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A Spring Carnival MoctoberFest Returns to Mercado San Agustín by Jon D’Auria
In its fourth year, the popular spring carnival that merges music, performers, artists, workshops, food, drinks and fun is back with Tucson’s MoctoberFest. Organized by the tireless non-profit crew, Many Mouths One Stomach, MoctoberFest serves as a fundraiser to raise money for their most popular event, the All Souls Procession. And much like the legendary procession, every year this spring festival gets bigger and better and this year is no exception. Taking place on Saturday, March 28th at Mercado San Agustin in the freshly renovated Menlo Park Neighborhood, the popular April Fool’s Carnival and Community Arts Fundraiser will run from 4:00pm to 12:00am. Sponsored by Borderlands Brewing, Bookman’s, Tucson Thrift 4th Ave, Rio Nuevo, Link Fencing, Zocalo Magazine, & Mercado San Agustin with Agustin Kitchen, Seis Kitchen, Stella Java and La Estrella Bakery, the organizers of this year’s event are expecting a large turn out that will help support such a worthy cause. “We’ve made a lot of changes to the event this year and we’re excited about the big growth that we’re seeing in gaining support from the community and the organizations that we work with,” says event organizer and curator Ruben Palma. “My favorite part of it is seeing all the people that really make this town go around, come together and get along. Tucson is really diverse and everyone knows each other and it’s great seeing all of the community circles mingle and interact. This event supports the art scene in town and all of the talent that this city offers.” Tickets to the event are $5.00 for an all-day pass and children 10-and-under are admitted free. Performers for the festival this year include Flam Chen, MC Magic Kenny Bangbang, Aztral Folk, Vox Urbana, Sol Axé, MamAxé Dance Collective, Tucson Circus Arts School, Empire of Sound, Danny “Special Head” with the Circus Amperean, Las Florecitas Rockcheras, Sacho Niño and a featured artist that is very near and dear to the Many Mouths organization. “This year we’ve come back full circle and we have a featured artist that is a big part of Many Mouths One Stomach and the All Souls Procession,” says Palma. “Logan Phillips and Adam Cooper do spoken videos, which is video art and spoken word and poetry and we’re really happy to have them performing this year. Sonoran Strange is the name of their show and it’s a wonderful experience to watch. They fit the theme of this event perfectly and we think that the audience is really going to love what they do.” Moctoberfest will also offer workshops on West African dance, Brazilian
Samba dancing, circus skills such as stilt stunts, aerial silks, poi and object manipulation among others. A night market will also be taking place where a collection of Tucson’s finest crafters will be selling their goods. Food trucks, fortune tellers, clowns, inflatable rides and drink tasting will all be available to attendees, who will have plenty to do at the carnival. Another new element to the festival this year is the introduction of a parade, which is something that Many Mouths One Stomach are experts on, although this one will have more of a lighthearted vibe to it that isn’t solely centered around death. “This year we’re featuring a parade as the main event for the festival, which is something new that we’ve never done before. It’ll be a nice contrast to the All Souls Procession, which is more of a somber, death-centered parade. This will be all about fun and music and art and bringing the community together,” says Palma. “The parade is located at the end of the line of the streetcar, so it’s a focal point for the city and that helps bring attention to the Mercado and these events. You can see obvious growth and that things are happening down here and we want to spark that energy.” Attendees are encouraged to wear creative attire that can range from a spirited costume to their favorite dance and party wear. This is a family-friendly event and there are an abundance of activities for both kids and adults. Guests are encouraged to arrive at 6:00pm so that they can experience all of the wonderful entertainment that has been lined up on the bill. With the beautiful “A Mountain” and downtown skyline providing the breathtaking backdrop for the event, Mercado San Agustin is truly a wonderful place for such a unifying and uplifting event such as this. “The owners of the Mercado are so supportive of the arts community and our organization and they cherish this event and love contributing to something like this. They open their doors to us and let us create,” says Palma. “The land that the Mercado is on is the heart of Tucson and it is the old downtown area and it’s so great to see it being rejuvenated. It’s nice to see that the people who own the land are willing to open it up for the town again to make it a central place where people can come together and celebrate.” Moctoberfest tickets and information at www.moctoberfest.com, www.manymouths.org or email Ruben Palma at moctoberfest@gmail.com March 2015 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 7
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March into Women’s History Month by Diana Rhoades
La Feminista. To me, the Spanish version of “The Feminist” sounds more exotic, more feminine, more sexy, perhaps? Maybe it’s because Spanish is such a beautiful language, or maybe it’s because J. Lo was captured on film cheering for actress Patricia Arquette’s equal pay feminist shout-outs at this year’s Academy Awards. Or maybe it’s because I’m thinking about the delicious Hotel Congress “la feminista” cocktails that benefit programs for women in southern Arizona. As we March into Women’s History Month, it’s time to honor and celebrate the powerful women who have made a difference in our lives, and who continue to inspire us to fight for equality in Southern Arizona. As the late author and poet Maya Angelou has said, “Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” I was only five years old when Ms. Magazine debuted in New York, when founding editors Gloria Steinem, Letty Cottin Pogrebin and Joanne Edgar were credited with transforming the feminist movement into print. Now 43 years old, the magazine defied the odds and remains relevant today. But it wasn’t the printed word that brought me into la feminista movement – it was the woman featured on the 1972 cover of Ms. Magazine, a woman who also had her own TV show - Wonder Woman! Wonder Woman’s Lynda Carter, a Mexican American from Phoenix (who was named Diana on the show) was my early women hero who taught me the power of athleticism and doing good. Feminism is a multi-cultural phenomenon that builds strength with new generations. Feminism, sexism, love… and beer. Growing up in a Chilean immigrant family, Montserrat Caballero never dreamed she would have the opportunity to meet Dolores Huerta, the powerful Latina Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, who at 84 ,continues to speak up for equality for all, including the right to fair labor practices, same-sex marriage and the right of a woman to terminate her pregnancy. Huerta has been credited with coining the phrase “Si, Se Puede,” - Spanish for an organizer’s rallying call of “Yes, We Can,” which has always
been associated with Cesar Chavez and the movement to ban pesticides and unfair labor practices. She was on the board of Ms. Magazine, and toured the country for two years on behalf of the Feminist Majority’s Feminization of Power - encouraging Latinas to run for office. The campaign resulted in a significant increase in the number of women representatives at the local, state and federal levels. Caballero always admired her, and was pleasantly surprised when Cam Juarez invited her to dinner with Huerta more than 10 years ago. Fast forward to today, she is happily married with a sweet young son, she founded the Dolores Huerta annual Awards luncheon, now in its 2nd year, and she’s a passionate health care activist for Pima County. “He had me with the beer… The beer with Dolores,” she said. Caballero says Tucson’s event is the first of its kind in the country. She launched it “because sadly, a lot of people don’t know who she is. Cesar Chavez and the farmworker movement are recognized, but many people don’t realize that Dolores is a co-founder of that movement, of the United Farm Worker’s Union, and that she still speaks out for the most vulnerable today.” Organizers wanted the luncheon to honor local women heroes who represent all that Dolores has fought for over the past five decades. “Huerta is an icon for social justice, and a fierce feminist. The Arizona Cesar Chavez Holiday Coalition is proud to host the Dolores Huerta awards to kick off the month in honor of International Women’s Day, and we have the March and Rally in late March to celebrate Chavez’ birthday.” Tucson City Councilwoman Regina Romero is one of this year’s honorees – on March 4 she will earn the La Mujer En La Lucha Award- meaning Still in the Fight. She is the co-founder of the Arizona Cesar Chavez Holiday Coalition and launched her first successful run for office in March 2007 on International Women’s Day. Romero grew up in a Mexican farm-working family and learned early on about Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, and was successful with the coalition in passing a County and City holiday to commemorate their achievements. Who was the lead advocate? Dolo-
