Lovin Life After 50: Tucson June 2020

June 2020

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Upfront The Sun is Shining Again Casino Del Sol reopens to the public

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Casino Del Sol, Casino of the Sun, and Estrella at Casino Del Sol reopened to the public with strict safety protocols in place.

Executives have been closely monitoring the situation daily and after careful consideration, and following the guidance of local government officials, the decision was made to safely reopen the properties with restrictions.

“Our top priority will always be the health and safety of our guests and team members, and we are taking all the necessary steps to ensure visiting our properties will be a safe and comfortable experience for all,” says Kimberly Van Amburg, CEO of Casino Del Sol. “During our temporary closure we sincerely appreciated our guests’ support and understanding, and we have been looking forward to welcoming everyone back in the safest way possible.”

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experts. The following are some of the measures being implemented to protect guests and employees. For a full list of all safety protocols, visit casinodelsol.com/ your-safety-matters.

• Cleaning: It has expanded and enhanced sanitization and cleaning practices to meet or exceed recommendations made by health experts. Each property will be continually sanitized each day with a hospital-grade disinfectant listed by the EPA as effective against COVID-19. In addition, overnight deep cleaning and sanitizing will continue.

• Personal protective equipment: All guests and employees will be required to wear masks while on the properties.

Employees in positions involving cleaning and food preparation will be required to wear gloves as well. Employees will be provided with masks and gloves. Masks will be available for guests to purchase.

• Smoking: Smoking will only be allowed in designated smoking areas.

• Temperature screening: Thermal scan software and cameras have been installed at guest and team member entrances to

Casino Del Sol reopened recently with strict guidelines in place. Concerts have been canceled through July.

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monitor the temperature of each person entering the building.

• Social distancing: Guests and team members are required to observe social distancing and stay at least 6 feet away from others when standing in lines, using elevators and otherwise moving about the properties. There will be signage and floor guides that encourage social distancing. Chairs have been removed at restaurants, slots machines, table games, bingo and other areas on property.

• Plexiglass barriers: Plexiglass barriers have been installed in areas where guests are face-to-face with employees, such as hotel front desks, food and beverage ca-

shier and host stands, cages, Club Sol, table games, poker and Sewailo Golf Club.

• Fresh air: Casino Del Sol’s existing HVAC system has a maximized fresh-air intake such that the entire property’s air is replaced with outside air approximately every 45 minutes.

• Hand sanitizer: Additional hand sanitizer stations have been added for guests and staff to access throughout the properties.

• Slot machines: Many machines have been moved or turned off and chairs have been removed to ensure social distancing. Several machines have also been relocated to the Conference Center and are spaced apart. There will be a team of employees dedicated to cleaning and sanitizing slot machines and chairs throughout the day and each time a guest leaves a machine.

• Table games: Dealers and players will be required to wear a mask for all games and gloves for games that permit the player to handle the cards. There will be a maximum of two to three players per table.

The card shoe, toke boxes, paddles and discard rack will be sanitized each time a dealer enters a game. Cards on the carnival games will be changed every two hours and discarded at the end of each day. Blackjack cards will be discarded at the end of each day.

• Poker: There will be a maximum of four players at each table. Poker cards on live games will be changed and cleaned every two hours.

• Bingo: Seating has been removed to allow no more than three guests per table.

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Sahuarita Park Murals Arts project provides insta-perfect spots

BY ANNIKA TOMLIN Sahuarita and Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance are continuing their efforts to brighten the town—especially in light of the pandemic.

Last year, SAACA helped the town place five murals around parks within the city. This year they decided to add another five to the mix.

“Adding art gives something that people will seek out and try to find all the different murals,” says Nanette Smejkal, Sahuarita Parks and Recreation director.

“That has been my favorite aspect; adding that special something that only art can really bring to public space. It adds so much.”

The artists were chosen by a committee of folks from SAACA and the town, after the creatives shared what they would like to paint.

