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OH, SNAP!

Panic at the grocery stores as SNAP EBT cards expire

By Hope Peters

Tucson Local Media said, ‘your benefits expired’,” he explained. He called four times and received an automated message that stated the system is down and to call back later.

Cole said the message AZDES told SNAP clients their EBT cards expired due to a “vendor issue.” However, they were not getting notified to reapply for SNAP benefits.

AZDES explained what had happened in June this year.

“As a separate issue, the vendor through which the state of Arizona prints and mails correspondence and paper checks experienced a cyberattack in June, resulting in the company taking their systems offline nationwide,” AZDES Press Secretary Tasya C. Peterson said in a statement to Tucson Local Media.

She stated, “No state systems were compromised, and ADOA (Arizona Department of Administration) and the Arizona Department of Homeland Security

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A participant of the SNAP program, Bruce Cole was shocked to find out his EBT card benefits had expired with no prior notice from AZDES.

worked to ensure all state systems were protected during the outage.

“The outage affected the work of four state agencies, including DES and various programs including the Supple-

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ARIZONA EBT CARDHOLDERS were dismayed to reach the grocery store register last month and find out their SNAP funds had expired without notice.

“It is chaos not being advised or notified that your EBT expired,” Bruce Cole said regarding his expired card.

Bruce Cole, a disabled vet, receives the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) formerly known as food stamps, from Arizona Department of Economic Security (AZDES).

Cole, who does not work due to disability, said he is grateful for the help he receives from AZDES and the SNAP program, however, participants in his same condition rely heavily on their EBT cards to feed themselves and their families.

He said he found out his EBT card had expired when he called AZDES to change his PIN on his card in the last week of June.

“The automated phone system just

mental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), among others,” she said in a statement. “During the outage, DES updated its website and call center messaging to help inform staff about the incident and its impacts.”

AZDES stated that the vendor resumed operations in Arizona over the Independence Day weekend, and it has worked with the State to process delayed notices, forms and paper checks.

She said, “All delayed correspondence have since been processed.

DES clients did not experience a lapse in SNAP benefits or eligibility as a result of the June outage.”

“All DES clients will receive the benefits for which they are eligible,”

she said.

AZDES said they are extending timelines for those who didn’t receive notices.

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SNAP CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 “Their July benefits should now be available,” they added.

However, according to Cole, several days later on July 14, he witnessed people abandoning their cards at his local Safeway grocery store.

He said he saw a woman try to pay for groceries and the chashier told her she had no available funds on her card.

Pandemic emergency SNAP funds ran out in April, according to Cole.

This, coupled with delayed DES notices, confounded cardholders suffering from the rising cost of food.

Cole said an organization called La Frontera has been getting emergency food boxes to people, “which has been an incredible help.”

“How does a person who has no income, has a disability, how do they get help?” Cole said.

Cole said if your EBT card has no funds and you didn’t receive a notice from DES, you have no alternative.

“What do you do for money?” he asked.

Cole said he managed to buy his groceries on a limited budget with different

options, more than just coupons and discounts.

Cole signed up for every free membership card at his local grocery stores such as Albertson’s, Fry’s and Safeway.

The stores offer points on purchased items, except alcohol and tobacco.

The points can be used for savings on gas. Cole said he has no vehicle so he uses the points for discount on grocery items.

For SNAP clients, AZDES had this to say: “When a Nutrition Assistance client is reaching their date of expiration, a notice is issued the month before the expiration date. Clients can also check their case status online at MyFamilyBenefits. azdes.gov. In May, there was an isolated incident that impacted the distribution of some notices. In instances where cases may have been directly impacted by the incident, we have taken steps to extend timelines for benefits, as well as for actions a client would need to take on their case.”

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“We are glad to be a part of the solution Arizona Foundation for Community and Health Advancement awarded more than and are proud of these grantees that are $1.3 million to 19 organizations across Ari- raising awareness, increasing access and eliminating barriers for mental health zona that offer mental health services.

Of the 19 organizations, six are located across the state,” Dr. Christine Wiggs, in Pima County: The Arizona’s Children foundation president and board chair, Association, El Rio Health Center Foun- said in a press release.

The Foundation had two types of grants, dation, HealthCorps Inc., San Miguel High School, Teen Lifeline, Tucson Med- discretionary and competitive. Those who ical Center, the Ronald McDonald House received competitive grant funding were Charities of Central and Northern Arizo- organizations that specifically provided mental health services. Applicants could na and Interfaith Community Services.

Arizona-based nonprofit organizations receive up to $125,000.

The Arizona’s Children Association or academic institutions that wanted to expand publicly-available resources, in- received a competitive grant of $106,200 crease systems-level capacity or had a for their Transition Age Youth Program “measurable impact” were eligible to ap- Support. The project will ensure young adults’ access to high quality behavioral ply.

Applicants were required to have pro- health support, expand an existing youth grams that addressed one of the four ma- support program by hiring more staff and jor categories such as chronic health con- provide resources to prepare them for ditions, health equity, mental health and adulthood. The funds will be dispersed statewide. substance use to receive funding.

HealthCorps, Inc. intends to distribute The Foundation is dedicated to advancing Arizona’s communities by amplifying $102,682 to 12 school sites across six counties, and two tribal communities, Sacaton-Gila River Indian Community and the Pascua Pueblo Yaqui Reservation. The Teens Make Health Happen program will provide middle and high school students with mentors, leadership and community-service focused training. The funds will serve 10,000 people.

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“This support will assist us to meet the community need to provide mental health and substance use services for our adolescents and their families seeking these services due to increased stressors, especially over the last few years,” Regional Director of Behavioral Health Operations for El Rio Health Vanessa Seaney said in a press release.

San Miguel High School in Tucson received $25,000 for their Social-Emotional Counseling Program that will provide free on-site mental health care to 350 students and 40 parents. Different services will be provided such as group counseling, support groups, private counseling, mentoring, yoga, meditation or a speaker series.

“These funds will help San Miguel High School continue its Social-Emotional Program to respond to student mental health issues, have a safe place for them to talk to a trained counselor and learn coping skills for today and their future,” Vice President of Advancement Paloma L. Santiago said in an email.

