“The thing that kept me going was playing basketball,” Kerr said. “The team became a sec ond family and he really looked afterMemoriesme.” of Olson’s accom plished journey remain vivid. Aug. 27 marked the two-year anniversary of his death.
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Olson’s attentiveness and tough-love shepherding of his players from adolescence to adulthood were evident long before he arrived in Tucson. At the University of Iowa, where he spent nine seasons before being hired by Arizona, he lifted the program from mediocrity to prominence.
ute Olson is viewed as one of college basketball’s greatest coaches, and in Tucson, where he built his legacy at the University of Ari zona, there was no bigger celeb rity. His former players, though, view him as the patriarch of a family bigger than basketball. For Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr, the basketball court became home and Olson became a mentor after Kerr’s fa ther was killed during his fresh man year at Arizona by Islamic extremists in Beirut.
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Sean Elliott, left, and Steve Kerr were among the many athletes who played for Lute Olson and went on to the NBA. (Photo courtesy Agency G/ASEC )
Iowa would play in the next three NCAA men’s basketball tournaments, but Olson felt stymied, his daughter Jody Brase said. “He felt like he was in a fishbowl while he was coaching there,” Brase said. “After my mother lived in Minnesota and my dad lived in North Dakota, they knew the cold tooThewell.”unrealistic expectations of the Iowa faithful, who expected their team to make a deep tournament run every year, mixed with the all-too-familiar winter chill prompted Olson to pack his bags and head for the Arizona desert. Once again, he faced a rebuilding pro cess, having inherited the worst team in the Pac-10, one that managed only four victo ries the season before he took over. Bruce Fraser, an assistant coach for Golden State, was a year behind Kerr at Arizona. In his three years in Tucson, Fraser could see that Olson was putting together something spe cial.“Lute was very strict at the time, but part of his rebuilding was to connect us as a team and the family,” Fraser said. Olson earned his players’ respect by hold ing them accountable not just on the court, but off it, too. Olson nurtured his players, yet he was also a strict disciplinarian.
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Before he arrived, the Hawkeyes suffered four consecutive losing seasons. Olson in herited a team that went 8-16 and finished 10th in the Big Ten. In his second season there, in 1975-76, the Hawkeyes went 19-10 and finished fifth in the Big Ten. They im proved every season under Olson, but 1980 was their breakout year. Iowa finished 23-10 and fourth in the Big Ten and advanced to the Final Four, where it lost to the eventual champion, the Uni versity of Louisville.
“When he recruited you, he seemed jo vial, fun and nice, and once you came to play, it was all business,” Fraser said. “So there was definitely a separation of coach and player in a good way.” That separation was key. Olson com manded respect from his players. Some might have found him overly demand ing, but for Georgia Tech men’s basketball coach Josh Pastner, it motivated him to give his“Theall. respect that people have for him, it was almost like when he walked into a room he was a movie star,” said Pastner, who played for Olson from 1996-2000.
“There was almost a fear factor of not being afraid of coach Olson but not wanting to let him down.” To outsiders, Olson had a Hollywood-es que aura, but his players saw him as a no-nonsense father more than anything else.“There was still an arm’s length distance because we were intimidated,” Fraser said. see
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“I’ll just never forget being miles away from my home in Seattle, not having any family there and being able to go to Coach’s home or his office and his door was always open,” Terry said. “The relationship be tween player and coach, mentor, mentee, teacher and student … you can’t put a price tag on it.”
“I don’t know if that was intentional or not.” He added, “We would all run through a wall for him.” On the strength of his players’ respect and love for their coach and the foundation Olson established, the Wildcats made the NCAA tournament in three straight sea sons. However, the team struggled to ad vance past the first round until 1988, when the No. 1-seeded Wildcats went all the way to the Final Four. They lost to the Univer sity of Oklahoma, marking the second time that Olson went to the Final Four and lost. It also marked the end of Kerr and Fraser’s tenure with the team. Kerr moved on to the NBA and had a 15year career, where he won three champion ships with the Chicago Bulls and two with the San Antonio Spurs. He remained in the NBA as a general manager for the Phoenix Suns and was named coach of the Warriors inFraser2014. also has made an impact coaching. He worked as a graduate assistant coach under Olson from 1987-90, was a member of the Indiana Pacers’ staff in 1994-95 and served as an assistant coach at the Univer sity of Missouri from 1999-2000.
The culture that Olson created survived after his health-related departure from the school before the 2008-09 season.
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Fraser’s close relationship with Kerr led him to work as Steve Nash’s personal shooting coach from 2010-13. After that, he became an assistant on Kerr’s Golden State staff, where his duties include working with the offensive star Steph Curry on his shooting. After the departures of Kerr and Fraser, Arizona continued its winning ways under Olson, building to the ultra-special 1997 season.“We were part of that foundation and that foundation really culminated in ’97,” Fraser said. That was the season where the improba ble became reality. The Wildcats won their first and only national championship by defeating Kansas, North Carolina and, fi nally, Kentucky in the national champion shipArizonagame.is the only team in NCAA men’s basketball history to defeat three No. 1 seeds in the tournament. As the final buzz er sounded and players celebrated, Pastner thought about how the title cemented Ol son’s legacy. “I was very fortunate to be with UA for a long time, both as a player and then a staff member,” Pastner said. “Lute was an incredible teacher of the game. He was an incredible educator.
“I’ve got to be myself. I’ve got to run my own program. But every decision I make, in the back of my mind, I’m thinking what would Coach Olson do,” Pastner said.
Successive coaches, led by Tommy Lloyd, maintained the program’s elite status. Lloyd, who led the Wildcats to the Sweet 16 in his first season, described what it is like to uphold that legacy of winning.
One of Pastner’s teammates was Jason Terry, a 1998 Pac-10 Player of the Year and 2011 NBA champion with the Dallas Mav ericks who was thankful for the bond that he formed with Olson.
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“No coach can say that he literally built not only a basketball program from ground zero, but a university,” Pastner said. “Lute Olson single handedly built a program, a school and the city, all through basketball.” For more stories from Cronkite News, visit cronkitenews.azpbs.org
He’s one of the best to ever do Pastner’sit.” playing career ended after col lege, but he wasn’t done with basketball. Like many of his former teammates, Past ner pursued a career that grew Olson’s fam ily tree in coaching. He landed head posi tions at the University of Memphis in 2009 and at Georgia Tech in 2016. Like Olson, Pastner took two programs to the NCAA tournament.Olsondied in 2020, but Pastner contin ues to feel his presence on the bench.
