Loving Life After 50: Tucson September 2019

September 2019

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Rob Thomas performs at the Tucson Music Hall on Tuesday, September 24.

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Rob Thomas explores ’80s culture and musical freedom on latest album

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Rob Thomas appreciates the culture, music and even fashion of the ’80s. And on his fourth album, “Chip Tooth Smile,” he celebrates it.

The second song on “Chip Tooth Smile,” “Timeless,” is a relentlessly catchy ode to the decade with references to Night Ranger’s “Sister Christian” and Cindy Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” He even touches on the ’90s with Sinead O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U.” “We’re the children of the ’80s,” Thomas says. “In the ’80s, there was no coherent aesthetic. Nobody stuck to trends. You could try everything. I mean, there was Peter Gabriel, Madness, MC Hammer and Ozzy Osbourne all on the same block. Production-wise, it was fearless. That’s what we strove for.”

Known as the lead singer of Matchbox Twenty, Thomas has scored countless hits — with the band and solo — like “Lonely No More,” “This is How a Heart Breaks,” 3AM,” “If You’re Gone” and “Streetcorner Symphony.”

He collaborated with Carlos Santana for “Smooth,” which sold more than 3 million copies 20 years ago.

In 2004, Thomas was the first artist to be honored with the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s Hal David Starlight Award, created to recognize composers in the early years of their careers who have made a lasting impact. Twice he earned the Songwriter of the Year prize from both Billboard and BMI. Overall, Thomas has contributed to sales of more than 80 million records.

Thomas made his solo debut with 2005’s platinum-certified “Something to Be” and was the first album by a male artist from a rock or pop group to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Thomas’ sophomore solo album, 2009’s “Cradlesong,” spawned two No. 1 singles in “Her Diamonds” and “Someday.” At the time, Thomas tied P!nk for the most No. 1 Adult Top 40 hits by a solo artist as well becoming the first male solo artist to score multiple chart-toppers at the format.

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In 2012, Matchbox Twenty returned with its first album in a decade, “North.” Fueled by the hit singles, “She’s So Mean,” “Overjoyed” and “Our Song,” “North” proved a landmark for the band as it was the act’s first No. 1 debut and Billboard 200 chart-topper. Thomas’ third solo album, 2015’s “The Great Unknown,” had a top 10 debut on the SoundScan/Billboard 200 upon its release and featured hit singles “Hold on Forever” and “Pieces.”

Thomas is also a dedicated philanthropist, establishing Sidewalk Angels Foundation in 2003 with his wife, Marisol Thomas, who has battled lyme disease for 16 years.

The organization is dedicated to providing critically needed funds and support to over 20 no-kill animal shelters and animal rescues, across the country, that help to fight for the rights and fair treatment of those with no voice.

As for the 12-song “Chip Tooth Smile,” it explores new musical territory for Thomas.

The first single and the album’s opening track, “One Less Day (Dying Young),” has galloping drums and Irish fiddles. “The Man to Hold the Water” is a sparkling, gentle song about love, and “Can’t Help Me Now” is a desperate call for normality. Each song has its own feel.

“Even with Matchbox Twenty and (producer) Matt Serletic, we wanted each song to have its own personality,” he says.

“When we put out ‘Unwell,’ everything else in the top 40 was hip-hop. Here we are with a banjo on the track. It helps the song to have its own personality.”

“Chip Tooth Smile” features production from Butch Walker (Panic! At the Disco, P!nk) and Benny Blanco (Ed Sheeran), which complement Thomas’ songwriting talent.

“I was writing about experiences I’ve been through that I could’ve only been through by getting older, by facing mortality, by having a son, by having a family, and by having responsibilities that I didn’t have when I first started out” says Thomas, whose 21-year-old son, Maison Eudy, is credited as a songwriter on the album.

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“It’s very autobiographical about where I’m at now and where I’m headed.”

Working with Walker, an alumnus of the Marvelous 3, was inspirational as well.

“A lot of people don’t even know how talented he is,” he says. “As a producer, he takes himself out of the song.

He’s in service to the song and the track.

Like, if he’s writing a song for Fall Out Boy, he’s not making a Butch Walker song. He’s writing the best Fall Out Boy song he can.

“He’s a chameleon and a lot of people don’t realize that — unless they’re lucky enough to listen to his solo stuff. He’s a great guitarist and performer as well.”

Thomas and Walker explored new musical territory because, frankly, they didn’t feel they had anything to lose. They convinced themselves that no one was going to play the songs on the radio. With that mentality, Thomas and Walker felt freer to write what they wanted.

“Butch did a good job of putting an urgency behind the songs,” he says. “At the same time, he didn’t it without using too many modern pop tricks.”

During the conversation, Thomas was getting ready to leave for his tour rehearsal. He only has an inkling about what fans can expect when he performs at Tucson Arena on Tuesday, September 24.

“I have the same solo band I’ve had since 2005 on my first solo tour,” Thomas says.

“I’m writing with them in mind. Like, I’ll know if my bass player is going to slay it this time.

“We do want hands in the air. We can all share a moment. For two hours, I want everybody to forget about things outside the door and just escape. I feel like I’m in the hospitality industry. For those two hours, I want to serve the night. We’re all a part of the same thing. If we do it right, we’ll all feel that together we made magic.”

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What: Rob Thomas w/Max Frost When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 24 Where: Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Avenue Cost: Tickets start at $37.50 Info: tucsonarena.com/events/ rob-thomas www.LovinLife.com

Free-Spirited Career

Former Tucson resident Sean Dillingham has acted in more than 100 commercials, 40 feature films and several big-time television series. (Submitted photo)

Tucson native Sean Dillingham discusses his love of the art

BY ERIC NEWMAN Former Tucson resident Sean Dillingham has acted in more than 100 commercials, 40 feature films and several bigtime television series. He’s been acting as long as he can remember.

Whether he’s on the silver screen, on small local improv stages, in stand-up comedy clubs or at a 9-to-5 job, he has never lost his passion for the art.

The owner of the Scottsdale Comedy Spot Comedy Club is gearing up for big projects. In September, he’ll appear in AMC’s “Breaking Bad” spinoff “Better Call Saul.”

The following month, his “Rattlesnake” hits Netflix. “Rattlesnake” tells the story of a single mother who accepts the help of a mysterious woman after her daughter is bitten by a rattlesnake. She finds herself forced to pay back her “debt” by killing a stranger in Texas.

Around Christmas, he’ll appear in the theatrical wrestling film “Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre.” The movie tells the story of aging wrestlers trying to live off their names. Dillingham says there are talks of a sequel already.

Dillingham is doing something a little off-kilter this fall. He’ll play a character called Bison in a short film at the beginning of the videogame “Wasteland 3.” It will be simultaneously released to Windows, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. “They did a fundraising campaign,” he says. “They raised $3 million in 24 hours. I went up to Colorado and they didn’t want to do what everyone else is doing. They wanted to go old school with live-action actors.

“It takes place in this really, really cool, post-apocalyptic world. I play this mean SOB called Bison.”

What keeps him acting, he says, is the creativity he can — and must — express to share a character well.

“It’s always something new, and it suits me well because every week it’s a different job,” Dillingham says. “They say this week you’re going to be a cowboy. Next week you’re going to be a monster. The week after that you’re going to be a cop. I enjoy the variety.”

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High School in Tucson and graduated from Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe — says the difficulty of acting encourages him to continually work at his game.

The art is “a constant challenge,” which necessitates growth and self-reflection to best play the parts in which he is cast.

“If it gets easy, to me, that means I’m not growing,” Dillingham says. “I know actors, well-known actors, who are cast in the same roles. They keep walking into every movie as the same character they were doing years ago. I don’t ever want that to happen to me.”

Like many actors who work as much as Dillingham, the lure of Los Angeles and Hollywood is constantly in the background. However, he says he is extremely happy in his Valley home.

He auditions three or four times a week, but many of them are taped and sent via email or through servers to casting agencies. He also appreciates Phoenix’s close proximity to Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas and Colorado. If he secures a role in

any movie or show, he can drive to the set relatively easily.

He also simply thinks it is not necessary to live in California to succeed as an actor in 2019.

“I believe Hollywood is a state of mind,”

he says. “I don’t think it’s a physical place anymore, especially nowadays with the internet, cellphones and how connected people are. I don’t really think it’s really necessary at the same level it used to be to live there,” he says.

Dillingham also prefers to stay here because he doesn’t consider himself a “star.” It’s hard to agree completely, as he has played parts that leave him recognizable to those interested in film and television.

But, just like Hollywood, Dillingham’s career is based on the mindset of acting. He differentiates acting from the red carpets and upscale movie star events that the uninitiated covet.

“That, to me, is not being an actor.

Being an actor is, I have to act. If I don’t have an audition or a project coming up in two or three weeks around my home, I become unbearable,” he says.

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The Silver Buckle Arabian Show features the top horses

BY LAURA LATZKO For horse owners, owning, breeding and competing with Arabian horses becomes a lifestyle, driven by a love for the breed. The Southern Arizona Arabian Horse Association’s annual Silver Buckle Arabian Show brings together horse enthusiasts to compete and share in their love of the equestrian lifestyle.

In its 22nd year, the rated show is Thursday, September 12, to Sunday, September 15 at the Pima County Fairgrounds. It is the association’s biggest show of the year.

Formed in 1966, SAAHA is the second-largest horse association in the region, with around 130 members from different parts of Arizona and states such as Wyoming and California.

The association also holds other Arabian horse shows, all-breed competitions and educational clinics throughout the year.

The Tucson show is one of the last chances for local riders to practice or qualify for points before regional or national competitions. The regional competition for the Arizona, Nevada and Utah region takes place in Scottsdale in April.

The show also stands out because of its silver buckle prizes. Each year, the association gives out a newly designed buckle, and for many competitors, earning one of the buckles is a point of pride.

Equestrians will compete in classes that are based on performance disciplines such as Hunter, Western, English, Driving, Sport Horse, Trail, Reigning and Ranch Riding. Some of these classes require maneuvering through obstacles or performance patterns or are based on the horse’s conformation to breed standards.

For the Mounted Native Costume class, the horses and riders don colorful costumes. Each year, the competition draws almost 150 horses, shown by people of different ages. The show’s competitors come from different parts of Arizona and from out of state.

SAAHA President Marilou Balloun says the show highlights the different skills and traits of the Arabian horse.

“It is a very versatile breed. That’s why we offer a lot of different classes because there’s people trying to do everything,” Balloun says.

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While many owners choose to show Arabians, some also ride them or use them for work such as cattle roundups.

A former breeder of Arabians who still owns horses, Balloun was drawn to the breed because of its abilities and personality.

“When I was a little girl, it was the Arabian horse that I always thought was the most beautiful horse in the world.

I just had an affinity towards them. They are a very affectionate horse, and I’ve always loved them as a kid and now as an adult. They act very fiery and very spirited, and they are a spirited horse, but they will walk right up to you and want to be pet,” Balloun says. During the Southern Arizona Arabian Horse Association’s annual Silver Buckle Arabian Show, equestrians compete in different classes. (Photo by Robert Hess) This year, the show has expanded with the addition of the Meet horse community, which was influenced ages, two of which she shows. She coman Arabian Horse event on Saturday. At- by world-renowned breeder Bazy Tank- petes in the Western and English Trail and tendees will have a chance to get close to ersley. Each year during the show, SAAHA Ranch Riding classes.

She has won at the local and regional and learn more about Arabian horses and gives away a special high-point award, participate in a ceramic pony painting ac- in honor of Bazy Tankersley, to the horse level and placed in the top 10 at the nathat earns the most points in sport horse tional level. tivity.

She says when working with any horse, During the event, SAAHA will have a classes.

