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Tucson researchers help image black hole at the center of our galaxy Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

n Thursday, May 12, people across the world set their eyes on the first ever image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. This image was the re-

sult of an international scientific collaboration called the Event Horizon Telescope, and marks the most significant finding in all of astronomy — at least since the last time the Event Horizon Telescope team imaged a black hole. In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope gained worldwide

fame by unveiling the first image of a black hole: the Messier 87* black hole some 50 million light-years away. Now, they’ve revealed the second black hole ever directly imaged, Sagittarius A* at the center of our galaxy, which is 26,000 light-years away. Multiple Tucson-based asSee BLACK HOLE, P5

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kyrocketing housing costs and out-of-state competition are pushing many Arizonans out of the housing market. First-time homebuyers or middle to low-income homebuyers can barely compete with cash offers that go way above the asking price. Even those in the health industry are having difficulties in finding homes. Dre Thompson became uniquely aware of this problem when she read a story about a nurse in Phoenix who couldn’t buy a house. See HOUSING, P4

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Loft Cinema will be showing the 22-year-oldcult-classic, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” on Wednesday, June 1, at 7:30 p.m. Taiwanese film-maker, Ang Lee reimagines traditional Chinese wuxia, a sword-wielding genre, in his 2000 martial-arts epic. The film is action-packed, filled with ingenious fight sequences and a doomed love-triangle. Starring Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All At Once” and “Crazy Rich Asians”), Chow Yun-Fat and Zhang Zi Yi (“House of Flying Daggers” and “Memoirs of a Geisha”). Tickets are available through Fandango or at The Loft Cinema, which requires masks in

the lobby. $10 adults, $8 student, teacher, military, $7 senior or children 12 and under. The Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. Chillin’ at the Chul Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens & Galleries kicks off their “first-ever summer series” Chillin’ at the Chul, offering visitors a chance to cool down in the gardens after-hours and free of admission, beginning June 3, 2022, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a performance by local DJ Humbleianess. The Garden Bistro will also be open for service, offering light bites and refreshments such as Sonoran hot-dogs and prickly pear margaritas. The series runs Fridays and Saturdays from

June 3, through Sept. 3, in partnership with the Children’s Museum of Oro Valley offering entertainment for children on Saturday nights. Tohono Chul, 7366 N. Paseo Del Norte. Spinnin’ Wheels Outdoor Roller Disco Dance Party! The MSA Annex is hosting an outdoor roller disco and dance party at its festival grounds on Sunday, June 5, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. with local DJ Herm. Bring your roller skates and get your groove on with The Doobie Brothers, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Fleetwood Mac and other yacht rock classics. Admission is $10 per person. MSA Annex, 267 S. Avenida del Convento.

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Housing Continued from, P1

“Serving frontline throughout the pandemic and wasn't able to buy a home in the city of Phoenix and I just felt that there's something problematic there,” Thompson said. Thompson is the first CEO of Tucson’s Industrial Development Authority (IDA), a nonprofit economic development organization that brings together different stakeholders to create projects for Tucson’s community like affordable housing, climate, and infrastructure projects. Thompson said essential workers needed to be supported in the frenzied market. Thompson wor-

ried that essential workers may end up leaving Tucson to find housing elsewhere and this would be incredibly detrimental to the Tucson community. In partnership with the City of Tucson, Tucson Realtors Charitable Foundation, FHR Cares, CIC, Pima IDA, and Pima Tucson Homebuyers Solution, Tucson IDA will begin offering down payment assistance to essential workers in June through the Essential Workers Housing Fund. Tucson IDA will use the Centers for Disease Control’s definition of an essential worker to assess qualified applicants. “There's a lot so this does to help people be more competitive because they can come in with a stronger downpayment and the good thing

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about this program is that it doesn't slow down the home buying process, there are down payment programs out there that aren't going to look as desirable to go to the seller because there's a delay, but this doesn't delay the timeline at all,” Thompson said. The housing fund will provide 1% of the first mortgage loan, up to $2,500, to assist with closing costs. What’s more, applicants can layer this on top of the Pima Tucson Homebuyer’s Solution Program (PTHS) if their income is under $122,100. The PTHS Program covers 2% to 5% of the first mortgage loan in downpayment assistance. The assistance in both programs can be considered a grant if the buyer stays in the home for three years and makes the

home their permanent residence. “But what homeownership brings to families, it brings financial stability, so they can go from renting, moving from place to place and school to school, to homeownership to wealth creation,” Tucson Mayor Regina Romero said at the Essential Workers Housing Fund press conference on Wednesday, May 25. These programs came at just the right time because housing is getting much less affordable. According to RealtyHop’s May 2022 Housing Affordability Index, 90 cities out of 100 experienced housing price increases every month. Tucson ranks #45 out of 100 and it is reported that 35% of household income goes to homeownership costs. This is a 1.69% in-