The Tucson Medical Center Foundation’s Tucson Collaborative Community Care will receive $82,000 to fund the salary of a behavioral health navigator (BHN) for one whole year. The BHN will ease the burden of first responders, oversee mental health screenings for about 450 individuals and help administer the Client Assistance Fund which was also supported by this grant.

Of the discretionary grant cycle, ap-

plicants had diverse focus areas that addressed issues such as chronic health conditions, health equity, mental health or substance abuse disorder. The funding cap was $25,000 and there was an opportunity to apply to three different grant cycles.

The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona sought funding for health equity services and was awarded $15,000 for their Keeping Families Together Program for cities in each county in Arizona. The program provides access to specialized medical care for families experiencing a pediatric health crisis. With the award, it will expand its services to an additional 700 people.

The Interfaith Community Services (ICS) received $25,000 for equal distribution between both health equity and chronic health conditions budgets. ICS will use the grant to address the growing food insecurity crisis in Pima County by expanding access to nutritious food in low-income areas and connecting clients to emergency financial assistance.

“We’ve always had a strong commitment to improving the health of Arizonans, and the Foundation is the framework that will allow us to take that commitment one step further,” Wiggs said in a press release.

The Foundation will commit $5 million over three years to continue to address a wide range of mental health issues in Arizona.

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The Tucson Fire Department was dispatched at 8:09 p.m. to the southeast corner of the school, and arrived on scene by 8:13 p.m.

Units from Station 5 observed “heavy smoke and flames,” TFD wrote on Twitter. A second alarm was called shortly after, fighting the fire defensively and controlling the two-alarm fire by 9:12 p.m.

The fire began in the attic space in the 700 English wing, on the southeast corner of campus.

Smoke and water damage were also found throughout the 300 and 400 wings, along North Cherry Avenue, on the northeast side of campus.

There were no injuries reported, and the cause of the fire is still unknown.

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By Karen Schaffner Tucson Local Media

AT QUANTUM QUEST, AN ALL-GIRLS quantum computing camp, 20 teenage female students recently stood on the precipice of a brand new technology: quantum coding. “(Scientists) use quantum computers,” Program Manager Gabbie Meis said. “(Quantum computers) actually use quantum mechanics to solve some of the world’s largest problems, like things with lots of data or simulations that our classical computers just don’t have enough power to do. Instead of our classical computers, quantum computers are actually an entirely different type of machine that is still being developed today.”

This kind of computer requires quantum coding and when programmed could be used to help solve problems like mitigating the impacts of climate change; transportation mapping, such as figuring out how to remap the entire country of Australia with more efficient roadways; or even biomedical research, such as protein folding for vaccine development or drug discovery research.

“Back in 2019 Google ran a problem on their quantum computer that they estimated would take the most powerful supercomputer about 10,000 years to solve,” Meis said. “They said they got their (quantum) computers to solve it in less than two days.”

During the camp, students learned the programming language Qiskit, an open source (free) software development kit.

Meis called it a Python-backed library, Python being a programming language.

Qiskit allows the students’ classical computers — the kind most of use at home — to communicate with quantum computers. Ironically, although the students all had their laptops open, the learning was done on dry erase boards.

“Quantum is interdisciplinary so they’re learning the basics in linear algebra,” Meis said. “They’re learning computer science and how to code in Python, and they’re learning quantum physics, all

wrapped in this single week.”

The Coding School, located in Southern California, has a quantum coding initiative called Qubit by Qubit, the most basic unit of information in quantum computing. The initiative seeks to make quantum computing education accessible to students in K-12, because as it stands right now, according to Meis, students don’t usually see quantum computing until they are graduate students.

To bring quantum coding to the masses, the School developed the Quantum Quest camp and partners with other organizations to offer it locally. For Tucson, they partnered with the University of Arizona’s Office of Societal Impact and the Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona (GSSA).

“When this all came about it was the perfect marriage between the Coding School, the U of A and the Girl Scouts in trying to bring accessibility to this more advanced part of STEM,” Colleen McDonald said, director of staff supported programs for the GSSA. “As Girl Scouts we see ourselves as the connector. We want to make sure that all girls have access to it.”

The Coding School has been offering this camp for some time — this is its 10th camp — but it’s the first time it’s been offered in Tucson. Camp topics included everything from foundational concepts that make up the quantum world such as entanglement and qubits, and end with teaching girls how to code real quantum computers.

It’s all new science. These students are at the very foundation of quantum coding, according to Meis, and that is part of why it is so important to offer this to young women. One, they are introduced to quantum computing, but two, so they do not feel alone in their interest in this field, Meis said.

“This is a hard science, right?” Meis said. “We really want our students to feel that there’s a place in this for girls. We’re really trying to empower them now while

(PHOTO BY KAREN SCHAFFNER)

From left, Joselyn Pirro, 14, and Sagan Friskey, 18, work diligently at their computers learning Qiskit, a programming language that enables their computers to communicate with quantum computers.

they’re still in high school.”

“I’ve worked with girls for two decades doing STEM with them and one of the biggest things I hear is they think that they’re alone in liking STEM, that they don’t realize there are other girls who are also willing to push themselves,” Michelle Higgins added. She’s the associate director of the Office of Societal Impact.

The lead instructor for this camp is herself an example to these students.

Emily Van Milligen is a doctoral student at the UArizona department of physics.

Her field of study is quantum entanglement and routing protocols. She noticed that not one student fell behind; they all listened.

“They love it,” Van Milligen said. “They like the lectures I’m giving, which is exciting because that means they enjoy the content. I’m not doing anything that spe-

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One student, 18-year-old Sagan Friskey and future Pima Community College student, spoke enthusiastically about the camp.

“I think it’s super interesting to learn about, especially since we’re at the very beginning of it becoming a part of something that you can learn about and work with,” she said.

Gabriela Malo-Molina, 14, a student at Catalina Foothills High School, said she’s never seen this before and could be interested in looking deeper into it.

“I think this is a very special opportunity, and that this field will definitely be more commonly used in the future,” she said. “And quantum computing in the future will be very helpful for discoveries, especially in the medical field.”

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By Alexandra Pere Tucson Local Media

AN ARCHIVE IN THE UNIVERSITY of Arizona Library Special Collections holds the PandemiDiarios ,a collection of artifacts created by people from across Southern Arizona who endured the last three years of the COVID 19-pandemic.