Many of the show’s competitors are it takes time to develop trust and build drawing for free lessons from local trainboard members of SAAHA, who also help a relationship, but she has always found ers and club memberships.

Throughout the four days of the show, to plan the show. Six people from the or- that Arabians are a good fit for her.

“My experience with Arabians is they visitors can also go to the barns to meet ganization, as well as volunteers and paid are just very in-tune animals. They are rewith the horses and trainers. The show employees, help to run the show.

Kathleen Flaherty, a SAAHA board ally in tune to their people. They are very will have an ice-cream social and a rubber duck-throwing Chuck a Duck fund- member who has shown Arabian hors- family-oriented. They are really very genraiser on Sunday. Throughout the show’s es since 2009, took an interest in horses tle, sweet horses,” Flaherty says. run, vendors will sell equestrian-themed when taking riding lessons as a child. After moving to Tucson, she became interitems.

As part of the Barn Mascot Showman- ested in owning horses and competing What: Southern Arizona Arabian ship fundraiser on Saturday, participants after taking lessons from someone who Horse Association’s Silver Buckle lead animals such as dogs or miniature owned Arabians.

Arabian Show “The horses were great, and the people horses through a series of patterns.

When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Proceeds from the fundraiser will go to in the Arabian world I met here in Tucson September 12; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. the Arabian Horsemen’s Distress Fund, were great and so welcoming that I knew Friday, September 13; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. an organization that provides assistance I wanted to stay part of that world as I Saturday, September 14; 7 a.m. to 4 to horse owners or trainers dealing with started looking into horse ownership,” p.m. Sunday, September 15. Hours injury, illness or accidents such as fires or Flaherty says. are subject to change, based on the Competitions at different levels, includfloods.

SAAHA also donates money to a local ing the Silver Buckle show, allow her to number of horses competing.

4-H club for their camps. The 4-H club not only gain points, practice and try to Where: Pima County Fairgrounds, members, in turn, help out the club by win a buckle but also to spend time with 11300 S. Houghton Road fellow Arabian enthusiasts. volunteering at the show.

Cost: Free admission for spectators Flaherty owns three horses of different Southern Arizona has a strong Arabian Info: saaha.org

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It’s All Greek to Them

Eat, Drink and Dance like an Athenian at this Tucson festival

BY LAURA LATZKO In Tucson, celebrating the Greek culture through food, dance, drink and music is a long tradition, passed on from one generation to another.

Those who grew up attending the city’s Greek cultural festival as children are now part of organizing the event, which brings together people of Greek descent and gives others a taste of their culture.

In its 45th year, the Tucson Greek Festival is Thursday, September 26, to Sunday, September 29, at the St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church.

This year’s festival theme is “Eat, drink and dance like a Greek.”

The event is expanding with the addition of carnival rides, a cooking demo by Iron Chef Tucson winner Wendy Gauthier, multiple beer gardens and vendor booths.

This year, the festival will highlight the Peloponnese’s Kalamata region with special dance performances, pastries and cooking demos. This is the first time that a specific area of Greece has been a focus.

Throughout the weekend, the festival attracts around 10,000 new and returning attendees.

The festival started out on a smaller scale as a craft fair with pastries. It grew with the addition of a dinner during the early years and has continued to expand with new entertainment offerings and interactive activities.

Marketing Director Maria Margaritis says for the event’s coordinators and

The Tucson Greek Festival will have an assortment of Greek pastries. (Submitted photo)

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longtime volunteers, it is important for the event to continue to evolve while also honoring and preserving Greek history and traditions.

“There are a lot of us who were here as children, and our parents or grandparents were either starting the festival, or they were heavy participants in it as it evolved. So, it’s a tradition for us to carry on, the legacy of our parents and their hard work,” Margaritis says.

As a child, Margaritis danced at the festival in the church’s original dance troupe. She said after returning to her home town two years ago, it was important to her to keep it alive and grow the festival.

Although she and many of the organizers grew up in the United States, their Greek heritage has shaped who they are.

“We are Americans, but we are very embedded in our culture. It is a very strong part of who we are, and our religion has a lot to do with our culture,” Margaritis says.

Different committees help to plan and run the festival, which is always the end of September.

Along with serving as the festival’s marketing director, Margaritis is also the director and an instructor for the church’s dance troupes.

On two stages, groups of dancers from St. Demetrios will perform traditional dances from different parts of Greece.

The Panathenian dance groups are made up of 3 to 6 year olds, 7 to 11 year olds, 12 year olds through high schoolers and college students.

Margaritis says a number of other cultures influenced the Greek islands, resulting in diverse dance traditions.

Some are more warlike, for example, with others are more aerobic in nature.

Many of the dances have greater meaning behind them.

“We were in the Ottoman Empire for 400 years.

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During the Tucson Greek Festival, groups from Tucson and the Phoenix area will perform Greek dances.

(Photo by Laura Latzko)

and it carries on that history. We try to pass it on to our children. It’s not just let’s get up and dance for fun. Some of them are, but others have a whole story behind them — a whole history behind them,” Margaritis says.

Greek dance troupes from Phoenix, Scottsdale and Chandler also travel to Tucson each year to perform for audiences.

During some of the dances, festivalgoers will have a chance to get up and try some of movements.

The California-based Synthesi Greek band will also perform for crowds, and a DJ will play American and Greek music.

Local artisans and businesses will sell items such as imported items from Greece or have interactive activities such as shadow box craft-making.

During the festivities, church tours will be available. A small area of the church will be set up with candles and icons.

During the event, attendees can take pictures with festival mascot Tzimmy. By taking and posting a selfie with the mascot, visitors can earn Tzimmy bucks to be used for food at the festival.

The two beer gardens and main bar will offer an assortment of adult beverages, including American and Greek beers and wines and ouzo.

The festival will bring the smells and tastes of Greece to Tucson with foods such as souvlaki chicken skewer and gyro sandwiches; dolmathes stuffed grape leaves; spanakopita spinach pie; a leg of lamb dinner; saganaki fried cheese and meze appetizer plates with olives and feta cheese or tzatziki cucumber and yogurt sauce, hummus chickpea dip and

pita bread.

Those craving something sweeter with find dessert options such as loukoumades fried doughnuts, kourabiethes almond shortbread cookies, melomakarona Christmas honey cookies, tsoureki sweet bread, galaktoboureko custard-filled phyllo pastries or koulourakia Easter butter cookies.

Guests can also try snack foods and desserts such as kettle corn, snow cones and gelato.

The homemade Greek food is prepared by local volunteers, who start some preparations three months ahead of time. By cooking together, Greek parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren help to preserve their traditions.

Margaritis says the foods are a combination of different family recipes.

“Of course, they’ve all got opinions on how to do things and what’s the best recipe. So, we’ve tested quite a bit and gotten to where we are by blending the best of the best of what our people are proud of making at home,” Margaritis says.

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What: Tucson Greek Festival When: 5 to 10 p.m. Thursday, September 26; 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, September 27; 4 to 11 p.m. Saturday, September 28; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, September 29 Where: St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, 1145 Fort Lowell Road Cost: $3 general admission, free admission for children 12 and younger, military and first responders and seniors, students free on Thursday.

Info: 888-0505, tucsongreekfestival.com www.LovinLife.com

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Dia De Los Muertos Exhibition

TO NOVEMBER 6 El Día de los Muertos is almost upon us again. To celebrate, Tohono Chul Galleries is hosting an art exhibition of one-ofa-kind art pieces to honor the holiday and the local Hispanic heritage. The gallery is hosting an artist’s reception at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, September 5. The exhibit is open all through the Day of the Dead festivities, so be sure to check it out while it’s still here.

Tohono Chul Galleries, 7366 N. Paseo del Norte, tohonochul.org, 742-6455, reception 5:30 to 8 p.m., general hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., $15 adults, $12 children 5 to 12.

Hotel Congress Plaza, 311 E. Congress Street, eventbrite.com, 622-8848, 7 p.m., $40-$100, 21 and older.

with a pumpkin pancake breakfast from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Pick your perfect pumpkin, then stick around for applesmoked burgers at lunch or try one of their sweet fall-themed treats like pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin pies or pumpkin bread.

Apple Annie’s Fruit Orchards, 2081 W. Hardy Road, Willcox, appleannies.com, 384-2084, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. only on weekends.

Sidewalk Sale Tropical Island Escape Luau Fall SEPTEMBER 21 AND SEPTEMBER 22 SEPTEMBER 14 We all wish we could escape to the tropics, but this luau might be a close match. With beautiful dancing and a good Hawaiian meal, you could close your eyes and be on a beach.

And don’t worry about eating too much, it’s all for a good cause. The Pan Asian Community Alliance is a nonprofit serving the community with after-school tutoring, translation services and more.

St. Frances Cabrini Parish, 3201 E. Presidio Road, eventbrite.com, 512-0144 or 297-1042, 5 p.m. reception, 6 p.m. dinner, $35 adults, $15 children.

The Madaras Gallery hosts its twice-yearly sidewalk sale, with discounted pricing on canvases, prints and gift items. Save 25% to 75% on select items all weekend.

Madaras Gallery, 3035 N. Swan, 615-3001, madaras.com, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. September 21 and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. September 22, free admission.

Douglas, cochisecountyfair.org, 364-3819, times vary, $6 adults, $3 children ages 6-12, $3 parking.

Tucson Pride in the Desert

SEPTEMBER 28 If you needed an excuse to don your favorite rainbow-themed attire and have a party, this is it! Pride 2019 is here, and this year marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, a historic day for the LGBTQ community. Tucson pride is the oldest organization for LGBTQ folk in the state of Arizona.

Celebrate that love is love and march in the parade to Reid Park, or just stay for the after party.

Reid Park, 900 S. Randolph Way, tucsonpride.org, 602-793-2337, 11 a.m., $20 adults, $15 military, senior, college student, $5 children 13-18, free for children under 12.

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Dog Portraits

SEPTEMBER 4 Love your cute canine? So does Tucson Botanical Gardens. And to honor that, they are offering a doggy photographer to snap the paw-fect portrait of your pup for just $10. Can’t pick your favorite pooch? That’s OK, they offer $5 off for each additional furry friend. So, invite the whole dog park and get a frameable photo of your good boy or girl.

Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way, tucsonbotanical.org, 326-9686, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., $10 for two digital photos, $15 for prints and digital photos, $5 off additional dogs.

Tucson Fall Gem Showcase

TO SEPTEMBER 8 Tucson is pretty famous for its gem collections and spring showcase, and the Tucson Fall Gem Showcase is sure to bring the glitter to the city as well. Several events at different locations and dates will sell a variety of jewelry, stones, beads and gems. This is a gem you won’t want to miss.

Various times to September 8, throughout Tucson, xpopress.com.

Dennis Quaid and The Sharks

SEPTEMBER 14 You loved him in “Parent Trap” and “The Day After Tomorrow,” but I bet you didn’t know he could sing, too. Dennis Quaid is making headlines this time for starring in a rock ‘n’ roll band, and his tour is taking him to Tucson. Hear some of the band’s new songs off their debut album “Out of the Box.” Tubac Golf Resort & Spa, 1 Camino Otero, Tubac, eventbrite.com, 398-2704, 2 p.m., $60, all ages.

“Born & Brewed”

SEPTEMBER 14 This is a beer brawl you might actually enjoy. With 15 local breweries in attendance, plenty of live music and food along with some tasty libations, the eighth annual “Born & Brewed” will end with one brew crowned Tucson’s Beer Cup of 2019.

Who doesn’t love a little friendly competition? Especially when it involves a cold one. www.LovinLife.com

Join UA fans in storming the stadium for the first white-out game and watch them take on Texas Tech. With school back in session and classes and athletics in full swing, this game is sure to be a rowdy one.