crease from April’s Index report. Homeownership is one of the easier ways for Tucson residents to begin wealth creation and the current housing market exacerbates wealth inequality. If only high-income people can buy homes, then Tucson loses the opportunity to build wealth throughout all aspects of the community. “Ninety percent of them (PTHS participants) are first-time homebuyers, but you don't need to be a first-time homebuyer to participate,” Thompson said. “Fifty-five percent of the participants in this program identify as Hispanic or Latino and so we really see homeownership as a part of building generational wealth.” By layering the benefits

of PTHS and the Essential Workers Housing Fund for homebuyers, Thompson believes this will address some of the inequality in the housing market at the moment. “It's very meaningful, just because of the way that essential workers for so supportive in our community during the pandemic and this is just some ability to say thank you to them for the work that they did,” Thompson said. Find more information, lender checklists, and a list of essential workers that qualify for the fund at essentialworkershousingfund. com or pimatucsonhomebuyers.com/essentialworkers.

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tronomers and scientists work on the Event Horizon Telescope team through the University of Arizona. In total, the collaboration involves more than 300 scientists and 80 institutions around the world. “Until now, we didn’t have the direct picture confirming that Sag. A star was indeed a black hole,” said Event Horizon Telescope science council member Feryal Özel, a UA professor of astronomy and physics. “This image shows a bright ring surrounding the darkness: the telltale sign of the shadow of the black hole. Light escaping from the hot gas swirling around the black hole appears to us as the bright ring. Light that is too close to the black hole, close enough to be swallowed by it, eventually crosses its horizon, leaving behind just the dark void in the center.” This second black hole image looks very similar

to the original black hole image: a blurry orange ring within the blackness of space. Özel says they look similar because they are the outcome of the same fundamental rules of physics. By their very nature, black holes do not emit light. So the image is not of the black hole itself, but of its absence as it distorts the light around it. The Sagittarius A* black hole is estimated to be 4 million times the mass of our sun. “The fact that the light appears like a ring, with the black shadow inside, tells you it’s purely gravity,” said astronomy and physics professor Dimitrios Psaltis in a UA release. “It’s all predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity, the only theory in the cosmos that does not care about scale... Wherever we look, we should see donuts, and they all should look more or less the same.” The Event Horizon Telescope is not a single telescope, but a network of telescopes across the world that combine their information to produce these images. Current locations include observatories in

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The Milky Way above the Atacama Large Array, a network of radio telescopes in Chile that is part of the Earth-sized Event Horizon Telescope. The insert shows the donut-like image of the black hole Sgr A* at its location in the constellation of Sagittarius. Arizona, Spain and Mexico. The Messier 87* black hole and the Sagittarius A* black hole appear roughly the same size. However, this is only because Messier 87* is 1,500 times more massive but 2,000 times farther away. “Now we can study the differences between these

two supermassive black holes to gain valuable new clues about how this important process works,” said Event Horizon Telescope scientist Keiichi Asada. “We have images for two black holes — one at the large end and one at the small end of supermassive black holes in the Universe — so we can go

a lot further in testing how gravity behaves in these extreme environments than ever before.” Looking forward, Özel says the Event Horizon Telescope team is also interested in how black holes change over time. “If you looked at the source one day versus the next, or one year versus the

following year, how would that change, and how much light would it emit in different wavelengths?” Özel said in a UA release. “What could we predict about that? And how could we use our observations to understand that black hole’s environment?

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TMC introduces rovers to attend to your medical needs

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ext time you need to go to urgent care, you might be able to get an old-fashioned housecall instead. Tucson Medical Center officials announced last week that they have partnered with DispatchHealth to give patients comprehensive, at-home, acute care. TMC is currently the only hospital in the Tucson metro area providing this mobile urgent care model. DispatchHealth currently has four active “rovers” (cars) in action serving the larger metro from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week, including holidays. Every rover has an emergency care-trained DispatchHealth medical team and is fully equipped with necessary tools and treatments to give patients in-home care, including on-site diagnostics and a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act-certified lab. Lead Nurse Practitioner Robyn Green said the service her colleagues provide is so stellar that she would trust them enough to care for her own mother. Green has been a nurse practitioner for eight years and has been working with Dispatch Health in Tucson for the past 15 months. She has already made 2,500 visits in the few months Dispatch and TMC have been partnered. With the rover, Green can do EKG scans, set up

