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07. Community 11. Books 13. Events 18. Food & Drink 22. Desert 26. Art Galleries & Exhibitions 29. Performances 35. Scene in Tucson 36. Tunes On the Cover: Oranging Sky Sells 1993 © A. T. Willett. Lightning strikes ground 50 feet from camera (the bolt on the left) east of Sells, Arizona at sunset looking west. Microscopic dust particles from the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo two years prior to this photograph, are floating in the upper atmosphere and refracting the light making this sunset and sky extremely orange and glowing. Shot with a Hasselblad Superwide medium format camera on Fuji Velvia Film. June 23rd. 1993. See www.atwillett.com to purchase fine art lightning photographs.
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Interstate 11 A Road to Nowhere by Gregory McNamee BREAK OUT A MAP of the United States. Start at the Canadian border, at the Michigan town of Port Huron. Trace your finger through Flint and Lansing and down to Indianapolis. Arc southwestward through Paducah, Kentucky, to Memphis, then cross the Big Muddy near Greenville, Mississippi, and barrel down to Texarkana, Houston, and on to the Mexican border at Laredo and Brownsville. You have just described what has been slugged Interstate 69, the so-called NAFTA Highway. It was approved way back when that trade agreement was first signed, with plans costing upwards of $2.5 billion. So far only segments have been built, since the federal government has been slack on infrastructure since the days of the Great Recession, and the current administration hates the very notion of trade agreements in the first place. About the only place where much activity is taking place is Texas, where, for the past decade, sections of the highway have been laid out and others constructed using funds from tolls, public-private partnerships, and fees imposed on commercial vehicles. Now focus on Arizona. Draw a line from Nogales to just north of Green Valley. Jog to the west through the Avra Valley behind the Tucson Mountains. Follow a line roughly parallel to the existing Interstate 10 up to Casa Grande, then jog west again through the Maricopa Mountains to Buckeye. Go west more,
across the wetlands of the Gila and Hassayampa Rivers, and follow Aguila Road and the Vulture Mine Road up to Wickenburg. You have just described the southern reach of what has been designated Interstate 11, following US transportation conventions that number north-south highways sequentially from west to east and east-west highways from south to north. Like I–69, its ghostly counterpart, I–11 is meant to hasten the flow of goods from Mexico north to Canada and vice versa, connecting to roads leading to lucrative markets in Salt Lake City, Denver, the Bay Area, Seattle, and so forth. Like I–69, portions of I–11 already exist in the form of a US 93 that runs north from Wickenburg to Kingman and thence to Las Vegas over the recently built Mike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge at Boulder Dam. Beyond Las Vegas 93 has been improved only here and there, but planners at the Arizona Department of Transportation are itching to get going, Texas-style, without waiting for the rest of the Mountain West to catch up. Now, highways are like water: as the old saying goes, water flows uphill toward money, and roads flow either to where money exists or where it can be made—one reason why, when Loop 202 was slated to be extended around the South Mountains of Phoenix, there was a quiet scramble to buy up the land
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where the road would be built. If you care to go up and have a look at that massive construction project, which is supposed to be finished by the end of this year, you’ll see another fact about highways: Though the roads themselves are comparatively narrow, they require huge tracts of land on either side of them to be bladed, cleared of vegetation, and leveled. ADOT’s preferred route, across great stretches of undeveloped land, would visit destruction on scores of thousands of acres of prime Sonoran Desert land. Much of the Tucson stretch lies adjacent to Saguaro National Park and Tucson Mountain Parks. Although the plan overlooks the fact, I–11 would also isolate Ironwood Forest National Monument, which at least some members of the Trump Department of Interior have made efforts to decommission, the better to privatize it and make some of that longed-for money. Says Kevin Dahl of the National Parks Conservation Association and a longtime environmental activist, “Improving I–19 and I–10 through Tucson would be so much more beneficial to our community’s transportation needs than a new freeway in a location and direction that almost no one in Pima County needs to travel. Add the facts that the new freeway has huge impacts and a huge cost, and we really do have to ask why this alternative has not been fully explored and reviewed. We and others who have been involved in scoping and stakeholder process have wondered why the emphasis on developing the problematic Avra Valley route.” ADOT counters that it is offering alternatives, but it also makes plain that the route I asked you to trace from Nogales to Wickenburg is its preferred one, its first choice, the course it wants Arizonans to embrace, writing the collateral damage off as a cost of the progress that feeds The Machine. Some of its arguments seem to be stretches: for one thing, ADOT says, I–11 will have a “homeland security” dimension in the event that the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station at Wintersburg, which the new road will pass close to, blows a stack, allowing for the rapidly developing West Valley of Phoenix to be evacuated. And “rapidly developing” is no exaggeration: It’s the fastestgrowing part of our fast-growing state. Small wonder that Bill Gates, the former Microsoft head who once was reckoned to be the richest man in the world, bought up a 20,000-acre tract of land between the White Tank and Belmont Mountains for a reported $80 million. The location, as it happens, is right in the path of the proposed interstate, assuring the likelihood of a handsome return on the investment.
Why build a new interstate that will destroy prime desert land, disrupt wildlife corridors, churn up public domain holdings, turn national parks and monuments into islands, and effectively bypass existing cities and their infrastructure in favor of seeding new ones in a state already strapped for water in the face of a quickly changing climate? Why, money, of course: Money for agricultural interests, trucking companies, landowners, developers, roadbuilders, all the usual suspects. Money for unseen future interests as well—perhaps for the Spanish conglomerate, for instance, that has turned the Indiana segment of Interstate 80, which American taxpayers paid for years ago, into a private toll road that generates billions of dollars annually. Doubtless such a concern is waiting in the wings, for, as former Bush administration US Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters notes, “While per-gallon fuel taxes served as a proxy for our highway needs in the past, the pending insolvency of the federal Highway Trust Fund proves that model to be unsustainable.” Funding new highways, in other words, will come from other sources—including the possibility of mileage taxes, private ownership, tolls, and the like. Meanwhile, building I–11 along the route that ADOT’s planners hope for will cost untold billions of dollars—and at least $3.4 billion over improving existing highways in Tucson alone. Tucson civic leaders have voiced opposition to the new road precisely for the reason that the money would be better spent locally rather than bypass the city altogether. It would certainly be possible to use existing roads, though it would be messy: Just look at I–10 around Houston, parts of which in west of downtown run eleven lanes wide, and anyone who has to travel the interstate in town or between Tucson and Phoenix will probably not be enthusiastic at the prospect of yet more traffic filling an ocean of asphalt. Almost as if a threat as much as a scenario, some ADOT planners have even advanced the notion of a stacked I–10 through Tucson, the upper deck headed north and the lower deck headed south, which seems to offer a little slice of hell for future motorists. That future is very much of concern, for unless vast pots of money magically appear, it may take ten or twenty years for a 268-mile-long new highway to be completed. A lot can happen in that time, including the possibility of driverless vehicles that can efficiently use existing roads—or the development of newer and better forms of transportation, such as high-speed trains, that can deliver goods transcontinentally in far less time than any semi could. The age of the highway and of the automobile may well be drawing to an end, should be drawing to an end, though there are powerful forces at work seeking to extract every last cent possible from a fossil-fuel-based economy and opposed to anything that looks progressive, renewable, or “soft.” One of the last big highway bills was passed under the Obama administration, and even there the president slated $8 billion for the development of high-speed intercity freight and passenger railroads. Retrograde in every respect, the Obama administration’s successors have been busy undoing that, of course. How do you and I benefit from a road that will speed up the transport of winter vegetables from Mexico to Canada? How does Arizona benefit from a diminished, fragmented desert ecosystem? It doesn’t, and unless you’re a mogul in the making, you and I don’t. But those powerful interests are at work, and landowners and developers, especially in the Phoenix area, are already counting their money as the Valley continues its inexorable sprawl, now to the west. This is a road to nowhere, and it should be opposed. The Arizona Department of Transportation is accepting comments from the public until July 8, and we urge all those who care about the health of the Sonoran Desert to urge ADOT to find other alternatives—whether following existing roads or scrapping the project altogether. Comments—a simple “no” will do—can be sent online at www.i11study.com/Arizona, delivered by voice at (844) 544–8049, or sent by mail to I–11 Tier 1 EIS Study Team, c/o ADOT Communications, 1655 W. Jackson Street Mail Drop 126F, Phoenix, AZ 85007. n
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The Lightest Object in the Universe An Excerpt from Kimi Eisele’s Debut Novel