Arizona Stadium, 1 N. National Championship Drive, arizonawildcats.com, 621-2200, 7:30 p.m., $15-$244 adults, $7 youth.

Santa Cruz County Fair

SEPTEMBER 20 TO SEPTEMBER 22 County fairs have been around for decades as a staple in good American fun, and it’s no surprise that families can’t stay away. Fair food is unmatched in grease and taste, but the rides will scare it right out of you. Face painting, live animal shows and tractor pulls are all available at this fun-filled fair.

Sonoita Fairgrounds, 3142 AZ-83, Sonoita, sonoitafairgrounds.com, 455-5553, 10 a.m.

Friday, 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, $6 adults, $3 children ages 6 to 12.

Pony Express Western Days & Car Show

SEPTEMBER 21 Here’s an excuse to get out on a Saturday and drool over nice cars, enter a raffle or just savor the good food and family fun.

This Western Day offers a variety of events to entertain every member of the family.

Lions Park, 435 N. Adams Street, Benson, bensonvisitorcenter.com, 586-4293, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., free.

Walk Like Madd 5K dash

SEPTEMBER 21 Get out, stretch your legs and Walk Like Madd in this 5K run or walk. Pick your pace and return to enjoy the postrace festivities. Whether you’re running, walking or something in between, it all goes to the good cause of ending drinking and driving. They’re campaigning to raise funds, and every ticket counts. But if you’re feeling extra giving, they take donations online to reach their goal of $42,000.

Reid Park, 900 S. Randolph Way, walklikemadd. org, 7 a.m. registration, 8:30 a.m. run, 8:45 a.m. walk, $30 run, $20 walk.

Fall Pumpkin Celebration

SEPTEMBER 21 TO OCTOBER 27 It’s spooky season once again, and pumpkins are plump for the pickin’. Head over to Apple Annie’s and start your Saturday

Diaspora Showcase Africa Cochise County Fair

SEPTEMBER 26 TO 29 Thrill-seekers have a reason to celebrate at this fair. Cochise County Fair is boasting new rides this year, in addition to the usual fun festivities like fair food and live entertainment. There will also be plenty of livestock, horses and cuddly creatures to see and pet.

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This year marks the 15th anniversary of the showcase, and it expands every year. Enjoy live commentary and a theatrical on-stage performance. Dig into the good food, and don’t forget to thank the spotlighted humanitarian organizations giving aid to different parts of the continent.

The Dunbar Pavilion, 325 W. Second Street, diasporashowcase.com, 777-3455, 6 p.m., $22$129.

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News

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

Casino Del Sol ranks high on best casino list Casino Del Sol has landed a spot on Business Insider’s list of 50 best casinos in America, coming in at No. 13 on the prestigious list.

Business Insider, the largest business news site on the web, compiled the ranking based on data from 360,781 TripAdvisor reviews. The top casinos that made the list had the highest proportions of five-star reviews. Casino Del Sol shares the limelight with others like the Wynn in Las Vegas, Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma and Harrah’s in New Orleans.

“Providing our guests with exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do,” says Kimberly Van Amburg, CEO of Casino Del Sol. “(This) demonstrates our staff’s commitment to customer service, and we will continue to cultivate this high standard. Being named among casinos like the Wynn and Harrah’s is an incredible honor.”

Casino Del Sol boasts 794 five-star reviews, ranking significantly ahead of any other casino in the state. Casino Del Sol is one of only three casinos in Arizona that even made this year’s list.

County undertakes investigation of Legal Services building façade The Pima County Facilities Management Department has launched an extensive investigation into the condition of the exterior of the Legal Services Building, 32 N. Stone Avenue, following several instances where pieces of the building’s terra cotta brick façade became dislodged and fell off. No injuries resulted on any occasion.

The work began August 17 with construction of protective scaffolding along the sidewalks on Stone Avenue and Congress Street as well as above the patio of the Nook restaurant. On August 26, consultant WJE Engineers and Architects and contractor Lloyd Construction began examining the façade, focusing on the building’s west and south sides.

“The safety of the public and our staff and contractors is our top priority,” Fa-

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cilities Management Director Lisa Josker says. “Any bricks that are found to be unstable will be removed. Bricks that show cracks but no sign of coming loose will be marked for appropriate repair at a later date.”

Built in the 1960s and designed by Tucson architect Lew Place, the 20-story skyscraper originally served as the headquarters of Home Federal Savings and Loan. The county acquired the property in 1987.

Once the examination is complete Facilities Management will set another date for rehabilitation of the façade, with priority given to areas adjacent to nearby pedestrian and parking areas.

Rio Nuevo approves improvements to TCC At an August 13 special meeting, the Rio Nuevo Board of Directors unanimously approved a $65 million improvement plan for the Tucson Convention Center and surrounding campus, including the Tucson Music Hall, Leo Rich Theater and the Eckbo Plaza and Fountain. Rio Nuevo officials will now solicit bids and select a project contractor.

The board also voted to proceed with a $126 million financing plan that will earmark about $70 million for the renovations and any contingency costs that could emerge, and refinance nearly $48 million in debt for the Rio Nuevo district.

The funds will also establish an $8 million debt service reserve.

The TCC renovation plan is 20 years in the making. Rio Nuevo was created in 1999 with a mission to revitalize downtown Tucson, including the Convention Center, which was built in 1971.

“This is a great day,” said Fletcher McCusker, board chairman. “It’s been a long time coming.”

The projects include a full replacement of arena ice floor and ice plant, $3.2 million; Convention Center priorities, $14.7 million; TCC, renovation of convention spaces and existing meeting rooms, $7.6 million; entertainment priorities, $26.9 million; Music Hall renovation of restrooms, lobby, production lighting/ sound and new seating, $6.6 million; and Leo Rich renovation of restrooms, lobby,

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production lighting/sound and new seating, $2 million.

Info: RioNuevo.org.

County’s Agua Caliente Park closes for extensive pond restoration Pima County Natural Resources, Parks & Recreation closed Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road, on August 19 for an extensive restoration of Pond 1. The purpose of the pond restoration is to conserve water by minimizing seepage from the pond and to improve habitat by deepening the pond and adding additional features.

The park closure, which included closure of the Ranch House Visitor Center and Art Gallery, is expected to last several months.

Staff have been slowly draining the main pond to prepare for the pond restoration project’s construction phase. Well water is no longer being pumped into Pond 1 and the remaining water from Pond 1 has been gradually siphoned into Pond 2.

The restoration project’s first stage involved removing select palm trees and invasive cattails, which will help restore the historic view of the pond and allow native species at the park to thrive in a healthier environment.

In this next phase, workers will excavate the pond to deepen it and install a polymer-amended soil lining to the bottom and sides of the pond to reduce water loss. This phase will also include installation of a wildlife island and replacement of the bridge to the current island.

More information on the Pond 1 restoration may be found on the Agua Caliente Park website. During the time the park is closed, dog walkers who enjoy using the park can visit McDonald Park at 4100 N. Harrison Road.

HomeWell Senior Care changes name to HomeWell Care Services HomeWell Senior Care of Pima has been rebranded to HomeWell Care Services.

“Our new brand strategy will foster our ability to further expand our services,

gain access to new markets and customer segments and further drive growth for our local HomeWell agencies,” says Crystal Franz, vice president of brand strategy for HomeWell corporate.

“Our owners and caregivers serve our seniors and all our clients with relentless dedication and compassion and now we have a name and brand that matches the excellent operations we have seen our owners provide to their communities for many years.”

In addition to the name change, the rebrand includes the launch of a new brand slogan, “Trusted Care. True Compassion,” an updated logo, a refreshed visual identity and a new focus on the value HomeWell provides to its clients.

“Our HomeWell family has always been here to serve our community with personalized home care plans designed to suit each of our client’s specific needs,” says Karen Heyse, owner of HomeWell Care Services of Pima.

“We have care managers in place whose sole purpose is to ensure our clients are receiving the highest level of care. We identify our client’s needs and wants, and we are advocates for our clients by helping to connect-the-dots and bridge the gap between family, health care and other community providers. Our new name helps us to better market to a wider audience that could benefit from our services and our new brand better reflects the compassion, care and services that set us apart from others in the home care industry.”

Stroke care nets awards for St. Mary’s Hospital Stroke care provided at Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital is being recognized with the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association’s Get with The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Award.

Stroke is the fifth cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the United States, and nearly 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A stroke, also called a “brain attack,” www.LovinLife.com

Youth Environmental Leadership, Learning and Action (YELLA) school mentoring program.

YELLA allows high school students to mentor school-based youth groups to develop and implement action projects that result in environmental improvements on campus and changes in environmental attitudes and behaviors of students.

“It was my honor and privilege to present this wonderful organization with a Terracon Foundation grant,” Koller says.

“Our Tucson office has been involved with Senior associate Derek Koller, left, presents a Terracon Foundation grant check to Katie Gannon, executive director of Tucson Clean and Beautiful.

TC&B for more than 10 (Photo courtesy Terracon Foundation) years. We have sponsored and maintained occurs when blood flow to an area of the brain is restricted, brain cells are deprived a 1-mile stretch of road where our emof oxygen and start to die. A stroke is a ployees help pick up litter.”

Info: terracon.com/offices/tucson/ medical emergency. It can cause lasting brain damage, long-term disability or even death, according to the CDC web- Tucson Foundations grants $220,000 to site.

A primary stroke center, Carondelet St. domestic violence coalition Mary’s Hospital qualified for recognition The Risk Assessment Management on the Target: Honor Roll for meeting and Prevention (RAMP) Coalition of Pima quality measures developed to reduce County thanked the Tucson Foundations the time between the patient’s arrival for its grant of $220,000 for the coalition’s at the hospital and treatment with the continued work in the effort to save the clot-buster tissue plasminogen activator, lives of domestic violence victims. or tPA, the only drug approved by the U.S. The RAMP Coalition is comprised of a Food and Drug Administration to treat number of Pima County agencies dediischemic stroke. cated to serving victims and holding offenders accountable.

Terracon presents This year, the funding will pay for vicTucson Clean & Beautiful tim advocates and shelter, as well as for $3,500 foundation grant training on strangulation detection and The Tucson office of engineering con- forensic strangulation examinations. The sulting firm Terracon recently presented a grant funding on strangulation detection $3,500 check from its foundation to Tuc- will pay overtime for training of EMTs and son Clean and Beautiful, which will use other emergency first responders on how the money for its youth environmental to best identify and document stranguleadership mentoring program. lation symptoms on domestic violence The Terracon Foundation Board select- victims. Some symptoms of strangulation ed TC&B as its grant recipient. Terracon may mimic the symptoms of intoxication.

Senior Associate and Tucson Office Manager Derek Koller submitted the nomina- Employee artistic talents on display at gallery tion.

The funds will be used to support the The Roche Tissue Diagnostics, in partwww.LovinLife.com

nership with the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance (SAACA), presents the ninth annual RTD Campus Exhibition, an art show featuring the work of Roche employees, contractors and their immediate family members.

Beyond the walls of the Roche Tissue Diagnostics, many of the staff members are practicing artists in various media including printmaking, furniture design, painting, fashion arts and photography.

This year’s campus exhibition runs through October 9 and features 97 works of art from 46 artists. The Ventana Gallery is open to the public, by appointment, Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on the first and third Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. To schedule an appointment, call SAACA 48 hours in advance at 797-3959 ext. 1.

Info: saaca.org/ventanagallery

Tucson Knights of Columbus completes Operation Ultrasound The Tucson Knights of Columbus, Roy Champeau Council No. 8077, recently presented State Deputy Tom Kalisz with a check for $19,000 for the purchase of an ultrasound machine for a crisis pregnancy center in Arizona.

