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7th Annual Tucson Sculpture Festival One of the largest displays of three dimensional art in Tucson, the Sculpture Festival takes place at the Sculpture Resource Center, 640 N. Stone Ave., through February 13.
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february Acevedo, Pavel “Black Biel (60 fwy)” Relief print Riverside, California, printed at Urge Palette art store (Riverside)
Feb 6 - 27 Desert Triangle Print Carpeta Inspired by Mexican American serigraphs, and psychedelic posters, an art agitator commissioned 30 Southwestern artists to create large, colorful prints, of the kind that “want to get out of the studio” and be shared. The artists -- from points around Tucson, Albuquerque, and El Paso -- deliver a variety of visions, as the theme was open. 12 of the printmakers are from Tucson, including: Joe Marshall, Cristina Cardenas, Martin Quintanilla, Mykl Wells, Ruben Urrea Moreno, Rudy Flores, Gonzalo Espinosa, Tanya Rich, Rogo, Mark Christian, Lauren Moran and Michael Contreras. The prints were produced in 14 different studios, including the Tucson Community Print Shop and the Gloo Factory in Tucson; and “Taller 75 Grados” in Mexico City. This collection will be on exhibit at the Contreras Gallery (110 E 6th St.), February 6 - 27. Opening reception is during the First Saturday Art Walk, Feb 6, from 6 - 9 PM. More details at Deserttriangle.blogspot.com
Wells, Mykl, “SantaMuxe”, Serigraph Tucson, printed at the Tucson Community Print Shop
Cardenas, Cristina, “Medusa”, Serigraph Tucson, printed in Taller 75 Grados (Mexico City)
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Flores, Rudy, “Stolen Halo”, Serigraph Tucson, printed at Tucson Community Printshop
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Sat January 30 – Sunday February 14 Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase Tucson is known for many things, it’s eclectic character, Dia de los Muertos, great Mexican food, the UA and a major one is the Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase. With over 40 different sites, international gems, buying, bargaining, trading and admiring it is nearly impossible to miss this two-week event that helps make Tucson-Tucson. For information on this years show go to VisitTucson.org/Events/Gem-Show.
Sunday January 31Sunday February 14 American Indian Arts Exposition As part of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Showcase, shop, listen to live music and admire the craftwork of American Indian artisans. Free but scholarship donations suggested. Quality Inn Flamingo Hotel Ballroom, 1300 N. Stone Ave. For times, artists and more information visit UsaIndianInfo.com
Fri 05 Flame Off 2016
As part of the gem show, glass artists will compete against each other and create pieces in from of an audience with beer, glass art education and music in the background. Tickets are $20. Doors open at 6:30 P.M. For tickets and more information visit SonoranGlass.org. The event is held at Sonoran Glass School, 633 W. 18th St.
Sat 06 Savor Food & Wine Festival
Enjoy the beautiful nature the Tucson Botanical Gardens has to offer while eating cuisine from the region’s finest chef and sip on fine wine or craft beer. The event is a 21 and over event. Tickets are $65. For more information on tickets and times visit saaca.org. Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way.
The Fab Four: Beatles Tribute
Sing along with John, Paul, George and Ringo… or at least to their songs. “The Beatles” tribute band starts its performance at 8 P.M. Tickets range from $30-$45. To purchase tickets and for more information visit RialtoTheatre. com. The Fox Tucson Theatre 17 W. Congress St.
AGTA Coyote Classic 5K
Special Olympics Arizona & Arizona Law Enforcement Torch Run partnered with the American Gem Trade Association for the 3rd annual Coyote Classic 5k. Advanced registration is $25 and check-in is at 7:30 A.M. All proceeds benefit the Special Olympics Arizona. To sign up and for more information visit CoyoteClassic2016.Kintera.org. Santa Cruz Park 1406 N Riverview Blvd,
Tue 09 Fat Tuesday Celebrations at Kingfisher Start the Mardi Gras festivities with a feast and music at Kingfisher Restaurant at 5:30 P.M. Entertainment by Dr Mojo and the Zydeco Cannibals at 8:30 P.M. till close. For information and reservations visit KingFisherTucson.com. Kingfisher Restaurant, 2564 E Grant Rd.
Thur 11- Sun 14 62nd Tucson Gem & Mineral Show®: Shades of Blue: Minerals of the World Don’t miss the world’s largest and oldest gem and mineral show. This years theme is “Shades of Blue: Minerals of the World”. The event begins each morning at 10 A.M. and ends at 6 P.M. except on Sunday. Tickets are $13 and can be purchased on Ticketmaster. For more details visit tgms.org. Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave.
Fri 12 Cocktails & Conversation Poetry Slam Comedian Jac May hosts a night of music and poetry. All poets are welcome to sign up. Tickets are $20 and can be bought eventbrite.com The event begins at 8:30 P.M. and open mic begins at 9 P.M. at Five Palms Steak & Seafood, 3500 E Skyline Dr.
Sat 13 Fort Lowell Day Celebration
Immerse yourself into life at the Fort Lowell Post in the 1800s. Watch and learn about vintage baseball, 19th century Western medical skills, food, guided tours of San Pedro Chapel, and listen to music ranging from cowboy concerts to the regimental band. Free. 12P.M. till 4 P.M. at the Fort Lowell Museum, 2900 N. Craycroft Rd. For more information visit OldFortLowellNeighborhood.org.
Tucson Presidio: Arizona Statehood Living History Celebration Celebrate Arizona’s birthday with the help of historic characters, demonstrations, food and observing how life used to be. The celebration costs $3 each and runs from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. For more information visit TucsonPresidio. com. Presidio San Agustin del Tucson, 133 W. Washington St.
Tucson, Meet Your Birds
It’s bird watching season and the Tucson Audubon Society is ready to educate and show people the birds of Arizona on a stroll through the wetlands. Learn, observe, eat from food trucks and enjoy the wildlife from 7 A.M. to 2 P.M. For more information visit TucsonAudubon.org. Sweetwater Wetlands Park, 2551 W Sweetwater Dr.
Chinese New Year Festival
Bring in the Chinese new year with Chinese culture, games, arts, crafts, food and live performances. Admission is $1 - $2 and is 12 P.M. to 9 P.M. For more information on the events visit TucsonChinese.org. Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 W River Road.
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SAT 27 6th annual Rodeo Days Arts CelebratioN The 6th Annual Rodeo Days arts celebration at Plaza Palomino includes food, fine art, western dress contests, live music, dancing, beer and whiskey sampling, carriage rides, mechanical bull and more. 10am - 5pm.
february Sat 13 Night at the International Wildlife Museum Explore the Museum in the dark. Bring a flashlight and learn about the insects, birds and mammals! The event is $9 for adults and $4 for children. It lasts from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. For more information visit TheWildlifeMuseum.org. International Wildlife Museum, 4800 W. Gates Pass Rd.
Sun 14 Fine Valentine Couple’s Relay
Skip the giant teddy bears and cards this valentine’s day and instead participate in a Couple’s Relay hosted by the Southern Arizona Road Runners. Join in the 4-mile race or 2-mile walk with a significant other, friend, family or solo. There will be prizes and awards The race begins at 8:30 A.M. To register and learn more visit azRoadRunners.org/races/detail/valentine. Event Location: Gentle Ben’s, 865 E University Blvd.
Tues 16 - Sun 21 Broadway in Tucson: The Book of Mormon The nine-time Tony Award winning Best Musical is in Tucson for five days. For performance times and ticket prices visit BroadwayInTucson.com. The show takes place at the UA’s Centennial Hall, 1020 E University Blvd.
Feb 17, 20, 24, 27 FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup, Matches Tucson’s major league and semi-pro soccer club host a four day tournament. Cheer on your teams at the Kino Sports Complex, 2817 E. Ajo Way. For information on tickets, times and schedule visit fctucson.com.
Fri 19 – Sunday 21 Tucson Quilt Fiesta!
Although the winter season is ending it is never to late for quilts! Buy quilts, quilted items or learn about quilts at the 38th annual Tucson Quilt Show. Tickets are $10 per day or $20 for three days. For tickets and times visit TucsonQuiltersGuild.com. Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave.
Sat 20 Family SciFest
Have a fun family day with activities, demonstrations and experiments all focusing on science, technology, engineering and math! The event is from 10 A.M. till 2 P.M. Free. Children’s Museum Tucson, 200 S. 6th Ave. For more information visit ChildrensMuseumTucson.org.