The UA’s Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry gave a total of $16,000 in artistic mini-grants to 35 artists, Tucsonans and people from across the borderlands. A single mini-grant was $500 and gave the awardee an opportunity to tell their experience of living through the pandemic.

“In the first competition, there was a lot of hope expressed for the projects. In the second competition, we decided to focus on the border region,” said Dr. Javier Duran, director of the Confluencenter and professor of Latin American & Border Studies.

The project was split into two cohorts.

The first cohort competition took place in 2020 with a focus on students, academic professionals and community-based artists.

Submissions for both competitions came in diverse formats that included virtual dance pieces, calligraphy, photography, mixed media and more. The pieces are interpretive diary entries, as the project name would suggest. Each submission was a personal recount of a moment in time, a moment in which many of the artists experienced alone.

PEACEFUL BLESSINGS Dr. Jinhui Wu, an artist from the first competition, incorporated her culture into the project. Wu graduated from the UA with a doctorate in East Asian studies.

“Part of my research was suspended because I was not able to return to China,” Wu wrote in an email to the Weekly.

“I could not visit my parents or friends.”

Wu stayed home like many of us because of the pandemic, but also due to racism.

“I had people shout at me with curse words against Asians,” Wu said. “It was a very depressing period of time.”

Unfortunately, Wu’s experience is not isolated. The Federal Bureau of Investigation found that anti-Asian incidents increased by 77% from 2019 to 2020.

While in the safety of her home, Wu said she meditated, gardened and practiced calligraphy.

“My work ‘Medicine Buddha Mantra in Calligraphy’ is a creative artwork that reflects my everyday life during the crisis,” Wu said.

The Medicine Buddha Mantra is a popular mantra in East Asia, according to Wu. Buddhists chant this mantra to ask for assistance from the Medicine Buddha on behalf of their sick family member or to purify their karma.

Wu said she scripted the mantra on fine paper with traditional Chinese brush pens. The combination of the characters portrays a wooden fish, a percussion tool used during Buddhist rituals. She then took the project a step further by incorporating a desert plant into her ink.

“I added drops of cactus from my garden in the hopes of enhancing the magic power of the mantra to heal the Tucson locals,” Wu said.

Wu said she hoped sharing this art with the Confluencenter and the public would bring attention to East Asian art while also contradicting the racism she experienced during the pandemic.

“I wish to show my disapproval of those actions taken against Asians during the pandemic by a very opposite action of peaceful blessings,” Wu said.

BORDERLANDS The second phase of the PandemiDiarios competition focused on people’s connection to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Sara Hubbs submitted her mixed-media project “Pandemic Mother Map” after seeing her friends participate in the first

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Sara Hubbs’ art is archived in the UA Library Special Collections for the PandemiDiarios project. The art depicts the timeline of Hubbs’ family members, specifically mothers, in connection to place and pandemics.

round on Instagram.

“I just had, because of COVID, such a personal connection and desire and almost like a need to make the work,” Hubbs said. Hubbs normally does glass work when it comes to her chosen art medium, but this project took her outside her comfort zone.

Hubbs’ work is an abstract visual timeline of generations of mothers from her family that endured pandemics during their lifetimes.

“All of the migration and experience of pandemic that happened within my family all happened within the Sonoran Desert,” Hubbs said.

For the base of her art map, she photocopied a multitude of images of her family and herself over and over until the ink began to fade in some areas. She said this technique reminded her of the fading of family memories as the generations progressed. There is also a shape in the background of the Sonoran Desert, reminding the audience of where the timeline is geographically located.

On the left side of the map, Hubbs depicted her great-great-grandmother and great-grandfather. From 1892 to 1893, Hubbs’ great-great-grandmother

emigrated from Sonora to Phoenix after losing her husband and a son to smallpox. Hubbs said she’s not 100% certain if it was from smallpox or the “Russian Flu.” From 1889 to 1894, records indicate a disease called the “Russian Flu” was widely reported and killed an estimated one million people worldwide at the time, according to a study by Professor Emeritus Patrick Berche from the University of Paris.

Either way, the timeline of Hubbs’s project begins after her great-greatgrandmother immigrated to Phoenix.

In the next panel, Hubbs depicts her family members that lived together in Phoenix during the 1918 flu pandemic. Hubbs’ great-great-grandmother, great-grandfather, and grandmother all lived in the same household during the “Spanish Flu”.

The 1918 flu pandemic is considered to be the deadliest strain of influenza in history. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the strain killed approximately 50 million people worldwide. It is estimated to have killed more or equal to the number of World War I casualties, depending on the source. It was labeled the “Spanish Flu” because the story first broke headlines in Madrid news media. However, the 1918 flu did not originate from Spain.

Hubbs said going back into her fami-

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Jinhui Wu produced the Medicine Buddha Mantra calligraphy art piece in the hopes of bringing healing to Tucson locals during the pandemic.

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ly history helped her understand how to deal with the current pandemic.

“The way that you find strength is you look to these other stories and you find it in the people that have come before because you’ve come from a long line of people who have weathered these things in order for you to be here,” Hubbs said.

Hubbs found comfort in looking to her ancestors for guidance during her own pandemic. Hubbs’ mother was sick at the beginning of the pandemic in 2019.

Hubbs said she prayed for her mother and envisioned talking to her grandmother.

“I was thinking about pandemics and I’m thinking about all of the things that she had been through and she was such a big role model in my life, and she was just so strong,” Hubbs said.

Hubbs’ mother survived and she wanted to commemorate her mother and the mothers before her through the PandemiDiarios project.

To reinforce the symbolism of motherhood, Hubbs inserted pictures of saguaro blossoms into the tapestry of images.

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Saguaro’s take many years to grow and the blossoms usually grow under a nurse plant. She said mothers are like those nurse plants, helping the young bud grow. Hubbs said she also wanted to incorporate the blossoms to remind herself of the old saguaros who have probably watched her family evolve over the past 130 years in the Sonoran Desert.

“I think we kind of felt adrift in this pandemic experience and it felt really good to feel that there was continuity with something, with people, with a place,” Hubbs said.