res Huerta. Huerta was married to Chaves’ brother, and frequently traveled to Tucson to visit Chavez’s late mother. She often stays at Romero’s home. I asked Romero if there was anything unique about Dolores that we might not know about, in addition to her love of the occasional beer. “Dolores had 3 marriages and 11 kids, and she is still going strong. She’s also a vegetarian, and a Girl Scout” said Romero. “She’s interesting, inspiring, compassionate and la feminista mas fina.” As founder and president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, Huerta travels across the country doing the hard work of grass-roots organizing, teaching individuals of their personal power. She will be in Tucson on March 4 for the 2nd Annual Dolores Huerta Awards Luncheon. We have invited her to the Hotel Congress for a “La Feminista” Cocktail. Viva la feministas! A partial list of La Feminista events during Women’s History Month: 2nd Annual Dolores Huerta Awards Luncheon Wednesday, March 4 Hosted by the Arizona Cesar Chavez Holiday Coalition 11:30 am to 1 p.m. $40 fundraising event YWCA Tucson – 525 Bonita Ave, Tucson AZ 85745 Call in advance – event sold out last year (520) 884-7810 Enjoy La Feminista Cocktail – Hotel Congress $11 Tito’s Handmade Vodka, St. Germain liqueur, Ginger Beer, lime A portion of the proceeds donated to the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona César E. Chávez 15th Annual March and Rally Saturday, March 28 at 9:00am Show your love for Dolores Huerta y la Feministas Pueblo High School, Tucson AZ 3500 S 12th Avenue
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Photo by Jerry Abuan
Ember and Oz at a Gaslight Theatre gathering
photo by Paul Davis Photography at WWWC 2013
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Steampunk Fantasy Brought to Life The Wild Wild West Con by Craig Baker Dust off your goggles and shine up your steam-and-crank-powered accessories, because Wild Wild West Con (WWWC) is returning to Tucson! The three day festival at Old Tucson Studios is the largest Western-themed Steampunk Convention in the United States and, as it’s only in its fourth year of operation, the event seems to be growing in exponential fashion. Co-owner of the event, Diana Given, expects that this year’s festival will attract somewhere in the neighborhood of 3000 costume-clad attendees to the historic old west town to participate in workshops and panels, attend concerts by genre-relevant bands like Steam Powered Giraffe and Abney Park, and show off their goods in the scheduled fashion show and costume contest. The event also boasts more than 50 Steampunk-themed vendors to help you finish and improve your costumes as well as two separate Absinthe tasting events. With more than 150 hours of programming over the course of the weekend, Given says “your biggest problem (at WWWC) is going to be deciding which things to go see… you will agonize over the things you will miss in order to see something else.” Sounds like a good problem to have for Con-goers. Lady Ember Brennen Sparks and Dr. Ozwald Gookenhymen Copperchops (better known as Kay Townsend and Ozwald Kraus to their employers) are two such Steampunk super-fans. The self-proclaimed “partners in crime” met at a heavy metal show in Phoenix over four years ago and have been together ever since. Though both claim to have fallen in love with the Steampunk movement through different mediums—for Sparks, it was her devotion to fashion and theater, and for Copperchops, an appreciation of classic horror and science fiction literature—they each say that the “completely immersive experience” of WWWC sets it apart from similar events. Where most genre conventions take
place in hotel lobbies and convention centers, “This is a film set,” says Sparks of the Old Tucson venue, “this is what it was made for.” Copperchops says that, when waking through the old west town in full Victorian regalia, it’s much easier to slip into and stay in character than at, say, the ballroom of a Holiday Inn. It also makes sharing and reflecting on the experience that much more fun: “You can’t take a bad picture (at WWWC),” he says. And, says Sparks, holding a Steampunk Convention in the Arizona desert makes a lot of sense: suddenly those costume accessories like sun goggles, top hats, and parasols that might otherwise become a nuisance over the course of a day of conning are completely functional at an outdoor event. She cautions attendees against wearing uncomfortable shoes for the sake of their costumes, though: “I learned that the hard way,” she says of her decision to wear four-inch heels to the first WWWC in 2011. Given insists that costumes aren’t a requirement for WWWC attendees, but be forewarned that those who show up in plain clothes will almost certainly be in the minority. Still, WWWC will be completely taking over Old Tucson during the event, so anyone on the grounds that weekend, including regular park attendees, can expect to see a bit of a sci-fi take to the typical gun-slinging demonstrations visitors to the studio have come to expect. WWWC takes place at Old Tucson Studios, 201 S. Kinney Rd., March 6-8. One-day “Explorer” passes are $41 for adults/$34 for children; three-day “Maverick” passes are $64 for adults/$44 for children. More information available at WildWestCon.com. March 2015 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 13
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Shushing the Librarian Stereotype by Jamie Manser
They are classic scenes in the 1984 film “Ghostbusters.” One is the opener with the grandmotherly librarian who gets the bejeezus scared out of her by the “free-roaming, vaporous, full torso apparition” haunting the New York Public Library. The other scene is with that ghost, who seems to also have been a librarian in her earthly life, shushing the Ghostbusters when they try to ask her questions while she is reading; she then terrorizes and chases them off when they don’t comply with her request to be quiet. With the comedic team of Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis as the main focus, it is easy to gloss over the ghostly librarian typecast as an elderly white woman who wears her grey hair in a bun, shushes people and then turns monstrous when she’s not obeyed. It’s every little kid’s nightmare. But, let’s stop a minute, pull back for the wide angle perspective and look through a different lens. If you are a librarian, the depiction probably touches a nerve because “Ghostbusters” certainly isn’t the only movie that perpetuates the stereotype. “It’s everywhere,” says University of Arizona Research and Learning Librarian Nicole Pagowsky. “It is everywhere,” agrees Cindy Elliott, also a Research and Learning Librarian at the UA. “Especially in the media, the stereotypes are in everything from cartoons up into popular films, and television shows. Music, all kinds of things,” Elliott shares. The three of us are chatting at the UA Main Library in mid-February, digging into the enduring and erroneous images often associated with librarians. The persistent portrayals and the implications will be shared, “in a fun way,” by Pagowsky and Elliott at Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry’s Show & Tell – a multimedia learning experience – on Wednesday, March 11. Pagowsky, who is the co-editor of “The Librarian Stereotype: Deconstructing Perceptions and Presentations of Information Work,” imparts that her interest in examining the formulaic librarian representations stems from a curiosity about how these stereotypes affect the diversity of the profession, along with how librarians are perceived. “The profession is over 85 percent white and over 80 percent women,” Pagowsky says. “A lot of it is because this stereotype is out there that we’re old white women or sexy white women. It’s not even necessarily, ‘Oh, I’m not sexy, I can’t go into it,’ it’s more like, ‘I’m not white’ or ‘I don’t fit into this demographic.’”
“And it’s damaging because if you don’t fit into that, you don’t see yourself in that role,” Elliott adds. “If you don’t see yourself represented there, you may not feel like ‘That’s for me.’ So that’s part of it too, we work really hard to try to recruit people from all types of backgrounds because it adds to our diversity. We need that to reflect what is going on with society.” “And also with serving a diverse campus,” Pagowsky shares, “to just have a bunch of the same people with the same perspective developing our services, and our instruction and our interfaces and everything…” “You want to recruit people from various backgrounds,” Elliott elucidates, “because it reflects our academic community and it reflects the community we live in.” Along with dispelling the white, female dominated stereotype, Pagowsky also works to dismantle the idea of what librarians are supposed to wear through her blog LibrarianWardrobe.com. “Of course being female dominated, (the stereotypes are) focused on how we look. Which is another issue.” Elliott adds that “it is weird and interesting, how fashion is very tied to the way someone perceives a librarian, so that blog that Nicole has is great. It shows that there’s a wide variety of people.” In addition to dispelling mythologies surrounding the surface aspects of what librarians look like during the Show & Tell presentation, Pagowsky and Elliott will also share the exciting assortment of work and research librarians do at UA. Some are archivists in Special Collections, dealing with rarities like space dirt and a vaudeville collection; another librarian helps people on campus deal with and understand copyright issues. There are also health sciences librarians who do community outreach and librarians who work in student retention and campus outreach. Pagowsky sums up the goal of the Show & Tell presentation, her scholarly work and website by saying, “It’s to show that there’s not really one way that we all look. People dress differently, people work at all different types of libraries, there’s all types of people that are librarians.” The free Show & Tell presentation, “Shushing the Librarian Stereotype,” is on Wednesday, March 11 at Playground Bar & Lounge, 278 E. Congress St.,6 p.m. Details available at Confluencenter.arizona.edu or by calling 621-4587.
