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09. Streets 15. Sustainability 19. Summer Camp 23. Food 25. Events 29. Spring Studio Tour Guide 31. Cultivate Tucson Vendor Catalog 35. Community 37. Arts 38. Art Galleries & Exhibits 41. Arizona International Film Festival Preview 47. Film 51. Performances 53. Tunes 61. Scene in Tucson 62. Poetry Zócalo Magazine is an independent, locally owned and locally printed publication that reflects the heart and soul of Tucson. PUBLISHER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR David Olsen CONTRIBUTORS Craig Baker, Jefferson Carter, Abraham Cooper, Jeff Gardner, Carl Hanni, Jim Lipson, Jamie Manser, Troy Martin, Gregory McNamee, Janelle Montenegro, Amanda Reed, Laura Reese. LISTINGS Amanda Reed, amanda@zocalotucson.com PRODUCTION ARTISTS Troy Martin, David Olsen AD SALES: frontdesk@zocalotucson.com CONTACT US:

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130 E. Congress Street in 2014.

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130 E. Congress St. circa 1932, partially blended with a Chicago Store image taken in 2014. Detail of original 1932 photo courtesy of Arizona Historical Society #BN34713.

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Interior of the Chicago Music Store, 2014. Photo on far right shows musical instruments piled up inside the former department store’s dressing rooms.

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Looking east on Speedway Blvd., 1970. Photo by Michael Rougier/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images.

Cruising SPEEDWAY For more than a century, Speedway Boulevard has run across the breadth of the Tucson valley, stretching from the foothills of the Rincon Mountains to Gates Pass, a distance of about 25 miles.

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utomobiles hadn’t been around long when a physician named Hiram W. Fenner decided to purchase one of the things, a 1900 Locomobile steamer. The contraption looked like little more than a buckboard wagon with a tiny engine, one that wheezed and banged just loud enough to frighten the horses. Dr. Fenner took quite a liking to driving through the dirt streets of downtown Tucson, tipping his hat and gladly receiving the looks of admiration and consternation that came his way. He had the road pretty much to himself for a couple of years. By 1905, however, when Fenner was issued the first driver’s license in the Arizona Territory, other moneyed Tucsonans had imported horseless carriages from eastern factories, and downtown windows soon rattled with traffic noise. “Old Doc” Fenner—who was all of forty—was happy to chug along at a snail’s pace, but other drivers took a more daredevilish approach to the whole business of driving. One of Fenner’s partners in his office on Stone Avenue and Pennington Street, for instance, bought a new model car in 1921 and not long after sailed off in the thing over a railway embankment, mortally injuring himself in a grisly tangle with a barbed-wire fence and becoming one of Tucson’s first recorded traffic fatalities. But back when Fenner’s vehicle was still young, drivers of a certain bent needed a place to push their roadsters to the limit, which in those days was 10 ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com | April 2018

the daredevil speed of 15 miles per hour. Tucson’s constabulary quickly made it clear that downtown was no place to tear around in, but seemed not to mind if the youngsters zoomed along any of the graded dirt roads that led out of the downtown area to points east and west. One such road, thanks to marvels of land velocity demonstrated by the likes of merchant Frank Steinfeld’s 1911 Stutz Bearcat, soon bore the name Speedway, replacing a stretch of what had been named Wilson Street in the plat of downtown Tucson. The name probably had little to do with the motorized traffic, though. More likely it borrowed from a well-known horse-racing track in New York, a popular venue at a time when Tucson developers were at work planning a racing park near downtown, eventually located at Rillito Downs off North First Avenue. Longtime residents of Tucson use Speedway as a yardstick for the city’s growth. The oldest recall the days when the city pretty much ended at Country Club, just three miles east of Stone Avenue, downtown’s dividing line. When my old friend Julian Hayden, an archaeologist and contractor, built his adobe house in the 1930s near Speedway’s intersection with Columbus Avenue, a little more than a mile beyond Country Club, he had no immediate neighbors until after the Second World War. I came to Tucson in 1975, when the city petered off to occasional housing developments beyond Wilmot Road, now near the geographic center of town. Speedway was then dirt beyond Houghton Road, and it saw only light traffic pretty much anywhere east of Craycroft.

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When the geographic center of town was closer to Country Club Boulevard, back in the 1960s, Speedway was the province of the kind of teenagers Reader’s Digest was warning parents about, hotrodders and longhairs, smokers and vagrants—in short, ordinary kids. They made a circuit of Speedway and neighboring streets, with landmarks like Teen Town, the Hi-Ho Club, and Sunset Rollerama. They weren’t alone: teenagers in Topeka, Torrane, and Toledo were cruising as well. When George Lucas’s film American Graffiti, enshrining the Saturday night cruising culture of the director’s native Modesto, California, hit the screens in 1973, street cruising became a fixture of American burgs everywhere—though nowhere, I like to think, quite like Tucson, when it seemed as if half the town turned out, half of them to ride and the other half to line the parking lots of Speedway’s many strip malls and grocery stores to gawk at the passing parade, admire other parked cars, and maybe smoke a joint or drink a beer in the bargain. Maybe. Says Tucsonan Jennifer Powers Murphy, who often cruised Speedway with friends in the summers of the early 1970s, “I don’t really remember much alcohol being passed around. Mostly what would happen is this: We’d come down from the northwest side of town, when you could hit Speedway in only 15 minutes or so, and then drive slowly up and down the

street. Someone would pull up alongside us, strike up a conversation. We’d pull over, get out, and talk, sometimes listen to someone’s 8-track tape player. We met a lot of people from Flowing Wells and Amphi. The kids with the coolest cars were from the south side, where the Latino car culture was so strong— not low riders, usually, but cherried-out 55 Chevys and tricked-out older cars. Some of the Anglo kids had cool muscle cars, but if they were straight off the production line people didn’t dig them as much as they did the cars that people had put some work and creativity into.” Cruising, like so much of the best of Tucson, is long since a thing of the past. In the 1980s, gang culture entered the scene, and some Speedway businesses suffered vandalism and theft. The police cracked down in a reaction that some cruisers to this day think of as disproportionate, especially targeting those young Latinos and their cool cars. Cruising went underground. The city government began mooting an outright ban in 2000, a good 15 years after the pastime was starting to ebb—though by no means had stopped entirely, even with that police presence. Warned a report in the Tucson Citizen, “Cruisers who pass by the same police checkpoint twice within two hours could face fines up to $250.” Given that cookie-cutter recent model cars are easily confused, the ordinance was clearly targeted at the population of car

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Speedway Blvd., 1970. Photo by Michael Rougier/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images.

customizers and low-riders who took their creations out on the road to show them off of a Saturday night, and who transferred their weekly parade down to South Sixth Avenue before confining their displays to car-club gatherings. Mayor Bob Walkup allowed at the time that “cruising by itself is not an unsafe event,” but still, TPD went to work. On one Saturday night in November 2001 alone, they made 439 traffic stops on Speedway and arrested 97 people, most of them teenagers and young adults. Cruising is now definitively illegal in the city and county, and the comparatively gussied-up Speedway of today wouldn’t be quite the welcoming host for a cruise in any event. A statewide law passed in 2004 would have outlawed “an unauthorized assembly of vehicles that restrains the movement of traffic and impedes either deployment of emergency or law enforcement vehicles or services (or) access to a business or residence.” That law, it seems, was specifically pointed at the predominantly Latino Maryvale neighborhood on the west side of Phoenix and was riddled with constitutional problems otherwise, so much so that the House did not pass it when it came up for vote. Even so, Phoenix cops, like their Tucson cousins, don’t hesitate to write tickets when cruisers roll down the road.

The heyday of cruising, by the way, coincided with an article in which Life magazine called Speedway “the ugliest street in America,” offering as evidence a photograph (above) of the then four-lane road from the knoll just west of Alvernon Way to Country Club. Taken with a telephoto lens, the shot gave the appearance that half a mile’s worth of billboards, storefronts, and car lots occupied the space of a block. Partisans of Tucson, needless to say, weren’t at all happy, and filled the letters column of Life with suggestions that its photographers and editors spend a few pleasant hours in Times Square or the Sunset Strip for a real esthetic adventure . There are those who would say that Life had a point, of course. Still, Speedway has served Doc Fenner’s successors well, bearing racecars and putt-putts alike through more than a hundred years of Tucson’s history. Somewhere deep within the bowels of the city planning department are drawings that portend a change, widening Speedway to six lanes. Since the law of the universe holds that traffic expands to fill whatever roadway is available to it—just have a look at the 101 in Phoenix for proof—then movement on Speedway will likely continue to crawl along as it did in the good doctor’s day, one of the few constants of a slow road whose name promises a rocket ride. n

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Aerial view of the wildlife crossing that spans State Route 77 north of Tucson.

Animal Avenues By Jeff Gardner

A MOTORIST hitting a deer with their car costs taxpayers an average of $9000, when you take into account the fees and resources for emergency services, clean up and insurance. In an attempt to save the lives of both animals and humans alike, “wildlife linkages” are being constructed all throughout the greater Tucson area. While many have been already been completed, such as the Oracle Road wildlife bridge, additional wildlife underpasses are currently in construction around Tangerine Road. “The Tangerine crossings are a big topic of conversation right now and with the reports of high animal use from the Oracle crossings,” Sarah Whelan, program and outreach associate for the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection said. “Folks seem to be more engaged than ever in these types of projects.” According to the CSDP’s website: “Preserving wildlife linkages in Pima County is one of the primary goals of the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection.

Through a variety of projects, the Coalition hopes to preserve connected open space within wildlife linkages and facilitate the construction of wildlife crossings, such as bridges and underpasses, at key points along Pima County’s major roadways.” These wildlife crossings are funded by the “Wildlife Linkages” funding initiative of the Regional Transportation Authority. In 2006, Pima County voters passed a half-cent tax increase to fund a variety of transportation related issues. This fund, titled the “Regional Transportation Authority Plan” amassed around two billion dollars. These “Transportation-related Critical Wildlife Linkages” constitute around $45 million of that plan. “We’ve been very involved with the RTA,” Carolyn Campbell, CSDP executive director said. “I was able to work with their technical teams when this was all begin started. It’s not necessarily a project just of ours, but we’re champions of it.”