THE END OF THE WORLD as we know it is coming—and that may not such a bad thing, for instead of scrambling to feed The Machine, we may find ourselves peaceably working to feed and take care of each other. That’s one of the possibilities that moves Kimi Eisele’s first book, The Lightest Object in the Universe, along, a story that matches postapocalyptic gnarl with loving optimism. Since arriving in Tucson in 1997, Kimi has been busy working in the arts as well as environmental activism and social justice. She tells Zócalo that although her book isn’t set here, the good things about it—the neighborliness, the sense of community, the hope for better things— are straight out of the Old Pueblo. She’ll be reading from and signing copies of her book at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, July 9, at Exo Roast (403 N. Sixth Avenue). Beatrix rode the red bicycle rode through the neighborhood and passed a park full of camping tents. An SUV was parked on the grass, and next to it a man in a dark wool coat was shoveling dirt. “What’s the ditch for?” Beatrix asked, getting off her bike. Nearby, a woman sat on the ground, holding a small, bundled infant to her chest. “The car,” the man said. “I’ll keep digging, and eventually it’ll drop in, except for the windows. I saw homeless folks make a house like this back home in Ireland years ago. Remove the seats and the engine, and you end up with a perfectly insulated living space. Wondrous thing, if you don’t mind little places. Carchitecture,” he said, winking. “Couldn’t build fires for food and warmth in a small apartment. And the shit kept piling up, literally. If this doesn’t work, we’ll join the rest of them and head to the country.” The woman—his wife?—lifted her shirt and tucked the baby underneath to nurse. Beatrix tried to imagine holding a baby on her own lap, up to her breast to suckle. The task seemed both Herculean and mundane all at once. “We’ll be harder to oust this way,” the man said, starting to dig again. “Because you know they’ll be comin’. They’ll come and kick everybody out eventually.” Beatrix wondered who “they” were and what kind of authority they had. She remembered how residents of a community in Ecuador had once protected their homes from wealthy landowners. When the bulldozers arrived, they’d stood stoically in front of their bamboo houses, their arms locked together in
a human chain. Sometimes the simplest gestures were the strongest. “If they come,” she said now, “you’ll stand up to them.” The man lifted the shovel, but she couldn’t tell if he agreed or not. She got back on her bike and rode to the business district, where shops and restaurants and the Fair Share office had once operated. She and Hank had found the place after jumping ship from Global Cause, a larger organization that had lost sight of its original mission of putting people over profits. Beatrix and Hank had stayed small, directly supporting Latin American producers. Before everything went dark, Fair Share had become a respected, effective, and solvent operation. But now the neighborhood was changed. Most store windows were boarded up. Others announced available on sun-faded signs. Beatrix rode past the frozen yogurt place, the head shop, and the food co-op—all closed down. She idly wondered what had become of all the products in the beauty section of the co-op. Back when their causes seemed to be slowly improving the world, when they were relaxed enough to play, she and Dolores would try the testers. Beatrix always chose a citrus-scented essential oil. “Juicy,” Dolores would say when Beatrix held it out for her approval. The whole memory seemed so frivolous now. Three teenaged girls wearing baseball caps and flip-flops rode by on bicycles, and then a bearded man hauling a trailer full of chopped wood. A boy in overalls stood on the sidewalk selling wilted lettuce from a grocery cart. On the curb, a man in a tie held a sign: wanted: SHELTER FOR TWO. WILL COOK AND MAKE JOKES. The Fair Share headquarters occupied a small office above Rigo’s Mexican Lonchería, a favorite lunch spot until Rigo had closed up and returned to Mexico. Beatrix cupped her hands to the window and peered in: nothing but a glimmer of chrome counter where they’d ordered veggie tacos and sipped horchata. She locked the bike to a signpost and made her way up a narrow staircase. Inside the office, she opened the blinds. She had somehow hoped to find an intern, at least one. No such luck. n
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july / august World Margarita Championship at the Westward Look Resort, Friday, August 2nd.
MONDAYS IN JULY MAKE IT MONDAYS Celebrate creativity with special guests from 10am to 1pm and a special admission price of $3. Children’s Museum Tucson, 200 S. 6th Ave. 520792-9985. ChildrensMuseumTucson.org July 1: Old Pueblo Archaeology. July 8: University of Arizona Optics – Edible Optics. July 15: Funny Foot Farm and Tucson Putting Zoo. July 22: MOCA Mobile Museum. July 29: Tucson Gem and Mineral Society Inc. Community Outreach Program.
FRIDAYS IN JULY COX MOVIES IN THE PARK Free family friendly movies with entertainment, games, and a variety of food for purchase. 6pm, movie starts around 7:45pm. Reid Park DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center. July 12: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. July 26: Aquaman.
SAT 13 & SUN 14, SAT 20 & SUN 21, SAT 27 & SUN 28 SWEET CORN EXTRAVAGANZA Delicious sweet corn available to pick fresh or enjoy roasted. 8am to 5pm on weekends in July. Apple Annie’s Orchard (produce location), 6405 W. Williams Rd. Willcox. 520-384-4685. AppleAnnies.com
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30 DOG DAYS
Four legged friends will be welcome at the Gardens this summer for $3 per dog for a day pass or $20 for a dog membership. $10 for each additional dog membership. Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 North Alvernon Way. 520-326-9686. TucsonBotanical.org
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE! SUMMER JAZZ CONCERT SERIES Enjoy free
DIAMONDS IN THE SKY CELEBRATION Celebrate Independence Day
jazz performances by talented local musicians every Friday evening through August 30. Validated parking in Tyndall Garage after 5pm. Performances begin at 7:30pm and last 90 minutes. Free admission. See website for lineup. Geronimo Plaza, 814 E. University Blvd. 520-622-8613. MainGateSquare.com
with an All-Star baseball game featuring the Sun Belt College league followed by postgame fireworks. Games, prizes, $1 hot dogs, giveaways and more. General admission: $4. Advance tickets include free parking. Kids ages 5 and under are free. 5 to 9:30pm. Kino Sports Complex, 2500 E. Ajo Way. 520-724-5466. KinoSportsComplex.com
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FOOD IN THE STREETS | LIGHTS IN THE SKY Musical guests, food
COOL SUMMER NIGHTS
Fun family friendly science activities, nocturnal animal encounters, and cooler evening temps along with stunning sunsets set this weekly summer event apart. Check website for details. Bring a flashlight. Regular admission rates apply. 5-10pm. Through September 1. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Rd. 520-883-2702. DesertMuseum.org. July 6: Creatures of the Night. July 13: Creatures of the Night. July 20: Explore Outdoors! July 27: Insect Insanity.
DRIVE-IN MOVIES Free family friendly movies on the driving range on the third Saturday of each month this summer. Set up a blanket or some chairs or hang out in a golf cart (only their golf carts are allowed). 7:15pm. Oro Valley Community Center, 10555 N. La Canada Drive. OroValleyAZ.gov. July 20: The Lego Movie: The Second Part .
trucks, and close up views of the firework show at “A” Mountain. 6pm to 10pm. Mercado San Agustin, 100 S. Avenida del Convento. 520-461-1107. MercadoDistrict.com
SONORAN GLASS SCHOOL A Fourth of July party with BBQ, water balloons, “A” Mountain fireworks, an educational talk on American Stained Glass, and more! Guests can create glass art projects (for an additional fee) such as Lemonade Drink Stirrers, Old Glory Frit Magnets or cold glass Firework Sun Catchers or Magnets. Enjoy a prime view of the “A” Mountain fireworks starting at 9pm. $5 admission, kids ages 12 and under are free. Special: $15 BBQ Plate and event ticket. 6pm to 10pm. Sonoran Glass School, 633 W. 18th Street. 520-884-7814. SonoranGlass.org
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SUMMER SAFARI Now on Saturday nights and free for zoo members! Explore
FEED THE FUN GAME NIGHT Games and activities for all ages – life-sized
the zoo at night with cooler temps, live music, animal encounters and keeper chats, and food and drink specials. $10.50 adults, $8.50 seniors, $6.50 children ages 2-14. 6pm to 8pm. Every Saturday through Aug 17. Reid Park Zoo, 3400 Zoo Court. 520-791-3204. ReidParkZoo.org. July 6: Monsoon Madness. July 13: Culinary Delights. July 20: Game Night. July 27: Animal Athletes
board games, video games, multi-player card game tournaments, scavenger hunt, and more, all to fight childhood hunger and to support the Community Food Bank! Nonperishable food items will be accepted at the event. Free. 3:30pm to 8pm. Tucson Mall, 4500 N. Oracle Rd. CommunityFoodBank.org
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With the approach of the monsoons, July is an excellent time to plant crops. Pick up heat tolerant and arid-adapted plants from local growers offering fruit, veggie, and herbs as well as wildflowers. 10am to 5pm each day. Native Seed Search, 3061 N. Campbell Ave. NativeSeeds.org
SAT 13 2ND SATURDAYS DOWNTOWN
A free, family friendly, urban block party! Specials at local restaurants, street vendors, Art After Dark at the Children’s Museum, free family friendly movie at the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum. See website for more details. Summer Hours: 5pm to 9pm street vendors, and 6pm to 10pm stage performances. Downtown Tucson, Congress Street, Toole to Church Avenues. 520-5451102. 2ndSaturdaysDowntown.com
HELLO MOON NIGHT Kick off Moon Week at the Flandrau, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon. Join UA English Professor and science writer, Chris Cokinos for a fascinating presentation about our understanding of the moon. Following the presentation, Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association will have telescopes on the UA mall for moon viewings. 6:30pm. Presentation and moon viewing is free but ticket reservations are required. Flandrau general admission is $5. Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium, 1601 E. University Blvd. 520-621-4516. Flandrau.org
FRI 19 – SUN 28 LOFT KIDS FEST Summer excitement returns to the Loft with some of the best family friendly films of all time along with games, activities, live performances, free popcorn, and daily giveaways (like a raffle to win a $50 gift certificate to Mildred & Dildred Toy Store). Free admission. Doors open at 9:15am with pre-show activities hosted by Mildred and Dildred Toy Store. Bring in a new toy for a child in need and the Loft will donate it to Casa de los Ninos. See the website for film schedule. Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway. 520-795-0844. LoftCinema.org
SAT 20 POP-UP CAT CAFE Get catfeinated by spending time relaxing with cute adoptable cats while enjoying coffee and snacks (available for purchase). 9am to 1pm. Free admission. 1145 Woodland Ave. 520-289-2747. PawsitivelyCats.org
B/L/ENDING FORMS What happens when artists from various mediums blend their creativity together? Find out at this exhibition / performance night and see what visual, theatre, dance, music, poetry, magic and various other artists have created in unique 5 week creative partnerships. 5pm to 9pm. Free to the public, ages 18 and up. Steinfeld Warehouse Community Arts Center, 101 W. 6th St. TucsonFringe.org
MONDAYS IN AUGUST MAKE IT MONDAYS Celebrate creativity with special guests from 10am to 1pm and a special admission price of $3. Children’s Museum Tucson, 200 S. 6th Ave. 520792-9985. ChildrensMuseumTucson.org. August 5: Arizona Project WET. August 12: Old Pueblo Archaeology. August 19: Pima County Department of Natural Resources / Parks and Recreation – Wildlife Detectives. August 26: MOCA Mobile Museum. September 2: Brain STEM.