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Fourth Annual Park Place Chalk Art Festival, March 28-29
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MÖDA PROVoCATEuR Fashion and dinner fund-
DOWNTOWN HERITAGE WALKING TOUR, PART II Includes a docent led tour of Fox The-
raising event for Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation. Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave. 628-7223, SAAFModa.org
ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR
Local artists and craftspeople show and sell jewelry, woodwork, candles, folk art, wrought iron, and more. 9am-2pm. Free. Cat Mountain Station, 2740 S. Kinney Rd. 578-4272, CatMountainStation.com
ORO VALLEY FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS Features up to 150 artists and exhibitors, music, family activities and more. 10am-4pm. Free. Oro Valley Marketplace, Southwest corner of Oracle and Tangerine. Saaca. org/FestivaloftheArts
BOOTS AND BALLET A Ballet Tucson fundraiser including roping demonstrations, silent auction, linedancing, and music. 12pm-3:30pm $55; Adults. $30; Children 12 and under. Stardance Event Center, 8110 N. Scenic Dr. 903-1445, BalletTucson.org
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atre. 10am – 12pm. $15. 625-8365, KruseArizona.com
SAT 7- SUN 8 2ND ANNUAL BICAS CAMPING WEEKEND Join BICAS at their second over night bike tour at the beautiful Colossal Caves Mountain Park and camp under the stars with your friends and favorite mechanics. 8am on Mar 7- 2pm on Mar 8. $35-$55, 44 W. 6th St. Bicas org.
SUN 8 TUCSON IRON AND METAL ART SHOW SALE Focusing on work of SE AZ artists who work in recycled metals. 10am-5pm. Scrap Yard, 690 E. 36th St. TucsonIron.com
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS Flamenco show, sangria, dinner and tapas. $75. 6pm-9pm. Casa Vicente, 375 S. Stone Ave. EWB-UA.org/Projects/html
march SAT 14 2ND SATURDAYS
A monthly downtown festival featuring vendors, food, live music and more. Free. Congress Street, 2ndSaturdaysDowntown.com
CYBERSPUNK A book club burlesque inspired by William Gibson’s Neuromancer. $8-$20. 8pm. Maker House, 283 N. Stone Ave. ArtMatter.org
SUN 15 DUETS AND DINNER GALA
Featuring live music of the Tucson Girls Chorus, dinner, raffle, silent auction, and more. 5pm-8:30pm. $100. Tucson Jewish Community Center, 3800 E. River Rd. 577-6064, TucsonGirlsChorus.org
ANNUAL ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE & FESTIVAL Featuring live Irish music, dancers, entertainment, children’s activities and more. Festival begins at 10am; parade begins at 11am. Free. Armory Park, Downtown. TucsonStPatricksDay.com
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march SAT 14 BEAD DRIVE Enjoy light refreshments and free raffle prizes where one lucky charity will be randomly chosen as the Beading Divas bracelet fundraising recipient for May 2015. Bring beads to enter your favorite charity. 4pm-5pm. Silver Sea Jewelry, 330 N. 4th Ave. 624-9954.
SAT 14-SUN 15 TUCSON FESTIVAL OF BOOKS Hundreds of national and internationally renowned authors, and exhibitors; lectures, interviews, book signings, workshops, poetry readings, writing contests, panel discussions, kids events, more. 9:30am-5:30pm. Free. University of Arizona campus. TucsonFestivalofBooks.org
SUN 15-SUN 22 22ND ANNUAL TUCSON WINTER CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL A week-long series of concerts and other events. Prices vary. Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Ave. 577-3769, ArizonaChamberMusic.org
WED 18- SAT 21 3RD ANNUAL GROWDOWN A garden design challenge. Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, TucsonBotanical.org
THU 19 ARIZONA PATHFINDERS POTLUCK Food and presentation of “The History of the Buffalo Soldier” presented by Harlan Bradford. Free; bring a dish to share with others. 6pm. AHS Museum, 949 E. 2nd St. ArizonaPathfinders.com
FRI 20- SAT 21 STAMP AND SCRAP FEST Art rubber stamp and scrapbook show from vendors all over the U.S. Fri, 7pm-10pm; Sat, 10am-5pm. Lazy Days KOA, 5151 S. Country Club Rd. 208-939-6152, StampandScrapFest.com
FRI 20- SUN 22 FOURTH AVENUE STREET FAIR Over 400 arts and crafts booths, 35 food vendors, performance stages, street musicians, food, jugglers, kids entertainment, face painting, balloons, more. 10am-6pm. Free. 624-5004, FourthAvenue.org
SUN 22 RAILROAD SILVER SPIKE FESTIVAL Celebrate the 135th anniversary of the Southern Pacific Railroad’s arrival in Tucson with historic re-enactments, music, arts & crafts, & children’s activities. Free. 10am. Tucson Historic Depot, 414 N. Toole Ave. 623-2223, TucsonHistoricDepot.org
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events Z SUN 22 FELICIA’S FARM SPRING BENEFIT Farm tours, kids crafts, table chef challenge and more. $20-$40. 11am-3pm. 3761 E. River Rd. Facebook.com/FeliciasFarm GUATEMALAN JEWELRY FOR UNICEF The exquisite creations of the Guatemalan artists from the Curtis Porter Guatemalan Feliz collection with proceeds benefitting Unicef. 10am-5pm. United Nations Assoc. Center and Store, corner of Speedway and Wilmot. 334-7745.
FRI 27-SUN 29 SPRING ARTISANS MARKET Artists offer unique creations in jewelry, ceramics, watercolors, & metal work. Kids area, live music, more. 10am-5pm. Free. Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333, TucsonMuseumOfArt.org
FRI 27-MON 30 BOOK SALE A benefit for Tucson libraries. 9am-4pm . 2230 N. Country Club. 7953763, PimaFriends.com
SAT 28-Sun 29 Fourth Annual Park Place Chalk Art Festival
Professional artists and attendees of all ages will create their own unique designs, drawing on inspirations from nature, outer space, history, science, culture, abstract ideas and more. Saturday, March 28 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, March 29 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Park Place, 5870 E. Broadway Blvd. More info at saaca.org
SAT 28 CEMETERY TOUR Visit grave sites of Tucson pioneers sponsored by the Arizona Historical Society. 9:30am-11:30am. $15. Holy Hope Cemetery, 3535 N. Oracle Rd. ArizonaHistoricalSociety.org
GIRL SCOUTS-OVER THE EDGE FUNDRAISER Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona will cheer on 76 brave rappellers who have raised at least $1,000 to support the Girl Scouts’ programming. Reppellers will descend down 17-stories. 9am-5pm. 5151 E. Broadway Blvd, GirlScoutsSoAz.org
Sun29 BLENMAN-ELM PORCH FEST A free community building event with live music, food, art and more. Facebook.com/TucsonPorchFest
Ongoing TUCSON FOOD TOURS Tucson’s only walking food tour. Combination of foods and a little history of downtown Tucson. Takes you through the historic downtown and 4th Avenue districts of Tucson. See website for dates. 477-7986, FoodToursTucson.com
Sundays SALON SALON YOGA takes place every Sunday in March. 4pm. $5 per session. Historic Downtown Depot, 401 N. Toole Ave.