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According to the RTA’s plan, a total of 17 projects are in involved: 10 of which are finished, and seven currently in the works of planned. Among these are bridges for bighorn sheep over SR-86, underpasses near Silverbell Road. A widening of Tangerine Road was already planned, which according to CSDP, was a perfect opportunity. “The cost goes down substantially when we incorporate these projects with other construction plans,” Whelan said. “We advocate for just about any of these improvements when we can.” Wildlife bridges and underpasses serve for a lot more than just to reduce roadkill. When a large roadway is built through the desert, that landscape is essentially severed. When a road is large enough, animals like deer, bobcats and coyotes rarely cross them, and when they do, many of the are struck by cars. What results are two increasingly homogenizing halves of a natural world instead of one landscape with migration and diversity. In the case of the Oracle Road wildlife bridge, which also happens to be the first wildlife bridge in the entire Sonoran Desert, allows for wildlife flow between the Catalinas and Tortolitas. It is helping to recreate a connection between the two mountain ranges that was one severely limited. However, the process of connecting wildlife linkages includes much more than a bridge or underpass over a roadway. Miles of fencing around the area must be constructed to funnel the animals toward the bridges and underpasses. In locations where wildlife bridges are completed, such as Oracle, recurring animal mortalities mostly occur where the fencing is still incomplete. Within the first year of completion of these wildlife crossings, the Arizona Game and Fish Department, with the help of 48 field cameras throughout Pima County, documented more than 1,700 animals using the crossings. The animals included over 800 deer, over 300 javelina, almost 200 coyotes and

over 50 bobcats. Within only weeks of the unveiling, the first deer were spotted crossing the bridges. The Game and Fish Department also found that different animal species prefer different passage types; mule deer prefer the bridges rising over the road while javelina and bobcats use the underpasses with far greater frequency. These newest wildlife underpasses being built for Tangerine Road and La Cholla Boulevard are designed with those recently mentioned small mammals in mind. The underpasses will be six to nine feet in height, depending on the area, and will most likely have foxes, coyotes and tortoises using them. Underpasses also help with extra storm drainage and can serve as habitats for bats during the summer. Collisions with larger animals result in an average of 200 human fatalities and $8.4 billion in damages each year in the United States. Every one of the animals observed crossing a wildlife linkage is one less chance of possible disaster. There is still a lot of work to be done, however. The largest roadway in Southern Arizona, the I-10, separates more habitat than any other and has no wildlife crossings now or planned for the future. The CSDP is currently evaluating projects for the I-10. There are some “informal” crossings, such as culverts, but no formally designated wildlife crossings. “We’re definitely looking at I-10,” Whelan said. “It cuts through a number of wildlife locations and we can help that.” We’re headed in the right direction, but there’s plenty more work to be done before both humans and animals have safe roads of their own. For more information on the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, visit sonorandesert.org. n April 2018 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 17

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18 Summer Camps for 2018 From making tools with desert plants to constructing architectural models to stilt walking, art making, and gazing up at the stars, our list of summer camps is sure to inspire your future scientist, artist, or all around adventurous kiddo! by Amanda Reed

ABBIE SCHOOL SUMMER CAMP

CAMP ARCHITECTURE

A literary inspired hands on summer program with weekly themes such as Digging Dinosaurs and Space Camp. For students entering 2nd – 10th grade. Cost: $225 per week. Dates: June 4 – 29. 520-300-6103. AbbieSchool.org

A camp designed for middle school and high school students interested in the field of architecture and design. Participants learn to draw by hand or on the computer, construct models on the CAPLA Materials Lab, test structural models and learn about sustainability and careers in the design field. Led by Registered Architect Valerie Lane with the support of student assistants. Cost: $375. Dates: June 4-8, June 11-15, June 18-22, June 25-29. 520-626-4303. Capla.Arizona.edu/Events/Camp-Architecture

ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY Two summer programs offer students an active, hands on theatrical experience. Summer on Stage is a 5 week intensive program with a variety of acting, voice, and movement classes with rehearsals leading to fully produced performances on stage at the Temple of Art and Music. The Summer Backstage program introduces students to theatrical design and management as they become active backstage crew members for the two performances. Classes led by professional teaching artists and ATC staff members. Cost: $760-$960. Dates: June 25 – July 29. 520-884-8210. ArizonaTheatre.org

CAMP FUEGO Spark a creative fire with glassblowing, torchworking, and kiln-firing. Students also go on science fieldtrips to places like the UA Mirror Lab and Optical Sciences Lab. Ages 12-17. Cost: $350-$720. Dates: June 4-15. 520-8847814. SonoranGlass.org

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This hands-on, minds-on science camp will open your eyes to the wonders of the Sonoran Desert land and sea. Campers will make discoveries, observe live animals, create art, make tools from desert plants, and go behind the scenes with animal keepers. Scholarships available for members of the Tohono O’odham Nation and for other families. Ages: entering 1st-9th grades and a Junior Docent program for high school students. Cost: $200-$375. 520-8832702. DesertMuseum.org

Classes such as ART-Rageous!, Science in Storybooks, PSI Space Camp, S.Y.STEM Coalition Robotics, and more! Ages: 4-9. Cost: Prices range from $65-$150 for members, up to $180 for non –members. Dates: June 11 – August 1. 520-792-9985. ChildrensMuseumTucson.org

ASTRONOMY CAMP Explore the night skies above Mt. Lemmon and Kitt Peak with large telescopes and experience the excitement of scientific inquiry alongside real scientists as mentors. Available to teens and adults. See website for more information. AstronomyCamp.org

CIRCUS ARTS CAMP Experience the art of tumbling, spinning, stilt walking, drumming, and dance with weekly fun classes, recital shows, and a wrap up party. Ages 7 and up. Cost: $250 per week. Dates: June 4-22 all levels; June 25-29 advanced camp. TucsonCircusArts.com

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A range of artsy activities such as comic book making, wildlife animals, anime drawing camp, and gardening. Grades vary per class. Cost: $160 per week. Dates: One week sessions from May 28 to July 27. 520-245-0340. TheCraftRevolt.com

Kids spend their day doing fun active age appropriate activities including games, sports, and creative play! K – 8th grade. Cost: $65 per day, $300 per week. Dates: 10 weekly sessions, May 28 – Aug 6. 520-623-3904. PlayformanceTucson.com

DR. SEUSS CAMP

SONG, ART & YOGA CAMP

Experience a summer theatrical adventure through the wacky and wonderful world of Dr. Seuss. Students learn acting, singing and dancing skills as they rehearse for the Seussical Kids! Musical extravaganza. Kids will also create crafts, and learn about teamwork and communication through theater games. Held at the Gaslight Music Hall of Oro Valley. Grades 1-8. Cost: $255. Dates: June 11-22. Arts-Express.org

Sing, paint, and stretch your way through summer! Taught by Gabrielle Pietrangelo, a musician and yoga teacher, and Gavin Hugh Troy, a professional visual artist at the Tucson Yoga Studio. Space limited to 12 students per session. Cost: $185; 10% discount for siblings. Dates: Session 1: June 4-8. Session 2: June 25-29. 520-370-5195. GabriellePietrangelo.com

EL GROUPO SUMMER BIKE CAMP A camp focused on bike mechanics and safety, bike rides, skill sessions and nutrition activities. Designed for youth aged 7-13 years old. Cost: $175 per week. Dates: 3 sessions: June 4-8, June 11-15, June 18-22. 520-304-9682. ElGroupoCycling.org

A summer enrichment program with visual art, music, dance, drama, music and creative thinking, for kids entering kindergarten through 5th grade, culminating in an art show at the Gregory School and performances at the Gregory School and at the Leo Rich Theatre. Cost: $950. Dates: June 4 – July 6. 520-906-8352. SummerFineArts.com

MINI TIME MUSEUM

TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART

With sessions titled Woodland Tree House, Medieval Castle Dungeon, and Night at the Museum, this camp offers building, exploring and creative STEAM activities. Limited to 15 participants per camp session. Cost: $112.50 members,$125 per session for non members. Dates: June 4 - 29. 520-8810606. TheMiniTimeMuseum.org

Taught by professional artists and by the museum’s education staff, this summer camp features a creative experience inspired by the exhibitions on view. Dates: Full day, half day mornings and afternoons available. Cost: Half Day: $125 members, $175 non-members. Full Day: $220 members, $330 non-members. June 4 - 29 and July 9 - August 3. 520-624-2333. TucsonMuseumofArt.org

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A place for youth to create, engage and explore. Facilitated by MOCA staff, local educators and contemporary artists. Students experience printmaking, drawing, painting, clay making, and portfolio development for aspiring professional artists. Ages 8-18. Cost: Free to $75 per week depending on your household income. Dates: June 11 – 29. 520-624-5019. MOCA-Tucson.org

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Mesquite Pancakes Grow on Trees by Gregory McNamee

THE CHANCES are good that somewhere within eyesight of your home a mesquite tree, perhaps even a whole grove of mesquites, is in view. In season, nicely accompanying the rains of summer on into fall, mesquites produce seedpods that can be gathered and dried. When they snap instead of bend, the pods can be milled, producing a sweet, gluten-free flour that’s just right for—well, for one thing, a Sonoran Desert take on pancakes. It’s small surprise that the first recipes the reader comes to in the new edition of the Desert Harvesters cookbook Eat Mesquite and More ($34.95) are for pancakes and other sweetish treats like cornbread and sourdough bread with figs and pecans. The range of offerings is an invitation to get inside the kitchen and start experimenting with mesquite—for instance, Sara Jones contributes a fine take on rugelach, a kind of cookie not often seen outside of East Coast delis, while Gail Ryser’s adaptation of the chocolate-chip cookie, complete with a secret ingredient, is a real treat. Says local artist Kimi Eisele, who helped edit the new edition, the “and more” part of the title is an important signal: mesquite is a gateway plant into the Sonoran Desert’s “entire food system,” as she puts it, and once the reader has tasted the desert, then other local ingredients await further experimentation. Barbara Rose, owner of Bean Tree Farm and another collaborator in putting together the book, turns in a recipe that is high on my to-do list once mesquite’s cousin, ironwood, comes into seed: namely, a Sonoran Desert edamame, heated up with chile and laced with lime juice. Travelers into the sky islands will judiciously use acorns gathered from emory oaks and other trees, all highly valued by native peoples of the desert and higher elevations.

That native element is another important component of the book. It contains a recipe, for instance, from an Apache elder that may just answer the question of what to do with those packrats that are nesting inside your engine block, while a piece by contributor Brad Lancaster looks at Tohono O’odham efforts to reintroduce tepary beans and other bounty from the desert into the diets of young people who have for too long, like their counterparts elsewhere, been captive to mass-produced, mass-processed foods if questionable nutritive value. Local chefs pitch in as well. Janos Wilder, a longtime champion of local eating, turns to precisely those tepary beans for a mealy, flavorful variant on hummus that works just fine on a tortilla, but wouldn’t be out of place on pita bread, either. Readers are free to try Janos’s chiltepin salsa as well, with the proviso that you might just catch fire if you eat a big enough sampling of the fiery little chile. The wizardly chefs La Posada del Rio Sonora, in the southern reaches of the Sonoran Desert, suggest making a flan of chiltepin, in case salsa isn’t daring enough, but Jo Schneider of La Cocina provides a cooling accompaniment in the form of calabacitas con nopalitos fritos, a fine use for the prickly pear pads that grow in abundance throughout Tucson. The editors of Eat Mesquite and More celebrate desert foods. Moreover, they draw attention to local food heroes who are helping to expand our palate, among them Lia Griesser and Amy and Doug Smith of Exo Roast, who are doing wondrous things in the kitchen with mesquite, prickly pear, chia, barrel cactus fruit, and other wild ingredients. For more information on the book, see desertharvesters.org.