Former Mayor Bob Walkup and event founder Susan French at Rodeo Days
Tucson Craft Beer Crawl
Sample craft beer from 25 different breweries and explore the venues in the lively downtown Tucson. Tickets are $38 online or $45 at the door. For a list of breweries participating and times visit TucsonCraftBeerCrawl.com. Playground Bar & Lounge, 278 E. Congress St.
Musical Magic for Kids: Peter and the Wolf The Tucson Symphony Orchestra perform an 80-year-old musical about Peter, his animal friends, and their journey to capture a wolf. A captivating story for children and adults. For tickets and show times visit TucsonSymphony.org. Leo Rich Theatre, 260 S. Church Ave.
Oro Valley Cruise, BBQ & Blues Festival If you like cars and some good BBQ this is the perfect event for you. Watch a parade of classic cars while listening to live Blues music and eating classic BBQ straight from the grill General admission is $5. The event is 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. For more information visit saaca.org. Oro Valley Marketplace, 12155 N Oracle Rd, Tucson.
Sat 20 - Sun 28 Tucson Rodeo - La Fiesta de los Vaqueros 2016 The infamous Tucson Rodeo is back for the 91st time! Watch rodeo cowboys, listen to music enjoy events and much more. For information on this year’s rodeo visit TucsonRodeo.com. Tucson Rodeo Grounds, 4823 S. Sixth Ave, Tucson.
Coors Tucson Barn Dance
Dance to live western music at the end of a full rodeo day. General admission is $5 and begins at 4 P.M. For more information on the dates and location visit TucsonRodeo.com.
Thur 25 Tucson Rodeo Parade - 91st Year! Don’t miss the annual Tucson Rodeo Parade or as some may call it the “Largest non-motorized parade in the country”. The parade begins at 9A.M at 705 E. Ajo Way. For information on the route and more details visit TucsonRodeoParade.com.
Fri 26 Tucson Invitational Games (TIG) Can’t wait any longer for baseball season to begin? You don’t have to! Go to the Tucson Invitational Games that hosts spring training for collegiate softball and baseball. For tickets, times and location visit tigSports.com.
Fri 26 - Sun 28 Monster Jam®
Watch these 10,000 pound monster trucks race and smash their way througha course. Ticket prices range from $10 (for kids) up to $37 (for the front row). For prices, times and more information visit TucsonArena.com. The event is located at the Tucson Convention Center Arena, 260 S. Church Ave.
Sat 27 34th Annual Tucson Peace Fair & Music Festival Join the Tucson Peace Center for the annual gathering of peace, music, activities and food. This year’s theme for Arizona’s largest gathering of peace is “Compassion for refugees and migrants, All One World”. The event is free. 11 A.M. to 4 P.M. Reid Park Band shell, 900 S. Randolph Way, Tucson, AZ 85713. For more information visit TucsonPeaceCalendar.org
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The African Village
The Gem Show Scene
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by Jim Lipson
When talking about Tucson’s annual Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase, people who have been around a while will tell you that it’s changed, that it’s not what it used to be and that nothing is as cool as it was in the good old days. “For years I used to shop for people who live in town, “says Aspen Green, a long time Tucsonan; “people who did not want to be seen because they were too well known. They’d give me a list and $1,000 and I would know exactly where to go to find just the right piece of amethyst or rug or clothing or beads. I had passes to all the shows and I knew just where to get all the good stuff! “But it’s changed,” she laments, “about five years ago when different shows started moving around town and the state started charging sales tax.” Now with a full time job at UA Presents, whose busiest season conflicts with The Show, annually held the first two weeks in February, Green has neither the time nor enthusiasm to go out and enjoy the show, much less work it. But while this may be true for Green and others who have seen more than their fair share of Street Fairs, Tucson Meet Yourself and other annual events that may have lost their one time appeal, this is a two week extravaganza that consistently demands to be seen with fresh eyes. Aside from how vast and expansive it is, this is a time when literally hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of precious stones, crystals, minerals and metals inundate our city. There are those in fact who will swear there is an actual shift in the vibrational space/ time continuum. But its not just rocks and such as but also clothing, jewelry, fossils, glasswork, beads and beadwork of every conceivable nature, here to be bought, sold, traded, haggled over or simply admired. Add lots of music, parties, the marathon glassblowing competition and a cast of characters straight out of Central Casting including wholesale buyers, sellers, gemologists, jewelers, import/export people, musicians, hippies and exhippies now masking as straight laced business types. It’s a wonder no one has seen fit to make an indie movie of this scene. “What makes it special are the people who come back every year.” So says Sirena Jan Allen who has worked a booth at the show for various out of town vendors for almost 20 years. Initially working for a seller of Peruvian clay and hand painted beads, she loved the opportunity to meet people from all over the world. “There is an excitement that builds,” she says that comes from being a part of so many different reunions taking place with folks who only get to see each other for these few days every year.
Actually, the Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase is a bit of a misnomer. A cursory search on Google will reveal a schedule that features no fewer than 40 different shows or expos spread throughout the city (tucsongemshows.net) . Some are strictly wholesale and some require official badges. But most are open to the public, with many housed in huge tented areas or spread across hotel rooms, suites and balconies. Some of the better known hot beds of activity include what used to be known as the Holidome on Palo Verde and Irvington; the tents set up by TEP Park on Ajo and Country Club and of course the fortnight’s grand finale in the Tucson Convention Center, a high end show according to some, where there is also an admission charge. Congress St., just west of downtown is also an area that usually houses a huge tented area. But it is the I-10 Frontage Road, running from Grant Rd. to just south of 22nd St., with all of its roadside motels, that provides a huge cornucopia of (for lack of a better word) stuff, for anyone interested in cruising the side of the highway on bicycle or foot with thousands of other bargain hunters, curiosity seekers and people watchers. And speaking of the strip, at the very south end of the Frontage Road, just south of 22nd St. is the African Village. This is one of the true gems (pun intended) of the entire show. In what is normally a huge vacant dirt lot, this space is annually transformed into a place of drums and other instruments, masks, lanterns, necklaces, jewelry, clothing, furniture, etched glass and so much more with one vendor after the next representing a unique part of the African continent. This is truly a land of many cultures. For many who frequent the show, a trip to the African Village serves as an annual pilgrimage in and of itself. And finally, at the other end of the strip by Grant Road, is the Gem and Jam Show (ticketfly. com) What began as a single night of music at a Fourth Ave. Club, has morphed from those humble beginnings into its current incarnation as a full fledged three day Festival complete with three day passes, hotel packages and other festival perks. Alan, a wholesale buyer from North Carolina and one of those guys who could be from Central Casting, is a fitness buff and may spend half his time here bicycling into the Catalinas or even New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness. But he still remembers the time when he got to see a 50 karat chrome tourmaline and an emerald green garnet worth $300,000. “And everybody is a wheeler dealer,” he says with a wry smile. With so much to take in, what’s still not to like? n
Get Around on the Free GemRide Shuttle. Park your car and get on the free GemRide shuttles to get around the Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase. The free GemRide shuttles will run daily through Sunday, February 14, on three routes: Downtown Gem Loop 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.,18 shows from 6th Street to 25th Street, including at the Tucson Convention Center. Mineral & Fossil Loop 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., 15 shows between Downtown and Grant Road. Kino Gem Loop 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., 9 shows at, south and east of Kino Sports Complex. Free GemRide shuttles on a fourth route will run daily through Monday, February 8: Bead Loop 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., 4 bead shows on Ajo Way, Alvernon Way, South 4th Avenue and Pennsylvania Street. Park for $5 all day ($10 for RVs) at the Downtown West Hub, 700 W. Congress, where you can get on both the Downtown Gem Loop and the Mineral & Fossil Loop. Parking is free at the Tucson Expo Center, 3750 E. Irvington Road, where you can get on both the Kino Gem Loop and the Bead Loop.
