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Southern Arizona Clay Artists Ceramics Sale. The term “fine art” gets thrown around a lot, but what does it actually mean? Most definitions explain it to be any art form that is appreciated for its aesthetic or intellectual properties, as opposed to its real-world uses. Well, here’s an opportunity to purchase some art that certainly has tangible uses, but still looks plenty fine. Tohono Chul botanical gardens are teaming up with the Southern Arizona Clay Artists for a special ceramics sale this weekend. More than 25 artists from throughout Southern Arizona will be selling ceramics that range from functional to decorative. And because the artists are local many of their wares are inspired by the Sonoran desert, such as a ceramic cup with a specialty mesquite wood handle. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 11 and Saturday, Feb. 12. At the Tohono Chul Education Center. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte.

Theatre, 1400 N. First Ave. $40, with discounts available for groups, seniors, active military and students.

Emergency. The next show in the Invisible Theatre’s 50th anniversary special programming is this play by Daniel Beaty, in which a slave ship emerges from the Hudson River in front of the Statue of Liberty, sending New York City into a tizzy. The show features acting by To-Ree-Nee Wolf, Richard Thompson and Myani Watson; original music by AmoChip Dabney and Rob Boone; and even masks and puppetry by Maryann Trombino and Lisa Sturz. WBUR Boston called it “an engrossing and empathetic look at the hearts and minds of Americans who have much more in common than they often think they do.” Runs Feb. 9-Feb. 20 at the Invisible

Jovert Steel Drum in the Oro Valley concert series. Once a month, the Oro Valley Marketplace for local artists from a variety of backgrounds. This month, Tucson High Magnet School’s Jovert Steel Drum band performs on Thursday, Feb. 10. Recognized as one of the best steel drum programs in the nation, Jovert inspires and captivates audiences through the young performers’ talent, sincerity, and energy. (Next month, the concert series changes styles once again by hosting Whose Blues, which covers a variety of blues standards as well as original songs.) 6 to 7:30, Thursday, Feb. 10 12155 N. Oracle Road. Free.

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UA Unveils Geology Museum in time for Gem & Mineral Show Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

n Thursday, Feb. 3, the University of Arizona unveiled a museum that is millions of years in the making. The University of Arizona Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum is housed in the former Pima County Courthouse downtown, and features precious stones from throughout the world, while also highlighting mining in Arizona, fossils, art and jewelry. Parts of the collection were previously held in the basement of UA’s Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium since 1993. As the collection grew, UA staff discussed moving the collection to a larger facility. In 2017, they broke ground on the new site at the courthouse. However, the pandemic hampered the original opening

date. As such, the museum sat mostly complete, and open to the public, for several months. But in light of Tucson’s upcoming gem and mineral season, the university celebrated a grand opening. “With all the time, we really had an opportunity to get everything right the first time, and in that way we were lucky,” said museum director Eric Fritz. “And it’s not going to be a one-and-done experience, we’re going to change 20 percent of the inventory every year.” The museum comprises three main galleries. Visitors enter through the Mineral Evolution Gallery, which features a variety of minerals, meteorites and fossils in an attempt to tell the story of our planet’s geological history. The first gallery includes dozens of vibrant minerals from across the world and right here in Pima County. There is

even a projected globe in the center that details a tectonic timeline, and a wall-size map showing the geological makeup of Arizona. “People think of Tucson as the center of the gem, mineral and fossil world during our gem shows in January and February,” Fritz said. “But we’ve got 49 other weeks of the year. We want this to be a destination for tourists and the local community.” As visitors move into the second gallery, the Arizona Gallery, they pass by a series of paintings showcasing the old west miners of Arizona. The second gallery contains many more minerals excavated from the Arizona soil, as well as historic mining equipment. Because of its focus on the mining history of Arizona and Mexico, the gallery is heavy on turquoise and copper features. Perhaps the important feature of the second

gallery is a commanding rock wall that aims to replicate what Bisbee miners saw when they dug into the earth. “That second gallery highlights the history of Arizona and the Southwest,” Fritz said. “We wanted to show people why we need minerals, how important they are to Arizona, and vice versa.” The final gallery, the Gem Gallery, gathers jewelry and artwork from across the world into the most luxurious collection in the museum. Rubies, sapphires, emeralds, gold and more are featured both in the raw and wrought into works of art. There are rings, necklaces, jewelry boxes and even a full shimmering carpet on public display for the first Jeff Gardner time.

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Smaller sections within the museum include a feature on Tucson’s connection to space missions (including a lunar sample), a dark room showcasing fluorescent minerals, and multiple interactive exhibits. In total, the museum contains more than 2,000 gems and minerals across its 12,000-square-foot space. Alfie Norville, the museum’s namesake, was the founder of the Gem & Jewelry Xchange Show in 1993. According to the UA, at a time when there was serious talk of Tucson losing the gem show, her vision provided key elements and a venue to house the world’s top gem sellers. “This really represents the evolution of us as a university, of our rep-

resentation out in our community,” said Betsy Cantwell, UA’s senior vice president for research and innovation. “We have anthropology, art and photography museums, so this museum really is part and parcel of who we are in the community. And because I am the vice president for research, I want to point out there are also research facilities in this museum. So, there are a set of exhibits that our community and tourists will like, but our students and faculty will be here. We’ll be combining all those things into one incredible facility.”