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april SATURDAYS IN APRIL EARTH MONTH Enjoy a month long exploration of Planet Earth at Biosphere 2, featuring special beach tours with ocean critter releases, Biospherian book signings, and hands on each activities. General admission tickets $20; Kids ages 6-12 $13; Seniors $18. Special tours are $75. 32540 S. Biosphere Rd. Biosphere2.org

THURS 5 CYCLOVIA: MEET GIL PENALOSA An opportunity to meet world renowned urban planner and founder of the international Cyclovia/Open Streets movement. See website for more information. CycloviaTucson.org

FRI 6 - SUN 8 HOME & PATIO SHOW

Discover the latest home improvement trends, renovation and landscaping ideas at the largest home and garden show in Tucson. Produced by the Southern Arizona Home Builders Association. Admission: $8, kids 12 and under are free, military discounts, 1/2 price for ages 50 and over on Friday. $2 off admission coupon available on website. Hours: Fri & Sat 10am - 6pm, Sun 10am - 5pm. Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave. 520-795-3025. SAHBAHomeShow.com

SAT 7 BAJA BEER FESTIVAL Sample beers from some of Arizona’s best breweries with food (available to purchase) from some of the region’s most talented chefs. This year brewers will compete in the first ever state wide IPA competition. VIP: $60 with an early entry; General Admission: $35; Designated Drivers $10. 2-6pm in downtown Armory Park. ChooseAZBrews.com

SUN 8 CYCLOVIA Bike, walk, jog, skate or stroller your way through the streets at this special cyclical celebration. The spring route travels from the Lost Barrio to Himmel Park with activities including a putting green, live music, performances, a New Belgium, Dragoon Brewing Co, and Borderlands Beer Garden, food trucks and more. 10am to 3pm with an official after party at the BK’s Tacos Stage from 3 to 6pm. 520-261-8777. Visit website for more information: CycloviaTucson.org

GREAT PAPER AIRPLANE FLY-OFF Watch kids aged 6 to 14 fly their folded creations and win prizes such as a flight over Tucson, a tablet, and door prizes. 9am - 3:30pm. Pima Air & Space Museum, 6000 E. Valencia Rd. 520-574-0462. GreatPaperAirplane.org

FRI 13 - SUN 14 MARANA BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL

This year’s headliner is Chris Jones & The Night Drivers with many other local bands playing throughout the weekend. Tickets: Free entry on Friday; $20 entry on Sat & Sun; weekend passes are $30. Kids under age 12 are free with a paid adult ticket. Gladden Farms Community Park, 12205 N. Tangerine Farms Rd. MaranaFestival.com

SAT 14 2ND SATURDAYS DOWNTOWN A free, family friendly urban block party! 5pm to 10:30pm. Performances, vendors, food trucks, and more. Free family friendly movie at the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum. Downtown Tucson. 2ndSaturdaysDowntown.com

SUN 15 THE EVENT Tucson’s premier tasting event with 50 top restaurants featuring wine and spirit tastings, dancing, and live music at this festive culinary event. Proceeds benefit The Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson. Tickets: $125$150. 6 - 9pm. La Encantada, 2905 E. Skyline Dr. 520573-3533. TheEventTucson.com

WEDS 18 - SUN 29 ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL This year’s theme, Bridging Cultures allows for images and voices from diverse cultures to be shared, through the 26 features and 60 shorts from 21 countries. See website for schedule and tickets. FilmFestivalArizona.com

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Set in the iconic Chicago Music building, this one day only spring pop-up market will feature plenty of fresh picks by local makers and artists, with a percentage of sales going to support Tucson Youth Development. Food and coffee vendors on site. A limited number of Early Bird tickets are available for $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Early Bird entry: 8am 10am. Market hours: 10am - 5pm. The Chicago Store, 130 E. Congress St. CultivateTucson.com

EARTH DAY FESTIVAL Environmental activities, alternative vehicle displays, and exhibitors with topics on renewable energy, pollution prevention and native plants, are some of the fun experiences you can encounter at this special celebration. Free public admission for an adult with a child. 10am - 2pm. Children’s Museum Tucson, 200 S. 6th Ave. 520-206-8814. TucsonEarthDay.org

TURQUOISE TRAIL WALKING TOUR Join knowledgeable docents as they lead you on a tour thorough the heart of downtown. Tickets: $15 for non-members, $10 for members.10am - 12:30pm. 196 N. Court Ave. 520-837-8119. TucsonPresidio.com

WEDS 25 - SAT 28 TUCSON INTERNATIONAL MARIACHI CONFERENCE Experience Mariachi music and Baile Folklorico through workshops, a student showcase, competition, and a concert Friday night. See website for tickets and for more information. AVA Amphitheater, 5655 W.Valencia Rd. 520-838-3913. TucsonMariachi.org

APRIL 27 - MAY 6 AGAVE HERITAGE FESTIVAL Celebrating the cultural, commercial, and culinary significance of the agave plant through educational experiences, garden tours, diners, and exhibits. Presented by The Hotel Congress. See website for more information. 520-622-8848. AgaveHeritageFestival.com

ONGOING TUCSON FOOD TOURS

Tucson’s only walking food tour. Combination of foods and a little history of downtown Tucson. Takes you through the historic downtown and 4th Avenue districts of Tucson. See website for dates. 520-477-7986, FoodToursTucson.com

PLANETARIUM SHOWS

Explore the stars and beyond every Thu-Sun with a laser light show on Fridays and Saturdays. $5-$7, kids under 3 are free. See website for program times. Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium, 1601 E. University. 520-621-7827. Flandrau.org

MONDAYS MEET ME AT MAYNARDS

Southern Arizona Roadrunners’ Monday evening, non-competitive, social 3-mile run/walk, that begins and ends downtown at Hotel Congress, rain/shine/holidays included! Free. 5:15pm. 311 E. Congress St. 520-991-0733, MeetMeAtMaynards.com

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april APR 19, 20, 26, 27, 28 THE FISHERS WISH, a pyrotechnic fish

photos: Neil Peters. Hair and Makeup: Gababout Salon

tale presented by Flam Chen, with the Mercado San Agustin Annex Grand Opening. April 19, 20 26, 27 & 28 at the new Mercado San Agustin Annex, Avenida Del Convento Tucson, AZ 85745. Doors open at 7pm, show starts at 8pm with a Dance After Party. Food trucks & bar by Westbound. $25 for $45 for 2, discount applies on multiple purchase. $10 for kids at the door. VIP packages available. Visit Flamchen.com for tickets and information.

MAY 4 FASHIONARTE 2018: AN URBAN FUSION OF ART AND FASHION The Pima Community College Department of Fashion Design and Clothing presents the 12th annual Spring Fashion Show - “Fashionarte 2018: An Urban Fusion of Art and Fashion” on Friday, May 4th, 2018 at 7:00 pm at the Fox Theater in downtown Tucson. This year’s show will feature high school, college, university, faculty and local designers who are involved in driving the future of Tucson’s fashion industry. The fashion show will feature over 120 looks on the runway, all created by PCC students, as well as special runway guests Nogales High School and Arizona State University students. Professional designer Ruby Jane will show her Spring / Summer collection as well. Tucson artists include: A.T Willett, Andy Burgess, Gail Marcus Orlen, Jeff Smith, Kate Breakey, Rhod Lauffer, Valerie Galloway. Terry Etherton, founder of Etherton Gallery, will be recognized for his continued support for local visual arts. MC will be Nichole Szemerei of KVOA News 4 Tucson. 5:30 pm VIP Reception and Market Place + Silent Auction. 6:15 pm General Admission Market Place + Silent Auction. 7:00 - 8:00 pm Fashion Show. 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Market Place + Silent Auction. VIP seating will be limited. Details at Fashionarte2018.eventbrite.com

PCC student Nami Iranshahi and photographer A.T. Willett.

PCC student Liz Weibler with a dress inspired by the art work of Andy Burgess.

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April 14 - may 11 The university of arizona museum of art and joseph gross gallery 1031 n. olive rd tucson, az 85721 Private Sneak Peek Wednesday, April 18 5:30-7:30 for tickets: (520) 621-1251 Opening reception Thursday, April 19 5:00-6:30 pm

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El Paso Greenway Project by Laura Reese

TUCSON’S LATEST public art installation took place last month as 55 fabricated manhole covers were installed in the Barrio Viejo, Barrio Santa Rosa and Barrio Libre neighborhoods. This is the first of two phases, the second being an installation of a traditional kiosko (or gazebo) along a multi-use path near the intersection of Osborne Avenue and 11th Avenue at 25th Street. The cross-collaboration between neighborhoods is unique to public art, and a part of what drew artist Jason Butler to apply for this project. The El Paso Greenway Project was commissioned by the Pima County Wastewater Management department, and relied on a panel of community members from the three invested neighborhoods. “The excitement for me is navigating all the politics and making everyone happy,” said Butler, who received his MFA from the UA in 2006, and works in Tucson primarily as a sculptor. “Public art is a chance to say what we’re about. To say what identifies us. The excitement lies in how to collaborate with a community to create art that represents them,” he said. After Butler was selected, he met with a panel of community members from Barrio Viejo, Barrio Santa Rosa and Barrio Libre who lead the vision of the piece. Together they identified five themes—unity, hope, diversity, culture, and family— to be represented visually on the manhole covers and in the cut steel lattice of the kiosko. After the themes were identified, the group had a difficult time deciding exactly what images should represent these themes, and who should author them. The panel was interested in involving local kids from the neighborhood, and Butler created an opportunity to have the kids author the drawings that would be incorporated in to the work. Ranging from the ages of 7-13, kids from across Barrio Viejo, Barrio Santa Rosa and Barrio Libre were gathered for three sessions where they drew the images that–for them–symbolized the five themes of their community. “Working with the kids added yet another collaborative element to this project, which I love,” said Butler. “Public art is, and should be, many different

voices coming together.” Butler collected the drawings from the kids and combined them into 5 designs that became the manhole covers as well as several 2’x6’ panels of the kiosko. For Glen Peterson, project manager with Wastewater Management, this is his first experience with a public art project. In fact, this is the first art project for the Pima County Wastewater Management department. “There’s not a lot of public art you do with the sewer,” said Peterson. “The only thing really visible are the manhole covers,” which the department selected as the artistic outlet for the project. Which begs the question: why was Wastewater Management even involved with public art at all? Much of the public art you see in Tucson and Pima County is financed by publicly funded capital improvement projects. This is due to the 1% for Art program, which sets aside 1% of each project’s budget for the installment of public art. El Paso Greenway Project is the name of the public art project tied to the $20M Southeast Interceptor Augmentation Project. The undertaking is two and half miles of increased and improved sewage lines that serve a large portion of the metro Tucson area. Approximately 20 drawings were blended to create the manhole cover designs, and 20 more were used for the kiosko fabrications. Panel member Herman Lopez shared that the kiosko is his favorite part of the piece. “What I love about this project is how it will continue to extend the life of artistic talent in southern Tucson,” said Lopez. “Someday, these kids will be grown and walking with their kids, and they’ll get to say, ‘Look, I did this!’” This community information on public art is provided by the Arts Foundation of Southern Arizona in partnership with Zócalo Magazine. Photo: manhole cover on South Osborne Avenue, between 17th Street and 22nd Street. n April 2018 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 35

Z arts Terrol Dew Johnson Gourd Basket

Elizabeth Frank Unbound

Photo: Â©Jeff Smith

Russ Connell Self Portrait

Steven Derks Metaphors Approached

Stephen Shachtman Copper Forms

Tom Philabaum Black Canyon Trails Totem #6

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Scott Musgrove Walktopod

Art in Three Dimensions Tucson’s Inaugural Sculpture Festival by Gregory McNamee TO THE NORTH, a great silver book. To the west, angels and eagles. To the south, lizards of glass and stone. To the east, a steel cocoon. In the center, a tall red horse and a giant rattlesnake. Tucson is preeminently a sculptural town, a place where three-dimensional art is everywhere in sight—so much so that it’s easy to take for granted the splendors that surround us, from straightforward depictions of figures from history like Pancho Villa and Eusebio Francisco Kino to abstract flights of fancy such as Athena Tacha’s Curving Arcades, which anchors the eastern end of the UA mall. Joining with celebrations elsewhere in the country and the world, Mayor Jonathan Rothschild has proclaimed April to be Tucson Sculpture Month. Meanwhile, three local sculptors—prominent artist Barbara Grygutis, Tucson Metal Village founder Steve Kimble, and Hacienda del Sol garden and art director Jeff Timan—have banded together to form SculptureTucson, a nonprofit organization that aims to achieve several goals, including, in time, the establishment of a sculpture garden downtown. To that end, the three artists are hosting an inaugural Sculpture Festival, to be held on Saturday, April 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Sunday, April 8, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Brandi Fenton Memorial Park (3482 East River Road). Forty artists will be represented, most of them from southern Arizona, working with media that include steel, bronze, glass, ceramics, stone, and paper. Among the artists are Marc Rossi, who is internationally renowned for his realistic sculptures of animals; Tom Philabaum, whose glasswork is in collections around the world; Tohono O’odham basketmaker and sculptor Terrol