PandemiDiarios View the PandemiDiarios collection online or by appointment at the UA Library of Special Collections. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. https://speccoll.library.arizona. edu/online-exhibits/exhibits/show/ community-preservation-archive/ pandemidiarios

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Monsoon Madness Plant Sale

This annual sale at Tohono Chul is always a special treat, something wonderful to look forward to in the heat of the summer. Whether you’re looking to dip your toes into plant parenthood with a classic succulent, hopping into starting a garden of edible plants or wanting to get really wacky with your plant collection, you’ll find what you need at this sale. You will also find food trucks, drinks and music! And admission to Tohono Chul is FREE during the sale, so you can see plenty of bonus plants besides the ones you decide to take home.

3 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 29 and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 30, Tohono Chul, 7366 Paseo del Norte, free, tohonochul.org/sales-and-special-events.

Art Walk

Did you know there’s a free art walk on the first Thursday of every month in the Foothills Art District at Skyline and Campbell? This month, the Wilde Meyer Gallery will be featuring artists Brenda Bredvik, Kate Dardine and Wayne Salge, among many others. Come see and support local art while out on an evening stroll in this pleasant little corner of Tucson. You can also enjoy light refreshments and live music.

4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 4, Wilde Meyer Gallery, 2890 E. Skyline Drive, free, wildemeyer.com/events.

“The Greatest Showman” Sing-Along

Picture this: It’s December 2017, you just picked up one of those snazzy new InstaPots to give your mom for Christmas, and you’ve never heard of COVID-19. A new musical inspired by P.T. Barnum is in theaters, and it’s all your friends are talking about. Life is good. Transport yourself back to the days of old at this screening at the Fox Theater. The music in this show is by award-winning songwriters Pasek and Paul, the folks behind “La La Land” and “Dear Evan Hansen.”

Lyrics are up on the screen so you can sing your heart out.

7:30 p.m., Saturday, July 30, Fox Tucson, 17 W. Congress Street, $7.50 to $10, fo x t u cs o n . c o m /e ve n t /g rea te s t showman/tickets.

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Cool Summer Nights at the Desert Museum: Plant Party

Can’t get enough flora after the Monsoon Madness Plant Sale? Keep the party going this evening with the botany staff at the Desert Museum. They’ll be there to answer your questions about the best plants to take home for your windowsill or garden.

If you sign up in advance, you can take a guided VIP tour of the cactus garden. Even if you miss sign-ups for the tour, though, you can still enjoy a prickly pear margarita, chat with docents, see art exhibits and pet the stingrays. Plant-y of things to do.

6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 30, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Road, $24.95 GA, $22.95 senior, $13.95 youth, free for kids under 3 and museum members, desertmuseum.org/visit/events_saturday_csn.php.

Summer Safari Nights

Dog Days and Astronomy Summer. I think there’s some sort of old proverb that says, “Look up and feast your eyes upon the wonder of the universe. Look down and feast your eyes on the wonder of canines.” (I made that up). But starry desert skies and dogs are two of my favorite things, and this week you can learn more about both at the Reid Park Zoo. Spend time with the African wild dogs, learn how animals use stars to navigate and search for food, and enjoy the usual activities like the carousel and food specials. A doggone good time.

5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 30, 3400 Zoo Court, $10.50 adults, $8.50 seniors, $6.50 kids 2 to 14, reidparkzoo.org/event/summer-safari-night.

Meet a Mermaid

If you’ve got a mermaid-loving kiddo, you don’t want to miss out on this one. After all, how many times in your life do you get to see a real live mermaid? Not many, which is why it’s so mysterious that you will have an opportunity to see one this Friday in Tucson. There are varying accounts as to how this beautiful creature made her way from the ocean and now hangs out in the saltwater pool at Hotel McCoy, but the important thing is she’s here now, ready to receive your admiration.

6 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 29, Hotel McCoy Tucson, 720 W. Silverlake Road, facebook.com/events/1357251864800403/1358165298042393.

mer and promise. But, all too soon, you find it’s coming to an end, your parents muttering something about “back to school.” This event put on by the sheriff’s department just might take the edge off. It fills all three exhibit halls at the Tucson Convention Center, and features back-to-school activities; health, vision and dental screenings; vaccinations; and safety information. The first 3,000 school-aged kids to attend the event get free backpacks filled with school supplies!

8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, July 30, Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Avenue, free, facebook.com/ events/514429747093687

Susan Artemis

Too Darn Hot. Talk about a song for our times. It truly is too darn hot. I feel like maybe that’s what the cicadas have been singing this whole time, in their own language. Whether you want to sup or refill your cup with your baby tonight, this show at the Century Room has you covered. Artemis’ “Love Songs From the Dark Side of the Lounge” sold out, and now the pianist and vocalist has put together a new show based on the Cole Porter Classic.

7 and 9 p.m. Friday, July 29, The Century Room, 311 E. Congress Street, $15 to $20, one drink minimum, eventbrite.com/e/susan-artemis-toodarn-hot-tickets-361509593927.

Sonoran Ecstatic Dance

According to the event description, ecstatic dance is “a freeform movement journey held in a safe and sacred container & facilitated by a professional DJ.” And you do it barefoot, and you don’t talk, and you don’t have any judgement for yourself or others. It sounds great for anyone who likes to move their body! This event features yoga with Kyndle Fire Yoga of Tucson Yoga Jam, an open ceremony, then ecstatic dancing with DocZion, featuring live drumming by Lori Carol of Gratitude Drum Circle. It ends with a closing circle.

Doors open at 4:15 p.m. Sunday, July 31, Studio Space Tucson, 4648 E. Speedway Blvd, $20 to $25, eventbrite.com/e/ sonoran-ecstatic-dance- tucsontickets-370012837357.

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VAMPIRES BEWARE The 13th annual Garlic Festival is this weekend

By Katya Mendoza Tucson Local Media

GARLIC CLOVES. BOIL ‘EM, MASH ’em, or stick ‘em in a stew.

For two days only, head down to the town of Dragoon for the 13th annual Garlic Festival at the historic Triangle T Guest Ranch on Saturday, July 30, and Sunday, July 31.

Sample from over 40 festival vendors as they bring their best roasted garlic dish including garlic burgers, garlic icecream, garlic-buttered roasted corn and more.

The highly anticipated festival takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both days, with a $5 vehicle entry fee. The festival is set to have live music performances, arts and crafts activities, and an hourly raffle sponsored by vendors. The entrance fee provides attendees with three raffle tickets.