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“The impact that he had on Tucson was tremendous,” Lloyd said. “I’m fortunate to follow in his footsteps.” Before the beginning of the 2021-22 sea son, the university held a memorial for Olson, their winningest coach, at McKale Center, the building where fans and players experienced his larger-than-life presence. He was also immortalized with a life-size statue outside McKale Center in which he is holding the 1997 NCAA men’s basketball championship trophy. Olson compiled a 587-190 record during his 24 years with the Wildcats. He turned the program from nothing to one of the best in the country.
t’s 1 a.m. Saturday and while most of us are having a good time or sleeping, Scott Martley is prepping his northwest Tuc son kitchen for the hours of hot, hard work ahead. He turns on the commercial ovens he has at his home. He gives his commercial mixer a twirl. Then it’s measure, scoop, mix, grease, knead and everything else that goes into baking a fragrant, delicious loaf of crusty, German dark rye bread. Sometimes it’s different. Perhaps to day it will be a jalapeno and polenta loaf. At a more reasonable hour later in the morning, wife and partner Nikki Martley gets up to harvest her home- and lovingly grown microgreens. At the cottage bakery, Blue Finch Bakery — not a storefront — this is a weekly routine. It’s hard work, but satisfying. “Food is one of the magical substances,” Scott said. “It crosses borders, it crosses ev erything…You’re trying to put a local influ ence on a deep tradition. Everybody comes to the table with their personal background.
Blue Finch Bakery is one of Tucson’s many establishments celebrating the 10-day So noran Restaurant Week. From Friday, Sept. 9 to Sunday, Sept. 18, more than 100 restaurants will offer fixed-price menus, giving guests the opportunity to visit restaurants they’ve never tried or to check out old favorites.
Ana Aguayo started Taco Fish as a food truck selling fish tacos 17 years ago. That business expanded to a brickand-mortar, casual restaurant. Want something besides fish or shrimp tacos? There are also manta ray, stingray, octopus and marlin com ing in the forms of quesadillas, caldos, tostadas and cocktails.
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A serve-yourself fresh garnish and pico de gallo stand waits on the side. These days, Aguayo manages the place but still helms the“Ikitchen.liketo cook food in my house, like homemade food,” she said, “and, yes, I have
“The purpose of Sonoran Restaurant Week is to encourage people to go out and explore the restaurant scene in Tucson,” said Shane Reiser, who owns tucsonfood ie.com.“It’sa week where a lot of great restaurants — we now have 100 — offer a fixed-price menu, so all you have to do is go to any of the participating restaurants, ask for the So noran Restaurant Week menu. You’re going to get a delicious meal for a deal.”
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At Taco Fish on 12th Avenue, owner Ana Aguayo offers shrimp tacos and quesadilla de marlin, just a couple of seafood items available for lunch or dinner. Taco Fish is one of the more than 100 restaurants participating in Sonoran Restaurant Week. (photo By Karen Schaffner) see
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“‘This is what I think bread should taste like.’ It’s really hard to meet those expecta tions because everybody has a different one. The binding quality is togetherness.”
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Executive chef Ralph Felix of Augustin Kitchen works with a rather large staff in his restaurant’s kitchen. Agus tin Kitchen is just one of more than 100 restaurants par ticipating in Sonoran Restaurant Week. (photo By Karen Schaffner) see RESTAURANTS page 9
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7Explorer and Marana News, September 7, 2022 loved cooking here at the restaurant.” Just a few blocks down the street from Taco Fish is another casual dining place, Rollies Mexican Patio. On this Saturday afternoon, finding parking was a challenge, but the at mosphere inside was full of fun. Chef Mateo Otero wants guests to feel they’re on his home patio.Eating there is like participating in Ote ro’s family tradition, and that tradition is long indeed. “I was born and raised here,” Otero said. “My mother’s family has been here for seven generations already.” It pairs with why he and his restaurant are participating in Sonoran Restaurant Week. “I feel that Tucson’s a part of the Sonoran Desert, and this is Tucson’s food right here that we represent here at Rollies,” Otero add ed. “I call it Tucson Chicano food. It’s our twist on Sonoran food.” More than anything, however, Otero says that when he serves his food, he is offering his Tucson heritage. “I truly believe that this food is my blood,” he said. “These are the dishes that I grew up eating, but I want to put my own twist on them.” The menu reflects Otero’s interest. Look for
Nana’s tacos, a Tucson specialty where a ground beef patty is fried right into a corn tortilla. There are also rolled tacos, street tacos, quesadillas, birria, flat enchiladas and loaded fries. Quench your thirst with horchata and sodas. For the adults try a local brewski, michelada or margarita. In addition, a food truck will soon make its appearance at TheSatisfyAnnex.your hankering for freshly made pasta and piz za at Downtown’s Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink on Pennington, or in northwest Tucson at its second location at Oracle and Ina roads. Both locations are popping, but that’s no surprise. The food and drinks speak for themselves.“Reillyis a modern take on Italian cuisine,” said Courtney Fenton, one of the partner-own ers. “We focus on quality ingre dients, local ingredients and an elevated dining experience, so all of our pasta is made fresh in house. We make our own sau sage, really trying to have the best, freshest ingredients. I think that really translates well in the food.” Fenton and her brothers own both Reil ly locations and a new restaurant, Bata, on Toole. She said their good memories re volve around food, which drew them to the industry.“There’s something innately unique in pro viding comfort for other people and being able to share in those moments,” Fenton said. “Food is a great way to show that you care; it’s a great way to feel comfortable and welcome.”CrossI-10 at Congress to the west side, go just a little way down the road and you are in a different Tucson, but that is where Tucson native Chef Ralph Felix runs the kitchen at Agustin Kitchen. General manager Neil Scott describes it as casual fine dining, tucked in a cor ner of Mercado San Agustin. The bar side has a large counter open to the outside courtyard. Food is graciously served in the wood-paneled dining room. The kitchen overlooks the dining room and, when he gets a second, Felix peeks past the large marble counter and the fresh
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“You’re bringing a group of people to gether over food,” Scott said. “Meeting new people, you often do it over food, and I love being a part of that connection with so many people.”
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On the regular dinner menu find halibut crudo, lacquered duck breast or littleneck clams. There is also lunch service and a weekend brunch menu. It’s sophisticated food, but what does Felix like to eat at home? “You know what?” he said. “As a chef we work so hard, such long days, sometimes you get home you’re hap py just to eat a bowl of cereal.” Scott credits his team with the success of the place.
Meanwhile, at Blue Finch Bakery, Nikki is getting orders ready to go out to customers who have texted their arrival times. That’s how it works at Blue Finch. On Sunday, the website opens to orders and, because it’s a cottage bakery, Scott only makes so much. Best to remember to order on Sunday, be cause by Wednesday most of their goodies are sold out.