SATURDAYS IN AUGUST COOL SUMMER NIGHTS
Fun family friendly science activities, nocturnal animal encounters, and cooler evening temps along with stunning sunsets set this weekly summer event apart. Check website for details. Bring a flashlight. Regular admission rates apply. 5-10pm. Through September 1. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Rd. 520-883-2702. DesertMuseum.org. August 3: Harry Otter Night. August 10: Creatures of the Night. August 17: Gastronomy Night / Teacher Appreciation Night. August 24: Creatures of the Night. August 31: Bat Night.
DRIVE-IN MOVIES Free family friendly movies on the driving range on the third Saturday of each month this summer. Set up a blanket or some chairs or hang out in a golf cart (only their golf carts are allowed). 7:15pm. Oro Valley Community Center, 10555 N. La Canada Drive. OroValleyAZ.gov. August 17: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
SUMMER SAFARI Now on Saturday nights and free for zoo members! Explore the zoo at night with cooler temps, live music, animal encounters and keeper chats, and food and drink specials. $10.50 adults, $8.50 seniors, $6.50 children ages 2-14. 6pm to 8pm. Every Saturday through Aug 17. Reid Park Zoo, 3400 Zoo Court. 520-791-3204. ReidParkZoo.org. August 3: Animal Play Time. August 10: Treasure Hunt. August 17: Weird Science Night
FRI 2 WORLD MARGARITA CHAMPIONSHIP
World-class margaritas and tequilas alongside southwestern cuisine await your palette. Vote for your favorite for the People’s Choice Award. In addition a raffle featuring over $2,000 in local gift cards and gift baskets will be offered. All funds raised go directly to support SAACA arts education and arts therapy programs, as well as to support Tucson Originals restaurants. 21 and over event. $60 tickets, $70 day of unless event sells out. 6:30pm. Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort and Spa, 245 E. Ina Rd. SAACA.org
WEDS 7 - SUN 11 SOUTHEAST ARIZONA BIRDING FESTIVAL
Experience birding at its best! The festival features a wide range of activities, workshops, and programs such as, evening owling trips, hummingbird photography workshops, a free Nature Expo with nature presentations, live animals, and kid activities, overnight trips to surrounding areas, and programs led by local and international experts. On Saturday night the Fiesta de Aves, a reception and banquet with a mariachi band, local artists, keynote speaker, Laura Erickson and special guest Regina Romero bring home the meaning of birds in our lives and locally in Tucson. Fiesta de Aves tickets are $100 or $75 with festival registration. Festival registration is $25 to attend fee based activities but the festival does offer free events and programs as well. See website for full schedule and details. 520-629-0510. TucsonAudubon.org
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THURS 8 – SUN 11 SPACEFEST IX Celebrate 10 years of Spacefest with space enthusiasts of all ages! Workshops and panel discussions, book signings, autographs and photos with scientists, authors, astronomers, and astronauts from around the world. See website for a list of programs, including a space art exhibit and a Saturday evening banquet. Starr Pass Resort, 3800 W. Starr Pass Blvd. 1-800-727-6682. SpaceFest.info
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A free, family friendly, urban block party! Specials at local restaurants, street vendors, Art After Dark at the Children’s Museum, free family friendly movie at the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum. See website for more details. Summer Hours: 5pm to 9pm street vendors, and 6pm to 10pm stage performances. Downtown Tucson, Congress Street, Toole to Church Avenues. 520-5451102. 2ndSaturdaysDowntown.com
STEAM PUMP RANCH On Second Saturdays at the ranch, you can stroll through the Oro Valley Farmers Market or create a hanging succulent craft with your kids from 8am to Noon (while supplies last). 8am to Noon. 10901 N. Oracle Rd. OroValleyAZ.gov
BUG NIGHT Take a hands on learning journey through the world of insects, led by Dr. Kathleen Walker of the University of Arizona. Bring a flashlight and a blacklight for a Scorpion Walk (or join a ranger with a blacklight). Cost is $7 per vehicle at the park’s entrance. Meet at the outdoor amphitheater. 7-9pm. Kartchner Caverns State Park, 2980 AZ-90, Benson, AZ, 85602. AZStateParks.com/Kartchner
SUN 18 TUCSON’S 244TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Celebrate our beloved city’s birthday with Mariachi, Chinese Lion Dance, Ted Ramirez, Buffalo Soldiers, a Mayoral Proclamation and birthday cake. Beginning at 11:30am in the AMTRAK Lobby until 1pm. Free. Southern Arizona Transportation Museum, 414 N. Toole Ave. 520-6232223. TucsonHistoricDepot.org
THURS 29 – SUN 1 HOCO FEST Labor Day weekend brings national and regional acts to Hotel Congress at this indoor/outdoor solar-powered multi-media festival with good eats, great drinks, and experimental after parties. 311 E. Congress St. 520-622-8848. HotelCongress.com
ONGOING PLANETARIUM SHOWS Explore the stars and beyond every Thu-Sun with a laser light show on Fridays and Saturdays. $16 adults, kids ages 4-17 $12, kids 3 and under are free. See website for program times. Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium, 1601 E. University. 520-621-7827. Flandrau.org
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Beginning July 30th, stretch and sweat under the stars every Tuesday night on the rooftop of Playground. All levels welcome. Drink and food specials offered to attendees. $6. Bring your own mat. 7pm. Playground Bar & Lounge Rooftop, 278 E. Congress St. YogaOasis.com/Rooftop-Yoga
FREE FIRST THURSDAYS On the first Thursday of every month the museum is open late with free admission from 5-8pm, featuring special performances, live music, lectures, cash bar, and food trucks. For more information see website. Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Avenue. 520-624-2333. TucsonMuseumofArt.org
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WHEN MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN missionaries first encountered the banana in the trading ports of East Africa, they were so enthralled that one proselyte wrote to his bishop to report that if you slice it horizontally, you will see in each segment a cross, making it, by his lights, the perfect fruit. Call it a cross, or a sun symbol, or what have you: The banana often turns up in religious imagery wherever it has traveled, in sutras and icons, in benedictions and triptychs. Some Muslim and Christian traditions hold that the forbidden fruit that Adam and Eve so briefly enjoyed in the Garden of Eden was not the apple but the banana. Small wonder that those missionaries took to the banana. They returned to Iberia and Italy with banana plants, and soon the Canary Islands, under Portuguese and then Spanish rule, became an important center of banana cultivation. From there plants were taken to the island of Hispaniola, fanning out from there across the Caribbean and into South America, giving us the expression “banana republics” in later eras. They even made it to Arizona, and here and there around town (but particularly in the Phoenix area) you’ll find them gracing front porches and back yards, even though they’re not ideally suited to, well, local conditions.