This year, the ranch celebrates its centennial.

“One of the best kept secrets,” in Southern Arizona, according to Ramona Holcombe, the festival’s coordinator.

She said the venue has a colorful history. Once used as a top-secret, prisoner-of-war detention center during World War II, the ranch also served as an on-location filming destination including the original “3:10 to Yuma” starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin. From John Wayne to John F. Kennedy and the Rockefellers,

the ranch has an extensive guest list.

“I am in the process of getting on the National Registry of Historic Sites,” said Linda Kelly, owner of the Triangle T. Kelly, who bought the ranch back in 2005, said the ranch had been a wellknown “wellness spot,” where visitors suffering from lung diseases would stop by and “breathe some fresh air.”

“It’s changed a lot of hands over the years,” Kelly said. The ranch is also a “sister ranch” to the Triangle L Ranch located on Oracle.

Guests can see a timeline of the ranch’s history at the festival, in addition to translated copies of a rare memoir written by a Japanese POW who lived at the ranch during the war.

The ranch has deep roots in American popular history and continues to serve as a choice film set to this day. Kelly noted filming took place at the ranch this past January and February.

“It has lots of different history, we’re just trying to get people to know about it,” Kelly said.

Both Holcombe and Kelly, California natives, have shared over 30 years of friendship. Holcombe traveled back and forth between California and Arizona to help Kelly with the ranch the past 16 years until officially moving to the ranch last year to help Kelly full-time.

Inspired by the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California, the two have successfully run Triangle T’s Garlic Festival for the past 13 years. This year, they will be partnering with Zee FarmZ, an all-natural farm that doesn’t use pesticides or chemicals.

In the past, the festival has seen anywhere from 2,500 and 3,000 festival attendees. The two are hoping this year’s centennial will bring about a livelier turnout.

For more information on T Guest Ranch or the Garlic Festival, visit azretreatcenter. com or call 586-7533.

Proceeds from this year’s Garlic Festival go to the Wounded Warrior Project and the Make a Wish Foundation The Triangle T Guest Ranch is 60 miles southeast of Tucson, in Texas Canyon. Visitors are recommended to take I-10 to exit 318. The ranch is located at 4190 Dragoon Rd.

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WHEN CY BARLOW EARNED HER two undergraduate degrees in music theory and composition, her brother gifted her with a defining photo. She made it the poster for her graduation requirement, a recital featuring her original compositions for percussion and bassoon.

“I was sitting at my brother’s drum set,” she said, “wailing away wearing nothing but a diaper.”

The image perfectly synopsizes Barlow’s approach to music: it’s supposed to be fun. A stronger foundation for musical improv coaching would be hard to define, especially for one who studied and played piano for as long as she’s been able to reach it.

It’s a computer keyboard, though, that pays Barlow’s bills. She’s a principal IT manager for Arizona Arts at the UArizona. The department includes music, dance, photography, fine arts and all their extensions into Tucson’s public life.

On the side, she also performs with her professional steel drum band, Apocalypso. “I’ve band-ed a lot,” she said, with a laugh, referring to her middle school marching band, assorted other opportunistic performances and an undergrad so-

journ as a country-band drummer. “Country music is not my pop genre of choice,” Barlow said. “But I’ll play what pays.”

For all that, Barlow is most prominent locally as the founder, coach and accompanist for From the Top, Arizona’s only musical improv ensemble. The ensemble presents an hour-long, family-friendly, Broadway-style musical improvised around a fantastical title the audience suggests. Presented both live and streaming, the show costs $8 for adults and $5 for children. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. on the first Friday of every month at Unscrewed Theater, 4500 E Speedway Boulevard #39.

Visit unscrewedtheater.org for reservations. The next show is Friday, Aug. 5.

It was inevitable that Barlow would study music, she said. Two of her four siblings also earned music degrees and one of the others eventually owned a recording studio. After graduating from West Texas State, she migrated to the UA for graduate school. There she earned master’s degrees in both music theory and percussion performance. She said,

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS… THURSDAY, JULY 28 During the 1990s, Mexican singer and songwriter Leonel García began his career behind the scenes penning hits for then young Mexican pop artists: Lynda, Luis Miguel, Ernesto D’Alessio and others. García came into the public eye during the early aughts as one half of Sin Bandera. The Latin pop duo released five albums, garnering numerous accolades, before an amicable split in 2007. Now, nine albums into a successful solo career, Leonel García performs Acústico at the Rialto Theater. The Max Goldschmid Quartet leads the charge into the Late Night at The Century Room.

Featuring a Who’s Who lineup of local hip hop artists, Godwill album release party finds Tommy Will, Marley B, Cash Lansky, Aske, Manny Megz, Jivin’ Scientists, Beezy, Big Vinci and Northside Niko sharing the stage at Thunder Canyon Brewery.

FRIDAY, JULY 29 Casting the runes, soon the Earth’s crust will crack, and sulfurous gasses rise, as Lucifer’s minions prepare to welcome the return of a sinner most foul. For the nonce, Local Love presents Metal Fest XX. Featuring Versus The Fall, Coppernicus, Evasion, Dedwin, Gutter Town, Theocide and Manguera at 191 Toole. Finding inspiration in the Cole Porter classic, pianist and vocalist Susan Artemis debuts a new show, Too Darn Hot, at The Century Room. From Hermosillo, DJ Kuryaki joins resident DJ Mijito for the latest installment

of Disco Oscura at The Royal Room.

Hailing from the sun parched Sonoran desert, hot on the heels of their latest single, “Stay for the Summer,” indie rockers Daytrails headlines an all-ages extravaganza with New Misphoria and the Noah Martin Band at Club Congress. Returning to the Baked Apple after a successful New York City engagement, jazz vocalist Liz Cracchiolo, accompanied by pianist Sly Slipetesky, performs at Pastiche Modern Eatery. Spinning a mix of sultry baby making music, DJ Roch hosts Pajama Jam at The Jackrabbit Lounge.