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The Martleys don’t do it for the money; they give a portion of their weekly earnings to nonprofits. It’s something else; the same thing that makes all restaurant workers do it.
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“It makes all the work worth while,” Felix said. “When I’m work ing long shifts, long hours, long days, when I’m not spending the holiday with my family, but then I put out great food and people call me out to the table, and say, ‘Thank you, this is the best meal we’ve ever had,’ it just makes it worthwhile.”
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Reiser said it’s a joy to work with eater ies like these during Sonoran Restaurant Week. He wants everyone to be proud of, and enjoy, Tucson’s food traditions and newcomers.“TheTucson food scene is really explod ing,” Reiser said. “Lots of new restaurants are elevating the whole scene, and we’re in creasingly a gastronomy destination.”
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“I tend to give credit to the peo ple who are actually performing it,” he said. “I may be here helping di rect it but these are the guys that are putting it together every day.”
oysters on ice to see how dining ser vice is going. When he sees patrons enjoying what he and his staff have created, he’s happy.
Magdalena Verdugo was named Hispanic Businesswoman of the Year. Verdugo/Submitted)
For example, she said those businesses were minority-, veteran-, disabled- and women-owned businesses.
“We deployed all those resources,” she said. “I gather, because it is about business, the (Hispanic Businesswoman of the Year) award is noting on our (YWCA) growth, not only in revenue but staffing and grow ing the YWCA in the past two years.”
Hispanic chamber honors Magdalena Verdugo
Verdugo said the experience she gained gave YWCA the leverage to step in and di rectly administer federal dollars.
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Community Foundation for Non-Profit, and the Women’s Foundations for the State of Arizona for Working Families were the other two. The YWCA was appointed to work in the small business venue. “We had to set up a process for being able to manage those resources,” she said. “At that time, in 2020, the faster you could get these resources to small business es, or individuals or nonprofits…was criti cal. We worked really quickly to develop a process that would be equitable…what the city charged us with was to ensure those re sources went to small businesses that were the most vulnerable.”
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Tucson Local Media Magdalena Verdugo has achieved much.Most recently the YWCA of Southern Arizona chief execu tive officer was named Hispanic Business woman of the Year by the Tucson Hispanic Chamber.Verdugo began working for YWCA-Main Campus on Bonita as CEO in January 2020, just before the pandemic. The YWCA has a second facility in South Tucson known as the House of Neighborly Service (HNS). However, even with the pandemic, busi ness picked up for the YWCA by the end of“We2021.grew significantly,” Verdugo said. “We went from seven staff members to 22 staff members by 2022.” Successes came in other ways, too. She also said as a result of the women’s business center, they partnered with the city of Tuc
“Recently, we administered the state CDBG-CV, (Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus),” she said. “In addition, we were able to leverage more re sources through the city ARPA funding to continue our work with small businesses.
“When I stepped in (as CEO for YWCA) on Jan. 2, (2020), I had dedicated the first three months to what I call the ‘road trip’ and going out there in the community and listening,” she said about the first three
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son.It administered $9 million in grants in Somos Uno as part of the CARES act, now called ARPA, she said. “We were the pass-through, per se, for the city of Tucson, in getting grants or re sources into the hands of small businesses,” sheThesaid.YWCA was one of three organi zations initially selected to do this work.
“Are you back? Did you bring the em ployees back? To tell their stories,” Verdugo said. “It’s part of our annual report for 2020 andVerdugo2021.” has more ideas for the YWCA. “The climate justice piece of it,” she said. “Mayor Romero on Sept. 9 (2020), issued an emergency climate declaration. We (YWCA) issued a publication in 2021 written by Karen Peterson… it is one of the things we saw, as well as how our commu nity is being impacted (by the pandemic).
The YWCA took its small businesses into the Greens Champion Program, which is through Local First Arizona.
“I am looking forward to these opportu nities to share our stories,” she said. “And to also share our work. So, I am very grateful for the Verdugoplatform.”explained how privileged she feels about her position as CEO at the YWCA.“Tobe able to relay what that platform is going to be,” Verdugo said, "whether for myself or other women, it is time to share our stories. Sometimes we are not in a place where we are empowered to be able to share. That’s what I want to be. I want to be that for women and to be able to share my voice.”
“So, we issued a publication in 2021 where we talked about the work we have done in environmental justice and how we are being impacted by the climate change.
“On Sept. 9 last year and Sept. 9 this year, which coincides with the launched anniversary of the declaration we got in the Tucson 2030 district," she said. "It talks about Tucson 2030 district as part of their geographic district, including Bonita Drive YWCA and HSN. It (Tucson 2030 districts) is about educating and tapping into resources, and about pulling a net work together to do this work.”
Now she said some of those businesses are reopening and it is important what the YWCA“Theselearned.resources we made available didn’t deploy to them until June and July 2020,” she said. “We went into this technolo gy world, and our small businesses couldn’t get there as fast as the more advanced, larg er companies, who pivoted earlier, and just changed their websites and marketing.” She said it is most important to acknowl edge what the pandemic did.
“It showed them how they can do small steps,” she said. “They are paying the mort gage or rent and paying the utilities, but by doing these little things, they will lower their energy cost.” To help with the education on climate change impacts, the YWCA puts out a YClimate Action publication.
“As women, we carried a lot during the pandemic. Learning and quickly pivoting, to teach them how to manage federal dollars,” Verdugo said, “to help small businesses stay in business…a lot of our small businesses didn’t leverage the PPP (Payroll Protection Program) loan because they didn’t have re lationships with their financial institutions.” If those relationships were in place, the small businesses may have been able to weather the pandemic. “They (small businesses) missed out on those resources,” Verdugo explained. “For small businesses to be carried for three months, we are talking about anywhere from $1,500 to $10,000.”
“We were piggy-backing on Mayor Romero’s emergency declaration on climate change,” Verdugo explained. “So we started auditing our buildings to see what we have to start for energy and water. We focused on HSN first, because it is in a community that is most vulnerable. Low income, the elderly, We are surrounded by long-time residents, and the elderly. Our elderly have become the most vulnerable (since COVID).
“One thing we want to learn is how many businesses we helped, for each grant, what ZIPAlso,codes.”she said, the YWCA wants to know how many businesses survived the pandemic, how many employees or jobs were retained.
She said YWCA rolled out and provided grants to support operations or rental fees and utilities. Verdugo said they launched a number of grants — the Small Business Continuity grants, the Small Business Utili ties and Rental grants, and Survivors grants, for survivors of domestic violence.