“Not only did the members of this council, based at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parish in Tucson, conduct a highly successful fundraiser, they did it with the help of every parish organization, the complete support of their pastor and the assistance of Diocese of Tucson’s Bishop Weisenburger,” Kalisz says.

The funds were raised in conjunction with a dinner held on Mother’s Day, a date the council chose because mothers are life givers.

“Brothers, people do respect life and want to help, and this is a great example of what can be done when a council and an entire parish come together for the perfect cause,” Kalisz says. “The money raised will ultimately be matched by the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus on a dollar-for-dollar basis so that an ultrasound can be purchased.”

NRPR selling Canoa Ranch recipe books Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation is selling Canoa Ranch recipe books for $10 to help restoration efforts of the Tradesman House at Historic Hacienda del la Canoa at Raúl M. Grijal-

va Canoa Ranch Conservation Park.

The book, “Recuerdos y Recetas: Memories and Recipes of the Mexicano Families of Rancho de la Canoa,” includes authentic recipes and stories from the families who lived at Canoa Ranch between 1951 to 1964.

The book was a collaboration between Amanda Salcido Castillo, a child of Canoa, and Patricia Preciado Martin, a native Arizonan author known for documenting Arizona’s Mexican American history and culture in publications such as, “Songs my Mother Sang to Me” and “Beloved Land: An Oral History of Mexican Americans in the Southwest.”

To purchase a copy, visit NRPR’s main office at 3500 W. River Road. Cash, check and credit cards accepted.

Info: pima.gov/canoaranch/

Gomez to lead discussions at area libraries The Tucson Symphony Orchestra continues to reach out beyond the concert hall to all Tucsonans with a free series of discussion groups led by Music Director José Luis Gomez at three libraries in the fall.

When he announced the TSO’s 2019-20 season would celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, Gomez suggested patrons prepare for it by reading the book, “Beethoven’s Hair.”

Now, everyone is invited to join him at discussion groups at the Joel D. Valdez Main Library Saturday, September 7; the Joyner-Green Valley Library on Sunday, September 8; and the Oro Valley Library on Tuesday, September 10.

“Eight Beethoven symphonies in one season is a milestone for the TSO because of the challenges of the repertoire,” Gomez says. “Beethoven is a musical god, a presence that is so strong for everyone.

He has influenced everybody-artists, conductors, orchestra, historians and writers.

This will be a good way for us all to discover things about this great musician that perhaps we didn’t know.”

The basis for the movie of the same name, Russell Martin’s “Beethoven’s Hair” is a tale of one lock of hair and its amazing travels — from 19th century Vienna to 21st century America.

Get your copy today!

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Community Calendar

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

12 Months of Madaras: Greece Month

SEPTEMBER 1 TO SEPTEMBER 31 In 1993, Diana Madaras took a life-altering trip to Greece that inspired her to change careers and pursue painting full time.

In 2018, she returned to Greece to paint again. Visit the gallery in September to view a special display of paintings from her Mediterranean journey.

Madaras Gallery, 3035 N. Swan Road, 615-3001, madaras.com, times vary, free admission.

Plaza Live! Concert Series

TUESDAYS IN SEPTEMBER Acts in all genres perform throughout the fall, including What’s the Big Idea on September 3 (rock); Nancy McCallion on September 10 (Americana); P.D. Ronstadt and the Company on September 17 (Southwest Americana); and Diane Van Deurzen and Lisa Otey on September 24 (jazz, blues and boogie woogie).

St. Philip’s Plaza, Central Courtyard, 4280 N. Campbell Avenue, 797-3959, ext. 108, saaca.org, 7 to 10 p.m., free admission.

National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Meeting

SEPTEMBER 9 The National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Association, Chapter 55, will host a luncheon followed by a business meeting. Current and retired federal employees, their

spouses, guests and visitors are welcome.

Golden Corral, 4380 E. 22nd Street, 444-6970, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., lunch is around $11.

W. Starr Pass Boulevard, 602-621-0042, firstimpressions1.com, firstimpressions602@ gmail.com, eventbrite.com, 2 to 5 p.m., $55.

Green Valley Stroke Support Group

National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Chapter 1874 Meeting

SEPTEMBER 12 The group is facilitated by Leslie Ritter, PhD, RN, and supported by Banner - University Medical Center, University of Arizona College of Nursing and Sarver Heart Center. For stroke survivors and caregivers to learn more about stroke, to find positive solutions to shared concerns and to unite in support of each other.

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

Impact Your Style, Your Community Fashion Show

SEPTEMBER 15 The Impact Your Style, Your Community Fashion Show features local clothing designer Laura Tanzer and her fall line of clothing. SteinMart is the new sponsor. Entertainment will include illusionist Michael Howell; The Rodeo City Wreckettes; ballroom dancers and a singer. The emcees are Priscilla Casper, news anchor, and Matt Brode, chief meteorologist, from KVOA, Channel 4. There will be refreshments, cash bar, tequila toast, a silent auction, raffles and meet and greets with sponsors and exhibitors. Discounted rooms at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa available.

JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa, 3800

SEPTEMBER 16 Current and retired Federal employees, spouses, guests and visitors are invited to join NARFE Chapter 1874 for its monthly meeting.

Golden Corral, 6865 N. Thornydale Drive, 4003456, 11:30 a.m., $8.70 lunch.

Southern Arizona Senior Pride Book Club

SEPTEMBER 18 Tucson LGBT seniors will meet to discuss Tommy Orange’s “There There.”

Ward 3 Council Office Conference Room, 1510 E. Grant Road, 312-8923, soazseniorpride@gmail. com, 2 to 3:30 p.m., free admission.

Society of Military Widows Meeting

SEPTEMBER 18 The Society of Military Widows is dedicated to the needs, concerns and welfare of military surviving spouses and their

children. Reservation deadline is September 11.

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, 2720 S. Craycroft Road, 721.1688, ross2d@aol.com, noon, call for charge.

Tucson Area Iris Society’s Annual Sale

SEPTEMBER 21 A wide selection of rhizomes (iris roots) for tall bearded irises will be on sale. Shoppers can obtain the help of the Tucson Area Iris Society’s knowledgeable members. At 11 a.m., the group will host a talk on growing irises in ground and in containers.

Harlow Garden Nursery, 5620 E. Pima Street, 886-5475, tucsoniris.org, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., free admission.

Fall Sidewalk Sale

SEPTEMBER 21 AND SEPTEMBER 22 The twice-yearly sidewalk sale offers special pricing on canvases, prints and gift items. Save from 25% to 75% on select items.

Madaras Gallery, 3035 N. Swan Road, 615-3001, madaras.com, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. September 21 and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. September 22, free admission.

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Arts Project Pastime

Invisible Theatre program unveils the ability in challenged students

BY BRIDGETTE REDMAN As the school year gets off to a fresh start, certain exceptional students at Tucson’s Doolen Middle School will be gearing up for a year-long program that will culminate in the performance of an original musical.

While it isn’t uncommon for middle or high schools to have a drama program, this program, dubbed Project Pastime after the name of the street where it originated, doesn’t have your typical thespian students in it. Nor does it have your typical theater teachers.

Founded in 1984 by Invisible Theatre’s artistic director, Susan Claassen, Project Pastime is a multidisciplinary arts education program for students who have mental, physical and developmental disabilities. It’s taught by artists from Invisible Theater, giving students teachers who are professionals in the field.

Twice a week they come into the school and work with students aged 10 to 15 who have committed to the program.

They work toward the performance of an annual original musical called “The Me Inside of Me” that changes every year. At the beginning of the school year, they select a story that they’re going to enhance, usually some sort of fractured fairy tale, and then they write the script, select music and put in individual pieces based on the talent that their students have. There is always a Shakespeare montage and themes vary based on what is on the students’ minds.

“That’s a loose structure and every year things change within that,” Claassen says.

“It results in an entertaining performance by young people and by the crème de la crème of artists working with them. It’s entertaining, it’s eye-opening and it is a bridge to understanding a special population. We don’t want people to say we’re great because we’re special needs. We want them to say we’re great because we’re great.”

The program got its beginning as a workshop that sprung from an arts fes-

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tival. Claassen says she felt a great affinity for the population and volunteered her time to write grants and put together a program. Through the years, it’s moved between a couple facilities including its own, a high school and Doolen Middle School.

“The quality of the programming and the mission of the programming has grown in scope, but it started out with Founded in 1984 by Invisible Theatre’s artistic director, Susan Claassen, Project Pastime is a multidisciplinary arts education program for students who have mental, physical and developmental disabilities. (Photo courtesy Invisible Theatre) that kind of commitment to ducing themselves and saying, “the me have the arts as an integral part of the and working to the best of their ability.

“We never lower our expectations be- inside of me loves to…” and they state day, and it started out with our mission being a project that focused on ability cause someone has a challenge,” Claas- what they like to do. It’s a way, she says, rather than disability,” Claassen says. “All sen says. “I think if we see beyond, we all of showing people something they might have special gifts. If we learn to recognize not see about the speaker. those have remained the same.”

One of their young people has cerebral Claassen continues to write grants to that and bring the best out, then we realpalsy. She presented her introduction in keep the program as an integral part of ly have achieved that connection.”

The performances are transformative the best way she could, but it was somethe school day at no cost to the school district, and one that pays the profession- for the students, but their parents, signif- what unintelligible.

“We hear a young man from the back al teaching artists. She wants to ensure icant others and caretakers who come to of the auditorium shout out, ‘That’s my that it doesn’t become an after-school the shows.

“Oftentimes, they only receive the calls sister’ with such pride,” Claassen says. program.

Claassen credits her love for the arts It’s a program she says requires a real that there is trouble at school, that their commitment from the classroom teacher child isn’t functioning,” Claassen says. and her commitment to making the arts and from the school administration, both “They come (to the shows) and see their accessible to all as the driving force beof which she says they have at Doolen. It child working to the best of their abilities. tween not only working on this program also takes students to Invisible Theatre to It is just eye opening. We hold the bar for 35 years, but for still being enthused see shows there when they are age-ap- very high and 99.9% of them exceed our and passionate about it. She’s been with Invisible Theatre for 45 years. expectations.” propriate.

“I have a long attention span,” she In a documentary about Pastime Project Pastime taps into its creativity to find a way to bring out “the me in- Players on YouTube, one set of parents says. “Early on in my career as a director, I side” of each of their performers. They recalled how a doctor told them their learned patience, but hopefully each year have a lot of nonreaders, but they work daughter would be a vegetable and that I get better at what I do. That’s my goal.”

Invisible Theatre, which is entering its with them to memorize lyrics. They’ve they should take her home and let her programmed speaking devices so that die. They refused and insisted that she be 49th season and manages to operate students could say lines through their de- treated, and years later, they got to see without a deficit, got its name from what vice. They’ve done adaptive tap dances their daughter perform, singing with the they call the invisible energy that flows for people who use wheelchairs so that Pastime Players, making friends and join- between performers and an audience.

“This is perhaps our most magical projthey can do hand taps on a sound board. ing in the choreography in a way that was ect,” Claassen says.

Students are held to a high behavioral designed for her.

Claassen shared another episode standard, according to Claassen. She says they don’t believe that rudeness or lack where they were doing an assembly for Invisible Theatre/ of cooperation has anything to do with the student body. She says middle school Project Pastime special needs, so each student signs an students can be cruel, so they have to 1400 N. First Avenue agreement at the beginning of the year carefully set the tone for success. They 882-9721, invisibletheatre.com about showing respect and cooperation start each show with students intro-

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‘Better Than Parity’

Something Something stages a season of women’s voices Damian Garcia and Bailey Renee in ‘Constellations.’

