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January 2019

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Pop-jazz collective brings flavors of the world to Tucson

We Banjo 3 twist Americana and Celtic music into ‘Celtgrass’

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Upfront Say ‘Oui’ to Pink Martini Pop-jazz collective brings flavors of the world to Tucson

BY ALAN SCULLEY

Pink Martini plays two shows with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra at Tucson Music Hall as part of the Tucson Jazz Festival. (Photo courtesy Pink Martini)

As his group, Pink Martini, continues to tour behind its latest album, Je dis oui!, frontman/pianist Thomas Lauderdale sounds downright astonished he still gets to follow his musical inspirations and make a living in the process.

“We’ve been going for 23 years,” Lauderdale says, reflecting on his Pink Martini journey, which brings it to the Tucson Music Hall on Saturday, January 19, and Sunday, January 20. “On paper it’s preposterous. It seems so implausible for a band playing this kind of music and traveling the world for 23 years would actually be able to function.

But here we are. We’re very lucky.”

The musical niche Lauderdale and Pink Martini have carved is indeed unlike any other in pop music. The group’s music traverses a spectrum that takes in vintage and contemporary pop, jazz, classical and a range of international styles. The songs are sung in a host of languages – with Je dis oui! spanning French, Farsi, Armenian, Portuguese, Arabic, Turkish, Xhosa and last, but not least, English.

The musical mix begins to make sense when one learns a little about Lauderdale’s background and upbringing.

“I’m the oldest of four adopted children.

My parents were white, but they adopted a multicultural family,” he says. “My father went back and forth between being a minister and being a plant nurseryman. So I

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spent a lot of time both in the church and also growing up on a plant nursery in Indiana. After church services, I would go up to the piano and pound out the hymns that I had heard during the service. My parents sort of took it as a sign.

“So I started piano lessons when I was 6, and my parents aren’t really very musical.

They listen to music. They had an original tape player. There were six things that really were my childhood soundtrack. They were Ray Conniff, Ray Charles, Roger Miller, the New Christy Minstrels, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the soundtrack to Jesus Christ Superstar. That was my childhood.

That coupled with the fact that I studied a couple of different languages and classical music and also loved sort of like show tunes, from like Rogers & Hammerstein, those are the influences. And what you get really is Pink Martini, from all of that.”

Lauderdale did not initially see music as a career option. After attending Harvard University, he moved to Portland, Oregon, and had an eye on a future in politics.

“I was working at city hall when I was in high school and even throughout college and beyond college,” he says. “My goal was really to become mayor of Portland. That was my hope.”

As part of his preparations to run for office, Lauderdale attended fundraisers for various political campaigns and progressive

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causes. One thing he noticed was that the musical groups hired for these events left a lot to be desired. He saw that as an opportunity to put his musical background to work.

So in 1994, Lauderdale formed Pink Martini, feeling a style built around a mix of retro pop, classical, jazz and world music would provide a more beautiful and inclusive soundtrack to political fundraisers than the music he was hearing at those events.

Pink Martini’s music began to take, and Lauderdale’s political ambitions began to fade.

“Pretty soon it became kind of clear it was maybe much more fabulous to play music and get applause every night and make people happy, as opposed to working under fluorescent lighting and meeting angry constituents every day,” he says.

It didn’t take long for Lauderdale to start envisioning a future for Pink Martini that went beyond playing fundraisers.

A step in Pink Martini’s development came a year into the group’s activities, when Lauderdale contacted a Harvard classmate, singer China Forbes, and asked her to join the group.

The two soon found they shared a songwriting chemistry and, in 1997, Pink Martini released its debut album, Sympathique, on the group’s label, Heinz Records.

Eventually, the album caught on internationally, and in France the group was nominated for best new artist and “Sym-

pathique” was nominated for Song of the Year at 2000’s France’s Victoires de la Musique Awards.

As Pink Martini moved forward, the group regularly released albums before branching into a pair of unique collaborative projects.

In 2011, the group released 1969, an album featuring Japanese singer Saori Yuki. Then in 2014, Pink Martini released Dream a Little Dream, a collaboration with Sofia, Melanie, Amanda and August von Trapp, the greatgrandchildren of Captain and Maria von Trapp, who were made famous by the musical The Sound of Music. Those two projects were sandwiched around the 2013 Pink Martini album Get Happy.

As the group, up to a dozen-plus musicians and singers in its lineup, plays shows behind Je dis oui!, Pink Martini has built a catalog that boasts several gold albums and album sales of more than 3 million.

Je dis oui! (“I say yes” in French) continues to build on the group’s accomplishments. It features a lively global pastiche of original songs and outside tunes ranging from Cole Porter’s “Love For Sale” to “Kaj Kohla Khan” (“The Tough Guy with the Crooked Hat”), a song made famous by the popular Iranian singer/actress Googoosh.

The album features a host of vocalists, including Forbes, Storm Large, Rufus Wainwright, Ari Shapiro (of NPR’s All Things Considered fame), fashion designing icon Ikram Goldman and civil rights activist Kathleen Saadat. The musical range includes sprightly French pop (“Joli garcon”), the Africanflavored “Pata Pata” (a hit in the 1960s for South African star Miriam Makeba), classically tinged hybrids (the classical/Latin fusion of “Finnisma Di”) and the Middle Eastern-spiced “Al Bint Al Shalabiya.”

Lauderdale considers Je dis oui! a particularly cheerful album that reflected the positive place he and the band have reached in life and their musical journey and how easily the material came together in the studio.

“I’m happier than I’ve been in years. I feel pretty comfortable in my life (right now),” Lauderdale says. “So that’s reflected in the music.”

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What: Pink Martini w/Tucson Symphony Orchestra When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, January 19, and 2 p.m. Sunday, January 20 Where: Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Avenue Cost: Tickets start at $15 Info: tucsonsymphony.org www.LovinLife.com

Galway Guys

We Banjo 3 twist Americana and Celtic music into ‘Celtgrass’

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Galway, Ireland’s We Banjo 3 has found common ground between the musicians’ loves – Celtic and Americana music.

Call it “Celtgrass.”

“We were all banjo players who were inspired by traditional Irish culture and music,” says David Howley, who is joined in the band by Enda and Fergal Scahill, and Martin Howley.

“Irish and Celtic music has had a lot of influence on genres around the world, like country, bluegrass and even American folk music. Our sound represents a crosspollination with bluegrass. Irish music includes a huge amount of energy, while bluegrass has incredible instrumental pyrotechnics.

‘Celtgrass’ means the blending of the drive of Irish music and the instrumental style of bluegrass along with the heart and soul of folk music.”

These brothers are among the most celebrated and distinguished musicians from their country. Martin Howley is a seven-time “All Ireland” banjo and mandolin champion. A “banjo wizard,” Enda Scahill, an author on Irish banjo techniques, holds four “All Ireland” titles.

Multi-instrumentalist Fergal Scahill is one of the most acclaimed fiddlers in Irish music, with a growing international reputation, and “All Ireland” titles on fiddle and bodhran. David Howley, with “All-Ireland” titles on guitar and banjo, is the group’s vocalist and guitarist known for his showmanship and deeply emotive vocals. The Howleys live in Nashville.

We Banjo 3’s debut album, Roots of the Banjo Tree, was released in 2012, followed

by Gather the Good in 2014; String Theory, which climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard bluegrass chart in 2016; and its most recent CD, Haven, was released last summer.

Haven, which won best folk album at the inaugural RTE Radio 1 Folk Awards, is We Banjo 3’s fourth studio album, and fifth overall. It marked the first time the band recorded in America.

“Each of us, individually, have had interesting musical careers up to this point,” Howley says. “I live in Nashville and I spend a lot of time writing music and hanging out with different musicians.

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player to play the Grand Ol’ Opry. Fergal is a world-renowned fiddler. Separately, he’s famous for playing and recording a fiddle tune for every single day of the year for social media (in 2017). He has a massive following because of this.”

Throughout We Banjo 3’s journey, the musicians have spent time with Mumford and Sons and Old Crow Medicine Show.

“We’ve just become part of this sphere,” Howley says. “What’s really cool is we have a mutual admiration for what each other does.”

Fans will have the chance to hear We Banjo 3’s “Celtgrass” sound when it comes to the Leo Rich Theater on Saturday, February 2. Howley describes the show as inclusive.

“The show is about being real with the audience,” he says. “We don’t take ourselves very seriously. We have fun and laugh. We create a space for people to come to a show and maybe forget the things that happened that week.”

“For two hours, we want you to have a

great time and sing along with songs you may have never heard before. We teach people to enjoy the show as they go, and connect with the people around you. Music is the great language everybody understands. When you get a bunch of people in the room together and put aside all the political or social things that are going on, everybody goes back to being a human. I really enjoy that.”