Mondays MEET ME AT MAYNARDS (@Hotel Congress) Southern Arizona Roadrunners’ Monday evening, non-competitive, social 3-mile run/walk, that begins and ends downtown at Hotel Congress, rain/shine/holidays included! 311 E. Congress St. 991-0733, MeetMeAtMaynards.com
DOWNTOWN SCIENCE CAFES
Discussions on scientific happenings. See website for times and locations. Free. Flandrau.org/Programs/Science_Cafe. Tue 17: When Guardians of the Airway Fall
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Women in the Workforce We’ve Come a Long Way by Jamie Manser
On Saturday, March 21, the UA Bookstore’s first floor is set to become a portal to the past when a salon – featuring music and discussion – on the women’s movement takes place. The UA Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry’s event, part of the Creative Collaborations series, is looking back at the middle of the 20th century when a seismic paradigm shift occurred in the United States; the shift from men mostly running things to women entering professional fields, and when girls’ ambitions could evolve beyond solely finding the perfect husband and becoming a dutiful wife and mother. Pianist, Professor Emerita and the UA Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry Senior Fellow Paula Fan, the Creative Collaborations coordinator and host, reflects on the incredible journey of the women’s movement through dialogue with women from journalism, medicine and law – along with songs performed by vocalist Kristin Dauphinais. “The stories that these ladies are going to tell, its history; they lived through it. I’m in my 60s. I am sort of peripheral to it. These three – in law, journalism, and medicine – we’re talking about the power fields, where women weren’t represented, so I think it is an important event,” Fan said. These amazing, accomplished and award-winning professionals include magazine and newspaper journalist Linda Grant, Dr. Marilyn Heins, and retired attorney Susan Freund, J.D. All three entered college and their careers at a time when female participation was not the norm. They succeeded in spades through intelligence, determination and hard work. They faced discrimination and had experiences that would be lawsuit worthy today. Linda Grant, 75, who graduated with a journalism degree from Northwestern University in 1963, shared that when she worked at Fortune Magazine (owned by Time, Inc.) in the 1970s, there was “a strict gender-based policy: men writers and women fact-checkers and reporters. “This struck me as arrogant and wrong. In 1970, the women of Fortune filed a complaint with the EEOC (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis20 ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com | March 2015
sion). As part of the settlement, Fortune and other Time Inc. publications had to institute ‘writer training programs’ for women,” Grant wrote via email. “The men editors hated this requirement, and year after year flunked all the womenin-training. In the mid-70s, I was selected to go through a one-year ‘training program.’ Pretty much everyone on the staff thought it would be a slam dunk, for I had freelanced for other publications and had been writing at Fortune for years. I just wasn’t getting the promotion and the pay of a writer. After a year the editors flunked me as well, which ended the entire training program. “I wrote a strong letter of protest, took a leave, came back, and was promoted to associate editor and writer only months later. This was huge victory for all women. I celebrated by quitting Fortune and joining the Los Angeles Times in L.A. “This fight – which the women at all magazines followed – led to the opening up of jobs for women. It has been detailed in a book by Lynn Povich called ‘The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace.’ Newsweek was first; Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated followed months later. The lawsuits were based on the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and follow-up legislation in 1979 that prohibited any company who did business with the U.S. government from discrimination,” Grant explained. Dr. Marilyn Heins, a pediatrics expert, received her medical degree from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1955 and her undergraduate degree from Radcliffe (Harvard) in 1951. Heins, who is 84, shared in an email that at her undergrad orientation, Radcliffe’s Dean told the women that they were there to become educated mothers for their children. “I went to college to become a doctor, so this was a bit of cognitive dissonance. One of the libraries was for men only and, yes, Harvard was a man’s world in those days. Most professors were at least somewhat accepting of the women students but I remember one asking us not to knit in class. I did not know how to knit then and still don’t know how.”
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In a 2001 award acceptance speech, Heins recalled that “on the first day of our obstetrics rotation, the head of the department began the introductory lecture thusly: ‘With apologies to the women attending this lecture in order to become physicians, the function of young women is to have babies.’ I was a conscientious student so I wrote down his words verbatim. It took 18 years for that remark to somehow surface into my conscious thoughts and enrage me.” Susan Freund, J. D., 69, graduated from college in 1967 with a degree in economics and a minor in accounting. “I was the only female in all of my business classes, but felt very supported by the professors. I made very good grades in my business and accounting classes, but was advised by my accounting professor that only the government (not private accounting firms) would hire me upon graduation because of my gender. He was right. I took a job as a field agent with the IRS. I was told at the time I was hired that there were only four female field agents in the whole U.S. I don’t know if this was true, but even the federal government was very much male dominated at this time. “Before law school, I earned an M.B.A. from Monmouth University – I was the first female to do so. All of my professors and classmates were very supportive. I began law school (at the University of Arizona) in 1974. I was almost 29 and by then, a third of the class was female. We were the first class with substantial female numbers. The male classmates were very supportive, but some of the professors not so. Fortunately, the tax and business law professors were great. I graduated in 1977. After law school I went on to get a Masters of Law degree in Taxation at NYU. Again, a very good experience both with classmates and professors. I graduated in 1978,” Freund wrote via email. When asked what some of the enduring accomplishments of the women’s movement are, Linda Grant wrote that the achievements for women today are proven by the numbers. “Women are everywhere: doctors, lawyers, engineers, journalists (no women’s pages anymore).” Dr. Marilyn Heins reflected Grant’s statement by saying, “the civil rights and women’s movement made enormous differences. Women have acquired access to virtually all professional and career opportunities.” As Grant also said, “the movement could have done things better, but revolutions are messy. I think the movement wandered off course when it blamed men for everything, when bra-burners and demonstrators were silly. All we wanted was equal pay, and we are still working toward that goal, but progress is being made – two steps forward and one back.” Heins added that women’s advancements in achieving professional positions of power still needs a lot of work. All three women, all mothers, echoed the same concern about child rearing. “Who is going to nurture the children?” Grant asked. Freund said that “one of the biggest challenges facing women today is how to manage a career and family. The support just isn’t there, for either the mother or the father. Maternity/paternity leave is too short.” “The ‘big problem’,” wrote Heins, “is far from solved. When women work, either to fulfill their career dreams or feed their family, in a nation whose policies seem to assume all women are at home as in the ‘Dick and Jane’ books, who takes care of the children, our future? “I hope today’s young people, both men and women, will use their creative thinking and political power to solve the ‘double burden’ problem.” Creative Collaborations’ “Women in the Workforce: We’ve Come a Long Way” is free and runs from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 21 at the UA Bookstore’s first floor – located next to the student union at 1209 E. University Blvd. There is free parking in the Second Street Garage at Mountain Avenue. More information is at Confluencenter.arizona.edu or by calling 621-4587. March 2015 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 21
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Small Gardens, Big Ideas Jon D’Auria
Many people who are foreign to the American Southwest picture the Arizona landscape as austere stretches of barren desert that offer only the occasional cactus as the sole form of plant life in our hot and arid ecosystem. But to those who live here or have experienced it, they know that Tucson offers a diverse range of plant life that makes for some magnificent landscape possibilities. Tucson is also home to a large community of talented landscape designers who utilize the native and foreign plant life here to create beautiful yard arrangements and whimsical garden settings that showcase our region’s plant diversity in our homes and neighborhoods. To exhibit the impressive artistry of these designers, the Tucson Botanical Gardens is once again pinning three talented contestants against each other for a high stakes design-off in the third annual Growdown. From Wednesday, March 18th to Sunday, March 24th three local landscape design professionals will go trowel-to-trowel in a three-day competition to transform an empty 15’ x 20’ plot at the Tucson Botanical Gardens into the best Tucson Pocket Garden. The theme, “Small Gardens, Big Ideas,” will focus on the contestants creating a small, usable garden that thrives in the local desert conditions. Three plots of land will be used on TBG’s premises and the event will be open for visitors to watch the transformations take place. “The Tucson Botanical Gardens developed Growdown as an innovative way to provide meaningful and engaging entertainment for our guests, attract new audiences and build community partnerships while inspiring creativity in landscape design,” says Tucson Botanical Gardens Executive Director Michelle Conklin. “The talent and the caliber of the designers that we’ve selected is truly remarkable and we’re thrilled to see the final results of what they come up with this year.” Sponsored by Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden and Wallace Research Foundation, this year the event features an all female field of competitors that includes public art consultant and landscape architect Margaret L. Joplin RLA, of Design Collaborations, landscape designer and APLD Associate Member Sonya Becker of Northwest Landscaping and landscape architects Dara Widner, MLA and Beverly Wilson, RLA. The design teams will have a total of 24 hours over the course of three days and they will be forced to put their shovels down at 3pm on Friday, March 22nd before the final judging. All three gardens will remain on display through April of 2015. While the event does provide an immense amount of education on desert landscaping, to many of the spectators it’s the reality television competition element that keeps them coming back each year. Inspired by the plethora of reality TV challenges that flood our cable channels in this era, Growdown brings that creative excitement to a local level.
