Lovin Life After 50: Tucson March 2019

March 2019

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Diana Madaras brings ‘Spirit Animals’ into gallery’s 20th anniversary

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Upfront

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Reaching a Milestone

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Age of Elegance

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Top 15 Things To Do

Diana Madaras marks her gallery’s 20 years

Saluting a Friend

Guitarist Jeff Dayton has a bit of Glen Campbell in each performance

Boom Goddess Radio

Three Tucson women motivate their peers through their podcast Ms. Senior Arizona ready to crown a new winner Monster Jam, Tucson Festival of Books, One Night of Queen, Wild West Con and more!

News 10 Top News Stories Arts

12 The Show Goes On

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Tucson’s Alex Bowman is racing toward NASCAR success

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18 Sports Calendar 22 Divine Intervention

Music 20 Music with a Purpose

Needtobreathe is a 15-year overnight success story

The Revivalists’ nerves give way to excitement after a decade

21 A New Chapter

Steven Curtis Chapman says God gave him the ‘gift of creativity’

Julia Michaels shares her innermost thoughts on her tour with Pink

23 A Roller Coaster of Emotions 24 Music Calendar 25 Puzzles

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Upfront Reaching a Milestone Diana Madaras marks her gallery’s 20 years

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Diana Madaras glances around her Tucson gallery, at the award-winning pieces of bold, colorful art and jewelry, still unsure how her eponymous gallery has crossed the 20-year mark.

“People ask how long I have been painting,” she says. “I would say two years, but now I can’t believe it’s been more than 20.”

In honor of the Madaras Gallery’s 20th anniversary, the artist collaborated with her filmmaker sister, Sandra Levine, and songwriter Amber Norgaard to create a video. She also developed a 20-year logo and released merchandise commemoDiana Madaras’ paintings have graced the covers of seven magazines rating the anniversary. and the walls of the Tucson Museum of Art. (Photos by Kimberly Carrillo) The All-Artist Show, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10, is the sporting events including LPGA and PGA official celebration. Madaras will unveil golf tournaments. A month-long paintfive new “Spirit Animal” paintings in her ing trip to Greece in 1993 changed her life, 20-piece series, a project inspired by her prompting her to sell her marketing compassion for helping animal causes. The pany and devote her career to painting. show also features small works from six “A professor saw my work from the Uniguest artists. versity of Arizona and he persuaded me “It’s great just to be able to celebrate suc- to go to Greece with his college kids for a cess like that and to show that we survived month and it changed my life,” she says. the recession,” she says. “We’re just happy “Every year since then he’s been invitto say we’re here and we’re still here.” ing me back and I haven’t been able to go Madaras says the gallery forged through because I’m busy. Last year, he said, ‘This the tough times because she has a price is our 25th anniversary. So, you need to go point for everyone. again.’ It was a reunion trip. We traveled to “When times were hard, we sold a lot of three different islands and I had a magnifiour gift items,” she says. “A lot of our prints cent time.” are smaller canvases. You can come in here Madaras found it very inspirational. and spend $30 or you can spend $20,000.

“It was great to paint with other artists I think that flexibility really got us through because it’s such a solitary occupation,” she the tough times.” says. “It was a real learning experience. We had an instructor from Australia, a wellNew career known Australian water colorist, and he Painting is a second career for Madaras, does things a little differently. I picked up who earned a master’s degree from UA in a few new techniques.

1977. Before opening her art gallery, she “I did a lot of splatter. You’re throwing operated a high-profile sports market- paint with your brush and it can make reing company in Tucson, promoting major ally neat effects.”

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Diana Madaras paints in watercolor and acrylic and has a diverse portfolio, from brilliant desert landscapes to expressionistic portraits. Her 20-year-old gallery is a sight to see. Not only does it showcase traditional artwork, but cellphone cases and household goods.

Madaras paints in watercolor and acrylic and has a diverse portfolio – from brilliant desert landscapes to expressionistic portraits. A signature member of the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, Madaras has been featured in a dozen one-woman shows, and her art has hung in the Tucson Museum of Art. She was named the featured artist of the Empire Ranch 100 Show in 2009.

She has also completed paintings for Westin, Loews and Miraval resorts.

Her painting, “The Blues at Old Main,” was commissioned for the cover of the University of Arizona Alumni Magazine and her art has appeared on the covers of six other magazines, including Art Book of the West and Tucson Lifestyle.

Madaras’ works has inspired many who have perused her art. She quietly shares the story of a cancer patient who visited her gallery.

“We had one woman who was going in for cancer surgery and she saw our spirit animal called ‘Fly Me to the Moon,’” Madaras says.

“She asked if she could print it out and take it with her and have it in her hospital room. Some of these stories just make you cry. Sometimes we’ll have a person come in and they’ll be drawn to one particular painting and they’ll stand there and cry. It’s so gratifying because the person has a connection to the painting. That makes it all worthwhile.”

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What: The All-Artist Show When: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10 Where: Madaras Gallery, 3035 N. Swan Road Info: 615.3001, madaras.com

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Saluting a Friend

Guitarist Jeff Dayton has a bit of Glen Campbell in each performance

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BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Guitarist Jeff Dayton has spent years backing artists Jeff Dayton will perform around the state this month. like Kenny Chesney, Toby (Photo courtesy Jeff Dayton) Keith, Gene Autry and Mac Davis.

Now he’s finding time to pay tribute to his good friend, the late Glen Campbell.

Whether it’s his solo show or “Salute to Glen Campbell,” there’s a bit of the country superstar in every gig.

“I can’t perform without telling stories about him,” Dayton says.

Dayton will play a handful of March shows in the Valley, some solo and others “Salute to Glen Campbell.”

“For ‘Salute to Glen Campbell,’ I bring as many of the old guys from Glen Campbell’s band as I can,” he says.

“We tell stories. We do the hits. We talk about how the songs happen, what he was like on the album, “Sip It Slow,” which will be availgolf course. There’s a song called ‘Long able at his Valley shows in March.

Slow Train Out of Town.’ That’s a meta“‘Sip It Slow’ is all original,” he says. “I’m phor for him losing his memory.” doing some bluegrass, some Caribbean, Dayton has been playing guitar since some Latin, and some pretty straighthe was 9, and he immediately formed his ahead country and modern stuff. Some first band, The Emperors. From there, he of the album is in Spanish. played local clubs and concerts in Min“The Caribbean stuff is fun. It’s inspired nesota, paying his dues and working by a trip I took to Turks and Caicos this with musicians who became sidemen winter. Then there’s the bluegrass stuff. for Prince and Bob Dylan.

We have tremendous players in Nashville.

He moved to the Valley, got his first I have four songs with banjo, mandolin, Nashville song contracts and played in a dobro and fiddle.” handful of bands, including the Jeff DayThe album took some time, he says, priton Band. He met Campbell, and it set the marily due to a death in his family. stage for his move to Nashville in 2000.

“I lost a brother a year ago,” Dayton exIn 2003, Dayton toured the world with plains. “It was out of the blue and really Chesney. quickly. I thought I needed to do what I “It was really a thrill,” he says. “Kenny wanted to do now rather than wait until has amazing energy. The crowd was I’m 80. I did a three-week trip to Hawaii. I pumped. The energy level was so high went to Turks and Caicos last month for in the room. It’ll give you goosebumps a month, and met some good people.” before you go on stage. You go out there He’ll play songs from his album at a and they love you. I respect the heck out variety of gigs, including The Listening of him.”

Room Phoenix, a venue for the diehard Now he is a music producer, songwrit- music fan who doesn’t want distractions. er, session guitarist, recording artist and “It’s a cool room,” he says. “There’s educator. nothing like it. It’s a great spot. It’s not a Dayton is preparing to release a solo noisy bar. People actually listen to us.” www.LovinLife.com

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What: Jeff Dayton shows Info: jeffdaytonmusic.com When: 7 p.m. Friday, March 1, Palm Ridge Recreation Center, 13800 W. Deer Valley Drive, Sun City West, 623-544-6000 4 and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2, Renaissance Performing Arts Theater, PebbleCreek, 16222 Clubhouse Drive, Goodyear, robson.com Noon Sunday, March 3, Glendale Folk and Heritage Festival, 9802 N. 59th Avenue, Glendale, glendaleaz.com 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, Fountain Hills Presbyterian, 13001 N. Fountain Hills Boulevard, Fountain Hills, 480-837-1763 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7, The Listening Room Phoenix, 4614 N. Seventh Street, Phoenix, thelisteningroomphoenix.com 7 p.m. Friday, March 8, Canyon Vista RV Resort, 6601 E. U.S. Highway 60, Gold Canyon, 480-288-8844 2 and 6 p.m. Saturday, March 9, Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road, Suite 165, Tucson, 520-529-1000

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Boom Goddess Radio Three Tucson women motivate their peers through their podcast

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Three urban professionals who migrated to the desert started a podcast with the shared purpose of helping women negotiate life.

Andrea Gould-Marks, Jennifer DavisPaige and Barbara Peters founded Boom Goddess Radio, a weekly Internet radio show with “real conversations,” they say, about personal growth, family, relationships and sexuality, health, beauty and creative expression.

Boom Goddess Radio is celebrating its third anniversary on March 8, International Women’s Day. Peters has lived in Tucson for about nine years, previously residing in Florida, Seattle, Long Island and Poland.

“I feel like a person of the world,” Peters says. “I’ve mastered four corners of the country and outside as well.”

With two master’s degrees under her belt, Peters worked for a burgeoning architecture

firm and organized two women’s expos. She met her Boom Goddess Radio cohorts three years ago.

“When I turned 50, I worked on identifying my past and what words would guide me through my next phase of life,” she says.

“Those words are: learning, creativity and purpose.

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“Syndication is all we are pursuing,” Peters says. “After funding this marvelous experience with personal savings, we want to broaden our reach and have the opportunity to build a financial model that will provide support for us individually as well.

“We’re looking to connect with underwriters and advertisers who want to let this amazing program let the world know what you’re all about. We want to help creative souls and ignite their creativity, and interview them through podcasts and videos.”