11Explorer and Marana News, September 7, 2022 months.“Itwas the listening tour, just to learn from the board, the community and the staff. I wanted to go out and connect with the community, I had one on one discus sions with staff, to get a pulse on what is going on in the organization, on what was their (the staff’s) vision, as well as, with board members and select community members, who knew the YWCA before I was there and then while I was there, who I would sit down with. I was in the middle of my listening tour when we were shut down because of the coronavirus.” The organization had to pivot quickly. Servicing about 4,000 women a year, the YWCA became information gatherers and distributors.Verdugosaid larger businesses and corpo rations were no different. Unfortunately, Tuc son’s smaller businesses were at a disadvantage. “These small businesses were created to create jobs for the family,” Verdugo said. “Small businesses, such as Mexican restaurants and small Chinese restaurants didn’t have that capacity to do that (update their websites or create websites). For the small family businesses, the cottage busi nesses, they did not have the tools or the resources to get there.”
“A lot of our women-owned businesses are service businesses. They are our hair stylist, our nail technicians, they’re like our personal spa services, and they couldn’t do it anymore, because of the epidemic.”
She said the YWCA was headed there to help the small businesses get the tools and resources they needed to survive the pan demic, but they were too slow, she said.
“The survivors grant is a small grant to sup port survivors of domestic violence to help them address their needs, like moving and rent…a kind of emergency support,” she said.
She knows she is biased.
“It happened quickly. They realized they didn’t have the tools that the larger busi nesses did,” Verdugo said. “Small businesses were not prepared for this. The big corporate businesses already had the technology to deal with this, like to take online orders, to change their market ing and websites.” She said for the small businesses, the pan demic just went too fast. Small business es were not prepared, “so we focused our efforts in building their websites for them to take online orders and set up the paying mechanisms, so they could take payments online, but we weren’t fast enough. “A lot of our women-owned businesses are service businesses. They are our hair stylist, our nail technicians, they’re like our personal spa services, and they couldn’t do it anymore, because of the epidemic.”
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“We learned this has allowed us to shift or redesign programming to meet the needs of these small businesses,” Verdugo said. “We launched the food entrepreneurship training program. We relaunched our pro gramming to meet the needs of the business.
So, we separated the new businesses from the existing business and by separating them, the information we share with them (the particu lar small business) is going to look different.” She said the YWCA not only learned from the small businesses, but they also learned from its clients.
“It’s not urgent yet, but it is mildly urgent. We have to see how to get our resources to our communities and with limited re sources, because the stuff we are doing isn’t cheap,” she explained.
“For me, my climate justice world has to be led and done by women,” Verdugo said. “As women we see the importance of it. Our hope is at the YWCA, to work in col laboration with the Tucson 2030 district.” She said it is really about reducing the percentage of emissions and our carbon footprint on the world.
“So here, at the YWCA, we talk about what we are about…eliminating racism, empowering women and doing justice… for me it was very personal, my focus,” Ver dugo said. “I am a daughter of migrant farm workers," she said. She is aware of issues of agriculture, conservation of water and use of water and the lack of green spaces in local communi ties. "When we looked at the way we pivoted through the CDBG, at what ZIP codes are impacted, (that's when we noticed) predomi nantly impacted businesses that didn’t get the resources that they needed, as well as our dry deserts,” Verdugo added. She said they focused on five ZIP codes. “It’s not surprising South Tucson is one of those ZIP codes. And we have a facil ity there (HNS),” Verdugo said. “We took it upon ourselves and two years later, we continue on this climate justice. We liter ally transformed HNS, we have a little park next to the HNS owned by the YWCA but we share it with the community.” She said they keep it environmental sus tainable and safe. Environmental justice, reduces emissions and keeps up on water conservation, she explained.
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Lifeguard recertification for those 15 years or older will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, at the aquatic center classroom, 23 W. Calle Concordia Drive. Participants should bring a swimsuit, tow el, goggles, notebook, pencil and lunch. They will be required to complete a written exam and demonstrate water skills. Cost is $50. For information, call 520-297-7946. Junior Olympic archery development in termediate for students ages 8 to 20 years old will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Mon days from Oct. 3 to Oct. 24, or Wednesdays from Oct. 5 to Oct. 26 at the archery instruc tional area in Naranja Park, 810 W. Naranja Drive. This is the next step in starting ar chery. Students are trained based on their personal goals, and could include competi tion, recreation or physical exercise. Cost is $10. For information, call 520-229-5050.
Children’s activities are plentiful. Several activities are planned for fall break, set for Oct. 10 to Oct. 14. For information on any of the activities, call 520-229-5050.
Camp Swim Play Fun at the Oro Valley Community Center for children ages 6 to 12 is hosted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every weekday at the Community and Recreation Center Camp Room, 10555 N. La Canada Dr. Morning and afternoon snacks will be provided but children must bring a sack lunch, water bottle, swimsuit, town and sunscreen. However, lunch may be pur chased for $30 for the week. Extended care from 7 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. is also avail able for $20 each. Cost for the week is $150. Cost for a single day is $40.
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Nature Camp at Catalina State Park for children ages 6 to 12 is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Catalina State Park Group Camp ground, 11570 N. Oracle Road. Activities include nature talks, hiking and building a fort. Children will be grouped by age and must bring a sack lunch. Morning and af ternoon snacks will be provided. Extend ed care from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. is also available. Cost for the program is $90 or $120 for extended care. Tucson Media workAfterFEMAinPimaweeksofstalling,Gov.DuceyagreestoallowPimaCountytowithfederalgovernmentonvaccinationsites|Page5
A pre-course test must be passed on the first day of class. Students will be tested on their ability to swim 300 yards continu ously using a combination of freestyle and breaststroke and treading water for 2 min utes with only legs. You must also be able to swim 20 yards and surface dive to 10 feet and retrieve a 10-pound brick, return to the surface and swim 20 yards back to the start, using both hands holding the brick and keep your face out of water, and exit the pool without using the ladder or steps. These skills must be completed in a minute and 40 seconds. Cost is $90. For information, call 520-297-7946.