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Z art galleries & exhibits ARIZONA HISTORY MUSEUM Above and Beyond: Arizona and the Medal of
MINI TIME MACHINE Feel Big Live Small is on view to Apr 17th and Girls’ Day
Honor is on view through May 2016. Hours: Mon & Fri 9am-6pm; Tues-Thurs 9am-4pm; Sat & Sun 11am-4pm. 949 E. 2nd Street. 520-628-5774. ArizonaHistoricalSociety.org
Display will be on view Feb 3rd to Mar 3rd. Hours: Tues-Sat 9am-4pm and Sun 12-4pm. 4455 E. Camp Lowell Dr. 520-881-0606. TheMiniTimeMachine.org
ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare is
MOEN MASON GALLERY
on view Feb 15th to Mar 15th. Intimacy of Faith, featuring retables and ex-votos from the Gloria Fraser Giffords and the Giffords family on view through May 2016. Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. 520-621-6302. 1013 E. University Blvd. StateMuseum.Arizona.Edu
BAKER + HESSELDENZ FINE ART The Photography of Francois Robert
Good Guys Always Die, a solo exhibition by Matt Straub opens on Feb 6th. Hours: Thurs-Sun 12-5pm. 222 E. 6th St. 520-262-3806. MoenMasonGallery.com
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART Spring 2016 Exhibitions Opening is
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY The Lives of Pictures: Forty
on Feb 13th from 7-9pm, featuring Max Estenger, 1991-2016, and Nicole Miller, Every Word Said: History Lessons from Athens and Tucson and For All, Selections From the Arts for All Archive. Artist Talk with Max Estenger is on Feb 11th at 6pm: $5 MOCA members, $15 non-members. Hours: Weds-Sun 12-5pm. 265 S. Church Ave. 520-6245019. MOCA-Tucson.org
Years of Collecting at the Center for Creative Photography is on view to May 14th. Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 1-4pm. 1030 N. Olive Rd. 520-621-7968. CreativePhotography.org
PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY & STUDIO California Dreamin’ featuring
and Cedric Delsaux opens Feb 6th with a reception from 6-9pm. Hours: Tues-Fri 11am4pm, Sat 10am-2pm or by appointment. 100 E. 6th St. 520-760-0037. BakerHesseldenz.com
CONTRERAS GALLERY Desert Triangle Print Carpeta featuring thirty printmakers from Tucson, El Paso and Albuquerque is on view from Feb 6th to 27th with an opening reception on Feb 6th from 6-9pm. Hours: Weds-Sat 10am-4pm. 110 E. 6th St. 520-3986557. ContrerasHouseFineArt.com
works by Mark Abildgaard, Bob & Laurie Kliss, Nick Nourot and Rick Satava is on view from Feb 6th to May 28th with an opening reception on Feb 6th from 5-8pm. Hours: Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. 711 S. 6th Ave. 520-884-7404. PhilabaumGlass.com
PORTER HALL GALLERY Beth Surdat – World of Wonders: The Art of Paying
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY Weavings by Claire Campbell Park, Prints by
Attention is on view Feb 1st to Feb 29th with an opening reception Feb 11th from 5-7pm. Hours: Daily 8:30am-4:30pm. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 520-326-9686. TucsonBotanical.org
Kathryn Polk and Sculpture by Barbara Jo is on view from Jan 8th to Feb 27th with an opening reception on Feb 6th from 6-8pm. Hours: Tues-Fri 11am-5pm; Sat 11am-4pm. 154 E. 6th St. 520-629-9759. DavisDominguez.com
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DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN DeGrazia After Dark featuring nocturnal paintings by Ted DeGrazia and The Way of the Cross are on view to Aug 24th. Hours: 10am-4pm daily. 6300 N. Swan Rd. 520-299-9191. DeGrazia.org
DESERT ARTISANS GALLERY Desert Schemes continues through Feb 7th. A Trunk Show featuring Denyse Fenelon & Pamela Howe is on Feb 6th from 10am-1pm. Color Crush opens Feb 9th with an opening reception on Feb 12th from 5-7pm. Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 10am-1:30pm. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Rd. 520-722-4412. DesertArtisansGallery.com
American Miniatures opens Feb 13th with a reception at 5:30pm and purchase drawing at 7pm. Hours: Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. 6420 N. Campbell Ave. 520-299-2607. SettlersWest.com.
SOUTHERN ARIZONA WATERCOLOR GUILD February Workshop Wall Gallery Exhibit is on view from Feb 2nd to Mar 6th with an opening reception on Feb 11th from 5-7pm. Hours: Tues-Sun 11am-4pm. Williams Centre 5420 East Broadway Blvd #240. 520-299-7294. SouthernAzWatercolorGuild.com
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads: Gold
is on view Feb 6th to 29th with an opening reception on Feb 6th from 6-9pm. The Drawing Studio’s Annual Gala is at The Whistle Stop Depot on Feb 27th from 6-9pm. 2760 N. Tucson Blvd. 520-620-0947. TheDrawingStudiotds.org
opens Feb 13th and Into the Night: Modern and Contemporary Art and the Nocturne Tradition opens on Feb 27th. Continuing exhibitions include: Big Skies/Hidden Stories: Ellen Wagener Pastels; Waterflow: Under the Colorado River Photographs by Kathleen Velo; String Theory: Contemporary Art and the Fiber Legacy. Western Heroes of Pulp Fiction: Dime Novel to Pop Culture continues to Feb 14th. Hours: Tues-Wed & FriSat 10am-5pm; Thurs 10am-8pm; Sun 12-5pm. 140 N. Main Ave. 520-624-2333. TucsonMuseumofArt.org
ETHERTON GALLERY Portrayal featuring works by Wes Hempel, Chris Rush and
TUCSON PASTEL SOCIETY An artist’s reception for the Juried Show and Sale will be
Titus Caztanza is on view to Mar 5th. Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-5pm. 135 S. 6th Ave. 520624-7370. EthertonGallery.com
held on Feb 19th from 5:30-7:30pm. 1760 E. River Rd. 520-615-5365. TucsonPastelSociety.org
DRAWING STUDIO Expressing Abstraction: Paintings by Students of Lisa Mishler
UA MUSEUM OF ART
Apr 3rd. Hours: Daily 10am-4pm. 2021 N. Kinney Rd. 520-883-3024. DesertMuseum.org
Modern Myth, showcasing 19th and 20th century representations of mythological stories from the museum’s permanent collection runs Feb 5th to May 1st. Continuing exhibitions include: Blake Little: Photographs From the Gay Rodeo on view to Mar 6th and Fires of Change on view to April 3rd. Hours: TuesFri 9am-5pm; Sat-Sun 12-4pm. 1031 N. Olive Rd. 520-621-7567. ArtMuseum.Arizona. Edu
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY Wynne Neilly: Female to “Male” is on view Jan 21st
WEE GALLERY “Vegan Sacrifice” Paintings of Mykl Wells is on view Feb 6th to Feb
THE granada gALLERY Fine Natural Design Exhibition is on view Feb 2nd to 14th from 10am-6pm daily. 338 N. Granada Ave., 520-622-1223, Granada-Gallery.com
IRONWOOD GALLERY Society of Animal Artists: Art and the Animal is on view to
to Apr 8th. Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm. 1031 N. Olive Rd. 520-626-4215. CFA.arizona.edu/galleries
MADARAS GALLERY A solo exhibition of paintings by Bill Moomey is on view Feb 4th to Feb 19th with an opening reception on Feb 4th from 5-7 pm. 3001 E. Skyline Dr. 520-615-3001. Madaras.com
MERCI GALLERY Paris Illuminated by Amanda Rockafellow opens Feb 14th with a reception from 5-9pm. On Feb 6th an art talk/walk with Turner G. Davis will be from 6pm12am and an intimate live experience with Steve Bug is on Feb 11th from 7pm-12am. 630 E. 9th St. 520-623-2114. MerciGallery.com
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28th with an opening reception on Feb 6th from 6-11 pm. Hours: Thurs-Sat 11am-6pm; Sun 11am-5pm. 439 N. 6th Ave, Suite #171. 520-360-6024. GalleryWee.com
WILDE MEYER GALLERY
Tucson Favorites is on view from Feb 4th to Feb 27th with an opening reception on Feb 4th from 5-7pm. Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-5:30pm; Thurs 10am-7pm; Sat 10am-6pm; Sun 12-5pm. 3001 E. Skyline Dr. 520-615-5222, WildeMeyer.com
WOMANKRAFT ART GALLERY Art from the Heart is on view Feb 6th to Mar 26th with an opening reception on Feb 6th and Mar 5th from 7-10pm. Hours: Weds-Sat 1-5pm. 388 S. Stone Ave. 520-629-9976. WomanKraft.org
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Receive the Desires in Your Heart, 2015 color woodblock by Tanya Rich at Contreras Gallery, during ART SAFARI, Feb 6.
Good Guys Always Die, 2015 painting by Matt Straub at Moen Mason Gallery, during ART SAFARI, Feb 6.
California Dreamin’: Mark Abildgaard, Bob & Laurie Kliss, Nick Nourot, Rick Satava, Feb 6 - May 28, at Philabaum Gallery. Opening Reception- Feb 6, 5-8 pm
Caught in the Act, 2015 color lithograph by Kathryn Polk at Davis Dominguez Gallery, during ART SAFARI, Feb 6.
“THE JURASSIC DRAMA” along with other selected specimens from Solnhofen, Germany, February 2nd 14th, 2016 at the Granada Gallery.