“Today’s average guest to a botanical gardens is very different than the guest of yesterday. iPhones, Netflix, and reality shows have resulted in the immediate gratification age. Televised design competitions are addictive and feel new, yet indoor and outdoor flower competitions have been conducted worldwide throughout history,” says Conklin. “This event brings together the best of both worlds, where spectators can observe raw artistic talent in a competition format on a local level that educates and inspires the spectators on the depth of our local plant life.” Each design team will be provided with a $1,500 stipend to cover the cost of plants, materials and labor, one 15’ x 20’ plot of land, carts and wheelbarrows, watering by the TBG horticulture staff, assistance from volunteers and plenty of Arizona sunshine to help their botanical creations come to life. During the judging session, a Designer Forum will take place where the participants have a chance to talk with visitors and members about their concepts and the process of installation. “Last year’s event gave us an incredible opportunity to showcase not only our creative design skills, but efficient, high quality craftsmanship orchestrated under a vigorous deadline,” says 2014 Growdown runner-up Allen Denomy of Solana Outdoor Living. “As designers, we are very grateful for the Tucson Botanical Gardens for a putting together such a well thought out and immensely fun event that focuses on something that we’re all so passionate about.” Growdown is adding two new elements to the event this year including a student design competition that will place college designers from the U of A and ASU against each other to submit plans and drawings of their garden designs to be voted on. The top ten submissions will be narrowed down to one winner from each school that will receive an award at the designer forum. Another new element is the People’s Choice Awards, where each designer will be required to incorporate a water harvesting feature and a garden art piece. The public will get their chance to vote on the best of both at the wrap up event on March 21st. “The Tucson Botanical Gardens have reinvented the temporary garden installation mode, presenting it as a way to engage guests, designers and businesses, as well as a means to engage members and welcome visitors,” says Conklin. “There’s always so much excitement surrounding this event and it keeps getting bigger with stronger competition each year. It’s a perfect way to come enjoy the gardens and to see the high level of talent of the local designers here in town at the same time.” For more information on Growdown visit: www.tucsonbotanical.org/events/ growdown or email info@tucsonbotanical.org. March 2015 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 23
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A Motel it Becomes The Downtown Clifton in downtown Tucson opening soon by Craig Baker
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Tucson Cine Mexico Returns by Herb Stratford In Tucson there are a number of “spring classics” that locals and visitors alike can look forward to. I’m not talking about our annual Gem Show, the rodeo, or even a golf tournament. I’m referring to an arts and culture touchstone that brings some of the best in Mexican cinema to Tucson every March. The annual Tucson Cine Mexico film festival will again be playing at the Screening Room on East Congress form March 19-22. With all screenings free and open to the public, and taking place at the newly renovated Screening Room—this is one event not to miss in 2015. Presented annually by the Hanson Film Institute, the Tucson Cine Mexico festival showcases some of the most acclaimed contemporary Mexican films currently making the rounds. This year’s festival will feature six feature-length films and one short film, and the festival will also have a special film and music event on Sunday. In addition, visiting filmmakers will be part of special events throughout the festival further enhancing the experience. As in the past, all films that are not in English will have subtitles so don’t worry if your Spanish is a bit rusty. Of special note this year is the special sneak preview screening of the film Gloria, which chronicles the life of Mexican music superstar Gloria Trevi, who rose from poverty to international stardom before a sex scandal brought her world crashing down. The film has been a Mexican box office smash, and the Tucson Cine Mexico screening comes in advance of the film’s planned US release later this year. The film will screen twice, on Saturday, March 21 at 6:30pm and 9pm. Other films in this year’s program include the Arizona premieres of La Tirisia/Perpetual Sadness, Volando Bajo and Paraiso/Paradise. Several of these screenings will also preceded by an excellent short film La Graduacion, which is directed by UA alumni Rafael Gomez. His film debuted at last year’s “I Dream in Widescreen” as his senior film, and has gone on to play in several festivals. It depicts a roadside police stop that doesn’t go as planned, and is evidence of a strong new talent who will likely have an interesting cinematic voice moving forward in his career. The audience for Tucson Cine Mexico is a curious blend, according to Vicky
Westover, the director of the Hanson Film Institute, and founder of Tucson Cine Mexico. “What has been surprising, and gratifying for sure, is the diverse audience in terms or age, race, ethnicity, and socio-economic status with a wide age range from children to the elderly for any given film.” With an audience that is usually 30% - 40% Anglo, it’s clear that the films are not just playing to an audience who is already familiar with Mexican cinema. In a way the film festival is also a great cultural exchange opportunity with visiting filmmakers getting to interact with the Tucson community. “The filmmakers who have been our guests say they have had a wonderful experience and are surprised by the diverse and vibrant audience, and our great hospitality. They say this is not what they usually experience at other film festivals. They admit that their expectations for Tucson were different (smaller audiences with not the high standard for exhibition quality.) Some have returned and those who have been with us have spread the word about our hospitality, exhibition quality, and eager audience,” said Westover. And what might the future hold for Tucson Cine Mexico? Westover remains excited about the festival and its success in connecting Mexican films with Tucson audiences, and sees more of a challenge in continuing to put on the fest with limited resources. But there is never a shortage of great films to showcase. “Every year there are many wonderful films we consider for programming. I think we have a consistently strong and diverse lineup. At this point we have a good reputation, strong partnerships with New York-based Cinema Tropical and Mexico based Ambulante and are able to pretty easily get the films we want,” said Westover. It may be that the festival continues to transform and be offered every other year in the future, but given the support, interested audiences and great films, Tucson Cine Mexico is likely to continue to be a Tucson “spring classic” that we can all look forward to. Tucson Cine Mexico runs from March 19 through 22 at the Screening Room, located at 127 East Congress. All screenings are free and open to the public. For a full schedule of films and screening times visit TucsonCineMexico.org. March 2015 | ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com 29
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Mark Klett Then + Now by Herb Stratford Photographer Mark Klett is a modern day enigma. Known world-wide for his stunning large-scale black and white images that trace and invoke past landscape photograph pioneers, he also brings a modern sensibility to his work that is infused with a wide range of emotions. Rarely are artists so agile at capturing both the majesty of their environments along with the complex socio-economic impact of modern man on the same spaces. In Klett’s new show at the Etherton Gallery entitled Then + Now, the photographer again demonstrates both his technical artistry and his keen powers of observation. The exhibition is divided into three sections, the first features a look at several now-classic black and white images of western landscape that are familiar and compelling for their beauty and composition. Long known as one of the finest landscape photographers in the country, if not the world, these images reinforce the beauty of the environment that many of us will never see firsthand. With sweeping vistas and towering rock forms these images look like stills from a science fiction film. The next part of the show features these same black and white images on a larger scale than they have been seen before. This transformation is quite remarkable for a number of reasons. First, the amount of detail that has been captured and not seen before is staggering. Secondly, the images somehow manage to convey an even more powerful respect for the space that is being portrayed. After seeing these jumbo-sized works, it’s hard to go back to the originals. The final set of images in the main exhibition, from the Camino del Diablo 32 ZOCALOMAGAZINE.com | March 2015
series, are entirely new, and are in glorious color. Klett again revisits his passion for history, as for this series he has retraced the route of an 1870 geological survey and photographed what might have been seen along the way. The pages from the book describing the landscape are displayed adjacent to each image, which adds to the experience of seeing this landscape for the first time in both words and images. Ironically, the location of this trek is now part of the Barry M. Goldwater bombing range and US military training area in the Sonoran Desert. As in the past, this juxtaposition of man and nature is handmade for Klett’s eye to document the intersection of man and nature in an uncanny way. These images are drop dead gorgeous and also a little sad. The scale of man in several puts perspective into play, along with the debris that has been left behind, but in the end it’s the staggering beauty of nature at outweighs anything humans are doing. Largely unchanged since the era of the original descriptions in the narrative accompaniment, one can easily imagine being marooned in this foreign landscape in the late 1800s following a dangerous and hard stagecoach journey into the newest area of the United States, and expressing wonder at the exotic flora and fauna. Of particular note is one image of a crescent moon over a barely visible mountain range that sucks the viewer into its rich and inky black midnight tones. Another personal favorite in this series is the beautiful bowl of stars on display in another night scene, something that is hard to imagine to us city-dwellers—sad creatures who rarely see anything but the brightest
stars due to urban light pollution. Equally startling though is the image of a military training compound constructed out of shipping containers to resemble a mosque. The desert life around the obstruction is a riot of color and texture that lets us know the desert will reclaim this interloper soon, as this desert is clearly standing in for another region This body of work was recently vetted in a New York Times opinion page piece due to its exhibition at the Pace McGill Gallery where the retracing of the dangerous journey from 1870 and again today in an active bombing range that borders Mexico, is recognized as no small feat. While it was impossible to know if the route documented by Klett was exactly the same one taken in the 1870s, the fact that the wilderness still exists and continues to beguile, is the point. Also on display as part of the show is a series of intimate images entitled Time Studies that track celestial movements in a single image. These are both works of art and scientific observations that only Klett could merge and make fascinating.