Oro Valley Walking Club for those 18 and older is 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Riverfront Park, 551 W. Lambert Lane. Cost is free. For information, email Mar gret Parnell, mparnell@comcast.net Personal Training with Reach Your Po tential for those 14 and older is available. Instructors are Julian Turner and Leanne Turner. Cost is based on the instruction provided. For information, call Julian Turn er, 520-907-0514, or visit reachyourpotenti alaz.com Second Saturdays at Steam Pump Ranch will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 8 at 10901 N. Oracle Road. The event in cludes tours, presentations and displays at the Pusch House. There will also be an heirloom farmers market, and an artisan and antique fair. Kids can partake in crafts from 9:30 a.m. to noon in the Heritage Garden, and prehistoric demonstrations with Archeology Southwest are in the same location from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Live music will be performed from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
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The registration fee is $50, and all pro ceeds go to benefit the event’s selected charity beneficiaries. The 2022 beneficia ries are the 100 Club of Arizona and Base camp for Veterans Inc. The Arizona 100 Club supports state wide law enforcement, first responders and other emergency services that support city, country, state, federal and tribal com munities. Basecamp for Veterans Inc. is an immersive equine therapy program for veterans and their families using rescued mustangs. Participants receive mentoring and continued therapy. All of this is pro vided at no cost to the veteran.
“When you talk to someone from World War II, all of them remember Pearl Har bor. When the 20th anniversary of 911 hit, it struck me that it might be fading from people’s memories. I think we, as a society, should never forget that.”
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The 911 Tower Challenge Foundation has donated more than $320,000 to chari ties serving law enforcement, first respond ers, military personnel and their families.
he 911 Tower Challenge Foundation will never forget Sept. 11, 2001. On the anniversary of the terrorist attacks, the group hosts the 911 Nev er Forgotten Tower Challenge, a 2,071-step climb that represents the 110 floors of the TwinThisTowers.year’s911 Tower Challenge is set for 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at Tucson Arena, 260 S. Church Avenue. Doors open at 6:30 a.m. A virtual registration option is also available. Anyone climbing the stairs must be 16 or older. The concourse walk is also available for all participants during the event and younger children. The first 911 Tower Challenge was held in 2011. Since then, it has grown to include over 4,000 participants. Police, military, firefighters and other first responders at tend and often wear full gear. During the climb, participants see the photos and names of those who lost their lives that day. “The attack on Sept. 11 was the Pearl Harbor of our generation,” said Ben Bue hler-Garcia, vice president of the 911 Tow er Challenge Foundation. He hasn’t served in the military or worked as a first responder, so he said he feels it’s his duty as a civilian to support those who have.
Buehler-Garcia said most people enlist ing into the military now were not yet born or do not remember the Sept. 11 attacks.
To help bring awareness, the Tower Chal lenge opening ceremony features new re cruits taking their oath of enlistment. The goal is to make the ceremony meaningful while also helping people remember those lost in the attacks so they do not fade away.
911 Tower Challenge honors terrorist victims
He survived the Sept. 11 attacks, but lost 93 friends overall, including his two best friends. He also responded to the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing and was dis patched in 1995 to assist with rescue opera tions in the Oklahoma City bombing at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
911 Never Forgotten Tower Challenge WHEN: 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11 WHERE: Tucson Arena, 260 S. Church Avenue, Tucson COST: See website for details INFO: Challengehttps://bit.ly/TucsonTower-
First responders and the military honor the fallen at the 911 Never Forgotten Tower Challenge. (911 Tower Challenge/Submitted)
BY COLLEEN FORSYTH
Robert Brandt helped found the 911 Tow er Challenge Foundation in 2011 when the 10th anniversary was approaching. Working at the Tucson Police Department, Brandt said he was disappointed that Sept. 11 re membrances were falling by the wayside. They came up with the idea of doing what would become the first 911 Tower Challenge. “When we set up the first 911 Tower Challenge, it had about 100 participants and imagined it as a one-time thing,” Brandt said. “The feedback we got from everyone was it was great, and we should continue to do it. Eleven years later it’s grown from 100 participants to last year over 4,000 state wide. We have people all over the country and even the world participating.” Brandt said everyone should take a few minutes every Sept. 11 to remember those who were lost. He also hopes, especially with the current climate of the country, it will remind Americans how to come to gether in times of difficulty.
The group also is hosting a pre-event dinner at Site 17 Event Center, 840 E. 17th Street, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, with speaker Tim Brown, a retired and decorated 20-year New York City firefighter who won a Peabody award for his documentary, “Rebirth.”
The opening ceremonies start promptly at 8 a.m.
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
“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
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BROADWAY IN TUCSON Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University broadwayintucson.com520-903-2929Boulevard
“Timothy Takach: Helios,” Sept. 30 at Valley Presbyterian Church, Green Valley; and Oct. 1 and Oct. 2 at Catalina Foothills TUCSON THEATRE W. Congress Street
“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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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.
“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. Voices and P.O. Box trueconcord.org520-401-265164912
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Broadway in Tucson The 2022/2023 Season
16 Explorer and Marana News, September 7, 2022FALL ARTS PREVIEW 2022 broadwayintucson.com presented in collaboration with Arizona Arts Live SEPTEMBER14-25,2022OCTOBER11-16,2022OCTOBER20-23,2022NOVEMBER22-23,2022DECEMBER6,2022 JANUARY3-8,2023JANUARY17-22,2023JANUARY24-25,2023FEBRUARY21-26,2023MARCH28-APRIL2,2023APRIL28-30,2023
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.
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
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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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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The Passing Zone, Oct. 1 False Negative: An Evening with John Waters, Oct. 15 Aida Cuevas and Mariachi Aztlan, Oct. 16
Graham Nash: An Intimate Evening of Songs and Stories, Oct. 18
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
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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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
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.
BY MARGARET REGAN
Tucson Local Media
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.
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.”
On Your Feet Ballet season reveals new faces
7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at Fox Tucson Theatre FALL CONCERT The fall concert’s four dances launch the company’s new direction.
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.
FOOTPRINTS AT THE FOX: NEW WORKS CONCERT
“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.
7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11; 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, and Sunday, Nov. 13, Leo Rich Theater. ‘THE NUTCRACKER’
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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.
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)
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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
Madeleine Kuebler (Ed Flores/Submitted) Danielle and Liang Fu (Ed Flores/Submitted) Niamh Perrins (Ed Flores/Submitted) DANCE from page 20
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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!).
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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
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Various times Thursday, Dec. 22, to Satur day, Dec. 24, at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall. tuned for avalanche of that
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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.
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 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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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
LOUIS CARLOS BERNAL GALLERY
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
Potpourri of Events
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
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BY MARGARET REGAN
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 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
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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“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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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.
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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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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“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
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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
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.
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
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.