We Banjo 3 once performed for President Barack Obama. (Photo courtesy We Banjo 3)

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What: We Banjo 3 When: 8 p.m. Saturday, February 2 Where: Leo Rich Theater, 260 S. Church Avenue Cost: $25-$35 Info: leorichtheater.com

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‘The Titan’

Tucson-born firefighter set to prove he’s tough

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Tucson-born Steven Hoppe survived a tumultuous childbirth, a serious motorcycle crash and cancer. To inspire others, he is appearing on NBC’s The Titan Games, which debuts on Thursday, January 3.

“Curveballs are thrown at you in life,” says Hoppe, now a Mesa firefighter. “I’m a survivor. I have four kids – twin girls who

were 10 months old at the time – and my wife was still going through the process of all that when I was diagnosed with cancer.

“It made me stronger.”

In The Titan Games, competitors push their bodies to the limit by battling opponents in head-to-head challenges, designed by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Winners advance to the ultimate challenge of Mount Olympus, the consummate athletic test of speed, strength, agility and endurance. In each episode, the male and female competitors who conquer Mount Olympus will become a titan. In the end, the titans return to battle each other. One woman and one man will be crowned titan champions.

Hoppe, 38, found out about the competition from a Super Bowl commercial.

“I went online and read about what he was looking to do,” he says. I applied and had to do a video application. I also filled out two to three pages of questions. It took about two weeks. They wanted pretty indepth details on my life story.

“They definitely asked a lot of personal

Tucson-born Mesa firefighter Steven Hoppe played football for ASU, but suffered a career-ending leg injury. (Photo courtesy NBC)

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questions. They tried to make me think about things I’ve done in life, like key events and significant things.”

His key events are significant. His mother suffered complications during childbirth at Tucson Medical Center, leaving Hoppe ill.

“When I was born, I was not supposed to live past three days,” he says. “Because of it, I lost my high-pitch hearing and I had some learning disabilities as a kid. I was held back in the second grade.”

After high school in San Jose, California, Hoppe returned to Arizona to play football for ASU but suffered a career-ending, nonsports-related leg injury. He parlayed his football knowledge into a special teams coaching job with Dennis Green in the United Football League. In 2016, while in the emergency room after a motorcycle crash, doctors uncovered cancer.

“My mom survived cancer twice. She was told she was going to die twice,” he added.

“A lot of things have happened. I’ve had a lot of ups and downs in life. There are a lot of people I can help with my story. That’s the whole purpose behind what I’m doing. I enjoy competing and what The Rock stands for. He’s inspirational himself and he seems to be pretty genuine in what his aspirations are and what he’s trying to do.”

Hoppe didn’t have a chance to interact with Johnson often, as the show kept the athletes separated from the former WWE Superstar.

“He did come into the tent once and gave a little speech about how excited he was that we were there,” Hoppe says. “We were all hand chosen and chosen for this event for specific reasons. I had a brief 15 to 20 seconds as I was walking off the stage.

Overall, the interaction between the athletes and him was very minimal.”

Hoppe couldn’t reveal how he fared in the tough competition, but he did say it was a “phenomenal experience.”

“It was definitely something I’ve never been a part of,” he says.

“It was exciting to see how the film industry worked, the back part of it. I enjoyed meeting people who have similar mindsets on the competition side of things. It was an unbelievable life experience. The attitudes were definitely contagious.”

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Top 15 Things to Do

BY CARSON MLNARIK

’80s Holiday Hangover

JANUARY 4 Wash the holidays down with a stiff one and this ’80s throwback concert. The all-ages show features tributes to some of your favorite alternative bands, including The Cured (The Cure), Arena (Duran Duran), as well as tributes to New Order and The Smiths.

The Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress Street, 740.1000, rialtotheatre.com, 8 p.m., $20-$22.

Jeff Foxworthy

JANUARY 4 Let your redneck out for the night with comedy king Jeff Foxworthy. Known for his “You might be redneck if” theories, comedy albums, books and TV shows, Foxworthy explores Southern life, family interactions and human nature in his stand up.

Desert Diamond Casino, 1100 W. Pima Road, Sahuarita, 342.2945, ddcaz.com, 8 p.m., $60$75.

Tucson International Jewish Film Festival

JANUARY 6 TO JANUARY 20 Join the Jewish Community Center folks for 10plus days of screenings at SaddleBrooke, The Loft and the Tucson J. The Tucson International Jewish Film Festival promotes independent, international film that celebrates Jewish culture and cultural diversity. The annual festival brings 20 Jewish films from around the globe to Tucson-area screens. More than 3,000 festival attendees will gain a glimpse of Jewish lives that are worlds away and yet remarkably familiar.

Various venues, 299.3000, tucsonjcc.org.

Jackie Evancho

JANUARY 10 At only 10 years old, Jackie Evancho skyrocketed to fame on America’s Got Talent with a powerful classical singing voice that seemed beyond her years. Now 18 years old, she is still sharing her gift, adding some classic-pop crossovers to her impressive set of opera and classical standards.

Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, 547.3040, foxtucson.com, 7:30 p.m., $34-$84.

Tucson Fringe Festival

JANUARY 10 TO JANUARY 13 The Tucson Fringe Festival is back for its eighth year, highlighting the “on-the-fringe” performers from the area — the performance artists, the avant-garde and the nontraditional. There is no programming team for this performing arts festival; everyone can get involved, ensuring a diversity of voices, opinions and stories between all 25 hourlong shows available for purchase.

Venue varies by show: Hotel Congress, The Screening Room, Scoundrel and Scamp, Steinfeld, Cans, Studio One, Caffe Passé and Cirque Roots, 261.4851, tucsonfringe.org, times vary, $10-$95.

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production about a tailor who discovers the adventure of a lifetime in a pile of laundry at his feet. Audiences will go on a feel-good journey as fabrics morph his world as he knows it, transforming objects and making the clouds feel closer. Bowart wrote, direct and stars in the show.

The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre, 738 N. Fifth Avenue, Suite 131, 448.3300, scoundrelandscamp.org, times vary, $20-$28.

Wild at Heart 35mm Showing

JANUARY 11 AND JANUARY 12 The Loft Cinema screens this cult classic that needs little explanation beyond “It’s a David Lynch movie.”

Starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern, the lusty and surreal flick follows ex-con/Elvis fanatic Sailor, who has been released from jail after doing time for a murder in defense of his girl’s honor. If that doesn’t sound weird enough, Cage does his own singing!

The Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Boulevard, 795.0844, loftcinema.org, 10 p.m., $6.

The Temptations and The Four Tops

JANUARY 13 Few tunes are as soulful and sweet as the Motown stylings of ’60s and ’70s R&B songs. The Temptations and The Four Tops — the groups behind “My Girl,” “The Way You Do the Things You Do” and “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)” — join forces for a tour of timelessness. We dare you to resist the doowop!

Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Boulevard, 621.3341, uapresents.org, 6:30 p.m., $35-$125.

I’ve Been Everywhere — The Johnny Cash Roadshow Experience

JANUARY 14 You don’t have to “Walk the Line” for an evening with the Man in Black. Johnny Cash’s performing legacy comes alive in this show that takes audiences through his life and his biggest hits. Don’t be surprised if some of the infamous characters in Cash’s world – from June to The Highwaymen – also make an appearance.

The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Boulevard, 886.9428, thegaslighttheatre.com, 6 p.m., $25.

An Intimate Evening with Kristin Chenoweth

JANUARY 17 While this actress and singer has graced the Broadway stage, appeared in films and has made the rounds on television, she hasn’t performed in Tucson – until now. Chenoweth is sure to stun with this intimate one-night-only concert, bouncing between classical and modern tracks, and of course, “Popular,” the Wicked showtune classic she popularized herself.

Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Avenue, 791.4101, tucsonsymphony.org, 7:30 p.m., $56$200.

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TEDxTucson presents [r]evolution

JANUARY 19 The TED talk phenomenon returns to Tucson, this year on a quest to understand the ever-shifting world. This program of lectures, a Southwestern extension of the popular online series, will feature presentations by scientists, psychologists and inventors. What will you learn about the world and most importantly, about yourself?

Berger Theater, 1200 W. Speedway Boulevard, 770.3762, tedxtucson.com, 10 a.m., $70-$100.

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Top News Stories

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

Improvements coming to Welcome Diner, former Volvo building

The Rio Nuevo Board unanimously agreed to invest $2.1 million in a retail/restaurant/hotel project at the former Volvo dealership at East Broadway Boulevard and South Park Avenue.

The project would also include improvements to the Welcome Diner. Sloane McFarland, who owns the Welcome Diner at 902 E. Broadway, plans to add a Welcome patio bar and a Welcome market, retail and meeting space and possibly a hotel.

The adaptive reuse development is estimated to cost $10 million to $24 million and will generate more than $4 million in sales tax revenue for the Rio Nuevo district.

The board also voted to hire an architect and solicit bids for a construction manager for improvements to the Tucson Convention Center. Previously, the board voted to upgrade and repair the Convention Cen-

ter, Music Hall, Arena, Leo Rich Theater and Eckbo Plaza.