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The University of Arizona Poetry Center presents: Spectacular Poetics: The Poetry of Spectacle, a new series at the University of Arizona Poetry Center, through February.
Spectacular Poetics by Herb Stratford
What exactly is The Poetry of Spectacle? The short answer is that it’s a new series being offered by the University of Arizona Poetry Center that addresses the spectacle of modern life and how we react to it. We often see artwork, books, film television or music that communicates how artists are feeling in the modern world, but often poetry is not thought of as a way to interpret contemporary life. This free, Thursday night series will showcase the work of four invited poets who are looking at issues such as race, culture and identity in the 21st century and how we deal with it. This project is just part of a broader new initiative at the UA Poetry center that aims to present an annual look, through investigative readings, at examining critical social, cultural, environmental and political concerns, and how contemporary poets are responding with their own works. The series in February will feature some true poetry superstars; Terrance Hayes, a 2014 MacArthur Foundation “Genius” award winner, NEA fellowship award and published poet who is considered one of the greatest living poets; Kimiko Hahn who has published nine collections of works and won numerous awards and prizes; Khadijah Queen, the author of three published collections and winner of numerous fellowships and awards; and Adrian Matejka who is also a widely published and awarded poet whose accolades include a Pulitzer Prize for poetry. The work of these poets helped the Center define the program, thanks to their most recent works, which range from reflecting on issues such as sports, race and an infatuation with celebrity by popular culture. Hannah Ensor, the Literary Program coordinator at the University of Arizona Poetry Center is excited to welcome all four of the invited poets to the series, none of whom have ever read at the center previously. What’s somewhat unique about the entire endeavor is the notion that poet’s voices are being solicited and heard as they address the “big events occurring in contemporary society,
and how we as the public talk about them”, said Ensor. We often think of poets as “curious and attentive to the world around us, and as such it makes perfect sense to have them examine the way we talk about modern life.” In a way it’s ironic that while we are living in a 24-hour cycle of spectacle, from entertainment, sports and politics, we have mostly embraced the writers and filmmakers but have not yet listened closely to what our poets are saying. This series will hopefully start to change that paradigm. We as consumers almost have to “opt out” as the audience thanks to the barrage of information that assails us every day, and perhaps their perspective on the chaos will help us figure out what it is that we want to let in. What’s also exciting about this series, is that as with nearly every other reading that has taken place at the UA Poetry Center, the readings will be archived as part of their “VOCA” audio video library, which is available to anyone remotely via the internet (voca.arizona.edu). The collection houses archival recordings going all the way back to 1963 by an astonishing collection of poets. So even as we express dismay over the connected, 24-hour world, we can utilize it to experience this series if we can’t attend in person. The Poetry Center will also bring together three of the four poets in this series at the upcoming 2016 Association of Writers and Writing Programs national conference which will bring this program, as well as our own widely acclaimed Poetry Center additional national exposure. n Spectacular Poetics: The Poetry of Spectacle takes place each Thursday night in February at 7pm at the UA Poetry Center, located at 1508 East Helen Street. The program is free and open to the public. Information at poetry.arizona.edu February 2016 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 21
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Cedric Delsaux’s Fine Art for Fan Boys by Herb Stratford
French photographer Cédric Delsaux has a history of creating innovative and intriguing images that speak to contemporary life. Born in 1974, he is also a child of pop culture, and his work called the “Dark Lens” series is the perfect blend of commentary about the world we live in today, and the fantasy of sci-fi pop culture, specifically Star Wars. The “Dark Lens” series began in 2011, and a new group of photographs in the series are debuting at the Baker Hesseldenz Gallery this month that couldn’t come at a better time, thanks to the release of the next film in the Star Wars series, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. From the moment that Star Wars debuted in 1977, fans responded to the lived-in, realistic nature of the film’s world. This was a place that was not all shiny and perfect, but one that looked rather used and slightly dirty around the edges. This concession to reality made the story of Star Wars feel more plausible compared to other films of the genre. Delsaux’s large-scale photographic images
take the next step in merging reality and fantasy by placing iconic Star Wars characters and vehicles squarely in our own, slightly dirty and edgy world. A place where often the subjects of the photographs are barely glimpsed through a rain-spattered window or through a fog covering a highway underpass. But make no mistake, this is not just fan art rendered by an obsessed Star Wars groupie. The work is both technically excellent, and also a commentary about life in the early 21st century on Earth. But how, in the world of hair-trigger lawsuits, injunctions and cease-anddesist letters does Delsaux get away with using the intellectual property of Lucasfilm and its new owner Disney? Not only does he get away with it, but the father of Star Wars himself, George Lucas actually penned an introduction to the book that Delsaux produced of the images. Lucas said, “One of the most unique and intriguing interpretations that I have seen is in the work of Cédric u February 2016 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 23
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stark urban, industrial — but unmistakably earthbound — environments.” This is high praise from the man who has likely seen all manner of visual tributes to his opus over the past 39 years. Delsaux says of seeing Star Wars for the first time, “I still remember how blown away I was by its visual power, but more important was the feeling of the absolute freedom, creative extravagance even.” He continues, “Everything seemed possible,” because it was an open door onto the unknown.” While he names artists such as filmmaker David Lynch and photographers like William Eggleston and Stephen Shore as influences to his style, it’s clear that he has developed his own unique take on what life could look like if worlds collided. The combination of real run-down industrial locations in France, and hypermodern landscapes of places in Dubai, set the viewers expectations perfectly. It seems eminently plausible to see some of these imaginary robots, ships or characters lurking in the shadows. Once viewers accept this premise, it’s a short leap to the sight of legions of droid soldiers mustering in front of a government building, or even marching down a deserted factory street. But this work is
not just an ominous reminder of what might go wrong if we’re not careful with government and technology, there is also a strong undercurrent of humor. With numerous images of the bumbling droid army, often interacting with central characters C-3PO and R2-D2, we are reminded that at its heart the Star Wars story is entertainment, and as such is an escape from our world. Personally I find the images of spacecraft most compelling, for example Nebulon in the Rain, or 2 Y-Wings and Fire, or anything with an AT-AT. Perhaps it’s the adolescent boy in me that wants these things to be real, and Delsaux has made it seem possible in our lifetime to see sights like this in person. Given the new vistas created by director J.J. Abrams for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, one has to wonder if there will be more works in the Dark Lens Series in the near future, we can only hope so. n Dark Lens by Cedric Delsaux is on display at the Baker+Hesseldenz Gallery through March 26 along with Skulls by phtographer Francois Robert. The gallery is located at 100 East 6th Street. Information at bakerhesseldenz.com
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Performances
INVISIBLE THEATRE DeelMayker, February 9-21, 1400 N. 1st Ave. 882-9721,
ART.IF.ACT Songs at Sunset, February 21, ArtIfActDanceProject.com
LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP 5317 Old Jews Telling Jokes, Through February
ARIZONA FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC Modigliani Quartet, February 17, TCC’s Leo Rich Theatre, 260 S. Church Ave. 577-3769, ArizonaChamberMusic.org
ARIZONA OPERA Mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack and tenor Alek Shrader, February 2, Crowder Hall, UA Fred Fox School of Music 1017 N. Olive Rd. 293-4336, AZOpera.com
ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY
Fences, through February 6, Sex With Strangers, February11-21, Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. 8848210, ArizonaTheatre.org
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13, The True Stories of the So-Called Big Bad Wolves, Through March 13, E. Speedway Blvd. 327-4242, LiveTheatreWorkshop.org
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Every Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm, 3244 E Speedway Blvd 861-2986, UnscrewedComedy.com
ODYSSEY STORYTELLING SERIES
Bridges, February 4 7:00pm, The Screening Room, 127 East Congress, 730-4112, OdysseyStorytelling.com
PCC THEATRE ARTS Crazy For You, February 27 – March 6 2202 W. Anklam Rd.