Dew Johnson; and wood carver and mixed-media artist Elizabeth Frank, whose dolls have been featured in several books. “When the three of us got together,” says Grygutis, “we wanted to develop many ways to promote sculpture in southern Arizona, include events that could bring the public and artists together. We thought that an annual event that worked something like the Tucson Festival of Books would be a great thing, and there are successful counterparts in places like New Orleans and Loveland, so there’s precedent—and we’ve also seen lots of interest.” The Sculpture Festival Show, with a juried competition, will open on Friday, March 6, with a cocktail party and private sale from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Both Mayor Rothschild and Terrol Dew Johnson will speak at the private event, and artists will be on hand to talk with patrons. Tickets are on sale at the organization’s website, SculptureTucson.Org. For the Saturday and Sunday events, admission is free, and the public is invited to browse the sculptures on display and watch demonstrations of blacksmithing, glass blowing, and stone carving. Visitors should plan to take time to appreciate the work as if at an outdoor museum. Says Barbara Grygutis, “We decided early on that this wasn’t a craft fair—that is, the things on display wouldn’t be functional. You have to look at the art. And of course you can buy it, too, and we hope that many people will find art for their own collections here.” Musical acts will also perform, and food trucks will be on hand throughout the opening hours. For more information, including locations and a complete list of the artists whose works will be on display, visit SculptureTucson.org. n April 2018 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 37

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ARIZONA HISTORY MUSEUM Currently on view: History Lab, The Silverbell Artifacts, Geronimo Exhibit, Arizona Historical Society 150 Exhibit. Hours: Mon & Fri 9am-6pm; Tues-Thurs 9am-4pm; Sat & Sun 11am-4pm. 949 E. 2nd Street. 520-6285774. ArizonaHistoricalSociety.org

ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM

Long term exhibitions include, Life Along the River: Ancestral Hopi at Homol’ovi; Hopi Katsina Dolls; Woven Through Time; The Pottery Project; Paths of Life. Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. 520-621-6302. 1013 E. University Blvd. StateMuseum.Arizona.Edu

CACTUS WREN GALLERY Spring Art Show, 9am-2pm, April 14. Gallery hours: Everyday from 9am to 4pm. 2740 S. Kinney Rd. 520-437-9103. CactusWrenArtisans.net

CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY Ansel Adams: Performing the Print is on view to May 20; The Logic of the Copy: Four Decades of Photography in Print is on view to April 15 and Courting Failure, Embracing Risk: Mark Klett and Collaboration is on view to May 20. Hours: Tue-Fri 9am-4pm; Sat 1-4pm. 1030 N. Olive Rd. 520-6217968. CreativePhotography.org

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opens April 7 with a reception from 6-9pm and is on view through April 28. Hours: TuesSat 10am-3:30pm. 110 E. 6th St. 520-398-6557. ContrerasHouseFineArt.com

DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY Charlotte Bender, Albert Kogel and Joy Fox is on view through April 21. Hours: Tues-Fri 11am-5pm; Sat 11am-4pm. 154 E. 6th St. 520-629-9759. DavisDominguez.com

DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN The Way of the Cross and DeGrazia’s Hot Wax - Encaustic Paintings from the 1950’s are on display through September 5. Hours: Daily 10am-4pm. 6300 N. Swan Rd. 520-299-9191. DeGrazia.org

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DRAWING STUDIO Nature Within - Jennifer Clarke is on view through May 25. 2760 N. Tucson Blvd. 520-620-0947. TheDrawingStudiotds.org ETHERTON GALLERY In the main gallery, In Their Nature: Robert D. Cocke, Craig Cully, Jim Waid and Pop-Up: Andy Burgess is on view through June 2. Tue-Sat 11am-5pm or by appointment. 135 S. 6th Ave. 520-624-7370. EthertonGallery.com

IRONWOOD GALLERY Art and the Animal opens April 14 with an opening from 2-4pm and is on view through June 3. Colors of Cabo Pulmo closes Apr 8. Hours: Daily 10am-4pm. 2021 N. Kinney Rd. 520-883-3024. DesertMuseum.org

JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY 2018 BFA Exhibition is on view to April 6. Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm. 1031 N. Olive Rd. 520-626-4215. CFA.arizona.edu/galleries

LOUIS CARLOS BERNAL GALLERY Annual Student Juried Art Exhibition is on view April 2 to May 4 with a reception from 3-5pm and an award ceremony at 4pm on April 12. Hours: Mon-Thurs 10am-5pm, Fri 10am-3pm. PCC 2202 W. Anklam Rd. 520-206-6942. Pima.Edu/CFA

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MEDICINE MAN GALLERY Josh Elliott - Desert Time Travels is on view to April 27. Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1-4pm. 6872 E. Sunrise Dr., Suite 130. 520-722-7798. MedicineManGallery.com

MINI TIME MACHINE On Point: Sculptures on the Tips of Lead is on view to April 15 and David Fischer: Model Builder Extraordinaire is on view to April 29. Hours: Tues-Sat 9am-4pm and Sun 12-4pm. 4455 E. Camp Lowell Dr. 520-881-0606. TheMiniTimeMachine.org

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART Folkert De Jong | Last Nation opens April 7 with a reception from 7-9pm and a live performance by the artist at 8pm and is on view to June 30. Hours: Weds-Sun 12-5pm. 265 S. Church Ave. 520-624-5019. MOCA-Tucson.org

PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY & STUDIO The Flame: Tom Philabaum celebrating nearly five decades of work is currently on view. Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-4pm. Call for glassblowing viewing. 711 S. 6th Ave. 520-884-7404. PhilabaumGlass.com

SOUTHERN ARIZONA TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM Dinner in the Diner is currently on display featuring original china and silver service from the named first class Pullman trains. 414 N. Toole Ave. 520-623-2223. TucsonHistoricDepot.org

SOUTHERN ARIZONA WATERCOLOR GUILD

Fiesta Sonora “WEST” is on view from April 14 to June 30 with a reception April 14 from 2-4 pm. Experimental Show is on view April 3 to 22 with a reception April 12 from 5-7pm. Hours: Tues-Sun 11am-4pm. Williams Centre 5420 East Broadway Blvd #240. 520-299-7294. SouthernAzWatercolorGuild.com

TOHONO CHUL PARK Arizona Otherworldly opens April 26 in the main gallery with a reception from 5:308:00pm and continues through August 12. Exhibitions on view through April 18 are, Sonoran Seasons in the Main Gallery and Featured Artist: Janet Windsor in the Welcome Gallery. Hours: Daily 9am-5pm. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 520-742-6455. TohonoChulPark.org

TUCSON DESERT ART MUSEUM

Exhibitions on view through June 30 include Vaquero and Charro: An Enduring Legacy, Desert Hollywood, and Colors to Dye For. Ongoing exhibitions include: The Dawn of American Landscape, Arizona Women Uncovered and True Grit. Hours: Weds-Sun 10am-4pm. 7000 E Tanque Verde Rd. 520202-3888. TucsonDArt.Org

TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART Mid-Century Perspectives: Paintings by Andy Burgess & Objects of Modern Design is on view through April 22 and The West Observed: The Art of Howard Post is on view through June 24. Ongoing exhibits include the J. Knox Corbett House and the La Casa Cordova. Hours: Tues-Wed & Fri-Sat 10am-5pm; Thurs 10am-8pm; Sun 12-5pm. 140 N. Main Ave. 520-624-2333. TucsonMuseumofArt.org

TUCSON PASTEL SOCIETY Boyce Thompson Arboretum Juried Show is on view April 1 to 30. 520-615-5365. TucsonPastelSociety.org

UA MUSEUM OF ART

Current exhibitions include: Subject to Change: An Evolution of Women Printmakers on view through Aug; School of Art Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition on view through May; Best Wishes on view to June 3; Our Stories: Mapping Q on view until April 22; and X, Y, Z: Art In Three Dimensions on view to June 24. Ongoing exhibitions include, The Altarpiece From Ciudad Rodrigo. Hours: Tues-Fri 9am-5pm; Sat-Sun 12-4pm. 1031 N. Olive Rd. 520-621-7567. ArtMuseum.Arizona.Edu

UA POETRY CENTER Correspondences: morning star 1991-2018 is on view to April 21. Hours: Mon & Thurs 9am-8pm; Tues, Weds, Fri 9am-5pm. 1508 E. Helen St. 520-626-3765. Poetry.Arizona.Edu

WILDE MEYER GALLERY Contemporary Eclectic opens April 5 with a reception from 4-7pm and closes April 28. Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-5:30pm; Thurs 10am-7pm; Sat 10am-6pm; Sun 12-5pm. 2890 E. Skyline Dr. Ste. 170. 520615-5222, WildeMeyer.com WOMANKRAFT ART GALLERY Drawing Down the Muse is on view to April 7 to May 5, with receptions from 7-10pm on April 7 and May 5. Hours: Weds-Sat 1-5pm. 388 S. Stone Ave. 520-629-9976. WomanKraft.org n

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FILMS TO SEE! April 18-29

Highlights of the 27th ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2:00PM THE RIGHT TO BE WILD (USA – Documentary Feature)

On the brink of extinction, the last wild female Mexican Gray Wolf is found in the Sierra Madres. Can this beautiful and majestic sub-species of the Southwest survive with such a limited gene pool?

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 9:30PM

ANIMATION SHORTS Enjoy a dynamic collection of diverse animation styles from around the world. The Screening Room - $8 admission

The Screening Room - $8 admission

SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2:00PM SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 4:00PM WANDERLAND

(USA - Comedy Feature)

Seeking an escape from his isolated life, Alex accepts a mysterious invitation to house-sit a picturesque ‘Enchanted Cottage’ on Long Island. There he ends up on a surreal musical all-night odyssey of misadventures.

THE BLESSING

(USA – Documentary Feature)

This intimate documentary follows a Navajo coal miner raising his secretive daughter as a single father, and struggling with his part in the irreversible destruction of their sacred mountain at the hands of America’s largest coal producer. The Screening Room - $8 admission

The Screening Room - $8 admission

SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 7:30PM

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 7:00PM

ALL YOU NEED IS FUZZ: 30 YEARS IN A GARAGE BAND

(Belgium/France - Dramatic Feature)

(USA -Music Doc)

The Screening Room - $8 admission

YOU GO TO MY HEAD

A reclusive architect finds a young woman lost in a desolate stretch of the Sahara suffering from amnesia. Intoxicated by her beauty, he claims to be her husband and takes her to his remote desert home to recuperate.

Experience the improbable 30-year journey of garage-psych maestros The Marshmallow Overcoat, a truly independent band which survived decades of changing trends, commercial resistance -- and each other.

For a complete list of films, trailers and ticket info, please visit: filmfestivalarizona.com • The Screening Room, 127 East Congress , Downtown Tucson • • 27th ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL • April 18-29, 2018 • Film highlight guide provided in part by ZOCALOMAGAZINE • April, 2018 •

FILMS TO SEE! April 18-29

Highlights of the 27th ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 7:30PM Opening Night LIVING IN THE FUTURE’S PAST

(USA – Documentary Feature)

Actor Jeff Bridges presents this beautifully photographed tour de force of original thinking on who we are and the environmental challenges we face. The Screening Room - $8 admission

THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 7:00PM ORDINARY DAYS

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 7:30PM ELVIS WALKS HOME

(Bulgaria – Dramatic Feature)

Marooned in a Balkan war zone with only a guitar and wearing an Elvis Presley jumpsuit, entertainer Mickey Jones is held hostage by a group of refugee children trying to reach a United Nations camp. The Screening Room - $8 admission

SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2:15PM

(Canada – Dramatic Feature)

MY TOURETTE’S

The Screening Room - $8 admission

Five brave individuals with severe Tourette ’s syndrome take part in an experimental case study that transforms their lives and raises profound questions about our perception of the neurological disorder.

Cara Cook is a bright, athletic, college student who disappears without a trace. Five days play out three times from a trio of perspectives; her spiraling parents, the troubled detective assigned to her case and finally, Cara herself.