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Age of Elegance

A Surprise resident, Cheri Seith, was Ms. Senior Arizona 2018.

Ms. Senior Arizona ready to crown a new winner

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BY OLIVIA MUNSON Ms. Senior Arizona 2018 Cheri Seith finds it bittersweet that her year-long reign is coming to an end.

However, the Surprise resident knows her experience does not end with the 2019 pageant, set for Saturday, March 30.

She will continue to support and work with Ms. Senior Arizona; its sponsor, the Cameo Foundation, and its organizers, Herme and Ken Sherry.

“Herme and Ken Sherry are the glue that holds the foundation together,” Seith says.

“Everyone is so appreciative. It is a wonderful place to be as we age.”

The Cameo Foundation provides “programs and opportunities that allow senior citizens to demonstrate and share their talents, skills, resources and experiences with people of all ages,” according to its website.

In addition, proceeds from the pageant go to survivors of domestic violence.

Herme Sherry says the foundation does everything it can to help shelters. Cameo works with smaller shelters to give aid and attention toward the topic of domestic violence.

Three decades Ms. Senior Arizona is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year at the Valley Vista Performing Arts Center.

According to Sherry, the pageant director and Ms. Senior Arizona 2004, the event is “not what people think of as a pageant atmosphere.”

It has four categories. Contestants will be interviewed on Friday, March 29, by a panel of judges. On the pageant day, contestants will recite their philosophy of life in 35 sec-

onds or less, model an evening gown and perform a talent of no more than 2 minutes and 45 seconds.

Sherry says the women have myriad talents, ranging from dancing to a jazz routine to “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” to monologues. Other talents include a hula-hoop routine to “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” as well as an American Sign Language performance.

For five weeks, the 20 contestants will rehearse with the hopes of becoming Ms. Senior America. Over that short time span, the contestants bond and form friendships.

Sherry says she enjoys the women’s camaraderie.

Looking back on her reign, Seith says it was overwhelming, but she was excited to hold the title.

“I love my age now,” she says. “It really does get better with age; it’s more of an attitude than a number.”

After winning the Ms. Senior Arizona title, Seith competed in the Ms. Senior Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

“I have nothing but positive praise for my experience in Atlantic City,” she says. “They really treat you like a queen.”

She says she feels she gained “sisters”

from around the United States through participating in the Ms. Senior America Pageant.

Among Seith’s favorite moments was visiting the veterans hospital.

She saw how being there and making a difference in someone’s life is so precious.

Seith says Sherry was right in saying, “You may never know who you have touched; your life will be touched in so many ways by so many people.”

As a former winner, Sherry says the pageant goes beyond a crown and sash. Even

if a contestant does not win, Sherry says it is a life-changing experience.

“A humble queen is the best kind of queen there is,” Sherry says.

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What: Ms. Senior Arizona 2019 Pageant When: 6 p.m. Saturday, March 30 Where: Valley Vista Performing Arts Center, 15550 N. Parkview Place, Surprise Cost: Tickets are $15; $25 for VIP Info: msseniorarizona.com

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The Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Boulevard, 795.0844, loftcinema.org, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, and 2 p.m. Saturday, $10.

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Monster Jam

MARCH 2 Why let the Monster Trucks on TV have all the fun? You can see jaw-dropping and gravity-defying feats in your very own town. Monster Jam brings trucks like Grave Digger, Max-D and El Toro Loco onto the course for racing, freestyle and skill challenges that will have the whole family on the edge of their seats.

Tucson Arena, 260 S. Church Avenue, 791.4101, tucsonarena.com, 1 p.m., $20-$48.

Tucson Festival of Books

MARCH 2 AND MARCH 3 This free annual festival is a book lovers’ heaven, featuring authors, panels, signings and discussions galore. In addition to vendors, food and live performances, this year’s festival will also host authors like Jasmine Guillory, John Jay Osborn Jr., and Bell Hooks.

University of Arizona, 880 E. Fourth Street, 621.0302, tucsonfestivalofbooks.org, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., select ticketed author visits and general admission free.

The Manhattan Dolls: Dolls Through the Decades

MARCH 4 Coming to Gaslight Theatre is a Monday Night Concert Series!

Kicking off the series is internationally touring trio, The Manhattan Dolls. The retro-styled vocalists will take you on a smooth sailing journey through classics of the yesteryear.

The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Boulevard, 886.9428, thegaslighttheatre.com, 6 p.m., adults $22.95 and kids $12.95.

One Night of Queen

MARCH 5 If last year’s Bohemian Rhapsody movie is still on your mind, look no further. This international touring Queen tribute recreates the legendary band’s look, sound and showmanship.

In fact, lead singer Gary Mullens won a British reality TV show with his Freddie Mercury impression. Don’t miss your chance to see “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Under Pressure” and “We Are the Champions” unfold before your very eyes.

Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, 547.3040, foxtucson.com, 7:30 p.m., $27-$67.

Cat Video Fest

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MARCH 7 TO MARCH 9 Old Tucson plays host to the largest Western-style steampunk convention in the country. The famous movie studio and amusement park is the perfect backdrop for a weekend full of steampunk concerts, vendors, panels and workshops. From tea dueling to fashion shows and even a kids’ zone, anyone can get their sci-fi aesthetic on.

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MARCH 9 Grab your foodie friends for a snob-worthy bacon and brew experience. Southern Arizona breweries will be on hand with 20 different beers alongside another 20 creative bacon concoctions from local chefs and restaurants. Tickets include samples for bacon dishes, as well as live music and a raffle.

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McKale Memorial Center, 1 National Championship Drive, 621.2200, arizonawildcasts. com, 2 p.m., $45-$150.

“The Greatest Showman” Sing-Along

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Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, 547.3040, foxtucson.com, 3 p.m., $4-$5.

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Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, 2500 E. Ajo Way, 880.5362, kfma.com, noon, $135.

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MARCH 23 Support the wildlife and get a little wild yourself with the Desert Museum’s first wine festival. Sip on some of the best local and regional wines, including tastes from Desert Sky Vineyard, Flying Leap and Elgin Winery and Distillery, and enjoy live music, snacks and stargazing. Proceeds benefit the museum and if you’re lucky, you might get to catch some upand-close and personal time with some furry friends.

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Road, 883.2702, desertmuseum.org, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., $40-$90 and designated drivers $25.

Death Cab for Cutie

MARCH 30 The sensitive alternative indie rock crew behind hits like “I Will Follow You Into The Dark” and “Soul Meets Body” is back.

Known for its unconventional instrumentation, deep lyrics and chill vibe, Death Cab has accumulated quite the fanbase since its formation in 1997. It tours its latest album, Thank You for Today.

Tucson Arena, 260 S. Church Avenue, 791.4101, tucsonarena.com, 8 p.m., $37-$73.

Reserve your spot in the largest RV Park on the On Friday September 2018 Mountain with28, over Hon-Dah Resort Casino & Conference Center 500 RV spaces. will host the The Run to the Pines pre-car show.

There will be a parade of pre-1970 vehicles.

In the evening there will be a BBQ dinner, entertainment and giveaways. Open to the public. The BBQ dinner is hosted by the Run to the Pines Car Club.

Battle of the Beats

MARCH 30 This isn’t your typical battle of the bands – this time it’s all about the beats. Drummers from all genres, styles and backgrounds will compete to be crowned Tucson’s top title.

Sounds like a good time to practice your head bang and get ready to perfect your beat clap.

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BY OCTAVIO SERRANO

Wellness fair set for Fellowship Square Fellowship Square Tucson welcomes the public from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, April 5, to get into the spirit of health with its 2019 Wellness Fair. Health-related vendors will be onsite to offer services like oral cancer and hearing screenings. “Mindful Movement,” seated Tai Chi and meditation will be available at 10:30 a.m.

Other participants include ISmile (oral screenings), TEK Audiology (hearing screenings), Palo Verde Behavioral Health, AZ Senior Assistance and Medicare health benefits specialists.

Admission is free at Fellowship Square Tucson, Villa 2, 8111 E. Broadway Boulevard.

For more information, visit fellowshipsquareseniorliving.org or call 886-5537.

McSally briefed on health issues during meeting

Final beam placed at Casino del Sol’s new hotel The final beam was placed on top of Casino del Sol’s new hotel, marking the halfway point in the construction process and signifying the completion of the structural phase of Estrella at Casino del Sol. Casino del Sol team members and those of the McCarthy construction team signed the 17-foot-long beam at the topping-off ceremony last month before it was lifted to its place on top of the hotel’s framework.

Sitting on 2.2 acres adjacent to the existing Casino del Sol, the hotel will have six floors and 151 rooms. The amenities include meeting rooms, an arcade, a lounge area

Learn how to revise, create a will Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona will present “Why-A-Will” workshops from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, and 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 20.

The free workshops will answer questions about updating and creating a will.

Participants will hear from an experienced state attorney about creating a will to ease the burden of family members.

The workshop on Tuesday, March 5, will be held at 4821 N. Stone Avenue, and the workshop on Wednesday, March 20, is set for 301 W. Camino Casa Verde, Green Valley.

The workshops are free, but reservations are required by emailing kidxon@communityfoodbank.org or calling 882-3296.

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Members of the Southern Arizona Chamber of Commerce Association briefed U.S. Sen. Martha McSally about its innovative

health plan for small businesses in February. The Southern Arizona Chamber Benefits Plan, managed by United Healthcare, aims to provide a lower health care cost alternative that is not always available to small businesses, while providing members with access to a network of more than 1.2 million health care professionals.

and fitness center. Additionally, the hotel will have a family-friendly pool equipped with a pool slide for the kids and a poolside bar for adults.

For more information, visit casinodelsol. com or call 1-855-765-7829.

Casino del Sol is located at 5655 W. Valencia Road.

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Spring Festival of the Arts brings art, food trucks Oro Valley’s free Spring Festival of the Arts returns from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 30, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday, March 31, to the Oro Valley Marketplace that includes art, interactive family experiences, food truck and music.