BALLET TUCSON Rhythms of The Americas, February 5-6-7, Stevie Eller Dance
206-6670, Pima.edu/cfa
Theatre, University of Arizona, 1737 E. University Blvd. 903-1445, BalletTucson.org
RHYTHM & ROOTS
BERGER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Leo Kottke, February 27, 1200 W. Speedway Blvd. BergerCenter.com
BLACK CHERRY BURLESQUE February 5, Surly Wench Pub, 424 N. 4th Ave. 882-0009, TucsonBurlesque.com
BROADWAY IN TUCSON The Book of Mormon, February 16-21, UA Centennial Hall. 903-2929, BroadwayInTucson.com
CARNIVAL OF ILLUSION
February 6 & 27, Lodge on the Desert, 306 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85711, CarnivalOfIllusion.com 615-5299
FOX THEATRE
David Feherty Live, February 2, The Fab Four, February 6, Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton, February 12, The Kingston Trio, February 14, Capitol Steps, February 27,17 W. Congress St. 624-1515, FoxTucsonTheatre.org
Stephane Wrembel, February 11 Dede Wyland & The McLaughlin Brothers, February 13, Front Country, February 27, Club Congress, 31 East Congress, RhythmandRoots.org
THE ROGUE THEATRE Miss Julie, February 25 – March 13, 738 N. 5th Ave. 551-2053, TheRogueTheatre.org
TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Brandenburg, Jupiter & More Points of Interest, February 6 &7, Catalina Foothills High School Auditorium, Curtis Stigers: Hooray For Love, February 13 & 14, The Chieftains, February 23, Andre Watts, February 27, TCC’s Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave. 882-8585, TucsonSymphony.org
UA’S ARIZONA REPERTORY THEATRE The Comedy of Errors, February 28 – April 2, Tornabene Theatre, 1025 N. Olive Rd. 621-1162, web.cfa.arizona.edu/ theatre
UA PRESENTS Marie-Josee Lord, Soprano, February 4, Crowder Hall, Cameron
THE GASLIGHT THEATRE The Cisco Kid, Through March 27, 7010 E. Broadway
Carpenter, February 6, Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd. 621-3341, UAPresents.org
Blvd. 886-9428, TheGaslightTheatre.com
WINDING ROAD THEATRE ENSEMBLE Sovereign
Body, February 4 Through 21, Zuzi! Theater in the Historic Y 738 N. 5th Avenue 749-3800, WindingRoadTheater.org
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food&drink Z 1912 Brewing Company The family-owned and operated 1912 Brewing Company in Tucson, Arizona began when founder Allan Conger took his passion for home brewing and turned it into opening his own brewery. Conger hung out in one of his fermentation classes in college, caught the brewing bug from his professor, and proceeded to blow up his first batch, all over the closet. Conger was hooked from there. Conger and his business partner and wife Alicia, are natives of the Grand Canyon State and wanted to pay homage to their home by naming the brewery after the year Arizona became a state. They like to keep people guessing on what’s coming next. They love brewing a wide array of beers and feeding their brewing creativity. If something sparks their curiosity, they want to make it. From Goses, IPAs, Amber, Blondes, Porters, to a variety of lagers, 1912 Brewing Company continues to mix things up.
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Borderlands Brewing Company To say that Dan Bruner knows his beer is an understatement. He has only been in the industry for a year, but is already making a name for himself in the Southwest brewing community. His favorite beers to drink are barrel-aged sours, but he loves brewing anything that lets him experiment with new ingredients. His passion for craft beer was originally inspired by his dad, who himself is a longtime craft beer fan. Dan is probably also the most literate brewer in the region. His soundtrack to busy brewing days is The Nerdest Podcast, and he names all of his homebrew batches after people or places in Lord of the Rings. He formerly taught high school English, but 12 hour days carrying 50 pound bags of barley in hot and cramped brew houses still seems like a breeze compared to educating teenagers.
Catalina Brewing Company Can you believe it? After what seems like an eternity, and countless “you’ve been saying you’re ‘opening in a couple of months’ for about a year now” words of encouragement, Catalina Brewing Company will be officially opening its doors on Saturday, February 20 as a cap to Arizona Beer Week! While their moniker, “We Bike, We Brew” encapsulates the passion that co-owners Hank Rowe and Brian Vance live, they also give support to the educators among us. With brews like 24 Hop, Mesquite Agave, and Teachers’ Aide, they pay tribute to these passions with a local flair. For the Tucson Craft Beer Crawl, look out for their Cañada Del Oro Golden Blonde and La Rosa Prickly Pear Cream Ale. Located near Ina and I-10, Catalina Brewing Company is just a mere 200 yards from The Loop Pathway.
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BONHAMS APPRAISAL DAY EVENT Saturday, February 13, 2016 10:00 AM–12:00 PM & 1:30 PM–3:00 PM at the Tucson Museum of Art Bonhams International Auctioneers and Appraisers will provide verbal evaluations on items with the option to consign and sell at auction. Bonhams experts will be available from the following specializations: fine art; including paintings; fine prints and photographs; furniture and decorative arts; and fine jewelry. Bring up to three items. Tickets will be sold at the door for $20 per item non-members / $15 per item for Museum members. This event supports the Tucson Museum of Art.
A fine Tiffany Studios favrile glass and bronze wisteria table lamp. Sold for $792,000
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Meet the brewers... Dragoon Brewing Company
Dragoon Brewing Company was founded with a simple idea in mind: that in sharing a creative endeavor with another person, you cannot help but share a bit of yourself. For Dragoon, that endeavor is beer, and they are proud of the passion, integrity, and soul that they pour into every pint. In April of 2012, Dragoon opened as a self-distributing draft-only brewery featuring just 2 beers on tap: Dragoon IPA, and Stronghold Session Ale. Since those early days, Dragoon has grown from a team of three to a family of more than 18 by focusing on quality as a measure of success. You can rest assured that their beer doesn't leave the back of the house unless it meets their strict standards, and that quality control does not end when the beer leaves our sight. They are here to produce beer they can be proud of, and to share it with their community.
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Iron John’s Brewing Company John Adkisson and John Markley opened Iron John’s Brewing Company to produce an ever-changing variety of small batch, artisan beer mixing both local and stylistically authentic ingredients. With an artistic eye, they release dozens of different beers yearly, ranging from traditional European styles to modern American styles. They incorporate a variety of unique ingredients, such as; Sonoran creosote flowers, Mesquite pods, Emory acorns, Safford green chilies, Wilcox peaches and Grenache grapes. Last year they implemented Tucson’s first cask-aged sour beer program with wine casks from local vineyards. The traditional Belgian-style sours are crafted to match the character of the wine casks and released every few months. The small brewery also operates as a taproom and bottle shop, where one can pick up hand-bottled beers to go, or enjoy a glass with a friend. Iron John’s will be bringing their “Old Pueblo” Pale Ale, “Nardo” Black IPA, “Iron Horse” Oatmeal Stout and “Pedro” Double IPA to the beer crawl.
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Jeremy Hilderbrand, Co-Owner and Head Brewer of Sentinel Peak Brewing Company, has taught many things: scuba diving, high school English, Italian, English as a second language, and firefighting academies, but these days he’s all about spreading the love of great beer in Tucson. A native of Michigan, Jeremy’s interest in craft beer began nearly 25 years ago in the basement bars of Germany. While stationed in Wurzburg, Jeremy discovered the riches of classic European beers like dunkels, hefeweizens, and pilsners, which were unlike anything he’d experienced back home. But it wasn’t until many years later when his wife gave him a homebrew beer kit for Christmas that the seeds for Sentinel Peak Brewing Company were sown. In January of 2014, Sentinel Peak Brewing Company opened its doors and now offers nine house-made craft beers and a wide variety of food from light bites to more substantial choices.
Pueblo Vida SanTan Brewing Company SanTan Brewing Company believes that craft beer and craft food is the inspiration for the conversations that can change the world. What makes this Arizona owned brewery different from others is their craft beers are brewed specifically for the southwest. Their Southwestern Style Ales are fermented to completion and carbonated higher than traditional American beers for a more effervescent, crisp and refreshing hand crafted beer- perfect for quenching your thirst. At the Tucson Craft Beer Crawl, SanTan Brewing will pour their award-winning HopShock IPA and their new spring seasonal, Grapefruit Shandy- a delicisous American Ale blended to perfection with Arizona grapefruit juice. For more information and full list of their brews, visit: www.santanbrewing.com or stop by their Brewpub in downtown Chandler, AZ.
What Pueblo Vida loves about Tucson is the collaborative community. They have been open for a little over a year and are so thankful to other breweries for being so welcoming. This year they’ve decided to partner with a couple different breweries to bring collaborative beers to Arizona Beer Week. To kick off the week, they will be debuting their IPA Encore that was brewed with Ten Fify-Five and Dragoon Brewing on Thursday February 11, 2016 at Pueblo Vida. Last year during beer week they brewed Mic Drop with Ten Fifty-Five Brewing, so this year they decided to add another brewery and another hop to bring you, Encore. Next year, look for After Party! During Arizona Beer Week Pueblo Vida will also be releasing their collaboration brew with Fate Brewing from Scottsdale. This will be a Session IPA, a perfect addition to all the high ABV beers typically seen this time of year. The ladies of Pueblo Vida also took part in the all woman brewed beer at Huss Brewing! They will be tapping the red IPA, She’s so Hop, during beer week. They will also be featuring beers from Flagstaff (Wanderlust, Historic, and Mother Road) and Phoenix (Wren House, Huss, and Fate.)