(USA – Documentary Feature)

The Screening Room - $8 admission

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 6:00PM

RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE (USA – Documentary Feature)

Meet fisherman turned bounty hunter Thomas Gonzales and a pack of colorful diehards as they defend their land, culture and way of life against the gigantic orange-toothed nutria. It is man vs. rodent. The Screening Room - $8 admission

SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 4:00PM THE DMZ

(South Korea – Dramatic Feature)

A female police officer steps on a landmine and all she has is a Bluetooth, a revolver, and courage! The Screening Room - $8 admission

FILMS TO SEE! April 18-29

Highlights of the 27th ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 7:00PM

SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 6:00PM

(USA – Dramatic Feature)

(Ireland - Comedy Feature)

I HATE THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT

A grieving husband develops an unexpected crush on his salsa instructor. He is not sure how to move forward with this budding romance since he still has his wife’s killer chained up in the basement.

LOST & FOUND

Seven interconnecting stories set in and around a lost & found office at an Irish train station. The Screening Room - $8 admission

The Screening Room - $8 admission

SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 9:30PM

GETTING NAKED: A Burlesque Story (USA – Documentary Feature)

This revealing documentary peels back the curtain to reveal the sexy sub-culture of the neo-burlesque scene in New York City. The Screening Room - $8 admission

SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 3:00PM

CRAZYWISE

(USA – Documentary Feature)

Indigenous cultures around the world often identify “psychotic” symptoms as an indicator of shamanic potential. Crazywise adds a voice to the growing conversation that believes a psychological crisis can be an opportunity for growth and potentially transformational, not a disease without a cure. The Screening Room - $8 admission

MONDAY, APRIL 23, 6:00PM

BURKINABÈ RISING: THE ART OF RESISTANCE IN BURKINA FASO (Burkina Faso – Documentary Feature)

A small landlocked country in West Africa, Burkina Faso is home to a vibrant community of artists, musicians and engaged citizens who carry on the revolutionary spirit of Thomas Sankara. The Screening Room - $8 admission

TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 6:00PM FAIL STATE

(USA – Documentary Feature)

This revealing documentary investigates the dark side of American higher education, chronicling the decades of policy decisions in Washington, D.C. that have given rise to a powerful and highly-predatory for-profit college industry. The Screening Room - $8 admission

FILMS TO SEE! April 18-29

Highlights of the 27th ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 8:00PM

THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 7:30PM

(USA – Documentary Feature)

(USA - Comedy Feature)

The Screening Room - $8 admission

A SNIPER’S WAR

With unprecedented access to military bases and front line battles in the Ukraine, this riveting film paints an intimate portrait of a sniper walking the tightrope that often comes to the morality of war: is he a soldier or a killer?

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 6:00PM MEXMAN

(USA – Documentary Feature)

Mexican immigrant Germán Alonso is a young artist and filmmaker striving to complete his first feature film, while plagued by the ghost of a long-lost love and a battle for creative control with his producers. The Screening Room - $8 admission

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 8:00PM LATE BLOSSOM BLUES

BULLY

A quiet, heavy-set high-school kid is constantly tormented by the resident school bully and his cronies. With the help of a colorful cast of friends, they prepare to end the unsuspecting bullies’ reign over the school.

FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 6:00PM MADHATTAN

(Australia - Documentary Feature)

Outback Australian milliner Felicity “Flic” Brown prepares to take on the fashion world at her first solo show at prestigious New York Fashion Week. The Screening Room - $8 admission

FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 7:30PM

THE DIVIDE

(Austria– Music Doc)

(USA - Western Drama)

The Screening Room - $8 admission

This moving film is a testament to a hard working bluesman, who, despite all the adversaries, never wavered from his passion and waited more than 70 years to finally live his dream. Also live music by bluesman Tom Walbank.

Internal struggles, the realities of an unforgiving landscape, and the need to reconcile a long-ago tragedy collide to create the backdrop for this classic American Western. Actor/director Perry King in attendance.

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Hippie Family Values A film by Beverly Seckinger by Carl Hanni FIFTY YEARS after the ‘Summer of Love,’ the constantly mutating culture wars remain in full torque in the U.S., and few things divide folks into opposing camps more than the legacy of the 1960s and 1970s counterculture; it remains a beacon of sanity and promise for many on the left, while a consistent bugaboo for many on the right. Although the current cultural mien in the country is a far cry from from the narrow-band, standard-cliched 60s tropes of peace, love and togetherness, as it has often be pointed out, its influence and legacy are everywhere: farm-to-table and organic food, co-ops and farmers markets, yoga, recycling, stewardship of public lands, ecological and activist politics, civil rights and liberation movements (racial, sexual, gender, identity) and trends in fashion, music and media were all seeded in the era. Beverly Seckinger’s 60 minute documentary Hippie Family Values wears its allegiance on its sleeve, and largely does so by just letting folks talk. Shot over a ten year period at a communal ranch in rural New Mexico that was founded in 1976 as part of the back-to-the-land movement that was sweeping the U.S. at the time, it has the luxury and good fortune to follow many of its principals over a long enough period to record real changes in their lives and perspectives, up to and including death. Filmmaker Seckinger (a local musician and Professor in the School of Theatre, Film & Television at UA) clearly has a great love and respect for her subjects, and lucked out with the several characters that she follows over many years; they are a quietly dynamic lot, articulate, still passionate and not at all camera shy. Their trust in her shows up from start to finish, including when they are relating some hard truths aren’t always flattering. Hippie Family Values has the great narrative fortune to have been made at a time when three generations of ranch dwellers were active at the Ranch, and one of the two central story lines of the film reveals their generational concerns, the changing of the guard and its implications for future of the ranch. Early and/ or founding members Sally, Kate, Susana, Steve and Bjorn are all still present and accounted for at the beginning of the film; we see them as young ranch founders, then forward to them in the present. Also on hand, in both old and recent footage, are several of their kids, especially Dulcie (Sally’s daughter), her husband Charris, and J.B., son of the rather swashbuckling Bjorn. There is, in turn, a passel of their kids, grandkids of the original members, who clearly dote on them. The other central theme, spelled out in the title, deals with how the founding values of the Ranch have weathered over time, and the challenge of remaining true to them in a rapidly changing world. Its core beliefs, as spelled out by Seckinger: consensus decision making, and stewardship of the land

and waters. The first is the very definition of idealism, as anyone who has ever attempted to get a disparate group to agree on anything knows all to well; imagine that played out over almost forty years, and it’s a wonder that these folks even still speak to each other, but they seem to still genuinely enjoy each others company. “It was the promised land” is how Kate spells it out, and, remarkably, it seems to have largely lived up to its promise. Much of the most articulate and telling dialogue comes from the magnetic Dulcie, an aspiring filmmaker in her own right who started making movies as a kid at the Ranch. “How do you rebel when your parents are such rebels?” packs an entire personal universe into a single sentence. And, on her childhood as the leader of a pack of ranch kids with fluid familial structure, she talks about the “Mass migration of kids from one house to another. You knew where to find an grown-up if you needed one.” Ideal, freeform childhood or irresponsible parenting? You can hear the cannons of the culture wars booming just over the ridge line. Seckinger says that the final result evolved organically out of being both a filmmaker and musician. “I had completed my previous film, Laramie Inside Out, in 2004, and since 2000 had been playing with the Wayback Machine. I decided that my next film should be synergistic with gigging with the band, such that every time we had a gig, I could think ‘I’m working on my film.’ I was meeting lots of really cool hippie elders at our gigs in Tucson, Patagonia, Bisbee, Cascabel...and the idea started to form of a film that would explode the prevalent trivializing, dopey stereotypes of ‘hippies’ with stories of these really interesting, inspiring people. Initially I cast a wide net, shooting many hours of footage not only in New Mexico, but in the Bay Area and also with the Haggerty family here in Tucson. But ultimately, my strongest material ended up being the stories shot at the Ranch, over a period of ten years.” Seckinger’s film is beautifully shot, seamlessly edited, and shows complete visual and narrative consistency for being filmed over an entire decade. There’s also some excellent music, courtesy of both Tucson’s Mitzi Cowell and The Wayback Machine, who appear a couple of times in the film, playing at the yearly ‘Hot Fest’ at the Ranch. Hippie Family Values has its Tucson debut on Thursday, April 12 at The Loft Cinema. Some of the folks from the film will participate in a Q&A after the film, followed by a set by The Wayback Machine. Showtime is 7 pm, and tickets are just $5 for the film and music. For more information: hippiefamilyvalues.com

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Thief

Snooze

Ari Numb

James

Delta Mu Nu

Runaways Syncopate

Corporate Culture

A Case Study

ice cream cake

I Dream in Widescreen by Carl Hanni

There are many ways to mark the passing of another year in Tucson, and for the local filmmaking and creative community, one of the key ones is the annual ‘I Dream in Widescreen’ showcase of BFA thesis films from University of Arizona’s School of Theater, Film and Television. This years program features twelve films, running from four to over ten minutes in length. As is generally the case, they run the genre gamut, from comedies, dramas and thrillers to mockumentaries and music videos. And, again typically, the production values of the films are extremely high, even if they do occasionally get ahead of some of the narrative coherence. Marine Science enthusiast Christina Close blends her passion for aquatic exploration and filmmaking with very striking, color-saturated cinematography in Numb, which was all shot underwater, a notoriously difficult undertaking. Christine Greer’s willfully garish, glitter drenched, color-bombed ice cream cake is an eye popping music video for the synth-pop band Tropical Beach. Carolyn McKee’s Snooze uses great production design to illustrate its story of extreme narcolepsy. Catherine Hilbert’s mockumentary Delta Mu Nu is a tongue-in-cheek expose about a fictional sorority that is more than meets the eye. Cullen Hamblen’s Norazia uses some excellent aerial, drone photography to further his story of personal loss. And Allison Klemes Ari is a beautifully shot, well acted short drama about the emotional stress of a young woman coming out to her mother. Other films take on a variety of subjects, from lampooning Silicon Valleystyled corporate playgrounds (Adam Ciampaglio’s Corporate Culture) to a split personality (Alicia Farmer’s James) and even the plague (Thief by Randi Todd). Destiny Moreno’s well acted Runaways shows a bachelorette party sidetracked by personal revelations, Victoria Pereira’s Syncopate details an unlikely musical collaboration, and Feifei Gong’s A Case Study delivers more notable acting and one of the more memorable uses of the modern trope “I have to post this!” ‘I Dream in Widescreen’ also doubles as an awards ceremony, with prizes equaling more than $6,000, including cash prizes, gift certificates, software and studio credit. Nine different awards are handed out after all of the films have shown: The Tucson Film Office New Filmmaker Award, The Fancy Film Award for Excellence in Screenwriting, The Pollution Studios Award for Excellence

in Cinematography, The UA Hanson Film Institute Award for Excellence in Production Design, The Entertainment Partners Award for Excellence in Producing, The Neil Benton Arts & Entertainment Award for Best Acting, The OWC Award for Excellence in Editing, the Adobe Award for Excellence in Sound Design and the Adobe Award for Excellence in Title Design. Jurors including Marissa Devins, Partner in the Television Literary Department at United Talent Agency; Katie Walsh, an LA Times film critic whose syndicated Tribune News Service reviews appear in over 200 newspapers nationwide; and Joseph T. Garrity, Senior Filmmaker-in-Residence in Production Design at The American Film Institute Conservatory. IDIW co-Producer Jacob Bricca, Assistant Professor at the School of Theatre, Film & Television, says “The scale of ambition this year is really striking. Our students are really thinking big in so many ways: the production values of the films are really high, with locations from all across southern Arizona (including underwater!). The complexity of many of the characters is also really impressive: these students are really stretching themselves in terms of telling stories that are grounded and nuanced. And the way production design has been used as a tool is also really impressive: the look and texture of the films speaks volumes.” ‘I Dream in Widescreen’ is a very popular and lively event that draws a large and notoriously enthusiastic crowd of family, friends and curious filmlovers. It’s also an excuse for former UA film graduates to return to Tucson, many of whom have had their early films from UA play in film festivals around the country, and have gone on to high profile positions in the industry in Los Angeles and elsewhere. ‘I Dream in Widescreen’ is at the Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 West Congress in downtown on Saturday, April 28. Doors are at 6 pm, and the show starts at 7 pm. Tickers are $10, and can be purchased in advance at the UA Fine Arts Box Office 12-4 pm, Monday through Friday, or online at tickets.arizona.edu. The phone number at the UA Box Office is 520-621-1162. Advance ticket sales close at 4pm on Friday, April 27. Day-of sales are available at the Fox starting at 6pm on the evening of the show. n April 2018 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 49

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Rain - A Tribute to the Beatles, April 10, Broadway in Tucson.