FC Tucson hires new coach

FC Tucson hired former Seattle Sounders Youth Development Director and current Tacoma Stars Head Coach Darren Sawatzky as head coach. Sawatzky becomes the club’s fourth head coach and the first head coach in the team’s new professional era in USL League One. “I am very excited and grateful for the opportunity to help build on the history of FC Tucson and all of the great people that have built the brand and opportunity in Tucson,” Sawatzky says.

“Helping the development pathway for Phoenix Rising through the USL League One team in Tucson is a great opportunity. We are looking forward to building a winner.”

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County names historic landmarks

The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted to designate the first set of Pima County Historic Landmarks: the 1936 Josias Joesler Ferguson House, an orange grove property once known as Hacienda Del Bosquito, and Desert Treasures, and the modernist home with a distinctive thinshell concrete roof of intersecting hyperbolic paraboloids designed and built for his family by structural engineer Dr. Howard Harrenstein.

“These first County Historic Landmarks are important examples of our region’s diverse and unique heritage and embody the stories of community,” says Demion Clinco, executive director of the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation, who prepared the historic landmark and rezoning applications.

During the last year Pima County Development Services and Cultural Resources & Historic Preservation Division worked in partnership with the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation to update the County Zoning Code to allow property owners to pursue Historic Landmark designation of historic sites, buildings or structures, human-made landscapes or spaces, which are individually listed or individually determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places at the local, state or national level of significance and meet one or more county criteria.

Poetry mixes classical, experimental verse

Oro Valley resident James Pavlakis has released Lines of Sight for readers who like well-crafted, insightful poetry. These po-

Comedian struck by truck leaving VA center

Comedian TP Lucas was using a crosswalk when he was struck by a truck as he was leaving the VA Blind Rehabilitation in Tucson. Lucas was taken to Banner University Medical Center where he was treated for life-threatening injuries.

He served in the military with honors and is the father of 12-year-old daughter Timmyla and 6-year-old son Timmahji.

New shade canopy welcomes archers at county range

Archery enthusiasts have a new shade canopy to shoot under and seating amenities to relax on at Pima County’s Southeast Regional Park Archery Range, thanks to a $27,000 grant from the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

Managed by Pima County Resources, Parks and Recreation, the range is at 11296 S. Harrison Road. Natural Resources Parks and Recreation contributed funding for the canopy and benches.

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BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson Eastside Unit Meeting

JANUARY 8 Members will be asked to provide feedback on what issues should be studied by the league.

Tucson City Office, 7575 E. Speedway Boulevard, lwvgt.org, 9:30 a.m. (social), 10 a.m. (program), free.

The National Active and ARFE Chapter 1874 Retired Federal Employees Meeting JANUARY 21 (NARFE) Association, Current and retired federal employees, spouses, Chapter 55 Meeting guests and visitors are invited to join NARFE JANUARY 14 Luncheon is followed by a business meeting for current and retired federal employees, their spouses, guests and visitors.

Golden Corral, 4380 E. 22nd Street, 444.6970, 11 a.m., lunch averages $10.

League of Women Voters Society of Military Widows of Greater Tucson Midtown/NW Unit Meeting Meeting JANUARY 8 Members will be asked to provide feedback on what issues should be studied by the league.

Golder Ranch Fire District Station, 1175 W. Magee, lwvgt.org, 1 to 3 p.m., free.

Kosher Potluck Dance

JANUARY 9 The dance includes a kosher potluck. Additional parties are held February 13 and March 13.

Jewish Community Center, 3800 E. River Road, 299.3000, 833.7729, 5 to 7 p.m., $5.

Green Valley Stroke Support Group

JANUARY 10 Facilitated by nurse Dr. Leslie Ritter and supported by Banner-University Medical Center, the UA College of Nursing and Sarver Heart Center, this group is for stroke survivors and caregivers to learn more about stroke. They can find positive solutions to shared concerns and unite to support each other.

La Perla at La Posada’s Zuni Room, 635 S. Park Center Avenue, 626.2901, reservations required, free.

League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson Green Valley Meeting

JANUARY 11 Members will be asked to provide feedback on what issues should be studied by the league.

La Posada at Park Centre’s La Vista Building, 350 E. Morningside Road, Green Valley, lwvgt.org, 12:30 to 2 p.m., free.

Tucson Area Iris Society Meeting

JANUARY 12 Gregg Starr will discuss “Madagascar: Island of Megadiversity.” A nursery owner, Starr penned the books Cool Plants for Hot Gardens, and Agaves: Living Sculptures for Landscapes and Containers.

Murphy Wilmot Library, 530 N. Wilmot Road, 594.5420, tucsoniris.org, irisgrowinaz@gmail. com, greg@starr-nursery.com, 1 p.m., free.

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Golden Corral Restaurant, 6865 N. Thornydale Drive, 400.3456, 11:30 a.m., senior lunch menu is about $8.95.

League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson Midtown Evening Unit Meeting

JANUARY 28 Members will be asked to provide feedback on what issues should be studied by the league.

League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson’s Office, 800 N. Swan Road, Suite 126, lwvgt.org, 5:30 to 7 p.m., free.

JANUARY 16 The Society of Military Widows is dedicated to the needs, concerns and welfare of military surviving spouses and their children.

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, 2720 S. Craycroft Road, 721.1688 for reservations 10 days prior to the meeting, noon, call for charge.

Sleep to Your Heart’s Content

JANUARY 17 Dr. Michael Grandner is the director of the sleep and health research program and an assistant professor with the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson. He will discuss health sleeping habits, as part of the UA Sarver Heart Center Green Valley Lecture Series.

Canoa Hills Social Center, 3660 S. Camino del Sol, Green Valley, 626.2901, 10 to 11 a.m., free.

New Year’s Tucson Japanese Festival

JANUARY 19 Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition’s brings back the New Year’s Tucson Japanese Festival with mochi pounding, children’s activities, and music and dance performances.

Odaiko Sonora taiko drummers are co-sponsors and will perform. Takoyaki balls, ramen and musubi will be available for purchase.

Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, 1288 W. River Road, southernazjapan.org, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., $5 adults, free for children 5 and younger.

The 2020 Census: Why Should You Care?

JANUARY 19 The League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson presents this discussion with Emily Verdugo of the U.S. Census Bureau, Liane Hernandez, the YWCA of Southern Arizona’s community outreach and education director, and Pima County Supervisor Richard Elias. The event will be live streamed at facebook.com. Search for League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson.

Valencia Library, 202 W. Valencia Tucson, lwvgt. org, 10 to 11:45 a.m., free.

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Arts She’s Got Talent

Jackie Evancho doesn’t dwell on her success Lectures Demonstrations Special Events Wednesday, January 16, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

SUPPLEMENTS: DO I REALLY NEED THEM? Have you ever wondered if supplements help or is it all advertising hype? Bring your questions and join Mary Marian, PhD, UA Department of Nutritional Sciences, to get the answers.

Wednesday, January 16, 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.

THE KEY TO HAPPY FEET If your feet hurt, it can set off a cascade of pain in other parts of the body. Join Eric Anctil, MD of Tucson Orthopaedic Institute as he discusses common foot and ankle issues and what can be done for them.

Tuesday, January 22, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

ELDER LAW: THE NINE THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT ADVANCED DIRECTIVES Join Ron Zack, JD from Zack & Schmitz, PLC as he helps to make this complicated legal issue easier to understand.

Wednesday, January 23, 10 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

FOOD TRENDS – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Enjoy a morning with TMC Wellness Dept. experts, Mary Atkinson, RD and Laurie Ledford, RD as they share information that will help you get on the right track.

Tuesday, January 29, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

EXPLORING YOUR LEGACY SERIES: EXPRESSING A LIFE A legacy is more than money. It can take many forms such as: a recipe or photo book, art work, video journal and more. Yvette Bredice, Tucson End of Life Doulas will share information about different types of legacies at each class, and include a hands-on experience to get you started.

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BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Jackie Evancho became a classical-pop crossover star age at 10. After finding fame singing a Puccini aria on America’s Got Talent, Evancho, now 18, has performed for President Donald Trump, appeared in the film The Company We Keep with Robert Redford, and recorded duets with Tony Bennett, Plácido Domingo, Barbra Streisand, Chris Botti and Joshua Bell.

But the teen is a perfectionist and thinks she could do much more.

“I tend not to dwell on my success,” Evancho says.

“I would love to write and produce and compose my very own album all by myself, but I’m working on Jackie Evancho listens to classical music, as well as pop bands like Arctic Monkeys and The Black Keys. (Photo courtesy Jackie Evancho) the timing and experience.

She’s been chided for starting her career I have to learn a few more life lessons.”

Evancho is working on those by touring at a young age. Others are envious of her the world. She hits the Fox Tucson Theatre ability to sing in front of thousands.