The finalists included Isaac Caruso, who painted a desert horned lizard on a roll-up storage door at Quail Creek Veterans Municipal Park (1905 N. Old Nogales Highway); Alejandra Trujillo, who painted a selfie spot including butterflies, desert tortoises, pecan groves and a quail family

on the boathouse storage door at Sahuarita Lake Park (15466 S. Rancho Sahuarita Boulevard); Alonso Delgadillo, who painted migratory birds also at Sahuarita Lake Park on the amphitheater seat wall; Ignacio Garcia, who painted hummingbird and peacock flowers on a MUSCO electrical cabinet at Anza Trail Park (15490 S. Rancho Sahuarita Boulevard); and Alex Jimenez, who painted Gila monsters on a MUSCO electrical cabinet at Wrightson Ridge Park (16325 S. Rancho Sahuarita Boulevard).

“I think adding vibrancy to our parks and trying to add amenities, add culture and kind of creating a vibe on public spaces, that’s kind of the place making aspect of it,” Smejkal says.

Born and raised in Phoenix, Caruso has several of his murals around the Valley and in Southern Arizona. He was more than happy to share his vision with Sahuarita. His sketch is based on the natural landscape around town.

“I thought of something that might relate to the town, so I went for horny toads because it’s a very Southern Arizona animal,” Caruso says. “I also threw in some

Born in Mexico, Tucson resident Alejandra Trujillo painted a mural on the boathouse storage door at Sahuarita Lake Park. (Photo courtesy Matt Rolland)

saguaro blossoms because ‘Sahuarita’ means ‘little saguaro.’ I thought it was fitting.”

Caruso enjoys getting out of the house and making art accessible to everyone during this pandemic. It took him about a day and a half to complete the mural.

“You can only really look at the paintings that are in your home or at your friend’s house so many times before the

Alonso Delgadillo works on his mural of migratory birds on the amphitheater seat wall at Sahuarita Lake Park. (Photo courtesy Matt Rolland)

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public art plays a really important role giving people something pretty to look at without having to go into populated areas like the art museum,” Caruso says.

“They can just drive by in their car, walk the dog by it and stay 6 feet away from everyone.”

Born in Mexico and residing in Tucson, mom of three Trujillo was excited to lend her skills to this project. She found out about the project from the SAACA mailing list. She quickly applied when she saw the opportunity.

“When I received my award letter, they sent a picture attached of what I was going to be painting,” Trujillo says. “It is a really prominent spot for people to park and dock their kayaks or boats.”

Trujillo wanted to create a selfie spot.

“I really wanted to make it something that kept going, because it’s beautiful down there,” Trujillo adds. “I really wanted to make it something that blends in with the space so that it wouldn’t be too distracting from the natural beauty that there is there.

“I took a lot of the elements of Sahuarita, like its pecan orchard and the saguaros. The monarchs and quail I always really loved. And box turtles, of course, are very prominent here, so I wanted to include a lot of fun local beauties like the local chapters basically from the area and put them all into something that you could just take one picture with all of them.”

Trujillo included the quail in her mural because her father used to raise them.

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“Te-Gila Sunrise” was painted by Alex Jimenez on a MUSCO electrical cabinet at Wrightson Ridge Park.

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“A lot of the people have found certain connections like I do with the animals or the nature that I paint,” Trujillo says.

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me she used to walk the loop with her husband every day before he passed. He really loved turtles, which is something that I included in there. She told me that (my mural) was really inspiring for her to

Phoenix native Isaac Caruso painted a desert horned lizard on a roll-up storage door at Quail Creek Veterans Municipal Park. (Photo courtesy Matt Rolland)

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Trujillo, Caruso and the other muralists hope their art brings people out of their homes to enjoy nature and art during the

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“Even though it’s not back to normal, we’re still trying to create and be active,” Trujillo says.

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• Restaurants: Restaurants will have distanced seating and limited occupancy. For restaurants with table service, plate covers will be utilized when delivering meals from the kitchen to the guest’s table.