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Local entrepreneur launching Green Desert Coffee cart Nicole Feltman Tucson Local Media

reen Desert Coffee mobile cart will have a soft opening mid-February. Owner Kaylee Wood named her new coffee cart after her childhood street and the logo is a snapshot of the view from the porch of her childhood home. It makes sense, considering Wood, 32, is a very family-oriented woman. She fell in love with coffee after landing her first job at Starbucks while attending Marana High School. She worked there for a year and then moved onto some local coffee shops around Tucson. After graduating in 2007, she went straight to serving in the restaurant industry. After working an office job for a while and hating it, Wood realized that the restaurant business was for her and she has been working her way up the chain ever since. Wood says she has always known she wanted to be her own boss and that one year ago her husband, Rick Wood Jr., and she decided to “Just stop talking about it and to actually do it.” That is when the plan started brewing. “He said to me, ‘this is the year we are doing it!’” She likes to joke that she didn’t finish college because she didn’t know what she wanted to be when she grew up. She was going to school for her business degree because she always knew she wanted to be her own boss and run her own business. “I have always, always, always wanted to have my own

business, from forever,” she said. Wood says she learned a majority of her entrepreneurial skills from her father, who has been running his own business for a long time, going from feed store to horse tracks in his mobile trailer to sell equipment for those who rode horses. “I never thought about that, he was mobile and I am going to be mobile,” she said with a laugh. Wheels were turning for Kaylee. Her father left his corporate job to be able to spend more time with Kaylee and her brother; something she wants to do as well. “When he started his own business, he was able to be there,” she said. Because she’s been working as a server, she hasn’t been able to spend weekends or holidays with her two kids, both under the age of 7. She works three days a week, 8- to 12-hour shifts, while also preparing for her soft opening. Wood and her husband have spent hours building Green Desert Coffee from the ground up, from menu prepping, stocking, checking inventory to contacting people and getting distributors. “It’s my vision, but he has always been supportive,” said Kaylee. When the couple took a trip to Montana five years ago, it solidified her choice to pursue her vision. There were mini drive-thru shacks that served coffee on the side of roads all over Montana where drivers could grab their coffee and hop back on

the road. What resonated with her was not only the delicious coffee but the fun people. “I was like yup, I want to do this.” She aims to create a similar experience. “You can get a good cup of coffee anywhere,” she said. “I want people to go, ‘I don’t really want coffee right now, but I want to go say hi!’” She will be serving not only espresso and coffee-based drinks, but will also be serving lotus energy drinks along with cream soda for children. She also plans to pair up with local bakeries to sell their goods through her drive-thru cart. Growing up in Tucson, she plans to incorporate tamarino, mango and horchata flavors to her drinks to promote locally inspired flavor. In addition to drinks and baked goods, Wood will also be selling her custom cups, a side business she has been doing for about five years now, and will be running deals to encourage sustainability. A majority of the time, she plans to set up Green Desert Coffee at the Ajo Way and Kinney Road intersection, but she will also be doing events and sometimes will set up her cart near the University of Arizona to sell her iced drinks and Lotus Energy. Her ultimate goal is to have a free standing drive thru. “We will see where the cart takes me,” she says.

Keep up with Green Desert Coffee’s progress and future updates for their soft opening @grndesertcoffee on Instagram. Also check out Kaylee’s Kreations on Instagram @ Kaykr8tions!

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Foothills News, February 9, 2022

Maynards teams up with Flagstaff brewery for Arizona Beer Week Matt Russell

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f Toole Avenue and Route 66 intersected, it would likely be at Maynards Kitchen during Arizona Beer Week when these two storied roadways will virtually connect. On February 23, Maynards will team up with Flagstaff ’s Mother Road Brewing Company, which sits on the original 1926 alignment of Route 66, for a pairing dinner at Tucson’s iconic train depot. “I have a deep love for the Old Pueblo, and that our beers are meant to be paired with great food means this dinner, in the heart of downtown Tucson, will be right on theme,” said

Stephanie Henderson, craft consultant with Mother Road Brewing Company. Chef Brian Smith agrees, with a multi-course menu that he built from beginning to end with beer in hand. “My biggest inspiration for this menu was working with the kinds of flavors I enjoy when I’m drinking beer,” said Smith, executive chef/partner at Maynards Kitchen, 400 N. Toole Avenue. The evening will begin with chef-driven deviled eggs and other snacks from Smith’s kitchen to prepare his guests for the adventure ahead. “The first beer will be our Daily Driver, a lower-alcohol pale ale that de-

livers beautifully ampedup and juicy hops which challenges the assumption that flavor is sacrificed with an easy-drinking, session-style beer,” said Henderson. Next up will be a sourdough pretzel with beer mustard and Teleggio cheese. “What’s exciting about this course is that we’re matching the quintessential beer food with our Great Commotion, a German-style, sweet, and malty bock that was created in collaboration with women from more than 25 breweries across Arizona,” said Henderson. She believes the malty sweetness will balance the salt from the pretzel, the fat from the

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cheese, and the nuttiness from the mustard. A warm cabbage salad will follow, with housecured bacon, dates, pecans, and a French Mimolette cheese. “We’re serving our Conserve & Protect Golden Ale with this one, a bready and biscuity beer with floral notes that will lift up and enhance the delicate flavors in this beautiful salad,” said Henderson. Smith will then plate up a rump heart, a relatively unknown cut of beef that has absolutely no association with a cow’s cardiovascular system as its name may suggest. “This cut is from the center section of the rump, with the flavor of a top sirloin and the tenderness of a filet,” said Smith. The steak will be served with sweet potatoes, black garlic, and Swiss chard.