Contemplating the View at Muley Point, Utah, 5/13/94 from Revealing Territory archival pigment print on Museo Photo rag, printed 2014 32 x 40 inches, © Mark Klett 1994, courtesy Etherton Gallery Under the Dark Cloth, Monument Valley, 5/27/89 © Mark Klett 1994, courtesy Etherton Gallery
Mark Klett Then + Now is on display at the Etherton Gallery, located at 135 S. sixth Avenue in downtown Tucson. The show is up through March 21 and is free and open to the public Tuesday thru Saturday 11am – 5pm and by appointment at 624-7370.
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Dan Duggan and Peggy Lynn perform Sun, Mar 8 at part of the Oro Valley House Concerts.
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Performances ARIZONA FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC Winter Festival takes place Sun, Mar 15- Sun, Mar 22; see website for specific date and time details. TCC’s Leo Rich Theatre, 260 S. Church Ave. 577-3769, ArizonaChamberMusic.org
ARIZONA OPERA The Magic Flute shows Sat, Mar 7- Sun, Mar 8. TCC’s Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave. 293-4336, AZOpera.com
ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY Romeo and Juliet continues through Sat, Mar 21. Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. 884-8210, ArizonaTheatre.org
BALLET TUCSON Dance and Dessert takes place Fri, Mar 20- Sun, Mar 22. Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, University of Arizona, 1737 E. Univeristy Blvd. 903-1445, BalletTucson.org
BLACK CHERRY BURLESQUE Tantalizing burlesque performance on Fri, Mar 6. Surly Wench Pub, 424 N. 4th Ave. 882-0009, TucsonBurlesque.com
BROADWAY IN TUCSON Guys and Dolls continues through Sun, Mar 1. Once opens Tue, Mar 31. TCC’s Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave. 903-2929, BroadwayInTucson. com
CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATRE Chitty Chitty Bang Bang shows Thu, Mar 26Sun, Mar 29. Pima Community College Center for the Arts Proscenium Theatre, 2202 W. Anklam Rd. CYTTucson.org
DON’T BLINK BURLESQUE The Tuesday Night Tease takes place every Tuesday night throughout March. 9pm. The Hut, 305 N. 4th Ave. 245-0532, DontBlinkBurlesque.com
FOX THEATRE
Don Williams performs Sun, Mar 1. Up With The People perform Fri, Mar 6- Sat, Mar 7. Twintastic takes place Sun, Mar 8. Marc Cohn performs Thu, Mar 12. Paula Poundstone performs Sat, Mar 14. Audra McDonald performs Sun, Mar 15. Pink Floyd Experience takes place Sun, Mar 22. The Hit Men perform Fri, Mar 27. NPC Natural Outlaw 2015 takes place Sat, Mar 28. Prices Vary. 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515, FoxTucsonTheatre.org
THE GASLIGHT THEATRE The Secret Santa continues through Sun, Jan 4. The Ballad of Two Gun McGraw continues through Sun, Mar 29. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. 886-9428, TheGaslightTheatre.com
INVISIBLE THEATRE Cannoli, Latkes and Guilt takes place Sat, Mar 7- Sun, Mar 8. 1200 W. Speedway Blvd. 882-9721, InvisibleTheatre.com
LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP Move Over Mrs. Markham continues through Sat, Mar 28. The Snow Queen continues through Sun, Mar 22. See website for prices and times. 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. 327-4242, LiveTheatreWorkshop.org
NOT BURNT OUT JUST UNSCREWED Shows every Friday and Saturday throughout March. Unscrewed Theater, 3244 E. Speedway Blvd. 861-2986, UnscrewedComedy.com
ODYSSEY STORYTELLING SERIES Wild takes place Thu, Mar 5. 7:00pm; Free. The Screening Room, 127 E. Congress St. 730-4112, OdysseyStoryTelling.com
ORO VALLEY CONCERTS Dan Duggan and Peggy Lynn perform Sun, Mar 8. 7pm. 9140 N. Shadow. Mt. Dr, 297-1245.
PCC THEATRE ARTS Monty Python’s Spamalot continues through Sun, Mar 8. 2202 W. Anklam Rd. 206-6670, Pima.edu/cfa
THE ROGUE THEATRE The Lady in the Looking Glass continues through Sun, Mar 15. 738 N. 5th Ave. 551-2053, TheRogueTheatre.org
TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Sean Chen performs Thu, Mar 5. TSO Percussion Ensemble performs Sat, Mar 7. Catalina Foothills High School performs Sat, Mar 7- Sun, Mar 8. Symphony No. 3 takes place Fri, Mar 13 and Sun, Mar 15. Canadian Brass performs Sat, Mar 21. Ethan Bortnick performs Sat, Mar 28- Sun, Mar 29. See website for times and prices. TCC’s Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave. 882-8585, TucsonSymphony.org
TUCSON CHAMBER ARTISTS Rachmaninoff St. John Chryststom takes place Fri, Mar 20- Sun, Mar 22. See website for times and locations. $25-$40. 401-2651, TucsonChamberArtists.org
UA’S ARIZONA REPERTORY THEATRE Blu continues through Sun, Mar 1. Othello opens Sun, Mar 8. Tornabene Theatre, 1025 N. Olive Rd. 621-1162, web.cfa. arizona.edu/theatre
UA’S CENTENNIAL HALL See Jane Sing with Jane Lynch on Sun, Mar 8. $30$55. 7pm. 1020 E. University Blvd. 621-334, CentHall.org
UA PRESENTS
Murray Perahia plays Tue, Mar 10. Richter Uzur Duo performs Thu, Mar 12- Sat, Mar 14. Audra Mcdonald performs Sun, Mar 15. Aspen Santa Fe Ballet takes place Thu, Mar 26. Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd. 621-3341, UAPresents.org
UA’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC The Arizona Symphony Orchestra performs Fri, Mar 6. 7:30pm. Crowder Hall, corner of Speedway and Park. 621-1162, Music.Arizona.Edu
VAIL THEATRE OF THE ARTS Monroe Crossing In Concert takes place Sat, Mar 14. 7pm-9pm. Tickets: $22 advance, $25 cash or check at the door. 10701 E Mary Ann Cleveland Way. 879-3925, VTOTA.org
ZUZI! DANCE COMPANY No Frills Dance Happenin’ takes place Fri, Mar 6- Sat, Mar 7. Zuzi’s Little Theater, 738 N. 5th Ave. 629-0237, ZUZIMoveIt.org
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art Galleries/exhibits BAKER + HESSELDENZ FINE ART See website for details. Tucson Warehouse and Transfer Building, 100 E. 6th St. 760-0037, BakerHesseldenz.com
CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY Astronomical: Photographs of Our Solar System and Beyond show through Sun, May 17. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm; Sat & Sun, 1pm-4pm. 1030 N. Olive Rd. 621-7968, CreativePhotography.org
CONTRERAS GALLERY The Photographers runs Sat, Mar 7- Sat, Mar 28. Reception opening night from 6pm-9pm. Tues-Fri, 11am-5pm; Sat, 11am-4pm. 110 E. 6th St. 398-6557, ContrerasHouseFineArt.com
DAVIS DOMINGUEZ GALLERY
Paintings, works on paper by Josh Goldberg and sculpture by Steve Murphy continues through Sat, Mar 14. American Landscape Paintings by James Cook opens Thu, Mar 19. Tue-Fri, 11am-5pm; Sat, 11am-4pm. 154 E. 6th St. 629-9759, DavisDominguez.com
DEGRAZIA GALLERY IN THE SUN Way Of The Cross continues through May. Little Gallery: Lumen Art by Jeannie Fellow continues through Fri, Mar 6. Still Life to Landscapes by Raven Hatfield shows Sun, Mar 8- Fri, Mar 20. Wild Life Art by Lynn Waltke opens Sun, Mar 22. Daily, 10am-4pm. 6300 N. Swan Rd. 299-9191, DeGrazia.org
DESERT ARTISANS GALLERY Local Color continues through May. Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, 10am-1:30pm. 6536 E. Tanque Verde Rd. 722-4412, DesertArtisansGallery.com
DRAGONFLY GALLERY Paper, Papier, Papel continues through Fri, Mar 6. University of Arizona and University of Wisconsin Student Art opens Sat, Mar 14. 146 E. Broadway. DragonFlyVillage.org
ETHERTON GALLERY Then and Now by Mark Klett continues through Sat, Mar
“Red Rose Panel” by Sharon Holnback shows through Fri, Mar 13 as part of the Valentine Offerings exhibit at Yikes Toys!