ARIZONA FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC Andrei Ionita, Cello, April 15

LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Women in Jeopardy!, through May 5; Spaceman

at 3:00pm. Leo Rich Theater, 260 S. Church Ave. 520-577-3769. ArizonaChamberMusic.org

Zero, April 8 - June 3 in the Family Theatre. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 520-327-4242. LiveTheatreWorkshop.org

ARIZONA OPERA Das Rheingold, April 14 at 7:30 pm and April 15 at 2:00pm. Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave. 293-4336 AZOpera.org

ARIZONA REPERTORY THEATRE The Pajama Game, April 8 - 29. Marroney Theatre, 1025 N. Olive Rd. 520-621-1162. Theatre.Arizona.edu

ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY The Diary of Anne Frank, April 21 - May 12. Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. 520-884-8210. ArizonaTheatre.org

BROADWAY IN TUCSON The Book of Mormon, April 3 - 8; Rain - A Tribute to the Beatles, April 10; Finding Neverland, April 24 - 29. Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd. 520-903-2929. BroadwayInTucson.com

CARNIVAL OF ILLUSION Season Finale April 14, 4:30pm and 7:30pm at the Scottish Rite Cathedral Grand Parlor, 160 S. Scott Ave. 520-615-5299. CarnivalOfIllusion.com

FOX THEATRE How Great Thou Art - The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley, April 7 at 7:30pm; Mary Poppins | Fox 88th Birthday Celebration!, April 8 at 4:00 pm; Stars of the Sixties, April 14 at 7:30pm; UA Presents: Edmar Castaneda, April 19 at 7:30pm; Comedy for Charity Presents Laugh ’Til It Hurts, April 22 at 6:00pm; TAO: Drum Heart, April 24 at 6:30pm; Tanya Tucker, April 26 at 7:30pm; The Weight Band, April 27 at 7:30pm; A Conversation with Linda, April 29 at 7:00pm. 17 W. Congress St. 520-6241515. FoxTucsonTheatre.org

THE GASLIGHT THEATRE

Rock-A-Billy Raceway, through June 3. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 520-886-9428. TheGaslightTheatre.com

INVISIBLE THEATRE Mr. Goldberg’s Prodigal Son, April 24 - May 6, 1400 N. First Ave. 520-882-9721. InvisibleTheatre.com

LAFFS COMEDY CAFFE Ron Feingold, April 6 & 7; Daryl Felsberg and Steve Gillespie, April 13 & 14; Dillon Garcia, April 20 & 21;Dave Landau, April 27 & 28. 2900 E. Broadway. 520-32-Funny. LaffsTucson.com

ODYSSEY STORYTELLING SERIES Mythic,

April 5, doors at 6:30pm, show at 7:00pm, The Sea of Glass Center for the Arts, 330 E. 7th St. 520-7304112. OdysseyStorytelling.com

PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Eurydice, April 12 - 22. PCC West Campus, Center for the Arts, Proscenium Theatre, 2202 W. Anklam Rd. 520-206-6986. Pima.edu

SONS OF ORPHEUS

27th Annual Gala Spring Concert, April 6 at 7:00pm. Vail Theater of the Arts, 10701 E. Mary Ann Cleveland Way, Vail. SonsofOrpheus.org

TUCSON PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Spring Gala 2018, April 15, 7:00pm, Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium, 4300 E. Sunrise Dr. 6231500 TPYO.org

TUCSON REGIONAL BALLET Thumbelina & Paquita, April 21 - 22. Leo Rich Theater, 180 S. Church Ave. 520-886-1222. TucsonRegionalBallet.org

TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Season Finale: Beethoven’s Ninth, April 6 at 7:30pm; An Ode to Joy, April 7 at 6:00pm; An Extraordinary Evening, April 14 at 5:30pm. See website for locations and performance times. 520-882-8585. TucsonSymphony.org

TUCSON WOMENS CHORUS Spring Concert, April 28, 7:00pm. St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church, 3809 E. 3rd St. 330-741-1084. TucsonWomensChorus.org

UA PRESENTS

Book of Mormon, presented in collaboration with Broadway in Tucson, April 3 - 8; Trevor Noah, April 14; Edmar Castaneda, April 19, Finding Neverland, presented in collaboration with Broadway in Tucson, April 24 - 29. 520-621-3364. UAPresents.org

UNSCREWED THEATER Family friendly shows every Friday and Saturday night at 7:30 pm. 3244 E. Speedway Blvd. 520-289-8076. UnscrewedTheater.org n

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Carlos Arzate

An Early 21st Century Zeitgeist by Jamie Manser SINGER, SONGWRITER, GUITARIST Carlos Arzate brings it again with his newest album Camaleón, set to drop on Friday, April 6 with a CD release party at Hotel Congress. And by “it,” I’m talking about another fantastic, multi-genre disc featuring a stellar line-up of tracks and musicians. Arzate collaborated with some of Tucson’s best performers, producers and studios for this collection, his third solo release since 2013. The idea behind naming the record Camaleón (Español for chameleon) is a nod to the special lizard species that have the impressive ability to change their skin coloration. “There are so many colors that are tattooed into me right now,” Carlos explains. “I feel confident to be able to produce an album where the songs come from all kinds of different styles. “I’ve been exposed to so much different music and then spent large amounts of time with said different types of music – if it were the hard gangsta rap of the ‘90s or the neo-soul of the ‘90s or the grunge rock of the ‘90s; the progressive rock of Tool, the soul of Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke and Otis Redding. Growing up listening to Motown with my mom. Loving Prince. The Latin music we listened to as a kid – we grew up with a lot of norteño music,” he details. Throughout the album, Arzate culls from many of those genres – incorporating soul, Latin rhythms, pop, rock, and the vibe of our Sonoran Desert. The styles may seem disparate, but the tracks flow seamlessly and transition masterfully from one cut to the next.

A few nights after interviewing Arzate, I set up on my back porch, put on the album and settle in for a deep listen. As I hit play, the wind is kicking up and the trees are dancing. The atmosphere – both meteorological and societal – is thick with anticipation. We’re in this early 21st century Zeitgeist, in an intense (snapping point? holding pattern?) at the precipice of – what all? Cultural, racial, environmental, humanistic, religious, evolution/revolution? Entropy in action? Will we stand together or fall apart? Maybe, or not. Both? Nothing? Fragments? Todo? Are we, as Homo sapiens, even that special? These are my thoughts as I reflect on the lyrics. Words that capture a state of humanistic affairs that are both contemporary and timeless. The album’s first track is “False Alarm,” which seemingly inspires a cricket in my backyard to chime in with song’s opening shimmer. A shimmer that resonates like the fluid movements of a rain stick, or the tinkling of a wind chime. I stop the track. The cricket chirps for another few seconds. Then stops. I start the song again, the cricket chimes in again. Stop. Start. Stop and start. The cricket plays along, then quiets. The rain drops begin to fall. I start the first cut once again, and the rain comes down steadily now. I am immersed in percussive rhythm that breaks out into a sonically Sonorannuanced rock song that speaks to our insecurities of not working hard enough, not being good enough, rich enough, accomplished enough. It’s an ancient struggle, as Arzate elucidates in our interview. But in these times, we have the added entangled litany of numerous false narratives pushed

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upon us from myriad media outlets: Choices from the voices/Screaming at your head/They only mean you harm/It’s a false alarm/Screaming at your head. The mix is perfectly balanced with the vox, electric guitar (Conner Gallaher), drums (Winston Watson), bass (Thøger Lund), and Gabriel Sullivan’s percussion and synths. The song is about the falsehoods of capitalism as culture and economy. We’re pushed to keep climbing this ladder to...where? For what, and to what end? And as intensely as the song builds, plateaus, and crescendos forcefully, it seamlessly transitions into the lulling, gorgeously melodic “Aye Princesa.” This track is absolutely resplendent with Arzate’s impassioned vox, strings arranged by Ben Nesbit, Efrén Cruz Chávez’s congas, Gabriel Sullivan on guitar, and Ryan Alfred on bass. “It’s probably the most complete story-song I’ve written, it’s like a folk tale,” Carlos imparts. “I wanted it sound like it came out of the ‘40s, like my Nana would have listened to as a teenager.” The chorus, in Español, conveys both the romanticism and tension of the protagonist’s relationship with her padre: Aye Princesa/Con ojos de pearla/ Aye Princesa/La hija prodiga. The delicate ending of “Aye Princesa” melds into the superchill soul track, “Closer to You,” with drummer Aaron Emery’s tight tapping opening. It spreads out gently with congas (Efrén Cruz Chávez), bass and electric guitar (Ryan Alfred), and Rich Katz on organ – all adeptly moving just under Arzate’s voice. Carlos sings with a genuine sweetness that is imbued with deep love. Horns, by Gary Love and Rick Perino, punctuate the song’s sultry lyrics. “It’s a little inappropriate,” Arzate says, smiling, acknowledging that his beloved wife Beth inspired the words and sentiment. If you want to melt your lover, play this for them. While the auditory transition to “Broken Glass” – the album’s next affecting soul song – is masterful, it carries an important, yet heavy and Camaleón album Cover emotionally-jarring experience. It forces us to face this country’s embarrassing hypocrisy and deep social inequalities. But something feels wrong/There’s a lot going on/In the name of progress/ In the name of those of us/Living on the outside looking in. “This speaks to today’s activists, as we transitioned to online activism versus physical activism – where the ‘active’ part of ‘activism’ requires you to go to a rally or go to a march or go clean somebody’s yard,” Carlos shares about the track’s lyrics. “I identified that in myself; it was a bad time for me, I was tired, I was working really hard and I was trying provide for my family,” he explains, specifically about his opening lyrics: None of this is convenient/It’s unfortunately a bad time for me/When you’re miles away from the incident/And uninterested in getting involved. The tune incorporates a spoken word piece by two lauded local poets, Teré Fowler Chapman and Logan Phillips, who collaborated to bring poignant poetry that punctuate the social injustices thematically covered in “Broken Glass.” Following is the 40-second instrumental breather, “Redemption,” which slides right into what ought to become an Old Pueblo hymn – “Canopy of Clouds.” For many Sonoran Desert dwellers, the rain is a rapturous experience; from the sweet, tender caress of the gentle late-winter drizzles to the life-giving

Camaleón was recorded at St Cecilia Studios, Landmark Studios, Dust & Stone Studios between 2016 and 2017. The efforts culminate into the CD release party at Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St., on Friday, April 6. The show starts at 7 p.m. and includes performances by Buyepongo and Salvador Duran. Tickets ($8-$10) are available at HotelCongres.com. More information is at CarlosArzate.com or at Facebook.com. n April 2018 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 55