“In Brian Smith we trust,” noted Henderson, who confessed having little knowledge about the cut. “We’re going with our Tower Station IPA here, as the earthy sweetness from the potatoes should complement the piney notes from the hops,” she said. “It’s a malty beer, with some grapefruit, tangerine, and pineapple profiles that together make it big enough to stand up to the other robust flavors on the plate.” A smoked chocolate tart will cap the evening, with a salty mushroom caramel, wild rice ice cream, and wild rice brittle. Dessert will be paired with the Limited Visibility Hazy IPA, which Henderson predicts will be another “opposites attract situation.” “The smoke and earth profiles in the dish should work nicely with the beer’s

tropical, citrus, and stone fruit finish,” she said. “These fruity flavors will wrap around those smokey notes like a hug.” Priced at $80 per person plus tax and gratuity, the Mother Road Beer Dinner at Maynards Kitchen will be on February 23 at 7:00 pm. Reservations can be made by calling 545-0577, or online at www.hotelcongress.com/family/maynards. Get hip to my timely tip and plan to join me at this Arizona Beer Week dinner! Contact Matt Russell, whose day job is CEO of Russell Public Communications, at mrussell@ russellpublic.com. Russell is also the publisher of OnTheMenuLive.com as well as the host of the Friday Weekend Watch segment on the “Buckmaster Show” on KVOI 1030 AM.

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Borderlands Brewing drafts up new beers and collaborations for Arizona Beer Week Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

fter more than a decade in business, downtown’s Borderlands Brewing Company is still coming up with new ways to up the Tucson beer game. For Arizona Beer Week, which runs from Thursday, Feb. 17 through Sunday, Feb. 27, Borderlands Brewing is unveiling some brand new brews, and rereleasing some classics. First up, Borderlands is unveiling a new bolde-style watermelon ale that is made with real watermelon. Coming in at 5.5%, it fits nicely into Borderlands’ roster of beers that manage to pack in plenty of flavor, but don’t come off as overbearing. The ale still contains a nice wheat foundation, with a nice watermelon flavor that lingers. As head brewer Ayla Kapahi explains, it’s perfect for relaxing on a warm day — which is perfect considering Tucson gets those even in the middle of winter. “It’s made with real watermelon, but we try not to make it too sweet,” Kapahi said. “And that can be tricky, because we have to balance the fruit flavor, and make sure it isn’t sugary.” Borderlands also has an upcoming collaborative brew with State 48 Brewery out of Phoenix. Although full details for the beer haven’t been released, the collaboration will be an “experimental kettle sour” beer that neither brewery has made before. It will be available at both Borderlands and State 48. Also new to Borderlands for Arizona Beer Week are a series of re-releases in 12-oz cans. Borderlands typically only works with 16-oz cans, and for the occasion, they’re selling two fan favorites in 12oz six-pack options: the Prickly Pear Wheat Ale and the Horchata Cream Ale. At 6% ABV, the Prickly

Pear ale is a German-American wheat beer made with local organic prickly pear juice. While prickly pears do have a distinct sourness, this ale is far from the tart sours you may find at certain craft breweries. It is an easy-drinking and light beer with a color to match the flavor. The 5.5% Horchata Cream Ale is a Borderlands Brewing standby, with notes of cinnamon and vanilla. True to their borderlands spirit, the flavorful ale is inspired by the Mexican rice drink with a fittingly sweet kick. Both beers in 12-oz six-packs can only be purchased at Borderlands Brewing Co. As their name suggests, Borderlands Brewing frequently sources ingredients from throughout the Sonoran Desert, and on both sides of the border. In Tucson, they work with Arizona Cactus Ranch and Cheri’s Desert Harvest, and have also traveled through Hermosillo and San Carlos. In early 2020, Borderlands even released an international collaboration: the Las Hermanas IPA. This was announced as the “first all-female binational” beer, and brewed with Turulata Brewing Company from Mexico. This women-working-with-women style extends into Borderlands’ own business, as the brewery now has an all-female production team, from brewing to packaging to administration. Kapahi herself is the first and only female head brewer in Tucson. “It’s something that happened organically. One day I looked around and realized that. It’s something we’re very proud of and have become a leader in Southern Arizona, advocating for women and minorities in craft beers, especially in production,” Kapahi said. “When I started in Tucson craft beer seven years