Courtesy photo JeriAnn M. a medical technician and Robin Greene a Lead Practice Provider.

an IV, provide medications on scene, sew up cuts, diagnose COVID-19, flu, UTIs and STDs, do blood tests, perform ultrasounds and X-rays, and more. “I know this is the future of health care,” Green said. “People want to be at home, they don’t want to leave.” This partnership is offering an alternative to patients who do not want to visit the hospital or do not have access to a primary care doctor. It can also be a safer option for patients who don’t want to risk catching COVID or another bug at an ER or urgent care facility. TMC Director of Case Management Jeanne Rhodes said that not everyone who goes to the ER or to urgent care needs to be hospitalized. Instead, they can be very well served in the comfort of their own homes. “People for the most part, if surrounded in the right environment, get better at home in that environment, so that will allow us to make the right call at the right time for the right patient,” Rhodes said. Through Dispatch

Health Bridge Care visit, any patient admitted to TMC who might be up for readmission will be visited by Dispatch and be met anywhere between 24-72 hours. They will assess their house, food insecurity and social determinants that would hold back health care. The TMC and DispatchHealth partnership is helping not only patients of the hospital, but also relieving stress on TMC’s overwhelmed system. Over the course of the COVID outbreak, many hospitals were frequently overloaded and sometimes had to send patients to other hospitals, sometimes in other states. Many people do not have access to technology, healthcare or transportation, so this collaboration is offering an accessible alternative for all those in the Tucson Metro area. Dispatch health will be accepting most insurance companies. For more information, visit dispatchhealth.com.

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“For these programs, we consider ‘play’ to be anything that allows for imagination, creates a feeling of freedom from time, and is pursued simply because it brings you joy,” says Caroline. “This is play for the sake of playing—such as going swimming or riding your bike for the fun of it rather than trying to hit your target heartrate, laughing with friends, or simply enjoying the softness of clay in a ceramics class.” Splendido resident Pat Lee says, “This program is helping residents figure out how to play when you’re older. I do find that at my age it’s easier to be open to play or to doing things just for fun. Even if something isn’t productive, it’s still a positive thing to do for myself.”

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Well, maybe not as easy as we’d like, what with Tucson hitting triple digits way back in April and everything costing more and COVID making a comeback and monkeypox on the horizon. Let’s face it, we could all use a little help to get to October. So the Tucson Local Media crew has assembled a summer guide to get you through the Baked Apple’s season of sizzle. Have fun—and don’t forget your sunscreen! SEE A MOVIE LOFT CINEMA 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. There’s so much happening at the Loft

Cinema as it celebrates its 50th anniversary this summer. The plucky nonprofit moviehouse is celebrating the films of 1972 with movies such as The Seduction of Mimi, What’s Up Doc and Aguirre, the Wrath of God. The Loft Kids Fest is back on weekend mornings with selections such as The Croods and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. You can catch a bunch of Studio Ghibli films—such as Ponyo, Howl’s Moving Castle and Spirited Away—on Wednesdays and Saturdays. And there’s features like Mondo Monday, Essential Cinema, late-night Cult Classics and so much more. The Loft Cinema delivers a very cool treat in June. Charismatic, gorgeous and hilarious Michelle Yeoh features in literally everything all at once in a monthlong tribute: The Films of Michelle

Yeoh. Fans packed the Loft in May to watch Yeoh save the world in the brandnew science-fiction adventure comedy, Everything Everywhere All At Once. Most often heard rave: “I’ve never seen anything like it!” But Yeoh and her producers have exploded expectations before, as with Crazy Rich Asians and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Both will be screened in the June event, along with, among others, Memoirs of a Geisha; Star Trek: Discovery; last year’s Marvel hit, ShangChi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and martial arts classics Supercop with Jackie Chan and The Heroic Trio with Johnnie To. Find all the featured titles, times and tickets at loftcinema.org.

FREEZE YOURSELF Cryogenics have come a long way from science fiction. Through the wonders of modern enterprise, it’s available to give us a break from summer heat. Cryotherapy is serious medicine. It provides measurable benefits for cancer patients and people who live with lupus, MS, arthritis and inflammation of any kind. A regular regimen can expedite the healing of many injuries and even help with weight maintenance. But cryogenic treatments can also be fun, and even friendly. The cryo chamber at US Cryotherapy, for instance, holds four. You’ll all get two minutes at a temperature

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they won’t tell you until you get out. Of the three public cryogenic therapy facilities we found, US Cryotherapy had the best deal for a tryout. Fifty dollars gets you a choice of three of their six services. uscryotherapy.com/location/ tucson-az/ TOO HOT? IMPROVISE! Can you beat the heat with your imagination? Surprise yourself in the supportive (and air-conditioned) environment of Tucson’s two improv companies, Unscrewed Theater and Tucson Improv Movement (TIM). Unscrewed’s next Basics class starts on June 4. Finish that and you can start cherry picking from the ImprovBlox series of courses, each of which homes in on a specific skill or technique. TIM teaches four levels of improv courses, with an Improv 101 class starting every month. They also teach two levels of standup and they promise the imminent return of Beginning Sketch Writing.