What’s Live

She Was a Friend of Mine by Jim Lipson

photo: Peter Clark

EVERYONE READING this remembers Stefan George. A regional blues icon, winner of multiple Tammie awards and a longtime fixture at the Kerrville Music Festival, Stef was a prolific songwriter of folk, country, reggae and rock, as well as the aforementioned blues. Outside of a relatively small circle of intimates however, far fewer are familiar with Lavinia White, his partner in music, pottery and life. Yes, pottery, their Flying Fish logo adorning thousands of cups, bowls and plates now considered to be collectables. One could make the point that while Stef was going out and doing his music thing, it was Lavinia who made sure the pots got thrown, the designs painted and the product moved. And while all that might be true, it does not begin to tell the story of their partnership and the role she played in keeping all these moving parts, including Stef’s emerging career, in some kind of balance and forward motion. I first became aware of Lavinia through my association with the Brain Damage Orchestra, a rag-tag band of friends, some of whom, including Lavinia, were still learning to play their instruments when the band was formed. Full disclosure –I was so taken with the authenticity and unique sense of joy this band was generating from the stage, I made it my mission to become part of it, which I did from 1986 to the end of our run in 1992. LaLa, as she was known to those closest, played alto sax. Having previously taken lessons on violin, this was an entirely new experience. While her solos had to be well thought out and somewhat scripted, it was her role as one half of the horn section, that also included a tenor sax, that musically defined this band. It would be many years into the project before I realized most of the really cool horn charts driving Stefan’s consistently inventive originals, as well as a few choice covers, were primarily Lavinia’s doing. During the latter part of the Orchestra era, she began to take more of an interest in singing. While there had always been some backing vocals, harmony parts were never really a part of the Orchestra’s presentation. As such, singing appeared to mirror her learning curve with the saxophone. While it did not come easily, she stuck with it, and like the sax, made it work for her in a way that was all her own. More important, it complimented and supported Stefan in a way he had not experienced before. From their first post Orchestra projects (White Bread I and II), through three recordings with their band Songtower, and then with Stefan’s multiple solo recordings, you could argue the one constant throughout all of it was Lavinia, be it her work in the studio as co-producer, or how she harmonized behind the mic. It’s unfortunate that what she brought to Stefan’s music, which was considerable, could be so easily overshadowed by his brilliance. When Lavinia passed in February of 2014, Stefan was never the same. At some point, and with few taking notice, he transitioned from a period of not caring or wanting to take care of himself, to no longer being physically or emotionally able to do so. To say he died of a broken heart, a mere 18 months after her death, is as much the understatement as it is the cliché. On April 8, there are a handful of souls scattered throughout the land who will celebrate LaLa on what would have been her 65th birthday. Among many things, including her infamous homemade apple pies, she will be remembered for her stories, her laugh, and her unending appreciation for the inside joke. As for the rest of the month… April 3 - Shelby Lynne, Rialto Theatre – When her breakthrough album I Am Shelby Lynne came out in 2000 and won her a Grammy for best New Artist the following year, one could be excused for thinking this was her debut. Actually it was her fourth album and so it was not just beginners luck. Her most recent work, Not Dark Yet, is a collaboration with her sister, Allison Moorer and features covers from Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard and Nirvana. As recently as a month ago she

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had been touring with Moorer, but now appears to be on her own. Run Boy Run’s Rebekah Rolland, no slouch on stage either, opens the show. April 4 – Agent Orange, 191 Toole - The Original Southern California Punk/ Surf Power Trio, Agent Orange, is one of only a handful of bands who have been continually active since the earliest days of the West Coast Punk scene. This begs the questions, all these years later, has this music at all evolved? And if so, can it still be that music? April 5 – Dick Dale, 191 Toole – King of the surf guitar, Dale actually got Leo Fender (whose guitar factory was a mere 25 miles away in Fullerton, CA) to produce a left-handed model with a right-handed neck so that he could continue to play with the strings set the same way he had been used to (upside down) but be unencumbered by the control knobs and whammy bar. Who knew? April 5 – Danika Holmes and Jeb Hart, Monterey Court – Billed on the Monty website as Nashville touring artists, this duo presents as anything but. Hart plays precise, energetic and when called for, soulful acoustic guitar while Holmes’ vocal is silky smooth. Their cover of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” is a true tour de force. April 6 – Carnivaleros, Monterey Court – This is a CD release party so the joint will be hoppin’. See accompanying CD review in Sound Alternatives in this issue. April 6 – Carlos Arzate & the Kind Souls, Club Congress – Carlos is one of many fine musicians that are on a list of folks I have heard of but never actually heard. Researching this column, all I can say is what took me so long? He’s got a sound and a vibe that is downright compelling. This is his Camaleon Album release party. Buyepongo and Salvador Duran open. See album review in this issue. April 7 – John Coinman Band, Monterey Court – A songwriter’s songwriter, Coinman usually graces us with two or three local appearances per year. This is one of them. He’ll be joined by usual suspects Blair Forward on bass, Neil Harry on pedal steel and Larry Cobb on drums. April 7 - Carvin Jones, 191 Toole – Jones leads an explosive blues trio with him on guitar. His new LP, What a Good Day will be released in late December of this year. This album is a limited release of 11 tracks that will be performed throughout the current tour. April 7 – Roman Barten-Sherman, Hotel Congress – This young man, still a teenager actually, is no longer a novelty blues act but a legitimate player and keeper of the flame when it comes to raw delta style blues. On this night he’ll be out on the patio as a part of the Congress free Spring Concert Series, and this gig is a CD release party for his newest (and fifth) self titled release April 13 – Rich Hopkins and the Luminarios w/Billy Sedlmayr – The Congress Spring Concert Series continues with this not quite 1980s retro bill. April 15 – David Byrne, Centennial Hall – If haven’t got your ticket yet, chances are it’s too late. That will be a shame as Byrne is hyping these shows as his most complex production since the Talking Heads Stop Making Sense tour. If that’s even close to being true, this will be a night to remember. April 27 – The Weight Band, Fox Theatre – I suppose you could call this a tribute band for The Band, but with members of this group that actually played with the Band—post Robbie Robertson of course, this group lends itself to having a bit more credibility. Both Jim Weider and Randy Ciarlante recorded and toured with Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel and Rick Danko before the untimely deaths of Danko and Manuel in The Band’s post Last Waltz era. Nothing but a bunch of great music to be heard here including tunes from their new album of all original material, World Gone Mad. April 28 – Linda Ronstadt, Fox Theatre – This show, officially billed as A Conversation With Linda, has been touring the country playing select dates. This multi-media retrospective of her impressive career is highlighted by an unscripted Q&A. n April 2018 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 57

Carnivaleros perform at their CD Release Party at Monterey Court on Friday, April 6.

LIVE MUSIC Schedules accurate as of press time. Visit the web sites or call for current/detailed information.

191 TOOLE 191 E. Toole Ave. rialtotheatre.com Mon 2: Electric Six, Northern Faces Tue 3: John 5 and the Creatures Wed 4: Agent Orange, The Atom Age Thu 5: Dick Dale, Tom Walbank Sat 7: Carvin Jones Mon 9: I Don’t Know But They Found Me Tue 10: Kevin Morby, Hand Habits Wed 11: Tank and The Bangas< Maggie Koerner Thu 12: Berner Fri 13: Japanese Breakfast, Snail Mail Wed 18: The Dustbowl Revival & Shook Twins Thu 19: Fruition Fri 20: La Santa Cecilia Sat 21: Bill Kenny Sun 22: Prof, Jivin’ Scientists Sat 28: Six Organs Of Admittance, Karima Walker

BORDERLANDS BREWING 119 E. Toole Ave. 261-8773, BorderlandsBrewing.com Sun 1: Kevin Pakulis Fri 6: Mustang Corners Sat 7: Max Mileage Sun 8: Kevin Pakulis Fri 13: Lydian Osman Sat 14: Tortolita Gutpluckers

Sun 15: Kevin Pakulis Fri 20: Los Streetlight Curb Players Sat 21: French Quarter Sun 22: Kevin Pakulis Fri 27: Natalie Pohanic Sat 28: Rusty Chops Sun 29: Kevin Pakulis

CLUB CONGRESS 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848, HotelCongress.com/club Tue 3: Jonathan Terrell, The Donkey Tonk Band Fri 6: Carlos Arzate, Buyepongo, Salvador Duran, Jesse Dayton, Scott Byrum, Rod Melancon Sat 7: Roman Barten-Sherman, Trans Van Santos and The Sinners, 222, Burja & The Coyote, Infinite Souls. Tue 10: Sailor Poon, Trash Romeo, Hannah Yeun and Tropical Beach Wed 11: Whores, Helms Alee Thu 12: Dale Watson and His Lone Stars Fri 13: Yung Gravy, Rich Hopkins and The Luminarios, Billy Sedlmeyer Sat 14: Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Miss Olivia & The Interlopers, Birds and Arrows Sun 15: Ryley Walker, Casey Golden Tue 17: Moonwalks Thu 19: Lou Rebecca, Missions Fri 20: Sundust Road, Freddy Parish Sat 21: Tucsonics Sun 22: Imarhan, The Myrrors Tue 24: Covenant, The Shift, Tristan/ Iseult Thu 26: Man Hands, Lenguas

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Photo courtesy carnivaleros.com.

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Dick Dale performs at 191 Toole on Thursday, April 5.

Largas, Krab Legz Fri 27: El Tambo Fest: Cumbia Summit

LA COCINA 201 N. Court Ave. 622-0351, LaCocinaTucson.com Sun 1: Mik and the Funky Brunch Wed 4: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Thu 5: Freddy Parish Fri 6: Greg Morton & Friends Sat 7: Nathaniel Burnside Sun 8: Mik and the Funky Brunch Wed 11: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Thu 12: Louise Le Hir Fri 13: Greg Morton & Friends Sun 15: Mik and the Funky Brunch Wed 18: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Thu 19: Mitzi Cowell Fri 20: Greg Morton & Friends Sun 22: Mik and the Funky Brunch Wed 25: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Fri 27: Greg Morton & Friends Sun 29: Mik and the Funky Brunch

CUSHING STREET BAR & RESTAURANT 198 W. Cushing St. 622-7984, CushingStreet.com Fridays: Pete Swan Trio featuring Matt Mitchell & Scott Black Saturdays: Jeff Lewis Trio

FLYCATCHER 340 E. 6th St. 798-1298, FlycatcherTucson.com Mon 2: Thor and Friends Mon 9: Brie Capone Sat 14: 1st Annual Tucson Acoustic Lottery

FOX TUCSON THEATRE 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515, FoxTucsonTheatre.org Sat 7: How Great Thou Art—The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Sat 14: Stars of the Sixties Thu 19: Edmar Canstañeda Tue 24: TAO: Drum Heart Thu 26: Tanya Tucker Fri 27: The Weight Band

HACIENDA DEL SOL 5501 N. Hacienda Del Sol. 2991501, HaciendaDelSol.com Nightly: Live Music on the Patio Sun 15: The Four Gents, Khris Dodge and the Music Makers

THE HUT 305 N. 4th Ave., 623-3200 huttucson.com Sundays: Acoustic Open Mic, with Cadillac Mountain Thursdays: Mockingbirds Saturdays: Mike & Randy’s 420 Show with Top Dead Center

THE LOUDHOUSE 915 W. Prince Rd., 393-3598 loudhousetucson.com Fri 6: Otis, Big Mean, Old Fashion Assassin Sat 7: Tiki Bandits, The Distortionists, Cicada

Wed 11: Steaksauce Mustache, Florida Man, Low Roads, The Mindless Sat 14: Respect The Underground Wed 18: Americas, Antiphony, Grimm Fri 20: Til I Fall, Cement Shoes Sat 21: Ghost In The Willow, Still Life Telescope, Glass Walls Thu 26: Lucifer The Cat, Wendigo Crossing, Snout