SATURDAY, JULY 30 No strangers to getting by and rolling — literally and figuratively — with the punches, Kash’d Out’s signature reggae/rock sound is rife with good vibes. Awash in a cloud of smoke, as depicted in the video for “Way Too High For This,” Kash’D Out brings the Highway Robbery Summer Tour to 191 Toole. With support from Tunnel Vision and Joe Samba. Tucson shoegaze/dream poppers Commoner celebrate the release of their latest record at Club Congress. Glixen and Blue Haven add to the revelry … Late Night features vocalist and violinist Heather Hardy & A Taste of Jazz at The Century Room.

SUNDAY, JULY 31 Emerging from deep in the forest of Gothenburg, Sweden, Avatar frontman Johannes Eckerström explains the Hindu origins of the band’s name. “When a god manifests itself on Earth in the shape of a human being or an animal. A god in disguise.” Befittingly, Eckerström’s harlequin-faced stage persona first appeared with the release of 2012’s “Black Waltz,” self-styling himself with grease paint to conceal his mor-

tality. Broadening the reach of Avatar’s mystique, “Hunter Gatherer,” the band’s latest release, pits gormless humans against the savagery of technology, and stands as their darkest and most sinister musical offering to date. Out on a North American tour, Avatar are posed to “destroy every single moment of summertime serenity” at Rialto Theater. They perform in lockstep with Light The Torch and The Callous Daoboys to round out an evening of heedless heavy metal extremity. Rooted in Chicago blues — a raucous electrified sound based on earlier blues idioms, such as Delta blues — Whose Blues adds diverse elements and spice into the mix for the Congress Cookout at Hotel Congress Plaza.

MONDAY, AUG. 1 Nada.

TUESDAY, AUG. 2 Known for his political activism and pursuing humanitarian causes, Michael Franti has played in stadiums and prisons, on street corners and in war zones. His lyrics often juxtapose cynicism and optimism, with optimism being the default. It’s not about Democrats or Republicans, Christians or Muslims; for Franti it is always about the human condition.

As exemplified in “Good to be Alive Today” in which Franti sings, “I try to keep my head up, but this is Babylon / This world’s in crisis, we try to fight it, this changing climate / With scientists and politicians divided by it / So many ways we could solve it / But they would never sign it / It’s in the Torah, Quran and in the Bible / Love is the message, but somehow we turn to rivals / It’s come to people always picking up their rifles.” Like a flower

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“When you get a degree in music theory, the only thing you can do with that is get a PhD in music theory and the only thing you can do with that is teach music theory.”

“I love teaching,” she said. “I was raised by a wild pack of teachers.” Her father taught early childhood development and statistics for over 35 years. Her mother taught grammar school and later became a counselor and therapist, and her siblings were all teachers at some point. A brother taught physics and math at the university level. Barlow confessed she’s a math nerd.

Now, that passion for teaching is a gift to her musical improv students. But how did she get here? Given the long-term planning and commitment she dedicated to her music education and training, coaching rank novices in how to improvise on a black box theatre stage on Speedway seems... off trajectory.

Barlow was a latecomer to improv, but, she said, “I’ve been obsessed with short form improv since I discovered the British ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ in the ’80s,

but my (limited) spare time was devoted to music. Then I found Unscrewed, but it was years before they had a class that fit my schedule.”

After a run of classes there, Barlow became a regular cast member of the Unscrewed house team, Not Burnt Out, Just Unscrewed. She also evolved quickly into an essential volunteer, taking on critical technical and marketing tasks. Eventually she persuaded the company to invite Laura Hall into its lineup of workshop series. Hall is the legendary accompanist who improvises music for the songs composed in real time by the “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” cast. Barlow was over the moon.

“My feeling comfortable to coach and lead a team can be directly traced to the influence of Laura Hall and her way of mentoring other people to understand musical improv,” Barlow said. “It’s just improv and music and finding the places where those two circles overlap in a Venn diagram.” From the Top was born when Barlow began teaching musical improv classes.

She said she is awed by how much she’s learned from her students. “They’ve

taught me to find new ways to adjust and represent information so it clicks, to get them to that ‘eureka’ moment. I celebrate the fact that they had the courage to sign up. Singing is the most naked musical thing you can do but making it up is even more vulnerable. You can’t learn the song. It only happens the once. If you don’t get it right, whatever right is, you won’t be able to fix it and do it over.”

“Yet every single improv class, I’ve had someone who’s never done it before,” Barlow said. She describes them as daredevils. “They’re running toward the fear and they’re choosing to do something that scares them, because they want to break out of their comfort zone.”

“Those are the best, because even by the first lesson they’re saying, ‘This was fun’.”

That person might just one day wind up in the cast of From the Top. Visit unscrewedtheater.org for information about the next musical improv class, possibly as soon as October.

LATE NIGHT AT THE SCREENING ROOM Landry lands likeably at Laffs Leading with what he refers to as “likeable hair, sprouting from charismatic follicles” Landry promises to serve up a “comedy goulash” from his slightly dysfunctional life as a mixed-race Canadian.

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Susan Capin Presents, “The Aura of Color” Exhibit Sunday, July 31, 2022 1:30pm in the Garden Room Featuring pastels, oils, acrylics, and watercolors A portion of any sales will be donated to the Employee Holiday Fund.

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in the barrel of a gun, Michael Franti & Spearhead evince the sound of sunshine at the Rialto Theater … Growth takes shape over a lifetime. Tennessee rockers 10 Years emerged in 2001, tendering a Southern take on modern rock; the release of “The Autumn Effect,” the group’s gold-certified third studio album, propelled them into mainstream consciousness, where they have since remained. “We don’t ever try to recreate what we’ve done in the past,” says vocalist Jesse Hasek of their latest album. “We knew we had to challenge ourselves to see what we had in us. If it’s not stressful, you’re not challenging yourself to grow.” He adds, “We were able to harness that love of creating from a wiser and more developed perspective.” 10 Years performs “Violent Allies,” the band’s ninth LP, at 191 Toole. Dragged Under and In

“Bill Bellamy’s Who’s Got Jokes?” as well as Sirius XM. Landry performs Friday and Saturday, July 29 and 30 at 8 and 10:30 p.m. at Laff’s Comedy Cafe, 2900 E. Broadway Blvd. Doors are at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 or $20 for reserved seating. Make reservations and see the menu at laffstucson. com. There is a two-item minimum.