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You can also Zoom your funny bone to prominent improv companies throughout the US and UK, but it will cost about twice as much. Faculties include improvisers like Will Hines, Billy Merritt and David Razowsky of Vintage Improv in Boston, who specializes in classes for folks over 50. Second City and UCB offer courses in improv, standup, storytelling and sketch. Pants are of course optional. unscrewedtheater.org/training-center tucsonimprov.com/school WATCH THE MOON COME OVER THE MOUNTAIN West Anklam Road at Tumamoc Hill Road, South of St. Mary’s Hospital, 1601 W. St. Marys Road Full moons are happening on June 14, July 13, Aug. 11. Consider taking in a knockout view of the moon, Tucson city lights and an awe-inspiring spread of stars all from the Tumamoc Hill trail. It can be a tough climb, though. The trail is easy asphalt, but switchbacks

take you up 700 feet in just a mile and a half. The second half has a slope angled about 50% greater than the first half. Even so, because it’s been a tradition for many generations of Tucsonans, you’ll find grandmas in high heels, moms pushing baby carriages, and little kids, running, like they do everywhere. All along the way, interpretive signage and an audio tour available at the website describe the hill’s plant and wildlife species and its history as a native village. Feeling a little out of shape for all that? Maybe go, anyway. You deserve to feel the Hill’s eternal spirit, and the magic of the full moon light, and you can do that even from your parking spot. https://tumamoc.arizona.edu/tumamoc-hill/overview WHAT’S ZOO WITH YOU Reid Park Zoo 3400 E. Zoo Court The Reid Park Zoo is back with Summer Safari Nights. Every Saturday night through Aug. 13 (except for June 18), you and the kids can explore the zoo in the cooler evenings. Each night has a special theme focusing on the skills of different animals in the zoo (such as “Walk on the Wild Side” on May 28, along with the usual fun with giraffe feedings, live music from local bands and, of course, carousel rides. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. And if you’re wondering why there’s no safari on June 18, it’s because the zoo is doing it annual

Brew at the Zoo party from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., with food and a wide selection of craft beer and hard ciders from the likes of 1912 Brewing Company, 8-Bit Aleworks, Barrio Brewing Company, Bawker Bawker Cider House, BlackRock Brewers, Borderlands Brewing Company, Buqui Bichi Brewing, Button Brew House, Catalina Brewing Company, Crooked Tooth Brewing Company, Dragoon Brewing Company, Grand Canyon Brewing Company, Iron John’s Brewing Company, Ten55 Brewing Company. Here’s to that! reidparkzoo.com HEAR THE MUSIC Fox Tucson Theatre 17 W. Congress St. There’s something magical about summer concerts. And there’s something magical about downtown’s gorgeous Fox Theatre. Put them together and you have memories that will last a lifetime. This summer, you’ve got the likes of Amos Lee (June 4), Lyle Lovett and his Large Band (June 15), Ani Di

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Franco (June 18), Gov’t Mule (June 22) and Three Dog Night (July 16). Besides the concerts, the Fox will be doing movies, including a Sound of Music Sing-Along (Aug. 27) and other fun events. foxtucson.com MUSIC UNDER THE STARS THE TUCSON POPS ORCHESTRA DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center at Reid Park, 900 S. Randolph Way It’s the end of an era as Tucson Pops maestro Laszlo Veres retires this year after leading the Tucson Pops Orchestra since 1997. You won’t want to miss these fabulous free Sunday night concerts at the Reid Park. Concerts continue through June 12. Bring your own lawn chair or relax on a blanket. Concerts start at 7 p.m.