ago, there was only one other woman in back-of-house production. And present day we probably have 15-plus throughout Tucson.” In 2020, Borderlands also partnered with Firetruck Brewing to establish a collaborative brewing facility in the downtown warehouse district titled Voltron Brewing. The facility contains brew houses and fermentation tanks as a way to share resources and reduce costs. Kapahi believes more independent breweries will likely adapt this model. “One thing that I think is happening with smaller breweries, especially with COVID, is they’re trying to figure out how to keep their businesses going and growing. And I’m seeing other breweries go toward a more collaborative model,” Kapahi said. “In the last two years, we’ve faced everything from aluminum shortages to grain shortages to the restaurant and serving industry being hit. So that’s why I think you’ll see more breweries going in on hop or grain contracts together, so that they can have the power of a larger macro facility.” But even when they’re not sharing facilities, Tucson breweries have formed a tightknit community and support structure. “The Tucson brewing community is very friendly and collaborative. If one of us has a canning line issue or supply issue, we’ll even text each other for advice. And it really makes Tucson unique,” Kapahi said. “Because we’ve worked on collaborations outside of Arizona, and maybe I’m biased, but the community here really has been the most collaborative and transparent.” Borderlands Brewing Co. is located at 119 E. Toole Ave. For more information, visit borderlandsbrewing.com.

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Hotel Congress to open jazz club ‘The Century Room’

Jake O’Rourke Tucson Local Media

ver the last 100 years or so, Hotel Congress has survived structural fires, seen prohibition come and go, and hosted everyone from U.S. senators to John Dillinger and his criminal gang. Now, a new addition to the historic landmark fuses a New York night club with a borderlands mezcal bar. Shana Oseran, who owns Hotel Congress with her husband, Richard Oseran, and music programmer Arthur Vint are teaming up to open a jazz club in the hotel’s former Copper Hall space. The Century Room, with a grand opening planned in March, will host weekly jazz performances, serve local mezcals, beers and wines, and offer a step back in time. “We have the plaza and Club Congress, which is the impetus for everything, and now to evolve into this third genre, it’s really exciting,” Oseran said. “Where in town, or anywhere, can you find a place that has three different music venues?” The Copper Hall was a banquet hall along the southwest portion of the building with windows looking out to the hubbub of Congress Street. With a reduction in banquets and similar events due to the pandemic, Oseran was searching for a new concept to fill the vacant hall

when she started talking with Vint. “While there are lots of great jazz musicians and great jazz performances in Tucson, there hasn’t been a singular home to host concerts or touring acts,” Vint said. “There are lots of musicians who tour around the country, and these bands usually stop their tours in Phoenix and go home. By building a club and a stage that is world class, we’re hoping to get people to come down to Tucson on their West Coast tours.” Vint grew up in Tucson and graduated from Rincon High School. He also worked at Hotel Congress as a desk clerk for the night shifts before obtaining a bachelor’s degree in jazz performance from William Paterson University in New Jersey and a master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music. From there, Vint established a career as a freelance drummer, composer and bandleader throughout New York starting in 2007. Vint says he plays everything from jazz and salsa to pop and rock, and has performed in some of the world’s most renowned venues and appears on numerous albums. He has also performed on screen in Boardwalk Empire, The Knick and John Wick. After performing on the plaza in April 2021, Vint brought up the idea of turning The Copper Hall into a space inspired by the Village Vanguard jazz club in New York, where Vint

worked as head bartender. Now, after 15 years in New York, and the last year and a half bouncing between New York and Tucson, Vint is returning to his desert home full-time to teach jazz at the University of Arizona and work with Oseran as the music programmer for The Century Room. “The Vanguard is kind of the Mecca of jazz clubs, and all other jazz clubs point to The Vanguard,” Vint said. “That was a point of reference in the design stages, but we did a lot of detail work to make the space feel as though it has been there for 100 years. The name is a nod to the fact that Hotel Congress just celebrated its 100th anniversary. It is also referencing the century plant — we’re an agave bar with over 40 agave spirits — and we are also hoping it will be there for 100 years. When you walk in, it feels like it has always been there.” The former foyer to The Copper Hall is now a soundproofed stage. The new entrance is through 100-year-old vestibule doors on the corner of Congress St. and Fifth Ave. The doors open to the bar on the left and wooden shutters along the south windows facing Congress St. There are booths, bar stools and table seating for 75 with a clear line of sight to the stage bookending the far-right corner of the room. “You feel like you’ve arrived at this beautiful and important space,” Vint

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said. “I always like bars and venues where you walk in and feel like you have to lower your voice a little bit out of respect, and I feel that this may have that effect on people.” Although the space as a whole is new, elements of the past are laced throughout the interior. “All those brown, chocolate, yummy drapes that were around the whole banquet facility are now reconfigured as the backdrops for the stage on all three sides,” Oseran said. “We are going to be open this Friday and Saturday to start but plan to expand our days and hours as we get a sense for how it’s going to fit.” The grand opening

is scheduled for the first weekend in March. Until then, they began hosting preview concerts every week Friday, Feb. 4. The first show sold out, so they added a second seating, a frequent practice for New York nightclubs. The first seating is at 7:30 p.m. and the second seating is at 9 p.m. The first to perform in this new space was the Homero Cerón Latin Jazz Quartet on Friday, Feb. 4. Cerón spent more than 40 years as the principal percussionist for the Tucson Symphony, and is planning to play a mix of originals and Latin classics. Cerón also happens to have been Vint’s first drum teacher. On Friday, Feb. 11, Su-

san Artemis and her quartet are playing “Love Songs from the Dark Side of the Lounge” for a special Valentine’s weekend concert. The Howard Alden Trio is taking over the stage on Friday, Feb. 18, to perform Alden’s favorite compositions throughout his career. Alden is a world-renowned guitarist from New York City who recently relocated to Phoenix. “I look forward to having a dedicated room that elevates jazz in Tucson,” Vint said. “Local and world-renowned jazz musicians now have a space where they can perform original music and special projects…the drinks are going to be great, too.”