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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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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)
An Evening of Beautiful Music with Ada Redd Austin and musical director Doug Martin
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“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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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
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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It has been shown aloe vera helps to normalize gastrointestinal wall structure and function. It has fungicidal, viricidal and bactericidal properties and can help to restore normal GI flora. It has also been shown that polysaccharides found in aloe vera help to improve the elimination of waste and allergenic proteins from the small intestine into the colon. There is ongoing research into possible uses for aloe in reducing the adverse ef fects of radiation and chemotherapy cancer treatment.Aloe’snatural plant anthraquinones might help to prevent tuberculosis and HIV in fection. Aloe may become a reasonable treatment for arthritis pain in that it has an ti-inflammatory properties and can be used to prevent the gastrointestinal effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen. Aloe has been shown to reduce blood sugar in people with type-2 diabetes. It has been added to various health supple ments for its antioxidant properties and as an immune system enhancer. Aloe, like other plant supplements, should be used with caution. Taken inter nally, adverse side effects may include di arrhea and subsequent lowered potassium levels, an irregular heartbeat and stomach cramping. It should not be used by people who have allergies to onions, garlic or tu lips. Aloe may interact negatively with cer tain medications so always check with your health care provider before adding any sup plements to your medication regimen.
loe Vera was considered the “plant of immortality” by the ancient Egyptians because of its many per ceived health benefits. It is a cactus-like plant that grows in hot dry climates like Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and California in the United States and many subtropical regions of the world. The healing properties of aloe have been known for centuries and it has been used by many cultures as a medicine and as a beauty product. Most notably, aloe was and still is used for various skin conditions. It has been shown to speed the healing of burns, rashes, in sect bites and other allergic skin reactions, blisters, allergic rashes, athlete’s foot and other fungal skin diseases, blisters, acne, rosacea and dry skin. It is used often to re lieve the pain and drying effect of sunburn and can be found in most over-the-counter sunburnThoughproducts.itlooks like a cactus with its thick thorny leaves, the aloe plant is actu ally a lily. It is considered a succulent pe rennial and can grow to 2 feet. It thrives in warm, sunny locations and it grows most in the spring from seed, its own shoots, or leaves from a mature plant. It is not a har vested plant; a piece of the leaf is just cut when needed and the plant is left intact. Aloe vera is mentioned on an ancient Sumerian tablet dating from 2200 BC. It may have originated in the eastern and southern areas of Africa but has been found in more temperate climates as well. Ancient Egyptian writings mention that Cleopatra applied the plant’s gel over her body as part of her beauty regimen. Aloe was discovered by crusaders from Europe and, by the middle ages, was in widespread use as a common remedy for various skin diseases and rashes. Explorers to the New World took the plant on their ships as medicine and then planted it in the Americas and Caribbean where it flourished. Missionaries planted it around their missions and compounds as part of medicinal herb gardens to treat the nativeResearcherspopulations.arelooking at the medicinal value of many plants, including aloe vera. Externally, it may help surgical wounds heal faster and possibly reduce the inflam mation of chicken pox and shingles viruses. It may ease the scaling of psoriasis and ec zema and control the proliferation of acne pimples.When applied to skin injuries, it increas es blood flow to wounded areas and stimu lates new skin cells called fibroblasts, which promote wound healing. Many cooks keep a plant handy in the kitchen as a quick and effective treatment for kitchen burns. It is also a part of many people’s beauty treat ment to reduce wrinkles. It also has been used as an internal med ication. Aloe may treat a number of gas trointestinal illnesses such as constipation, acid reflux, Crohn’s disease, colitis and irri table bowel syndrome.
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Nature’s bounty holds great promise as we “rediscover” the healing properties of various plants found around the world and in our own gardens.
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Based on the positive feedback received from the event in August, the Town will continue to offer Community Conversa
Thanks to a great suggestion from one of the attendees of the August event, the town will be hosting a community health and wellness fair. This event will provide com munity members with the opportunity to learn about mental health resources from local organizations. The town is looking to host this event in the spring of 2023.
tions on a quarterly basis. Moving forward, each event will have a theme, which will al low attendees and panelists to take a deep dive in a particular topic. The next event is tentatively scheduled for November. More information to come.
So, what is next for this program and what can community members expect to see as it relates to mental health? Here are a few events/resources the town is working to implement:
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In coordination with the quarterly Com munity Conversations, the town will be pro ducing quarterly articles that will come out prior to the quarterly events. These articles will not only provide a snapshot of the event to come but will also explore the theme of the event and will feature local professionals that are experts in the subject matter.
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BY NICK SCALA Community & Recreation Center Manager he town of Oro Valley hosted a mental health event called “A Community Con versation on Mental Health” on Aug. 9. The event featured a panel of in dividuals from various groups, including Oro Valley Parks & Recreation, Oro Valley Police Department, Golder Ranch Fire Dis trict, Arizona Complete Health and Com munity Bridges. The panelists provided a variety of per spectives related to mental health, which led to an insightful conversation and discussion. While the conversation did not focus on any one aspect of mental health, it gave attend ees the opportunity to learn about local re sources and potential care options. More than 40 individuals attended the event, in person and via Zoom. The event lasted 90 minutes and featured an engag ing back-and-forth between panelists and attendees.Theintention behind this event was to have an open conversation with communi ty members so the town could learn how to better serve its residents, as it relates to mental health. Throughout the course of the night, the attendees were given a chance to share their stories and ask questions of theBeforepanelists.the event concluded, the attend ees were asked what types of mental health programs or events they would be inter ested in from the town. This led to great feedback and ideas that will help guide the town as it works to build out its mental healthKristyprogram.Diaz-Trahan, Oro Valley Parks & Recreation director, served on the panel for the“Theevent.first Mental Health Community Conservation event was very well attend ed,” she said. “The attendees participated in engag ing dialog, heartfelt stories, and resource sharing. Great ideas related to future pro grams and events were discussed and the town of Oro Valley Parks and Recreation Department is excited to take the lead in this important community topic. With the pandemic (mostly) in the rearview mirror, many of us are, for the first time facing mental fatigue or perhaps have intensified feelings of existing conditions. Regardless of how we got here, we need each other to help navigate the sometimes-chaotic world of mental wellness.”