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Always in a group they’d strut across the schoolyard
wearing white ribbed scoop-necked tees shiny gold crosses dangling from their necks
Breaking lamppost lights, knocking down street signs--marking their territory like feral dogs
Half of them named Tony their Mothers reticent to give them each their own identity
We didn’t look these Tonys in the eye-hardened Italian boys were not for us
Not so innocently I‘d sneak a glimpse of an olive-skinned Tony--imagine him pushing me up against the red brick wall the cool feel of that forbidden cross brushing across my neck
Audrey Sher owns Mrs. Audrey’s Academic Achievement, a tutoring service for pre-K through 12th grade and also pens monthly columns for 2 Tucson newspapers. She is passionate about writing poetry, cooking, swimming, and enjoys spending time with her fabulous family.
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Global Human Rights, Direct by Craig Baker As professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Arizona, Bill Simmons is a regular on the human rights circuit. As such, he’s on first name basis with activists of all kinds from around the globe. He’s met torture survivors and perpetrators, people who have witnessed and lived through instances of genocide, refugees from war-torn geographies, and academics and experts that study nearly every facet of human rights abuses worldwide. “As I travel around the world doing human rights work I meet all of these amazing people,” says Simmons, “and I kept thinking that I’d love to have my students meet these people, as well.” It wasn’t a huge leap, then, for Simmons to start inviting some of these individuals into his classroom via Skype and, once the invite was extended, Simmons says, “They almost always said ‘Yes.’” For the last five years or so, Simmons has made it a regular practice to feature speakers in his classroom from all over the world who have firsthand experience on subjects like the Rwandan Genocide and the Sudanese Civil War, which was responsible for displacing 20,000-plus orphan refugees known colloquially as the ‘Lost Boys of Sudan.’ But, says Simmons, where it seemed easy enough to interest these experts in appearing in his own classroom as a result of his professional proximity to them, his peers, though interested, were not quite sure how they could manage to do the same. “When I mentioned the idea to other faculty members,” says Simmons, “they would say ‘I wouldn’t even know where to start—how do I meet these people?’” Then it hit him: what if he could compile the biographies and contact information from human rights leaders and experts from around the globe on a single website; a website which could serve as a “speakers’ bureau” for activists and educators? And, now, thanks in part to a small grant from the UA’s Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, that dream is well on its way to becoming a reality. At a ‘Show & Tell’ event at the Playground Bar last month, Simmons unveiled his website, GlobalHumanRightsDirect.com, to a small crowd of supporters and fellow teachers. The presentation included a roughly twenty-minute
video conference with Kuol Awan, Executive Director of the Lost Boys Center for Leadership Development in Phoenix and a ‘Lost Boy,’ himself. Awan told of the attack on his village in November of 1987 and said that, when the fighting reached them, he and his fellow villagers had no idea that their country was even at war. What followed was unexpected exile, starting with three months of walking during which many of Awan’s friends died of exhaustion; several others, he says, were killed by wildlife. And though Awan was in from Phoenix during the talk, the proof-of-concept was there. “What we want to do is change who is counted as an expert in human rights,” said Simmons during the presentation. “There are people who know a lot more about human rights than the human rights professors,” says Simmons, “so we want to change what knowledge is brought into the classroom, what knowledge is brought into policy debates, and we want to change what knowledge counts in (discussions about) human rights. We don’t want victims and survivors to be seen as somebody we study, but rather as somebody that we discuss with and we learn from.” As it stands, GlobalHumanRightsDirect.com is still in its relative infancy with only a handful registered users, but Simmons insists that it won’t be a problem to convince the relevant parties to sign up. From there, Simmons and team plan to build an extensive database of experts which academics can search and then use to directly contact speakers in order to arrange videoconferences for their own classrooms. Down the road, the site will also feature live conferencing rooms in which interested parties can convene to hold remote discussions on any number of human rights topics. For now, the focus is still on development. In fact, Simmons and team are actively seeking out ideas from the community which might further enrich the concept, as well as help to take the technological capabilities of the site further. And though he is still piecing the project together, Simmons insists that the potential applications for his site are near limitless, and perhaps even a bit overdue. n February 2016 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 43
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Gunsight by Francisco Cantú / illustrations by Danny Martin This is the first installment in a series of “Borderland Ghost Towns,” which pairs architectural illustration by Danny Martin with short essays by Francisco Cantú.
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first came to Gunsight alone, in the wintertime, and never went back. I had long been drawn to the place by its name, by stories of lost mineshafts cut deep into stoney mountains. I had heard, too, warnings of cartel scouts camped on the hilltops beyond the old mining camp, men who watched the comings and goings of law enforcement, radioing their movements to the smugglers ushering their payload across the valley below. Gunsight lies in the heart of the Sonoran Desert, a few hours west of Tucson and 40 miles north of the Mexican border. From a nearby village, I followed a dirt road a mile or so up a sloping hillside until I came to a crumbling building of mud and stacked stone. The structure was roofless and inside the wood-framed doorway were dirt floors strewn with trash and earth-caked bottles. In several places the walls were scorched black with soot from old fires and I could see through paneless windows the notched mountains that gave the place its name. This structure is one of the few remnants of the Gunsight camp, once regarded as one of the best-developed mines in the Arizona Territory. The mine’s heyday was brief. Discovered in 1878, the hillsides would yield hundreds of thousands of dollars in silver, enough to merit the opening of a federal post office in 1892. The mine ceased operation in 1895, the same year US mints halted the production of silver coins, and the post office closed its doors shortly thereafter, ensuring the town’s eventual desertion. More than a century after its demise, Gunsight still serves as a waypoint in the desert for men seeking wealth. Up the hill from the ruined building I made my way past rusted fencing and signs warning of danger until I came to the main entrance of the old mine. At the mouth of the tunnel, a cluster of tiny bats clung to the blasted edges of the ceiling, twisting their heads at me before dropping down to swirl into further darkness. About fifty yards in the tunnel opened high enough for me to stand, and it was here, beneath a thick vein of galena and lead ore reaching deep into the granite hills, that I noticed recent evidence of passing smugglers—carpet shoes and piles of frayed burlap, tornapart pouches of beans and beef jerky, water jugs painted black to blend with the night, to not glint in the daytime sun.
Outside, as I stumbled back into the evening light, a sense of claustrophobia stayed with me, clinging to my skin like the smell of stale sweat and old stone. Suddenly, in the hills above the mine, I heard a scattering of rocks come tumbling down a near slope. I remembered the rumors of scouts on hilltops, and I quickly averted my gaze. If there were indeed figures lurking in the shadows above me, I preferred not to see them. It felt safer to disregard their presence, to feign ignorance and continue my wanderings. I followed a small path westward along the hillside, making my way over rusted barbed wire fencing until I came to the edge of a massive ventilation shaft. Chunks of jagged stone jutted out from the chasm and its mouth yawned more than ten feet across, stretching down far beyond the reach of sunlight. I picked up a large rock and threw it into the pit, listening to the wind gather around it as it fell. A full eight seconds passed before a soft thud finally echoed up from the depths. As the thudding dissipated into the cold air, I tried to picture what might be piled at the bottom of the pit: trash and loose gravel and, perhaps, the bodies of dead animals—animals sprawled and fallen into the abyss, rotting among rock and debris. Human beings, I realized, might also be piled there. I imagined cartel men coming to discard of their unwanted in the night, and I wondered if air would gather around the human form as it does around a stone, if a fallen body would echo up with the same dull thud from the bottom. In his book Devil’s Dictionary, the 19th century writer Ambrose Bierce defines the word ghost as “the outward and visible sign of an inward fear.” A ghost town, then, could be defined as a place populated by representations of our own innermost fears. In Gunsight, it is easy to feel dread in dark spaces, to feel unease at the signs left by those trafficking in drugs and hungry spirits. But for some, Gunsight is a place to huddle unseen in the darkness, a place to come together and envision a coming wealth. n Note: This site was visited in an official capacity—it is illegal and highly dangerous to enter open mine shafts. Please obey posted signs and trespassing laws when visiting remote ghost towns.