One of the largest regional art events in Southern Arizona, the two-day festival features more than 150 artists and exhibitors, live music performances, food vendors and family arts activities.

Music includes an acoustic traditions band competition during which bands will battle on the main stage for cash prizes and an opportunity to perform at the Marana Bluegrass Festival.

The food trucks at the festival will serve barbecue, tacos and other fare at Oro Valley Marketplace at 12155 N. Oracle Road, Oro Valley. For information, visit saaca.org.

UPS honors Arizona drivers UPS honored 28 elite drivers from Arizona are among 1,436 newly inducted worldwide into the circle of honor, an organization for UPS drivers who have achieved 25 or more years of accident-free driving.

There are 1,778 full-time UPS drivers in Arizona. The notable drivers from Tucson include Willie Minter, Michael Ortiz, John Yodice III, Anthony Young and Edgar Soriano.

“My thanks go to all of them for their dedication and focus and for the countless lives they’ve saved,” says Charlene Thomas, president of UPS West Region. “Their attention to detail has kept them safe and has helped improve public safety.”

Mark Kelly rallies in Tucson Running for U.S. Senate, former astronaut Mark Kelly addressed a packed crowd at Hotel Congress where he described his mission for Arizona. He is hoping to win the Senate seat held by Rep. Martha McSally.

Kelly’s mission includes solidifying an affordable care act where prescription prices are lowered. The husband of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, Kelly also wants to improve environmental problems and economic growth.

In addition, Kelly wants to make classrooms safer by protecting them from gun violence.

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Community Calendar

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

Organic Garden Fair and Plant Sale

MARCH 2 Locally grown organic vegetable and herb seedlings and open-pollinated seeds will be available, as will organic compost and fertilizers during this event. A free gardening class will be held at 11 a.m.

The Community Gardens at St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church, 3809 E. Third Street, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., tucsonorganicgardeners.org, info@ tucsonorganicgardeners.org, free admission.

Tucson Area Iris Society

Tucson Historic Depot, 414 N. Toole Avenue, 623.2223, tucsonhistoricdepot.org, call for charge, 10 a.m.

Society of Military Widows Meeting

MARCH 20 The Society of Military Widows is dedicated to the needs, concerns and welfare of military surviving spouses and their children. Reservation deadline is March 12.

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, 2720 S. Craycroft Road, 721.1688, noon, call for charge.

MARCH 9 Tucson Area Iris Society member Sue Clark will present a visual journey to Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania. After what began as a purchase to rescue a 15-acre arboretum of trees nearly heading to the lumber mill in 1906, Pierre DuPont turned his fam into Longwood Gardens, now 1,077 acres of flowers, fountains, meadows, forests and a conservatory.

Wilmot Branch Library, 530 N. Wilmot Road, 5945420, free admission.

Stroke Prevention and Atrial Fibrillation

Green Valley Stroke Support Group

Tucson Society of the Blind

MARCH 14 Facilitated by Dr. Leslie Ritter and supported by BannerUniversity Medical Center, University of Arizona and the Sarver Heart Center, the meeting is for stroke survivors and caregivers to learn more about stroke, to find positive solutions to shared concerns and to unit in support of each other.

La Perla at La Posada, 635 S. Park Center Avenue, 626-2901, reservations required, 10 to 11 a.m., free.

Celebrating the Goddess: New Works by Tsipora

MARCH 15 In Tsipora’s work, she strives to create movement and gesture in the inanimate. All of her work starts on a wheel and is then uniquely altered often with references to the human body.

Tucson Clay Co-Op, 3326 N. Dodge Boulevard, 917705-3803, tucsonclayco-op.com, call for charge.

Meet and Greet Lunch

MARCH 16 Singles ages 60 and older are invited to a meet and greet with Tucson Singletarians with Eileen Weeks. Prospective members need to fill out and sign a Tucson Singletarians application and give payment at the lunch. They will receive $10 off their membership.

Biscuits Country Café, 7026 E. Broadway Road, 222-2423, 11:30 a.m., call for charge.

The Silver Spike Festival

MARCH 16 Tucson celebrates the 139th anniversary of the arrival of the railroad in the city with special programming presented at the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum. There will be a re-enactment of the Tucson arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad on March 20, 1880, a display of the original silver spike, a Mayoral Proclamation, a performance by the 4th U.S. Cavalry Regiment Band, a craft show, and a display of vintage vehicles.

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MARCH 21 Leading the talk is Dr. Ranjith Shetty, an assistant professor of medicine, associate director of Structural Heart Disease and the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson.

Canoa Hills Social Center, 3660 S. Camino del Sol, Green Valley, 626-2901, 10 to 11 a.m., free.

MARCH 21 AND MARCH 22 Harpist Christine Vivona will play classical, jazz and Broadway tunes on Friday. The Old Arizona Brass Band will perform patriotic, marches and folk music on Saturday. Both days, there will be a silent auction. A raffle drawing will be hold on Saturday with a grand prize of $100 cash. All proceeds go to Tucson Society of the Blind, which serves the visually impaired with educational, social and recreational programs.

Fellowship Square, 8111 E. Broadway, various times, 298-2427, $10.

Rabbi Bob Alper

MARCH 31 Rabbi/stand-up comic Rabbi Bob Alper performs to benefit Congregation Beit Simcha Tucson. The opener is Tucsonbased attorney/comic Elliot Glicksman. The show is open to those 11 and older.

Congregation Beit Simcha, 3001 E. Skyline Drive, 276-5675, beitsimchatuscon.org, $20 in advance, $25 at the door.

Sam Hughes Neighborhood Home Tour

MARCH 31 This popular self-guided tour of a midtown historic neighborhood just east of University of Arizona has been conducted every other year for decades. This year’s tour features 11 residences and gardens covering a 94-year age span; food; music; art; new businesses; three infill developments and other points of interest in the 1-squaremile historic neighborhood bordered by Campbell Avenue and Country Club Road, and Speedway and Broadway boulevards.

Sam Hughes Neighborhood, noon to 5 p.m., samhughes.org.

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Arts The Show Goes On

Jose Luis Gomez continues his work as TSO music director

BY LAURA LATZKO Under the direction of Music Director Jose Luis Gomez, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra has expanded its repertoire and gained greater community support.

The company will continue this work through 2024 under Gomez, as he recently signed a four-year extension to his original four-year contract.

Gomez is the 17th music director for the company, which has been around 90 seasons.

As musical director, he has conducted a sold-out performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9” and concerts featuring guest artists Yo-Yo Ma and Pink Martini.

He led the orchestra in a performance for 100,000 people during the All Souls Procession finale and during an international radio broadcast celebrating the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth.

Gomez says while he has achieved a lot while working with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, there is still more he would like to do.

“The fact that things are going so well with the orchestra, it was a natural call for both of us to still pursue much more of those dreams we had Maestro Jose Luis Gomez will make his Tucson Symphony at the beginOrchestra performing debut as ning but to first violin on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Serenade for develop them Strings” on Friday, March 8. (Photo even more,” courtesy Tucson Symphony Orchestra) Gomez says.

When he came to Tucson, his goals were to improve the quality of the orchestra, connect more with the outside community, produce works by new composers, work with orchestras around the world and commission pieces for the orchestra.

“I think the room for development was what was attractive to me. There were many things that could be done with the orchestra. When you have the opportunity to inflict those changes and to be part of those changes, I

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think that that’s the most attractive thing for any person in my position,” Gomez says.

He has been able to accomplish many of his goals but plans to take them a step further.

“Looking forward, it would make me very, very satisfied and happy to see the orchestra growing artistically, but also connecting more to the audience, getting out there and getting people excited about the orchestra they have in their own town,” Gomez says.

While working with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Gomez also guest conducts for companies around the world. During the upcoming season, he will travel to Alberta, Canada; Texas; Louisiana and Berlin, Germany.

Gomez says his work as guest conductor has shown him the differences between companies around the world.

“Each place has its own identity. When I go to different places, each one has their own way of making music, a certain repertoire,” Gomez says.

Gomez always strives to facilitate growth on an individual level and within the orchestra with which he is working.

“Anywhere in the world you go, there’s always something to improve, always something to make better. Being a musician, being an artist in music means that you have to always do more and more,” Gomez says.

The Tucson orchestra recently collaborated with orchestras in Spain, Japan and Mexico on a commissioned trumpet and orchestra concerto by Arturo Marquez.

The orchestra has recently commissioned works by emerging musicians who started out in the Young Composers Project, a yearlong experience in which students have a chance to work with musicians, composers and conductors. S. Maggie Polk Olivo and Scott Ordway are two examples of alumni the orchestra has worked with on commissioned pieces.

Gomez says they are given the freedom to explore themes that have meaning to them, and thus far, audiences have responded positively to their pieces.

“The audience knows they are from Tucson and they want them to succeed. You feel the sense of ownership between the audience and the orchestra,” Gomez says.

The Venezuelan conductor gained international recognition when he won first

prize at the St. Georg Solti International Conductor’s Competition in Frankfurt in 2010.

Gomez began his career as a violin player in the El Sistema training program in Venezuela and became the concertmaster of the Youth Orchestra of Zulia State by age 11.

Before coming to Tucson, he has served as assistant conductor for the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and principal conductor for the Orchestra 1813 Teatro Sociale di Como.

Gomez has conducted Frankfurt Opera’s production of “La Boheme;” the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert version of “La Traviata;” Teatro Sociale di Como’s renditions of “Le Nozze di Figaro,” “Don Giovanni” and “Cavalleria Rusticana” and the State Opera’s productions of “Don Carlo” and “Norma.”

On March 8, the composer will make his Tucson Symphony Orchestra performing debut as first violin on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Serenade for Strings.”

The 2018-2019 season also offers performances of Gustav Mahler’s “Symphony No. 5,” Andrew Lloyd Webber and Stephen Sondheim music, Jean Sibelius’ “Symphony No. 2” and music inspired by natural elements.

In celebration of the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth, the Tucson orchestra will present the composer’s first eight symphonies during the 2019-20 season.