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LOCAL RESOURCE LIST The town will be developing a local re source list to help residents receive the care they need when they need it the most. The list will include all the local organizations and serve as a cheat sheet for navigating the mental health care system. If you are interested in learning more about future meetings and resources, fol low the town of Oro Valley Parks and Rec reation Facebook page or call the office at 520-229-5050. mental health
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CANCER (June 22-July 22). It always takes more than one person to create a power struggle. One way to end the backand-forth of a psychological tug-of-war game is simply to let go of the rope. The other person may go reeling backward, but if you don't pick it up again, you're free of the arduous game, which may be even better than winning.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You're feel ing curious, and you may dabble in this or that in hopes of getting a more real istic feel for how much the pursuit really holds for you. This week's mood is good for shopping but bad for buying -- good for borrowing, renting and posing hy pothetical questions but bad for making promises, commitments and deals.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The lan guage of your heart speaks in feeling and attraction, in a sense of expansiveness, oneness and connection. Fear has a lan guage, too. It speaks through judgment, restriction and the urge to hide or flee. You're an expert interpreter and will find helpful ways of applying what's commu nicated to you this week.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). As you repeatedly work or hang out with the same people, a culture forms around you. Maybe you don't love everything about it, but there's much in this group that seems about right for where you are now in your life. You just may look back and call these times "the good old days."
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You're burst ing with creativity this week, so it will be challenging to focus solely on what's immediately relevant. But once you meet the needs of the current situation, the world will be your oyster and a felicitous pursuit of your wild imaginings will en sue. Fire sign compatibility figures prom inently in.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You can't help how you feel, but a funny thing hap pens once you accept and express those feelings -- they change. Full expressions will be particularly lucky this week. In stead of smiling, dance; instead of pout ing, sing the blues. Your scene will be painted beautiful by freed feelings.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your imag ination is strong, and as you visualize your own success, you'll figure out which version seems to fit well. Still, your mind can get to a place in seconds that your re ality may take years to catch up to. Don't let it stop you. These hopes and dreams are the first steps to setting goals and making plans.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). This week highlights the difference between love and positioning. Positioning is situation al and conditional. Love moves freely. You'll experience both. Note that both people can benefit from a relationship even if feelings aren't mutual. Giving love is its own benefit, which expands and strengthens the heart.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You won't waste your brainpower coming up with answers in realms that already have many experts. The right strategy for you has al ready been proven by hundreds of others just like you. Just follow the formula. You'll get the best results working inside a group, especially one that meets in person.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You've seen plenty of projects through to fruition, so you should trust yourself when you feel like something is a little off with the plan. Certain processes begin to feel cumber some and become not worth it. Heed your instinct. Better to cut a bad invest ment loose than to go deeper in, trying to prove something.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You have someone in your life who you trust enough to be silly around. You can dis close a bit of foolish nonsense to this person and feel accepted, loved even, for the perfectly flawed human you are. A re lationship like this is a treasure, and you count yourself among the blessed. You love and are loved.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There's no short age of difficult tasks to potentially take on, but just because it's a challenge doesn't make it worthwhile. Seek relevant endeav ors. It's not about looking for an easier way to do things; it's about making sure a thing is worth doing in the first place. Does it bring you closer to the person you want to be?
“I have a lot of music in the pipe line,” he said. “I can’t sit still. I have to do something. Even when I retire from music, I’m going to have to do something. I’m going to fly drones. That’s what I’m going to do.” He understands that his extracurricular activities are of interest. He recently held an event for his Patreon subscribers and when he opened the floor to questions, fans asked about everything but music.
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“They all asked, ‘What’s up with you?’” he said with a laugh. “I feel like my path in life has extended beyond music. I just balance the two. It’s really interesting. Some artists, they can literally just do one thing — not that that’s bad. I’m a huge Coldplay fan. “They’re Coldplay then, and they’re Coldplay now. Some artists, they have to put out a book, music, star in a TV show. It’s tricky to navigate it. I follow what I’m inspired to do. There’s a purpose for all of it. If fans are interested in what type of gluten-free bread I eat, that’s cool.”
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BY TOM DANEHY Tucson Local Media By the time this appears in print and online, the U.S. Open might well be over for Rafael Nadal. The limits to which he has pushed his body and his mind in pursuit of tennis excellence are taking their revenge. At the age of 36, he is both a living icon and something of an oldIt’sman.like what Apollo Creed said to Rocky Balboa, “It’s a shame that we have to get old.” A great athlete like Nadal spends the majority of his life getting in top shape, working on his game, toughening himself up mentally (a big part of tennis), only to get to a point where things start going downhill.Heholds the record for the most major tournaments won (22), but he could have several more were it not for injuries pop ping up at the most inopportune times. He was cruising at Wimbledon when an ab dominal injury caused him to forfeit in the semifinals.He’sina good spot if he can stay healthy. A couple of top challengers got upset in the first round and knucklehead Novak Djokovic was not allowed in the country because he still refuses to get vaccinated. All politics aside, the absolute worst thing the vaccines have proven to be for some people are ineffective.
Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal in action during a match of the Barcelona Open tennis tournament Conde de Godo on April 27, 2017, in Barcelona (123RF) DANEHY
Listed as 5-foot-8, that was either van ity or a defective measuring device. He couldn’t have been more than 5-foot-7 (and probably shorter). Adding to his vertical deficiency, he walked somewhat stooped over; I guess his greatness was just weigh ing him down. Laver was (and, at 84, still is) a pale Australian who had a constant sunburn during the season. (I guess they didn’t have sunscreen back then.) He was a left hander who, like most people back then, hit a one-handed backhand. What he did mostly was demolish peo ple. He once won the Wimbledon title match in 58 minutes! If you don’t know how crazy that is, watch the U.S. Open this week. They have a giant clock showing how long the match has been going on. It often says three or four hours. So, the year af ter he won the championship match in 58 minutes, he won it again, this time in 57 minutes.Laveris the only player ever to win the Grand Slam twice. He probably could have done it more times, but during the peak years of his career, there was an upheaval in tennis where some events were reserved for amateurs, while others were for profes sionals only. He missed out on around 20 opportunities to win majors during that period.When you mention Grand Slams, you just have to mention what Don Budge did in the late 1930s. He was the first person to win a Grand Slam and he also won six ma jor titles — in a row. At the age of 22 (and 23), he won Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 1937, and then the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open in 1938. Those turned out to be the only major ti tles he would win because tennis basically shut down with the onset of World War II in Europe in the late 1930s and the rest of the world in the early ’40s. The early focus of this U.S. Open was on Serena Williams, who announced that this would be her last major. She won her opening round match easily, but then faced the No. 2 player in the world in the second round. All Williams did was knock off the highly favored Anett Kontaveit in a threesetHowthriller.cool would it be for Williams and Nadal to both go out as champions?
Nadal can win a few more before his 36-year-old body fails on him for the final time. It will be tough for him to stay ahead of Djokovic, who is one year younger than Nadal, but much less injured. Whatever happens, Nadal is guaranteed to go down as one of the all-time greats in the history of tennis. I played tennis in high school and col lege, but it was always No. 4 for me. It was miles behind football and basketball for me and, at the time, it was even behind base ball! (Oh, the folly of youth!) When I was a kid, I loved to watch Rod Laver play tennis. He was like a bully gnome.