• Hotels: Hotels will continue to utilize hospital-grade disinfectant in public areas, elevators and guest rooms. Nonessential, decorative fabric items such as throws and throw pillows have been removed from the guest rooms. Hotel elevators will be limited to two guests per cab unless the guests are members of the same household.

• Fitness Centers: At Estrella, the workout room will be limited to one guest at a time. At Casino Del Sol, the workout room will be limited to two guests at a time, with social distancing. Hotel staff will disinfect the machines in the workout rooms every two hours.

• Property amenities that will not reopen temporarily: Festa International Buffet, Wildcat Grille at Sewailo Golf Club, Paradiso Lounge, Tropico Lounge, Zebo’z, Hiapsi Spa, the arcade at Estrella, valet parking and the hotel pools.

“We’ve put a great deal of thought and a

lot of work into our reopening plan and feel confident in the measures we’ve implemented across our properties to keep our guests and employees safe,” says Robert Valencia, chairman of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe.

The Pascua Yaqui Tribe and Casino Del Sol will continue to adhere to guidance provided by the Centers for Disease Con-

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BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

County OKs rezoning request for neighborhood The Pima County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a rezoning request to develop a residential neighborhood at the northwest corner of La Cholla Boulevard and Overton Road.

The rezoning approval increases the allowable density of home development on the 51-acre site from 15 total residences to a maximum of 139 single-family residences. The increased zoning, from Suburban Ranch to CR-5, is consistent with that of a neighborhood adjacent to the property.

The rezoning approval includes an extensive list of special conditions, to be completed within five years of approval.

These special conditions include: • No additional splitting or subdividing of lots without board of supervisors approval.

• Completion of a traffic impact study.

• Keeping 14.2 acres of on-site natural open space.

• Removal of invasive nonnative plant species on-site.

The rezoning matches with Pima County development standards established in the county’s comprehensive plan, Pima Prospers. Specifically, the rezoning meets the objective to “designate areas for a mix of medium-density single-family and lower-density attached-dwelling units” and “to provide opportunities for a mix of housing types throughout the region.”

The conditions also address existing issues with drainage and sediment accumulation related to flooding events.

The changes will have a positive effect to downstream property owners by reducing the extent and frequency of the flooding they experience.

The flood control measures also will help alleviate over-street flooding common along Overton Road. These also tie into flood control work as part of the Regional Transportation Authority’s La Cholla Boulevard improvement project, which addresses drainage issues in the area.

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contracted with Arizona-based Laboratories Paradigm and Prorenata, collectively operating as P2 Diagnostics, to assist that county in ramping up its testing efforts.

Since the labs were approved for COVID-19 testing on March 28, more than 15,000 tests have been purchased and the labs have orders being filled for another 16,000.

The contract with Pima County is expected to add another 2,500 to 5,000 orders per week.

The labs can do q-PCR (quantitative polymerase chain reaction) testing after creating a CDC/FDA-approved test for the coronavirus. Results are available in roughly 24 hours. They also have a supply chain that enables them to obtain materials needed for testing on a massive scale.

Pima County is the first large government entity to engage P2 Diagnostics.

or relaxing poolside.”

Life is Grande, a Mexican-inspired restaurant, will also open at the community. The semi-casual restaurant will be located on the ground floor in a fully renovated 2,400-square-foot space serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Tortas, burritos, burgers and healthy breakfast items will be on the menu. Plus, a full bar will serve up favorite Mexican drinks and an extensive tequila list.

Two additional vendors will also come into the other commercial spaces.

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During the quarantine, Casino Del Sol’s culinary staff prepared and delivered lunches to local Tucson hospitals. Over six days, it served meals to more than 3,000 health care workers at five hospitals as well as multiple Pascua Yaqui Tribe public service departments.

“Supporting our local community, especially those on the front lines, during this uncertain and difficult time is of the utmost importance to us at Casino Del Sol,” says Kimberly Van Amburg, CEO of Casino Del Sol. “We must all come together and do everything we can to help those who are making sacrifices for us. They are so busy caring for others, they don’t even have time to stop and grab lunch, so we brought lunch to them.”