The season will feature classical, masterworks and pop concerts, including a onenight engagement featuring opera singer Renee Fleming; a pop program with The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz; Gustav Mahler’s “Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection);” a classical concert with Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin; a concert dedicated to “E.T. the Extra Terrestrial;” a holiday show with the Texas Tenors; a commissioned work from Young Composers Project alumnus Robert Lopez-Hanshaw; a masterworks production combining ballet, opera and classical music; a tribute to composer Elmer Bernstein with a guest appearance from his son; a pop concert featuring Broadway stars Susan Egan and Doug LaBrecque and a tribute show dedicated to the music of Aretha Franklin.

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Arts Events Calendar

BY RANDY MONTGOMERY

“The Other Animal”

TO MARCH 17 Back by popular demand, this gallery exhibit showcases the diversity, passion and individualities of the guests, members, volunteers and staff at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. In February, visiting artist Tom Styrkowicz took photo portraits of those at the museum and in March he’s exhibiting the pictures. After the exhibit, roam the grounds, which are a combination museum, zoo, botanical garden, arboretum and aviary.

Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Road, 883.2702, desertmuseum.org, times vary, free for members- $24.95.

“The Brave Knight, Sir Lancelot”

TO MARCH 24 Each Sunday afternoon in March, grab the kids for a matinee and spend time with Sir Lancelot, the bravest of King Arthur’s knights. Before he became legendary, he was just a regular guy trying to become a hero. Join in on his quest to find action, adventure, dragons and damsels in distress!

Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 E. Speedway Boulevard, 327.4242, 12:30 p.m., $7-$10.

Free First Thursday

“Silent Night”

MARCH 9 AND MARCH 10 Sung in five languages, Arizona Opera’s production is set on Christmas Eve, 1914 during The Great War. British, French and German soldiers agree to a truce across the trenches. On that silent night, 100,000 soldiers briefly met face to face and put aside their weapons. This Pulitzer Prize-winning opera is based on true events and takes a look at the human cost of war, and the ultimate price of peace.

Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Avenue, 293.4336, azopera.org, times vary, $25-$120.

Spring Concert: Dance and Dessert

“The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber & Stephen Sondheim”

MARCH 9 AND MARCH 10 Arizona Rose Theatre welcomes Desert Melodies and Cabaret Boheme for a song and dance extravaganza! Memorable songs from the past few decades pertaining to love and money. The performance will highlight the vocal talents of AmberLee Harrington, Chris Brewer, Liz Claire Feliciano, Andrew Baughman, Robert Blankenship and Darin Guthrie.

Cabaret Boheme dancers are led by director Peaches VaVoom, while Harriet Siskin fronts the four-piece band.

Arizona Rose Theatre, Lower Level of Tucson Mall, 4500 N. Oracle Road, Suite 329, 888.0509, arizonarosetheatre.com, times vary, $15. www.LovinLife.com

TO MAY 11 Eighty portrait and fashion photographs, ranging from the 1950s to the early 2000s, drawn from the Richard Avedon collection will be on display. The selections will explore three kinds of “relationships” in Avedon’s life and work: the interactions between the figures within the frame, the partnerships Avedon formed with longstanding subjects, and importantly, the relationship. Avedon began working as a photographer in a department store in the 1940s and went on to become one of the defining voices in style, beauty and culture.

Center for Creative Photography, 1030 Olive Road, 621.7968, https://ccp.arizona.edu, times vary, free.

MARCH 9 TO MARCH 30 It’s the 1970s and girls can’t be mariachis… or can they?

From the mind of José Cruz González comes a new comedy about music’s power to heal and connect, and the freedom to dream big. Lucha has been taking care of her ailing mother.

Looking to break the routine, both her and her spunky cousin search for bandmates to begin an all-girl mariachi band.

Breaking tradition, and dodging disapproving relatives, they wonder if they can pull it off. Expect a heartwarming tale, along with live mariachi music Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Avenue, 622.2823, arizonatheatre.org, times vary, $25$66.

The Illusionists

“Desert Melodies: For Love or Money”

TO APRIL 13 Dazzle camouflage was a family of ship camouflage used extensively in World War I. Invented by British artist Norman Wilkinson in 1917, the intention of dazzle was not to conceal, but to make it difficult to estimate a target’s range, speed and heading. This concept has influenced designers, artists and musicians over the past 100 years like 1980s pop icons Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. The Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art celebrates the advent of this design through a museumwide exhibition, which includes how it was used in music, architecture, pop-art, television and beyond.

Museum of Contemporary Art, 265 S. Church Avenue, 624.5019, moca-tucson.org, times vary, free-$5.

“Richard Avedon: Relationships”

“American Mariachi”

MARCH 7 The Tucson Museum of Art opens its doors to the community and invites visitors in at no charge monthly. This month, guests are invited to explore the art of Carlos Estévez and live music by Naim Amor. They can also create their own masterpieces. The evening will feature “The Sensories,” an immersive and eye-opening installation by Puspa Lohmeyer on TMA’s Plaza. A cash bar will serve local beer and wine.

Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block, 140 N. Main Avenue, 624.2333, tucsonmuseumofart.org, 5 to 8 p.m., free.

MARCH 8 TO MARCH 10 Ballet Tucson presents an exciting program of entertaining selections from its repertoire, along with two premiers. First up is “La Dame aux Camélias,” based on Alexandre Dumas’ 1848 novel. Brought to life with original choreography and the music of Frederic Chopin, this is not to be missed. Also included in the performance is a series of dances set to the opera “Don Sebastian.” Stick around afterward, as gourmet dessert tastings are served.

Ballet Tucson, Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, 1737 E. University Boulevard. 903.1445, ballettucson. org, times vary, $40-$45.

“Dazzled: OMD, Memphis Design and Beyond”

MARCH 22 TO MARCH 23 Having shattered box office records around the globe, coming direct from Broadway, the world’s best-selling magic show is a mind-blowing spectacular. Five incredible illusionists will showcase their talents, which is filled with thrilling and sophisticated magic and astonishing acts.

UA Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Boulevard, 903.2929, broadwayintucson.com, times vary, $29-$80.

MARCH 23 AND MARCH 24 Part of the “Super Pops! Series,” this show features more than a half dozen works from two of musical theater’s biggest names. The Tucson Symphony Orchestra will be joined by a cast of Broadway singers. Between Lloyd Webber and Sondheim, 15 Tony, 11 Grammy and two Academy Awards have been won. The TSO has a history in itself, founded in 1928, it is the oldest continuously running performing arts organization in the Southwest.

Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Avenue, 882.8585, tucsonsymphony.org, times vary, $30$77.

Complexions Contemporary Ballet

MARCH 27 Founded by former members of Alvin Ailey, Desmond Richardson and Dwight Rhoden, Complexions Contemporary Ballet transcends tradition in a groundbreaking mix of styles ranging from ballet to hip-hop. The company combines technical precision, power and passion. This season’s performances are set to David Bowie’s music.

UA Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Boulevard, 7:30 p.m., uapresents.org, $65.

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Dining

More than 18 flavors of housemade, slowchurned gelatos are available at SweetScape, including flavors like dulce de leche, cookies and cream, blueberry muffin and “Donut Believe It,” the latter of which features freshly made donuts, vanilla gelato and caramel swirl.

A Sweet Escape

Casino del Sol deals decadent sweets with fun flavors at its new bakery

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Casino del Sol Executive Chef Ryan our bake shop here at the casino,” Clark Clark is elevating the decadent offerings says. “Our main features are donuts and in Tucson by introducing SweetScape gelato.”

Desserts.

Among the Located near shop’s signathe bingo hall, ture creations SweetScape are more than serves a variety 15 varieties of of treats like freshly made donuts, gelato, yeast and cake pastries, desdonuts preserts, shakes, pared in the floats, sundaes, bakeshop of SweetScape specializes in donuts but has gelato and coffee drinks breakfast sand- as well. (Photos by Casino del Sol) Casino Del Sol’s wiches and cofExecutive Pasfee. try Chef, Gina Skelton. Some of the inventive “It is a small, boutique dessert shop that flavors include maple bacon and chocolate, features everything made from scratch in and fruit cereal, along with more traditional

Below: Strawberry donuts with sprinkles are available at SweetScape.

options like simple glazed, oldfashioned cake and jelly filled.

“We went with the classics and we have original ones,” Clark says. “We wanted to have obviously have some of the classics because people love them. We have the nostalgia, with good, glazed donuts.”

More than 18 flavors of housemade, slow-churned gelatos will also be served, with flavors like dulce de leche, cookies and cream, blueberry muffin and “Donut Believe It,” the latter of which features freshly made donuts, vanilla gelato and caramel swirl.

The breakfast sandwiches – like a ham and cheese croissant with jalapenos – are made from scratch. Clark and

his team will also create specialty cakes for parties, weddings, quinceañeras and other events.

“We’re going to continue to develop the menu,” he says. “The fruit cereal one, that’s fun.

“But the flavors of the gelatos, sorbets and donuts will change as our guests give us feedback. We’ll have monthly features as well, changing the flavors and donuts monthly.”

Casino del Sol’s SweetScape 5655 W Valencia Road 1.855.765.7829, casinodelsol.com The gelato at SweetScape is housemade and slow-churned.

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Creative Spaces

Welcome Diner provides comfort food and upbeat attitudes

BY TOBEY SCHMIDT

Relatively new to Tucson, Welcome Diner is everything you would want out of a 1960s diner in 2019 – from the large, baby blue booths to the neon lights and upbeat music.

It has the mid-century modern look and feel with classic, southern-comfort diner food that’s been reinvented with less grease and more flavor. They can do twice-fried chicken and jambalaya for one customer and a vegan tamale pie with housemade green chile chutney for their date.

“You walk in and see the booths and the bar seats and you’re brought back to a nostalgic time that you spent at a diner in your past,” says Shanna Rosing, Welcome Diner manager.

“Once you see what we’re cooking, the drinks we’re making, the personalities who are walking around on the floor and the music we’re playing, you realize that this is fresh and new.”