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“I miss my friends and all, but I’m glad I’m not playing eight-man football. Like I said, I want to challenge myself, but I would also like to continue playing football after high school. It would be pretty hard for a player from an eight-man squad to get a scholar ship or even get looked at by colleges.”
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saiah Ramirez learned a hard lesson about inflation at the beginning of this school year. The senior two-way football player at Marana Mountain View High School actually lives in the old mining town of San Manuel. It’s a 45-mile drive each way; not a bad drive, really. Up Veterans Me morial Boulevard, past the airport and the golf course, until you get to State Route 77 (which we in Tucson know as Oracle Road). Route 77 takes you past the town of Oracle and the Biosphere, into the town of Catalina and finally to Oro Valley. Isaiah sees this ev ery single day and has for three-plus years. But this year is different. “Man, the price of gas hit really hard. I was spending like $100 a week just to get to school and back.” Why would someone who lives in San Manuel go all the way to Mountain View for school? “I did it for football. I love foot ball. I love everything about it, and no of fense to San Manuel, where I grew up and a lot of my friends still are, but I wanted to challenge myself.”
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Mountain View opened its season at home Sept. 2 against Marana. Both teams are hoping to reach the 5A state playoffs this year and that season opener might go a long way toward determining whether one or both teams have a shot at the postseason. As for a long way, Isaiah knows all about that. Having driven that route through blazing heat and thick snowfall, he has nev er regretted his decision. “It was a really serious decision I made when I was pretty young, but I’m glad I did it. I love football and I love Mountain View football.”
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For the first couple years that Isaiah was at Mountain View, San Manuel was in Class 2A, the second-smallest level for schools in Arizona. But recently, the Miners were dropped down to Class 1A, the lowest level. Not only did it mean that they would be playing the smallest schools in Arizona in every sport, it also meant that the football team would go from playing 11-man football to playing eight-man football. (Small schools often have enrollments of around 100 stu dents or less, so playing eight-man is often the only way that a school can field a team.)
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Isaiah plays running back and linebacker for coach Matt Johnson’s Mountain Lions. Johnson, who had remarkable success as a member of Vern Friedli’s staff 20 years ago before turning around a moribund pro gram at Rincon and then winning a state ti tle at Ironwood Ridge, has struggled a bit at Mountain View. His program got slammed by COVID-19 two years ago and his team was only allowed to play two games.
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“I see more and more peo ple here using the equipment,” says Therese. “I can say you really do have to be trained in how to use it correctly, and once you do, it’s almost as good as a post-workout massage.” Todd adds, “Residents now have access to unique equip ment that will enrich their fit ness routine, and more impor tantly, enhance mobility while reducing pain.”
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“Our survey responses show that 88.2% participants no ticed marked improvements after using the devices,” reports Todd. Areas of improvement included pain levels, range of motion and mobility, soreness, and blood circulation. “The most frequently cited area of improvement was upper legs, followed by shoulders, lower legs and gluteal muscles,” says Todd. Looking Ahead The Splendido fitness team plans to offer more Therabody workshops and is using the de vices in personal training ses sions and circuit training class es. Residents who participated in the first training continue to use the devices on their own and tell others about the bene fits they are experiencing.
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When it comes to options for unique and effective work outs, residents at Splendido are on the leading edge. Early this year, Splendido a Life Plan Community for those 55 and better in Oro Valley, introduced versatile Therabody-brand wellness tech tools in its fitness center, which residents can use to design per sonalized fitness plans. “The Therabody equipment has a QR code, so an individu al can scan it with their phone and pull up a website where they can select a program to suit their needs—whether it’s treating tennis elbow or just loosening up,” says Todd Lutz, Splendido’s spa and fitness manager. “And, of course, staff are on hand to help demon strate and train on using the devices.”Splendido has several Ther abody devices, which include • Percussive Theraguns are handheld deep massagers that can be placed against muscles with a targeted, sci entifically calibrated dose for specific therapeutic benefits.
44 Explorer and Marana News, September 7, 2022 Worship Guide 520.797.4384 Classifieds@TucsonLocalmedia.com Get The Word Out! To advertise in your local Worship Directory, Call 520 -797- 4384 Get the word out! Call 520-797-4384 Reserve Ad space in your local Worship Directory CATHOLIC CATHOLIC Join Us ST. MARK THE EVANGELIST ORO VALLEY, ARIZONA Catholic Church STMARKOV.COM Visit our website 2727 W. TANGERINE ROAD ORO VALLEY, AZ 85742 520.469.7835 SATURDAY MASS 4:00 Distancing*MasksSUNDAYPMMASS7:00AM8:30AM*10:00AM11:30AMandSocialrequiredatthisMass WE ARE A ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH FAMILY NOURISHED BY THE WORD OF GOD AND THE EUCHARIST. AS A COMMUNITY, WE ADVANCE SPIRITUAL GROWTH THROUGH LIFELONG LEARNING. LUTHERAN RESURRECTION LUTHERAN CHURCH AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER OUR DOORS ARE OPEN! 11575 N. 1st Ave. Oro Valley, AZ 85737 (520) 575-9901 Welcome to Resurrection Lutheran! Come join us every Saturday evening or on Sunday for worship! 5:00 pm Saturday evening Worship 7:45 am and 9:15 am Traditional Worship and our 10:45 am Contemporary Worship Oro Valley Location SaddleBrooke 9:00 am Worship HOA1 Clubhouse Vermilion Room. SaddleBrooke Location Online worship available anytime to fit your schedule. Check our website for more www.orovalley.orginformation METHODIST VISTA DE LA MONTAÑA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Please join us for In-Person and Live Streamed Worship Service @10:00am, Sunday | www.vistaumc.org or watch anytime using the previous brodcast button! Please visit our website and/ or VistaUMC on Facebook for viewing and daily updates on our Sunday services. (520) 825-1985 | www.vistaumc.org BAPTIST Join Us For Sunday Service: 10:30 AM In Person: 15501 W Ajo Hwy Online:serenitybaptistaz/videos/https://facebook.com/ Youth: Weds @ 6:00PM Office Hrs: 9am to 1 pm Mon to Fri (Except connect@serenitybaptist.churchHolidays)https://serenitybaptist.church520.822.2026 COWBOYCHURCH Cristian Cowboy Ministries Cowboy Church Sunday September 18th At the Robertson Horse sale barn, Benson, AZ. @10 am For more info. Contact: Ccbm777@aol.com LUTHERAN LUTHERAN
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