(Photo by Whitney Woodcock)

BY BRIDGETTE REDMAN Since its inception in 2015, Something Something Theatre Company has sought to bring “better than parity” women’s voices to their seasons.

This year, the plays in its season are all written by female playwrights, and four of the five plays are new to Tucson.

Joan O’Dwyer, the company’s founding artistic director, and Whitney Morton Woodcock, the founding director, spend a lot of time each year reading plays and seeking out works by women, nonbinary playwrights and transgender women.

They always find more works than they can use. Their focus, though, isn’t just on the playwright’s gender, but on the stories and characters that they write.

“We try to make it about (each play) being an exciting story,” Woodcock says. “This is going to be a moving story and thought provoking. Of course, a lot of people do like that it is women playwrights. We try to pick the best ones and the best stories. We know from having done this, what kind of plays people like to see.”

For the upcoming 2019-2020 season, they chose three plays they really wanted to do and then had two plays brought to them that were compelling and they were eager to produce.

The season opens with a comedy by Lauren Gunderson, one of America’s most-produced playwrights whose name isn’t William Shakespeare. “The Revolutionists,” diwww.LovinLife.com

rected by O’Dwyer, will run September 12 to September 19 at City High School’s Center for Collaborative Learning (37 E. Pennington).

It tells the story of the French Revolution from the perspective of four women — a playwright, an assassin, a spy and an empress. It might also involve guillotines. Three of the four characters are historical figures — playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday and Marie Antoinette. The fourth, Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle, a former Caribbean slave, is a composite character.

“Often what attracts us to a play is that it has a fresh take on something,” Woodcock says. “‘The Revolutionists’ is a new take on the French Revolution. Theater people know it from Les Mis, but this is the women’s perspective on that historical event.”

Their second play, “TransFormations,” is one that came to them. Martie van der Voort created a one-person play about 12 characters, their close relatives, and significant others at a group therapy session. She has performed the show in one-night engagements around Tucson and elsewhere, but this will be its first full run.

Van der Voort’s a fantastic actor, Woodcock says, and she has come up with clever staging using costumes and chairs to differentiate the characters and help people follow the show a little better. That show runs October 31 through November 17.

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“Apples in Winter” was brought to them by someone who wanted to direct it. The one-woman play by Jennifer Fawcett focuses on a woman baking an apple pie. Her son has spent 22 years on death row for the murder of a young couple when he was coming off withdrawal. In seven hours, he will be executed and for his last meal has asked for a slice of his mother’s homemade apple pie.

“The script was very compelling, and we wanted to work it in,” Woodcock says.

It will run November 27 through December 15.

The fourth show was actually where Woodcock and O’Dwyer started putting together their season. Woodcock had read “Cry It Out” by Molly Smith Metzler and knew that she, as a new mother herself, wanted to direct it for Something Something’s season.

“I just felt I really needed to do this,” Woodcock says. “It’s an interesting and important subject matter. That was one of my selections.”

“Cry It Out” focuses on three new mothers who are different in everything except for their new motherhood. Two of them are on maternity leave and they struggle with who they are, how to cope with new motherhood, what does it mean for their marriage and how to make life work now that they have a child. They are joined by a third woman who has a full-time nanny and all that money can buy, but she suffers from post-partum depression.

Woodcock says the play especially spoke to her because of its earnestness and that it stayed away from the cheap humor of a sitcom that made fun of new motherhood. She hopes it will speak to other new mothers, if they can find a way to get to the theater amid the demands of caring for newborns.

“It is just a very rich tapestry of motherhood shown in the show, but not in a preachy way,” Woodcock says. “That’s one of my criteria. I don’t like plays that are a lecture. It’s about these really human characters and their real problems. That’s a way to get people to think about an issue, not to just tell them how they should feel.”

That show will run February 13 to March 1.

The season’s final show is “The Aliens”

by Annie Baker. The Something Something team had wanted the show in its last season, but they ended up choosing a different play.

It is a story about two angry young men who end up telling a high school student everything they know. It is a play fraught with silences that has won national recognition.

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Samantha Severson and Whitney Woodcock in rehearsal for “The Revolutionists.” (Photo by Joan O’Dwyer)

It will be running March 26 to April 20.

It is proof that they don’t just do shows about women and by women. They’ll also do plays by men or about men, they just have to be really good and stand out.

“We have favorite playwrights by men as well, if there is something really good that we like,” Woodcock says.

They do like to choose shows that are new to their audiences, which is why they have a season filled with plays that haven’t been seen in Tucson.

“There are some plays you see a lot,” says Woodcock. “A lot of companies do ‘Steel Magnolias’ or ‘The Fantasticks,’ which are great shows, but we want to do something a little different that people haven’t seen before. They like to see things they know, but I think people also like to take chances on new things. They’re tired of the same old stories. It’s working out for us so far.”

There are certain things that they avoid when choosing plays. They won’t select a play that is preachy or tells an audience how to feel. They avoid the mainstream media clichés that are often found in romantic comedies or plays that show women being scheming or lying about assault.

The plays need to go beyond typical stereotypes.

Woodcock says they cast all their shows locally and they are committed to never pre-casting. They want everyone who shows up to know that they can read for any role. As someone who is also an actor, Woodcock says that is important to her.

“There is a really great talent pool in Tucson,” Woodcock says. “It really is a big theater town.”

It all comes together in a philosophy that has worked well for Something Something, a company that has enjoyed a continually growing subscription base that is supportive of what they do. It is also something that Woodcock hopes more people will come to see — and that they’ll support other Tucson theater companies.

“I’d like to stress the importance of theater and supporting your local arts, because a lot of really great theater companies and arts organizations simply do not get enough support and really great companies are forced to close,” Woodcock says.

“It’s like shopping local. If you like your local arts, support us in some way, even if you can’t make it to a show, to keep us here.”

MORE INFO

What: “The Revolutionists”

by Lauren Gunderson When: Various times Thursday, September 12, to Sunday, September 29 Where: Something Something Theatre, City High School’s Center for Collaborative Learning, 37 E. Pennington, downtown (street parking is free on weekends or after 5 p.m.)

Cost: $25 general, $20 seniors, students, military, teachers, $15 for Thursday preview or for groups of 10 or more Info: somethingsomethingtheatre.com www.LovinLife.com

Arts Events Calendar

BY RANDY MONTGOMERY

“Little Foxes”

TO SEPTEMBER 15 This morality drama about corruption and greed within a wealthy Southern family during the early 20th century has been revived more than half a dozen times since its premiere in 1939. Since then, it has become an American classic.

Directed by the ensemble’s Co-Artistic Director Glen Coffman.

Presented by Winding Road Theatre.

Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre at the Historic Y, 738 N. Fifth Avenue, 401.3626, windingroadtheater. org, $15-$28, times vary.

“I’m Every Woman: Representation of Women on Paper on Paper”

TO SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 Every woman deserves to have her story told. Through an examination of select prints and drawings from the Tucson Museum of Art collection, multiple histories and roles of women are revealed. Through a variety of works, the artists show their intention depicting women from various periods and backgrounds. This exhibition is organized by the Tucson Museum of Art and curated by Christine Brindza, senior curator, Glasser Curator of Art of the American West.

Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Avenue, 6242333, tucsonmuseumofart.org, times vary, free$12.

“Heisenberg”

TO SEPTEMBER 28 This production takes a look at the uncertain and often comical sparring match that is human connection. Set amid a crowded London train station, Georgie spots Alex, a much older man, and plants a kiss on the back of his neck.

This electric encounter thrusts these two strangers into a fascinating and life-changing game.

Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 E. Speedway Boulevard, livetheatreworkshop.org, 327-4242, times vary, $18-$20.

“009 Licensed to Thrill”

TO SEPTEMBER 29 Just a few numbers off from the infamous 007 is Starr, Alex Starr — a secret agent who travels the globe fighting evil, meeting beautiful women and singing songs. After infiltrating Victor Vector’s criminal gang and his sinister henchwoman, Starr must thwart their evil plans for world domination. Join the Gaslight Theatre’s cast of characters for this spoof on the international spy series.

The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway, thegaslighttheatre.com, 886-9428, times vary, $12.95-$22.95.

“Now and Then”

SEPTEMBER 3 TO SEPTEMBER 15 An amiable older gentleman enters a bar and engages the bartender in a friendly conversation. Enter the bartender’s girlfriend. Shortly thereafter, the gentleman offers each $1,000 to sit and talk to him for an hour. What they hear is an incredible story that will change their lives. This Southwest premiere is a magical romantic comedy-drama about love and its unpredictable ways.

Invisible Theatre, 1400 N. First Avenue, 8829721, invisibletheatre.com, times vary, tickets start at $20.

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Free Open Talk: On Reading Eugene O’Neill

SEPTEMBER 7 This season, The Rogue Theatre invites audiences for free open talks about its upcoming performances. On September 7, Associate Professor Patrick Baliani of the UA Honors College delves into Eugene O’Neill’s many plays and his experimentations with form, providing a holistic context for The Rogue’s production of “Long Day’s Journey into Night.”Arrive early, as seats go quickly.

The Rogue Theatre at the Historic Y, 300 E. University Boulevard, 551-2053, theroguetheatre.org, 2 p.m., $32-$42.

won a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize. This production is directed

by Cynthia Meier.

The Rogue Theatre at the Historic Y, 300 E. University Boulevard, 551-2053, theroguetheatre.org, times vary, $32-$42.

“The Revolutionists”

SEPTEMBER 12 TO SEPTEMBER 29 Set during the height of the French Revolution, four women — a playwright, an assassin, a spy and an empress — bond to tell the story of their turbulent times. It’s a comedy. Guillotines may be involved.

City High School’s Center for Collaborative Learning, 37 E. Pennington, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, $25 general admission, $20 seniors/students/military/teachers. $15 for Thursday preview or for groups of 10 or more.

“Beethoven Symphony No. 7”

SEPTEMBER 20 AND SEPTEMBER 21 At the premiere of “Symphony No. 7,” Beethoven remarked it was one of his best works. That may be why the symphony was featured in the first Tucson Symphony Orchestra concert on January 13, 1929. Fast forward 90-plus years and the music is still as popular. Part of the Mrs. Dorothy Dyer Vanek Classic Series, José Luis Gomez will lead the concert as conductor, with Yekwon Sunwoo on piano. Other selections from Beethoven and Bach/Webern will be performed. Presented by Tucson Symphony Orchestra.

Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Avenue, 882-8585, tucsonsymphony.org, times vary, $31-$87.

“Suicide Girls”

SEPTEMBER 7 Audiences 18 years and older are in for a burlesque act like you have never seen before! In addition to sexy choreography, the show features pop culture references and a high-energy indie soundtrack. “Star Wars,”“Rick and Morty,”“Stranger Things” and a variety of other influences provide material for the acts.

Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, 5473040, foxtucson.com, 9 p.m., $20-$65.

“The Royale”

SEPTEMBER 7 TO SEPTEMBER 28 This boxing drama has won multiple awards and has sold out houses in London, New York and Los Angeles. Set in 1910, deep in the midst of Jim Crow, the story is loosely based on the life of Jack Johnson, the world’s first African-American heavyweight boxing champion. The play is a deeply theatrical and emotionally moving piece about the life of the outsider in American culture that explores one man’s struggle while reflecting a much broader one. Presented by Arizona Theatre Company.

Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Avenue, 622.2823, arizonatheatre.org, times vary, $25-$70.

¡FlaMÉXico!