The diner is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, although Rosing says that brunch has really taken off. Rosing, 28, started at Welcome Diner just a few months after it opened in Tucson in October 2016.

Head chef, Ian Rosales, 30, says his favorite dish is the chilaquiles. It’s something he’s been developing since he was working as a cook at Maynards Market.

The short-rib chilaquiles ($16) have slowcooked tender short ribs, accompanied by housemade corn tortilla chips tossed in an

Biscuits and Gravy, a classic Mimosa, and Lox Toast with a side salad. (Photos by Tobey Schmidt)

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apple poblano salsa, and horseradish, pico de gallo and cotija cheese and topped with poached eggs.

“We used to get short ribs and I would get the scraps and take it home and try to figure out what to do with it,” Rosales says.

“The chilaquiles came naturally.”

Some of the diner’s staples are its chicken biscuit sandwiches ($12-$14), jackfruit po’boys ($11.50) and Creole jambalaya ($15).

“I think our uniqueness comes from the development of the menu,” Rosing says.

“Everyone who has walked through the kitchen or behind the bar has added some component that’s stayed.”

Rosing is proud of its made-from-scratch ingredients.

“I’ve worked at other places where you’re basically just opening bags of ingredients, and I can’t think of one thing that’s done in that way,” she says.

Any component you see on a burger or sandwich? Made in-house, Rosing says.

They make their mayonnaise, which is a garlic aioli. They also make their own syrups and tonics for drinks and use freshly squeezed juices.

The ingredients they don’t have time to make, like sausage, they buy from local, southern Arizona purveyors. She says some of the produce comes from farms so small that bigger farms would probably call them gardeners.

Welcome Diner was founded by Phoenix artist Sloane McFarland, who was working on mostly video and installation art. He decided to rent and renovate an old Valentine Diner, which were popular from the 1930s to the 1970s.

Valentine Diners were invented after the

Great Depression. They were prefabricated, mail-order restaurants – the size of a short box car. The diners typically had nine bar seats.

McFarland opened the small space as Welcome Diner in 2004. He wanted to keep the character of original, road-side diners, while also including a farm-to-table quality.

Meanwhile, chef Michael Babcock went on a road trip to experience new flavors in the south. He toured from diner to diner, and Babcock was inspired by the classic way they made their chicken fried steaks and fried green tomatoes. Him and his wife, Jenn Robinson, opened a southern-style food truck after the trip.

In 2013, Babcock and McFarland joined forces and Babcock, as chef, and Robinson, as business manager, became Welcome Diner operating partners. Soon they moved to a bigger location and expanded to Tucson as well.

The partners bought a 1960s diner in Tucson. It’s along Broadway Boulevard’s Sunshine Mile, where there are many other buildings from the mid-century modern era.

In typical Googie architecture fashion, the roof of the exterior is a boomerang shape with a row of atomic-like spikes sticking upward. Out front there’s a futuristic glass sign with red neon lights that read, “WELCOME DINER.” McFarland and Babcock also own the properties to the south and the east of the restaurant, where there was a Volvo dealership. They have plans to add new elements to those spaces.

Rosing says they’d like to keep the Volvo building intact and are thinking of turning it into a marketplace.

As for the area south of the restaurant, Rosing says she would love to have an outdoor movie theater and says McFarland was considering a small hotel. Rosales says, “It’d be great for me if we could create our own local community garden, because then we could use that produce and sell it right back to the people.”

While those are all still just concepts, Rosales says he’s, “excited about the idea of giving the community an area where people can just really enjoy themselves.”

Welcome Diner 902 E. Broadway Boulevard 622.5100, welcomediner.net

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

Dining Events

BY SAMANTHA FUOCO

The Dinner Detective Interactive Murder Mystery Show

SATURDAYS IN MARCH Take control and tackle a challenging crime while enjoying a four-course meal at the Dinner Detective Show. Keep a look out for the murderer or you may find yourself as the prime suspect. This dinner event is rated PG-13. Children ages 15 years old or older are allowed with adult supervision.

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

Taste of Tucson Downtown

WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS & 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 the finest housemade desserts, we have you covered.

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

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 towering cacti as you make your way to the Old Homestead.

Tanque Verde Ranch, 14301 E. Speedway, 800.234.3833, tanqueverderanch.com, 7:45 to 10:15 a.m., $75.

Rillito Park Farmers Market

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

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

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SATURDAYS IN MARCH Join regional farmers, ranchers and artisan food producers and grab naturally grown veggies, fruits and food for the family. This family-friendly event that is hosted every Saturday

Tour de Cookie

St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival

MARCH 17 Irish songs, music and dance take center stage during the parade and festival. Celebrate Irish heritage by learning about the language, crafts, writing and authors.

Downtown Armory Park, 222 S. Fifth Avenue, 791.4873, tucsonstpatricksday.com, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., free.

Bravo Vino Wine Festival

MARCH 30 The Arizona Opera brings together the best in what wine has to offer. Tickets include six Arizona wine samples. Food trucks and vendors provide the treats.

The Gregory School Campus, 3231 Craycroft Road, 293.4336, azopera.org, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., $20.

Blues & Brews Festival

MARCH 9 Ride a bike without breaking a sweat during The Rotary Club of Marana’s fourth annual Tour de Cookie event. Members of the community can enjoy cookies and a 30-mile loop of the Santa Cruz River bike path. Twelve community organizations and businesses will have different stations with volunteers handing out cookies to riders.

Rillito River Park Trail, 724.5000, rotarytourdecookie.org, 8 a.m. to noon, $40.

MARCH 30 Gene C. Reid Park & Annex Fields plays host to the Blues & Brews Festival with headliner Canned Heat, food and beer.

Gene C. Reid Park & Annex Fields, 900 S. Randolph Way, 326.9686, azblues.org, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., $25.

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Sports Defying the Odds

Tucson’s Alex Bowman is racing toward NASCAR success

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI As a teen growing up in Tucson, Alex Bowman faced his fair share of naysayers about his career of choice: racing.

He left Ironwood Ridge High School in Oro Valley to pursue racing and to finish his studies online. But Bowman – who drives the Nationwide Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 – recently placed 11th at this year’s Daytona 500.

“I was 16 and I finished school online and went racing,” says Bowman, 25. “I was always trying to fool my teacher about why I’m missing class. They weren’t always happy with that.

“Hopefully all the teachers who told me that I should quit this racing thing because it’s taking away from my education are reading this article right now.”

Bowman, who now lives in Mount Ulla, North Carolina, has always been into cars.

His dad owns Finishline Collision Repair at River Road and La Cholla Boulevard.

“He got me into cars as a kid,” he says. “I got into quarter midget when I was 6 or 7, and then go-kart and it took off from there.

I just fell in love with it.”

Bowman piled up wins driving West Coast sprint cars before a scary crash at a Las Vegas dirt track put him in intensive care and changed his focus to full-bodied stocks – and ultimately NASCAR. In 2011, he was rookie of the year in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and racked up two wins in the ARCA Series, winning both races he entered.

At 19 years old, Bowman signed with legendary car owner Roger Penske. In 2012, he posted four ARCA (regional) wins and led 20 percent of the season’s total laps to earn another rookie of the year title. During the same year, he made his first NASCAR national series start in the Xfinity Series at Chicagoland Speedway.

To continue moving up the ranks, Bowman accepted an offer from BK Racing to drive in the premier NASCAR Cup Series, making his debut in the 2014 Daytona 500.

He went on to start 71 Cup events over the 2014 and 2015 seasons for BKR and Tommy Baldwin Racing, which competed each week against larger multicar teams with

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deeper resources. Bowman also raced twice in the 2014 Xfinity Series and once in the 2015 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series for Earnhardt’s JR Motorsports team, which is affiliated with Hendrick Motorsports.

He received his break in 2016 when an injured Dale Earnhardt Jr. called.

Bowman drove just three races in 2017, but racked up three top-10 finishes. After a seven-month layoff from competitive racing, he returned in the October Xfinity Series event at Charlotte Motor Speedway to lead 32 laps and record his first career NASCAR national series victory. In addition to his handful of races in 2017, Bowman served as an integral part of the simulation and on-track testing programs for Hendrick Motorsports and manufacturer Chevrolet as he prepared to join crew chief and the No. 88 team.

In 2018, he became the third-youngest driver to win the Daytona 500 pole. Even without a seat available in its four-car stable, Hendrick Motorsports signed Bowman in October 2016 to keep him in the fold. The situation changed the following April when Earnhardt announced his retirement. In July, Hendrick Motorsports officially signed Bowman to join the Ives-led No. 88 Chevrolet team full time beginning in 2018.

He carries a 20-race majority sponsorship from Nationwide with additional primary support from Axalta Coating Systems, LLumar and Valvoline.

“It’s tough to make it in the sport, especially without a big sponsor behind you,” he says. “I really lucked my way into a lot of situations to end up at Hendrick Motorsports. It’s neat to get to do this. There are only 40 of us who get to race on Sundays.

It’s pretty cool.”

Bowman is looking forward to returning to the Grand Canyon State to race for his fans, family and friends.

“Anytime we go to Phoenix I’m always looking forward to it,” he says. “In a perfect world, I’d like to take first there, but it’s always a joy.”

BY ERIC NEWMAN

Monster Jam Alex Bowman’s father inspired him to race, as he owns Finishline Collision Repair at River Road and La Cholla Boulevard.

(Photo courtesy NASCAR)

MARCH 1 TO MARCH 3 Monster Jam is taking a tech turn. With a smartphone app and a code provided at the event, fans get to judge winners in many events.

Tucson Convention Center, 260 S Church Avenue, 791.4101, tucsonarena.com, first show starts at 1 p.m., ticket prices vary.

Arizona Wildcats vs.

Arizona State Sun Devils

MARCH 9 The Wildcats fell to ASU earlier in the season and they finish the 2018-19 regular season against the state-rival Sun Devils as both vie for seeding in the Pac-12 Tournament.

McKale Memorial Center, 1721 E. Enke Drive, 621.2211, arizonawildcats.com, 2 p.m., tickets start at $27.