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART Robert Barber: A Retrospective continues through Sun, May 31. Art Now! takes place Thu, Mar 5 and Thu, Mar 12. General Admission: $8, adults; free, children under 12, members, military; free to all last Sunday of the month. Wed-Sun, 12pm-5pm. 265 S. Church Ave. 624-5019, MOCA-Tucson.org
OLD TOWN ARTISANS Danny Martin: A Flurry of Sketches shows through Thu, Mar 26. 10am-5:30pm. Free. 201 N. Court Ave, 620-1725.
PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY & STUDIO Glass Reimagined continues through April. Tue-Sat;10am-5pm. 711 S. 6th Ave. 884-7404, PhilabaumGlass.com RANCH HOUSE GALLERY
Exhibit featuring Pima county natural resources shows through Thu, Mar 26. 12325 E. Roger Rd. 615-7885, Pima.gov/NRPR
SOUTHERN ARIZONA WATERCOLOR GUILD 47th Annual Show: Let The Light Shine continues through Sun, Mar 8. Tue-Sun, 11am-4pm. Free. SAWG Gallery, 5605 E. River Rd. 299-7294, SouthernAzWatercolorGuild.com
STOREFRONT GALLERY
Barrio Collection–Contemporary Art in Barrio Viejo opens Sat, Mar 14 with an opening reception from 12pm-5pm. Hours: Wed- Sat, 12pm5pm. 452 South Stone. 576-6663.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART
The Figured Examined continues through Sun, April 12. Tue-Wed & Fri-Sat, 10am-5pm; Thu, 10am-8pm; Sun, noon-5pm. $10, adults; $8, seniors; $5, college students w/ID; Free youth 18 and under, members, veterans and active military. Free to all the first Sunday of the month. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333, TucsonMuseumofArt.org
UA MUSEUM OF ART Beauties: The Photography of Andy Warhol; Salvador Dali: Our Historical Heritage; and The Pfeiffer Collection: Figures and Expressions in 20th Century America. Opening Friday, March 6, 5-7pm. Tue- Fri, 9am-5pm. Sat-Sun, 12pm4pm. 1031 N. Olive Rd. 621-7567, ArtMuseum.Arizona.Edu
21. Tue-Sat, 11am-5pm. 135 S. 6th Ave. 624-7370, EthertonGallery.com
WEE GALLERY Sleeping In The House of Light: Reflections on the Sonoran Desert
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY Volume I
by Keith Marroquin opens Sat, Mar 7- Sun, Mar 29. Thu-Sat; 11am-6pm, Sun; 11am5pm. 439 N. 6th Ave Suite #171. 360-6024, GalleryWee.com
by Angela Elsworth continues through April. Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm. 1031 N. Olive Rd. 626-4215, CFA.arizona.edu/galleries
KRIKAWA JEWELRY ART GALLERY Enlightenment opening reception: April 11th, 6-9PM Hours: Tue-Fri, 9am-5pm; Sat 10am-4pm. 21 E. Congress St. 520-3226090. Krikawa.com
LOUIS CARLOS BERNAL GALLERY Breaking Down Surface Tension continues through Fri, Mar 13. Mon-Thu, 10am-5pm. Fri, 10am-3pm. 2202 W. Anklam Rd. 206-6942, Pima.Edu/cfa
MOEN MASON GALLERY See website for details. 222 E. 6th St, 262-3806. MoenMasonGallery.com
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WILDE MEYER GALLERY
Small Works–Big Impressions continues through Wed, Mar 4. Wilde Cowboys and Indians and Wilde Contemporary continues through Sat, Mar 28. Celebrating Art shows Thu, Mar 5- Tue, Mar 31. Mon-Fri, 10am-5:30pm; Thu, 10am-7pm; Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, 12pm-5pm. Wilde Meyer Gallery, 3001 E. Skyline Dr. WildeMeyer.com
WOMANKRAFT ART GALLERY Here Comes The Sun continues through Sat, Mar 28. Wed-Sat; 1pm-5pm. 388 S. Stone Ave. 629-9976, WomanKraft.org
YIKES TOYS AND GIFT-O-RAMA A Hundred Hearts continues through Fri, Mar 13. Mon- Sat, 10am-5:30pm; Sun, 10am-3pm. Yikes Toys and Gift O-Rama, 2930 E. Broadway Blvd. 320-5669, YikesToys.com
Photo courtesy of Yikes Toys!
“Alertness” by Sheridan Brown shows at Wilde Meyer Gallery through Wed, Mar 4 as part of the exhibit “Small Works- Big Expressions.”
Photo courtesy of Wilde Meyer Gallery.
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"Mantango," 2014 acrylic on canvas by Josh Goldberg, shows at Davis Dominguez Gallery through Sat, Mar 14 as part of the exhibit "New Modern: Painting/ Sculpture" by Josh Goldberg and Steve Murphy.