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Cologuard Classic set to return to Oro Valley Nicole Feltman Tucson Local Media

he PGA TOUR Champions’ Cologuard Classic is set to welcome fans back to the grounds this Feb. 25-27 at Omni Tucson National Resort’s Catalina Course. The televised event will feature new additions including a tailgate zone with large televisions showing live sports games, an on-site sports betting activation and food trucks, as well as a large double-sided viewing party deck overlooking the 15th green and the 16th tee. Country artists Jake Owen and Diamond Rio will be playing live music at the tournament. Among the early commits

set to compete in the 2022 tournament: University of Arizona alumni and winner of a record eight Player of the Year award Annika Sorenstam; 2020 Cologuard Classic tournament champion Bernhard Langer; University of Arizona alumni and reigning PGA TOUR Champions Rookie of the Year Jim Furyk; World Gold Hall of Fame member Ernie Els; Cologuard ambassador Jerry Kelly, and defending tournament champion Kevin Sutherland. “The thing that I’m most passionate about is meeting other survivors and just getting to know their stories,” Kelly said in a press release. “It just reinvigorates me every single year when I meet everybody and get talking to them. Definitely carries me through

the next tournament.” The annual tournament will be used as a platform to give awareness to the importance of getting screened for colon cancer, especially for those 45 year of age and old and higher. Exact Sciences, the maker of Cologuard, will be donating $1 dollar per yard for every tee shot on the 18th hole that lands in the fairway as well as an addition $40,000 dollars. Everett Cunningham, the chief commercial officer for Exact Sciences, said that colorectal cancer is the third most commonly occurring cancer in men and women and it does not have any family history. “Colorectal cancer is more prominent in African-Americans and actually when Black

Americans do get diagnosed with colorectal cancer, they get diagnosed at a later stage,” Cunningham said. “So, the importance of really focusing on this as a screening tool for the underrepresented minority is so critically important.” Since COVID-19 there has been a 90 percent decrease in screenings according to Cunningham. All 81 PGA TOUR players will be competing on behalf of a patient survivor or caregiver and will wearing ribbons to show support. Players have until 3 p.m. on Feb. 18 to commit to playing. For further information PGA TOUR Champions golfer and Cologuard Ambassador Jerry Kelly hitting a drive at the Cologuard Classic in Oro Valley. Courtesy photo. on the Cologuard Classic visit www.CologuardClassic.com or call at 520-571-0400.

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Foothills News, February 9, 2022

Thanks to COVID, healthcare workers continue to feel pressure Nicole Feltman Tucson Local Media

ady Hawbaker has seen a lot of stress within the Banner Health Emergency Department where she works. She’s seen patients need so much attention that nurses don’t have time to help others seeking help in the ER. She’s seen the hospital get so crowded that intubated patients had to stay in the ER waiting for days instead of being admitted to a bed. “Not only does that take away nurses, that also takes away rooms, so our normal ER patients are sitting out in the lobby for hours because there is literally no where they can go,” said Hawbaker, 24. “Nobody is going upstairs. We can’t open rooms because that is overwhelming the nurses. So, the wait times have been absolutely crazy.” As a technician, it’s her job to assist nurses. She says it gets difficult and “a little scary sometimes” trying to provide for so many patients. Hawbaker is one of thousands of healthcare workers statewide who are facing stress as

COVID numbers once again surge thanks to the Omicron variant. Last week, Arizona passed a grim milestone: More than 26,000 people have died in the state after contracting COVID. January will set a record for new COVID cases and while the Omicron variant has been less severe, COVID patients— the vast majority of them unvaccinated—are still crowding emergency rooms, general ward beds and ICUs. While some forecasters say the state is peaking in transmission of Omicron, the pressure on hospitals is expected to continue through mid-February, Banner Health Chief Clinical Officer Majorie Bessel said in a Jan. 24 press conference. Dr. Joe Gerald, a professor with the UA Zuckerman School of Public Health who has been tracking weekly numbers since the start of the pandemic, noted that as of Jan. 27, Arizona hospitals had 167 days of 2,000 or more patients, while the previous two waves had only seen numbers past that threshold for 57- and 98-day streaks. Even worse, the number had been above 3,000

for 62 straight days and had topped above 4,000 in recent days. While the total number of COVID patients has been lower than during other waves, the relentlessness of the half-year has been tough on healthcare workers. “Just like Wile E. Coyote, hospitals are getting crushed by a slow-moving steam roller,” Gerald wrote in his most recent report. “No end in sight.” In mid-January, more than 1,100 healthcare workers, including physicians, nurses, allied healthcare workers, public healthcare professionals and other clinical support staff, signed an open letter pleading with elected officials to implement mitigation measures such as mask mandates to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and prevent unnecessary deaths. Dr. Cadey Harrell said healthcare workers were worn out “after watching our patients, our families, community members suffer despite knowing the suffering is preventable and completely unnecessary.” Dr. Eve Shapiro, a longtime advocate for public health measures, said she had been excited when the