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STAY IN YOUR COOL HOUSE AND BINGE EVEN MORE MOVIES

One word: Kanopy. You may think you’re sick of The Neverending COVID Binge, but Kanopy has an irresistible collection of classics that will keep you inside and air-conditioned. They’re all free to watch on any of your devices courtesy of your Pima County Public Library. Sign up with your library card number at Kanopy.com. Adults get five free films a month and three days to watch each one. They can pay for additional selections. The site offers revolving selections from award winners to deep cuts in every genre, including action adventure, true crime (see, especially The Dalmer Files). historical dramas, comedies, thrill-

“Night Snake,” archival pigment print, hand colored with pencil and pastel, is on display in “Kate Breakey: Transience,” through June 18 at Etherton Gallery, 340 S. Convent Ave.

ers, horror movies, action adventure, sci-fi and more. Of note, a new, curated set of films gives context to the conflict in Ukraine. Understanding Russia: A Cultural History should be a particular hit with fans. Baby-sitting bonus: All kids movies are free, 24-7. kanopy.com/en/pimalibrary/ FIND SOMBRA FRIA IN AGUA CALIENTE Roy P. Drachman Agua Caliente Regional Park 12325 E. Roger Road The long wait is over for the restoration of the big pond and the completion of the new bridge to turtle island. Agua Caliente Park is beautiful again and open for birdwatching, bat sightings and idle ramblings among restored buildings that recall the property’s long history as a farm and guest ranch. Admission is free, parking is ample and hours are 7 a.m. to sunset. Three ponds and acres of cool shade

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are reason enough to visit, and dogs are welcome. But to understand what you’re looking at we suggest you visit the website of the Friends of Agua Caliente Park before you go. You’ll find a video tour, information about the bats and birds and a top-line history of the property, which is estimated to have been inhabited for thousands of years. The site also relates a cautionary tale of the human interventions that, in just the last two centuries, all but destroyed the flowing springs that first attracted our ancestors. friendsofaguacaliente. org

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ber climb with Global Warming. From June through August, Madera Canyon’s average summer high in the low ’90s may still seem warmish, but a typical light breeze and the shade from its dozen or so unique Oak species make it nice enough to bust out the cooler and camp chairs and head down I-19. The coolest low-key adventure there is the Madera Canyon Nature Trail. It’s 5.8 miles out and back with a 921 ft. elevation gain, easy for hikers. But don’t be daunted even if you’re allergic to exercise. Anyone can have a memorable and satisfying experience going only as far as they like. Native plant species are labeled along the trail, so it’s fun to count the kinds of oaks. Take your binoculars, too, because Madera Canyon is rated the third best birding destination in the United States. fs.usda.gov/recarea/ coronado/recarea/?recid=25760

postcard of someone’s hometown and be asked to send a home-town postcard to five friends to keep it going. It turned out that the hard part was finding postcards! Even though it’s now mostly just the heat keeping us indoors, there’s no reason to stop. If you can’t find Tucson postcards, you can other kinds. Plunkett’s Office Supplies and Hallmark, offers sets of 1,000 reprints of antique postcards for $19.99. For 40 years, Plunkett’s has been a great, locally owned, resource for a wind range of gifts and office supplies. Consider treating yourself to a new pen, too. FEEL THE BREEZE/THROUGH A DOZEN SPECIES. Madera Canyon With an average high of 102, June 29 has historically been Tucson’s most-often hottest day of the year. So says Weatherspark.com. Watch that num-

GET SOME HISTORY UA State Museum 1013 E. University Blvd.

Located right on campus, the UA State Museum is the oldest and largest anthropological research facility in the Southwestern United States. More than three million archaeological, ethnographic and modern objects that belong to the Indigenous people of the region are held inside this museum. There is the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of Native North American basketry with objects dating back more than 7,000 years ago, along with southwest indigenous pottery that goes back roughly 2,000 years. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets start at $8. VISIT A GARDEN Tucson Botanical Gardens 2150 N Alvernon Way

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Tucson Botanical Gardens mission is to connect people with plants and nature through art, science, history, and culture. Originally founded in 1964 by horticulturist and collector Harrison G. Yocum, the gardens are now a lovely spread of pathways through gardens on the historic Porter Family property. This nonprofit organization hosts events, classes, programs, including a seasonal butterfly exhibit. If you have an appetite, enjoy a bite at Edna’s Eatery. This community favorite is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Ticket prices range from $3 to $15 and are available online. tucsonbotanical.org. GET SOME RELIGION San Xavier del Bac Mission 1950 W. San Xavier Road Nine miles South of Downtown Tucson, you can find Arizona’s oldest intact European structure. It is a National Historic Landmark founded

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as a Cathloic Mission by Father Eusebio Kino in 1692. Inside the church’s walls are original statuary and mural paintings that remember Spanish Colonial times. Roughly 200,000 visitors a year come from all over the world to see the preserved Spanish Colonial architecture, which has been undergoing a wonderful restoration in recent years. SEE SOME PHOTOS Center for Creative Photography

1030 N. Olive Road The UA Center for Creative Photography is home to a collection of stunning photography, including the archives of major photographers from the renowned Ansel Adams to Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennedy, who has made images of every president since Gerald Ford. You’ve still got time to see Trees Stir in Their Leaves, an arboreal exhibit continuing through July 23.