Bananas, that is to say, are thirsty plants. They need a lot of water, especially when it’s hot, and benefit from flood irrigation. On that note, they tolerate heat well, though in the hottest days of summer they’ll thank you for a shade cloth to filter afternoon light. Their leaves are fragile enough that a good breeze will chew them up, which can lend the banana plant a ratty appearance. And if they freeze, then one prime reason for having a banana plant—namely, to get some fresh bananas—becomes moot. It’s for that reason that bananas are better grown in greenhouses or Arizona rooms or in pots in sheltered areas, at least down here in Tucson, where freezes are seldom severe but frequent enough in winter to give a would-be banana mogul pause. Still, if you have a place for one, it’s worth experimenting. Though fragile, the plant is pleasing to behold. If you can raise fruit, then you’ll do your part to battle the destructive practices of commercial banana cultivation, and you’ll get a fine source of potassium, “the salt of the intelligence,” and natural sugars, making it a convenient source of low-fat, cholesterol-free energy. About the only black mark on their record, so to speak, is their tendency to spoil quickly, thanks to the high presence of the enzyme polyphenoloxide, the same substance that causes human skin to tan in sunlight. (Think about that when
you’re out by the pool.) To slow that spoilage, you can either keep bananas in the refrigerator or hang them from a rack so that the fruit dangles in air, but I say it’s best to throw your hands up in thanks, hail the fruit for the wonder that it is, and eat it quickly instead. On an otherworldly note, the peel is also full of dopamine, a natural narcotic, which led some thrill-seekers back in the day to believe that smoking it would make for a cheap high. They may as well have smoked a condom; as they say, kids, don’t try this at home. But that latex yields a tertiary benefit of the banana, namely to line the stomach wall with ulcer-fighting power. The greener the banana (or better, the plantain), it’s said, the better the protection against the ravages of digestive acids, which is why pediatricians suggest mashed bananas to make children suffering from gastritis feel better. Today bananas are grown across the world—even in the far north, in places like Iceland, where trees are cultivated outdoors on geyser-studded volcanic soils that fend off the cold, and Canada, where several new varieties have been developed. If they can do it, then so can we hot-country denizens, a pot at a time. n
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squadron of cicadas is chirring and shrilling in the mesquite trees outside my office. On the patio, as I look out the screen door, little bands of wavy horizontal light rise from the brick, miniature mirages forming their trickster visions. The sky over the Santa Catalina Mountains to the north has gone from the piercing blue of morning to a kind of washed-out white, the look of a chambray shirt that’s been through one too many wash cycles, while at the lower reaches of the mountains, the air glowers with the brown grit of windblown sand and dust and automobile exhaust. Thus the arrival of summertime in Tucson, the best season the Sonoran Desert has to offer. That arrival announces itself like an archangel’s trumpet: Against the calm beauty of spring in the Sonoran Desert, summer arrives all of a sudden, and with an authority that’s not to be argued with. At the solstice last year, the temperature reached 118°. I was suffering from a sinus infection, one of the side effects of having air conditioning, it seems, and recall standing under a broad-spreading paloverde enjoying a whole host of mirage-like hallucinations. I finally got myself to a doctor when a bowl of steaming hot cocido down the hill at the Mosaic Café seemed as cool as a chilled gazpacho, the better to survive for this year’s event, which, at the moment, promises to bow in at a mere 102°. It was just the right beginning for summer, the doctor’s bill notwithstanding. When a writer and ne’er-do-well named J. Ross Browne passed through here more than 150 years ago, he was astonished by the summer heat. Fortunately, he had a sense of humor about it, writing of the military outposts in the desert, “Officers and soldiers are supposed to walk about creaking; mules, it is said, can only bray at midnight; and I have heard it hinted that the carcasses of cattle rattle inside their hides, and that snakes find a difficulty in bending their bodies, and horned frogs die of apoplexy. Chickens hatched at this season … come out of the shell ready cooked; bacon is eaten with a spoon… . The Indians sit in the river with fresh mud on their heads, and by dint of constant dipping and sprinkling manage to keep from roasting, though they usually come out parboiled.”
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There’s a wee bit of exaggeration at play in Browne’s words, but not much. It’s been said that southern Arizona has either no seasons or else five seasons that are variations on the same theme: hot, hot, hot, hot, and a little less hot. The sudden-onset arrival of summer falls into one of those hot slots, to be sure, but in truth the seasons out here correspond to seasons across the belt of country distributed south of the 39th parallel: Winters can be cold, spring and fall are mild, and as for summers—well, just consider an experiment conducted by my friend Bill Broyles, who once decided to lock himself in his car in summertime just to get himself prepared for a hike across the desert between Ajo and Yuma—about the hottest part of the state—and nearly baked his brains in the process of acclimation. Anything in pursuit of knowledge, I suppose. If I’d been reporting on it at the time, I would have slugged the story “Broyles broils in the name of science.” If nothing else, the experiment, whose conclusions took just a few minutes to materialize, gives ample reason why it’s criminal to leave a child, a dog, a cat in the car in summer, even if just running inside for a minute to buy stamps or orange juice. You can cook an egg on the sidewalk in such times, though you’d be better off cracking it on the hood of your car, if only to get a little less dirt on your breakfast. Certainly you can make a jar of sun tea in just a few minutes, sun tea being one of those things that used to baffle newcomers to the desert, at least when I first arrived here, but that in the time since has spread to other sunny regions. Indeed, when I landed in Tucson in 1975, summer was a thing of ritual, observed as no outsider could hope to understand. Syncretic religious belief, blending both Native traditions and the Catholic calendar, had it that summer arrived very shortly after the official solstice, namely on June 24, the feast day of Saint John the Baptist. Summer did come just about then, regularly and dependably, for a few years—perhaps because out in the Tohono O’odham nation, and in places here and there in Tucson, people gathered to pray summer and its rains in. That’s a time for gathering fruit from the saguaro, making wine of it, and calling in the water-laden clouds from the Gulf of California—and sure enough, back then, the rains would begin to fall soon after, if not on the feast day itself.
The streets of Tucson had high curbs back then, in those days before adequate storm drains were built to carry off rainwater. One local sport was to drive up a flooded road, say, Park Avenue by the University, as fast as your car could go in the flood, sending a wall of water up to splash those walking on the sidewalk and cool them down in the steamy aftermath of the storm. Most folks appreciated the shower, though occasionally someone driving a too-ambitious vehicle, such as a Ford Pinto, would stall out and block the street until it could be pushed into a nearby parking lot. Back then, you could set your clock by it: Clouds would build up at 2:00, start boiling at 3:00, and at 4:00 on the dot they’d open up and pour down rain for 15 minutes. Rinse, lather, repeat: Day after day, until late August, the pattern would hold. But then, along about the late 1980s, the pattern shifted subtly. The summer rains didn’t come on Saint John’s feast day, but instead on the Fourth of July. This wasn’t such a bad thing, all in all, since the rains would come pouring down just about the time “A” Mountain would catch on fire each year, the invasive buffelgrass worming its way up the washes and ravines set ablaze by fireworks. Now the rains come later still, leaving the mountain to burn merrily away. Some of that, if you’re of a superstitious bent, may link to our having forgotten to observe the feast day of Saint John publicly, no longer holding it as part of Tucson’s systole and diastole. It’s been that way for a couple of decades now. Back in the 1990s it was revived, briefly, as a sunrise ceremony at the Tucson Botanical Gardens, and damned if it didn’t rain on June 24 one of those years, proof of—well, call it the boundless benevolence of I’itoi. Other observances of el Día de San Juan take place elsewhere in the city, including one that was just celebrated to mark the arrival of recharge water on the Santa Cruz River near the site of Tucson’s founding. We’ve forgotten a couple of other festivals that used to mark summer here, too—the Fiesta de los Chiles, also held at TBG, which wedded the sweat born of a summer sun with the sweat born of a heaping plate of chiles rellenos and other treats, and the feast of Saint Augustine, the city’s patron saint, which
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used to be marked by a pachanga to remember. We can bring such things back, and I’d like to see them restored in full glory, since they were among the best parts of this best season. But there’s something else that seems to be slipping away. In decades past, the real, indisputable best part of the summer was that the town would roll up the sidewalks and close up for the season. The University students would go back to Santa Monica and Chicago, the snowbirds make off for Minnetonka and Schenectady, and the streets would empty out until Tucson resembled, if not a ghost town, then at least Naco at high noon. Tucson’s streets are still noticeably less crowded than they are at high noon on Valentine’s Day, to be sure, but there are still more year-round visitors and residents alike than in years past, and the summer heat no longer seems to be the deterrent it was. At the same time, there’s more to do in the summer than in years past—more museums to visit, more clubs and restaurants to frequent, more publicly air-conditioned spaces in which to betake yourself when the swamp cooling (a technology that itself is starting to feel like an artifact) begins to not quite cut it. With its newfound year-round status come more yearround venues, and that’s a good thing for all concerned. Still, it’s a good time just to hunker down with the shades drawn, revive the ancient but now-forgotten custom of the siesta, fire up some Meat Puppets and Giant Sand as a soundtrack for a blistering day, and ask hard philosophical questions under the merciless sun: Why are those lizards doing pushups? Why are most birds out this way dark instead of light, which seems counterintuitive? Where’s the nearest Eegee’s? Stick around as the season builds, and the answers will come. n
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Z art galleries & exhibits Etherton Gallery continues with Jack Dykinga: Grand Canyon National Park (1919-2019), through September 14. Etherton Gallery celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Grand Canyon National Park with an exhibition highlighting the stunning vistas of the Canyon in the work of Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and environmental activist, Jack Dykinga. The gallery will also present a selection of vintage photographs of the Canyon by photographers ranging from the Kolb Brothers to Lee Friedlander. Jack Dykinga: The Grand Canyon National Park (1919-2019) runs through September 14.
Photo ©Jack Dykinga, Nankoweap Graineries, Grand Canyon National Park, with Colorado River.
Kolb Bros, Emery Kolb, Belayed by Brother Ellsworth, 1913.
Wilde Meyer Gallery presents “Sizzling Summer Saturday” opening August 1, with a reception on the August 24. Artwork: Greg Dye, Day Break, 48” x 60”, oil on canvas.