Freshly prepared lunches were delivered to St. Mary’s Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tucson Medical Center, Banner - University Medical Center Tucson, Banner - University Medical Center South, El Rio Community Health Center, and Pascua Yaqui Tribe Facilities Management Department and police and fire departments.

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Sahara Apartments’ new ownership, Sahara Apartments LLC, and its management, MEB Management Services, will spend $2.5 million renovating the 173unit housing complex. The group took over the apartments in late 2019.

Inspired by a 1950s Palm Springs appearance and feel, Sahara Apartments will have new modern amenities and renovations. Interior updates include full-size stainless-steel appliances, woodgrain flooring, complimentary internet service, and spacious balconies in select apartments.

Exterior renovations include a gated courtyard and parking area, elevators, secured laundry rooms with card readers, an outdoor gaming area, a fully equipped gym, a yoga studio, a zen study garden, a remodeled pool area and retro-style exterior paint. A complimentary shuttle bus will be available for daily transportation to the UA campus as well as weekly trips to a local grocery store.

“At Sahara, we want our residents to feel comfortable, happy and have a sense of belonging,” says Ross Hubbard, Sahara Apartments general partner. “We want Sahara to be a place where students and the community can gather together, whether that’s studying, having a barbecue with friends, playing a game of pool

Casino Del Sol delivers lunch to health care workers

Villegas fills Elias’ term After an emotional morning honoring the life and public service of Supervisor Richard Elías, who passed away March 28, the Pima County Board of Supervisors at

its April 7 meeting appointed Betty Villegas to fill the remainder of his term, which expires in December.

Villegas, a Tucson native and a 23-year Pima County employee who retired in 2018 as the county’s affordable housing director, is not among those who filed to run in the 2020 election for the District 5 supervisor seat. She will assume the duties of the District 5 county supervisor immediately.

Villegas submitted a letter of interest to the board and discussed her long professional relationship with Elías, whom she worked with at the County Housing Center before his appointment in 2002 to the board of supervisors.

“My experience working for Pima County as the housing program manager for more than 17 years means that I am intimately familiar with how the county structure functions,” Villegas says.

“As well, I possess valuable crisis management experience, having served as a leader in affordable housing during the Great Recession and foreclosure crisis. I would seek to support the board’s efforts to help all of the county’s residents and serve as a reminder of the concerns that kept Richard up at night and as an advocate of the solutions he championed.”

The new supervisor worked in the banking industry before joining the county in 1999. She served on numerous community boards and commissions, including United Way of Greater Tucson, Arizona Housing Alliance, Arizona State Housing Commission, Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson, and the Tucson Pima Arts Council/Arts Foundation of Southern Arizona.

“Richard’s loss has been a painful shock to all of us,” she says.

“The pain is felt worst and most intimately by his wife, Emily; his daughter, Luz; and by his family. I know it is essential to his wife and daughter that the person selected stands for what Richard stood for—someone who will continue the work he started in his spirit as a poet warrior who was known for always doing the right thing.

“I humbly request your consideration to be selected as the interim District 5 supervisor. While I cannot fill his shoes, I will seek to walk his talk.”

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Arizona Theatre Company strives to connect artists and audience

BY BRIDGETTE M. REDMAN Passing by the Arizona Theatre Company’s website or Facebook pages, patrons might be inclined to think Arizona’s state theater is busier than ever despite its dark stages.

They’ll also notice its only persona has changed in its very character.

Artistic Director Sean Daniels says the pandemic forced them to improve their online presence.

“A couple months ago, our online presence was just bad,” Daniels says. “It was very transactional. We were just using the internet to sell. Everyone knows that’s not how it works. You have to engage. You use it for a place to learn. Now, everyone is online for hours a day. It would have taken a long time to do what we have done. I can’t give (my staff) enough credit.”

They created four rooms where artists create and talk about art. Each week, they produce two podcasts that tie the content together.