GET STONED Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum Pima County Historic Courthouse, 115 N. Church Ave. Going to court isn’t something you normally want to do, but in this case, you can have a good time. Located in downtown’s recently renovated Historic Pima County Courthouse, the Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum features a collection of preserved minerals and meteorites from mostly Ari-

Guitar hero: Amos Lee is among the acts performing this summer at downtown’s luxurious Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.

BLOOM Season at the Lavender Farm in June! Open Memorial Weekend on the 27th, 28th, 29th, & 30th from 8am-Noon.

We will also be open Thurs-Sun of every weekend in June from 8am-Noon.

Offering Lavender Dinners, Charcuterie Board Dinner Nights, Yoga, etc in the evenings.

Sign-up for Open Farm, Basket Lunches & Wreath Workshop, and all other events at www.lifeundertheoakslavenderfarm.com 1221 N Rancho Robles Rd, Oracle, AZ 85623 • lifeunderoaks@gmail.com • (520)820-3454

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zona and Mexico. The 12,000-squarefeet of space is split into three galleries, including a Gem Gallery, an Arizona Gallery, and a Mineral Evolution space with many interactives, touchables, and digital content. Open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Tuesday through Saturday.

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SEE SOME ART Tucson Museum of Art 140 N. Main Ave. The Tucson Museum of Art, fresh from a number of recent expansions, is bigger and better than ever. This summer, alongside various permanent collections, the air-conditioned refuge features shows such as Brad Kahlhamer: 11:59 to Tucson; Francisco Toledo: Paper Fables; and Digital Camera: Photographic Perspectives from Mid-Century Mexico. While you’re there, grab a bite at Cafe a la C’arte, which serves us delicious omelets, sandwiches and salads. Or at least get something sumptuous from their dessert case. SEE SOME MORE ART DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun 6300 N. Swan Road

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The late artist Ted DeGrazia started building his Gallery in the Sun at the north end of Swan Road back in the 1950s. Plenty has been built around it in the seven decades since, but back then, it was in the middle of nowhere. You can tour the wonderful gallery filled with his works (and designed by DeGrazia himself) and then wander the grounds to see DeGrazia’s original house, his “Little Gallery” where he first showed his work and the lovely chapel he built in honor of the Virgin de Guadalupe. degrazia.org

Experience the Best Golf Green Valley Has to Offer!

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Serving high end, quality gelato, sorbetto and no-dairy options.

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Breakfast, brunch or lunch... as long as it’s Baja! Hom Snickeerdof the oodle Pancak e

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Marana Store Grand Opening! Open 9am to 5pm on Saturday, Sunday and Monday 5/28, 5/29 and 5/30

We will be giving away an automatic pool cleaner, a tile clean, a Reverse Osmosis treatment, a 50lb bucket of chlorine tabs and more! Come check out the new store, meet your Sparkle and Splash Team and win one of these great give aways!

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Breakey: Transience, a wonderful show of nature photographs, which, as Tucson Weekly arts correspondent Margaret Regan notes, “hint at the cycle of life and death.” The show continues through June 18. Ethertongallery.com YEAH, BUT IS IT ART? Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson 265 S. Church Ave. It’s not every day that you get to see cutting-edge contemporary art for free. Every first Thursday of the month, there is free admission to MOCA Tucson, which features rotating shows of paintings, photographs, prints, sculptures, installations, videos, and crafts. Many of the artists are a part of the BIPOC community and are women-identifying, giving a broader perspective to the current exhibits. Be sure to bring your ID to the museum for admission discounts at other times. Moca-tucson. org

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STOP AND SMELL THE LAVEN DER Life Under the Oaks Lavender Farm 1221 N. Rancho Robles Road, Oracle

Take a short day trip up to the town of Oracle to experience a lavender farm amidst 100-year-old Oak Trees. It’s a wee bit cooler in Oracle and the aroma of lavender, we’re pretty sure, has some kind of calming effect on our fried brains. You can tour the farm, attend a wreath workshop or enjoy a farm-totable dinner. lifeundertheoakslavenderfarm.com REFRESH AND RELAX Patagonia Lake State Park 400 Patagonia Lake Road, Nogales When we think of summer, we reminisce about the sweet relief of a cold dunk into a big body of water. Wheth er it’s an ocean, river, or lake, water is the break everyone needs from the hot

Arizona sun. Luckily, the Tucson desert has a shady lake a few hours away. The Patagonia Lake State Park is a local escape offering shade, water, boating activities, picnic tables, and grills for summer barbecuing. The park has fully equipped cabin reservations available but these sell out fast! If you’re late to the reservation game, check out their boat-in campsites or pick from 105 of their developed campsites. If you miss the chance to crack a cold one at a campsite, leave early in the morning to take a day trip. The park gates are open from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. Visit azstateparks.com/patagonia-lake to reserve camping spots and discover special events at the lake. FIND SOLACE UNDER THE DOME Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd.