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art galleries & exhibits Z ARIZONA HISTORY MUSEUM Current exhibits include: Stories of Resilience;
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
John Slaughter’s Changing West: Tombstone, Bullets, and Longhorns is on view to August 2019. Permanent Exhibits include: History Lab, Mining Hall, and Treasures of the Arizona History Museum. Hours: Mon & Fri 9am-6pm; Tues-Thurs 9am-4pm; Sat & Sun 11am4pm. 949 E. 2nd Street. 520-628-5774. ArizonaHistoricalSociety.org
PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY & STUDIO This summer the gallery will
ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM
Hopi Katsina Dolls: Changing Styles, Enduring Meanings is on view to July 27. One World, Many Voices closes September 14. Long term exhibitions include, The Resiliency of Hopi Agriculture: 2000 Years of Planting; Woven Through Time; The Pottery Project; Paths of Life. Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. 520-6216302. 1013 E. University Blvd. StateMuseum.Arizona.Edu
CACTUS WREN GALLERY
Hot Heat & Art Show is July 13 from 9am to 2pm. Let It Rain Art Show is August 10 from 9am to 2pm. Dry & Hot Art Show is September 14 from 9am to 2pm. Gallery hours: Everyday from 9am to 4pm. 2740 S. Kinney Rd. 520437-9103. CactusWrenArtisans.net
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY
Edward Weston’s Leaves of Grass is on view through November 30. A Portrait of Poetry: Photographs and Video by B. A. Van Sise continues through November 23. Hours: Tue-Fri 9am-4pm; Sat 1-4pm. 1030 N. Olive Rd. 520-621-7968. CreativePhotography.org
Selections from the University of Arizona School of Art, Groping in the Dark, and New Histories are on view through September 27. Hours: Weds-Sun 12-5pm. 265 S. Church Ave. 520-624-5019. MOCA-Tucson.org
be open showing more glass than ever. Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-4pm. 711 S. 6th Ave. 520884-7404. PhilabaumGlass.com
PORTER HALL GALLERY Quilts in the Gardens is on view in the Friend’s House Gallery through September 29. Hours: Daily 8:30am-4:30pm. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 520-326-9686. TucsonBotanical.org
RAICES TALLER 222 GALLERY Chubasco is on view through July 27 and Historias y Identidades is on view August 3 through September 7. Hours: Fri & Sat 1-5pm and by appointment. 218 E. 6th Street. 520-881-5335. RaicesTaller222.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 Shy Artists’ Debut Show
a reception from 6pm to 9pm and continues through July 27. Hours: Tues-Sat 10am3:30pm. 110 E. 6th St. 520-398-6557. ContrerasHouseFineArt.com
is on view to July 21. Veterans’ Art Show opens July 25 and is on view through August 25. Share Our Walls opens September 5 and is on view through October 6. Hours: Tues-Sun 11am-4pm. Williams Centre 5420 East Broadway Blvd #240. 520-299-7294. SouthernAzWatercolorGuild.com
DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN Arizona Highways and Ted DeGrazia will
TOHONO CHUL PARK In the Main Gallery, On the Desert: An Exploration of Fibers
be on display through January 29, 2020. Desert Blooms continues through September 4. Hours: Daily 10am-4pm. 6300 N. Swan Rd. 520-299-9191. DeGrazia.org
DESERT ARTISANS GALLERY For the Birds and Under a Spell Miniatures
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continue through July 28. Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 10am-1:30pm. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Rd. 520-722-4412. DesertArtisansGallery.com
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CONTRERAS GALLERY “Veni, Vidi, Vici” Martin Quintanilla opens June 6 with
THE DRAWING STUDIO Youth Art of Summer Art Show opens July 26 with a reception from 5:30pm to 7:30pm and is on view to Aug 1. Hours: Mon-Thurs 9am-4pm. 2760 N. Tucson Blvd. 520-620-0947. TheDrawingStudiotds.org
ETHERTON GALLERY
Jack Dykinga – Grand Canyon National Park, 1919 – 2019 is on view through September 14. Gallery closed June 30 to July 8. Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-5pm or by appointment. 135 S. 6th Ave. 520-624-7370. EthertonGallery.com
HOW SWEET IT WAS VINTAGE Art Party: Amnesia TV is July 6 from 7pm to 10pm. Art Party: Dimitri Manos is August 3 from 7pm to 10pm. Art Party: Ursula Basinger is September 7 from 7pm to 10pm. Hours: Mon-Fri 11am-6pm; Sat 11am-7pm; Sun 12pm-5pm. 424 E. 6th St. 520-623-9854. HowSweetItWas.com
IRONWOOD GALLERY
Feathers: Solo Exhibition by Chris Maynard continues through July 7. The Natural World of Guy Coheleach is on view July 13 to September 22 with an opening reception July 13 from 2pm to 4pm. Hours: Daily 10am-4pm. 2021 N. Kinney Rd. 520-883-3024. DesertMuseum.org
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY
Transiting 2 is on view to September 9, with a reception on August 29 from 5pm to 6:30pm. Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm. 1031 N. Olive Rd. 520-626-4215. CFA.arizona.edu/galleries
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Ecological Bodies and the Haptic Home | Undergraduate Honors Thesis Exhibition by Ellery Page is on view June 25 to July 25. Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm. 1031 N. Olive Rd. 520-624-4215. CFA.arizona.edu/galleries
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Evolution of a Modelmaker: John A. Acker is on view through August 18. Borrowed Time / Borrowed Books will be on display through September 16. Miniature Silver: The Helen Goodman Luri continues through May 21, 2020. Tues-Sat 9am-4pm and Sun 12-4pm. 4455 E. Camp Lowell Dr. 520-881-0606. TheMiniTimeMachine.org
Snap! Snapshots of History through Vintage Ads is on view to November 30. Ongoing exhibitions include: Desert Hollywood, Sacred Walls: Native American Muralism. Hours: Weds-Sun 10am-4pm. 7000 E Tanque Verde Rd. 520-202-3888. TucsonDArt.Org
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART Learning to See: Josef Albers is on view through July 7. Travelogue: Grand Destinations and Personal Journeys is on view through September 29. Ongoing exhibits include Art of the American West; Latin American Folk Art; J. Knox Corbett House, and the La Casa Cordova. Hours: Tues-Sun 10am-5pm. 140 N. Main Ave. 520-624-2333. TucsonMuseumofArt.org
UA MUSEUM OF ART Vault Show is on view to August 25; Under the Moon and 5 Minutes will close July 7. Wander Around is on view through August 11 and Our Stories: High School Artists is on view to August 18. Ongoing exhibitions include, Highlights of the Permanent Collection and The Altarpiece From Ciudad Rodrigo. Hours: Tues-Fri 9am-4pm; Sat 9am-5pm; Sun 12-5pm. 1031 N. Olive Rd. 520-621-7567. ArtMuseum. Arizona.Edu
UA POETRY CENTER Another Person’s Magic: Collaborative Books is on display to August 10. Hours: Mon & Thurs 9am-8pm; Tues, Weds, Fri 9am-5pm. 1508 E. Helen St. 520-626-3765. Poetry.Arizona.Edu
WILDE MEYER GALLERY Small to Medium is on view through July 31. Sizzling Summer Saturday, opening August 1. Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-5:30pm; Thurs 10am-7pm; Sat 10am-6pm; Sun 12-5pm. 2890 E. Skyline Dr. Suite 170. 520-615-5222, WildeMeyer.com
WOMANKRAFT ART GALLERY It’s Raining Cats and Dogs! is on view through July 27 with a reception July 6 from 7-9pm. Gallery closed in August. Happiness Is… opens September 7 and is on view through October 26 with receptions on September 7 and October 5 fr0m 7-10pm. Hours: Weds-Sat 1-5pm. 388 S. Stone Ave. 520-629-9976. WomanKraft.org n
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The Bad Hambre Tour - Comedian Felipe Esparza at Desert Diamond Casino July 26.
FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE JAZZ CONCERT SERIES
A series of free jazz concerts with local musicians, through August 30. 7:30pm. Geronimo Plaza in Main Gate Square, 814 E. University Blvd. See website for more information. MainGateSquare.com
INTERNATIONAL BOYS AND MENS CHORAL FESTIVAL
ARIZONA FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC
Bin Hu, Guitar & Jing Xia, Guzheng, July 24 at 7:00pm. Arizona Wind Quintet, August 14 at 7:00pm. ArizonaChamberMusic.org
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ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY Summer on Stage: She Kills Monsters July 25
LAFFS COMEDY CAFFE Derek Richards, July 5 & 6; Daryl Felsberg and Sam
at 7:30pm and July 27 at 2:00pm. Summer on Stage: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical July 26 at 7:30pm and July 27 at 7:30pm. The Royale, September 7 to 28. Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. 520-884-8210. ArizonaTheatre.org
Evans, July 12 & 13; Patrick DeGuire, July 19 & 20; Joey Medina, July 26 & 27. 2900 E. Broadway. 520-32-Funny. LaffsTucson.com
CASINO DEL SOL I Mom So Hard, July 26 at 8:00pm at AVA Amphitheater. Lance Burton: Master Magician, August 16, 8:30pm at the Event Center. Casino Del Sol, 5655 W. Valencia Rd. 855-765-7829. CasinoDelSol.com
DESERT DIAMOND CASINO
The Bad Hambre Tour - Comedian Felipe Esparza, July 26, 8:00pm. Thunder From Down Under, July 27, 8:00 pm. Sebastian Maniscalco, Stay Hungry Tour, August 30, 8:00 pm. Desert Diamond Casino, 1100 W. Pima Mine Rd. 866-332-9467. DDCAZ.com
July 14 at 3:00pm. Crowder Hall, University of Arizona, 1017 N. Olive Rd. 520-733-0927. InternationalChoralFestival.com
performances at 7:30pm at Janos Downtown Kitchen / Carriage House, 125 S. Arizona Ave. 520-882-9721. InvisibleTheatre.com
LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Things Being What They Are, through July 20. Show People, July 25 to August 24. Heisenberg, August 29 through September 28. Tabitha Turnpike Has a MONSTERous Problem, through August 11 in the Family Theatre. Pinocchio: The Legend of the Wooden Boy, September 8 to October 20 in the Family Theatre. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 520-327-4242. LiveTheatreWorkshop.org ODYSSEY STORYTELLING SERIES Fireworks!, July 11; Half-Baked, August 1; Disaster, September 5. Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7:00pm. The Sea of Glass Center for the Arts, 330 E. 7th St. 520-730-4112. OdysseyStorytelling.com
FOX THEATRE Let Freedom Sing, July 4 at 3:00pm and 7:00pm; NPC Terminator,
ROGUE THEATRE Middletown by Will Eno, July 11 to 21. Long Day’s Journey
July 6 at 10:00am; Tuck Everlasting, July 12 at 7:00pm, July 13 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm, July 14 at 2:00pm; To Have and Have Not (1944), July 19 at 7:30pm; Breakfast at Tiffany’s, July 20 at 7:30pm; Mario Aguilar, August 17 at 8:00pm; Justin Hayward – All the Way In Concert, August 18 at 7:00pm; Teo Gonzalez, August 23 at 8:30pm; Chris Isaak, August 25 at 7:00pm; Rambo First Blood (1982), August 31 at 7:30pm. 17 W. Congress St. 520-624-1515. FoxTucsonTheatre.org
into Night, September 12 to 29. The Historic Y, 300 E. University Blvd. 520-551-2053. TheRogueTheatre.org
THE GASLIGHT THEATRE Space Trek, through August 25. 7010 E. Broadway
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TUCSON IMPROV MOVEMENT Different
shows weekly. See website for details. 414 E. 9th St. 520-314-7299. TucsonImprov.com
UNSCREWED THEATER Family friendly shows every Friday and Saturday night
Blvd. 520-886-9428. TheGaslightTheatre.com
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In July, Contreras Gallery presents Martin Quintanilla and his painting and prints in the style of Arte-Naco, from Mexico City. Quintanilla, a native of Mexico City, moved to Tucson in 2001 and became a member of the art collective Raices Taller. He later moved on to run his own galleries ‘La Malinche’ and ‘Micro Gallery Mandibula.’ Quintanilla has received numerous honors and awards and has exhibited throughout Mexico, Cuba and Arizona. The exhibit takes place July 6 - July 27, with a reception on July 6 from 6pm to 9 pm. at Contreras Gallery, 110 E. 6th. St., Tucson, Az. 520-398-6557. ContrerasHouseFineArt.com
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Tiffany Christopher plays Tab & Bottle on July 18. Photo: Paul E. Neff.
What’s Live
Buy Local – A Summer Sampler by Jim Lipson SOMETIMES WE ARE REMINDED that we’re not the only ones who might rather be somewhere else for at least a part of the summer. Booking agents, management and touring musicians themselves are mostly loathe to schedule a tour stop through the desert this time of year. I remember David Bromberg at a Tucson Folk Festival (several years ago), looking like he was about to melt right in front of me. He was less than 15 minutes outside the cushy climate control of his rented SUV. And that was in May. So what better time to more fully explore our own musical backyard which is rife with talent year round, than the dog days of summer when there is a decided lack of out of town action? By no means comprehensive, think of this as a summer sampler for some great local fare. Unless noted, all of the on-going events here are without cover charge, although almost all of them encourage (and depend on) your tips. APPETIZERS With some exception, most of the places in this section are brew-pubs where live music might be seen as something of an enticement, but in reality is more of an afterthought, as evidenced by the level of compensation for performers as well as an inability or disinterest of many to maintain a monthly on-line schedule of music. Still, the quality of musicianship cannot be equated with the 36 ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com | July/August 2019
level of compensation. These places also present great opportunities for solos, duos and trios that you might only get to see at the Folk Festival. Public House Brew-Pub – 209 N. Hoff Ave. , 775.2337 While their music schedule is only about two weeks out on their website, they do seem committed to music on Wednesdays, Sundays, some Thursdays and at least one Tuesday of the month. Off of an alley behind Fourth Ave. you could easily miss this place if you were not sure where to look. But with a dedicated music area, I’ve seen some wonderful performances this past year including Cameron Hood of Ryanhood, the Carnivaleros Trio and Kevin Pakulis who holds down the first Wednesday of the month. The Fourth Tuesday is an acoustic showcase hosted by Paul Domingue. The July 23 showcase will feature Kristie Cunningham, Anne English, Jim Dumbauld and JP Schreiber. The August 27 showcase has Robert Collier, Denise Lane, Larry Weathermon and JD Loveland. Most times are from 8-10 PM. Borderlands – 199 E. Toole Ave., 261.8773 For several years Borderlands had been committed to some pretty good weekend music. It’s hard to tell if they are taking a break for the summer or if
tunes Z staff have not been able to decide on keeping music or not. You should call to find out. This room may be small but sounds amazingly good. Kevin Pakulis still holds court with his highly successful Sunday Sessions with many guest musicians from 2-4:30 PM. Harbottle Brewing Company - 3820 S. Palo Verde Rd. Suite 102, 499.2518 This place, located in a strip mall, looks like it’s set up better for take-out pizza than music and could easily hold the title “least likely to be mistaken for a brew pub.” Yet the appreciation for music on Fridays from 6-8 pm, is simply fabulous. Seasoned performers seen there have included Big Grin, Austin Counts, Copper Moon and the Jacob Acosta Band. Sand-Reckoner Tasting Room - 510 N. 7th Ave. A tasting room for Arizona wines from Wilcox, this room has jumped into the music scene featuring such heavy hitters as Sabra Faulk, Heather Hardy & Alvin Blaine, Adera Rae, Joyce Luna, Leila Lopez and Amber Norgaard among others. They do post a calendar. Music happens every Friday from 6-9 pm. House of Bards – 4915 E. Speedway, 327-2011 HOB has been open for almost three years now and it still seems like it’s trying to forge an identity. With various performances inside and out they do weekend shows, some Thursdays and occasional blues concerts. And on Monday evenings there is an acoustic jam, hosted by JD Loveland, from 5:30-7 PM followed by an Open Mic and Acoustic Showcase. The Open Mic sets are usually 15 minutes while the featured sets are generally 30 minutes. Upcoming Showcase performers for July include Dan Stein, Steff Kayser, Holly Jebb, Joanne and Monty Davis and host JD Loveland. Open mics and jams are great opportunities for up and coming players to hone their chops. SOUPS & SALADS Tap and Bottle – 403 N. 6th Ave., 344.8999 They may only have one featured night for music, Thursdays, but it’s done fairly well. Upcoming artists to be featured include Crash Magic (7/11), the great Tiffany Christopher, from Colorado (7/18), making her first appearance since a two or three folk festivals ago and Naim Amor (7/25). On Sunday, August 4, Tap & Bottle will also host a multi-band benefit for Carnivaleros guitarist Joe Fanning (suggested donation of $10). On the bill will be Billy Sedlmayr, Loveland and the Bennu. La Cocina, 201 N. Court Ave., 622.0351 Located in the heart of downtown’s north side barrio, La Cocina does indeed keep a current on-line listing of music which happens Wednesday-Saturdays. Wednesdays seem to be a regular gig for Miss Lana Rebel and Kevin Michael Mayfield. Their tunes quietly honor the simple beauty of early American folk, blues, and country with guitars, sweet harmonies, and the occasional harmonica, fiddle, or singing saw. Second Thursdays of the month generally feature Nancy and Neil McCallion while third Thursdays are often held down by Mitzi Cowell. Greg Morton and Jim Stanley (with occasional guests) have been a Friday evening staple playing bluegrass from 6-9 PM and are generally followed by some kind of Americana performers. Saturday evening sets which generally go from 7-9 PM will feature performances in July from Oscar Fuentes and new to Tucson, Carra Stasney aka Mama Coal. Note La Cocina will be closed for summer break from July 22-August 4.
Maynards Market & Kitchen – 400 N. Toole Ave., 545-0577 For almost ten years the Determined Luddites have been holding down this gig on Monday nights from 5:30-7:30. Originally built in to the Meet Me at Maynards phenomenon, the Luddites often employ the great Peter McLaughlin on guitar or Gary Mackender on accordion. They play every Monday except the last Monday of the month when the Cochise County All-Stars hold court. St Charles Tavern – 1632 S. Fourth Ave., 888.5925 This is a scene that seems like it should be more successful than it is. With indoor and outdoor places to play they can manage the weather and they do have a Facebook page which helps…a little, in trying to determine who might be playing when. Be warned however, there is tobacco allowed on the outdoor patio. ENTREES Monterey Court – 505 W. Miracle Mile, 207.2429 It’s hard to believe that there was a sense that for two or three or four years this place might not make it. Instead, it has cultivated a reputation as one of the finest live music venues in the city. With its covered table seating as well as outdoor seating behind the stage and a variety of talent being showcased six nights a week, the Monty has very much come into its own. It has done so with a smart and diverse mix of local performers with touring pros. Here are some of its regular offerings. The Sunday Brunch – From 10 AM-2 PM a different guest host and their special guests will take each Sunday. First Sundays are Syndenn Sweet & her band; 2nd Sundays is Anne English; 3rd Sundays is the Coolidge based band Lash La Ru; 4th Sundays is Don Armstrong; and 5th Sundays, when there is one, is Virginia Cannon presenting a youth showcase. Genres range from blues to pop, western swing to Americana. Hosts play a solo set but are often joined at some point by their guests who will also do their own sets. First Wednesday – Billed as Nick McBlaine and Log Train, this is a super quasi bluegrass group of Peter McLaughlin on guitar and mandolin, Alvin Blaine, guitars and dobro, Nick Coventry, violin and Evan Dain, bass. Sometimes there are subs who are just as good and always special guests sitting in. Third Tuesday is The Tucsonics. This western swing outfit which also plays what it calls Jango Jazz (music of and influenced by Jango Reinhart) is anchored by Matt Mitchell, guitar, Coventry on violin and Blaine on strings.