“People are like, ‘How could you get on stage on Thursday, January 10. Enjoy a selection of songs from musicals like Hamil- stage at such a young age?’” she recalls. “I ton, Dear Evan Hansen, Waitress, The Band’s grew up with it. It’s second nature for me.

Visit, Once and hit films like The Greatest The hard parts were when I was younger.

Showman, as well as favorites from her I wanted to play with my friends and sibrepertoire that have won over audiences. lings, but I had obligations. I learned re“I’ll also share stories,” Evancho adds. “I’m sponsibility pretty early.”

A fan of the English pop band Arctic letting the people of my life get to know Monkeys, Evancho is looking forward to me a bit better.”

One thing she’s not as open about is her expanding her horizons.

“On my last album, there were three orignew album slated for a February release.

She coyly says she can’t reveal too much, inal songs,” she explains. “I like to do these but it is the first album where she chose little introductions to the writing world. I personally feel like I have a lot more to offer the songs.

“I chose the songs with lyrics and melo- than just those songs.” dies that resonated and spoke to me the most,” she says. “It’s very frustrating. I hear What: Jackie Evancho a lot of music nowadays that doesn’t speak When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 10 much. There is so many opportunities in Where: Fox Tucson Theatre, song with lyrics. It’s a language that people 17 W. Congress Street can’t really criticize very much.”

Cost: $34-$98 Evancho is used to criticism, however, as Info: 547.3040, foxtucson.com her career has been under a microscope.

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Arts Events Calendar

BY RANDY MONTGOMERY

Much Ado About Nothing

JANUARY 10 TO JANUARY 27 The Rogue Theatre presents the William Shakespeare comedy classic, which is a melodrama at its core. With a cast of colorful characters, the story is a duel of the sexes between Benedick and Beatrice. Follow along with young and mature lovers, comic rustics and sinister but incompetent villains.

The Rogue Theatre at The Historic Y, 300 E. University Boulevard, 551.2053, theroguetheatre. org, times vary, $28-$38.

Tucson Fringe Festival

JANUARY 10 TO JANUARY 23 The Tucson Fringe Festival promises to turn “the performing arts on its head,” as it has been doing since 2011. The event runs for four days, at eight venues, with 25 shows and 60 performances. Single tickets are available, as well as full festival passes. The event is uncensored, unjuried and offers an avantgarde, nontraditional way for artists and the community to present and experience art.

Venue varies by show: Hotel Congress, The Screening Room, Scoundrel and Scamp, Steinfeld, Cans, Studio One, Caffe Passé and Cirque Roots, 261.4851, tucsonfringe.org, times vary, $10-$95.

Stage Kiss

JANUARY 10 TO FEBRUARY 16 Head to the Live Theatre Workshop for a charming farce about what happens when lovers share a stage kiss, or when actors share a real one. The love story follows two amorous actors off stage, when they are thrown together as romantic leads in a forgotten 1930s melodrama.

Life imitates art in this play by Sarah Ruhl.

Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 E. Speedway Boulevard, 327.4242, livetheatreworkshop.org, times vary, $15.

she will perform popular songs from Broadway and beyond. Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Avenue, 882.8585, tucsonsymphony.org, 7:30 p.m., $56-$200.

Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue

JANUARY 18 Raised in New Orleans, Troy Andrews picked up the trombone and started playing at the age of 4, later earning the moniker Trombone Shorty.

By 8, he had his own band, and in his teens, he began touring with the Neville Brothers. The musician has made a name for himself worldwide, having performed with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and at the White House. See the New Orleans Trombone King get the party started when he visits Tucson. Presented by UA Presents.

Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Boulevard, 621.3341, uapresents.org, 8 p.m., $30-$80.

True Concord Goes Latin!

JANUARY 18 TO JANUARY 20 Acclaimed soprano Corinne Winters will join True Concord for a weekend of performances that represents the rich history of Latin American choral music. The setlist includes a sampling of works from the Renaissance to today, from culture to culture. Travel on a musical journey from Brazil to Argentina, Mexico to Venezuela, and back to Puerto Rico.

St. Francis in the Valley Episcopal Church, 600 S. La Cañada Drive, Green Valley, 401.2651, trueconcord.org, 7 p.m. Friday, January 18, $25 general admission, $40 premium tickets.

The Art of Travel

JANUARY 19 Enjoy light appetizers with Diana Madaras and Terry Von Guilleaume from Destination South Africa as they share their experiences in the country. While there, browse Madaras’ travelinspired artwork. This event takes place during “Animal Month,” when a collection of animal artwork and gifts featuring cows, birds, dogs, horses and desert wildlife will be on display.

Madaras Gallery, 3035 N. Swan Road, 615.3001, madaras.com, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., free admission.

JANUARY 17 The Tucson Symphony Orchestra welcomes one of Broadway’s biggest names – Kristin Chenoweth in her Tucson debut. During the evening,

Two Trains Running

JANUARY 19 TO FEBRUARY 9 The setting: Pittsburgh. The year: 1969.

Racial tensions are on the rise, and there is a new president in the White House. It’s the crossroads of a revolution. In the heart of the community is Memphis Lee’s diner, which is set to be demolished to make way for neighborhood renovations. Lee and his customers struggle with this reality. This story is the seventh in August Wilson’s decade-by-decade saga of African-American life in the 20th century.

Presented by Arizona Theatre Company.

Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Street, 622.2823, arionatheatre.org, times vary, $25$66.

Free Opera Previews of La Traviata

JANUARY 21 AND JANUARY 25 Experience opera in an intimate setting for free.

The Opera Guild of Southern Arizona offers two programs that preview upcoming performances.

From 2 to 3 p.m. Monday, January 21, at the Oro Valley Council Chambers, University of Arizona students will sing arias. Dessert and coffee will be provided. A preview of the same performance will be from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, January 25, at Grace St. Paul Episcopal Church. Patrons should

Carlos Estévez: Entelechy

JANUARY 26 TO MAY 5 The work of Carlos Estévez makes use of the Greek word “entelechy,” a philosophical concept addressing the transformation of an idea into reality. Through images and objects, Estévez represents a personal vision linking human spirituality and the infinity of the human experience. This exhibit features pieces from 1992 to 2018. Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Avenue, 624.2333, tucsonmuseumofart.org, times vary, free-$12.

Stupid F#!*ing Bird

JANUARY 31 TO FEBRUARY 17 Winding Road Theater presents a contemporary and funny remix of Chekhov’s classic The Seagull. Developed in Washington, D.C., this production is a Tucson premiere, and follows the joys and heartbreaks of creating art.

The story follows a young actress, an aging Hollywood star, an aspiring playwright, and a famous author on their messed-up journeys through the process. Temple of Music and Art, Cabaret Theatre, 330 S. Scott Street, 401.3626, windingroadtheater.org, times vary, $18-$28.

Dolan Ellis: Right Under Yer Nose JANUARY 19 AND JANUARY 20 Arizona has so many interesting places we blindly pass every day. Arizona’s official state balladeer Dolan Ellis will tell stories about

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bring a lunch. The Arizona Opera’s regular, ticketed performances are February 2 and February 3 at Tucson Music Hall. Presented by Opera Guild of Southern Arizona.

Multiple locations, 825.1563, azogsa.org, times vary, free.

Catalina Foothills High School, 4300 E. Sunrise Drive, 401.2651, trueconcord.org, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 19, $25 general admission, $40 premium tickets.

Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams Street, 401.2651, trueconcord.org, 3 p.m. Sunday, January 20, $25 general admission, $40 premium tickets.

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Dining This One’s a ‘Beaut’

The vegan restaurant is changing how Tucsonans think about fast food

BY JESSICA SURIANO Husband and wife Ari Shapiro and Kerry Lane were hiking in Canada four years ago when they had an undeniable craving for burgers and fries. However, the Tucsonans’ adherence to meatless diets made that craving much more difficult to appease – until Beaut Burger.

Lane, a vegan chef, and Shapiro, a vegetarian and owner of the Tucson pizzeria, Falora, aren’t newbies to the dining scene, but Beaut Burger is a refreshing twist on the traditional burger joint in virtually every way.

Not only does it serve burgers that don’t leave your stomach feeling heavy or overstuffed, but its infrastructure is made from renovated shipping containers. The MSA Annex, an extension of the Mercado San Agustín, houses shops and restaurants within open shipping containers for a modern

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and minimalist design that blends into the beauty of Tucson’s natural landscape. The renovated containers allow for plenty of open-air seating and natural light.

“There were a lot of locations that we looked at, but we really loved this area and loved this concept and wanted to just do it here,” Shapiro says.

Since opening in June, Shapiro says Tucsonans’ reactions to the restaurant has exceeded expectations, especially by customers who aren’t vegetarian but still choosing to eat at Beaut Burger.

“We weren’t sure we’d still be here in six months, but we’re here and then some,” he says.