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Ontario Reign

MARCH 9 The Roadrunners take on Ontario, and also elebrate one of Arizona’s hockey legends. Fans in attendance will receive a Shane Doan bobblehead presented by Fox Sports 1450.

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

Tucson Gran Forno

MARCH 10 Originating from Italian racing traditions the Gran Forno is aimed to bring cyclists of all levels together in Tucson. Beginning and ending at Ten55 Brewing and Sausage House, riders can take part in a noncompetitive event riding 29-, 50- and 74-mile race, with an afterparty at the brewery.

Ten55 Brewing and Sausage House, 110 E. Congress, 237.2660, bikegaba.org, check-in starts at 8 a.m., online tickets begin at $70.

Tucson Roadrunners vs.

Colorado Eagles

MARCH 30 The Roadrunners will don autism awareness jerseys as they take on Colorado. Fans will have a chance to win one of the custom jerseys in a postgame auction presented by Concord General Contracting.

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

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San Diego Strike Force

MARCH 31 The Tucson Sugar Skulls play San Diego in their inaugural season in the Indoor Football League. Watch as the newly founded team tries to make an immediate impact in the league.

Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Avenue, 573.3000, tucsonsugarskulls.com, 3 p.m., ticket prices vary.

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Music Music with a Purpose

Needtobreathe is a 15-year overnight success story

BY L. KENT WOLGAMOTT How do you follow up a chart-topping, critically acclaimed, synth-infused album?

If you’re Needtobreathe, you put out a rootsy, soulful, four-song EP, recorded oldschool style – nearly live to tape.

To do that, singer-keyboardist Bear Rinehart, his lead guitarist brother Bo and rest of the band left the comforts of their South Carolina home studios for Nile City Sound, the Fort Worth, Texas, studio where soul singer Leon Bridges made his Grammynominated debut album “Coming Home.”

“We met these guys who did the Leon Bridges record down there and just got intrigued by it,” Bear Rinehart says.

“We do a lot of our recording ourselves or at least co-producing. This was something we wanted to try. We were liking the early ’60s soul vibe. We had been throwing off some Isaac Hayes references. So, we said,

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What happened was a fast-moving session in which overdubs and meticulous note-by-note production were kept to a minimum.

“The vibe was right to record live,” Rinehart says. “The record’s very much that way.

A couple songs we did live, it was one or two takes of a song, which is pretty crazy for us. We usually take a year to make a record. My favorite bands live play stuff fast.

That’s what we were doing in the studio.

We did a good job of keeping that live vibe.”

The sessions, which were intended as an experiment, became “Forever on Your Side (Niles City Sound Sessions),” the four-song EP the band decided to release last July.

“We ended up cutting seven songs,” Rinehart says. “We thought, ‘This could be half a record, or we can take the ones we

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Needtobreathe’s second live album is “Acoustic Live, Vol. 1.” The band performs acoustically Wednesday, April 3, at the Fox Tucson Theatre. (Photo courtesy Needtobreathe)

like and put it out now.’ It’s the fastest turnaround we’ve ever had.”

Now those songs are making appearances in Needtobreathe’s live shows.

“This is the biggest show we’ve ever taken out in terms of production and the biggest crowds we’ve ever played to,” Rinehart says of the tour. “It’s going great. The first shows, you’re worried somebody will set themselves on fire or something. We got through those and now it’s really going good.”

The show also includes some songs that were included on Needtobreathe’s new live album, “Acoustic Live, Vol. 1,” which was released in November.

“It was a blast,” Rinehart said of the acoustic tour. “I knew after the first night it was going to be a record. It was so different and weird from what we usually do, I knew we had to put it out for the people who weren’t able to get to the shows.”

“Acoustic Live, Vol. 1” is Needtobreathe’s second live album to go along with six studio records and the EP. Those recordings have been markers in the band’s steadily rising career.

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“We’re a 15-year overnight success,” Rinehart says. “When people ask what the turning point was, every little bit helps.

It’s hard to do. It’s hard to keep the band together.”

That’s particularly true when it’s a literal band of brothers – see The Kinks, Oasis and even The Everly Brothers.

But Bear and his younger brother Bo have kept it together for two decades, since they started performing together as high school kids.

“It’s been a roller coaster ride,” Rinehart says of being in a band with Bo. “We’re a lot better at it now. Both of us have families, that seems to tone things down a little bit. And, with the band, we realized that every show isn’t make-or-break, that there isn’t one thing that is make-or-break. That toned it down too.”

The Rinehart brothers were raised in Possum Kingdom, South Carolina (you can’t make up a town name like that) before moving to Seneca, where they played together at coffee houses at Furman University.

The Rineharts, who are sons of a pastor, put together Needtobreathe after Bear graduated from Furman, taking the band name from a Socratic teaching. After a pair of independent releases, Needtobreathe was signed to Atlantic Records and released its major-label debut in 2006.

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A New Chapter

“It feels like the beginning of a new chapter,” Feinberg says. “We’re hoping to develop our fanbase in Europe, and it’s really exciting never having played this entire continent before.”

Their nationwide tour begins early March in Wisconsin.

And newly added to their ever-growing list of tour dates is the 50th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, set to take place April 25 to April 28 and May 2 to May 5 – a festival they’ve already played a handful of times before.

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The Revivalists’ nerves give way to excitement after a decade

BY KRISTINE CANNON For most bands, it’s the sophomore album – the follow-up to a smash debut – that’s met with pressure, scrutiny and a fine-tooth comb. Will they meet and surpass expectations or will they crumble under the pressure?

The Revivalists are the exception.

In 2015, New Orleans-based octet, The Revivalists, inched their way to the top of the charts with their breakthrough hit, “Wish I Knew You,” off their third studio album, “Men Amongst Mountains.”

What’s so unique is this band was far from new to the scene; they all met and formed in New Orleans in 2008.

“We’ve grown very incrementally and steadily the first 10 years of us being in the band and then we were fortunate enough to connect with a hit song, ‘Wish I Knew You,’” says guitarist Zack Feinberg. “Since then, the growth has been more rapid.”

The Revivalists rode the “Wish I Knew You” wave for a couple more years. It’s a song that spent 56 weeks on the Billboard Alternative Song chart, peaking at No. 1 on May 20, 2017.

So when it came time to record and release their highly anticipated, follow-up effort, they did what they do best: write.

They wrote so much, in fact, they had to pare down the 60 songs they brought to the table for the fourth studio album, “Take Good Care,” via Loma Vista Recordings.

“With this being our most anticipated release, there was probably some pressure to deliver, but honestly with us, there are so many guys in the band, and we’re pretty prolific as far as writing goes,” Feinberg said.

“The pressure was off in a large way because of the quantity of material that we have. I try not to let any sort of external pressure affect the creative process.”

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track,” Feinberg says. “We’re just comfortable doing it and we’re able to have so much fun. It’s just been wonderful, and I don’t get nervous anymore to play live in front of awesome, huge crowds.”

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The Revivalists are set to perform with Rayland Baxter on Wednesday, March 13, at the Rialto Theatre. (Photo by Zackery Michael)

cess, The Revivalists recorded with multiple producers and writers, including Dave Cobb (Sturgill Simpson); Andrew Dawson (Kanye West and Fun.) and Dave Bassett (Vance Joy).

“We wanted to work with Dave Cobb for a while,” Feinberg says. “He’s really amazing at capturing a live vibe and he was really great at adding parts to a song or steering a song in a different direction, stylistically. He was very bold about that. We learned a lot from working with him.”

Feinberg doesn’t credit the new producers or writers on the album for the positive, rave reviews “Take Good Care” has received since its release in November.

“Part of how we evolved our sound doesn’t have to do with the production team,” he says. “It has to do with growing as musicians and songwriters. Pretty much always our approach is: How do we best serve the song and how do we get the best performance out of it?”

It may have taken The Revivalists 10 years to “make it,” but they’ve always stayed true to their identity as a band.

“We’re pretty real in the sense that it’s a bunch of guys who met pretty organically, and we have a very real friendship. We’re all partners in this band together,” he says.

“We’ve always valued the music above everything.”

And this authenticity translates to the stage as well.

“We’re a live band at heart. That’s what we do best,” Feinberg says. “I don’t want to toot my own horn too much, but we play our instruments well, put on a good show, and it’s very high-energy.”

The Revivalists’ tour kicked off in Belgium in mid-February; this the first time the band has performed in Europe.

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Divine Intervention

Steven Curtis Chapman releases his new album, “Deeper Roots Where the Bluegrass Grows,” on March 22. (Photo courtesy Steven

Steven Curtis Chapman says God gave him the ‘gift of creativity’

Curtis Chapman)

BY L. KENT WOLGAMOTT Steven Curtis Chapman has been writing songs for three decades. More than 50 of them have hit No. 1 on the Christian radio and he has a couple handfuls of Gospel Music Association awards for best songs and songwriting.

But after 18 studio albums (the latest being 2016’s “Worship and Believe”) he says he still doesn’t know much about songwriting.

“You always feel like you’re in kindergarten with so much to learn ahead of you – even with the number of years I’ve done it,” Chapman says. “It’s creativity, it’s crafting something out of the air. For me, with my faith, that’s part of the miracle of experiencing God in our lives. He’s given us the gift of creativity.”

Chapman’s songs are always at the heart of his shows, and they’ll continue to be featured as he tours this spring. Chapman says he’s constantly writing songs, even if he’s not sitting with a guitar or at a desk trying to pen some lyrics.

“Part of the wonder of it for me, the mys-

tique, is it can be any number of ways,” he says.

“It can be a melody, a musical idea. For me, most often, songs start with an idea, a lyrical inspiration, just a thought, ‘I want to write a song about, say, the magic of the moment.’

I’ll go to the guitar or the piano and start working with stuff. A lot of times, as soon as I’ve had a thought, a melody will come.”

Many of those thoughts, Chapman says, are immediately sung, played or spoken into the voice messages on his phone. That’s a 21st century version of the method he and other songwriters have used for decades of grabbing anything around them to document the song when it comes.