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Third Wednesday is held down by Eric Schaffer and the Other Troublemakers. Fourth Thursdays continue to be dominated by Tucson’s longest running bluegrass band, the Titan Valley Warheads. Please note Monterey Court will be closed for its annual summer siesta from July1-July 4. Mike & Randy’s 4:20 Show at the Hut – 305 N. Fourth Ave. Despite the fact that both Mike and Randy are no longer with us, Randy’s son Ray Clamons, along with Top Dead Center bassist Stephen James plan to soldier on with a variety of invited guests. In addition to the requisite Grateful Dead vibe, expect more variety in terms of blues, blues rock, folk and folk rock. This show goes on every Saturday from about 4:30-7:30 PM. DESSERTS Tucson Metal Arts Village – 3230 N. Dodge Blvd., 975.9792 This is another place that if you didn’t know where to look you could drive by it several times. Just off Dodge Blvd. however, once you’ve seen it you will never unsee it. Comprised of several shops and galleries, including the Hop Shop, which also has music irregularly, the space also has a wonderful outdoor performance stage that unfortunately is only used once a month for a full moon gathering and celebration. In spite of having been told these full moons are fully booked with music well into the fall, neither the website nor Facebook page will give any specifics. Reports however also say that these gatherings are well attended and big fun. Full moon music this summer are on Tuesday, July 16 and Thursday, August 15.
LEFTOVERS These are tasty morsels previously written about but still worth indulging in. Rockabilly Grill – 3700 N. Oracle Rd., 888.1900 While the Rockabilly has regular music on the weekends, it’s the free Monday night show with the Bryan Dean Trio (plus guests) that has put this place on the map. 6-8:30 pm. Congress Hotel – 311 E. Congress St., 622.8848 Tom Walbank plays blues out on the patio most Friday nights while the Tucsonics play inside on Sundays during brunch. Chicago Bar – 5954 E. Speedway, 748.8169 With live music several nights a week, you can always expect Petie Ronstadt and the Co. on the first and last Monday of the month; Heather Hardy and her band on the first Sunday of the month and Neon Prophet ($5 cover) every Saturday night. ONE NIGHT ONLY
El Casino Ballroom – 437 E. 26th St., 623.1865 While the term Houserockin’ Concerts or Houserockin’ Radio has long been associated with KXCI Community Radio, dating back to the 1980s, the station, with longtime associate and promotor Jeb Schonover, has sponsored a midsummer blues show under the moniker Houserockin’ Blues Review for the past seven years. This summer’s show on Friday, August 2 will feature three dynamic performers, all playing together and backed by a crack rhythm section. Southern California’s king of the blues Patio Sets at the Mint – 3540 E. Grant guitar Junior Watson is leading this pack Rd. 881.9169 as they head to Arizona. With over 30 It’s been nearly three years that Greg years of experience and as a member of Pianist Taryn Donath at El Casino Ballroom, August 2. Aiken has been promoting and booking the Mighty Flyers, Junior has gained a these Sunday afternoon sets out on the patio of this Grant Rd, dive bar. The near cult status. Besides his mastery of the blues and swing he also likes to format is simple—two acts; one that goes on at 3 pm and one at 4:15. In add a unique twist to everything he plays, with unbridled energy, and a sense July featured acts will include the Shameless Shirts and Lizard Rock Ramblers of reckless abandonment. Sharing the bill with Junior is another Watson, but (7/7), Paul Charles and Slim Rost (7/14), Laura Joy and Matt Bruner (7/21) and this one is a harmonica playing hotshot and charismatic singer Billy Watson. Sweet Remember and Wired (7/28) On August 11, the Mint will celebrate three Also, from Southern California, Billy has released ten albums since 1988 and is years of Patio Sets with an extended lineup to include Copper Moon, Anne a mainstay of the San Diego Blues scene. English, Kristie Cunningham and Eric Schaeffer among others. Rounding out the show will be the virtuosity of pianist Taryn Donath. With 25 years or experience, Donath has become a headliner on several major Blues Festivals. Tickets are $20 in advance with a $5 discount for members of KXCI Tucson Racquet Club - 4001 N. Country Club Rd., 795.6960 and the Southern AZ Heritage & Blues Foundation. n From April 15 through September 30 at 5:30 – 8:30 P.M. every Friday night, adjacent to the pool, the club features a different line-up of some of Tucson’s favorite dance bands including Zo and the Soul Breakers, Baba Marimba and the Legion of Mario (the latter being semi- regular guests with the 4:20 show at the Hut). The bands are always good and non-members can pay a $4 cover to get in with barbecue available for purchase. This is a good family friendly scene.
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A.A. Bondy performs at Club Congress on Friday, August 2. Okilly Dokilly appears at 191 Toole on Saturday, July 27.
LIVE MUSIC
2ND SATURDAYS DOWNTOWN
CLUB CONGRESS
LA COCINA
Schedules accurate as of press time. Visit the web sites or call for current/detailed information.
Congress Street, 2ndSaturdaysDowntown.com
311 E. Congress St. 622-8848, HotelCongress.com/club
201 N. Court Ave. 622-0351, LaCocinaTucson.com
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Sat 13: See web site for more information
Tue 2: The Invisible Hands, Alvarius B Wed 3: Street Blues Family Fri 12: Al Rodriguez Tue 16: Hellhook, Arms Reach, Souls, Realize, Slow Descent Wed 17: Part Time, Gary Wilson Fri 19: Nanami Ozone, Lenguas Largas, Mute Swan, Soft Sweater Mon 22: Happy Times Sad Times, Suzie True, Taco Sauce Tue 23: Bellows, Gabby’s World Fri 26: Black Sabbitch Sun 28: James McMurtry, Bonnie Whitmore
Wed 3: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Thu 4: Freddy Parish Fri 5: Greg Morton & Friends, Oscar Fuentes Sat 6: Nathaniel Burnside Sun 7: Mik and the Funky Brunch Wed 10: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Thu 11: Nancy & Neil McCallion Fri 12: Greg Morton, Jim Stanley Sat 13: Oscar Fuentes Sun 14: Mik and the Funky Brunch Wed 17: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Thu 18: Mitzi Cowell Fri 19: Greg Morton, Jim Stanley Sat 20: Mama Coal Sun 21: Mik and the Funky Brunch
191 TOOLE 191 E. Toole Ave. rialtotheatre.com
JULY Sat 13: Fea, Bruiser Queen, Sur Block Tue 16: Set It Off, Emarosa, Broadside Sat 20: The Regrettes, Hot Flash Heat Wave, The Great Citizens Mon 22: Max Frost Sat 27: Okilly Dokilly, Mac Sabbath Tue 30: Shamarr Allen, The Underdawgs, Street Blues Family
AUGUST Thu 1: Dinosaur Pile-up Fri 2: Everything Is Terrible! Sat 3: Miyavi Mon 5: Frank Iero Wed 14: 3Teeth, Author & Publisher, Lana del Rabies Mon 19: Kyle Craft, Showboat Honey Thu 22: Molly Burch, Jackie Cohen Fri 23: Hearts for the Barrio: Diluvio AZ, Santa Pachita, Aztral folk, Salvador Duran Fri 30: HOCO Fest Night One— Gatecreeper, Candy, Show Me The Body, Sex Prisoner, Skeleton, Get A Grip, Ceremented Sat 31: HOCO Fest Night Two— Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Dana Dentata, Creeks, Rituals of Mine
AUGUST Sat 10: See web site for more information
BORDERLANDS BREWING 119 E. Toole Ave. 261-8773, BorderlandsBrewing.com
JULY Sun 7: Kevin Pakulis Sun 14: Kevin Pakulis Sun 21: Kevin Pakulis Sun 28: Kevin Pakulis
AUGUST Sun 4: Kevin Pakulis Sun 11: Kevin Pakulis Sun 18: Kevin Pakulis Sun 25: Kevin Pakulis
CHE’S LOUNGE 350 N. 4th Ave. 623-2088, ChesLounge.com
JULY See web site for information
AUGUST Sun 11: Laura and the Killed Men Fri 30: HOCO Fest—Ryley Walker, Wild Pink, Pearl Earl, Chris Hall Sat 31: HOCO Fest—Chick Cashman, Kid Congo Powers, The Exbats, Anchor Baby
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AUGUST Fri 2: A.A. Bondy Sat 3: M. Crane, Night Weather Wed 7: Gauche Thu 8: decker, Banana Gun, Wyves Fri 9: Sasami Mon 12: Y La Bamba Mon 19: Grails Tue 20: Oshun Thu 29: HOCO Fest—Omar Apollo, Ojalá Systems Fri 30: HOCO Fest—Tomasa Del Real, Ms Nina, San Cha, Yanga, Pelada, Nefftys, Los Esplifs, Mexican Jihad, Sonido Tambo Sat 31: XIXA, Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra, Las Chollas Peligrosas, Maggot Heart, Rotting Yellow
AUGUST Wed 7: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Thu 8: Nancy & Neil McCallion Fri 9: Greg Morton, Jim Stanley Sun 11: Mik and the Funky Brunch Wed 14: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Thu 15: Mitzi Cowell Fri 16: Greg Morton, Jim Stanley Sun 18: Mik and the Funky Brunch Wed 21: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Fri 23: Greg Morton, Jim Stanley, Eugene Boronow Sun 25: Mik and the Funky Brunch
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Iron and Wine perform at the Rialto Theatre on Saturday, August 17. Born of Osiris performs at The Rock on Sunday, August 4.