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Loft Debuts Awards Season Gems by Herb Stratford With the 88th Academy Awards set to take place on February 28, there are just a few weeks left to make sure you’ve seen the best of 2015’s film offerings. The Loft Cinema is of course a great place to start for thought-provoking and compelling cinema that gets recognized every year at awards time. They continue to screen excellent films every week, and a pair of films that debut in February are on many critics “top films” of 2015 lists. Here’s a look at those two and another new movie that offers a new look at a pair of brothers in snowy Iceland. February 5 As a couple, played to perfection by screen legend Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, prepare to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary, ghosts and secrets appear that no one expected to see in the film 45 Years. This grown-up tale of lies and their cost is painful at times, but director Andrew Haigh, expertly handles its central mystery to a satisfying conclusion. This is a very intelligent and savvy look at adults and how we interact. This movie will leave you with lots to talk about afterwards. February 12 After wowing audiences at the Cannes Film Festival in May, Son of Saul has gone on to win 22 awards so far, including the recent Golden Globe for best foreign film, and is poised for Oscar gold. The film follows an Auschwitz prison camp inmate in 1944 who is forced to help dispose of the bodies of his countrymen. But this is no ordinary holocaust film as it operates on a much more personal perspective that has never been seen before. Do not miss a chance to see powerful and devastating film on the big screen, as it is amazing. February 19 Rams, a Cannes Film Festival hit from Iceland tells the touching and bittersweet story of a pair of brothers who have not spoken for 40 years, despite living next door to each other with their respective flocks of sheep. When a livestock crisis arises they must confront the odds, and each other to survive. This is a truly touching story about the bonds that bind in the face of adversity. n February 2016 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 49
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He IS the Tucson Blues by Craig Baker
Meet Tom. You may have seen him riding his bike around Downtown Tucson, Despite a resume that includes opening for acts like Charlie Musselwhite proudly sporting his Union Jack helmet. Or perhaps you sat next to him on and BB King, Tom says that there’s no slowing down in his line of work if he the streetcar while he was heading to one of his many regular weekly gigs—he wants to keep making a regular paycheck. “I still hustle,” he says, “because, would have been the guy pushing the baby buggy overflowing with amplifiers if you don’t, you don’t get work.” Tom says he acts simultaneously as his own and musical instruments. He plays at least five shows a week around town, agent, manager, and recording engineer: he pops in on his regular haunts sometimes more, as well as at the occasional festival elsewhere (this year there as well as the new ones as they emerge to see if there’s a chance they might will be two such showings at music festivals in Canada) and so, by his own invite him to play, he scours concert listings in the same genre as his own reports, Tom Walbank is more-or-less on “a permanent tour of Tucson.” and auditions for the warm-up slots, and he takes all responsibility for writing, Lucky for us. recording, mixing, promoting, and selling his own albums. Born and raised in the southwest of England, Tom, now 46, moved And where that translates directly to a whole heap of work for the musician, to Edinburgh, Scotland at the age of twenty. It was there that he met his it also means a lot of freedom with respect to his schedule, and his music. The Californian wife and then moved with her to the states in 1997. He says that Lady Day album, for instance, is anything but traditional. It’s nine tracks long leaving Great Britain wasn’t exactly a tough call under the circumstances, and and runs a total of just under twenty minutes. It’s also mostly instrumental, that he “in fact went quite willingly”—not just features dark-sounding slide dulcimer effects, because of the girl, but also because of the fact atypical rhythms, and some ambient noises that, even though he was performing five nights that are uniquely Tucson, such as the sound of a week in Scotland, clubs back then were much the monsoon rain on “Wareika Harp,” the train more interested in hiring DJ’s than they were lining passing on “Bamako Hook,” and the echo of the up live musicians. Sixth Ave underpass, where he field-recorded the He lived in San Francisco for three years, track “Sanguine Moon.” In that way, Tom may say though he says the blues scene there was largely that playing for so long in the desert southwest “sewn up.” As the new guy in town, work was hasn’t had much of a direct effect on his work, relatively scarce and so Tom and family relocated it’s clear that both Tom and the local music scene to Tucson in 2000. His style of “electrified have undeniably influenced each other. “It’s like Mississippi delta blues,” as he calls it, has been a a river,” says Tom with regard to his relationship staple on the local music scene ever since. with blues music in general, “and you’re just Tom was fifteen when he bought his first another tributary adding to that river.” harmonica, inspired to do so after seeing John Lee Whether he’s playing for thirty people at Sky Hooker on the Blues Brothers movie. He worked Bar, or 3000 people at a music festival, Tom as an illustrator for many years—kind of a hidden Walbank insists that he gives each show the same talent which was quietly spotlighted in his 2015 amount of dedication and gusto—a fact that is book, Picture the Blues—making band posters more than apparent to those most familiar with and other odds and ends before forming his first his live performances: “You can’t do this thing Tom’s book, Picture the Blues. band. It wasn’t until years later that he finally half-cocked,” he says of his career as a blues picked up the guitar, and it was another several years until he transitioned man. “The way you do it, even if you’re playing someone else’s song, says who into singing. Tom was already living in Tucson when he eventually took his act you are.” And with a work ethic like his, coupled with his balmy down-home solo, building the full-band sound we’ve come to know, by employing all of his sound, it’s little wonder how Tom Walbank has managed to keep people in musical talents at once. Tucson dancing for more than a decade and a half. “The blues is a healer,” Though not (yet) a member of the Tucson Musicians Hall of Fame, Tom Tom says, “…and everyone needs their valve to let off steam.” was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame in 2009. He’s won numerous Amen to that. n awards for his harmonica-heavy sound over the years, he’s recorded a total of eleven albums of his own—the most recent of which, titled Lady Day, was Tom Walbank’s new album, Lady Day, as well as The Lily LP, are available to released to the public on BandCamp just last month—and has appeared on stream or download on BandCamp.com. You can find him playing the blues at upwards of twenty-five others, including last year’s The Lily LP, which was the Flycatcher on Monday evenings, at the SkyBar and R-Bar on Tuesdays, a collaborative effort spearheaded by Tom with the help of local talents like at Congress on Friday nights, and at Lowes Ventana Canyon’s regular Sunday Calexico, Howe Gelb, and Brian Lopez. The album was recorded and released BBQ. as a fundraiser intended to help send the daughter of the late, great, local blues guitarist Rainer Ptacek to college. February 2016 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 53
Band of Angels at Second Saturdays Downtown, Saturday, February 13.
LIVE MUSIC Schedules accurate as of press time. Visit the web sites or call for current/detailed information.
2ND SATURDAYS DOWNTOWN Congress Street, 2ndSaturdaysDowntown.com Sat 13: The Turnouts, The Jim Howell Band, Band of Angels
BOONDOCKS LOUNGE 3306 N. 1st Ave. 690-0991, BoondocksLounge.com Mon 1: The Bryan Dean Trio Wed 3: Mama’s Got Funk With Connie Brannock Thu 4: ‘GEM Jammin’ With The American Gem Trade Association. Bryan Dean Trio & Friends Fri 5: The Railbirdz Sat 6: The Dance Band - $5 Cover Sun 7: Annual Superbowl Party, Heather Hardy Mon 8: The Bryan Dean Trio Wed 10: Ed Delucia & Michael P. Thu 11: Titan Valley Warheads Fri 12: Anna Warr & Giant Blue Sat 13: ‘Gem Show Lucky Night’ With Top Dead Center & special guest David Gans Sun 14: Andy T. and Nick Nixon Mon 15: The Bryan Dean Trio Wed 17: Ed Delucia & Michael P. Thu 18: Bufflegrass Sun 21: The Last Call Girls Mon 22: The Bryan Dean Trio Wed 24: Ed Delucia & Michael P. Thu 25: Titan Valley Warheads Mon 29: Mitzi & The Valiants
BORDERLANDS BREWING 119 E. Toole Ave. 261-8773, BorderlandsBrewing.com For information please visit the web site.
CAFE PASSE 415 N. 4th Ave. 624-4411, CafePasse.com Thu: Jazz with Glen Gross & Friends
ches lounge 350 N. 4th Ave. 623-2088, ChesLounge.com Please visit the web site.
CLUB CONGRESS 311 E. Congress St. 622-8848, HotelCongress.com/club Tue 2: Childbirth, Katterwaul, Lisa Prank Wed 3: Mega Bog, Dirt Friends, Karima Walker Thu 4: A$ton Matthews, Cash Lansky, Marley B. Fri 5: Anthony Fierro Memorial & Benefit, Prom Body, Sur Block Sat 6: Leigh Lesho, Leila Lopez Sun 7: Best Dog Award, Harrison Fjord, Pro Teens Mon 8: Vetiver, The June West Band Wed 10: The Night Collectors, Nanami Ozone, Crystal Radio Thu 11: Stephane Wrembel Sat 13: Dede Wyland, The McLoughlin Brothers Sun 14: Steff Koeppen, Mrch, Head Over Heart Tue 16: Swmrs, The Frights Wed 17: The Roaring 420s, Lenguas Largas, CFM Sat 20: Alvin Risk, Sid The Kid, Andrew Shuta, Bob Really, Jalph
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The Kingston Trio at The Fox Theatre, Sunday, February 14.