“It’s napkins, it’s the back of paper menus at restaurants, it’s tearing a page out of the airline magazine and writing something down on it,” Chapman says. “The phone has radically changed that for me. You always have your phone with you. I’ll type in an idea or I’ll sing a melody into it. Sometimes it’s just a snippet. I’ve got thousands of those.”

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So, what’s more important, melody, lyrics or the song’s arrangement?

“The phrase I remember learning early on is that it’s the marriage of the melody, the music and the lyric,” Chapman says. “The best songs really have a marriage between them – and sometimes that’s not the most obvious.”

For example, Chapman says, pairing a melancholy lyric with upbeat music can create a “I-didn’t-see-that-coming” twist, like in a movie, making the song more interesting and captivating for the listener.

Chapman says his songs are primarily rooted in his life rather than coming from observations or more abstract themes.

“In my view, my best songs, I think, the ones that impact people the most, that people connect with the most are songs that are from experiences that are my own,“ he says.

“They are something that’s going on in my life and setting them to music.”

That said, Chapman has written from observation and made-up stories. That’s what occurred when he was asked to do a song for “The Apostle,” the 1997 Robert Duvall film about a Pentecostal preacher who commits murder.

“I sat in the screening of it and watched it and there wasn’t a lot I’d have in common with the character Duvall is playing,” Chapman says. “But I found connect points. My job was to find where those intersect with my life and my personal experiences that I could relate to. So, I wrote a song called “I Will Not Go Quietly.”

Like most songwriters, Chapman constantly tinkers with his compositions, reworking them right up until it’s time to take them into the studio for recording.

“Most of the time, I’m second guessing things right down ‘til I can’t do it anymore,” he says. “Most of the songs get rewritten five times or 15 times. I’ve got a song called ‘Dive,’ it’s a fun, jump up and down song. If I played you the first version of it, you’d never recognize it as the same song. I kind of drive myself, and particularly, my wife crazy with that.”

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Needtobreathe...continued from page 20 that by the music industry and fans. That Simultaneously with its release, Needtobreathe was on the cover of CCM magazine, the leading contemporary Christian music publication. And the band has won 10 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards for song, album and group of the year and got a 2015 Grammy nomination for Contemporary Christian Music Performance for the song “Multiplied.”

But Needtobreathe has consistently avoided the “Christian music” label, calling itself a rock band and largely being seen as

said, there is a spiritual component to the band’s music, designed to touch and inspire those who hear it, Rinehart said.

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Julia Michaels has two Arizona gigs this month – The Rialto Theater on Friday, March 29, and with Pink at Gila River Arena on Saturday, March 30. (Photo by Clare Gillen)

A Roller Coaster of Emotions

Julia Michaels shares her innermost thoughts on her tour with Pink

BY TAYLOR O’CONNOR Julia Michaels has been fortunate in her short career. She recently wrapped a tour with Keith Urban in Australia. Now, she’s ready to hit the road with Pink on her “Beautiful Trauma” jaunt, which comes to Gila River Arena on Friday, March 30.

“This is actually my first tour with a woman and my first tour without men,” Michaels says. “It’s exciting. I get to be around someone I have looked up to for a long time.”

But first, she’ll hit The Rialto Theatre the night before for a solo gig behind her EP, “Inner Monologue Part 1.” In the collection, she talks about her experiences with depression and anxiety. “‘Inner Monologue’ has thoughts on heartbreak, love and anxiety.

“It was definitely cathartic for me. I get to talk about things I go through on a daily basis and it’s stuff not regularly talked about.”

She hopes by spilling her secrets, she can connect with fans. However, there wasn’t a specific moment that inspired her write something so personal.

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when I’m sad and those songs just come out of those moments.”

Once she dropped the EP, Michaels says fans messaged her on social media thanking her for the album and saying they were going through something similar.

“It was a “really special moment,” she says.

Included on “Inner Monologue Part 1,” Michaels collaborated with Selena Gomez and Niall Horan, which she says was fun.

“I’ve known both of them for a very long time,” she says. “Getting to work with my friends and perform really personal and beautiful music is a blessing. I’m very grateful and very lucky.”

A special song for her is “Happy,” which is on the EP. Although all of her songs are special, Michaels says this song was fun to make.

“It’s about depression and how you sabotage love because you’re scared, but then you’re bitter about it because you still want it,” Michaels says. “It’s a song everybody screams at the top of their lungs.”

Before “Inner Monologue Part 1” and 2017’s “Issues,” Michaels wrote or co-wrote

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MARCH 19

The Blank Tapes Club Congress, 8 p.m., free

MARCH 20

December ’63: The Music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons DesertView Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., $30 Hippie Sabotage Rialto Theatre, 9 p.m., $20-$35 Steve ‘n’ Seagulls Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $18-$20

MARCH 21

Amanda Miguel and Diego Verdaguer Fox Tucson Theatre, 8:30 p.m., $50-$112 The Crystal Method 191 Toole, 9 p.m., $20-$25

MARCH 23

Kurt Vile and the Violators Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, $25-$28

Singer-songwriter Kurt Vile could be considered a prolific figure in the indie rock world. Last fall, the Pennsylvanian musician released “Bottle It In,” his seventh solo album in the past decade, to warm reception.

Despite favorable attention, arguably an even bigger deal was a year earlier, when two indie worlds collided and he released a collaboration with Australian indie rock phenom Courtney Barnett titled “Lotta Sea Lice.”

On the heels of a performance at M3F Fest in Phoenix, Kurt Vile is set to stop by Rialto Theatre with his band, The Violators.

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MARCH 11

Buckethead 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $23-$25

Glenn Miller Orchestra Fox Tucson Theatre, 3 p.m., $27-$47

Between the Buried and Me w/Tesseract The Rock, 7 p.m., $20-$23 Cash’d Out 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $12-$15

Reptaliens Club Congress, 7 p.m., $5-$8

MARCH 12

Bad Suns Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $22-$27 Pirámides w/Sei Still, The Trees, Mesquite Club Congress, 7 p.m., $5

MARCH 3

Mushroomhead The Rock, 5:30 p.m., $25-$30

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MARCH 5

The Genius of Ray Charles DesertView Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., $30 The Revivalists Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $44.50-$49.50

Kurt Vile and the Violators Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $25-$28

MARCH 6

The Bellrays 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $12-$15 Classic Rock DesertView Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., $30 John Pizzarelli Trio Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $29-$59 Trippie Red Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $35-$45

MARCH 7

Eric Benét Fox Tucson Theatre, 7 p.m., $35-$75

Cherry Pools 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $12-$15 Max Raabe and Palast Orchester Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $29-$74

MARCH 16

Darlingside 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $15-$18 Raffi Fox Tucson Theatre, 1 p.m., $35.50-$83.50

MARCH 17

MARCH 9

Cold Cave 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $15-$18

Bailen Club Congress, 8 p.m., $10-$12

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Tucson Symphony Orchestra: The Music of Lloyd Webber and Sondheim Tucson Music Hall, 7:30 p.m., $30-$77

MARCH 24

Boy Harsher w/BOAN Club Congress, 7 p.m., $12-$15 Tucson Symphony Orchestra: The Music of Lloyd Webber and Sondheim Tucson Music Hall, 2 p.m., $30-$77

MARCH 26

Electric Six 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $12-$15 Ulthar w/Scorched, Languish, Skullcrush Club Congress, 8 p.m., free

MARCH 27

Galactic w/Erica Falls Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $26-$28 Hot Stuff: A Symphonic Tribute to Donna Summer DesertView Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., $45

MARCH 28

Slow Crush Club Congress, 7 p.m., free

MARCH 29

Julia Michaels Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $22-$27

MARCH 30

Brand X 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $32-$36 Death Cab for Cutie Tucson Music Hall, 8 p.m., $37-$47 Steven Curtis Chapman Leo Rich Theater, 7:30 p.m., $36.75-$75 Stayin’ Alive: One Night of the Bee Gees Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $39-$75 Turn the Page: Tribute to Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band DesertView Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., $30

MARCH 31

ASERE! A Fiesta Cubana Fox Tucson Theatre, 7 p.m., $24-$49

songs for artists like Janelle Monáe, Christina Aguilera and Shawn Mendes. In 2017, Michaels produced “Issues,” the first song she kept for herself.

“There comes a time in an artist’s life when a song becomes too personal and, for me, that was ‘Issues,’” she says. “It was just too personal to give it up and I wanted to produce it myself and that was the turning point for me.”

After the single, Michaels released her 2017 EP “Issues,” which made its way into the Top 50 on the Billboard 200. For it, she received two Grammy nominations: best new artist and song of the year.

Michaels continues to work with fellow artists and friends, like James Bay, with whom she wrote “Peer Pressure.”

“I got to do another song with a friend and it’s awesome,” Michaels says.

“I’ve known James for a minute and James was like, ‘We should write together,’ and I was like, ‘Hell yeah, I’d love to.’”

The two friends then sat down and discussed Bay’s thoughts, which included writing about “societal peer pressure and things of today.” However, Bay didn’t know how to approach the topic. The two continued to work and came up with the idea of making the song “fun and sexy.”

Michaels says the song’s lighthearted and fun twist made it easier to write, Bay asked her to sing backup. Michaels agreed and the two released the song on February 15.

Michaels says she is looking forward to coming to Arizona and performing.

“It’s going to be really fun and really emotional. It’s going to take you through all of the feelings,” she says.

Her advice for the audience: “Singing is encouraged, letting go is encouraged and having fun is encouraged.”

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Travel In Search of Kirsch, Stout, Wine and Whisky

BY ED BOITANO

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For many, kirsch is simply a sharp-tasting Located on Nova Scotia’s spectacular Guinness liqueur that is used in a pot of fondue.