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Congratulations to Nadia Lhu who was the winning artist for our February cover defacement contest (right). She won by audience vote at Romo Tonight Live. Below, a select few from over 100 entries we received. See more entries on Instagram at #defaceRTL
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Z exhibits Diamonds Are Forever: The Incredible Journeys of World-Famous Diamonds and The People Who Owned Them, at Mini-Time Machine Museum
Museums/Exhibits ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM Artists for Conservations: A Juried International Exhibit of Nature in Art continues through Sun, Mar 8. Regularly: Desert flora and fauna, animal presentations, Raptor Free Flights, more. $19.50 adults; $15.50, youth 13-17; $6, children 4-12. Sun-Fri, 7:30am-5pm. 2021 N. Kinney Rd. 883-1380, DesertMuseum.org
ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM Regarding Curtis: Contemporary Indian Artists Respond to Imagery of Edward S. Curtis continues through Tue, Mar 31. Photo ID: Portraits By Native Youth continues through Tue, Mar 31. Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm. UA Campus, 1013 E. University Blvd. 626-8381, StateMuseum.Arizona.edu
MINI-TIME MACHINE MUSEUM
Diamonds Are Forever: The Incredible Journeys of World-Famous Diamonds and The People Who Owned Them continues through April. Girl’s Day Display continues through Tue, Mar 3. Tue-Sat; 9am-4pm. Sun; 12pm-4pm. Adults; $9. Seniors or Military; $8. Youth; $6. Children 3 and under; free. 4455 E. Camp Lowell. 881-0606, TheMiniTimeMachine.org
NOMADIC DIVISION The Manifest Destiny Billboard Project, Chapter 8: Bobbi Woods displays along the I-10 highway from Fri, Mar 6- Fri, Mar 27. A series of 10 billboards in Tucson, created by artist Bobbi Woods and inspired by entertainment industry advertising, marks the eighth chapter of the cross-country exhibition. Free. Nomadicdivision.org/exhibition/bobbi-woods-2/
TOHONO CHUL PARK
Drawn To Color opens Fri, Mar 20. Daily, 9am-5pm. Adults, $8; Seniors,$6; Military, $5; Children (5-12), $2. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 7426455, TohonoChulPark.org
TUCSON BOTANICAL GARDENS
Growdown Garden Design Competition takes place Wed, Mar 18- Fri, Mar 20. 8:30am-3pm. Growdown Design Finals takes place Sat, Mar 21. Urban Forestry Certificate Program begins Tue, Mar 10. Butterfly Magic continues through March. Regular prices: Adults, $8; Student/Military, $7; Children 4-12, $4. Daily, 7am-4:30pm (except holidays). 2150 N. Alvernon Way. 326-9686, TucsonBotanical.org
UA POETRY CENTER Shame Every Rose: Images from Afghanistan continues through May. Mon & Thu; 9am- 8pm. Tue & Wed; 9am-6pm. Fri; 9am-5pm. Sat; 10am2pm. Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen St. 626-3765, PoetryCenter.Arizona.Edu
YUME JAPANESE GARDENS OF TUCSON Katachi: The Essence of Japanese Design continues through May. Art Exhibit: Japanese Dolls opens Sun, Mar 1. 9:30am-4:30pm daily. 2130 N. Alvernon. 332-2928, TucsonJapaneseGardens.org
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Bruce Cohen
“I met my lovely wife in Tucson over thirty years ago at the University of Arizona and embraced poetry there as well with my amazing teachers: Steve Orlen & Jon Anderson. My new manuscript, Imminent Disappearances, Impossible Numbers & Panoramic X-Rays, was awarded the 2015 Green Rose Prize from New Issues Press and will be published in 2016.”
Zócalo invites poets with Tucson connections to submit up to three original, previously unpublished (including online) poems, any style, 40 line limit per poem. Our only criterion is excellence. No online submissions. Simultaneous submissions ok if you notify ASAP of acceptance elsewhere. Please include the following contact information on each page of your manuscript: mailing address, phone number, and email address. All manuscripts must be typed and accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE). Ms won’t be returned. Zócalo has first North American rights; author may re-publish with acknowledgment to Zócalo. Payment is a one year subscription. Address submissions to Zócalo, Poetry, P.O. Box 1171, Tucson, AZ 85702. The poetry editor is Jefferson Carter.
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“Gabriel Ayala Trio” performs at 2nd Saturdays Downtown, March 14 and at Sea of Glass Center for the Arts on Sat, Mar 28.
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"Aaron Carter" performs at Club Congress on Wed, Mar 25.
LIVE MUSIC Schedules accurate as of press time. Visit the websites or call for current/detailed information.
2ND SATURDAYS DOWNTOWN Congress Street, 2ndSaturdaysDowntown.com Sat 14: See ad on opposite page
ARMITAGE WINE LOUNGE AND CAFE 2905 E. Skyline Dr #168. 6829740, ArmitageWine.com See website for details.
BOONDOCKS LOUNGE 3306 N. 1st Ave. 690-0991, BoondocksLounge.com Sundays/ Tuesdays: Lonny’s Lucky Poker Mondays: The Bryan Dean Trio Sat 7: Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King
BORDERLANDS BREWING 119 E. Toole Ave. 261-8773, BorderlandsBrewing.com Thu 5: Sundarata Fri 6: Mike Hebert’s Prison Band Sat 7: Mustang Corners Fri 13: Kevin Pakulis Sat 14: Tortolita Gutpluckers Thu 19: U of A Jazz Combo Fri 20: Stefan George Sat 21: Jeremiah and the Red Eyes Thu 26: Hello Dollface Fri 27: Ice 9 Sat 28: Tesoro
CAFE PASSE 415 N. 4th Ave. 624-4411, CafePasse.com See website for details.
CLUB CONGRESS
FLYCATCHER
RIALTO THEATRE
311 E. Congress St. 622-8848, HotelCongress.com/club Wed 4: Gatecreeper Fri 6: Kim & The Created Sat 7: Eleanor Friedberger Sun 8: Kyle Kinane Mon 9: A Place To Bury Strangers Tue 10: Electric Six Wed 11: The Districts Thu 12: UA Presents: Richter Uzur Duo Fri 13: UA Presents: Richter Uzur Duo Sat 14: UA Presents: Richter Uzur Duo Mon 23: Whitehorse Tue 24: RX Bandits Wed 25: Aaron Carter Fri 27: Chicha Dust
340 E. 6th St. 798-1298, TheFlycatcherTucson.com Sat 28: Gamma Like Very Ultra
318 E. Congress St. 740-1000, RialtoTheatre.com Mon 9: Colin Hay Tue 10: J. Cole Wed 11: Uriah Heep Fri 13: Shpongle Sun 15: Martin Sexton Mix Tape Tour Wed 18: Billy Joe Shaver Thu 19: Andy McKee Fri 20: Zepparella Sat 21: Of Montreal Tue 24: Ra Sremmurd Wed 25: Tweedy
LA COCINA 201 N. Court Ave. 622-0351, LaCocinaTucson.com Sundays: Mik and the Funky Brunch Saturdays: DJ Herm, Harpist Wednesdays: Miss Lana Rebel and Kevin Michael Mayfield Thursdays: Stefan George Fridays: The Greg Morton Band
CUSHING STREET BAR & RESTAURANT 198 W. Cushing St. 622-7984, CushingStreet.com Saturdays: Jazz
DELECTABLES RESTAURANT & CATERING 533 N. 4th Ave. 884-9289, Delectables.com Fridays and Saturdays: Live music
FOX TUCSON THEATRE 17 W. Congress St. 624-1515, FoxTucsonTheatre.org Sun 1: Don Williams Fri 6: Up With The People Fri 7: Up With The People Thu 12: Marc Cohn Sat 14: Paula Poundstone Sun 15: Audra McDonald Fri 27: The Hit Men
HACIENDA DEL SOL 5501 N. Hacienda Del Sol. 2991501, HaciendaDelSol.com
MONTEREY COURT 505 W. Miracle Mile, MontereyCourtAZ.com Tue 3: Tom Conlon w/ Eb Eberlein Wed 4: Peter McLaughlin, Alvin Blaine and Nick Conventry Thu 5: Band of Lovers & Jessica Smucker Fri 6: Mitzi Cowell w/ Karl Hoffman and Gary Mackender Sat 7: Southbound Pilot Sun 8: Hart Bothwell Tue 10: Flute Flight- Sherry FinzerMark Holland Thu 12: Barry James w/ The Unday Fri 13: Sonoran Dogs Thu 19: Touch of Grey Tue 24: Swingset
PLAYGROUND TUCSON 278 E. Congress. 396-3691, PlaygroundTucson.com See website for details.
SEA OF GLASS 330 E. 7th St. 603-9932, TheSeaOfGlass.org Sat 28: Gabriel Ayala Trio
SKY BAR TUCSON 536 N. 4th Ave, 622-4300. SkyBarTucson.com See website for details.
SOLAR CULTURE 31 E. Toole Ave. 884-0874, SolarCulture.org Fri 6: Los Esta Noche
SURLY WENCH PUB 424 N. 4th Ave., 882-0009, SurlyWenchPub.com Tue 3: Bricktop/ Hudson/ Falcons/ Tribulators Fri 6: Black Cherry Burlesque Sat 7: Electro Boom Sat 14: Fineline Revisited Sun 15: Mission Creeps/ Two Tens/ Voodou Fri 20: Grave Danger Fri 27: Patrolled By Radar/ Fallen Arrows Sat 28: Fineline Revisited
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by Andrew Brown / @aemerybrown
Photos: Don French at Rillito Downs; Chris Rush and Donovan White; crowd at Rillito Downs; Wood & Pulp opening; Santa Cruz Church car show; Clarissa and Jeff; Big O at Santa Cruz Church car show; crowd at Rillito Downs.
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