MONTEREY COURT 505 W. Miracle Mile, MontereyCourtAZ.com Sun 1: Nancy Elliott & Friends Sunday Brunch Performances, Easter Sunday Jazz Showcase— Rafael Moreno Quartet Tue 3: Nancy McCallion & Danny Krieger w/Special Guests Wed 4: Nick McBlaine & Log Train Thu 5: Danika Holmes & Jeb Hart— Nashville Touring Artists Fri 6: Carnivaleros—CD Release Concert Sat 7: John Coinman Band—w/ Ash Gray & Tom Townsend Sun 8: Nancy Elliott & Friends Sunday Brunch Performances, Will Brahm & Homenaje with Nathaniel Burnside Trio Tue 10: Wicked Bad Girls & a Boy Wed 11: Billy Kemp w/Sabra Faulk Thu 12: Touch of Gray Fri 13: Oscar Fuentes , Giant Blue Sat 14: Heather Lil Mama Hardy & her band Sun 15: Nancy Elliott & Friends Sunday Brunch Performances, Roots Rock N Roll—Michael P &

the Gullywashers Tue 17: The Tucsonics—Western Swing Wed 18: Eric Schaffer & the Other Troublemakers Thu 19: Virginia Cannon Presents Fri 20: Wayback Machine Sat 21: Little House of Funk Sun 22: Nancy Elliott & Friends Sunday Brunch Performances, Petie Ronstadt & Friends Wed 25: Trevor Green Thu 26: The Titan Valley Warheads Fri 27: Sugar & the Mint—Telluride Bluegrass Festival Winners! Sat 28: Key Ingredients of African Soul Sun 29: Nancy Elliott & Friends Sunday Brunch Performances, Wild Women -Diane Van Deurzen & Lisa Otey

PLAZA PALOMINO 2990 N. Swan Rd., 907-7325 plazapalomino.com Sat 21: Jukebox Junquies

RIALTO THEATRE 318 E. Congress St. 740-1000, RialtoTheatre.com Tue 3: Shelby Lynne, Rebekah Rolland Fri 6: Wyclef Jean Mon 9: Miguel, Sir, Nonchalant Savant Thu 12: What So Not, Duckwrth, James Earl Sat 14: HA*ASH Sun 15: Jonny Lang, Zane Carney Mon 16: Uriah Heep Tue 17: The War On Drugs, Califone Wed 18: The Marshall Tucker Band

Photo courtesy foxtucson.com.

Photo courtesy Drew Cooper Music.

Drew Cooper performs at the Drew Cooper Album Release at The Rialto Theatre on Friday, April 20.

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Tanya Tucker performs at Fox Theatre on Thursday, April 26.

Fri 20: Drew Cooper Album Release Sat 21: Amigo The Devil, Blacklidge, Scattered Guts, Saalythic, Sorrows Ruin, Endavus Sun 22: In This Moment Thu 26: Midland, Desure Fri 27: Ugly God, Germ Sat 28: Adventure Club

THE ROCK 136 N. Park Ave. rocktucson.com Fri 6: Battle for KFMA Day Sat 21: Dash Cooper’s CO-OP Sun 22: Touché Amoré, Turnstile Fri 27: The Melvins

ROYAL SUN LOUNGE 1003 N Stone Ave (520) 622-8872 BWRoyalSun.com Sun-Tue: Happy Hour Live Music

SAINT CHARLES TAVERN 1632 S. 4th Ave (520) 888-5925 Fri 20: Miss Olivia and the Interlopers Visit Facebook page for more events

SAND-RECKONER TASTING ROOM 510 N. 7th Ave., #170, 833-0121 sand-reckoner.com/tasting-room Fri 6: Reno Del Mar Sat 7: Gus Tomizuka Woodrow Fri 13: Amber Norgaard Fri 27: Sam & Dante

SEA OF GLASS—CENTER FOR THE ARTS 330 E. 7th St., 398-2542 TheSeaOfGlass.org Wed 25: The Cody Blackbird Band

SKY BAR TUCSON 536 N. 4th Ave, 622-4300. SkyBarTucson.com Tue 3: Tom Walbank Wed 4: Open Mic Thu 5: Eric Schaffer & The Other Troublemakers Fri 6: Touch, Jahmar Intl., L3XX, Phox Tue 10: Tom Walbank, Dos Muñoz Wed 11: Open Mic Thu 12: Jenna DuMay Presents: Nail Polish Fri 13: Touch, Jahmar Intl., L3XX, Phox Tue 17: Tom Walbank Wed 18: Open Mic Fri 20: Bloody Knives, Tearful Moon Sat 21: Space Bass Tue 24: Tom Walbank, Dos Muñoz Wed 25: Open Mic Thu 26: Southwest Soul Circuit Fri 27: Cirque Roots Sat 28: Gaza Strip + Special Guests

TAP & BOTTLE 403 N. 6th Ave. 344-8999 TheTapandBottle.com Thu 5: Hey, Bucko! Thu 12: Van Christian Thu 19: Naim Amor Thu 26: The Bennu

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Sound Alternatives by Jim Lipson

The Carnivaleros Tallsome Tales

FOR YEARS it’s been hard not to think of this group as some kind of snowbird band—as in it shows up when the weather’s nice, moves in, makes all the cool scenes, gets everyone all hot and bothered, and then, before you know it, pfft; they’re gone…until the next time, when many months later, they repeat the cycle. OK, perhaps not the textbook definition of a snowbird so let’s rephrase. How about, The Carnivaleros are a showcase band, made up of top shelf players with other musical interests, bands and gigs, and is one that never fails to deliver? Yeah, that sounds right. This album, the sixth in the series dating back to 2006 is another big step forward for this band, ever evolving in terms of songwriting, production and execution. While the band now plays out as a five-piece, Gary Mackender, songwriter, accordionist and singer, as well as occasional drummer, keyboard player and full-time auteur, has once again assembled a solid supporting cast that has allowed him to mix and match just the right combination of personnel and instrumentation for his always interesting collection of original Sonoran gumbo. “Liquor Vice and Sin” which opens this set is vintage Carnivaleros with Mackender spewing lyrics as if he was a real life carnival barker presiding over a seedy Midwestern carny. The instrumental bridge in fact, sounds like something you might actually hear on the midway. “Let’s Dance,” which follows, finds us knee deep in in New Orleans style funk, complete with second

line drumming for an intro, and some fat horn charts courtesy Mackender’s brother Greg. These parts which jump right out of the speakers, are all played to perfection by Carla Brownlee, Mike Coyle, and Michael Oliver on saxes, trumpet and trombone respectively. What follows is more classic Carnivaleros with “Rudy Got Caught Again” giving us that Euro-gypsy thing they’ve so well developed over the years. But as good as all that is, it’s not until Catherine Zavala steps forward with the lead vocal on “Young Danny Lee,” when you realize this whole thing is something special. Although a waltz by definition because of its rhythmic count, that designation does not do this tune justice. This song, so perfect for what Zavala brings to it, is as fine and well written a song as there is in the band’s catalog. Zavala also makes a second appearance in a well-crafted vocal duet on “Why Not Marry.” This tune is also distinguished with its beautifully balanced vocal on the chorus that has Zavala and Mackender harmonizing, Sometimes a friend’s just a friend, And we carry on/Lovers come and go like time/ It’s hard to find a friend that will stick to the end/Won’t cross that line/We’ll both be fine. Big kudos to all involved including Mitzi Cowell and Ed Delucia on guitars, Don Armstrong, banjo and Heather Hardy violin, but especially so for the touring players joining Mackender that now keep this band afloat, with Joe Fanning on guitars, Karl Hoffman, bass and vocals, Les Merrihew, drums and Bjorgvin Benediktsson, the newest Carnivalero, on backing vocals and guitars. n

Calexico The Thread that Keeps Us IF YOU HAD just dropped in from another planet and had no idea of, or consciousness around Calexico; were completely unaware of their brand of desert noir and how it has charmed the world; had never seen them on Austin City Limits; had never heard Joey Burns interviewed by Terri Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air; had somehow not seen them on the cover of a recent Tucson Weekly and missed Jim Nintzel’s fine profile therein; had never heard their instrumental music bed for AZ Public Media’s Arizona Spotlight…and then heard the first four tunes of this latest release, no one would blame you for saying Calexi-who and/or what’s the big friggin’ deal here? And then we come to track number 5, and all of that begins to change “Under the Wheels” is not only the first thing that jumps out at you because of how fresh and alive and inviting it sounds, it would also have done well to open this album. Try and imagine what Burns and his partner John Convertino might sound like if they decided to tackle island music, and this is what you could end up with. The rhythms, set squarely between a restless reggae and a deliberate ska are right out of the Burning Spear school of skank, circa 1990, complete with the horn section. It also serves as the defacto title song with the lyric, delivered by Burns in a kind of hipster rap, Under the wheels of the war machine/always someone else’s scheme/show me a sign when the world 60 ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com | April 2018

falls apart/from the core to the seams the threads that we seek. Co-written by Burns with Sergio Mendoza, who now appears to be a full-time member of the band, this kind of unexpected sizzle is more of what we’ve come to appreciate and expect from this band. This track is immediately followed up with something completely different in “The Town and Miss Lorraine” a medium tempo folk tune backed by strings and horns, which in turn gives way to the latin flavored “Flores y Tamales.” And now we are indeed ensconced in Calexico-land. The faux Farfisa organ and Tex-Mex styled rap of “Another Space” almost sounds like an homage to the Texas Tornadoes before giving way to the brief but exquisite instrumental, “Unconditional Waltz.” At this point the band can pretty much do no wrong, so when things start to get just a little heavy again with “Dead in the Water,” which sounds more like late ‘70s rock or an ultra-cool Spinal Tap song, it doesn’t really matter. They have made good on the promise that they would indeed deliver us something special. They have us. And at this point were we to revisit those first four tracks, we’d probably find something we neither noticed or appreciated first time around. And if we are indeed from another planet, we’re not going back before loading up on as much Calexico product as possible. n

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Left to right, top to bottom: Sara at The Coronet; Hands-on Childrens exhibit at the U of A Festival of Books; Circus performers at the Festival of Books; Manny at the UofA Festival of Books; March for Life downtown Tucson; U of A Festival of Books; March for Life downtown Tucson; Willis Earl Beal in the 4th Ave underpass.

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Sunset Grief’s Panther

Galvanized black, it lay, blurred and lithe, then pounced from a boulder to knock me so flat I could barely stand, grief happening not as I wanted, upright. My father was dead. If I spoke it would have been a moan or a howl. If I hurried, the panther went faster. If I became a shadow, it caught shadows. If somehow, altering the way, the claws grew longer

When the light turns the clouds pink and stripes the scene with ladders of dark, I can no longer see babies chewing their sticky fists and mothers yawning. I am eleven, sitting high in the oak tree. Meat is burning, a dog licks his haunches in the dry grass as a bee climbs into the scented rose. I want to forget childhood, the grown-ups gossiping, lighting cigarettes and swigging beer. I turn, like a girl playing God, I command the sun toward its final drop into the charcoal pool of night. I order the moon to come forward, beckon the rest of my life to happen.

--Geraldine Connolly

against things as they were. All in all, I could never loosen the matted fur of the beast. And I learned not to want to. Go slow, I said to myself. Go slow and ragged. --Geraldine Connolly

Zócalo Magazine invites poets with Tucson connections to submit up to three original, previously unpublished (including online) poems, any style, 40 line limit per poem. Our only criterion is excellence. Simultaneous submissions ok if you notify ASAP of acceptance elsewhere. Email your submission to poetry@zocalotucson.com. Please include contact information: phone number and email address. Notification of acceptance or rejection by email. Zócalo has first North American rights; author may re-publish with acknowledgment to Zócalo Magazine. Payment is a one year subscription. The poetry editor is Jefferson Carter, jeffersoncarterverse.com.

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Geraldine Connolly moved to Tucson in 2015 and has taught workshops at Casa Libre and the University of Arizona Poetry Center. She is the author of three books and the recently published Aileron (Terrapin Books.)

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