The recipe for the burger patties is a secret, but they are made with millet, pinto beans and many different vegetables and

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The husband and wife team of Ari Shapiro (shown) and Kerry Lane own Beaut Burger. The entire menu is vegan. (Right) The B9 burger comes with roasted eggplant, pepita pesto and housemade mozzarella. Also pictured are fries and a side of the vaquero beans with veggies. (Photos by Jessica Suriano)

spices. The moisture in the patty and the size of it are some of the qualities Shapiro says sets Beaut Burger’s patties apart from traditional and sometimes dry veggie burgers.

Shapiro says the B4 burger for $6.75 is among the most popular menu items, a patty topped with griddled mushrooms, caramelized onions, Swiss cheese and mayonnaise.

Another burger with a creative twist is the B7 for $7.50, with peanut butter, tamarind chutney and romaine lettuce. The B9 burger comes with roasted eggplant, pepita pesto and housemade mozzarella for $8.

Of course, tried-and-true classics such as the B1 for $5.50, a patty with ketchup, mustard, lettuce, onion and pickle, and the B2 for $6.50, the same as the B1 with added cheddar cheese, are available for less adventurous eaters.

The burgers are served on a house-baked, slow-fermented bun, but can be substituted with a gluten-free bun for an extra $2.

The fries, made with expeller-pressed sunflower oil, are also a fan favorite and were named some of the best in Tucson. Choose between hand-cut russet or sweet potato fries for $2.75, and add spice or fresh herbs to them for 25 cents more.

If the fries won’t cut it, other picnic-perfect sides include potato salad, beer battered cauliflower bites, barley bonzo, vaquero beans and vegetables, coleslaw and a dill pickle. Barley bonzo is a dish of cold barley topped with tahini dressing, cucumber, tomato, toasted garbanzo beans and herbs.

Shapiro says the vaquero beans they use come from a local seed search organization.

The dessert options stay true to Beaut Burger’s commitment to comfort food. The first is a scotcheroo for $4.75, a peanut butter rice crispy with vegan chocolate ganache topping, and the second is a deep-dish fruit crisp for the same price.

Along with usual beverage options, patrons can also choose between three different types of wine, six different beers, organic juices or homemade limeade. During the 4 to 6 p.m. happy hour, a Miller High Life is $1 with purchase of a burger.

Beaut Burger seems to be succeeding so far in its mission to provide health-conscious options of staple fast foods to this corner of the Southwest, so that taste, flavor and dietary needs no longer have to be mutually exclusive.

“I think people love that it’s comfort food, that we don’t make a big deal about saying that it’s vegan or vegetarian – and that was all very purposeful because we didn’t want to narrowly define what we’re doing,” Shapiro says. “We just think if food is good, people will eat it, and they’ll like it and they’ll come back. You don’t have to overly label it.”

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The Hidden Grill could jump-start health resolutions with the Paleo diet

BY JESSICA SURIANO Every new year, people make resolutions to improve health and wellness, but they can be difficult to maintain past the initial weeks of holiday food detoxing.

A husband-and-wife team are on a mission to show their fellow desert dwellers eating clean is an easy habit.

In August, Chris McClain and Allison Dragony opened The Hidden Grill in the Sabino Canyon area, and McClain says it has received positive feedback so far. The Hidden Grill provides meals created with the Paleo diet in mind for take out, delivery, or with weekly meal plans.

“We mostly want people to know that it tastes good because I think people might be intimidated by the fact that it’s Paleo or gluten free, and they don’t know what that is,” Dragony says.

The Paleo diet, otherwise known as the Paleolithic or Stone Age diet, relies on foods that would have been procured through hunting and gathering anywhere from about 2.5 million to 10,000 years ago, according to Mayo Clinic. These foods are lean meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, but the diet excludes dairy, legumes and grains. Paleo diets should also avoid refined sugar, salt and highly processed foods.

Dragony and McClain have adhered to the Paleo diet before, and agree their bodies feel at their best when they do so. Although they advised anyone interested in fully switching to a Paleo diet that it might take a couple of weeks for the body to adjust to the change.

McClain says the idea for a Paleo meal-

Grilled boneless pork chop.

delivery service originated from the pair wanting “to order takeout that wasn’t a sandwich or pizza.” McClain has been working in the dining industry since he was about 15 years old, and The Hidden Grill isn’t the family’s first experience in this type of food service.

McClain used to be the chef and owner of Edesia Meals, another Paleo meal-delivery service based in Atlanta. He has also previously worked at Miller Union, an Atlanta restaurant where executive chef Steven Satterfield won a James Beard Award for best chef in the Southeast.

McClain says the farm-to-table style of food service is the type he’s most passionate about in the kitchen. He curates the menus based on what foods are in season, and tries to include Paleo-approved proteins, such as seafood, chicken, pork, beef and sometimes lamb or turkey, into every weekly meal plan menu.

The menu changes weekly so customers who regularly purchase meal plan packages are not eating the same options constantly. One of the favorite meals of customers so far, Dragony says, has been the chipotle braised beef, which McClain made for the first time at their wedding.

McClain says most of the fish and shrimp options have also become favorites, such as fish spiced with chili pepper and fennel served with spaghetti squash.

Other previous dishes include vegan tacos with roasted garbanzo beans, grilled shrimp with grilled pineapples, red curry braised beef tenders, tequila shrimp with a pineapple habanero coconut sauce, ap-

Pork, apple and sage meatballs.

The husband and wife team of Chris McClain and Allison Dragony owned a Paleo meal-delivery service in Atlanta before moving to Tucson and opening The Hidden Grill. (Photo by Jessica Suriano)

ple cider braised pork loin, lamb ragù and many more.

Aside from entrees, the menus also include smaller dishes called “nibbles,” sides, soups and salads. “Nibbles” could be appetizers such as peel-and-eat shrimp with dipping sauces or Cajun-spiced jumbo chicken wings. Other examples of offered sides are gingered applesauce with vegetables or yellow-curried cauliflower with dates, carrots, coconut and kale.

Soups include options such as potato with roasted garlic and herbs or red curry with green beans, potato and mint. A couple of previous salads have been made with jicama, a Mexican root vegetable, jalapeños, and red bell peppers or with spinach, arugula and walnuts.

Individual meals are $12 to $13, depend-

Pork loin stuffed with olive and basil.

ing on what meat is included, six-meal packages are $62, and 10-meal packages are $102.

Customers of The Hidden Grill can order individual or meal plan packages online or over the phone. Takeout orders take about 15 minutes to prepare from the time of order. Delivery is free to addresses within a 5-mile radius of the kitchen in northeast Tucson. Dragony says the meal plan packages might be the more convenient option for people living farther away in Tucson.

The Hidden Grill

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Steak with black pepper and coriander.

Grilled shrimp.

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Dining Events

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

while enjoying a four-course meal at the Dinner Detective Show. This interactive dinner and show is rated PG-13 and is geared toward adults.

Children ages 15 years or older are permitted with adult supervision.

Hotel Tucson City Center, 475 N. Granada Avenue, 622.3000, thedinnerdetective.com, 6 to 9 p.m., $59.95.

Rillito Park Farmers Market

Farmers Market at Steam Pump Ranch

SATURDAYS IN JANUARY Join regional farmers, ranchers and artisan food producers for organic veggies, fruits and food. This family-friendly event is hosted weekly by the Steam Pump Ranch and brings the community together.

Steam Pump Ranch, 10901 N. Oracle Road, 882.2157, heirloomfm.org, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., free admission.

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SATURDAYS IN JANUARY Take control and tackle a challenging crime

SUNDAYS IN JANUARY The Rillito Park Farmers Market invites future and current farmers, ranchers and artisan foodies to check out the locally grown food. This tight-knit community opens Sundays for locals and people visiting to come see the state-ofthe-art permanent farmers space.

Rillito Park Food Pavilion, 4502 N. First Avenue, 882.2157, heirloomfm.org, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., free.

Breakfast Ride

SUNDAYS AND THURSDAYS Ride horses and enjoy blueberry pancakes early in the morning at Tanque Verde Ranch every Sunday and Thursday. Explore the rolling hills and

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towering cactus as you make your way to the Old Homestead. Tanque Verde Ranch, 14301 E. Speedway Boulevard, 800.234.3833, tanqueverderanch.com, 7:45 to 10:15 a.m., $75.

presented by Cactus League Wrestling, bar experiences, music and people’s choice voting.

Pima County Fairgrounds, 11300 S Houghton Road, universe.com, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., $7-$100.

Taste of Tucson Downtown

Dinner à l’art: From Italy with Love

WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS Choose from three tours: Historic Downtown (1 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays to Saturdays), Four on Fourth Avenue (1 to 5 p.m. Thursdays) or Sweet Tooth (1:30 to 5 p.m. Thursdays). Whether your goal is to learn about the colorful history and architecture in the heart of downtown, or to indulge in fine housemade desserts, we have you covered.