COVID vaccines had first rolled because she thought it would be a “game-changer” that would significantly reduce cases. But she’s become discouraged by the large numbers of people who refuse to get vaccinated. In Arizona, as of Jan. 31, roughly 73% of all eligible Arizonans had been vaccinated, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services. “Somewhere along the line, the vaccine became a political and partisan issue, instead of the public health issue that it should have been,” Shapiro said. “Thanks to misinformation on social media and by many elected officials, refusal rates have been far higher than anyone expected.” But the pleas from healthcare workers have largely fallen on deaf ears. While Pima County supervisors passed a mask mandate, it has no enforcement mechanism. Some local school districts still require students and staff to wear masks, but others do not. Republican state leaders have abandoned all COVID protocols in the Arizona Legislature and some GOP lawmakers have proposed vari-

ous bills that would prohibit future government mandates. As a result, patients are facing longer waits when they show up at overcrowded and stressed hospitals. At Banner, Hawbaker switched over to the ER in the last year because she “got bored” upstairs and wanted to contribute more where she felt her talents were needed. She says the crowding of patients comes and goes. At one point, “we were holding so many ICU patients down in the ER because of COVID stuff and we had no rooms upstairs and we had to innovate here and there. Basically, intubated people would just be in the ER for like four or five days because there was nowhere to put them.” In the emergency room, the typical ratio of nurse to patient is one to five, according to Hawbaker, but with ICU patients, the ratio can vary depending on the level of care required for the patient. The ratio could be narrowed down to one nurse to three patients or even one nurse to one patient. Technicians are seeing the crunch as well. Usually, they are helping

two nurses with assistance such as diagnostic measures and providing medication to patients, but sometimes, they are trying to cover whole pods, which range anywhere between 8-16 patients. “Not everyone can work down there,” she says, “and you are down there for a reason. You can be able to code a baby and they die and then you go to the next patient’s room like nothing happened. That’s the kind of thing that gets me through the day, is I can do stuff like that.” She says she’s enjoyed her four years working for Banner, especially in the trauma center, and hopes to one day work in a big-city ER. On her days off, she takes care of her 2-yearold daughter and tries to catch up on her rest. Even with a high demand for healthcare workers, Hawbaker finds it hard to pay her bills despite working 12hour shifts three days a week. She’s taking nursing classes at Pima Community College to move up in the field. When she finds it hard to keep going, she reminds herself: “It’s not going to last forever.”

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• In a stage adaptation of the 1890 novella, Nancy Harris brings Leo Tolstoy’s wishes to fruition by presenting his story with Beethoven’s timeless music heightening the universal themes at The Kreutzer Sonata. Details: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m.; Live Theatre

• Catch a performance of the popular romantic comedy Same Time Next Year presented by the Oro Valley Theatre Company. Details: 2 and 6 p.m. Sunday, 6 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $32, $20 children; 520-529-1000 or gaslightmusichall.com.

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MUSIC THURSDAY, FEB. 10 • Listen to Live Music Concerts presented by the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance featuring the top 40 pop of the Adam Townsend Duo. Details: 5-7 p.m.; Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort and Spa, Lookout Tucson Bar & Grill; 245 E. Ina Road; $10; 602-349-3137. • Enjoy a performance by the Jovert Steel Drum band featuring Uber-talented youths from the Tucson High Magnet School Steel Band presented by the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance. Details: 6-7:30 p.m.; Oro Valley MarketPlace; free; saaca.org.

FRIDAY, FEB. 11 • Enjoy the music of Freddy Parish, Gabriel Naïm Amor and Vox Urbana presented by the Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association (TKMA) to raise funds for the Tucson Folk Festival. Details: 6:30-10 p.m.; Monterey Court, 505 W. Miracle Mile; $15; 520-207-2429 or montereycourtaz.com. • Come rock to superstar funky grooves with OnesAll at the Play that Funky Music Dance Party. Details: 7 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $20; 520-529-1000 or gaslightmusichall. com. • Listen to a recital by Susan Graham for the Tucson Desert Song Festival. Details: 8 p.m.; Holsclaw Hall, 1017 N. Olive Road; $35; azopera.org.

FRIDAY TO SATURDAY, FEB. 11-12 • Experience the Tucson Symphony Orchestra performing Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in Concert as the film is projected above on a giant

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way tunes and originals of Storm Large & Le Bonheur. Details: 7:30 p.m.; Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.; $25-$50; foxtucson.com.