“We looked back at what is the organization we always wanted to be but never had the time,” says Jasmine Roth, the director of education and learning.

Artistic Programs Director Will Rogers made sure the content was diversified. The rooms are named The Green Room, The Rehearsal Room, The Black Box and The Classroom.

“As long as we kept our eye toward filling each of these rooms, we would have diverse content,” he says.

The Green Room The Green Room is where ATC members chat with national and local artists. Videos feature past performers sending messages and short performances to Arizona audiences.

Samples include: • Brenda Jean Foley singing two songs from her home.

• Brandon Espinoza, who played Cliff in the recent production of “Cabaret,” performing a song that was cut from that musical on his ukulele.

• Ben Scheuer, a singer-songwriter, performing “Weather the Storm.”

• Channel Bragg and Cyndey Trent sharing their experience of working at ATC. Each of these videos lets ATC artists connect with audiences.

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“People want to feel they are closer to the work we do and the individuals who make it happen,” Daniels says.

The Rehearsal Room The Rehearsal Room is where artists explore plays, musicals and topics that affect artistic communities. The content here encourages conversation around art.

Some examples include: • Carly Grossman, who starred in the ATC production of “The Music Man,” talks about her experience as an intern as a UA student.

She then sings “Making Love Alone” by Bernadette Peters.

• Roth and Rogers host a podcast on gender queerness and theater with co-host Maybe Stewart, a playwright, director and stage manager who has worked at ATC and throughout the Valley.

• Daniels hosts a podcast with Chris D’Arienzo, the writer and creator of “Rock of Ages,” talking about the musical and the new piece that will premiere at ATC. • Acting intern Austin Killian discusses his experience on “The Legend of Georgia McBride.”

• Actor Kevin Cantor presents a digital prologue to “The Legend of Georgia McBride” prior to the online streaming of the show.

The Black Box The Black Box room is the stage where there are play readings, online workshops of plays and musicals, livestreams of performances, and community conversations around performances.

The content is ephemeral. It is posted for a time, and then, because of rights and contracts, is removed. It featured a stream of “The Legend of Georgia McBride,” the show that had its run cut short because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

From May 11 to May 15, there was a live Zoom reading of Daniels’ play “The White Chip,” an autobiographical story about his recovery from alcoholism. It brought back the cast who performed in off-Broadway a year ago.

While the stream was free, donations were split between the ATC and The Voices Project, a grassroots addiction recovery program.

“What we’re doing is really inspiring,”

Artistic Director Sean Daniels say the pandemic forced Arizona Theatre Company to improve its online presence. (Submitted photo)

Roth says. “In supporting (‘The White Chip’), we are creating all this digital content around it and around recovery and trying to bring awareness for sobriety and recovery. We have two podcasts, a community conversation every day of the five days the show is able to stream.”

She says they wanted people to share this experience to provide support and inspiration for those who are struggling— especially when people can’t get together.

“I’m really proud of us for the way we’re stepping up and making sure people’s stories are heard and giving them a platform and tackling an issue in our society,” Roth says.

The Classroom The Classroom offers two opportunities.

ATC Teens can sign up for programs, or those of any age can attend a Zoom class on Thursdays or watch a YouTube video later.

“Jasmine Roth is our amazing theater educator,” Daniels says. “Every day she is teaching classes—not just for kids. Now, she is teaching adults. It’s progress we would have done over the course of several years, but now we’re doing it. Everyone on our staff has rallied and really made it happen.”

Roth says it’s exciting to bring in offerings that may not have happened otherwise, in part because performers would be too busy.

Also, performers who couldn’t afford to fly in to teach a class for an hour or so can meet with students on Zoom. For example, she brought in Sally Cade Holmes.

“I sent (the students) an Instagram video that was a funny, quirky announcement,”

Roth says. “I was on her website saying, ‘I wonder what project she’s done,’ pretending I didn’t know, ‘Oh, it’s Hadestown.’ They freaked out, fangirling so hard.”