Tue 23: The Toasters, Grite Leon Fri 26: Front Country, Laura & The Killed Men Sat 27: Las Cafeterias
coronet 402 E. 9th St. 222-9889 CafeCoronet.com Tue 2: June West Wed 3: Naim Amor Thu 4: Jamie O’Brien Tue 9: Ryan Chavira Wed 10: Naim Amor Thu 11: Al Perry Sat 13: Loveland Trio Tue 16: Jess Matsen Wed 17: Naim Amor Thu 18: Christina Antipa Tue 23: Matt Cordes Wed 24: Naim Amor Thu 25: Mariah McCammond
LA COCINA 201 N. Court Ave. 622-0351, LaCocinaTucson.com Wed 3: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Thu 4: Freddy Parish Sat 6: Harpist Vesna Zulsky Sun 7: Mik and The Funky Brunch Wed 10: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Thu 11: Louise Le Hir Fri 12: Greg Morton Sat 13: Harpist Vesna Zulsky Sun 14: Mik and The Funky Brunch Wed 17: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Thu 18: Mitzi Cowell Fri 19: Hot Club of Tucson, Soul Track Mind Sat 20: Harpist Vesna Zulsky
Sun 21: Mik and The Funky Brunch Wed 24: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Thu 25: Hank Topless Fri 26: Greg Morton Sat 27: Harpist Vesna Zulsky Sun 28: Mik and The Funky Brunch
CUSHING STREET BAR & RESTAURANT 198 W. Cushing St. 622-7984, CushingStreet.com Saturdays: Cool Jazz, Jeff Lewis & Friends
DELECTABLES RESTAURANT 533 N. 4th Ave. 884-9289, Delectables.com Fri 26: Michael P. Nordberg
ELLIOT’S ON CONGRESS 135 E. Congress St. 622-5500, ElliotsOnCongress.com Monday: Jazz Guild Jam Tuesday: Tommy Tucker
Ermanos 220 N 4th Ave, 445-6625 ermanosbrew.com Thu 4: Plastic Humor Sun 7: Michael P. Thur 11: Hans Hutchison & Friends Sun 14: Belinda Esquer Thu 18: Tesoro Sun 21: Austin Counts Thu 25: Carnivaleros Sun 28: Adam Townsend
FLYCATCHER 340 E. 6th St. 798-1298, TheFlycatcherTucson.com Please visit the web site.
Matisyahu appears at The Rialto Theatre, Saturday, February 27.
FOX TUCSON THEATRE 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515, FoxTucsonTheatre.org Sat 6: The Fab Four: The Ultimate Beatles Tribute Fri 12: Ms. Lisa Fischer Sat 13: One Of These Nights Sun 14: The Kingston Trio Sun 21: In The Mood
HACIENDA DEL SOL 5501 N. Hacienda Del Sol. 299-1501, HaciendaDelSol.com Nightlly: Live Music on the Patio
The Hut 305 N. 4th Ave., 623-3200 huttucson.com Sundays: Acoustic Open Mic, with Cadillac Mountain Fridays: Sunset Soul with Kelsey St. Germaine Saturdays: Mike & Randy’s 430 Show with Top Dead Center Fri 5: The Amosphere Sat 6: The Higgs, 8 Minutes To Burn Tue 9: The Amosphere, Rockers Uptown Fri 12: Cover Your Trax Sat 13: Stolen Nobility Fri 19: Bass Culture
MONTEREY COURT 505 W. Miracle Mile, MontereyCourtAZ.com Tue 2: Professor Gall Wed 3: Nick McBlaine & Log Train Thu 4: Don Armstrong & Friends Fri 5: Key Ingredients of African Soul Sat 6: ROH
Sun 7: Nancy Elliott & Friends— Sunday Brunch Performances, Ron DeVous- Contemporary Jazz Quintet Tue 9: Nancy McCallion & Danny Krieger w/ guest Heather Hardy Wed 10: Tucson Songwriters Showcase Thu 11: Carolyn & Dave Martin Fri 12: Holland K. Smith Band Sat 13: Reverie w/ Heather Hardy Sun 14: The Muffulettas Tue 16: The Tucsonics Wed 17: Russell James Pyle, Eric Schaffer, & the Other Troublemakers Thu 18: Stewart MacDougall Fri 19: Robert Gillies & Callie Moore Sat 20: The Coolers Sun 21: Nancy Elliott & Friends— Sunday Brunch Performances, TKMA Presents show- Bob Dylan Night Tue 23: Brian Keith Wallen Thu 25: Castletown Fri 26: Angel Diamond & the Blues Disciples
PLAYGROUND TUCSON 278 E. Congress. 396-3691, PlaygroundTucson.com Sun 14: The George Howard Band Sun 21: The George Howard Band Sun 28: The George Howard Band
Plaza Palomino 2990 N. Swan Rd., 907-7325 plazapalomino.com Sat 27: 6th Annual Rodeo Days Arts Celebration, Ruben Moreno’s Mariachi Herradura, Arizona Dance Hands, Bill Ganz
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Mariachi Herradura appearing at Plaza Palomino as part of the 6th Annual Rodeo Days Arts Celebration, Saturday, February 27.
RIALTO THEATRE
SKY BAR TUCSON
318 E. Congress St. 740-1000, RialtoTheatre.com Tue 2: The Neighborhood, Hunny, Casinos Sat 6: Local Love Presents Freak Fest III: Saalithic, Blacklidge, Solace In Nothing, Blueprints For Destruction, As We Watch Them Fall, Waysted Youth Thu 11: Red Baraat Fri 12: Luis Coronel, Jaime Arellano, Darian Moran, Julian Fimbres, Jose Rojo Mon 15: Geoff Tate’s Operation Mindcrime Tue 16: Logic, Dizzy Wright Thu 18: Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra Fri 19: Marchfourth Marching Band, Diego’s Umbrella Sat 20: Fourth Annual Rialto Gala: Big Band Express, Cirque Roots Fri 26: Zepparella, Sugar Stains Sat 27: Matisyahu Sun 28: Tyga
536 N. 4th Ave, 622-4300. SkyBarTucson.com Tue 2: Tom Walbank, Naim Amor Wed 3: Open Mic Thu 4: Fire & Gold Belly Dance, Wight Lhite, Mothertapes, Mason Sat 6: Things That Aren’t Words, Un:ited States, Desert Beats Tue 9: Tom Walbank, Haboob Wed 10: Open Mic Thu 11: Yes Alexander, The Rifle Fri 12: Cirque Roots Sat 13: Rareluth, Fairy Bones, The Gay Boys Sun 17: Synrgy, Moebius Tue 16: Tom Walbank, Naim Amor Wed 17: Open Mic Thu 18: The Dirty Heat, Sock!Fight, Desert Beats Sat 20: Dos Muñoz, :Shooda Shook It, Haboob Tue 23: Tom Walbank, Haboob Wed 24: Open Mic Thu 25: Defeat: The Band, 3rd Nature, Ape Magik Fri 26: Cirque Roots Sat 27: Lenguas Largas
Royal Sun Lounge 1003 N Stone Ave (520) 622-8872 BWRoyalSun.com Sun-Tue: Happy Hour Live Music Sundays: Ivan Denis Mon 1: Swingset Tue 16: Swingset
Sea Of Glass--Center For The Arts 330 E. 7th St., 398-2542 TheSeaOfGlass.org Sat 6: Tango Milonga Sat 27: AZA Music of Morocco
SOLAR CULTURE 31 E. Toole Ave. 884-0874, SolarCulture.org Fri 5 & Sat 6: Ele:Mental—2 days of Music and Art Tue 23: From Indian Lakes
Tap & Bottle 403 N. 6th Ave. 344-8999 TheTapandBottle.com Thu 4: Leila Lopez Thu 11: 8 Minutes To Burn
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Top to bottom, left to right: Crystal Radio performing accompanied by specially invented Crystal Theramin; Alter Der Ruine debut new album at Club Congress; Dazed and Confused showcasing underground house and techno at Solar Culture Gallery; Dazed and Confused showcasing underground house and techno at Solar Culture Gallery; Headlock headlining Think Tank takeover of the Museum of Contemporary Art following premier of their brand new music video; Sheldon Metz bringing Tucson into 2016 on the Hotel Congress outdoor main stage.
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