Taste of Tucson Downtown, 425.4243, tasteoftucsondowntown.com, 1 to 5 p.m., $58-$68.

Bacon and Brew Crawl

JANUARY 12 Desert Sky Event Planning hosts this event that features the best in Tucson brews and various spins on bacon, Maloney’s Tavern, 213 N. Fourth Avenue, universe.com, 5 to 10 p.m., $12-$75.

Tucson Taco Fiesta

JANUARY 19 Consider this a “taco-topia.” More than 30 varieties of tacos will be available for $2 to $4 each from 15 restaurants. Entertainment includes a kid’s zone, Lucha Libre wrestling

JANUARY 27 Hosted by Giuseppe and Annamaria Biagini, this dinner benefits the Tucson Museum of Art. The tour of Italy includes: appetizers (focaccine farcite, capuliato picante, melanzane sott’olio); dinner (lasagna al forno, arrosto farcito, contorno di patate e verdure al forno); and dessert (amaretti cake, affogato al caffe).

Private home in the Foothills, 624.2333 tucsonmuseumofart.org, 6:30 p.m., $150.

Dinner with Chefs hosted by Ryan Clark

JANUARY 29 Casino Del Sol’s Executive Chef Ryan Clark themed his Dinner with Chefs events to highlight local and regional beverage experts or “libationists.” The menus will all feature five-star Arizona prime beef and Arizona-grown products from more than 30 of Casino Del Sol’s local purveyor partnerships. This one features Elvira’s bar manager, Eric Harding.

Casino del Sol’s PY Steakhouse, 5655 W. Valencia Road, 324.9350, casinodelsol.com/ dining, 6:30 p.m., dinners start at $75.

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Arizona Wildcats vs.

Colorado Buffaloes basketball

JANUARY 3 After losing the top draft pick Deandre Ayton to the Suns, the Wildcats men’s basketball team look to have another successful season. Arizona plays its first game in conference play.

McKale Memorial Center, 1721 E. Enke Drive, 621.2211, arizonawildcats.com, 7 p.m., tickets start at $18.

Arizona Wildcats vs.

GCU Lopes hockey

JANUARY 5 UA and GCU are looking to establish hockey programs and they battle it out in Tucson.

The Wildcats opened the season with a 7-1 win against the Lopes in Phoenix on September 22.

Tucson Arena, 260 S. Church Avenue, 791.4101, arizonawildcathockey.org, 7:30 p.m., tickets start at $15.

Tucson Roadrunners vs.

Chicago Wolves

JANUARY 11 The Roadrunners take on Chicago in an AHL battle. More importantly, though, it’s the 1-2-3

Food Promotion Night presented by Coors Light.

Patrons can purchase $3 beers, $2 hot dogs and $1 sodas to accompany great hockey.

Tucson Arena, 260 S. Church Avenue, 791.4101, tucsonroadrunners.com, 7:05 p.m., tickets start at $10.

Tucson Roadrunners vs.

Bakersfield Condors

JANUARY 25 Tucson Roadrunners’ rival, the Bakersfield Condors, meet in conference play. It is one of the team’s three college night promotions, which allows students to buy a ticket, two drinks and a hat for $25.

Tucson Arena, 260 S. Church Avenue, 791.4101, tucsonroadrunners.com, 7:05 p.m., college night tickets are $25, regular tickets start at $10.

WWE Live: Road to WrestleMania

JANUARY 28 WWE Superstars AJ Styles, The Miz, Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton are among those who will battle for a chance to grapple at Wrestlemania.

Tucson Arena, 260 S. Church Avenue, 1.800.745.3000, tucsonarena.com, 7:30 p.m., tickets start at $15.

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Music Music and Beyond

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark will make two appearances in Tucson, a city it hasn’t visited in 30 years.

(Photo courtesy Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)

After 30 years, OMD returns to Tucson with art show, performance

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark hasn’t been to Tucson in 30 years, but when the English new wave band returns to the city, it’ll come in with a bang.

OMD has teamed with the Museum of Contemporary Art for a VIP meet and greet and dialog with KXCI’s Elva de la Torre on Saturday, January 19. This intimate evening is in conjunction with the exhibition Dazzled: OMD, Memphis Design and Beyond on view at MOCA Tucson from January 19 through April 11.

The VIP event at MOCA Tucson will preface OMD’s concert that focuses on the album Dazzle Ships at The Rialto Theatre on Tuesday, January 22. Many of the songs have never been played in the United States, including a “semaphore performance” of the song “ABC Auto-Industry.”

“It’s a funky way of starting a rock ‘n’ roll show,” says singer Andy McCluskey about “ABC Auto Industry.” “The VIP event all really comes from Ginger Shulick Porcella, the executive director. We met a couple years ago on tour in San Diego when she was there.

“She floated the idea of doing something in the gallery inspired by our album sleeve artwork. When she moved to Tucson, she continued with the idea and we said we’d love to be involved in it.”

OMD, which McCluskey co-founded with Paul Humphreys, found success with its debut single, “Electricity,” in 1979. The 1983 album Dazzle Ships is regarded as an experimental classic.

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into the front rooms of every house in Britain.”

That it did. During its career OMD has sold 25 million singles and 15 million albums. McCluskey says 2019 is the continuation of a “strange year” for the band, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The last time it played Tucson was with the Thompson Twins in the 1980s.

“We will be releasing a whole album of unreleased things; bits and pieces from the last 40 years that’s really quite fascinating to hear,” he says. “The concert in Tucson is one gig where we’re going to do Dazzle Ships. Our social media people are going to go to Tucson. There are a lot of people traveling to that gig from all over the world.”

OMD has that effect on people. It kicked off its 40th anniversary celebration with two Liverpool gigs with a 70-piece orchestra. McCluskey says fans from around the world attended those as well. McCluskey and Humphreys deconstructed the songs and had them transcribed and arranged for a full orchestra.”

At this show, like others, McCluskey says he engages with the audience.

“I tend to be quite energetic. I did intend to have some decorum, but I still perform with a lack of dignity,” McCluskey says about OMD’s live shows. “It ain’t gonna stop now. It’s just a visceral way of connect-

ing with the audience. No one can look any worse.”

He’s looking forward to the show and spending time in Tucson. McCluskey says OMD filmed the video for “Sailing on the Seven Seas” in this area.

“The nice thing is Paul and I will come in and do this Q&A on opening night on the 19th, then we’ll have three days off in Tucson to sample the delights of the city and play the concert,” he says.

“It’s a cultural oasis there. I’m looking forward to immersing myself a little more in that.”

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What: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Meet and Greet and Discussion When: 5 p.m. (cocktails and meet and greet), 5:30 p.m. (dialog with OMD and KXCI’s Elva de la Torre); 7 p.m. (members’ preview); 8 p.m. (public reception) Saturday, January 19 Where: MOCA Tucson, 265 S. Church Avenue Cost: $75 Info: 624.5019, moca-tucson.org What: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Concert When: 8 p.m. Tuesday, January 22 Where: The Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress Street Cost: $35-$105 Info: rialtotheatre.com www.LovinLife.com

Things Have Changed

Joan Osborne puts her own spin on Bob Dylan songs

BY LAURA LATZKO In the mid ’90s, Joan Osborne showcased her vocal talents with the hit song “One of Us.” The artist continues to make music but focuses on that of Bob Dylan these days.

She will perform a Bob Dylanfocused show at the Fox Tucson Theatre on Sunday, February 6, to promote her album The Songs of Bob Dylan. During the tour, Osborne will sing the songs as part of a trio, but fans may hear her hits during the encore.

Osborne’s recording love of Dylan goes back to her 1995 album, Relish, for which she covered the bard’s “Man in The Long Black Coat.”

However, she doesn’t remember the first Dylan song she ever heard. She thinks it was at the height of his popularity.

Joan Osborne, best known for the song “One of Us,” performs a Bob Dylan cover set “We didn’t per- during her show at the Fox Tucson Theatre on Sunday, February 6. (Photo by Jeff Fasano) extensive repertoire. sonally own any of “He has this incredibly deep catalog of Dylan’s records at our home, but it wasn’t like you could escape it if you were listening songs,” she says. “There are literally hundreds of great songs. You can take any of his to the radio,” she says.

“I’m sure I heard some of the songs he songs, and another artist would have been had on the radio when I was a little child. satisfied to just write that in their entire caI was raised Catholic, so maybe some of reer, and he had hundreds of these songs.”

For Songs of Bob Dylan, she chose songs the nuns did ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ in guitar Mass. It’s really impossible to say because from throughout his career. Her approach he’s such a part of American musical cul- was slightly different, depending on the ture, American political culture and just song’s arrangement and meaning, as well her vocal style.

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into these songs, a way to discover something different, some angle on the song that hadn’t been exploited before,” Osborne says.

Osborne considers Dylan’s songs highly expressive.