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Home of the Happy Minute! Everyday at 6pm and 11pm

Come Grab a Drink at Tucson’s Oldest Bar! 6am-2am Tues-Sun • 12pm-2am Monday

From Tuesday to Sunday, the University of Arizona Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium offers a mind-blowing visual experience in an air conditioned room. Check flandrau. org for showtimes. Adults and kids alike will be delighted by the high definition images projected on the dome, accompanied by a high quality speaker system. Kids 12 and under are recommended to see the We Are Stars or Perfect Little Planet. Everyone 10 years old and should check out the classic Tucson Sky & Beyond show, Touring the Solar System, and Black Holes. The astronomy shows are a classic must-see during the summer! Great White Shark and BUGS! A Rainforest Adventure are fun installments if you are looking to stay on earth for the evening. Featured shows this summer include the Laser Beatles and Laser Stranger Things show. Yes, you can take a safe trip to the upside-down while listening to ’80s music! All tickets are under $10.

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CLIMB A MOUNTAIN

Mount Lemmon/Rose Canyon Lake Catalina Highway/Sky Island Scenic Byway Mount Lemmon is an oasis in the middle of the desert. Driving up the mountain, the plants slowly change from cactus and shrubs to oak and ponderosa pines. It is a biodiverse environment that also offers hiking, camping, and fishing. Swimming is not allowed but you won’t need to take a dip as the area is shaded all over and Mount Lemmon is 20 degrees cooler than Tucson on average! Campgrounds are available for rent on recreation.gov. While you are up there, consider stopping by the Mount Lemmon Cookie Cabin for cookies, pizza, chili, and sandwiches. Sawmill Run and Irondoor restaurants are also open for business. While you’re at 9,000 feet, check out the Arizona stars at the Mount Lemmon Skycenter by making a reservation ahead of time through skycenter.arizona.edu/content/visit-skycenter.

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Resort Pool day passes resortpass.com/hotel-day-passes/Tucson-27 Having a pool in Tucson during the summer is a precious resource that everyone wants but only a few people have access to it. Luckily, some of Tucson’s nicest resorts and hotels sell day passes to provide access to their cold pool waters. Visit resortpass.com/hotel-day-passes/Tucson-27 to reserve a day pass for yourself or call the hotels directly! Our favorite spots on this list include JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass Resort, The Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain Resort, and the retro Hotel McCoy. Day passes are available in a range of prices and can include special services. We recommend a pool with a bar and restaurant on site! Its the staycation you deserve.

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Trunk show: Take a summer safari at Reid Park Zoo. TAKE A STROLL DOWN FOURTH AVENUE Tucson’s funky little strip of small shops, restaurants, cafes and bars remains fiercely independent and a fun area to explore. Do some shopping at Pop Cycle, grab some authentic Italians at Caruso’s, discover Latin-inspired vegetarian fare at Tumerico or grab a

drink at Tucson’s oldest dive bar, the Buffet. Wander through the Fourth Avenue underpass to downtown for a whole new adventure.

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VISIT AN AMUSEMENT PARK OF ICE CREAM TREATS 7 Degrees Ice Cream Rolls & Boba Tea 4386 N Oracle Road, suite 160 Got a hot afternoon to kill? Go read the graffiti on the walls and tables of the utterly whack 7 Degrees Ice Cream Rolls & Boba Tea. It will only take about half an hour to figure out your order. The menus are a festival of dozens of mix-ins and toppings. They encourage consideration of combinations that may never before have occurred to you-- like our recent choise Chai Tea ice cream with Ferro Rocher and lychee mixed in and toppings of whipped cream, pistachios, almonds and Reese’s pieces. For boba tea, we had a macha latte with rainbow bubbles. Their soft skin burst with tiny shots of different flavors. For any overwhelmed by the DIY custom approach, 7 Degrees offers photos and descriptions of a variety of pre-planned ice-cream art concoctions.