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The Drive, Tucson, presents Jeff Allen Local radio station The Drive (101.7 FM, 830 AM), home of longtime favorite Tucson radio personality Bobby Rich, presents comedian Jeff Allen at The Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St., on Saturday, August 6. Showtime is 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $44 to $84 via foxtucson.com.

Allen jokes clean about the humor of everyday life in marriage, raising children, grandparenting and the unexpected joys and challenges of the empty nest.

His show is for all ages.

The Whale lend support . Casting existential dilemmas with tongue-in-cheek humor, confessional lyrics and monster grooves, Brooklyn art-punk incendiaries Bodega’s second LP, 2022’s “Broken Equipment,” was inspired by a book club studying philosophical prose. Irreverently, Bodega pays homage to a “Statuette On The Console,” at Club Congress. Closet Goth opens the show.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3 Sans the salty brine of the ocean, Surfapalooza features the infectious surf rock twang of the Messer Chups from Saint Petersburg, Russia, along with three of Arizona’s finest purveyors of the surf genre: The Surfbroads, Shrimp Chaperone and The Fury’s. It’s the summer surf party of the season at the Hotel Congress Plaza.

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CANNABIS UNIONS GAIN STEAM

Marijuana dispensary workers are unionizing, while Big Cannabis throws up roadblocks

By David Abbott/Arizona Mirror UNIONIZATION FOR WORKERS IN the cannabis industry is gathering steam in Arizona, as budtenders at the Curaleaf Dispensary in midtown Phoenix recently voted to unionize, while workers at several other dispensaries are poised to vote on the issue within the next few weeks. “(This) election marks an important milestone for cannabis workers in Arizona and across the country,” United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 99 President Jim McLaughlin said in a July 2 press release. “As cannabis compa-

nies like Curaleaf continue to see record profits, the time to share their prosperity with workers is long overdue.”

UFCW 99 is Arizona’s largest private-sector union, representing 24,000 workers at Fry’s, Safeway and other retailers throughout the southwest. There are more than 1.3 million UFCW members nationwide.

Massachusetts-based Curaleaf is one of the world’s largest cannabis companies by revenue, operating more than 100 dispensaries in 22 states across the

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Workers at the Curaleaf Midtown dispensary in Phoenix are the first cannabis workers to unionize in Arizona, and they’re part of a burgeoning movement in the cannabis industry to fight for workers’ rights.

U.S., including eight in Arizona.

Employees at Curaleaf’s dispensary on Central Avenue, just north of Thomas Road, voted 13-6 on June 30 to join UFCW, making them the first cannabis workers in the state to unionize.

The move to unionize commercial can-

nabis operations is part of the UFCW’s efforts, known as the Cannabis Workers Rising movement, which began in 2010 when medical cannabis was first legalized in Arizona. The UFCW is working

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According to UFCW spokesperson Drake Ridge, employees at Curaleaf’s Camelback Road dispensary reached out to the UFCW in February and will submit their ballots on July 28. Employees at Zen Leaf in Chandler, owned by Verano Holdings Corp., have their ballots and will cast them by July 19.

“This is something we’ve been working on, both locally and at the international level, for some time now,” Ridge said.

“This is a part of a movement that’s really been in the works for some time, but now has a lot of momentum.”

Curaleaf has allegedly worked to block unionization in its dispensaries, and the National Labor Relations Board has received numerous complaints about the company from cannabis outlets throughout the country.

Curaleaf said it could not comment on the unionization efforts. Verano Holdings did not return a request for comment.

Ongoing legal actions are delaying a unionization vote at Absolute Healthcare in Gilbert. Likewise, an employee at the Chandler Zen Leaf dispensary, known as Territory before Verano Holdings purchased it, filed a complaint in January alleging “coercive statements” (threats, promises of benefits, etc.), as well as re-

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taliation against employees attempting to unionize.

Ridge said much of the desire for change among dispensary employees is because the cannabis conglomerates have come into the state by purchasing locally owned operations and immediately creating a corporate structure that is not responsive to employee concerns.

Many of these operations bring in $1 million to $2 million each month, according to Ridge.

“When Zen Leaf Chandler was still Territory, a lot of the workers were employed there when it was still a mom and pop, and they remember what it was like to have that close relationship with management,” he said. “All across the board, the issues that (workers have) seen are pretty much the same: these large corporations come in, they’ll implement new policies without much discussion, and workers are seeing an instant decrease in their bottom line.”

One huge change for Zen Leaf and Curaleaf workers is what happens with tips from customers. Instead of allowing budtenders to continue to keep all of their tips, the new corporate owners implemented policies requiring all tips be pooled and split among all employees — including management.

According to Ridge, the abrupt change in gratuity policy has been a serious point of contention for the unionizing budtenders, who rely on tips to make ends meet.

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“In some cases, it has cut their take home pay by 40%,” he said.

Gino, a Zen Leaf budtender who led efforts to unionize the shop, was fired along with six other employees after Verano changed its tip policy and unionizing efforts began.

“If your company is making $1.2 million to almost $2 million in good months, every month, then employees shouldn’t be making $15 an hour,” he stated. “If you’re making hand-over-fist amounts of money, you can afford to pay your employees fairly. We’re just simply asking to be paid fairly.”

One former Curaleaf employee says she was fired in 2020 for trying to unionize her workplace. Curaleaf fired Anissa Keane, who had worked in its Gilbert location for three years — including prior to Curaleaf purchasing the dispensary — in August 2020. In 2021, Keane, with the support of the UFCW, filed a lawsuit alleging her firing was retaliation for her organizing activities. Curaleaf says it fired her because she was a subpar employee.

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her job and will start soon, after an injunction against Curaleaf was lifted, but the status of a potential vote is still unclear. (The UFCW is currently working to get back pay for Keane.)

“Having Curaleaf reinstate my job really has shown me that, though this has been a long fight, it’s a fight worth having,” Keane told the Arizona Mirror in an email. “I believe strongly in unions, and will continue to fight, not just for myself but for all Curaleaf employees.”

Curaleaf did not respond to the Mirror’s questions.

As more Arizona dispensaries seek representation in an industry that sold almost $1.5 billion in product in 2021, and unionization is taking hold across the U.S., the UFCW says it is laying the groundwork for a possible expansion of the industry should the federal government eventually legalize marijuana nationally. That would allow cannabis workers the opportunity to share in profits that are projected to keep growing as the markets mature.