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Wynne Brown selected as Pima County Library’s latest Writer-in-Residence Cameron Jobson

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ynne Brown, who writes about Arizona and the women who helped build it, will serve as the Pima County Public Library’s Writer in Residence for Spring 2022. Writers in Residence offer workshops for local writers, as well as seminars on their own books. Brown will serve from February through April. Brown is the author of multiple books and other publications covering topics from history to science to travel, but often centers her work around the Southwest. On Feb. 24, Brown will deliver a seminar about her latest book, The Forgotten Botanist: Sara Plummer Lemmon’s Life of Science and Art. Over the last seven years, Brown has studied Lemmon’s life and legacy, including being the namesake of Mount Lemmon. Sara Lemmon is also one of the subjects of Brown’s book, Remarkable Arizona Women. Brown says history and biology have always fascinated her. On these topics, she strives to keep her audience engaged with a balance of good storytelling and accuracy.

“There are so many good stories in science, I can’t resist writing about it or illustrating it,” Brown said. “And The Forgotten Botanist is a book that I’m certainly the proudest of. I want the reader to get to the end of the book and say, ‘wow that is an amazing woman.’” Brown will also be attending the Tucson Festival of Books to host her second workshop on March 12. She will discuss all the nuts and bolts of building a book, providing tips and tricks to developing a successful book proposal. And in her last workshop on April 23, Brown will talk about finding balance in the life of a writer, “from paying the bills, keeping the car running, and filling the refrigerator. I’m hoping to learn a lot from whoever comes.” Throughout her residency, Brown will also offer 30-minute one-onone sessions with emerging or established writers. “They can talk about whatever project they have in mind,” Brown said. “Maybe they just started and want me to look it over, or maybe they have a finished manuscript and want to get it published.” Every event that is offered to the public

through the WiR program is free of charge. “You just have to sign up in advance,” said Holly Shafer, PCPL’s community relations manager. However, due to the ongoing pandemic, writing sessions will be hosted online via Zoom. But even virtually, Shafer says these sessions still fill up and remain popular. “When COVID shut things down and upended our lives, we had to pivot quickly,” Shafer said. “But the Writer in Residence program is a perennial favorite for library customers and community members. So there was nothing stopping us from going virtual and keeping it going.” In addition to the consultations, Brown will also be hosting a presentation and two interactive workshops. With collective conversation and writing prompts, attendees will be able to work in a public and welcoming environment. The programs are available to writers of any age, experience, or genre. Since 2016, PCPL has hosted 11 Writers in Residence from a variety of backgrounds. Each has brought their own expertise and talent to help others with all aspects of the writing and editing process.

“There’s a nice variety of writers in the program, and a nice selection of specialties,” Shafer said. Previous Writers in Residence include Margaret Regan, who has written two books about undocumented immigrants; Jennifer J. Steward and Marge Pellegrino, who are known for their children’s books; Janni Lee Simner, who dabbles in fantasy, and Alice Hatcher, who specializes in creative nonfiction and poetry. “I’m really honored and looking forward to

being the Writer in Residence,” Brown said. “It’s an opportunity to learn more than I present and meet all these creative people.” The Writer in Residence Program is made possible by the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records, a division of the Secretary of State, with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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Tech Talk: Magnetic exoplanets and life support in space Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

ith a major research university right in our backyard, a strong military presence and innovative companies throughout the metro region, there’s often a plethora of interesting science, medical and technology news to be found in Southern Arizona. Here’s a breakdown of the most interesting recent developments. Tracing Exoplanets. An international team of astronomers, including some from Tucson, have discovered a magnetic field on a

planet outside of our solar system — the first time this has even been detected on an “exoplanet.” Global magnetic fields, such as the one that surrounds Earth, are critical in making planets more habitable because they shield against solar radiation. In a paper published in Nature Astronomy, the team explains how they used data from the Hubble Telescope to observe charged particles interacting with the magnetic field of the exoplanet HATP-11b, some 100 light-years from Earth. “This is the first time the signature of an exoplanet’s magnetic field has been directly detected on a planet outside our solar system,” said Gilda Ballester, a re-

search professor at the UA’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and one of the paper’s co-authors. “A strong magnetic field on a planet like Earth can protect its atmosphere and surface from direct bombardment of the energetic particles that make up the solar wind. These processes heavily affect the evolution of life on a planet like Earth because the magnetic field shelters organisms from these energetic particles.” According to the university, the discovery of HATP-11b’s “magnetosphere” is a significant step toward an improved understanding of the habitability of an exoplanet. Not all planets and moons in our solar system have their own magnetic

An artist’s impression of how a magnetic field protects a planet from solar radiation. Graphic courtesy of NASA.

fields, and the connection between magnetic fields and a planet’s habitability still needs more study. Within our own solar system, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all have magnetic fields stronger than Earth’s, while Mars and Venus do not have significant magnetic fields. “Just like Earth’s magnetic field and its immediate space environment interact with the impinging solar wind, which consists of charged particles traveling at about 900,000 mph, there are interactions between HAT-P-11b’s magnetic field and its immediate space environment with the solar wind from its host star, and those are very complex,” Ballester said. However, the researchers say that more work needs to be conducted for astronomers to better understand how certain exoplanets form in general. Their paper, “Signatures of Strong Magnetization and a Metal-Poor Atmosphere for a Neptune-Size Exo-