The future ATC was forced to lay off much of its staff.

“We had to let 65% of our staff go, which is less than average (among arts organizations),” he says. “Most let 80% go; some let everybody go. We made the choice that we wanted to stay connected to our audience, to still have content, and that takes a certain amount of people.”

He says they’re having to be smart and make tough decisions. With the cancellation of its last two shows, the company lost $1 million. It’s paring down and trying to make sure its employees, artists and technicians have a theater to return to.

The ATC announced its fall season. Dates may shift, but the season will start as soon as it’s safe for audiences.

“We are not going to rush back if it is unsafe for our audience,” Daniels says. “We’re looking at a lot of things we can do. Will our balcony be a social distancing area? Do we want to limit the people who can be in the building? Can you enter the building from anywhere? Will there be masks you can pick up as you come in?

“It will look different. The most important thing is the safety of our audience and our staff and our artists. We won’t do anything that puts people in harm’s way.”

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Dining Meals for Feels

Seis Kitchen helped feed a hospital for a day

BY VALERIE VINYARD Annie Perkins has been enjoying the food at Seis Kitchen since it opened in 2014 in Mercado San Agustin.

“It’s such a great place to eat,” the 23-year-old Pima Community College student says. “In between classes, we love to get some tacos and enjoy the nice weather outside.”

Of course, that was before the pandemic. And even though Gov. Doug Ducey has allowed restaurants to open again—albeit in a reduced capacity— Seis has remained a takeout and delivery restaurant for now.

“We don’t really have a timetable for this right now, because we’re waiting to make sure it’s safe for everyone,” says Erika Munoz, who owns the fast-casual restaurant with her husband, Jake.

“It’s for everybody’s good for the long term.”

Both have developed Seis’ recipes, which encompass all six culinary regions of Mexico (hence the name Seis).

Seis started as a food truck and caterer in 2012. After much success, the Munozes opened a restaurant in Mercado San Agustin in 2014 and another at Joesler Village on River Road in 2017.

The restaurant’s menu tops out at $14

for nachos grande or a surf-and-turf burrito, which is stuffed with adobo steak and grilled shrimp and comes with black beans, rice, guacamole, cheese, cabbage, pico de gallo and Seis sauce.

Like a handful of local restaurants, Seis has garnered publicity for its recent philanthropic efforts.

First, the owners recently earned a Ben’s Bell for their ongoing weekly donation of food boxes to their over 90 employees for the duration of the crisis.

When the pandemic hit, their first thought was their employees.

“The fear for us was how were our employees going to be taken care of during this time,” says Munoz, noting they devised a plan immediately to use their reserves to help.

“We are nothing without them,” Munoz says of her staff. “They’ve become family.”

While Munoz says staff has been reduced, she hasn’t had to furlough any employees.

“We’re using our reserves to compensate,” she adds.

Every Friday, employees pick up a weekly food box, which includes fresh food and pantry items such as rice, beans, tortillas and pantry items.

“We’re not the only restaurant doing

Every Friday, employees pick up a weekly food box, which includes fresh food and pantry items such as rice, beans, tortillas and pantry items. (Submitted photo)

this,” Munoz points out. “Restaurants bring happiness.”

Second, Seis’ owners and Houston Astros pitching coach Brent Strom, who lives in Tucson, decided to help feed Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital workers on April 23. Seis matched the 200 meals donated by A+C (Athletes/Artists+Causes) Foundation’s “Project Frontline.” The 400 burritos were given to medical personnel.

A+C founder Rob Canton has a passion for helping others. The charity is focused on getting athletes, coaches and artists to understand their own philanthropic passions and helping them leverage their platform and celebrity to

positively impact the lives of others.

“Project Frontline was created not only to thank our wonderful health care workers but also as a way to help the restaurant industry, which has been crippled by the pandemic,” Canton says.

“Our staff was so excited to do this,” says Munoz, noting that Seis’ background in catering and as a food truck helped them prepare the 400 meals. “Everybody wanted to pitch in and help. It felt amazing to be able to do that.”