The fun-to-watch star of it all is a steel plate, cooled to 7 degrees Fahrenheit so the ice cream and mix-ins can be spread, cut and curled into rolls like Ding Dongs. BE A HERO Santa Rita Park 401 E. 22nd St. Next time you visit your favorite discount warehouse, consider picking up a couple of cases of water and a bulk package of flavored electrolyte powder packets. Then round up some friends to help take it all to Santa Rita Park. You don’t have to talk to anyone you see hanging out there. If you don’t want the company, just leave your gifts on a picnic table. Folks will find and share them among your house-less fellow Tucsonans. You’ll never feel more grateful for your air-conditioned ride home.

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PLANT BASED KITCHEN

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Voted Best Vegetarian/Vegan & Best Gluten Free “It’s all about food, serving the community by healing through food. Food is home. Food is family.”

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Three locations Tumerico Cafe 6th St location 2526 E. 6th Street 520-240-6947

La Chaiteria 1002 W Congress St Open Daily for Takeout or Delivery 520-400-7127

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Plunkett’s Office Supplies and Hallmark 420 N. Wilmot Road Remember the postcard-chains that came around early in COVID lockdown? It was a time when connection felt like a priority survival technique. You’d get a postcard of someone’s hometown and be asked to send a hometown postcard to five friends to keep it going. It turned out that the hard part

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was finding postcards! Even though it’s now mostly just the heat keeping us indoors, there’s no reason to stop. If you can’t find Tucson postcards, you can other kinds. Plunkett’s Office Supplies and Hallmark, offers sets of 1,000 reprints of antique postcards for $19.99. For 40 years, Plunkett’s has been a great, locally owned, resource for a wind range of gifts and office supplies. Consider treating yourself to a new pen, too.

Pastors Daniel J. Valasakos and Craig T. Larson Saturday Evening Worship 5:00 PM Sunday Morning Worship 8:00AM & 10:30AM (with Holy Communion) Adult Forum 9:15AM Bible Study - Thursdays 10:00AM

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Mount Zion Lutheran Church JUNE 2022 June 14th: Flag Day June 19th: HAPPY FATHER’S DAY Visit us on website for Zoom link: mountzionelca.com

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re the cowboy of your mind, moving your herd of thoughts along the prairie of your consciousness. Steering thoughts well is the key to feeling good. You don’t need to know why you think a certain way; you just need a few strategies to help you stay on track, including good support and uplifting environments.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It is easier for some people to show indifference than to risk opening up. Vulnerability is hard because rejection is harder. You have already experienced rejection in your life, which gives you an advantage. It will be less scary for you to open up and let someone know that you want to love and be loved.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There is no prize for pleasing the masses that even comes close to the rich treasure of connecting with one person who matters to you. So cater your efforts to those around you. It is better to focus on serving one person very well than to concern yourself with being the world’s greatest at a role. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your assets are numerous this week, but none so powerful as your purity of heart and intent. With this kind of love as your motivation, you cannot fail no matter what happens. The most important decisions have to do with where you show up. Go where there are people you can help, or people who inspire you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s natural to seek ease. People will avoid solutions that require a large amount of effort. You’ll employ clever use of this principle in your dealings with people. Sometimes you want their attention; sometimes you don’t. You’ll make things hard to deter them or things easy to attract them. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). While pleasing symmetries and intriguing proportions certainly have their appeal, beauty is about a balance of thousands of details, some too intangible to measure. Being too conscious of one’s own projected image can diminish the effect. Your beauty will be deeply appreciated this week.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Showing up to tasks that are not extraordinarily interesting to you has a way of draining your energy. What would you rather be doing? Change the plan. Tackle something you can really get immersed in. Bonus: When you are too busy to care about who you are attracting, that is very attractive indeed. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll change your mind a few times this week, so you’re better off not making big claims or signing anything. But even when you’re not sure what you want, you know where you belong. Go where you can help and be helped. There’s no reason to settle for less than inspiring atmospheres and kind people. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There are indifferent people everywhere, and you do not want to be one of them. Efforts to convey how you really feel, which is to say warm, responsive and alive, can sometimes land messily. Still, honest and awkward interactions are much more valuable than any that could be made by a courteous robot. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Supporters may fall down on the job, which presents you with an opportunity to give due credit to the one who has been there for you this entire time: you. You showed up, you did your best and you are still reporting for duty. When you really think about it, a little more appreciation is in order.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It’s a strange dance, the dance of intimacy. In the beginning, you’re not sure how much you want to know and be known. This is the stage to savor. It’s the most playful and formative time when you can apply your creativity to making something truly special. Soon enough, familiarity will establish its groove.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your most successful endeavors will be the ones aimed to the right people. Hint: The right people aren’t necessarily the nearest ones. They’re the ones who like you for who you are. They make you feel seen, understood and enjoyed. Finding them can take a minute, but there’s no better use of your time.

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