SEPTEMBER 8 Jácome Flamenco’s concert experience blends Spain’s gypsy and flamenco distinctive musical and dance styles with the rich melodies of Mexico’s mariachi and charro music. The performance features world-class musicians, singers and dancers who create a riveting celebration of culture. Proceeds from ticket sales and donations will go toward mental health and community services.

Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, 547.3040, foxtucson.com, 2:30 p.m., $25-$60.

“Pinocchio: The Legend of the Wooden Boy”

SEPTEMBER 8 TO OCTOBER 20 Three players set up their stage and tell the legend of the wooden puppet who came to life. With the help of masks, costumes and shadow puppetry, they will portray more than a dozen characters.

Live Theatre Workshop presents this original musical adaptation by Tyler West and music by Michael Martinez. Note: there is no show September 29.

Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 E. Speedway Boulevard, livetheatreworkshop.org, 327-4242, 12:30 p.m., $7-$10.

“Long Day’s Journey into Night”

SEPTEMBER 12 TO SEPTEMBER 29 Eugene O’Neill’s masterful play tells the story of the Tyrone household and its struggles with alcoholism, morphine addiction and regret. The family reflects on love, dreams and roads not taken.

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Dining Hands-On Culture

Queen Sheba owner serves up delectable Eritrean dishes

BY VALERIE VINYARD Forget about using utensils when dining at Queen Sheba.

Like Ethiopian food, many Eritrean dishes are meant to be eaten with your hands.

Of course, the savory dishes get a big assist in eating the meal from tasty, spongey injera bread. Injera is a tangy sourdough flatbread that diners tear into pieces and use to scoop up food.

On a map, the country of Eritrea is perched on top of the much-larger Ethiopia, like whipped cream on a sundae.

You can see that map inside Tucson’s first and only Eritrean restaurant, Queen Sheba, which opened January 2018. The almost 1,500-square-foot restaurant is located in a strip mall at 5553 E. Grant Road, just east of Tucson Medical Center.

In a city with many ethnic eateries representing a vast number of countries and cuisines, Queen Sheba offers a unique appeal with a family setting and well-priced dishes.

With three Ethiopian restaurants in town — Zemam’s, Zemam’s Too and Café Desta — a fair share of people in Tucson have eaten Ethiopian food. Eritrean food is similar to Ethiopian dishes but also heavily is influenced by Italian cuisine.

Eritrea native Welday Gezehen is the restaurant’s owner and chef. Gezehen and his family moved to the United States in 2009. The 42-year-old and his wife now have five children, ranging in age from 5 to 12 years old.

When he moved to Tucson, Gezehen worked at Omni Tucson National Resort.

He then served as an assistant manager at Zemam’s Too for three years, and then became a driver for Blackjack Pizza. After all of that experience, it was then Gezehen decided to open his own restaurant.

The restaurant, which seats 38, has white tables and white walls lined with Eritrean art. A television in the corner plays Eritrean music videos. Queen Sheba accepts reservations and offers catering.

While Queen Sheba is a Biblical and Quranic figure, the restaurant name is also a tribute to Gezehen’s wife Negesti Gebrmichael and his niece, Saba.

Gezehen orders his spices from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Mexico. One of the most prominent spices in Eritrean cuisine is berbere, a blend of peppers, garlic, ginger, basil and other spices.

For first-timers, Gezehen encouraged an open mind when it comes to choosing a dish.

“If you are ready for anything, it is easy,” he says.

Perhaps the best way to first experience Eritrean food is to order a combination platter. Both the meat and veggie combos ($10 small; $12 large) each come with four smaller portions of dishes and offer diners the chance to sample a variety of items.

Dishes include spicy beef, boneless chicken, lamb and alicha, which is a mild yet flavorful yellow split pea curry. A plate of injera accompanies each. And yes, utensils

Queen Sheba Eritrean Restaurant’s owner/chef Welday Gezehen prepares food for the afternoon crowd.

(Photos by Jonathan Revies)

are available for the less adventurous.

More seasoned diners might try one of 14 other dishes offered, including several vegetarian and vegan choices, as well as rotating specials. Gezehen noted that the entire menu is gluten-free, including the injera bread.

In Eritrea, one of the most popular dishes is Ga’at ($6 small; $8 large), which can be eaten for breakfast and is a common dish served during celebrations. It can be described as firm porridge that’s formed into a volcano-like shape, with a well of spicy butter sauce in the middle and a yogurt mixture poured around the sides.

For several months, Erica Sparks and her three friends have been meeting at Queen Sheba every Monday evening. They like the restaurant’s money-saving BYOB policy, where diners can bring in their own alcohol to enjoy.

Sparks, a retired executive in the medical field, first ate at Queen Sheba about a year ago. While driving along Grant Road, she noticed the restaurant on the north side of the street.

She compared the cuisine to Ethiopian except with more variety. Her current favorite: spaghetti with beef and sauce ($8).

“I love the spaghetti; it Queen Sheba Eritrean Restaurant’s large meat-and-vegetable combination platters with injera (bread) and a cup of cardamom-cinnamon-clove tea.

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doesn’t have a lot of tomato sauce, but it has the meat and the spices that you don’t normally have in regular spaghetti,” she says.

One of the reasons Sparks’ group returns weekly is because of Queen Sheba’s value.

“I like good wine and I’d rather be able to bring my own and enjoy it,” Sparks says.

“The four of us will split the bill, and it’s $10 to $15 a person. There are always some leftovers to take home. I tell everybody I can about it.”

She’s also a fan of the hot tea ($1.50), which has cardamom.

“It’s very unique and it’s very good,” she says. “There’s a little bit of natural sweetness to it. It’s very soothing.”

What most impresses Sparks, though is Gezehen.

“He’s a very hard-working man; he does everything he can to please his customers,” says Sparks, who remembered when a homeless man entered the restaurant asking for water and Gezehen ended up also feeding him dinner. “That just melted my heart. That told me more of what kind of a man he is.”

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Dining Events

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

Taste of Tucson Downtown

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

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

Funky Brunch with Mik and Scott

SUNDAYS Get down and have fun with Mik and Scott, multi-instrumentalists who create a full band sound every Sunday at the La Cocina at Old Town Artisans. They use live loops and have high-energy performances. This family-friendly event has food and drinks for brunch.

La Cocina at Old Town Artisans, 201 N. Court Avenue, 622.0351, lacocinatucson.com, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., varies with food and beverage purchases.

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Breakfast Ride

SUNDAYS AND THURSDAYS Ride horses and enjoy blueberry pancakes, ranch-style eggs, bacon and orange juice early in the morning at Tanque Verde Ranch every Sunday and Thursday. Explore the rolling hills and towering cactus as you make your way to the Old Homestead.

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

The Dinner Detective Interactive Murder Mystery Show

Rillito Park Farmers Market

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

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

Farmers Market at Steam Pump Ranch

SATURDAYS Regional farmers, ranchers and artisan food producers will share their naturally grown veggies and fruits. Visitors will also find ranch-fed beef, pork and farm fresh eggs carrying on Steam Pump Ranch’s agricultural traditions.

Steam Pump Ranch, 10901 N. Oracle Road, Oro Valley, 882.2157, heirloomfm.org/markets/oro-valley, 8 a.m. to noon, free.

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

Rillito Park Food Pavilion, 4502 N. First Avenue, 882.2157, heirloomfm.org, 8 a.m. to noon, free.

Due Fratelli Cibo e Vino

SUNDAYS Due Fratelli Cibo e Vino (or Two Brothers Food and Wine for Two) is an epicurean salute to Chef Tenino and his brother, Paolo, winemaker of the award-winning Pietro Rinaldi wines featured on the Tavolino list.

Two dinner options will be available, each with a bottle of Pietro Rinaldi wine to be shared; a salad; entrée and dessert for each person.

Tavolino Restaurant, 2890 E. Skyline Drive, 513-1913, tavolinoristorante. com, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays, $55 and $75 (includes additional wine and entrée selections).

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Eat, Sip, Learn

The RumRunner Wine and Cheese Shop has cultivated a loyal group of wine lovers

BY VALERIE VINYARD Wine lovers have a reason to rejoice the first Saturday of most months.

That’s when The RumRunner offers its popular monthly tasting.

This just isn’t any average tasting, though. First, it’s free. Next, it features a dozen wines, usually half whites and half reds, with the occasional rosé or port making an appearance. Furthermore, tasters are welcome to wander throughout the shop, nibbling on sample plates of fine cheeses and quality crackers and crisps.

Also, any of the bottles featured sell for a 15% discount that day, making for a fun and economical day.

The wines are ably poured by employees, owner Tom Smith and a representative from the wine distributor that’s being featured.

In August, Bonnie Berlin from Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits poured the wine. Standing behind the bar, Berlin explained the wines to customers as she poured, dispensing facts about each bottle’s origin, climate and tasting notes.

Regular wine tasters Jill Wright and Calvin Hammond were at the August tasting.

“It’s a nice neighborhood place,” Hammond says. “We like to patronize local businesses.”

“They use real wine glasses,” adds Wright, noting that other wine shops use tiny plastic cups. “It’s a great selection.”

The RumRunner owners Jennifer Elchuck and Tom Smith estimated that more than 100 people pour into the tastings every month.

“We’ve had a long reputation with tastings, and it just grew,” says Elchuck, noting that when the shop first introduced the tastings in 2007 it was a weekly, albeit smaller, event. “There’s something for everybody.”

Eventually, Smith says the weekly events became too much, so they changed to the larger monthly events.

Smith and Elchuck’s friendship started when they worked at a liquor wholesaler called Cactus Beverage Distributing in the 1980s. In 1993, Elchuck found out that The RumRunner was for sale. She called Smith, who was then living in Phoenix, and suggested they buy it. Smith agreed, and a partnership was born.

During its tenure, The Dish Bistro and Wine Bar garnered many awards and press and became a favorite among diners who enjoyed an intimate, fine dining experience with exquisite service and quality dishes.

In 2007, the 4,000-square-foot RumRunner and The Dish were pushed out to make way for Walgreen’s, so Elchuck and Smith decided to gut the building across the street and create a 5,000-square-foot space for The Dish and the retail store.

Though the new building was larger, The Dish only seated 32 instead of 48 at the

The RumRunner wine tasting veterans Lacy Gearheart, Babs Gearheart and Selena Phillips chat while standing in the gourmet foods area. (Photos by Valerie Vinyard)

previous location.

Including Berlin, about eight distributors are in the rotation for the monthly tasting spots. The RumRunner does not offer the tastings in January and July because of the holidays.

Even without the tastings, a visit to The RumRunner can provide that perfect beverage or specialty food, whether you’re looking for a can of escargot, a jar of duck fat or one of the many “delightful” mini bottles of alcohol for sale.

Bottle prices range from $8 to $600 for the more than 1,000 retail wines in the shop, including over 100 champagnes and sparkling wines. The RumRunner sells an eclectic selection of domestic and world beers by the bottle or six pack, as well as a range of liquors including whiskeys and tequilas.

The shop also offers some “oddball things” for serious mixologists, which might include a $19.99 Byrrh, an herbal digestif. Or try the Batavia-Arrack van Oosten ($34.97), which tastes like herbal rum and is used in many now-classic cocktails. It is distilled from sugarcane and fermented red rice, using Chinese pot stills and characteristic teak vats.

Besides booze, The RumRunner offers a variety of fine cheeses, sophisticated specialty foods, Stonewall Kitchen products and fun, tasty items such as a dozen Wine tasting regulars Calvin Hammond and Jill Wright peruse the wine selection within The RumRunner Wine and Cheese Shop.

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different types of large marshmallow rice treats ($5.99).

Wine tasters can prowl around the shop, looking for gifts, supplies for their next dinner party or something special for that evening.