planet” was published in the Dec. 16 issue of Nature Astronomy. The Hubble Space Telescope is a collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency. The recently launched James Webb Space Telescope — which also involves Tucson astronomers — is set to supersede Hubble as NASA’s flagship astrophysics mission. Space Support. For a city without a launch pad, it seems there’s no shortage of space news coming out of Tucson. In early January, Tucson-based Paragon Space Development Corporation announced plans to acquire Final Frontier Design, which supplies spacesuits and other astronaut technology. Both companies have NASA contracts, working in the life support field for future space and lunar missions. “We are extraordinarily excited to move forward on our suit offerings – and now, with FFD as a core

part of our team – we are more than confident that we’ve got the strongest and most innovative solution to go head-to-head with other competitors in this space,” said Paragon CEO Grant Anderson in a press release. “With the addition of FFD’s capabilities within Paragon, we know that our engineering talent, novel design approach, and decade’s worth of direct experience and deep knowledge of the NASA customer will combine to produce the best spacesuit solutions for NASA’s vital mission and the emerging commercial customers.” In mid-2021, Paragon secured a contract with NASA to design and build the “environmental control and life-support systems” for the crew module on NASA’s Gateway project, which aims to establish a space station that orbits the moon. With the acquisition of FFD, Paragon has even more tools in the realm of astronaut life support.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You come off as polished and confident. There’s a slight gap between what people think you know and what you actually know. Mind that gap. You’ll learn what you need to as soon as you’re able, but in the meantime, continue to dazzle your subjects in other ways and maintain your advantage.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The beautiful results of others could inspire you, or overwhelm and discourage you, if your mindset allows. It’s all in the expectations you set for yourself. Stick to small goals you can reasonably achieve in a short period of time; you’ll be impressed with where you get by Saturday.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s decision time. You have a choice. You’ll think about what kinds of things you’ll be doing if you go down road A and what opportunities might crop up down road B. But ultimately, this boils down to who you’d rather spend your time with. Each road represents a different set of people. Where will your love flow?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The work of “doing you” has changed. You needed different things back then, and you can be proud that you’ve satisfied those needs. A new set of requirements entreats your attendance, and you’ll do equally well with these problems. They are quality problems you consider yourself lucky to have.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your strong passion for work will be akin to romantic feelings. In fact, your professional and personal life may seem to compete for your attention this week. You can’t please everyone, but that’s what makes your choices mean something. Where necessary, you’ll smooth things over with charm.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Enthusiasm is a magic growing potion. Pour it on your projects and they blossom. You’ll love the scale things can develop to this week. However, the omens also offer a caution. Enthusiasm can also cloud your vision and cause you to miss important details. Consult earth signs for practical input.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The rest of the world may not see it right away, but you know when you’re on track, and your internal guidance system beeps annoyingly when you’re not. No amount of battery changing or ear-plugging will help. The only way to make it stop is to get back on the path.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). People pretend in order to be accepted. But when they feel safe, they drop the pretense. The more you accept people as they are, the greater your knowledge becomes of who exactly you’re dealing with. Your interpersonal dealings smooth out as you become a better predictor of human behavior.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your best is more than enough. And if you’re not up to making huge efforts, don’t worry. Even if you just show up as you are, giving nothing more than the dressed and awake version of yourself, things will go better just because you were there. Now, with the pressure off, go have some fun with your responsibilities.

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CHILDREN SATURDAY, FEB. 12 • Bring the kids for make and take animal crafts, a Valentine snack and a heart hunt through the museum at the Valentine’s Celebration. Details: 10-11:30 a.m.; International Wildlife Museum, 4800 W. Gates Pass Road; $3 plus museum admission fee; 520-7984867 or the wildlifemuseum.org.

SUNDAYS THROUGH FEB. 20 • Take a Hike with siblings Jamie and Dylan who embark on a journey to find their way back to their moms and begin to understand what it truly means to call a place home. Details: 1 p.m.; Live Theatre Workshop Children’s Theatre, 3322 E. Fort Lowell Road; $12, $10 children; 520-327-4242.

BRIEFLY JIM CLICK RAFFLE RAISES NEARLY $1.4M FOR LOCAL CHARITIES Longtime local auto dealer Jim Click Jr.’s annual nonprofit auction raised nearly $1.4 million for 311 local charities last year. Each year, Click donates a car and other prizes for the Millions for Tucson raffle and invites nonprofits to sell tickets and keep the proceeds. While Click has been sponsoring the raffle for 12 years, the $1.38 million raised this year set a new record. Over the dozen years that the raffle has been ongoing, more than $10 million has been raised for local nonprofits. “The Click family is overcome with gratitude for our local charities who work so hard to serve others, especially in what has been another challenging year,” said Click in a prepared statement. “But they accepted our Millions for Tucson challenge again this year with great enthusiasm, and it warms my heart to see the record-breaking results of their extraordinary efforts in 2021 and to learn about the projects and programs made possible through this raffle.” Click himself drew the three winning tickets. • Hamid Hakeemi of Tucson will receive a 2021 Ford Bronco Sport (valued at $35,840). His ticket was sold by Tucson Residence Foundation. • Lynn Spicer-Tucker of Green Valley won the second prize of two first-class plane tickets to anywhere in the world. Her ticket was sold by The Animal League of Green Valley. • Nick Rehm of Tucson won the third prize of $5,000. His ticket was sold by Young Life.

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China Before Communism 2022 PRODUCTION WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA

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