Perkins was impressed with Seis’ contribution.

“That’s not something you hear about too often,” she says. “It was really nice of them. Especially with a pandemic going on.”

The response from the recipients and the public was amazing, Munoz says.

“They were helpful and kind and ridiculously humble,” she says. “We received emails and direct messages on social media thanking us.

“If they could have hugged us, they would have.”

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Seis Kitchen helped feed Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital workers on April 23. (Submitted photo)

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Music Carving Her Own Niche Cherie Currie introduces ‘miraculous’ new project

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI “Miraculous” is how Cherie Currie describes her new album, “Blvds of Splendor.”

In 2016, Currie was about to release “Blvds of Splendor” when she fell 12 feet while chainsaw carving on a hilltop scaffolding. The accident left Currie with partial facial paralysis and severe head trauma for more than 10 months.

“Something even more miraculous when you don’t believe it’s going to happen,” the effervescent Currie says.

“When I listened to the record for the first time after, maybe, nine or eight years, I could just see how good it really is. It’s a gift all over again. When you work so hard on something for so long, you lose sight of how great it is. I’m literally floored by how good the record is.”

The former singer of the 1970s Sunset Strip band the Runaways worked with a bevy of rock’s finest on the new album, including Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, Slash and Duff from Guns N’ Roses, as well as Juliette Lewis, Brody Dalle and the Veronicas. Drummer Matt Sorum, of Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver, produced the set.

“Cherie hadn’t made a record in a long time,” Sorum says. “We needed to make some kind of statement. When you make albums, you have to remain true to yourself and sound fresh. I brought in some younger guys to play on the record because it’s a good injection.

“My job was to get in the room and make sure the songs were good and the tones were great. As a producer, you put a good team together. We’d work long hours, but it was like I was just vibing with some friends. The album is the icing on the cake.”

The key was to allow Currie to have a good time.

“Traditionally, when you make a record, you vibe around the studio,” Sorum adds.

“People can feel the energy in that. There were situations when I made records and there were tensions that made the record really difficult to make. Sometimes those don’t turn out as good—there’s a bad vibe and a bad energy. This record was different. It was really fun to make.”

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Currie and Sorum began working on the album when Currie was promoting “The Runaways” movie with Dakota Fanning as the shy blonde and Kristen Stewart as the fiery Joan Jett.

“Working with Matt Sorum was just shock and awe,” Currie says. “He’s just such a top-notch musician and producer. Then for him to bring in all of his friends—Slash, Duff, Billy Corgan, Juliette Lewis, Brody Dalle and the Veronicas—it was shocking, inspiring and extremely humbling.”

Currie admits she was awestruck, especially at the sight of Corgan. However, her fellow musicians had quite a different take.

“Do you find me threatening?” she asks rhetorically. “Juliette threw me out of my own studio. She was too nervous to sing in front of me. Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning as well. I don’t know what it is, because I think I’m pretty fun to be around, personally.

“There isn’t any negativity in my being, but for some reason she didn’t feel comfortable singing in front of me. I wasn’t wearing a devil mask or anything. Maybe I should? I don’t know.”

Currie is modest when asked about the project, saying it is Sorum’s “brainchild.”

“This is his creation,” she adds. “What he did was bring me because I had never worked with a producer who didn’t try to change me. He didn’t try to tell me that I wasn’t really delivering the way they want it to be or change my particular way of singing.

“The thing is, at my age, I have whatever is different from everyone else because it’s who I am. He didn’t try to squelch that.

He nurtured that, and he just made me a better artist.”

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Currie was planning on touring with her band, which includes her and actor Robert Hays’ son, musician Jake Hays. She’s looking forward to returning to the road, and there’s a benefit to that—fans will know the words to her songs.

Currie has since returned to chainsaw carving, with very little fear. After all, she doesn’t remember it.