Smith and Elchuck, as well as any of the other three RumRunner employees, are impeccably trained and can offer descriptions of any of the beverages for sale.

Plus, they’ll gladly slice off a taste of one of the cheeses if someone is unfamiliar with it.

Selena Phillips, a longtime customer of The RumRunner, said Elchuck and Smith create a magical atmosphere.

“I think Tom and Jenny make it. They’re always pleasant,” she said. “It’s a fun place to come.”

Babs Gearheart, another wine tasting regular, perhaps summed it up best.

“It’s a free tasting,” she said, laughing.

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SEPTEMBER 7 Watch the first in-state rivalry game for the Wildcats, as they host NAU in their first home game of the 2019 regular season.

The last game between these two was September 2, 2017, when Arizona came away with a 62-24 victory.

Arizona Stadium, 1 N. National Championship Drive, 621-2200, arizonawildcats.com, 7:45 p.m., tickets start at $11.

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SEPTEMBER 14 The Wildcats will play their second home game in as many weeks, taking on Texas Tech for the first time in 30 years. Tech defeated Arizona 24-14 on September 9, 1989.

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UCLA defeated Arizona 31-30 in California last October.

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Music

Everywhere to Run

Chris Jericho, center, is continuing to reap celebrity’s rewards by being signed to Sony Music and All Elite Wrestling this year. (Photo by Adrienne Beacco)

Fozzy and Chris Jericho have sights set on world domination

BY ALAN SCULLEY For Chris Jericho and his band, Fozzy, life changed dramatically in May 2017.

That’s when the hard-rocking song “Judas” was released and music fans went rabid for the song — a new feeling for the 19-year-old band.

“Judas” exploded on the internet, eventually racking up 20 million views on YouTube. The song took off at radio as well, peaking at No. 5 on “Billboard” magazine’s Mainstream Rock chart.

The effects of “Judas” have been felt in very tangible ways by Fozzy, who recently signed with Sony Music. “‘Judas’ is a legit hit single,” Jericho says. “And when you get that hit single, it changes everything. It’s put us on a completely different level at this point.”

It was a long-awaited payoff for Jericho,

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who co-founded Fozzy with guitarist Rich Ward in Atlanta in 1999, during one of the early peaks in the career for which he is better known — professional wrestling.

At the time, Jericho made his name wrestling in the Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling organizations. He then rose to the top of the game in 2001, becoming the first undisputed heavyweight champion by defeating Stone Cold Steve Austin to win the WWF title and then The Rock that same night to claim the World Heavyweight Championship (WCW) title.

Jericho, 48, remained among the top stars in the game since, headlining multiple pay-per-view cards for the WWF and WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.) organizations. Now he’s signed to All Elite Wrestling.

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Fozzy, meanwhile, has slowly but surely become established on the hard rock/ metal scene. The band actually started as a modest enterprise, as Fozzy’s first two albums, “Fozzy” (2000) and “Happenstance” (2002) were made up primarily of cover songs.

With the third album, 2005’s “All That Remains,” the focus shifted toward original material. Jericho’s status in wrestling had caused some to question just how serious he was about his music career. But that question waned as Fozzy released three more albums and continued to tour. And in 2014, the band finally broke through at rock radio with the top 30 Mainstream Rock single, “Lights Go Out.” Then came “Judas,” and the 2017 album of the same name. In addition to the hit title song, the album has produced a sec-

ond top 10 Mainstream Rock hit in “Painless,” and a new single, “Nowhere to Run,” was released August 29.

So, what changed? Jericho can’t pinpoint any magic formula for why “Judas” connected the way it did.

“For whatever reason, it was the right song, the right album, the right place and the right band,” he says.

But he identifies one key move he thinks took Fozzy’s music to a new level on the “Judas” album. After co-producing all of the band’s previous albums with Ward, the two musicians, who are Fozzy’s primary songwriters, decided to bring in an outside producer, Johnny Andrews.

The producer pushed the band to take a different view of writing and arranging songs, which helped Fozzy, in Jericho’s

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Aaron Neville’s Trust Story

Fozzy...continued from page 22

The music legend promises a ‘fantastic’ show

BY DAVE GIL DE RUBIO Aaron Neville is a balladeer.

It’s a fact that’s been well established since the world at large heard him croon his 1966 hit “Tell It Like It Is.” It’s been a constant through his time in the Neville Brothers and the more recent years of a solo career that includes his pair of 1989 Grammy-winning duets with Linda Ronstadt (“Don’t Know Much,” “All My Life”) and his 1991 Top 10 cover of The Main Ingredient’s “Everybody Plays the Fool.”

That knack was also most readily apparent in 2013’s “My True Story,” a covers-packed homage to the doo-wop-based music of the New Orleans native’s youth.

That makes his latest project, 2016’s “Apache,” quite the revelation, given how much of the material Neville recorded has a funkier edge to it. Combine that with the fact that this is only the second time in his fivedecade-plus recording career that the singer has co-written nearly an album’s worth of material.

With lyrics evolving from a poetry journal of Neville’s that he’d been keeping since the 1970s, this circumstance, combined with his working with retro-soul producers Eric Krasno (guitarist for Soulive and Lettuce) and Dave Gutter (frontman for the Rustic Overtones), make this a musically rich project deserving of more scrutiny.

“I told my manager that I wanted to do something with my poetry, because I write on my cellphone and I’ve got about

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Daptone Records has been effectively resurrecting for the past couple of decades (the in-the-pocket jam “Hard to Believe.”) Wrapping it all up in a perfect bow is the closing medley of traditional nuggets “Down by the Riverside/When the Saints Go Marching In.” It all represents a new beginning for the burly singer, whose main gig with The Neville Brothers ended when the hallowed Louisiana outfit called it quits in 2012, only to briefly reunite to perform a 2015 farewell concert in their native New Orleans. It’s a new chapter that has him blissfully living in upstate New York with his wife.

“What was great was that we were together, and we didn’t just go around the country, but traveled the Aaron Neville performs as a duo at the world. And we got to go on Fox Tucson Theater on Friday, September 20.

(Photo by Sarah A. Friedman) the road with some great people like The Rolling 150 songs on it and I wanted to put some Stones and Santana,” he says.

“By the end, I had my own things that of them to music. I met Eric at Jazz Fest in 2014, plus he’s been working with my I wanted to do, and I’ve got a long way to go and a short time to make it in. I like son, Ivan, in Soulive,” Neville explains.

“So he (management) got a hold of Eric the serenity and peace up here in Pawland Dave Gutter for me and they hooked ing. I go out in the yard with my little it all up. We started doing the music over dog, Apache, and my wife, Sarah, is in the the phone and they’d send me ideas and kitchen making doggie treats and also I’d say yea or nay if I liked it or not. We ice cream from our strawberries. And unwent into the studio and it didn’t take like the city, I don’t have to get up and walk around to wherever I need to get to. that long to finish.”

The opening cut “Be Your Man” sets I think I’m even getting used to the cold.”

Nowadays, Neville is bouncing bethe tone with an insistent tempo, gnarly wah-wah guitar and punchy horn lines tween touring, either as a duo with keythat make it sound like a lost outtake board player Michael Goods or the Aaron from the “Superfly” soundtrack. From Neville Quintet (which formerly included here, Neville manages to wrangle ev- his brother Charles, who passed away in erything from organ-goosed New Orle- April 2018). Regardless of which lineup ans struts reminiscent of Neville Brother he performs with, Neville’s deep canon Art’s legendary crew, The Meters (a slinky and love of music has him promising “Stompin’ Ground”), to pure gospel-in- quite the concert-going experience for fused testifying (an ever-soulful “Heav- those coming out to see him.

“Fans can expect a fantastic show and en”) to a samba-ish, Sam Cooke ode to his current wife (an endearing “Sarah they can expect to laugh, cry and cheer Ann”) to the kind of flat-out funk that — all of that,” Neville says.

view, deliver their best collection of songs on “Judas.”

“I think (Andrews helped) just in the songwriting, focusing more on the songs and not worrying about if there’s a guitar solo or some kind of fantasy lyrics. Before we used to do those sorts of things,” Jericho says.

“I think the ‘Judas’ record only has three or four guitar solos on the record. Take a song like ‘Judas’ or ‘Painless’ or ‘Burn Me Out.’ Just the melody lines and the little instrumental sections add so much more than putting a guitar solo in there, which is what we used to do because that’s what you’re supposed to do. You’re supposed to play guitar solos in a rock band.

And we realized that’s not necessarily the case. It was all about just what was best for the song and how to make it better, and that’s what we did.”

Jericho, Ward and his other Fozzy bandmates (drummer Frank Fontsere, guitarist Billy Grey and bassist Randy Drake) have been busy over the past year-plus performing songs from “Judas” and other albums on tour. The group is now doing a headlining run of dates and figures to focus much of the show on material from the three most recent albums.

Fans can expect nothing but a good time at Fozzy’s shows.

“We take great pride in the reputation that we have as far as being a great rock and roll band, very exciting, very energetic. We don’t have explosions or giant dragons coming down from the ceiling.

We are the show,” Jericho says.

“People come and they are very much entertained. It’s rock ‘n’ roll with a smile.

There’s none of the moshing or stage diving at a Fozzy show, but there’s a lot of chanting ‘Fozzy’ and jumping up and down, clapping and cheering, drinking beer and showing your boobs. If you’re a girl or a guy, we don’t care.

“It’s (like) Van Halen in 1981. Everybody on stage has a great time and that distances us from a lot of the other bands that are out there.”

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Music Events Calendar

BY CONNOR DZIAWURA

Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m. Monday, September 16, $22-$25 Though no longer fronted by Henry Rollins or Keith Morris, punk rock legends Black Flag are still going strong more than 40 years later. Now fronted by Mike Vallely but still backed by original guitarist Greg Ginn, the band hasn’t released a project since its 2013 comeback record “What The…” In fact, this incarnate of the band has yet to release a project, as that project featured the vocals of Ron Reyes. Regardless, the influential California band has plenty of 1980s classics to back it up, spanning records like “Damaged” and “My War.”