“A lot of these budtenders, they’re

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TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) Researchers have proved that lullabies enhance the health of premature babies being cared for in hospitals. The soft, emotionally rich songs also promote the well-being of the babies’ families. I bring this to your attention because I believe you should call on lullaby therapy yourself in the coming weeks. Listening to and singing those tunes will soothe and heal your inner child. And that, in my astrological opinion, is one of your top needs right now. For extra boosts, read fairy tales, eat food with your hands, make mud pies, and play on swings, seesaws and merrygo-rounds.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) Dancer and singer-songwriter FKA Twigs has taken dance lessons since she was a child. In 2017, she added a new form of physical training, the Chinese martial art of “wushu.” Doing so made her realize a key truth about herself: She loves to learn and practice new skills. Of all life’s activities, they give her the most pleasure and activate her most vibrant energy. She feels at home in the world when she does them. I suspect you may have similar inclinations in the coming months. Your appetite for mastering new skills will be at an all-time high. You will find it natural and even exhilarating to undertake disciplined practice. Gathering knowledge will be even more exciting than it usually is.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) Cancerian author Laurie Sheck writes, “So much of life is invisible, inscrutable: layers of

thoughts, feelings, and outward events entwined with secrecies, ambiguities, ambivalences, obscurities, darknesses.”

While that’s an experience we all have, especially you Cancerians, it will be far less pressing for you in the coming weeks. I foresee you embarking on a phase when clarity will be the rule, not the exception. Hidden parts of the world will reveal themselves to you. The mood will be brighter and lighter than usual.

The chronic fuzziness of life will give way to a delightful acuity. I suspect you will see things that you have never or rarely seen.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) It’s always advisable for you Leos to carry on a close personal relationship with mirrors. I’m speaking both literally and metaphorically. For the sake of your mental health, you need to be knowledgeable about your image and monitor its ever-shifting nuances.

And according to my analysis of the astrological omens, you are now authorized to deepen your intimate connection with mirrors. I believe you will thrive by undertaking an intense phase of introspective explorations and creative self-inquiry. Please keep it all tender and kind, though. You’re not allowed to badmouth yourself. Put a special emphasis on identifying aspects of your beauty that have been obscured or neglected. By the way, Leo, I also recommend you seek compassionate feedback from people you trust. Now is an excellent time to get reflections about your quest to become an even more amazing human.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) At your best, you are a flexible purist, an adaptable stickler for detail, and a disciplined yet supple thinker. Maybe more than any other sign of the zodiac, you can be focused and resilient, intense and agile, attentive and graceful. And all of us non-Virgos will greatly appreciate it if you provide these talents in abundance during the coming weeks. We need you to be our humble, understated leader.

Please be a role model who demonstrates the finely crafted, well-balanced approach to being healthy.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) In my Astrological Book of Life, your life purposes as a Libra may include the following: 1. to be beautiful in the smartest ways you can imagine and smart in the most beautiful ways you can imagine; 2. to always see at least two sides of the story, and preferably more; 3. to serve as an intermediary between disparate elements; 4. to lubricate and facilitate conversations between people who might not otherwise understand each other; 5. to find common ground between apparent contradictions; 6. to weave confusing paradoxes into invigorating amalgamations; 7. to never give up on finding the most elegant way to understand a problem. PS: In the coming weeks, I hope you will make extra efforts to call on the capacities I just named.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) Author Clive James loved the Latin term “gazofilacium”, meaning “treasure chamber.” He said the related Italian word “gazofilacio” referred to the stash of beloved poems he memorized and kept in a special place in his mind. In accordance with astrological omens, Scorpio, now would be an excellent time to begin creating your own personal “gazofilacium”: a storehouse of wonderful images and thoughts and memories that will serve as a beacon of joy and vitality for the rest of your long life. Here’s your homework: Identify ten items you will store in your “gazofilacium.”

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) Tips to get the most out of the next three weeks: 1. Keep your interesting options

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) Capricorn poet Richard Hugo wrote, “It doesn’t bother me that the word ‘stone’ appears more than 30 times in my third book, or that ‘wind’ and ‘gray’ appear over and over in my poems to the disdain of some reviewers.” Hugo celebrated his obsessions. He treated them as riches because focusing on them enabled him to identify his deepest feelings and discover who he really was.

In accordance with astrological omens, I recommend a similar approach to you in the coming weeks. Cultivate and honor and love the specific fascinations at the core of your destiny.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) Author Violet Trefusis (1894–1972) and author Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962) loved each other. In one letter, Violet told Vita, “I want you hungrily, frenziedly, passionately. I am starving for you. Not only the physical you, but your fellowship, your sympathy, the innumerable points of view we share. I can’t exist without you; you are my affinity.” In the coming weeks, dear Aquarius, I invite you to use florid language like that in addressing your beloved allies. I also invite you to request such messages. According to my reading of the planetary omens, you are due for eruptions of articulate passion.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) I’d like to honor and pay homage to a past disappointment that helped transform you into a beautiful soul. I know it didn’t feel good for you when it happened, but it has generated results that have blessed you and the people whose lives you’ve touched. Would you consider performing a ritual of gratitude for all it taught you?

Now is an excellent time to express your appreciation because doing so will lead to even further redemption.

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The workers at Curaleaf’s midtown location are going to get a chance to see that dynamic in motion as they head into negotiations within the next few months.

“This is really going to lay the groundwork for workers across the country,” Ridge concluded. “This is part of a movement across the country that has really gained substantial momentum and will only stand to benefit the workers as they continue to fight for fair and equitable workplaces and dignity on the job.”

Curaleaf has filed an objection to the NLRB, taking issue with the use of mailin ballots for the unionization vote. The company claims there was insufficient notice of the switch to mail-in voting.

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About 55% of budtenders leave the industry any given year, with about 25% turnover in the first 30 days of employment. Most budtenders do not last a year with a single employer, the company found.

Retailers in Illinois tend to have the best employee retention, about 29% stay on long-term, while those in Colorado and Oregon tend to have the highest rates of turnover with a 12% retention rate. Budtender retention in Arizona is only slightly better at 15%.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2021 employee turnover was 47.2% across all industries.

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