In the 1980s and 1990s, she sang jazz and R&B at jazz festivals, benefit concerts and community events. She’d pack the house at the former Obsessions night club. She even performed at the Apollo Theater in Harlem and was filmed for the series “Showtime at the Apollo.” She and the band she sang with per formed for the NAACP and the Urban League. “We got top-notch gigs,” Austin said. “Never enough, they were few and far be tween and they didn’t pay a lot. We did it because that’s what I loved to do. It’s a gift that God gave me.” She even sang twice for then-governor Bruce Babbitt. “He came up and shook my hand and said, ‘If I ever make president, you’re going to sing at my inaugural,’” Austin said. “That was a great compliment.” Then family needs called, and she moved to Houston to live with her son for sever al years. Upon returning to Tucson, she landed her first gig within a week when the president of the Tucson Jazz Society heard she was in town and wanted her to sing for a Valentine’s Day gig at the Tucson Muse um of However,Art. for the next couple years she struggled to find the number of gigs she wanted, despite her series of sold-out shows. It was then she decided to take a different track with her career. “I decided maybe I can produce my own show,” Austin said. “I had never thought of doing that at this late state in my life. I prayed about it, and everything just started falling in place.” She approached Doug Martin, her long time bandleader and pianist, and he was on board. His wife, Cheryl Martin, helped to publicize her first self-organized event that took her back to the Dunbar. “The night of the show — it was standing room only,” Austin said. “It was packed. I was so grateful for the community. I’m a people person, I’m a retired schoolteach er. I taught kids in sixth grade and love to interact with the audience. I have them singing. I talk to them and serenade them. I love on them.” It was the start of her launching her own series of concerts, often as fundraisers or celebrating events like Juneteenth. Like Austin, Davis-Paige grew up listen ing to the great female jazz stars such as Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald. “Ava reminded me of those women’s voices,” Davis-Paige said. “She’s got won derful followers in Tucson. This will be her first concert since COVID.”
Jennifer Davis-Paige is the founder of Boom Goddess Radio, Tucson’s top Black wom an-owned podcast company. (Noelle Haro-Gomez/Contributor)
“I don’t like to be way up,” Austin said. “I don’t want to be looking down at the audi ence. I want to be looking at them the way they’re looking at me. I like that intimacy.”
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