“I was knocked out,” she says with a laugh. “I opened my eyes and I saw, over my face, this retired trauma surgeon from Cedars-Sinai. I was actually carving a piece at his property.

“I have no recollection of the fear I must have felt. I actually finished the carving and I did have to take time off. I stayed out of the public eye because I had some

damage to my face and a lot of nerve damage. That took a lot of time to heal.

But, yeah, I enjoy carving as much as I have the last 20 years.”

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BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI When Cutting Crew’s Nick Van Eede released the song “(I Just) Died in Your Arms,” he was frequently told he should perform it with an orchestra.

Thirty-five years later, the singer did just that.

With a sound that helped define the 1980s music scene, Cutting Crew returned with “Ransomed Healed Restored Forgiven,” featuring the band’s songs recreated with a full philharmonic orchestra

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and longtime guitarist Gareth Moulton.

“Whenever we met any kind of producer or family member or anybody, they would say, ‘One day, your songs would work well with an orchestra,’” Van Eede says.

“You dream of those kinds of things happening, but I thought we would leave well enough alone. That’s been drummed into me by my long-departed father. To tackle something as big as ‘(I Just) Died in Your Arms,’ I enjoyed every minute of it.”

The Grammy-nominated rock band was formed in England in 1985 by Van Eede with original guitarist, writer and fellow conspirator from Canada Kevin MacMichael.

Within months, the band signed with Siren Records/Virgin on the strength of its demos.

Cutting Crew, becoming a foursome in 1986, entered the studio the same year to record the multimillion-selling debut album “Broadcast,” one year before “(I

Just) Died in Your Arms” exploded and made them stars at home and in the United States, where it hit No. 1.

The song has found its way into films and television like “Hot Tub Time Machine,” “Stranger Things” and “Ash vs.

Evil Dead.” “I’ve Been in Love Before” and “One for the Mockingbird” also enjoyed massive worldwide radio play, reaching the Top 10 and Top 20 Billboard singles charts, respectively.

Throughout the years, Van Eede says his lyrics have changed meaning.

“Obviously, the lyrics can mean something at the time when you write them,” he says. “I’ve always been amazed by people who get in touch over the years.

“For me, to sing them again, that was amazing. There was a lot of tissue on the floor. I’ve lost my dad, my brother, Kevin (MacMichael). Those lyrics, they take on a whole different tact. It was a privilege.

I was scared at first and nervous at first.

“My lyrics—love them or hate them— you can read into them what you will. That’s great. We get a million versions of them.”

Van Eede, who’s planning to write a book, is pleased that Cutting Crew is getting a “lovely” reaction to his new music.

“Kevin wrote absolutely beautiful songs,” he says. “He would be proud of this album, because it’s all his music.”

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BY TMC HEALTHCARE With temperatures rising, it can be tempting to hide from the heat indoors.

While this might seem like a good idea, it can take a toll on healthy exercise habits.

“Planning and being prepared for hotter weather is key to staying safe and active outside during the summer months,” says Jeffrey Lambert, an internal medicine doctor at TMCOne. Here are a few of his tips on staying active during summer.

Be an early bird With the sun rising as early as 5:15 a.m., it gets warm early. If you prefer trails over treadmills, get up early before the triple digits set in.

If you’re not a morning person, this is easier said than done but not impossible. Get to bed earlier and plan to meet a friend to hold you accountable.

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Don’t forget to wear sunglasses. The sun can damage your eyes and increase the risk of cataracts.

Stay hydrated “It might sound obvious, but don’t forget to drink water,” Lambert says. “The standard recommendation is eight to 10 glasses of water each day, but when being active during a Tucson summer, you might need more.”

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Keep in mind drinking smaller amounts more frequently maintains hydration better than drinking a large amount all at one time. Also, don’t wait until you are thirsty to start replacing fluids; rather, drink throughout the day.

Dr. Jeffrey Lambert is a physician specializing in internal medicine and primary care at TMCOne: Wyatt, 2424 N. Wyatt Drive. Go to tmcone.com for information on TMCOne clinics.

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