Wed 28: Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield Fri 30: Greg Morton, Jim Stanley
FINI’S LANDING 5689 N. Swan Rd. 299-1010 finislanding.com See web site for more information
FOX TUCSON THEATRE 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515, FoxTucsonTheatre.org
JULY Thu 4: Let Freedom Sing
AUGUST Sun 18: Justin Hayward Sun 25: Chris Isaak
HACIENDA DEL SOL 5501 N. Hacienda Del Sol., 2991501, HaciendaDelSol.com
JULY Mon 1: Pablo Gonzales Tue 2: Pablo Gonzales, Khris Dodge Wed 3: Pablo Gonzales, Kathryn Byrnes & Pete Swan Thu 4: Dennis Moore, Birkswork Fri 5: Dennis Moore, Pete Swan Jazz Trio Sat 6: Dennis Moore, Soul Essential Sun 7: Dennis Moore, Pete Swan Jazz Quartet Mon 8: Steven Lerman, Rich Bailowitz Tue 9: Steven Lerman, Khris Dodge Wed 10: Steven Lerman, Gary Roberts Thu 11: Dennis Moore, Roscoe Jazz Trio Fri 12: Dennis Moore, Pete Swan
Jazz Trio Sat 13: Dennis Moore, Birkswork Sun 14: Dennis Moore, Pete Swan Jazz Quartet Mon 15: Steven Lerman Tue 16: Pablo Gonzales, Khris Dodge Wed 17: Pablo Gonzales, Paul Marin Thu 18: Dennis Moore, The Drift Fri 19: Dennis Moore, Pete Swan Jazz Trio Sat 20: Dennis Moore, Tucson Funk Bunnies Sun 21: Dennis Moore, Pete Swan Jazz Quartet Mon 22: Steven Lerman Tue 23: Steven Lerman, Khris Dodge Wed 24: Steven Lerman, Gary Roberts Thu 25: Dennis Moore, Robin Bessier Fri 26: Dennis Moore, Pete Swan Jazz Trio Sat 27: Dennis Moore, The Jazz Connection Sun 28: Dennis Moore, Pete Swan Jazz Quartet Mon 29: Steven Lerman Tue 30: Steven Lerman, Khris Dodge Wed 31: Steven Lerman, Paul Marin
AUGUST See web site for information
HOUSE OF BARDS 4915 E. Speedway, 327-2011 houseofbards.com Wednesdays: Ladies Night with A2Z Mondays: Open Mic
JULY Mon 1: Acoustic Showcase—Holly Jeb Wed 10: Pharaoh Entertainment Showcase—Zero Miles To Empty, Brian Berggoetz Band, Wrought Iron, J.D. Loveland Fri 12: The Vibe Band Sat 13: Judicator, Hell Follows, Never Reborn, Olden Sat 20: Battle of the Bands— Identity Found, Hannibal Havoc vs. Palm Tree Hemp Rug, The Moral Queers. Rio Wiley, Skumdogz, Guardians, Teknizzy Thu 25: Hemlock, Scareater, Single Finger Theory Fri 26: Like a Villain, Order 66, Stands With Fists, Sigils of Summoning Sat 27: Rite To Remain, Fire By Rank, Endavus, End Of Swan
AUGUST Fri 2: Lydia Can’t Breathe, A Light Divided Fri 9: Seconds Ago, Endings, Pressyc, Decrown The Heir, Common & Creator, The Abstract Mon 12: Sleepspent Wed 14: Time Keeper, Dutch Rosenberg Theater, Amoras Bane, Ash To Dust Fri 16: Soul Essential Tue 27: Master, Claustrofobia,
Taipan, Magguts, Never Reborn, Guardians
THE HUT 305 N. 4th Ave., 623-3200 www.facebook.com/TheHutTucson Saturdays: Mike & Randy’s 420 Show with Top Dead Center
JULY Sat 6: Gigi & The Glow Sat 13: OG Ted with Mike & Randy’s 420 Show Sat 20: Ross Browne with Mike & Randy’s 420 Show Sat 27: Steve Simbari with Mike & Randy’s 420 Show
AUGUST Sat 3: Frank Filipo with Mike & Randy’s 420 Show, Gigi & The Glow Sat 17: Legion of Mario with Mike & Randy’s 420 Show
MONTEREY COURT 505 W. Miracle Mile, 207-2429 MontereyCourtAZ.com
JULY Fri 5: Kevin Pakulis Band Sat 6: Deacon and the Hired Guns Sun 7: Sunday Brunch Music Showcase, Wally & The Stragglers Tue 9: Lizard Rock Ramblers Wed 10: Don Armstrong & The Whiskeypalians Thu 11: Touch of Gray Fri 12: Rhythm Jax featuring Angel Diamond Sun 14: Sunday Brunch Music Showcase, Paul Green & Midnight Blue Tue 16: The Tucsonics continues...
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HOCO Fest, Downtown Tucson, Aug. 29 to Sept. 1.
Wed 17: Eric Schaffer & The Other Troublemakers Fri 19: Amber Norgaard Band Sat 20: Little House of Funk Sun 21: Sunday Brunch Music Showcase, Thu 25: Titan Valley Warheads Sat 27: Key Ingredients of African Soul Sun 28: Sunday Brunch Music Showcase Tue 30: Laura Joy
AUGUST Sat 3: Giant Blue Sun 4: Sunday Brunch Music Showcase Wed 7: Touch of Gray Sun 11: Sunday Brunch Music Showcase, Paul Green & Midnight Blue Wed 14: Eric Schaffer & The Other Troublemakers Sun 18: Sunday Brunch Music Showcase Tue 20: The Tucsonics Wed 21: Eric Schaffer & The Other Troublemakers Sun 25: Sunday Brunch Music Showcase Thu 29: Titan Valley Warheads
THE PARISH 6453 N. Oracle Rd. 797-1233 theparishtucson.com Mondays: jazz & blues Fridays: live local music Sundays: Country Sundays See web site for more information
PLAZA PALOMINO 2990 N. Swan Rd., 907-7325 plazapalomino.com See web site for information
PUBLIC BREWHOUSE 209 N. Hoff Ave. 775-2337 publicbrewhouse.com
JULY Wed 3: Kevin Pakulis Sun 7: Natalie Pohanic Sun 28: Tiny House of Funk
AUGUST Sun 4: Natalie Pohanic Wed 7: Kevin Pakulis Sun 25: Tiny House of Funk
RIALTO THEATRE 318 E. Congress St. 740-1000, RialtoTheatre.com
JULY Fri 5: Blue Öyster Cult Wed 10: Rumours—A Fleetwood Mac Tribute Sun 28: Pouya, Ramirez, Boobie Lootaveli Wed 31: Tribal Seeds & Matisyahu
AUGUST Fri 2: Mike Salazar Sat 3: Super Diamond—The Neil Diamond Tribute Thu 8: Talib Kweli, Jivin Scientists Sat 10: Dr. Dog Thu 15: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Fri 16: Woodstock 50 Year Celebration—Anthony Aquarius Mystery, The Who Experience, Creedence and Company
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Sat 17: Calexico, Iron & Wine, Madison Cunningham Sun 18: August Alsina Fri 23: 80s Monsoon—Strangelove, Electric Duke, This Charming Band Wed 28: Molotov
Sat 6: Joyce Luna Fri 12: FebboFuentes Sat 13: Welty Wilson Trio
AUGUST See web site for information
THE ROCK
SEA OF GLASS CENTER FOR THE ARTS
136 N. Park Ave. rocktucson.com
330 E. 7th St., 398-2542 TheSeaOfGlass.org
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Thu 4: Tribute To Our Troops Country Fest Sat 6: Josh Ward, Harry Luge Wed 10: Ward Davis Fri 19: Chester Bennington Tribute Wed 24: Shane Smith & The Sants
See web site for information
AUGUST Sat 3: Flatland Cavalry, The Cole Trains Sun 4: Born of Osiris Fri 16: The Black Moods
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 SaintCharlesTavern See Facebook page for information
SAND-RECKONER TASTING ROOM 510 N. 7th Ave., #170, 833-0121 sand-reckoner.com/tasting-room
JULY Fri 5: Amber Norgaard
AUGUST Fri 9: Choro Das 3
SKY BAR TUCSON 536 N. 4th Ave, 622-4300. SkyBarTucson.com
JULY Tue 2: Tom Walbank Wed 3: Open Mic Tue 9: Songwriter Showcase, Steff Koeppen Wed 10: Open Mic Tue 16: Tom Walbank Wed 17: Open Mic Tue 23: Songwriter Showcase, Steff Koeppen Wed 24: Open Mic Fri 26: Cirque Roots Wed 31: Open Mic
AUGUST See website for information
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