Céilidh Trail the Glenora Distillery is the St. James’ Gate Brewery, For the Swiss it is its national drink. For first single malt whisky distillery in North Dublin, Ireland me it was an excuse to tour the Dettling America. The distillery rests on a rural 300“Beer is proof that God loves us Kirschwelt distillery. To be and wants us to be happy.” honest, just the hour-long – Benjamin Franklin boat ride from Lucerne to the idyllic village of tour, I was told to expect Brunnen on Lake Lucerne something special, for there would have been worth it. was to be a céilidh in the disBut the location of Dettling tillery’s pub. A céilidh is a traKirschwelt was not chosen ditional Gaelic musical social for its setting on the lake; gathering that originated in rather for its proximity to Scotland. Céilidhs flourished A trip to Dublin is not complete without a visit to the Guinness Storehouse. (Photos courtesy Guinness Storehouse) native black mountain cherin Nova Scotia, where ScotDettling Kirschwelt ries. tish immigrants meet with fragrance that’s paradise to the Guinness Lake Lucerne, Switzerland friends for an evening of connoisseur.

Kirsch, once called Kirsch“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, song, dance and, generally, wasser in Switzerland The best way to learn about Guinness is but the Bible says love your enemy.” strong drink. Everyone in the a trip to the Guinness Storehouse, located (cherry water), is a clear – Frank Sinatra room is invited to participate at the original 64-acre St. James’ Gate Brewbrandy made from double in the fun. distillation of the juice of ery in the heart of Dublin. The journey beDettling offers a hands-on approach to his world-famous Dettling Kirschwelt Kirsch.

I was pleasantly surprised small black cherries. The Arnold gins at the bottom of the world’s largest (Photo by Deb Roskamp) to see one of the men shar- pint glass and continues up through seven five-generation Dettling Kirschwelt was established in 1867 and has acre site with buildings housing malt, kiln, ing my table stand up and sing a song in floors filled with interactive experiences the distinction of being the only large dis- milling production, warehouses, bottling Gaelic. It was the perfect setting to enjoy that fuse the long brewing heritage with tillery in the world to specialize exclusively and lodging facilities, constructed in a tra- a wee dram of Glenora’s water of life. I de- Ireland’s rich history as you walk through in the use of cherries. ditional style, similar to distilleries found cided it best, though, to book a room for each stage of the brewing. And, yes, the The 45-minute visitor’s center tour is an in Scotland. Tours are offered, as well as a the night in Glenora’s inn. tour ends at the rooftop at the Gravity Bar insightful journey into all-things kirsch. sampling of their 12-year-old heather and with 360-degree views across the city’s The taste is indescribable and, like the fin- honey tasting “uisge beatha” (Gaelic for Guinness magnificent skyline with a complimentary “water of life”). est cognacs, must be felt and tasted. I left “Guinness is good for you” might be the pint of the black stuff.

Single malt is a whisky produced ex- ultimate self-fulfilling prophecy. When ArDettling Kirschwelt with a solid kirsch education, and glad I was taking a boat back clusively from malted barley that is not thur Guinness borrowed money from his Roskamp Vineyard to the city of Lucerne, rather than driving. blended with another whisky. After my wealthy aunt in 1759 to establish a brewery, The stars above and the lights below best it was with the strict condition that it be a describe Roskamp Vineyard’s enchanthealthy beverage, unlike the gin mills that ing position on top of Snipes Mountain in Glenora Distillery were ravaging 18th century Dublin.

Washington State’s Yakima Valley. With the Single Malt Whisky, Nova Scotia Arthur took it a step further, even sugmajesty of Mount Rainier and Mount Ad“Always carry a flagon of whisky in case of snakebite gesting that his brew was so healthy that ams in the distance, the vineyard was the and furthermore always carry a small snake.” pregnant women should drink a pint of it brainchild of Herman Roskamp (1922-2002) – W.C. Fields daily. Although the theory has never been and his wife, Gay. They diligently dedicated proven, a perfectly poured pint of the black themselves to the labor-intensive work and stuff has always worked wonders for me. patience of creating a world-class vineyard Guinness brews more than 20 varieties of from scratch. beer but is best known for its stout – an The Yakima Valley has long been an extra dark, almost black, top-fermenting abundant produce belt for the Pacific beer, made with highly roasted malts. On Northwest – not to mention its golden the days of its roasting, Dublin takes on a hops are exported to the Guinness brewery in Dublin. It only made sense that vineyards Nova Scotia’s Glenora’s Distillery is the first single malt

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Roskamp Vineyard in all its glory. (Photo courtesy Gary Brouwer)

would soon follow.

Mr. Roskamp knew his vineyard would be a smashing success, for the Yakima Valley is blessed with 300 days of annual sunshine and enjoys the same latitude as the great wine-producing regions of France.

When the Washington wine explosion hit the market, Roskamp Vineyard was at the forefront, with his grapes widely sought after from major wineries.

Recently, two Roskamp Vineyard wines received national attention: The Co Dinn 2014 Roskamp Vineyard Block Two Syrah,

Roskamp Vineyard Sunnyside, Yakima Valley, Washington State “Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used.”

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which emotes an intense and distinctive bouquet of dark raspberry, herb and plum, and the premium Co Dinn 2015 Roskamp Vineyard Chardonnay that features a unique delicacy and complexity. Today, Washington State is the second-largest wine producer in the United States. Mr. Roskamp was selected as Yakima Valley’s rookie wine grower in 2001 at the age of 78 years old.

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Ask the Expert

Treatment options for arthritic pain

BY TUCSON MEDICAL CENTER Arthritis is a common challenge that can inflict extraordinary pain, restricting movement and affecting quality of life.

Dr. Iftequar Siddiqui is a board-certified physician at the TMC Integrative Pain Center who specializes in minimally invasive pain treatments. He took a moment to answer questions about arthritis and share information about a new treatment that is safe, effective and FDA approved.

body – such as the neck, knee, hips, lower back (lumbar spine) and more.

How common is arthritis?

The physician will perform diagnostic tests before the RFA treatment to ensure it is an effective therapy for the patient. RFA is an outpatient procedure that takes about 20 to 30 minutes. The patient will receive a local anesthetic to numb the treatment site, and the patient may choose to receive a mild sedative. Patients remain awake and generally, only experience mild to moderate discomfort.

It is very common in particular areas of the body. Arthritis in the lower back will be experienced by nearly everyone as they age. It is so common that many in the medical community now view lower-back arthritis as a part of the aging process rather than a chronic disease.

Is surgery the only option for advanced arthritis?

Every situation is different, but we can provide an outpatient procedure that addresses the pain. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a viable option for many patients, and can be applied to multiple areas of the

What is radiofrequency ablation?

There are nerves in the body that send messages (pain signals) to and from the brain. Radiofrequency ablation uses radio waves to create a small electrical current.

That current creates heat which is applied directly to specific nerves to stop them from sending pain messages until the nerves grows back.

How is it performed?

pain relief from radiofrequency ablation.

A new development called cooled radiofrequency ablation has just been FDA approved for knee pain treatment and may enhance precision and provide longer lasting therapy. RFA is an option for knee pain

relief for patients who are seeking alternatives to knee surgery or who have ongoing knee pain.

Dr. Iftequar Siddiqui, Pharm.D., is board-certified in anesthesiology and interventional pain management. He who provides care at the TMC Integrative Pain Center, offering several pain modalities.

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Is it safe?

Yes, it is FDA approved for arthritis pain treatment. The risk of complication is very low and it is not used on nerves that control the movement of muscles. Patients will be monitored in the recovery room for a short period after the RFA.

Is it permanent?

The treated nerves will return to sending pain messages in about seven to 12 months.

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I have read quite a few complaints about dating sites. I had a great experience.

I thought your readers should hear it. My very first acquaintance on the dating site was a nice man who thought we should have coffee. I met him and we have been together for over a year and are planning our marriage. We are going to have a service by a chaplain, but we are not making it legal – except in the eyes of God. We are in our 80s, and feel because of our financial situations and our pre-nup, it would simplify things. Tell your readers you “don’t always have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince!”

Signed, Happy Camper

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Dear Happy:

Thank you for writing. It is good to hear dating site successes! Best wishes for a happy life.

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Dear Gabby Gayle:

My husband is retired now, and I still work part time. I am younger than he, and I am very active with our church and my friends. My dear husband does not want to do anything. He acts hurt when I leave him home alone, but he won’t go with me. I urge him to volunteer or get a hobby. Any ideas you or your readers have to get him going would be appreciated. He is a good husband, not a drinker. He has had a successful career. I don’t want to sit around myself!

Signed, BL

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Dear BL:

It sounds to me like he may be depressed and need professional intervention. Depression is a mysterious malady and is serious. We think our urging and coaxing will snap them out of it, but it does not work that way. They simply cannot get out of it without help. Please get help for him. Approach this in a loving way, and I would not leave him alone for long periods of time until he gets help. Let me know how it goes.

With medication and counseling, he

could greatly improve. If he will not go to the doctor, please go to the doctor for professional advice for him.

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Dear Gabby Gayle:

I have a delicate problem. My 19-year-old granddaughter, whom I love dearly, has asked to borrow money from me but says she cannot tell me why she needs it. She also says her parents cannot know about it. She said she needs $1,000.

She seems rather desperate, and I have plenty of money, but I told her I would have to think about it. Meanwhile, I am asking Gabby Gayle! Help!

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Dear ???:

You realize when you ask me for help you are getting one person’s opinion, and I can only tell you what I would do in this situation. I see several problems if it were my problem. I have given small amounts of money to grandchildren from time to time. Like gas money or something like that. I don’t believe I would give $1,000 to one without their parents’ knowledge, and I am certain the parents would want to know why she needs it.

With my limited knowledge I would suspect she might want it for an abortion or some cosmetic thing, or even a gambling debt. If that were true, think of the consequences if something went wrong and you were found to be the money lender! I would try to talk to my granddaughter about the fact that there is nothing so bad that you should be afraid to tell your parents or grandparents. Nothing is so bad it cannot be fixed.

I would say that I would be glad to help out with her parents’ approval. Explain the consequences of deception in your own life (if there are any...I have some). I might even say if she doesn’t tell them, I might feel obligated to tell them about the request. You might offer to go with her to tell the parents. Although she may lose trust in you, if you were to do this without her. You have to weigh the situation for yourself. Good luck.

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