SEPTEMBER 1

Emo Night LA w/Aaron Gillespie (of Underoath), Lil Aaron Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $20-$40 HOCO Fest w/Bill Callahan, Howe Gelb, Jake Xerxes Fussell, June West, Casey Golden Hotel Congress, 6 p.m., $20-$40 HOCO Fest w/The Courtneys, Hotline TNT, Toner, Stripes Wooden Tooth Records, 4 p.m., $40 HOCO Fest w/Death Bells, Cold Showers, Marbled Eye, lié, Droll Club Congress, 9 p.m., free-$40 HOCO Fest w/Injury Reserve, bbymutha, Fat Tony, PSYPIRITUAL, Sadgalnina, Yung Davon 191 Toole, 7 p.m., $20-$40 HOCO Fest w/Loveland Che’s Lounge, 5 p.m., free-$40 Los Nawdy Dawgs Casino del Sol’s Tropico Lounge, 9 p.m., free Mik and the Funky Brunch La Cocina, 12:30 p.m., free

SEPTEMBER 7

Jerry Paper 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $15 Los Lobos Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $32-$40 Nathaniel Burnside La Cocina, 6:30 p.m., free

SEPTEMBER 8

Mik and the Funky Brunch La Cocina, 12:30 p.m., free Torche 191 Toole, 7:30 p.m., $18-$20

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SEPTEMBER 3

Louis Prima Jr. Hotel Congress Plaza, 7:30 p.m., $20-$25 Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield La Cocina, 6 p.m., free

Agent Orange 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $12-$15 Robert Cray Band Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $36-$46 Ronstadt Brothers Club Congress, 7:30 p.m., $7

SEPTEMBER 12

The Artisanals Club Congress, 7 p.m., $8-$10 JP Sears Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $23-$27 Nancy and Neil McCallion La Cocina, 6:30 p.m., free

SEPTEMBER 4

Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield La Cocina, 6 p.m., free Skillet w/Sevendust Rialto Theatre, 7 p.m., $42-$300

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SEPTEMBER 5

Freddy Parish La Cocina, 9:30 p.m., free Greensky Bluegrass Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $27-$29 Lil’ Tracy 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $20-$25 Mesquite w/Pirámides, Sei Still Club Congress, 8 p.m., free

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The Bennu 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $7-$10 Broken Romeo w/The Early Black Club Congress, 8 p.m., free

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Greg Morton & Jim Stanley La Cocina, 6:30 p.m., free Mark Battles The Rock, 7 p.m., $15 Metal Fest XVIII w/Never Say Never, Sinphonics, Mopar Bentley, Headrust, The Pioneer, Fire by Rank, Sigils of Summoning Rialto Theatre, 7 p.m., $5-$8 Oscar Fuentes La Cocina, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., free

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Greg Morton & Jim Stanley La Cocina, 6:30 p.m., free Jenny & the Mexicats Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $15-$18 La Misa Negra w/Sonido Tambó Hotel Congress, 10 p.m., free Moontrax Club Congress, 8 p.m., free

SEPTEMBER 14

Aretha: The Queen of Soul DesertView Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., $30 Del & Dawg Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $29-$74

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Dorothy w/Diamante The Rock, 8:30 p.m., $20-$86.50 Geoff Tate’s “Operation: Mindcrime” Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $36-$38 Her Name Echoes w/Echoes, PyroTechnica Club Congress, 7 p.m., $8 JC & Laney La Cocina, 7 p.m., free Outlaws 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $30-$32

SEPTEMBER 15

Laura Carbone Club Congress, 8 p.m., free Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $42.30-$62.30 Mik and the Funky Brunch La Cocina, 12:30 p.m., free

SEPTEMBER 16

Black Flag Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $22-$25 Kiana Ledé 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $18-$25

SEPTEMBER 17

Durand Jones & the Indications 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $18-$20 Past, Present, Future: Music of Al Di Meola, Astor Piazzolla, The Beatles Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $38-$52 Peter Bradley Adams Club Congress, 8 p.m., $17-$20

SEPTEMBER 18

Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield La Cocina, 6 p.m., free Phantogram Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $25-$35

SEPTEMBER 19

Mitzi Cowell La Cocina, 6:30 p.m., free Paul Cauthen 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $13-$15

SEPTEMBER 20

Aaron Neville Duo Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $32-$72 Clubz w/Girl Ultra 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $17 Fozzy Encore, 7:30 p.m., $22-$25 Greg Morton & Jim Stanley La Cocina, 6:30 p.m., free Seanloui w/Willis Earl Beal, Mattea Club Congress, 8 p.m., free To Us Below The Rock, 7 p.m., $10

SEPTEMBER 21

Blonde Ambition: The Madonna Tribute Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $20 Daddy Long Legs 191 Toole, 8 p.m., $12-$15 Franco Escamilla Fox Tucson Theatre, 8 p.m., $42-$128 Jo Koy Tucson Music Hall, 7:30 p.m. and $10 p.m., $40-$55

Ramon Ayala w/Los Invasores de Nuevo León Casino del Sol’s AVA Amphitheater, 8 p.m., $40 Scattered Guts The Rock, 6 p.m., $10

SEPTEMBER 22

Combo Chimbita Hotel Congress Plaza, 7 p.m., $10-$12 Home Free Fox Tucson Theatre, 8 p.m., $24.50-$59.50 Mik and the Funky Brunch La Cocina, 12:30 p.m., free The Wailers Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $24-$26

SEPTEMBER 24

Rob Thomas Tucson Arena, 7:30 p.m., $38.50-$177.50 Sheer Mag Club Congress, 7 p.m., $15

SEPTEMBER 25

“At the Hop!” starring the 4Gents DesertView Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m., $30 The Green Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $20-$25 Miss Lana Rebel & Kevin Michael Mayfield La Cocina, 6 p.m., free

SEPTEMBER 26

Scott H. Biram The Rock, 7 p.m., $15-$20 Ximena Sariñana Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $27-$32

SEPTEMBER 27

Eugene Boronow La Cocina, 9:30 p.m., free Greg Morton & Jim Stanley La Cocina, 6:30 p.m., free Hot Stuff: A Salute to the Music of Donna Summer Fox Tucson Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $24-$34 Soul Essential Hotel Congress Plaza, 7:30 p.m., free

SEPTEMBER 28

Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin performs the live score to Dario Argento’s “Suspiria” Rialto Theatre, 8 p.m., $30-$48 Grieves w/Mouse Powell Club Congress, 7 p.m., $16-$56 Lisa Morales Band Hotel Congress Plaza, 7 p.m., $15-$20 Luis Fonsi Casino del Sol’s AVA Amphitheater, 8 p.m., $30-$100

SEPTEMBER 29

Hans Olson Hotel Congress Plaza, 4:30 p.m., $5 Mik and the Funky Brunch La Cocina, 12:30 p.m., free

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Travel Journey to the Bottom of the Globe A remembrance of Antarctica

The MV Discovery and Antarctica.

BY ED BOITANO

Back story

Recently my 22-year-old nephew demanded me, in his own special way, to name what was my favorite adventure destination. After a bit of hemming and hawing, I finally succumbed. So, here you go, kid. Below is my story of my favorite travel adventure, and that destination is Antarctica.

Once upon a time, the joke among those in the cruise industry was that the cruise vacation was something for the newly wed or the nearly dead. I remember those jokes, as well as a time in my own life, when I would be embarrassed to say that I was even going on a cruise. One day it occurred to me, how else could I see seven Caribbean island nations in eight days or explore a series of major Alaskan cities that are inaccessible by road in under a week? I quickly became a champion of the cruise experience. (Sure, there was also the pampering, the shows and the endless buffets, but who was I to complain?) The cruise industry has exploded to such an extent that there are options available for everyone from family-friendly and budget cruises to excursions that focus on ecology and wildlife, and expeditions to places on the planet long considered inaccessible. There are even climate-change cruises where you will see the devastating effects of global warming.

It was not confirmed until the early 1800s that there was even the existence of a “southern land,” when British, American, Norwegian and Russian expeditions began exploring the Antarctic Peninsula region. In 1840, it was established that Antarctica was a continent — the fifth-largest continent in the world — and not just a group of islands.

Whalers and fur seal hunters braved the rough seas and brutal terrain for treasure.

Following World War II there was an upsurge in scientific research on the continent, with a number of countries setting up year-round research stations. Seven made territorial claims, and the Antarctic Treaty was negotiated in 1961, honoring existing territorial claims and giving the nations the right to explore the continent for scientific reasons.

The first cruise ship exclusively for the sake of tourism sailed to Antarctica in the summer of 1950, the only season in which the weather makes it possible. By 1970, as the cruise industry began to grow, so did tourism to Antarctica, and by 2005, 36

Some people assume penguins have human emotions because they stand upright and walk on their back feet, plus the chinstrap penguins actually resemble waiters. Up close you will see that they are wild and rather messy creatures.

(Photos by Deb Roskamp)

different vessels made it to the continent in one year. For many it is a journey into history; for others an unparalleled ecological and sea life experience. For most, it is the trip of a lifetime.

After setting foot aboard the deck of the MV Discovery, I began asking guests why they chose to take an eight-day cruise to Antarctica — the coldest, windiest and driest continent in the world; a landscape that is 98% thick continental ice sheet and 2% barren rock; a continent so cruel and unforgiving that virtually no life can survive on it. The overwhelming answer from my fellow cruisers was simple: “Because now I can.” It was a good answer. The more I thought about it, I realized it was mine too.

The MV Discovery experience My journey began at Ushuaia, Argentina. Billed as the southernmost city in the world, the now-upscale ski resort sits on the bottom tip of nation, where a dramatic mountain landscape falls directly into the sea. Once the home of a penal colony — now a museum and definitely worth visiting — this is where embarkation began on the MV Discovery. The Discovery package, though, wisely allowed guests to spend 24 hours in this remote part of the world for tours of the city and Tierra Del Fuego National Park. There was also

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plenty of time to sample local dishes that included Patagonian lamb and king crab.

The MV Discovery is a handsome vessel with a deep hull, making it possible to negotiate Antarctica’s rough seas and massive icebergs. I was pleased to find a complementary expedition parka waiting for me in my cabin, something that became an essential part of my wardrobe to deal with the brisk weather conditions.

The MV Discovery’s expedition team One of the pluses of the voyage was a team of working polar explorers conducted lecture programs on board. They were easily accessible to answer questions regarding everything from polar glaciers and other ice formations to how sea life can survive in such an extreme environment. The team also educated guests on the sensitive nature of preserving this pristine continent from human harm.

Crossing the Drake “Below 40 degrees, there is no law.

Below 50 degrees, there is no God,” was the sailors’ creed about crossing the infamous Drake Passage — a merciless 400mile wide passage between the southern tip of South America and Antarctica.

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est route to Antarctica. Named after Sir Francis Drake (who never passed through the route), it is considered to have the worst sea weather in the world. If you’ve ever contemplated taking seasickness medication, this would be a good time to start. Those on the vessel who opted not to spend most of the next 15 hours confined to their beds. One could not help but marvel how men in little wooden sailboats could cross this treacherous passage almost 390 years ago.

Landings The Discovery team led excursions on zodiac pontoon motorboats for landings on the Antarctic Peninsula and her islands. For many on the voyage, setting foot on the continent was the supreme goal. The weather, though, plays the defining factor and flexibility is a key word on any voyage. If a certain passage is clogged by icebergs, the ship’s captain, ice master and expedition team leader will huddle and design another route.

When one of our landings was canceled due to fierce winds, we explored an iceberg alley that featured mile-long icebergs floating past the vessel.

Fortunately, due to overall favorable weather conditions, we were able to make two landings, one on Paradise Harbour, considered the Riviera of Antarctica, and the other on the crescent-shaped Half Moon Island. Both locations offer stunning photo opportunities and closeup encounters with thousands of gentoo and chinstrap penguins. Its austral summer and the black sand seem almost warm on your feet. Parent penguins are feeding their chicks. The scope and vastness of the surroundings are unimaginable.

Antarctica: A look back Since my return, I am frequently asked what it was like to journey to this spectacular, but almost hidden continent. No words adequately describe the experience. Quite simply, it is the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen. There were some days when I stood on the deck of the vessel and quite literally felt like I was on another planet. My advice: plan your trip now. The season is short, and the demand is great.

For a list of Antarctica cruises, visit antarcticaguide.com/antarctica-cruise.

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The Tucson Medical Center Diabetes Education program is one of the largest in the city.

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Here are more facts about the program. planning, gestational diabetes and intensive insulin or advanced insulin pump • Our inpatient diabetes educators training. The self-management program ensure a safer patient discharge consists of 10 hours of training. Classes which reduces re-admissions.

Patients leave the hospital with a clear- are offered 4 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 9 er understanding of their diabetes medi- to 11:30 a.m. Saturdays. A physician refercations, how to take them and the surviv- ral is required, and most insurance comal skills needed to manage their diabetes. panies will cover the program.

Journey for Control is a free class for Patients are given the supplies needed to monitor and keep track of blood glu- individuals with pre-diabetes or those cose levels. Patients are encouraged to newly diagnosed. This class meets 1 to 3 take the blood glucose results to their p.m. Wednesdays. Classes meet starting provider to help manage diabetes. They on the first Wednesday of the month for also provide education on how to make four consecutive weeks.

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