“Dylan himself is not known as a soulful singer, and yet the words are so full of soul, so full of meaning, particularly the love songs. All of it is very passionate,” she says. “I guess I’m known as a bluesy kind of singer or a soulful sort of singer, so it gave me a lot to work with.”

Osborne wanted to add to the songs while maintaining the qualities that made them special. “Highway 61 Revisited,” for example, was altered to have more of a Middle Eastern sound.

“We ended up giving it this compulsive rhythm, which for me gave a lot of energy to the song,” Osborne says. “It takes off in a breakneck way. I’m spitting the lyrics out. It gives them a lot of ferocity. I feel like that’s an interesting reading of the song that audiences tend to respond to.”

Osborne says fans are also touched by songs such as “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” and “Buckets of Rain.”

“For me, so many of the songs are drenched in this kind of tenderness. I think that people are a little surprised by that,” Osborne says.

Songs like “Masters of War” speak to listeners because of today’s political climate.

“Because it’s one of the most powerfully political songs that Dylan has ever written and because we’re living in a time where people are very engaged in politics, that tends to really set people off,” she says. “We get a big response from that.”

The shows emphasize the music, with beautiful spare arrangements.

“I think it really puts the focus on the songs and the singing,” she says. “You don’t have a whole lot of bells and whistles and other things to fill up space, so it’s really about the power of these songs and the human voice.”

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What: Joan Osborne Sings the Songs of Bob Dylan When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, February 6 Where: Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street Cost: $29-$59 Info: 547.3040, foxtucson.com

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Music Events Calendar

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JANUARY 14

Kathleen Grace w/Larry Goldings Club Congress, 7:30 p.m., $35-$45

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I’ve Been Everywhere: The Johnny Cash Roadshow DesertView Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., $30 Magos Herrera Quartet w/Jane Bunnett, Maqueque Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $29-$49 Reverend Horton Heat 191 Toole, 7:30 p.m., $25

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m. Tuesday, January 22, $35-$105

British synthpop outfit Orchestra Manoeuvres in the Dark (sometimes known simply as OMD) never truly made as big a splash in the United States as it did in its home country of England. Sure, the group – which generally features the trio of Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys and Martin Cooper at its core – has had its fair share of hits, from Pretty in Pink’s “If You Leave” to other ’80s gems like “Dreaming” and “(Forever) Live and Die,” but its most revered output, from singles like “Enola Gay” to popular albums like Organisation and Architecture & Morality and experimental forays like Dazzle Ships, were more impactful in the United Kingdom. Though that may be the case when looking at the Billboard charts, the four-decades-old band’s output has remained steady, and its legacy is etched in stone. The band will return to Tucson for its first Southern Arizona show since 1986 and tickets range from $35 to $40. For $100 to $105, purchasers will get a ticket to the show, plus a meet and greet with the group and dialogue with KXCI’s Elva de la Torre at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, January 19.

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Paul Thorn 191 Toole, 7:30 p.m., $28

JANUARY 3

Zeppelin USA: An American Tribute to Led Zeppelin Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $26-$30

Violent J w/Esham The Rock, 8 p.m., $20-$25

JANUARY 4

Holiday Hangover: an ’80s Tribute Festival featuring live bands covering the Cure, Duran Duran, New Order and the Smiths Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $20-$22

JANUARY 5

Lukie D Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $22

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King Tuff Club Congress, 8 p.m., $15-$17

JANUARY 10

Jackie Evancho Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $34-$84

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Joey Alexander Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $29-$49

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Kris Kristofferson and the Strangers Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $37-$87 Tom Russell Club Congress, 7 p.m., $30

JANUARY 25

Don McLean w/Al Stewart Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $35-$89

The Flesh Eaters 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $22-$25

JANUARY 26

Kristin Chenoweth Tucson Music Hall, 7:30 p.m., $56-$200

JANUARY 18

Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue Centennial Hall, 8 p.m., $30-$80

JANUARY 19

American Crossroads Trio: David Bromberg, Larry Campbell and David Hidalgo Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $32-$42 Chrome Sparks 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $15 Pink Martini Tucson Music Hall, 7:30 p.m., $30-$195 Portland Cello Project University of Arizona’s Crowder Hall, 8 p.m., $45-$55

JANUARY 20

Bobby McFerrin: Circlesongs Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $49-$79

Special EFX w/Regina Carter, Eric Marienthal Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $34-$49

JANUARY 21

Stubborn Old Bastard w/Scattered Guts, Magguts, Hell Follows, Never Reborn, Skoville The Rock, 6 p.m., $8-$10

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Flor de Toloache 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $14

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Whitey Morgan Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $25-$85

Pink Martini Tucson Music Hall, 2 p.m., $30-$87

Tucson Swings Brightly with Nathan Riddle Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $29-$49

Randy Linder: A Tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival DesertView Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., $30

Asleep at the Wheel Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $29-$49

El Ten Eleven 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $13-$15

The Temptations w/The Four Tops Centennial Hall, 6:30 p.m., $50-$95

JANUARY 23

Tommy Castro and the Painkillers 191 Toole, 7:30 p.m., $22 Dash Club Congress, 7:30 p.m., free

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $35-$105

JANUARY 23

Corb Lund 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $15-$17

The Fab Four Fox Tucson Theatre, 8 p.m., $29.50-$52.50 Greg Brown 191 Toole, 7:30 p.m., $35-$40 Hockey Dad w/Hunny Club Congress, 7:30 p.m., $15 The Tapestry Album: Live in Concert – The Music of Carol King DesertView Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., $30

JANUARY 27

Herb Alpert and Lani Hall Fox Tucson Theatre, 7 p.m., $29-$74 Marty Friedman 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $17-$67 Supersuckers Club Congress, 8 p.m., $10-$12

JANUARY 28

The Black Market Trust Club Congress, 7:30 p.m., $15-$18

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Blackberry Smoke w/Chris Shiflett Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $29-$32 Duster Club Congress, 8 p.m., $15 Turkuaz 191 Toole, 8:30 p.m., $19.50-$22

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Drama Club Congress, 7:30 p.m., $13-$15

JANUARY 31

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $29-$74 JID 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $20-$25

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Travel A-Plus for T-Town The museums of Tulsa, Oklahoma

BY ED BOITANO

The Tulsa area is the cultural center of Oklahoma and features a wide array of fascinating museums. (Photo courtesy Visit Tulsa)

As I stood in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, I was amazed by the lushness of its greenery and sense of cosmopolitism. This was my first trip to Oklahoma, and in my naiveté, I had thought the whole state was one big Dust Bowl. Perhaps I had seen John Ford’s film adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath too many times, but that image had been branded in my mind.

As the late afternoon sun lowered, showering the cityscape in a stunning Oklahoma Technicolor sunset, my preconceived notions had just ended. I couldn’t wait to explore this culturally vibrant yet unfamiliar city.

In a region known as “Green Country,” Tulsa rests on the Arkansas River, between the Osage Hills and the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in northeast Oklahoma. It was first settled in 1828 by the Loachapoka

Band of Creek Nation during the disturbing period of the Indian Removal Act. The city boomed during the 20th century as an important center for the U.S oil industry, making Tulsa County the most densely populated area in Oklahoma. Today Tulsa is the cultural and arts center of Oklahoma, showcasing ballet and opera companies, grandiose 20th-century churches and one of the nation’s largest concentrations of Art Deco architecture. Its collection of worldclass museums includes the Gilcrease Museum of Art and the Philbrook Museum of Art.

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The Woody Guthrie Center is an inspiring tribute to the man best known for composing the song “This Land Is Your Land,” as well as championing social equality to all Americans through music. Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (born July 14, 1912 in Okemah, Oklahoma) chronicled the plight of common people, especially during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl era.

He headed for California, travWoody Guthrie saw the battle against fascism as the ultimate expression of good versus evil. After composing “Talking Hitler’s Head Off,” he painted on his guitar the words “This eling by freight machine kills fascists.” (Photo courtesy Woody Guthrie Center)

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said, “Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!”

In 1838, the U.S. Government sent in 7,000 troops, who forced the Cherokee into stockades at bayonet point. They were not allowed time to gather their belongings, and, as they departed, their homes were looted by new white settlers before their very eyes. The Cherokee began a thousand-mile march to an area now in presentday Oklahoma, just outside of Tulsa. More than 4,000 out of 16,000 Cherokee people died of cold, hunger, exhaustion and disease, primarily seniors and infants. The Cherokee people call this journey “The Trail Where They Cried” (Anglicized into “The Trail of Tears“) – a journey that saw more people die than perished in the attacks of September 11, 2001. In the years that followed, the Cherokee struggled to reassert themselves in this new, unfamiliar land.

Soon they transformed the area, creating a progressive court and education system with a literacy rate higher than the rest of the U.S. Many Euro-American settlers took advantage of their superior schools, paying tuition to have their children attend

train, hitchhiking or simply walking westward. He supported himself by singing and playing in taverns, taking odd jobs and visiting hobo camps – giving him an unflinching education of a world where the rich had everything and the poor, nothing. In Los Angeles, he landed a job at a radio station, where his songs gave voice to the struggles of the dispossessed and downtrodden, while still celebrating their indomitable spirit. His activist music later had a tremendous influence on everyone from Bob Dylan and Joan Baez to Rambling Jack Elliott and Phil Ochs.

The Cherokee National Will Rogers’ fame allowed him to travel the world, showcasing his amazMuseum is located just out- ing rope twirling. (Photo courtesy Will Rogers Memorial Museum) side of Tulsa in Park Hill. The center includes the Adams Corner Rural the Cherokee schools. The state grew up Village, Cherokee Family Research Center around the nations of the American-Indian and Cherokee National Archives, which Territory, and that influence can be seen houses the award-winning Trail of Tears today.

Will Rogers Memorial Museum. Many interpretive exhibition – an experience that will stir you to the depths of your soul. In images come to mind at the mention of Wil1830, President Andrew Jackson pushed a liam Penn Adair “Will” Rogers: a rope-twirlnew piece of legislation through Congress ing Cherokee-American cowboy, radio percalled the “Indian Removal Act.” American- sonality, humorist, newspaper columnist, Indian Tribes were to give up their lands social commentator, vaudeville performer east of the Mississippi River in exchange for and actor who starred in 71 movies. Rogers lands to the west in the Oklahoma Territory. was born to a prominent Indian Territory The 22,000 members of the Cherokee Na- family in 1879. His father was a Cherokee tion, based primarily in northern Georgia, senator and a judge who helped write the refused to relocate. Supreme Court Justice Oklahoma Constitution.

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The Cherokee Passport is an essential all-access pass to explore the 66,000 acres that make up Cherokee Nation, just outside of Tulsa. (Photo courtesy Visit Cherokee Nation)

with artifacts, photographs, films and resting more than 6,000 black residents manuscripts pertaining to his remarkable and refusing to provide them with prolife. I particularly enjoyed a section of tection or assistance. Law enforcement the spacious museum, dedicated to his officials used airplanes to drop firebombs quotations. My favorite: “Everybody is ig- on buildings, homes and fleeing faminorant, only on different subjects.” Rogers’ lies, stating they were protecting the city tomb is located on the museum’s 20-acre against a “Negro uprising.” More than 6,000 African-Americans were imprisoned, and grounds overlooking Claremore.

The small Greenwood Cultural Center historians believe as many as 300 Africanhouses one of the most bleak and secre- Americans were killed, while thousands tive tragedies in U.S. history: The Tulsa Race were left homeless. News reports were Riot. The Greenwood District was an afflu- largely squelched. You will hardly find any ent African-American community, nationally known as the Black Wall Street.

During the Jim Crow south of 1921, most of Tulsa’s 10,000 black residents lived in that neighborhood, which included a thriving business district, expensive homes, nationally-known doctors, lawyers, bankers, business owners and even millionaires.

Due to segregation, it was almost like a self-contained city, where citizens conducted all their business in the 300 black-owned businesses. Due to a claim by a white female elevator The Greenwood District was once an affluent African-American operator that the black 19-year-old community in Tulsa. (Photo courtesy Greenwood Cultural Center) shoeshine man, Dick Rowland, did something to offend her in the elevator, mention of the worst U.S. incident of racial the man was immediately sent to jail. Ru- violence in any public school history books mors of what had supposedly happened or in private conversations.

The Tulsa Race Riot remains the worst began to circulate through the city’s white community. That afternoon a front-page incident of racial violence in U.S. history. story in the Tulsa Tribune enraged the white Thankfully, the Greenwood Cultural Center populace to a boiling point with the report keeps this story alive today. Its mission is that police had arrested a Negro man for to preserve African-American heritage and promote positive images of the Africansexually assaulting a white woman.

White mobs assembled outside the American community by providing educacourthouse, where Rowland was held for tional and cultural experiences promoting his safety, demanding that he be lynched. intercultural exchange and encouraging When the mob attempted to storm the cultural tourism.

There was still much to do in Tulsa, a building, the sheriff and his deputies heroically dispersed the crowd away. In the fol- city that receives little national coverage. lowing early morning hours of June 1, 1921, There were more museums to see, plus I vigilante mobs of white rioters poured into still didn’t get my fill of the Texas-Oklahoma Greenwood, killing, looting and burning all specialty: chicken-fried steak.

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the elements within the Detroit Foundation Hotel are locally sourced, including wallpaper and snacks. The Detroit Foundation Hotel’s staff is so great that when we The ‘spirit of Detroit’ returns after economic downturn were shafted by Lyft, a valet driver picked us up at 11 p.m. near Ford Field.

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Fodor’s Travel found Detroit attractive enough to include it on its Go List of 52 recommended destinations. My favorite hotspots have grown along with the city.

The Detroit Institute of Arts, which was hosting Star Wars and the Power of Costume while we were there, boasts incredible Diego Rivera murals sharing Detroit’s indusDetroit’s skyline is striking from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. trial past.

Nearby is a cultural and musical gem: I’m Michigan’s biggest cheerleader.

Hotel’s restaurant, The Apparatus Room. driver, an African immigrant, shared his the Motown Museum, Hitsville, U.S.A. I lived in the Great Lakes State for 36 years Little Caesars Arena (or LCA) brought new thoughts about the Detroit revival. When The Motown Museum is filled to the brim before moving to Arizona on Thanksgiv- hope to the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit he moved to the city, he saw a beat down with historical artifacts like Michael Jacking 2002 to be closer to family. It was heart- Pistons. and broken Detroit. Now he’s dazzled by son’s jeweled glove and the Temptations’ breaking, but a necessity. clothing, as well as original posters from Hopeful fans gathered outside of Ford its magic.

My past with Detroit is storied. I interned Field for the Detroit Lions’ season kickoff, I stayed at The Foundation Hotel, which Motown revues and platinum albums. for Olympia Entertainment when it was a Monday Night Football game against Time Magazine called one of 2018’s 100 Dance on the floor that held the Temptarenovating the bejeweled Fox Theatre. My the New G r e a t e s t tions, the Four Tops, Smokey Robinson and fellow intern and I found gems within the York Jets. The Places, along the Miracles and others. Take the guided theater – original Gone with the Wind post- result was with locales tour and sing along with hosts and guests ers, autographed pictures of Elvis Presley, abysmal. The like Golden to Motown classics. and black-and-white pictures of the legend night before, I can never get enough reminders of the Bridge in in the gold-encrusted lobby. It was a sign the Detroit Ba Na Hills, music that came out of the quaint home, of what Detroit was.

Tigers celVietnam; Al- which is seemingly frozen in time. The When I left, Detroit was bereft of aban- ebrated the Qarawiy yin vending machine still holds candy bars like doned buildings and dirty streets. A new 50th anniLibrary in Fez, Baby Ruth, which were Stevie Wonder’s fafootball stadium, Ford Field, and baseball versary of its Morocco; and vorite. (The Baby Ruth bars were put in the stadium, Comerica Park, offered a glimmer 1968 World Conrad Mal- same slot each time so little Stevie would of hope across the street from the glorious Series win dives Rangali know where they were.) The gift shop is to Fox and Fillmore theaters. with a cer- The Spirit of Detroit is often draped in sports jerseys to celebrate a vic- Island, Mal- die for, so don’t forget to “Shop Around.” tory. (Photos special to LLIT) A trip to Detroit isn’t complete without I recently returned to my beloved state emony and dives. a visit to South Detroit (otherwise known to see what I had heard through the grape- national anthem by Jose Feliciano. Nearby, As I approached the Detroit Foundation vine, to quote a Motown hit. Detroit was folks jogged and walked along the River- Hotel, I was greeted by oversized, red wood as Windsor, Ontario). Even on the drizzliest resuscitated and magical. People rushing Walk, despite the scattered showers. doors that once welcomed fire apparatus, days, Detroit’s skyline is a beautiful sight through the rain to get to restaurants like Downtown Detroit is beautiful, once as it’s a repurposed fire headquarters. The from Dieppe Gardens, just a quick trip Dime Store, a brunch spot that, on a slow again. friendly staff, polished concrete floors and across the Ambassador Bridge or Detroitday, has a two-hour wait, or The Foundation When we headed to Ford Field, our taxi lighting by Michiganders Alexander Porbe Windsor tunnel.

Henry Ford Museum of American Innoand Kim Harty created a warmth that welcomed me home. Many of vation isn’t in Detroit either, but it offers a detailed look at the area’s history. See the beloved 1952 Wienermobile and somber reminders of U.S. history like the Rosa Parks bus and various presidents’ cars.

The museum highlights the evolution of technology with a “futuristic” home, a celebration of the The Foundation Hotel is a repurposed fire station in downtown ’80s with a bedroom Detroit. It features lighting by Michigander Alexander Porbe.

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